Chapter 39

Rikash could feel the stares of the other Hunters though none were so indiscrete as to be seen looking at him. He was tempted to gag and bind the woman beside him, who was acting very much more like a dominant woman, than a submissive one. He had resolved to ignoring her outrage in the same manner as he ignored his mate s questions, stoically fixing his eyes on the bulkhead opposite and blocking her out. Lilith did not appreciate his silence. "Hey," she prodded his arm. "I am talking to you Rikash. I can t understand your thoughts, but the tone of them is not nice. You are giving me a very bad feeling, and you don t want to give me a bad feeling. Really." He lifted his lip in a snarl. "Silence," he told her sternly. She regarded him for a long moment. "I am a diplomat," she said firmly. "Here on the behalf of my people to negotiate a mutually beneficial alliance. Your actions since we have boarded this vessel, Rikash, have been co