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street when she’d come on to him. He’d rushed
her into the alley and fucked her to his own satisfaction. Not that
she hadn’t enjoyed it. Dallas had actually held off his own
gratification to satisfy her needs first. But her tiny bubble of hope
that it had meant something to him burst as he’d counted out
the credits he owed her and tucked her into the cab without a
backward glance.
    Lilly
growled her frustration at the night, startling a Znedu couple
enjoying a late-night stroll. Smiling, she moved on, angry at herself
for letting the human contact get under her skin. She needed to get
her head back in the game.
    The
second moon was visible through the blue haze of lights lining the
street. Lilly wasn’t late, but if she didn’t hurry she
wouldn’t be settled in place, looking the part of a woman on
the prowl, when her mark arrived. If the horny informant she’d
spoken to two days ago had given her the correct intel, and that was
a big if in his lust-fogged state, then the alien she was
hunting should have arrived from Reigis Alpha several hours ago and
should be making his way to the tavern any time now. Lilly cut down a
side street, saving herself only a couple of minutes.
    Unlike
the alley where Dallas had taken her, this narrow passage had no
windowed stores. No other souls walked the muted shadows. Only the
back-door stoops and heavy ductwork of businesses on the main street
broke the monotony of the stone walls. Pulling the tiny fur coat
tighter around her waist, Lilly quickened her steps. Years on the
police force had taught her how to defend herself, but it wouldn’t
do for a working woman to be seen turning down business. The whole
lady-of-the-night getup worked for catching felons off guard, but she
hadn’t meant for Dallas to think of her that way.
    Sheesh,
she needed to forget the man and focus on the job ahead of her.
    “ Well,
look what’s tripped into my hold.” The gravelly clicks
and pops translated in her ear as an Ickbata slithered from a
shadowed doorway. Pulling up to his full height, he blocked her path
and stared down at her.
    She
forgot how big they actually were. “ Wisc thek, schont fral. ” Good evening, sexy male. Another one of those sentences she
could say in multiple languages. Silently, Lilly cursed. She’d
had her mind wrapped around that damn human, not focused on her
surroundings. A very dangerous thing for a human female. The energy
sluicing off her was high, but she focused it in her hands and
reached out to touch his bare chest. “I was just headed to the
tavern.” The soft scales rippled beneath her palm. “ Kal
auct ral tsk, pa? ” Buy me a drink, stranger?
    “ You
look good enough for business.” He stepped closer, the thick
scent of leather filling the heated air between them.
    “ Actually,
it’s been a long day and I was hoping to relax a little before
doing more business,” she said, hoping his translator would
pick up her sultry whisper. The large nostrils at the end of his
snout flared, scenting the air laced with her heady aroma. The
temperature of his skin rose and Lilly focused the current to her
palm. Even in the muted light she could see his eyes widen and the
skin below his abdomen swell. “A drink with a good-looking
Ickbata would be the perfect ending.” Another push of energy
and the soft scales of skin fluttered beneath her fingers.
    The
Ickbata, drunk on the endorphins coursing through his veins,
compressed until she could look him in the eye. “We think you
like us very much. Happy we make you.”
    “ Of
course you will.” She wanted to laugh at his reference to his
cocks as separate parts of himself. She hoped that was his ego
talking and not an effect of the hormone overdose she was producing.
But it couldn’t be helped. She didn’t have much time to
mess with this alien. One more push of energy and the Ickbata
stumbled back to the wall and slid down the bricks, his appendages
falling limply at his sides.
    “ Tsk
phleg ronk tsk tsk.