Lindsey introduced herself to wary, yet calm handshakes. It was not a custom on Everis, but since each male did it with Lindsey and Kristin didn’t comment, it was a familiar action. But not too familiar. None of them looked at Lindsey with a hint of heat. They held zero s****l interest in her. Curiosity, perhaps, at the Earth woman who’d arrived outside of protocol. I watched my mate begin asking them her questions. She wanted to know everything about each warrior. Where he was born. Where he went to school. Why he volunteered for the Coalition Fleet, and how they ended up here. In hell. My pride grew as she coaxed the men to talk about horrors none would willingly relive. If Kristin was good at intimidating people into answering her questions, Lindsey was a master at seducing their sec

