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What kind of a human is she?????
Sandoval had answered "female" in his typical resigned tone. Even he could not explain Renee Palmer, and he was of her species. Howlyn could not begin to comprehend why she kept besting him at every turn, even when she was in a turmoil created by her own fragile emotions. Emotions caused by the one thing he could not tolerate in others of her species, but which continually drew him to her like a moth to flame. Her humanity.
He should have killed her when he'd first encountered her coming out of stasis. He'd toyed with her then, finding an evolved human species had survived into the future had appealed to the overlord in him, his first thought had been of domination. But when he'd tried to feed upon her and had been forcibly repelled his curiosity had been caught, and he knew he wanted to study this human that had the power to resist his feeding upon her. Then, when he'd had her in his clutches and she had defied him despite her fear, which had caught his interest as well as his desire.
He'd sought to conquer her. He'd used his body to intimidate, and his desire for her to tempt her into submission. Her resistance to both had piqued his fury, and he'd attempted to dominate her by forcing her into the hybrid chamber and joining her to him, forcing her to his will by making her into his subject. That too had failed. The same thing that prevented his feeding upon her had prevented the joining process. Nothing was left to him now but to bend her to his will, an act that he looked forward to with pleasure. The next trip she made to the mother ship would be her last, for she would not be permitted to leave again unless it was as his queen.
She would resist. Truth be told he looked forward to her resistance. She was a challenge he was more than willing to take on. Juda was a fine toy but like a toy she did not hold his interest for long. Maybe once he had Renee Palmer bent to his will he would tire of her also, though he doubted it. A woman with that kind of fire in her soul would never bore him. She would give him fine children to carry on his line. They would be part human, yes, but that could be a new advantage when one considered it was humans he planned to rule.
He walked to the window that looked out over the planet below. Its appearance had changed much while he'd been in stasis. The species called human had changed as well, but he felt it was only a matter of time before he had the human race bent to his will.
He would begin with Renee Palmer. He touched his hand to the computer screen before him and Sandoval's face appeared on the screen, one eyebrow raised in question.
"Have you located her?" Howlyn growled, his expression fierce as he scowled at the human Juda had decided to befriend.
"Not yet. After the incident with Jeremiah she disappeared, again. I'm working on it."
Howlyn's scream of rage made Sandoval wince, though one would not know it looking at him. The screen before him went blank, and he turned to look at Juda, catching the expression of disgust that crossed her features.
"How can he wish to ally himself with that human." Juda hissed, the word human emphasized like it was a dirty word. "He had better hope I do not locate her first!"
"Perhaps he is wondering the same thing about me." Sandoval said, his tone even as his eyes scanned the screen before him.
"Sandoval." Juda purred, drawing out the S as she always did. "You at least have a purpose in our mission. You work with us, not against us. Renee Palmer fights everything we stand for. She has destroyed so much of our work. Yet still he pants after her like one of your dogs. It is lowering to see our king reduced to a slavering cur."
"I do not understand his choice." Sandoval agreed. "But as long as she eludes us he will long for her. Once I get her for him he may grow tired of her, and that will be the end of that. The search for her delays everything else. The sooner I get her for him the sooner his full attention will turn to the mission."
"You are wise Sandoval." Juda said with approval. "Such wisdom should be rewarded."
Her finger trailed down his spine, and her turned to face her as the computer continued its scan.
What kind of a human is she?????
Sandoval had answered "female" in his typical resigned tone. Even he could not explain Renee Palmer, and he was of her species. Howlyn could not begin to comprehend why she kept besting him at every turn, even when she was in a turmoil created by her own fragile emotions. Emotions caused by the one thing he could not tolerate in others of her species, but which continually drew him to her like a moth to flame. Her humanity.
He should have killed her when he'd first encountered her coming out of stasis. He'd toyed with her then, finding an evolved human species had survived into the future had appealed to the overlord in him, his first thought had been of domination. But when he'd tried to feed upon her and had been forcibly repelled his curiosity had been caught, and he knew he wanted to study this human that had the power to resist his feeding upon her. Then, when he'd had her in his clutches and she had defied him despite her fear, which had caught his interest as well as his desire.
He'd sought to conquer her. He'd used his body to intimidate, and his desire for her to tempt her into submission. Her resistance to both had piqued his fury, and he'd attempted to dominate her by forcing her into the hybrid chamber and joining her to him, forcing her to his will by making her into his subject. That too had failed. The same thing that prevented his feeding upon her had prevented the joining process. Nothing was left to him now but to bend her to his will, an act that he looked forward to with pleasure. The next trip she made to the mother ship would be her last, for she would not be permitted to leave again unless it was as his queen.
She would resist. Truth be told he looked forward to her resistance. She was a challenge he was more than willing to take on. Juda was a fine toy but like a toy she did not hold his interest for long. Maybe once he had Renee Palmer bent to his will he would tire of her also, though he doubted it. A woman with that kind of fire in her soul would never bore him. She would give him fine children to carry on his line. They would be part human, yes, but that could be a new advantage when one considered it was humans he planned to rule.
He walked to the window that looked out over the planet below. Its appearance had changed much while he'd been in stasis. The species called human had changed as well, but he felt it was only a matter of time before he had the human race bent to his will.
He would begin with Renee Palmer. He touched his hand to the computer screen before him and Sandoval's face appeared on the screen, one eyebrow raised in question.
"Have you located her?" Howlyn growled, his expression fierce as he scowled at the human Juda had decided to befriend.
"Not yet. After the incident with Jeremiah she disappeared, again. I'm working on it."
Howlyn's scream of rage made Sandoval wince, though one would not know it looking at him. The screen before him went blank, and he turned to look at Juda, catching the expression of disgust that crossed her features.
"How can he wish to ally himself with that human." Juda hissed, the word human emphasized like it was a dirty word. "He had better hope I do not locate her first!"
"Perhaps he is wondering the same thing about me." Sandoval said, his tone even as his eyes scanned the screen before him.
"Sandoval." Juda purred, drawing out the S as she always did. "You at least have a purpose in our mission. You work with us, not against us. Renee Palmer fights everything we stand for. She has destroyed so much of our work. Yet still he pants after her like one of your dogs. It is lowering to see our king reduced to a slavering cur."
"I do not understand his choice." Sandoval agreed. "But as long as she eludes us he will long for her. Once I get her for him he may grow tired of her, and that will be the end of that. The search for her delays everything else. The sooner I get her for him the sooner his full attention will turn to the mission."
"You are wise Sandoval." Juda said with approval. "Such wisdom should be rewarded."
Her finger trailed down his spine, and her turned to face her as the computer continued its scan.