Hannah's Warrior: Cosmos' Gateway Book 2 (23 page)

“What do you mean…us
both?”
Hannah asked hesitantly.

“I told you once before, we
are one. I cannot live without you and you cannot live without me.
Our lives are bound together. It is the way of our people, my
little warrior.”
Borj said
softly.

Borj could feel Hannah trying to understand
the magnitude of what he was saying. He knew deep down she didn’t
really believe him. She was still thinking of him as a human male,
not a Prime. Borj sent out a wave of warmth to Hannah to let her
know he understood her confusion. It would take time for her to
truly understand what she had committed her life to. He did not
care how long it took. He just wanted her back in his arms and safe
again. Then, after Bachman, Mazzum, and Amurr were dead, he was
going to beat the shit out of Merrick and Core for putting his mate
in danger in the first place by taking her from the palace.

Borj felt Hannah’s silent
chuckle.
“Trust me. I think they have been
punished enough. Besides, I never would have met Nadine and Nadu.
Shit happens. I just wish it would quit happening to me! Things
will work out, Borj. I have to believe that. This isn’t the first
dangerous situation I’ve found myself in. I am just fortunate that
these assholes have no idea who they have taken. Come for me. I
will hold out as long as I can but know this, if my gut says to
take the chance to escape, I plan on following it. It has never
failed me before.”
Hannah said
fiercely.
“I won’t cut you off but I need
to focus on where we are going. I’ll send you images like I did
before so maybe you can recognize something.”

“I love you, Hannah. I will
be with you soon.”
Borj pushed through to
Hannah before he felt her withdraw from him again.

J’kar glanced over at Borj as he moved easily
through the thick forest. “Was she able to give you any more
information?” J’kar asked grimly.

“No. The human male hurt her
but she claims to be fine. She will try to send me images of where
she is.” Borj said quietly. “I fear losing her.”

J’kar threw a severe look at
Borj. “You will not! Tink and Tilly will destroy us all if anything
happens to her. Tilly already warned me if I did not bring her
daughter back in one piece she said quote “hell hath no fury like a
momma pissed off’. I am not sure what that means but if she is as
dangerous as Tink when she is mad I do not want to find out.” J’kar
growled out.

Borj felt his lips curve. “Did you see how
fast Tink, Tilly, and Hannah took out Merrick and half his
warriors? They were amazing.” Borj said hopefully. He looked over
at J’kar who was weaving dangerously fast through some peculiarly
thick trees. “Hannah escaped a situation such as this one once
before.”

The only sign J’kar gave at having heard
Borj’s murmured words was a tightening of his hands on the controls
of the glider. “Their world is very dangerous.” J’kar responded
with worry. “I am concerned we sent Terra there.”

Borj couldn’t suppress his bitter laugh.
“Their world…what of our own? I thought bringing Hannah here would
be safer but she has been taken from me twice! Terra will probably
be safer on Earth than here. Besides, she has Mak to protect her
and Cosmos.”

“
That is true. No one can get by Mak.
Out of all of us, he is the meanest!” J’kar said with a nod. “We
are almost as far as we can go safely in the glider. I do not want
to take us any closer for fear of being seen.”

“J’kar.” Borj said quietly.
“I am proud to be called your brother. I want you to know this
should things not go well.”

J’kar snarled showing his
canines at Borj. “Nothing will go wrong except to the bastards who
took your mate. If you even suggest anything different, I will
personally kick your ass when we get your mate back to the
palace.”

Borj didn’t reply. He did
not want to express his fears that things could very easily go
wrong. He knew what could happen to an unprotected female, even one
who believed she was as strong as Hannah did. In truth, human
females were much weaker than even Prime females.

“Bite your tongue or I
swear I’ll cut you off and do this on my own.”
Hannah’s voice snarled out in Borj’s mind.
“J’kar isn’t the only one who is going to kick your ass when
we get back to the palace.”

Borj jerked as if he had been shot. He
flushed a dark red. He had not meant for Hannah to pick up on his
doubts. He could feel her anger in her heated words.

