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the blood managed
to jump-start a man’s dick, but he was not expecting her.
    Small and delicate, she
came off the transporter with heated green eyes, the color of moss and skin
like cream.  Bruha tended to be tall and golden; she had none of the
characteristics he would normally associate with the Bruha until she moved. 
Like water over rocks, she flowed forward and he wondered if she even touched
the ground.
    She was wearing the
standard uniform of a mercenary vessel, down to the combat boots.  She should
have been in free flowing robes, or better, nothing at all.  She was so small,
with lips that looked freshly kissed and a delectable body like a compact
Venus.  He was revising his list of demands of service even as she moved.  She
placed her bag on the ground and bowed.
    “Thank you for agreeing
to this meeting, Commander Lucan Warrung.  As a prospective employee, I am
prepared to prove my truth saying abilities at this time.”
    “Your name is Danika?”
    “Yes.”
    “According to the
anonymous communications I received, my brother Cor is trying to acquire you.”
    “That is my
understanding, yes.”
    “Your understanding? 
You have not met my brother.”
    “I have not.”
    “Then would it interest
you to know that no word of a loose truthsayer has crossed intergalactic
communication lines?”  He studied her, his own ice blue eyes frozen on her
face.  “My informants tell me he is looking for a full-blooded Bruha, not a
mixed blood truthsayer, one imprinted with the Warrung line.”
    Danika lifted her chin
with false bravado.  “I believe the agreement was to test my truth saying
ability and then proceed to employment negotiations.  If you are no longer
interested in hiring me, you have only to say and I will take my skills
elsewhere.”
    “Really?”  His words
were cold and he moved forward forcing Danika to move back.  He was a good foot
taller than she and all of it hard muscle and cat-like grace.  “If my brother
is after you, where else could you possibly be safe?  And make no mistake – he
will be after you.  Even if you are not what he thinks, you are still much too
valuable for his greedy hands to let loose.  No, I’m afraid there is nowhere
else you could possibly go, even if I was of a mind to let you, Bruha.”
    “Then test me and we
will begin negotiations.”
    “You misunderstand,
little Bruha.  There will be no negotiations, no agreements.  You are here
because you cannot be safe anywhere else and I can keep you safe from my
brother.  In exchange, you will serve me in whatever capacity I see fit.”
    “No.”
    “No?”  His voice was
deadly cold. 
    “You have given your
word that I would be treated as a prospective employee, not a slave; am I to
understand you are breaking that word?”
    “Your captain lied to
me.  That negates the deal.”
    “Untrue.  He told you
only truth.  I am a truthsayer.  I have Bruha blood in my veins.  I am being
hunted by your brother.  He told no lies to break the agreement.”
    “That remains to be
seen.”
    “Then test me and see
the truth for yourself.  I can prove you were dealt no falsehoods and you will
be bound by your word.”
    “You should be careful,
little one; just because I have never broken my word does not mean I will
always be bound by it.”
    “Lie.”
    “Which part?”
    “Both.  You have broken
your word and you will be bound by it.”
    He studied her, his
eyes losing none of their frost.  “I see I will have to be careful of what I
say to you in the future, little truthsayer.”
    “True.”
    He snapped an icom off
his belt. “Tuft. Two to transport directly to my quarters and you may send the
finder’s fee once we are aboard and the shields are up.”
    “Yes, sir”
    ***
    They were transported
before Danika could argue for a different location, but when she looked around
the room, she lost the ability to speak.  It was spacious and airy with the
smell of salt and water on the breeze coming in