Noir Kioko had only ever seen one human before his undercover work brought him to the diner at the Luna Terminal, and that was at a distance. Humans are rare, most of them disappear without a trace, and he hopes hanging around the restaurant will give him a lead on the smuggling ring he’s investigating. There was no way he could’ve known the human would turn out to be his mate, and no way he can let it show without putting his mate in danger and possibly jeopardising his mission.<br><br>Max Welch is the proud owner of the only restaurant within a light year’s distance. He left Earth four years ago to create a better life for himself, but he hadn’t considered the possibility of scary alien pirates making his restaurant their favourite hangout spot. As a measly human there isn’t much he can do about it, but as one of the pirates starts coming by almost every day he has to come up with something before he loses all his customers. That the giant cat man is rather nice to look at changes nothing.<br><br>When rumours of another human arriving at the space station start to circulate, Noir's species trafficking infiltrate and observe only mission may need a revamp. But will Noir be able to protect his mate and another one of his rare species?

It Doesn't Translate

Noir watched the smaller shuttles coming into the hangar one after the other.


“We’re to grab what we want and need and leave the ship afloat.” Jun was Bair’s second in command, and he had the men hopping in seconds. Noir waited for Bair to arrive, trying to keep his tail in check and stay out of the way. If this was the ship from Earth and the human was on board, he couldn’t leave him in Bair’s care for too long. A few seconds of skin to skin contact and Max had almost died. Why did humans have to be so fragile?


Seconds bled into minutes and when the men started to prepare to leave again Noir’s stomach clenched. “Where’s Bair?”


Jun’s dead eyes slid over him. “Took some dairy products to his human pet.”


“There was supposed to be a human on board.”


“Well, was there?” Noir fought not to grab him and rip him to shreds.


Chapter 22