6 Bella Watching three brutish guards escort Liam from our bedroom was like a blow to the solar plexus. One moment I’d been in bliss, surrounded by my new mates, eager to take them into my mouth and bring each of them pleasure. I’d felt powerful and beautiful at the same time, something I’d never experienced before. And now? Now I wanted to take on the three guards dressed in black and scream. Had Liam done something wrong? What had I gotten myself into? Was my mate a traitor? A criminal? Had I walked out of the frying pan and into the fire, choosing to leave Earth behind? My conviction had been vacated when I became an Interstellar Bride, but would I be matched to a criminal because I’d been one myself? Doubts crept into my mind, slowly, like a dark sludge suffocating my joy. The glo

