“How did you get here?” Emma demanded, determined to show whoever was playing this practical joke on her that she was, as ever, in charge. Although somewhere in the back of her mind was the niggling suspicion that this wasn’t a practical joke. The young woman looked faintly confused. “I was brought here.” “By whom?” “I do not know.” Had one of the teams taken her from her own planet, whichever one that might be? The young woman was breathtaking, and Em was afraid she knew the purpose of Elle’s abduction, but if that was the case, why bring her to Emma? And how had whoever had done this managed to get her into Emma’s quarters? Foreseeing a confrontation that could cost them lives, as well as potential allies and valuable trade agreements, Emma was furious, and her fingers curled into

