Free New Species 11 True by Laurann Dohner Page A

prove New Species were there. I never hurt any of them. Ever. I wouldn’t
do that.”
    “Fuck,” Chris swore from behind her, his hold tightening on
her wrists. “Do we even want to ask where she took it from? You sick bitch.
Were you molesting them too when they couldn’t fight back?”
    Jeanie twisted her head, staring up at him, aghast. “No! I
took it from their heads near the base of their skulls. What is wrong with you?
I said I tucked it in with my own hair. Ewww! I didn’t take pubic hair. New
Species don’t even have any.”
    Jordan gripped her jaw again and painfully jerked her head
to face him. His fingers dug into her skin enough to make her cry out. “Shut
it, Chris. How do you know that, Ms. Shiver?”
    She glared at him, beyond fear. “You’re hurting me.”
    “Too damn bad. Answer the question. How do you know they don’t
have pubes if you weren’t molesting New Species?”
    “Everyone knew that. They also have fanglike teeth and some
calluses on their palms and fingertips.”
    “You can see that with their clothes on.”
    “I was in and out of the treatment center where they kept
some of the injured New Species. I’ve tended to them and changed bedding when
they were heavily drugged. I didn’t molest them or do anything sick. I wouldn’t
be here if I had. They would have killed me.”
    “Not if they were drugged.”
    She jerked her face out of his hold but the man behind her
kept her immobile in the chair from the shoulders down. “They’d have smelled me
on them when they woke up if I touched them wrong. I’m not stupid.”
    She tried to calm down but it really pushed her buttons,
being accused of the hideous things they’d implied. “Do you know what I could
do to you right now if I were a New Species and you were this close to me?” She
clenched her teeth and took a calming breath. “I could bite into your mouth and
tear your lips off or butt you with my forehead and break bones. I was this
close to them all the time when I had to take samples. None of them hurt me
because they realized I would never hurt them. I gave them my trust and they
gave me theirs in return. They knew I cared.”
    A vicious snarl echoed around the room, making it impossible
for her to tell from which direction it came. She figured it out fast, though,
when Jordan was shoved out of the way and 710 took his place. His dark-mahogany
irises were clearly visible in the harsh overhead light when he crouched,
staring at her. Anger lines around his mouth clued her in to his bad mood.
    “You admit you worked to gain our trust to use against us?”
    “Let me handle this.” Jordan gripped 710’s shoulder. “I’ll
deal with her.”
    710 bared his canines and growled. “Back off. She’s mine.”
    Jordan released him, taking a step to the side. “Okay.”
    Jeanie frowned. “I never used anything against you.”
    “Why gain our trust? Why make us feel as if you cared?”
    “I wanted you to know I was in your corner. I couldn’t
exactly say I was there trying to get you free. There were cameras everywhere
and if I ever whispered that fact to you, what if you let it slip to the guards
in anger or told another New Species to give them hope? I couldn’t risk it. Our
lives were at stake.”
    “We need to find out what was on that mainframe,” Jordan
stated. “Focus on that.”
    “Shut up, Jordan,” 710 snapped. “Don’t interfere.” He leaned
in closer. “Do you want to spill my blood now?” His gaze dipped to her lips and
he revealed his sharp canines again. “Do you need a reminder of who has the
worse bite?”
    It wounded Jeanie’s feelings, seeing 710’s bitterness. “You
would win.” She didn’t think he’d use his teeth on her though. He could have
while he was chained at Drackwood if the urge had ever surfaced. “I don’t want
your blood, 710. I never did.”
    “What was the purpose of gaining our trust?”
    “I told you.”
    “What did Polanitis hope to gain? What kind of