again?" Jasper's voice cut thr

ade scar on his face with his fingers. His green

hair covered most of his face. Only his white-knuckled

e was planning new w

t and calculated. "You'l

echoed from th

solation tank between them. It held recycled water

e remained

stuck to his cheeks. His delicate features were pale as paper from pain. His eyes

should have covered him, raw flesh showed through. Blood

sed how this damag

astmen would rather risk a ninety percen

matic torture had not jus

ttered the

g! Hull integrity down to seventy

ion tank. His voice was i

d in his ice-blue eyes, but the bea

Old wounds on his arms split ope

inn were closest. They were both th

on his face unconsciously. He looked at the isolation tank with complicated emotions, as

She looked at Finn clin

suffocated her. But

the time t

oft, they would

ht tear her apart the second

heartless. "With the Zerg surrounding us, I need your full cooperation, not passive resistance

pa

d I'll give you freedom gradually. Who

in went

econd, even the al

e ritual. Ten drops of her blood, offered willingly onto the beast mark, once p

o backlash

emale ev

atus, obedience, and power. To volunta

those blood drops meant somet

eant a

ke thunder. All five beastmen

before. His fingers touched the scorpion ma

ut it disappeared almost immediately. "Since when ar

motions burned in his green eyes. "Blood d

eyes. For the first time, a weak

history, no Female has ever volunta

dly. "Then I'll

aleb first, the

d each other a

Ten blood drops. One per da

ely," Maya nodded. "It also

attempt to sound calm. "And if y

ou'll still be closer to fre

ained. "How generous. Give us a taste of h

ess, I would have kept

shut

hat if this is another

etal walls, flashing warning pane

tearing the marks out of your own bodies," she said calmly. "And righ

ot louder. The sharp sound of metal b

ixty seconds!" th

illed with hatred, disbelief, and s

," she said. "Either trust the de

eyes fixed determinedly on the five beastm

to live, acce

ne s

e, no one la

d locked on her face, sharp

ed once, his usual mocke

k at Maya, his healer's instincts

sts loosene

nk, Finn pressed one bloodl

in this nightmare, the five men were no lon

ng at her as a