Chapter Nine
Mina couldn’t muster even a smile during the back-slapping and congratulations that went on back at the training pod. The mission should be considered a success. All three galactacarriers had been restored, and apart from minor injuries, no one had been hurt.
The teams tried to make her the hero, but she refused.
A hero doesn’t get on her knees to service the criminal. She doesn’t let herself get dragged n***d to his chamber to be kept as his pet. She sure as veck doesn’t need to be rescued and carried out lifeless by another male.
Another male who seemed to be suffering as much as she now.
He must be battling his own demons now. He’d never wanted to let her go in. Never wanted her to use her body as bait. He’d made it plain to her how much it cost him. But she’d insisted
