Free Bethany's Heart (Unearthly World Book 3) by C. L. Scholey Page B

greater our urges to Holiday increase until males will go wild if they don’t mate. It’s for our safety; our females are bigger and stronger. We need the fury to fight for dominance. They don’t need fury, more temperance; it’s believed they eat a fruit which makes them receptive to sex.”
    “You really battle for sex?” Bethany became very aware she was sitting on a bed.
    “It’s our nature. If our males and females lived together we would constantly be battling.”
    “Do you feel the need to battle me?” Bethany tried not to gulp as she said this.
    “No, not battle. I can feel my dominance over you. It’s your proximity; your smell is driving me insane. You’re a walking, sitting, lounging, sleeping aphrodisiac. I can’t put you somewhere you would be alone because, trust me, the other warriors are going just as batty as I am. There are females on this ship who have not been claimed. None of them want Bertha and her mouth which keeps her safe. Blu is having a hell of a time. Adan is attracted to him and doesn’t hide it; Blu can scent her emotions because they’re so high. But because he doesn’t want to mate with a human female he has to keep battling other warriors to keep her safe. It’s one of the reasons I split you all up. I can’t protect all of you.”
    “If we mate, or have sex or, or if we Holiday will the other warriors still want me?”
    “Their drive will lesson. It would be suicide to approach a male who has dominated a female looking for a taste.”
    Bethany listened as the computers words drifted off translating his words. Some of which she already guessed. Finn had rigged the initial console to all three of his rooms as well as his office.
    “If I stay away from the warriors…”
    Finn was shaking his head. “There have never been so many subservient females in one place. Our hunting party wasn’t the only successful one. Some of the other human females have been claimed, some haven’t and some are just plain terrified. Zargonnii males aren’t used to females fearing us to such an extent. It’s unheard of. Females don’t fear males—at least they’re not supposed to. Females aren’t so vulnerable.”
    Bethany started to argue but Finn held up his hands. “Which of these Zargonnii warriors can you battle and win? You are a tiny little thing. How strong are you? It is our culture to battle aggressive females. How aggressive are you? Will you battle me?” That shut her up, her mouth snapped closed. “You are looking at this from a human perspective. Human females can be dominated by a few of your males, they want to be, but not all human females feel the same. Zargonnii males are all about dominance. We dominate other cultures for a price, payment when we are contacted. This has nothing to do with payment. We came to try and save you.”
    “Do your females really dominate the males?”
    “Most of the time.”
    “Have you ever dominated a Zargonnii female?”
    “Yes, my last Holiday. It’s why I want a human female as a mate. I’m tired of the fighting, always watching my back or there would be a warring female chewing on it. Even when dominated, the females still fight. It’s exhausting. You have no idea the rarity it is for a male to be talking to a female. I don’t speak Zargonnii female.”
    “Your females speak a different language?”
    “Yes, all male Zargonnii, be it north or south, speak the same language while all female Zargonnii be it north or south speak their own language.”
    “Why don’t you learn their language?”
    “I did the first month of my life, but by the time I was seven or eight I forgot it. It’s hard to remember when there is no one to communicate to. By the time our males are schooled, they have forgotten most of their mothers’ words.”
    Finn slumped beside her. Bethany didn’t know what to say. She liked Finn, he was gentle and kind. She wasn’t afraid of him. Looking at him, she realized how miserable he was. He was definitely