Chapter 32

VOLUME THREE: THE CAPTAIN'S SECRET DAUGHTER

Don't kill her.

The temptation boiled inside him. An insidious urge that wouldn't take much effort. The quick draw of his laser pistol. The application of his blade against her throat.

A quick and easy way to divorce the woman who'd betrayed him.

Her very presence shouldn't have taken Kobrah by surprise. After all, he'd seen the message, scrawled, not typed. A short missive with two key words.

Help us. As if he'd help her sorry ass. Signed an old friend. Dara was definitely not his friend. More like his enemy and the liar who broke his heart.

A heart now hardened.

He should have let the authorities know where they could find and arrest the woman responsible for the resumption of hostilities after a peace meeting gone horribly wrong. But that seemed too kind.

Too easy.

I want to kill her myself. Look in her eyes one last time as he choked the life from her.