Colliding Worlds Trilogy 02 – Implosion

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Authors: Berinn Rae
Tags: Romance, Paranormal
back their freedom. That night started the twenty-year Noble War. Her people far outnumbered the Draeken, which resulted in so many more Sephians being slaughtered than their Draeken enemy. But enough survived to drive the winged scourge from their planet for good.
    They’d reclaimed Sephia, but the Noble War wasn’t over. The few remaining Draeken fled. They’d do the same to their next home. And so Nalea had been one of the first to volunteer to join a team of six hundred Sephian soldiers to pursue the scourge to the ends of the universe if necessary. The way she saw it, her people were the only chance Earth had.
    “What goes through that mind of yours?” Roden announced from behind her.
    Tension climbed her spine. Her nerves were frayed from the endless battles with Roden. She’d broken free from her cell before. She’d do it again. Still facing the wall, she said, “Just can’t get enough of me, Commander?”
    A soft, masculine chuckle. “I admit I find you … intriguing. However, I’m simply trying to be a good host. I wouldn’t want my guest to grow disenchanted in my care.”
    Nalea sighed. If she’d asked him to leave her alone, he’d be there every waking minute, even more than he already was. He was incorrigible. At least he hadn’t tortured her. Nor had he tried to force the bond upon her.
Yet.
Something that made her both relieved and suspicious at the same time. “What do you want, Commander?”
    “Always to the point, Lea. I appreciate that. I have brought a proposal for you.”
    She forced herself to not turn, to not display interest, to not respond.
    “How would you like to earn your freedom?”
    She shook her head. “If to earn my freedom, you mean for me to betray my people, you may as well kill me now.”
    “I would never kill my
tahren.

    Nalea snorted and folded her arms over her chest. “I’m not your
tahren
yet. Nor will I ever be.”
    “Hm. I disagree. Alas, but that’s not why I’m here. Back to my proposal. I ask nothing from you that would pit you against your own people, I give you my word. In fact, I offer you an opportunity to become a legend in the Noble War.”
    The sound of metal on metal caused her to twist around. Roden stepped into her cell, the door now wide open. Even with his pale wings held tight behind him, his presence seemed to fill much of the small cell. How could one hateful being exude so much sensual power? “I know better than to accept the word of a liar, Roden Zyll.”
    He shrugged. “I speak the truth now.” He motioned to her. “Come to my room so we can discuss this further.”
    She raised her brows. “Never in all twelve hells will you get me to come willingly to your room.”
    He gave her a wicked grin. “You came on your own volition last night.”
    “To kill you.”
    “It doesn’t have to be that way.”
    “As long as you live, it does,” she said far too quickly.
    His features turned hard. His body was stiff, covered only by a loose open shirt, black kilt, and boots. For a lord, he dressed plainly, but there was nothing common about his highborn charisma. Where many nobles flouted their station in order to gain respect, Roden needed no adornment. He was a natural leader, making one race follow him in droves and another race try to relentlessly kill him.
    He tapped out a few commands on his wrist-com, and glanced up at the camera entrenched in the ceiling. Nalea followed his gaze to see the light on the camera flicker off. She tensed. What didn’t he want his guardsmen to see? Clenching her jaw, she eyed Roden in a silent face-off.
I won’t let him break me.
    He cocked his head. “I know why Hillas wants you.”
    As his words brought a shiver across her skin, disbelief froze her mind. Her heart felt as though her blood had become lead. Of all things to say, she’d never expected
that
. “You’re bluffing,” she said, trying to sound haughty but it came out breathless.
    His eyes narrowed, and he took a step closer. She

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