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Kitos

Ineed to think quickly.

My battle brothers are even more clouded by lust than I am – and I’m barely holding on to reason.

We’ve got a henchman on the other side of that door – one who is never going to believe we’re Aurelian Law Enforcement. Hell, if I didn’t have a badge in my pocket, I’d doubt we were right now. We might as well have gone Rogue, the way we’re leering at Allie with lust in our eyes and raging erections in our suit pants.

“Daccia,”I telepath.“We can’t waste time. We need to make a break for it.”

Our leader snarls, but he knows it’s true. In terms of the practicalities of that – well, there are three of us, and only the Toad can stand up to any of us physically.

But our concern is that if we try to take Allie from this place by force, Spur and his human henchmen might start shooting – and our charge might be injured or killed in the exchange. This is bad for two reasons:

Firstly, that when Aurelian Law Enforcement capture a prisoner, they become fully responsible for him or her. If Spur or one of his men killed or injured Allie, we’d be the ones held responsible.

Secondly, given the lust she’s inflamed in us, would any of us three be willing to let Allie get hurt? Or let her death or injury go unavenged?

No – which means wehaveto protect her.

Okay – onto the administrative side of the issue. That needs to be resolved before we can bust our way out of here.

I turned to Allie, and growl: “I am Officer Kitos, and by the power vested in me by the Aurelian Empire, I declare you under arrest.”

Still in Daccia’s lap – barely dressed in that bra and skirt – Allie’s eyes flash with a mixture of anger and outrage.

I continue speaking:

“Allie Tabber, you’re arrested on three charges of theft in excess of 100,000 credits, plus two charges of fraud, and one charge of inciting rebellion.”

Rebellion. That’s the charge that amounts to ten years of her twenty-year sentence. Rebellion can mean anything from trying to mount an insurrection to simply escaping a planet when you’re on the list of criminals.

Allie’s lip trembles. I see right through her, even if my battle-brothers can’t. She’s not a weak, vulnerable girl like she pretends to be. She’s a dangerous vixen.

Allie Tabber was able to fool three Elites – fuckingElites. It wasn’t just any Aurelian triad she’d infiltrated and stole from. They were the highest of the high – part of the upper echelon of Aurelian society. They lost their riches at her hands, and then their status for shaming their rank by falling victim to her deception.

Allie Tabber is the most alluring female I’ve ever laid eyes on – but I won’t let the same fate befall me, or my battle-brothers.

“You take the girl,”telepaths Daccia. I step forward and grab Allie in my arms, lifting her from our leader’s lap.

Still sporting a tent in the front of his suit pants, Daccia bolts forward – breaking down the door with one massive kick.