“I will happily let you
kick my ‘ass’ as you put it when we get back to the palace.”
Borj chuckled softly.
“I
apologize, my little warrior, for not having more faith in your
abilities. I will not let such thoughts take over
again.”

Hannah fought back a grin. Borj thought she
had a lot to learn about Prime but he also had a lot to learn about
human females. They were not the roll over and play dead type. She
would have to take him on an assignment with her sometime and see
how he handled it. Maybe they could do it as a vacation back to
Earth. As long as they were away from most humans, it should be
safe. Hannah let plans for the future guide her. It helped her keep
her sanity.

Hannah gently rubbed her
side where Bachman hit her. She could feel the tender skin. He had
come up behind her when Mazzum set her down after he discovered she
was awake. She was trying to focus on what Borj was saying to her
while keeping a blank mask on her face and looking for some type of
distinguishing landmark for Borj to find her and wasn’t expecting
him to attack her. The bastard came up and kidney punched her
taking her to her knees with a cry of pain. Once on her knees, he
pulled her long hair back exposing her neck to the sharp knife he
ran along it. The tip barely caressed her skin but it was enough to
leave a long, thin cut about four inches long along it. Luckily,
Mazzum’s arm snapped out and took the blade easily from Bachman’s
hand.

Mazzum snarled at Bachman as Bachman raised
his hands with a grin on his face. “Chill out, man. I was just
prepping her for you. A little fear helps keep them under control.”
Bachman laughed at Mazzum.

“
Amurr said no damage. You think he
will not slit both our throats if the female dies? You touch her
again without my permission and I will slit your throat and save
him the trouble. We do not need you any more now that we have the
female.” Mazzum snarled out taking a threatening step toward
Bachman.

“That is where you are
wrong.” Bachman said through narrowed eyes. “You and your brother
won’t survive without me on Earth. You need my contacts and
resources. If you and your fucking brother try to go to Earth
without my help you’ll both be caught and taken apart piece by
little piece like lab rats. Only I can get you what you both want.
This bitch is just a sample. There are far more beautiful women
where I come from, isn’t that right sweetheart?” Bachman said
looking at Hannah with a cold grin.

“Why don’t you bend over and
let him fuck you, Bachman? You’re such a wuss attacking defenseless
women you probably don’t even have any balls for him to worry
about.” Hannah replied through clenched teeth as she breathed
through the pain.

Bachman’s eyes narrowed dangerously and he
took a step toward Hannah with his hand raised. Hannah braced
herself for another hit but Bachman’s fist was caught in Mazzum’s
thick hand before it connected with her face. Hannah watched in
satisfaction as sweat beaded on Bachman’s forehead as Mazzum
squeezed his fist around Bachman’s hand.

“
She has a point.” Mazzum murmured with
an evil grin. “Amurr said I could not fuck her without him but he
didn’t say anything about not damaging you.”

Bachman’s eyes flew up to
look in panic up at the huge male towering over him. The sweat on
his face suddenly vanished as he paled at the threat. Hannah looked
on as Bachman suddenly realized that he was not in as much control
as he thought.

Mazzum chuckled as he
brought his other hand up to cup Bachman’s groin. “Yes. I think I
can see you bent over.” He said before he released Bachman with a
shove and bent over to grip Hannah’s arm in a tight grip, pulling
her to her feet.

“
Move! Both of you. If she cannot walk
because of the damage you did, you will carry her.” Mazzum said
coldly pushing Hannah in front of him until she was standing next
to Bachman’s pale, shaking form.

Hannah didn’t say anything
else. She focused on trying to see something other than massive
trees and thick undergrowth. There was nothing else she could send
to Borj that would help him. Even the direction the glider went was
lost thanks to Bachman. Now, she focused on keeping a light contact
with Borj and not falling as they moved into the thick growth of
the forest. Mazzum pushed them hard, often getting impatient with
both of them when they stumbled or began to slow due to fatigue.
Hannah’s gut was telling her to play the weak female and she was
playing it to the fullest extent of her acting ability. In truth,
she could have been moving at over twice the speed they were
covering, even in the thickest growth. It wasn’t much different
than some of the terrain she covered when photographing the
mountain gorillas or some of the different plants and animals in
the Amazon. Bachman was not fairing as well. There was no acting in
his flushed face or heavy breathing. He might know how to survive
in the urban jungle but he wasn’t used to the rougher
terrain.

