Aaron was still in a lot of pain. Hanine felt the wall of despair and helplessness shatter around her heart. It was too much; the constant fear, the knowledge that she was helpless to help her mate, then the female’s refusal to heal him. It was all too much for the fragile hold she held on her emotions. The female stared back at her, not moving, even as Hanine pulled her laser sword from the sheath at her side.
“He is too badly injured for it to completely heal him,” the woman insisted calmly. “Hanine, I know what it is like to lose someone you love. If you let me contact my people, he can survive. Please. It is the only way.”
“It is a trick,” Hanine whispered hoarsely, raising her laser sword. “You could heal him if you wanted to, but you think to trick us and turn us in. My husband wil
