He never wanted a mate but she softens his hardened shell, making it impossible to resist her. She is his weakness and his redemption.
Warrior Redeemed, an all-new forced-proximity, fated mates, sci-fi romance, and a standalone book in the Cadi Warriors Series from USA Today bestselling author, Stephanie West, is available now!
Ava had long ago given up hope of being rescued from the scaly aliens. She’d have to be her own hero. So, when her captors start evacuating, she sees her chance at freedom. Living in the wilds of a foreign planet is better than the abuse she and her fellow humans suffer. Except, the escape doesn’t go exactly as planned.
While fleeing, Ava runs right into the cause of her captors’ flight. The aliens infiltrating the base are strange. The exotic man towering over her is built like a tank. Literally, he is covered from head to toe in bony armor. Even more amazing, he is there to rescue her people. Too bad she can’t go with them.
Scala didn’t plan on finding his mate when he infiltrated the enemy outpost. He never wanted a mate or to settle down. Then he discovered the brave female captive. When she runs, he chases, desperate to save the human female from herself.
Giving in to the growing hunger is out of the question. There is a mission to accomplish, and only a savage beast would pounce on a vulnerable, newly liberated female. Apparently, he is a beast.
Ava cuts to the quick, softening Scala’s hardened shell, making it impossible to resist her. She is his weakness and his redemption.
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“You forgot Yitu’s things?!” Vicarius Kur hissed as he paused stride in the hangar and spun toward her. Anger sparked in the outpost commander’s beady yellow eyes, his scaly tail thumping the floor threateningly.
Leaving the bag behind had been a last minute but calculated move. Kur literally just sprang this trip on her, not that he ever told her any of his plans ahead of time. The scaly asshole was all demands and swift reprisals if she didn’t act fast enough. Still, when Kur told her to pack, she assumed he meant just his travel gear, but he meant Yitu’s as well. It was completely unexpected. Kur never took his son anywhere. It was an even bigger surprise that she and Lucas were coming, too. In the two years since she’d awoken on this godforsaken planet and been made the Vicarius’ slave, she’d never been taken anywhere outside of Fuzyre.
It only confirmed what she suspected; something was going on. For the last few days, the mood in the outpost was more tense than usual and Kur was twice as surly. Now the Vicarius and his top lieutenants were loading into the massive ship in the seaside hangar.
I knew it. This is what we were waiting for.
She was accustomed to her enslavement and even the abuse, but that didn’t mean she accepted any of it. There was no disputing, she along with dozens of men and women were abducted from Earth. She’d seen the wrecked spaceship at the bottom of the canyon, when the alien lizards pulled her out of the freaky pod. She’d witnessed firsthand the volcanoes, green clouds, and the planet reminiscent of Saturn hanging in the sky. It all screamed this was not Earth. She clearly remembered the debilitating terror and clutching Lucas tight as the overgrown iguanas herded them into a cruiser. Anyone who resisted died. Anyone who refused to get the language implant died. Anyone who didn’t work died. This was her reality. She’d lived it. Except there was no way in hell she was living the rest of her life like this.
I don’t fucking accept any of it!
The thoughts and memories swiftly shifted through her mind like a pep talk. Her hand tightened on Lucas’s and Ava focused on the yellow-eyed scaly bastard.
“Apologies, Vicarius. I will run with Lucas to fetch it right now. I’m sorry for my stupidity,” she swiftly bowed her head.
Kur tugged Lucas away and shoved him toward the loading ship.
“We will be quick.” She again reached for Lucas, her panic rising.
“Go get it!” Vicarius Kur hissed, slapping her across the face.
Ava staggered backward. Her cheek stung and stars flickered before her eyes. At least the Jurou Biljana’s claws hadn’t connected with her cheek, but his next blow would flay skin.
Pain that had nothing to do with her cheek ripped through Ava as she looked at Lucas being led onto the lizard’s ship. The plan was falling to shit. He was supposed to be by her side. She really had no intention of going to fetch the bag. They were supposed to be escaping the outpost.
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