Mazzum finally called a halt
again when Bachman tripped again. Hannah leaned over looking at the
ground acting like she was too tired to even stand up straight.
Mazzum came over to her and pushed her down onto the ground roughly
near a tree. He knelt down next to her grabbing one of her hands
and pulled it behind her. He tied one end of a thick, coarse rope
around it before tossing the other end of the rope around the tree.
He grabbed the end and tied her other wrist so her back pressed
tightly against the tree forcing her to sit straight against
it.

Hannah turned her head when he grinned at
her. She bit her lip when he grabbed the front of her shirt between
his thick hands and ripped the front open sending buttons
scattering in all directions. Hannah’s breathing increased as panic
swept through her. She refused to look at Mazzum as he gripped the
front of her bra and snapped the material freeing her breasts to
his gaze.

Hannah couldn’t pull her legs up because
Mazzum was kneeling between them. She fought back a scream as he
leaned forward sniffing her neck and running his tongue along it. A
fine trembling began as she realized her worse fear was about to
happen and there was nothing she could do to stop him. Hannah
couldn’t quite prevent the slight sob that escaped as she felt a
callused hand against her breast.

“
You smell good even when you are
sweating. I am going to enjoy fucking you. The human male says a
female can take more than one male at a time. Tell me how I should
take you. Tell me!” Mazzum growled in a soft, menacing
voice.

Hannah turned her head and
looked Mazzum in the eye. “I’ll be dead before that ever happens.”
Hannah replied in a voice devoid of emotion.

Mazzum looked at Hannah a moment before he
laughed out loud. “I don’t think so, little human. I plan on having
much pleasure with you before that happens.” Mazzum said squeezing
Hannah’s nipple between his fingers until she gasped in pain.

Hannah gasped as pain shot
through her. Her lips parting in a cry of pain. The moment her lips
parted, Mazzum crushed his lips down on hers taking her mouth in a
savage, bruising kiss. He continued kissing her and roughly
squeezing her breasts as Hannah fought to turn her head. When she
tried to bite him, he bit her back hard enough to break the skin on
her lip. Hannah felt his hard arousal against her thigh and his
canines lengthen as he became more aroused. One of his thick hands
wound around her long braid holding her head still while he ravaged
her mouth and breasts.

When he broke the kiss, he
was breathing heavily. With a curse, he glared hard into Hannah’s
stricken dark, green eyes. He pulled back into a sitting position
and let his thumb rub over one of her bruised nipples.

“
I will keep you. I like your taste.
Soon, you will not remember your bond mate. You will only know my
touch.” Mazzum said thoughtfully.

“
Never.” Hannah said in an emotionless
voice. “I’ll never forget Borj. I’ll never belong to
you.”

Mazzum merely smiled. His
gaze swung around to where Bachman was sitting against a tree
watching them. His gaze was glued to Hannah’s bare breasts and he
was stroking his cock through his pants. Hannah looked over to
where Bachman was sitting watching with a grin on his face and
shivered. Bachman’s eyes met Hannah’s for a moment and she shivered
again as she saw the lust in them. Mazzum must have seen the same
thing. His eyes narrowed for a moment before he turned back to
Hannah with a gleam in his eye.

“Perhaps, I should see how
many ways a human male can be fucked.” Mazzum said with an evil
grin before he stood up.

Bachman didn’t realize Mazzum’s intent until
it was too late. Hannah eyes widened as she watched Mazzum strike
Bachman in the head knocking him to the ground. In moments, Bachman
was tied up and leaning over a fallen tree with his pants around
his ankles. Hannah closed her eyes and hummed to herself in an
effort to block the sounds of Bachman’s screams.