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mean?”
    What was up with the twenty questions? “It means I only arrested people on Earth.”
    “Earth?”
    “My home world.”
    Thor joined in. “How Daddy find you?”
    “That’s a long story.”
    “Tell us story,” Haki and Thor said in unison.
    I rechecked the med scanner. I still had two centimeters to go, so what the hell? It would also help take my mind off the battle.

Chapter Four
    “Once upon a time, on a world far, far away, there was a cop.”
    “You, Momma?”
    Telling bedtime stories was gonna be a bitch. “Yes, I was the cop. It was my duty to scan our solar system for the Tai-Kok and Rodan.”
    “’Cause you Siren,” Haki exclaimed.
    “That’s right, but instead of the Tai-Kok, I found Talree. Your father was so alone, so sad, and so very angry, I had to comfort him.”
    “And Daddy grabbed you!” Thor yelled.
    I winced. “Yes, he did. He latched on, and no matter how hard I tried to kick your father out of my head, he wouldn’t leave.”
    Thor giggled. “You his mate.”
    “He thought so, but I didn’t want anything to do with him.”
    The always-curious Haki asked, “Why?”
    “He was an alien. I was afraid he wanted to eat me like the Tai-Kok and Rodan.”
    “Daddy no eat you.”
    “No, but your father needed my blood.”
    Haki struck again. “Why?”
    “The Rodan had starved Talree, and he was really close to becoming a feral.”
    “What feral?”
    How did Tae deal with all the questions? “A Coletti warrior needs his mental link to his clan. If you take that away, keep him chained up and starved, he will become a monster like the Tai-Kok.”
    “That mean.”
    “Yes, Haki, it was very mean.”
    “What Daddy do?”
    “You father was very sneaky, and he tricked the Rodan into bringing me to their ship.”
    “How, Momma?”
    “He sent a big, bad, ratlike Rodan bounty hunter to catch me.”
    Haki bounced on my head. “What monster say?”
    I couldn’t help myself. “‘Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Earth woman.’”
    Thor chortled. “Silly Momma. No beanstalk here.”
    “Liked that story, did ya?” I rubbed my tight stomach. It felt like it was going to pop.
    An overexcited Haki asked, “You go ship?”
    “I did.” My stomach roiled as memories of that day flooded my mind. The landing bay was crowded with people. Hundreds of people. Crying. Screaming. Begging not to die. The coppery smell of blood was overpowering. Gutted corpses hung from the ceiling. It was a slaughterhouse.
    “Daddy there?”
    Locking those terrible images away, I nodded. “Yes, he was, but the first time I saw your father, I thought he was a big, scary vampire.”
    Haki giggled. “He got fangs.”
    “And glowing red eyes. Talree wanted me for his mate. I said no. He said I was his princess, and he had waited a very long time for me.”
    “Daddy Prince Charming?”
    “Yes, he was. I accepted his claim because I wanted to make the Rodan pay for what they had done to my people.” And I thought I could ditch him later. Destiny, the fickle bitch, had laughed her ass off. I soon learned there was no escape or do over.

Chapter Five
    Holy cow! Some evil gremlins had suddenly grabbed my abdomen and were squeezing with all their might. One quick look at the med scanner, and I knew I had entered the deepest circle of hell. Childbirth.
    Detja had given birth to Talree in the middle of a vicious battle with the Alliance, and so she had insisted I learn how to deliver Thor. Who knew history would repeat itself?
    I scooted down to the end of the air mattress and positioned myself over a shallow basin of eroded stone. My makeshift birthing bed. Color me happy.
    Water dripped on my head. I glanced up. Fuck. The cavern’s roof had sprung a leak. The Queen Bitch was so paying for this.
    “Too tight,” Thor complained.
    Tell me about it. Thor was pressing painfully on my nether regions in his urgent bid to be born. My hoo-ha was never going to be the same. The need to push became