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Sharing now from my newest scifi romance Mateer (A Badari Warriors SciFi Romance Novel): Sectors New Allies Series Book 2. Yup, a mouthful LOL!
This excerpt follows directly from last week’s.
The Khagrish are the evil alien scientists holding kidnapped human prisoners for experimentation. Dr. Lampergg is the head of the lab. Mateer is a bioengineeered warrior created by the Khagrish.
The ‘Jill’ they’re talking about was the heroine of book #1, AYDARR.
Punctuation a bit wonky to meet our rules – sorry! Slight differences from the published version, to fit the rules here.
Mateer is speaking.
The excerpt:
“I admire your courageous attitude, given the perilous situation,” he said, face lighting up in a grin for a moment, “All right, since you insist on details, both of your sisters are fine and free in a safe place, but whatever you do, don’t mention you’re related to Jill.”
Megan literally couldn’t breathe and her heart thumped extra hard at the welcome but unexpected news her siblings weren’t prisoners, weren’t being tortured or experimented on. Thank the Lords of Space. His odd, blunt warning caught her attention next, “Why ever not? What do the Khagrish care who my sisters are?”
Mateer settled back, “She escaped by assaulting the scientist in charge of the labs. Lampergg, the Khagrish directing the operation here, was like a son to Gahzhing, who ran the lab where we were held captive. Gahzhing might even be dead for all I know. Lampergg would be likely to take his anger at Jill out on you.”
That’s my big sister all right, take the fight to the enemy.
The Blurb:
Megan Garrison, a doctor at the Sectors Amarcae 7 colony, goes to sleep one night as usual only to wake up in her nightgown, strapped to a table in an alien lab, destined to be the subject of terrifying experiments. Granted a brief reprieve, Megan and the other kidnapped humans are released in the middle of a forestlike enclosure on this unknown world and told to survive as best they can for now.
Her only hope is Mateer, the genetically engineered alien warrior imprisoned with the humans. He knows more than he’s sharing about this planet, their captors and the fate of other humans, including perhaps her own sisters. Turns out everyone from her colony has been kidnapped by the Khagrish, a ruthless race of alien scientists. Working for enemies of the human-led Sectors, the Khagrish have created the Badari to be super soldiers.
Mateer, a tough Badari enforcer, now a rebel, is captured while infiltrating the lab to help his pack bring it down. He’s also been ordered by his leaders to search for Megan and save her life at all costs. Tortured by the enemy, he’s offered one chance at survival – convince Megan to become his mate and assist the Khagrish with further experiments.
As the situation at the lab grows worse, Megan struggles against her deep attraction to Mateer, while she does her best to shield the other humans from the terrible Khagrish experiments. For his part, Mateer knows she really is his fated mate and despairs of being able to keep her safe, as the rebel attack is delayed and she fights the truth of their bond.
Will they be able to work together to defeat Khagrish plans and preserve human lives until the promised rescue happens? And what of their future together – will Megan accept Mateer as her true mate, or walk away if she’s freed?
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Oh yeah, I’d be like, “Jill who?” Great snippet, Veronica.
Way to up the tension and make everything more personal!
At least she knows the fate of her sisters. She can now focus on getting out of their grasp herself. Great snippet!
Never a dull moment in your books, my friend. This is so special with the family element. Hugs!!
I like the suspense over what’s going to happen to Megan!
Yeah, it might be best to keep quiet there. 🙂
Love the closing line for this snippet. It tells a lot about her and her relationship with her sisters.
I bet there’s a certain feeling of pride to hear how badass her sister Jill was. 🙂 Glad both her sisters are safe! Great snippet, Veronica!
Good for Jill!
That’s a double ray of hope because not only does she know her sisters are okay, but that the evil aliens are vulnerable. Great snippet.
Hmm, just one thought occurred to me about this secrecy, and I might be getting it wrong because it’s been so many weeks, but doesn’t Megan looks like one of the sisters? I seem to recall Mateer recognizing her and mistaking her for one of them If he can, why not Lampergg?
Glad to hear that her sisters are fighters and not ready to sit still and accept fate.
Wow, good memory! Megan and Lily are the twins, who resemble their father, while Jill looks like their mother, so Gahzhing is fooled …for a while. By the time Lampergg has any suspicions, he’s got his own sinister reasons not to betray Megan’s identity.
Well, she knows her sisters are safe, which is good, but the warning about Jill really ramps up the tension. Another great snippet!
Thank the gods that her sisters are safe! I like that last internal thought – more confirmation for her that it is truly her sister (in case she started doubting it later).
I think Lampergg would take his anger out on Megan, too! Nice snippet!
Lampergg is such a creep! You did a great job writing him!
Thanks! The Khagrish are such bad guys…they make my job as an author easy 🙂
So glad to know her sisters are safe. Sounds like the whole bunch are feisty. Maybe I don’t have to worry too much about next week. 🙂 Great story going on here.
I’m glad she knows her sisters are safe. She probably shouldn’t let Lampergg know she’s related to her sisters. That would be be good. Enjoyed the snippet.
At least she knows her sisters are safe. Now she can worry about herself (though she probably won’t). I’m glad Mateer warned her.
I’m not sure her sisters are out of the woods yet…
I’m liking the sisters very much. Good excerpt.
Wow, her sisters are feisty too. What a family!
Or they might use her to get her sister back. Either way, definitely a relationship she ought to keep secret!
Oh … interesting … great snippet.
That’s an oops. LOL