Chapter 36: Alien Gifts Part 2

Manutaai stared frustratingly at her and realized it was not going to be as easy as he first thought. He had been given enough information about Kate to know that Talokta’s one mission in his life would be to deliver Kate to Kalvich above all costs. The fate of the universe was something that had hit his ears.

“Sorry, Kate, I’m going to have to force you.” He dragged her along the bed. “We are leaving one way or the other.”

Kate put up a struggle but she was no match for his strength. “No, Manutaai, please.”

He grabbed her wrist, and yanked her off the bed and hard up against him. Her perfume, her pretty hair, she was so warm, her body yielding. Last time he held her close, he had kissed her. This time he pressed his lips hard against her neck and licked along her throat tasting her. “For luck,” he whispered hoarsely.

He spun her round with her wrist behind her back and the gloctol against her temple.

Without her stones, Kate felt powerless.