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monsters were getting too close to our planet. Dammit, I couldn’t wait any longer. Dropping my shields, I opened my senses and scanned our solar system.
    Jaylan slid effortlessly into my head and joined in my search. I felt his intense hatred of the Tai-Kok. His need to kill the murdering bastards equaled mine. We were united in our quest for vengeance.
    The Tai-Koks’ hunger abruptly slapped me in the face. It was sharp, visceral, and constant. There were thousands of them. All eager to feed.
    “Focus,” Jaylan commanded.
    Taking a shuddering breath, I fought back their sickening bloodlust, and concentrated. Five cloaked battle cruisers were approaching Mars.
    Jaylan linked with his command staff. “Go to battle stations.”
    “Whoever gave them the cloaking device should be hanged.”
    “Malik was responsible,” Jaylan advised, his disgust evident.
    “I thought they had him locked up?” I slowly eased out of the warlord’s mind.
    Mental bands snapped around me. “Going somewhere?”
    I tried to break free, but I couldn’t budge him. “Let go of me.”
    Jaylan swept away all my protective barriers until we were mind to mind.
    I shivered at the intimate touch. “Get out of my head.”
    “You have not completed your duties as a Siren.”
    “Well, fuckadoodledoo, jackass. You are not nor will ever be my boss.”
    The psychic bands tightened painfully. “This is not the time or the place to defy me. The Tai-Koks are coming. They must be stopped.”
    God, he was right. What the hell was wrong with me? Okay, it was almost that time of the month, but I needed to get my head out of my ass and concentrate on the monsters. Some chocolate would really be nice. Just enough to take the edge off. A pound should do the trick.
    “Give me the coordinates of the Tai-Kok ships.” It was an impatient demand.
    “Sir, yes, sir.” PMS was a wonderful battle tool. All that homicidal rage I could release on the monsters’ unsuspecting asses.
    “The battle will be a very short one if you do not provide me with the coordinates.”
    I quickly fed him the locations of the Tai-Kok battle cruisers and hissed as the monsters launched hundreds of marauders. The two-man fighters were deadly.
    Jaylan spat something nasty in a Coletti dialect I didn’t know and teleported to his warbird.
    Agony exploded in my head. More Tai-Kok. The tunnel spun wildly around me.
    Jaylan soothingly stroked my mind. The pain vanished abruptly, “How many do you sense?”
    Shaking violently, I concentrated and gasped. My God, there were Tai-Kok ships over Tucson. How was that possible? Did they have a hidden base in the desert? I staggered out of the escape tunnel.
    To my horror, the turquoise sky was full of black, bullet-shaped marauders. Attack sirens wailed in warning. Flames and smoke poured from the ruins of the Pioneer Hotel.
    Quickly scanning the area, I yanked off the gas mask and stuffed it in my backpack. No sign of any skeletal Tai-Kok raiders. Yet.
    A squadron of Central Command fighter jets engaged the enemy ships. A vicious crossfire of dazzling red laser bolts erupted between the combatants.
    The ground shuddered under my feet as a crippled marauder crashed into a skyscraper and exploded.
    Around me, freaked-out people ran for the bunkers. Except for one crazy bitch. The skinny, homeless-looking blonde hurried into a bakery, grabbed a chocolate cake, and stuffed a handful of the gooey goodness in her mouth.
    My attention riveted on her as she took another bite. I started to drool. God, that looked so good. Licking my lips hungrily, I walked into the store and pointed my pistol at her head. “Looters are to be shot on sight.”
    With a little girly scream, she dropped the cake and fled.
    What a waste of good chocolate. I grabbed a couple dozen double-chocolate chip cookies, and put them in my backpack.
    “Have you lost all sense?” Jaylan could give Pops a run for his money with his drill sergeant bellow.
    “A girl has her needs.” I