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you understand. If you hold me back, I’ll send you crying back to your mommy—cut up like a little girl.”
    Another flash of amusement played at the corners of his lips. “Good with knives, are you?”
    â€œVery,” I said with utter confidence.
    â€œFair enough. Warning received.” Quick as a snap, he rolled on top of me and pinned my shoulders to the mat with his knees.
    I quickly brought my legs up behind him and wrapped my ankles around his neck. My thigh muscles ached when I jerked him backward. Down he went, up I went. The moment his back hit, I used the momentum to pull myself the rest of the way up and planted my elbow in his stomach.
    His breath whooshed out. “That’s the second time you’ve elbowed me,” he panted.
    â€œHas EenLi showed up anymore?” I asked, quickly pushing to my feet. Just for fun, I dropped and thrust my elbow into his lungs.
    â€œDamn it!” When he caught his breath, Lucius said, “A few more times in New Dallas. We think he murdered a human female.”
    â€œThat’s not his usual MO. EenLi abducts, rapes, and tortures. He rarely kills. There’s no profit in a dead body.”
    â€œI know. I think he’s desperate and made a mistake.” Lucius spun and lashed out, his foot slamming into my forearm. Into my wound.
    I winced, but maintained my balance. My God, that hurt. He wanted me to cry “unfair,” but I didn’t give him the satisfaction. I leapt, whirling in the air, one fist cocked and ready. Contact. I nailed him in the temple.
    His chin whipped to the side.
    â€œIt usually takes him months to round up the right slave candidates, since he only wants those that meet his buyers’ specifications,” I said. “Why act hastily now?”
    â€œFrom what you told Michael,” he said, dancing to the side when I came at him again, causing me to miss him, “some of his last shipment died from some sort of sickness. His buyers wouldn’t have liked that. They asked for a certain number, I’m sure, so he has to supply that exact number. And don’t forget, you killed his top man, so he’s doing some of the dirty work himself now.”
    â€œMakes sense.” Since the move had worked for me before, I went low, kicked out. My leg connected with his ankles. When he tumbled down, I jumped and pinned his shoulders with my knees, my crotch near his face.
    He met my eyes, then purposefully slid his gaze slid downward. “Nice view.”
    I shivered and tried to halt the new flicker of awareness sparking within me. Short, inky locks of hair spiked over his forehead, giving him a just-roused-from-bed appearance. “Look, I’m not like other women you know. I’m tougher than you think. I’ve done things and been places most people only fear.”
    â€œYou’re still a woman,” he said, as if that explained every secret of the universe. “And you’re a Raka, the most peaceful race ever to slink their way onto this planet.”
    Slink? I should break his nose for that. “I’m a Rakan woman who kills people for a living. I’m not afraid of you, and I’m not afraid of EenLi. I will kill him.”
    An unreadable emotion glimmered in his eyes, and I wondered what he was feeling. Admiration? I wished. Doubt? Most likely.
    â€œWhy do you choose to kill other-worlders when you yourself are an other-worlder? Isn’t that like killing your own brother?”
    â€œMy reasons are my own and no business of yours.”
    â€œI’ve read your file,” he said. “No reason is mentioned.”
    Stunned, I blinked. Michael had the nerve to delete Lucius’s file so I would have to learn about him on my own, but he left my file for the man to peruse at his leisure? Fury seared me, and lightning snapped along my tongue. “Like my reasoning, my file is my business and mine alone.”
    He remained unperturbed.