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leave him weak, and if he chooses to eat the female, he'll be sluggish. I'll have a better chance of killing him with my blade."
    "Oh, fine.” She lowered herself into one of the flight chairs. “That's good. Go out there and get yourself killed. That leaves me to do what I want. I'm all for it."
    Kol eyed her. The odds were he could take the creature under those circumstances, but there was no guarantee the beasts were cannibalistic.
    "Give me a stunner,” she promoted. “One shot and I'll give it back. I promise."
    "Come here."
    She obeyed so readily that Kol almost laughed. She'd do anything to get her hands on a gun. He retrieved her weapon from storage, but before handing it to her, he drew the laser cuffs from his belt and clamped them around her wrists.
    "Oh, come on.” She tilted her head back and glared at him.
    "This way I can control you."
    She sighed and gave him a disparaging look as he placed her confiscated stunner back in her hands. Next, he turned her toward the open hatch and, placing his arms around hers, he searched for their target in the darkness. He stiffened when the reality of the scene in the clearing hit him.
    "Uh ... that looks like—"
    "They're mating.” Kol lowered his arms and the female's and they stared at the spectacle taking place in the moonlight.
    * * * *
    The male carnivore had mounted the female from behind. With her forepaws bent and her back legs straight, her rump was high in the air. The male had risen on his hind legs and with his claws anchoring the female in place, was engaged in thrusting an enormous phallus into her exposed sex.
    Charity couldn't contain a laugh of relief. Behind her the bounty hunter had gone completely still and, despite herself, she was totally aware of his hard chest pressed against her back and his thighs spread on either side of her hips.
    Was he aware that their stance mimicked that of the animals?
    Grunts and yowls filled the night, both near and distant. Apparently this was not the only carnivore couple locked in the throes of passion at the moment. The erotic ritual went on and on until Charity thought she'd faint from the anticipation of coitus. She'd never bothered to observe lower animals having sex before, but this time she'd couldn't tear her eyes away.
    As she watched, Charity found herself aroused by the spectacle. The female carnivore's eyes were closed and her thick tail flicked back and forth. Her posture was one of complete submission to the male. He pumped away, each thrust ending in a deep sound of satisfaction. The rhythm of his movements was quick and relentless and, unbidden, Charity's hips began to move in time. She bumped against A'Kosu's groin once, twice, and there was no mistaking the iron-hard bulge of his cock.
    The sight aroused him, too.
    "It's mating season.” Her voice was breathy and her vision seemed to have blurred. Behind her, the Antarean's breath was hot and ragged against her ear.
    One of his hands slid down her arm and wrapped around her waist, drawing her tightly back against him. She gasped at the intrusion of his erection against her back and her clit tingled at the image of the two of them in the same position as the carnivores.
    In that moment Charity wanted him inside her. She wanted to be on her knees in front of him, open to him while he mounted her with the same undeniable dominance that his counterpart displayed.
    All coherent thought fled and she could think of nothing but offering herself to him. She pressed backward and let her head fall against his chest. “Oh, Goddess, do it, A'Kosu. Fuck me, please!"
    * * * *
    Kol's body wanted to obey the female's command, but his mind rebelled. She was a prisoner, enticing and more than willing, but a prisoner nevertheless. His cock protested painfully when he drew himself away from her. He wanted nothing more than to accept her invitation and push her to her knees on the deck.
    Where her firm backside had been pressed against him a minute ago, his flesh