Under By Treaty (SciFi Romance) (20 page)

“Thank you, Honored Qui.”

“It is a mutually satisfactory resolution, Ambassador. Trexan will reap full profits from its newfound energy supply. The Qui will retain a strategic position in this quadrant of the Empire. There is no need for cessation that would undermine the financial structure supporting our mutual galactic defenses. I wish you had been honest with me from the start.”

“I concur, and hope this will be the start of closer relations between the Trexan system and the Qui.”

“I am sure it will be.”

Sonil glanced at K’rista. Her mother had taken some persuasion, but as Fitor enjoyed pointing out, their mother was not sitting on the throne. However, K’rista appeared to have lost interest in the Trexan problem. Her attention was on Jaden.

Sonil twisted around to stare at her servant, companion, husband, and lover. He did not move, his gaze directed forward, and he projected nothing other than total devotion.

K’rista beckoned him forward as the Trexan delegation left. Sonil watched Jaden walk towards her mother, drop to bended knee, and bow his head.

K’rista walked around him. Then she smiled at her daughter. “Much improved, Sonestra. He is a credit to you. Perhaps I was wrong about him. I think I would like to visit this Earth. See for myself.”

Sonil noticed a tiny muscle in Jaden’s cheek clench. Fortunately for him, her mother missed the hint of disapproval. Still, Sonil would have to find a way to punish Jaden for his lapse. She hid a smile. Her fingers drummed the arm of her throne in anticipation.
The movement caught his attention as he returned to assume his position at her side.

His eyes widened.

The End

AUTHOR
’S NOTE

Under By Treaty
is part of a collection focusing on the willing surrender of a strong, alpha male to the woman who has him whipped. I wrote these stories to explore the idea of a strong ‘alpha’ male having the courage and trust to surrender to a woman he grows to love, despite extreme and testing circumstances. Please read the content advisory.

Each book in the collection is a stand-alone novel.

I published this new edition after author Travis Luedke encouraged me to make several changes he thought would enhance the ending and characterization. Travis wanted to get involved in the writing of these additional scenes and I love what he has added to
Under By Treaty
.

I have also edited the story to clarify character motivation, ensuring erotic scenes make consent more obvious, but still pushing the boundary enjoyed by readers of earlier editions.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this story.

UNDER BY DURESS

She caught him. Now she has to turn him in.

Tahima has escaped to the Blue Ridge Mountains following a devastating break up from her ex-Dom. When a Mafia heir wanted for murder crashes into her life, she determines to turn him in. Her only option is to force him down the mountain. It is a mission fraught with danger. Rossini is a Dom who promises to be uncooperative. She will have to switch roles.

Excerpt

Tahima opened the unlocked door to the tiny hunter’s cabin and stepped in. She swept her flashlight around the interior bringing the dark shadows to life. A solid wood-railed bed was tucked into the far corner against the right-hand wall. There was a simple stove and wall cabinet near the door. Rossini took one look at the bed, groaned, shuffled past her and tumbled face down onto the unmade mattress.

She investigated the cabinet and found thick candles, tins of beans, cooking utensils, and extra blankets. Lighting a candle with the matches from her backpack, Tahima stood it on the stove. Rossini didn’t move. She studied him carefully. He rested on his right cheek. His eyes were closed, his dark lashes just visible in the candlelight. When his brow creased, she knew she could not leave him like this. The strain in his face was of a man in pain.

She pulled out her stun gun. “I’m going to unlock one cuff.”

His left eye opened.
             

“When I do, lie on your back, and put your right arm above your head.”

He groaned. “I don’t think I can.”

She crouched down beside him so her face was level with his. “I’ll help. But you must give me your word. No trouble.”

Several emotions played on his face, rebellion chief among them, but his need for relief overcame them all. Maybe he’d assessed his chances and decided that his current condition made a bid for freedom risky at best. Whatever his reason, he nodded. “I give you my word – this time.”

Tahima nodded, satisfied. However, she wasn’t foolish enough to trust him so easily. Using her free hand, she unclipped the chain around her neck, inserted the key in the lock, and released his left wrist. Then she retreated to safety. “You can turn yourself over.”

That proved a struggle as his arms refused to cooperate. When she sensed his frustration boil over, she raised her stun gun. He caught the warning and doubled his efforts. He pushed up onto the elbow of his free arm and managed to turn over, the bed creaking under his shifting weight. He kicked his feet out to untwist the chain connecting his ankles.

Only when he was flat on his back and staring bleakly at the ceiling did she move forward, maintaining a tight grip on her weapon. The heavy handcuffs had pulled his right arm to the floor. Keeping her distance, she grabbed the open cuff and lifted his arm up and over his head. He was asleep before she’d locked it around the bed railing on the opposite side.

Certain he wasn’t going anywhere, Tahima sagged to the floor and rested her head against the wall. She felt strange. Exhausted. In control. Out of her mind.

Sakes alive, her body was wired.

She was alone in an isolated cabin with a hunk of a man chained to a bed. The thought had her squirming.
Damn
, she was facing a restless night.

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TRAVIS LUEDKE

Adult Paranormal Romance ~ Urban Fantasy

If you enjoyed this newly revised edition of Under By Treaty, with contributions from Travis Luedke, then try his Nightlife Series  – violent, sexy, and occasionally violently sexy.

Vampires, strippers, escorts, night clubs, pimps and dirty cops

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The Nightlife Series explores the sexy, dangerous misadventures of vampires and an interesting assortment of wickedly corrupt men and women of the night. Gangs, pimps, prostitutes, cartel, mafia, drug dealers, addicts, alcoholics, all those wonderfully colorful people you find rubbing elbows in the back alleys, night clubs, and strip joints.

These creatures inhabit a world of constant blood, sex, and arousal. The act of feeding is highly erotic, victims often experience multiple orgasms. A vampire's bite is the most powerful drug imaginable, ecstasy, euphoria, and an ever-present potential for addiction. Lethally violent predators, they can cut through flesh like a hot knife through butter. They slip through the nightlife quietly, unobtrusively, until cornered. Then it gets ugly, people die.

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