Angel 6.0: Pursuit

by Travis Luedke

  Chancy snorted. “You’re not gettin’ me into metal underpants. No thank you.”

  Azad and Cesar snickered. I wrinkled my nose at Chancy. “If you don’t mind having your balls burnt off, makes no difference to me. Gran armor is highly effective against plasma fire.”

  Chancy reached between his legs and felt himself with a worried look on his face. “If you’re wearing one o’ those cuttin’ torches, I guess I need some protection.”

  I would never live down the fact I’d castrated Captain Cronin of the Traders Guild, my former owner. I’d been defending myself and the Prince, but these damn males couldn’t see past my choice of attack targets.

  The Cat approached me first and assembled little bits of metal starting at my knees and working up my legs. Without pause or warning he reached up the loose see-through fabric of my skirt and wrapped my delicate parts in metallic armor. Good to know my pussy wasn’t getting pounded anytime soon.

  The men cordially looked away as the Cat tech felt his way up my body with various pieces of armor that locked together in magnetic-nanotech latching mechanisms. I had no idea what most of it did, and it was pretty light stuff. Probably titanium and platinum blended in with who knows what else. Back when I had a slave collar around my neck, Cesar and Azad were unable to identify the blended alloy of the metal.

  Rollick had removed my slave collar at our mating ceremony, a kindness I could not thank him for enough.

  My golden bra came off, and I caught Chancy ogling an eyeful of my breasts as the tech felt me up with his rough claws, attaching armor around my chest that connected to over-the-shoulder pieces. Amazingly, the stuff fit like a glove, smoothly wrapping the contours of my slim torso. I’d been butt naked in front of these men before, but I still felt my face burn with embarrassment as I submitted to this uncomfortably intimate process.

  The Emperor watched with a keen eye as the Cat worked his way down my left forearm. “Fit her with an Imperial Shield. The Princess deserves every protection.”

  The Cat did a double take on the Emperor, then nodded and reached for another metallic device on the wall. He attached it to my left forearm, a circular node that twisted and hummed.

  The Emperor squeezed his left fist and snapped his arm out. “This activates your shield.”

  I mimicked him and a bright meter-wide circular energy field popped up in front of me, seemingly tethered to my left wrist, centered on the glowing-humming node attached to my armor.

  “Most Gran Warriors are too proud to carry shields. They believe it reduces honor in combat. I believe the survivors enjoy the luxury of debating the honor of their combat.”

  I grinned at the Emperor’s sly humor and the awesome shimmery shield device emanating from my wrist. The Emperor flicked his arm back and opened his hand, then nodded for me to do the same. When I did, the motion deactivated my shield. Flick one way, the shield activated, the other way, deactivated.

  I could have some serious fun with this.

  The fidgety Tech drew my attention as he wrapped my right forearm and hand with a svelte metallic gauntlet. I watched in fascination as the Tech adjusted the gauntlet just so. The gauntlets I’d used in the past were made for much larger hands, Cat hands. Not this one. The Tech stepped away from me as he finished and I squeezed my right fist closed. With the finger-pressure buttons activated inside the gauntlet grip, a white-hot torch blade lit up across the front of my fist. About twentyfive centimeters wide, a half-moon shape of brilliant blazing energy hummed with life at the end of my arm. I loved the Gran battle gauntlet, especially this one – made for me. These blades cut through almost anything, even steel … or Cat balls.

  “If that ain’t the definition of dangerous …” Chancy eyed my lit blade with trepidation. I’d never really got along with him. In our first meeting I nearly cut his head off with one of these blades. He wasn’t one to forgive and forget.

  I released my fist and the blade energy dissipated. “I’ll make you a deal, Chancy. Stay out of my way and I’ll let you keep all your parts.”

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  ANGEL 6.0 ENSLAVED

  Born of illegal experimentation on the human genome, I've been stolen across the galaxy and enslaved as concubine to Captain Cronin of the alien race of Cats called The Gran. I am Angel 6.0 and this is the dark, wicked, violent tale of my struggle to survive and find love among humans and aliens who despise me.

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  Marcel must accept that the war is really over, or lose the alien glittering gem who saved his life.

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  He hides his true form to spare her sanity.

  Will the truth destroy them, or is love truly blind?

  After decades of war, the Qui Empress ushers in a new era when she takes a human tribute as her price for a peace treaty with Earth. She orders the surrender of all human prisoners of war.

  Ardant’s mission is to retrieve Captain Bea Solomon and bring her safely home. He finds Bea at the mercy of a flesh dealer, so mistreated that the sight of Ardant’s winged lizard form terrifies her. To gain her trust and rescue both her mind and body, Ardant makes a decision that traps him in a lie.

  Bea recovers in his care, blissfully unaware her savior is not the man she is growing to love. Ardant is Qui, a member of the shapeshifter alien race who once ordered the decimation of Earth. Attractions collide, pheromones explode, and Ardant clings to his human fo
rm by the shreds of his failing willpower. At his wit’s end, he enlists Bea’s help to restrain his baser needs… but this Captain enjoys having a handsome man bound and at her mercy.

  As passions rise and Ardant’s deception fractures, he faces the approaching reckoning. For no restraint can protect Bea from the devastating truth waiting to destroy her delicate peace of mind.

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  Vampires Aaron and Michelle prowl the dark, gritty, strip clubs and back alleys of London on the hunt for Michael Jamison, the man who stole Michelle's blood and left her for dead. To assist them, Aaron’s new master, Urvashi, calls in favors from her friends, Russian mercenary werewolves.

  Wolves Katya and Ivan, hunters adept at killing rogue vampires, set aside their animosity for Aaron and Michelle to stop Jamison from murdering another woman – he already has one bloodless victim lying in the morgue.