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to him.
    It was brutal. It was bloody. Ral beat the hell out of all
four of them. The men on the floor were bloody and some of them had broken
bones. Ariel learned that Zorn also fought with their teeth. Ral had torn up
one man’s arm when the man had tried to use that arm to batter Ral’s face. Ral
turned to snarl at the room. He walked over to grab Gru by his hair. He yanked
the man up to his unsteady feet.
    “She is mine. I told you it would cost you your life, Gru.”
Ral glared around the room. “Death to any man who tries to touch the woman I
bound to.”
    Ariel almost collapsed when she watched Ral snap Gru’s neck.
He just twisted it and she heard the pop sound. Ral threw Gru’s body down. He
reached down and grabbed up the next man. That man whimpered.
    “Please, Ral—”
    Ral broke his neck. He threw him aside. Ariel shut her eyes fighting
a sob. She heard two more pops. Both of the remaining men had begged for their
lives. Ral hadn’t hesitated to kill them.
    “She’s mine,” he roared.
    Ariel’s eyes flew open when a hand gripped her. A bloody Ral
was panting as he jerked on her hand. She stumbled after him when he didn’t
give her a choice. He dragged her from the room, around the dead bodies of the
men he’d fought, and down the corridor. He didn’t stop until he reached the
bathroom. He yanked her inside. Two men occupied the room. Ral snarled at both
of them.
    “Out. Baras, guard the door.”
    One of the men nodded, glancing at Ariel. “Are you all right,
Ral?”
    “I had to kill four men stupid enough to try to take my
bound woman.”
    The man paled. “I will guard the door.”
    “Appreciated,” Ral said softly.
    He stared down at Ariel. She looked up at him fearfully. He
frowned. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
    “You killed all four of them.”
    He softly growled at her. “I don’t know how things are on
your planet but you aren’t there anymore, Ariel. If I did not kill them then I
would have to fight to keep you every day. Would you prefer I let them take you?
Do you know what they would have done with you? They would have bred you until
they passed you to other men. You are little. You would not survive long. They
would hurt you. You are mine. You and I are in love. Do you understand?”
    She nodded. “I’ve just…” She fought tears. “It scared me and
I’m not used to violence. I realize you had no choice and I appreciate that you
did that for me. I really do. I’m just in shock.”
    He sighed as his hold on her arm loosened. “I will wash.
Remove your clothes. We wash together.”
    She stripped quickly. She kept glancing at the door. Ral
chuckled. “Baras won’t let anyone enter. Most of my people fear me. I am
stronger than all.”
    “You fight really well.”
    “I am a…” He hesitated. “I don’t know how to make you understand.
On my planet some are stronger than others. I am from the strongest family. My
father leads our planet.”
    She was stunned. “Like a king?”
    “I don’t know that word. My father is the strongest. He
leads all of our people.”
    “Shit. You’re like a prince.”
    He shrugged. “I don’t understand that term but my people
follow me here. Sometimes some of them get stupid. They forget I fight the
best. It is our way. The strongest lead the weaker. I am the strongest of my
people here.”
    “So why do they even fight you?”
    “To win you from the Anzons…” He hesitated. “We do not like
to injure each other but we are good at inflicting enough injury to make it
look real. Sometimes we pretend broken bones. Sometimes the fight is real. Some
fought for real for you. I always win the fight and award the prize to one of
my people who deserve it. This time I kept the prize for myself.”
    She was shocked again by the man who jerked her naked body
into the shower stall and waved his hand against the wall. A waterfall of warm
water fell from above the entire shower stall area like rain. It startled Ariel.
    Ral