Finn's grip on Maya's neck got tighter and tighter.
Maya's face changed from red to purple-blue. Her lips trembled and tears leaked from the corners of her eyes, sliding down her cheeks into her hair.
Just as her consciousness was about to slip away, someone grabbed Finn's wrist with brutal force. The grip was so strong it almost crushed his bones.
He was forced to let go. Maya collapsed like a broken robot, falling to the ground and coughing violently. She gasped for air with her chest rising and falling hard.
"Finn, are you crazy?" Caleb's voice sounded ice-cold.
He stared at Finn with fury in his dark red eyes. "You want to drag us all down with you?"
The interstellar beastman law was clear. If a contracted female got killed by her own partner, all males with bio-neu
