The Indomitable Huntress & the Hardened Duke

al. Every huntress was an enemy, he was sure. This one was no exception. She may be an octopus but - for all anyone knew - s

he queen had told him so, but he imagined her to be mor

ired. And enraged. Yes, definitely enraged. And she had no righ

who took one look and his eyebrows shot to his hair before he pushed back the note

e us want to kill you less, Valor.” She’d seen the scribble - apologize, and could feel the huntress’s frust

ll of them - as Sushmita had been drilling into his head for months on end that

oat, clenched his teeth, and tried again, “I ap

Lucy presse

as much as he wanted to, but the way he despised being spoken to by someon

ussion of your people’s ranking and stations for next term is NOT more important th

uttered grudgingly, fingers digging into the flesh on his lap to cope with the bruised ego. Fucking lycans. Fucking wolves. Fuck them all! This on

began, “Now that we’ve laid your lies on the table and got that out of the way,” Xandar accepted the document Lucy handed to him and pla

shmita on higher alert. What was he doing, she thought. “W

ntedly, “You h

ions and security systems for the next three months and virtual access for the next decade - is, I’m

one would see what she was thinking, which was her

ds, he’d expected a firm and flat no from his cousin if not from

l. What happened to the duke was not a misfortune. It was a conspiracy designed to compromise our species. A scheme to get clo

added with feigned understanding, “Well, I suppose everyone has a different way of assessing the gravity of a situation.

substance inside remains functional. Tested on several rats, all of which died within weeks, as you well know since you’ve been given the report and a sample of the substance, which your own people have returned with similar reports. It’s very creative, using malleable needles for it to pass off

of the situation, I’m going to use this brush on you. We’ll see if anything happens. If it does, if you d

n. Face turning white as Lucy’s heels clicked toward him, his paling lips quivered

strands of hair, Valor leaned away and yelled

Lucy prompted, “Was

Valor

he misfortune of suf

reg’s cold ones before the comma

brush and hearing him release a relieved sigh as she turned to her warriors. “That’ll do, Fiona, Simo

bout her made everything that just happened hot as fuck. He had to cross his legs

im when Lucy threatened with a growl, “Turn off the damn thing or

they left his lips and the pun that was clearly not intended made Xandar shoot up from his chair, p

ing the show. “Should I help te

eg. Not

y, then,” G

terson grunted, desperate to refrain from screaming and cursing at his own body’s response to

shmita’s eyes stuck to her notepad, her hand holding her head like it was too

k into his chair and the hunter fell with the chair upon the

hey don’t, I’m more than happy to make adjustments to help you remember. But those would involve the pe

ed breaths. He refused Abbott’s outstretched hand and pushed himself up, sett

it with his palm and leaned back before reading it from his hand. “If you don’t sign the

lor exhaled sharply before murmu