Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

The alien female hissed in pain and released her just enough for her to make a run toward the doors.

There was a lever there she was sure would open it and once outside she was going to run like she had a million of Riv’s demon dogs chasing her.

But she never got that far.

“What are you looking at? Get the creature!”

One second she was running toward the door and another she was being knocked to the ground.

The frickin’ crewmen were fast. They held her arms and she was sure one of them was kneeling on her knees.

She couldn’t move.

“Please, this is just a mistake. Just let me go.”

She could hear the boss approach and soon, the dark leather boots were in front of her face.

“A language that’s not in the servers and a fake ID.” It sounded like the female giggled. “This has got to be my lucky day. Lock her up in one of the cells. I think hiring more of you had not been wasteful credits after all. I’ll beam a message to my contacts and we can sell this creature for some good credits.”

“No!”

But the female wasn’t listening.

Fear made water fill Nia’s eyes.

This wasn’t happening to her.

It had to be a bad dream.

As she stared at the closed door of the ship, she wished it would open and she would see Lauren or even Riv’s scowling face, but she knew the possibilities of that were low.

They had no idea where she was.

She was alone.

She’d have to figure out a way to get out of this on her own.

7

“Bring her to the holding cell,” the boss said before turning and heading farther into the ship.

Two of the aliens wearing cloaks grasped her arms and pulled her up and followed behind.

Nia shook herself, shaking like a toddler would while in a tantrum, but it was futile. Their grips were like vices and with her struggling, they held on to her even tighter—tight enough for it to hurt.

“What are you planning to do with me?!”

But the boss ignored her as she kept on walking. She knew the alien couldn’t understand her, but she spoke anyway.

“Why are you doing this? You can just let me go.”

The boss continued walking and her crew pulled Nia along. Even if she dragged her feet, their combined strength wasn’t something she could resist.

The farther they walked into the ship, the more her panic rose.

“Please…” She resorted to begging. If the ship left Hudo III, she wasn’t sure how she’d ever return to the planet. She’d rather not have to face that circumstance. “Please…just let me go. Is it money that you want?”

Nia wracked her brain.