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touch was clear, but unlike most women, she didn’t need to be overt in her invitation. His body tightened and he gulped. His mind spun madly as wisps of excitement skittered along nerve endings.
    “I’m not... I don’t want to get involved with someone I’m working with.”
    “Commander... Marcus. I’m not looking for involvement. Maybe we could spend some time together? Get to know each other... better .”
    “It’s not right...”
    She smiled and leaned in.
     
    Bleep! Bleep! He waved his hand, looking for the alarm button that interrupted this delightful tete-a-tete with the princess. Then he realized it wasn’t the bedside alarm he’d programmed for the morning. It was the strident wail of the alarm he’d fastened to the princess’s door. His hand slid beneath his pillow even as he sat up in bed.
    The princess. The Incubi. “God damn!”
    He moved quickly, feet silent as he reached for the door and wrenched it open, pistol in hand. The hallway was empty, but that didn’t mean the coast was clear.
    He slid along the wall, his eyes scanning back and forth. Where are my people?
    His mouth thinned as he rounded the corner, his gaze settling on the two men at her doorway, slumped to the floor.
    A thud and the sound of a thwack resounded and he pounced, punching through the partially open door. “ Turana Dria?”
    Panting, quick and heavy, filled the air and the outline of someone dressed in black loomed in the doorway. He tensed, unsure of what to expect, but before he could speak he heard her sultry voice.
    “Commander Vane? The coast is clear.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “They’re subdued, Commander.” She reached for a light switch and a glow flared. He glanced around and noted two bodies on the floor, hands behind their backs and fastened with some kind of metallic binding.
    “Jesus!” The words escaped on a breath. “What happened?”
    “I don’t know what happened to the guards outside the door, but a noise woke me. I’m a light sleeper after all my years of training, so when I heard something unexpected, I responded. The lights were off, but I was able to get behind the door before they entered my chamber.” She grinned. “This was the first thing that came to hand.” She held up a lamp, the cord still dangling on the floor. “The first one was simple. A quick blow to the head knocked him out, but before I get around him, the other was there.” She shrugged nonchalantly.
    Marcus strode closer, noting the sheen of red liquid that snaked along her arm. “You’re hurt?”
    “Not anything life-threatening. He got a swing with his needle at me before I could avoid him. He scraped me, but I managed to evade whatever was in the syringe.”
    “Syringe?” He bent and looked at the man. Nothing was in his hand.
    “It’s still on the floor in the bedroom.”
    A strange sensation filled him, like the congealing of his innards. “They were after you, Turana . This location is no longer secure.”
    “I would agree, but what do you recommend then?”
    “We go to the base. It’s secure.”
    The princess cocked her head. “If you think that’s best.”
    “I do.”
    “All right then. You’ll want the syringe too?” She cocked her head as if sizing him up.
    “Yes. I’d like to know what they were going to inject you with. Grab it and whatever you need for the next few days, then we’ll get out of here.”
    She turned and hurried away from him.
    He slid his fingers into his pocket, took out his phone, and made the call to have the prisoners locked away securely. At least until they could be interrogated, then whatever happened to them was in the hands of the courts.

Chapter 2
     
    The bed was hard. Narrow. It reminded Dria of home.
    She rolled onto her side wondering, not for the first time, why then she couldn’t settle into a deep and dreamless sleep.
    Two things rattled around in her mind. The first was the situation with the Incubi. They’d obviously decided she was the weak link,