Free Ral's Woman by Laurann Dohner Page A

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snapped her head in Ariel’s direction to glare at her. Ariel didn’t need a
translator to understand the woman hated her. Rage was evident. The woman
snarled and took a step in Ariel’s direction.
    Ral moved in the woman’s path to Ariel. He snarled at the
woman for a while. Ariel got that he was angry from his tone. Ariel couldn’t
see the woman anymore with Ral’s body between them but when he stopped snarling
the woman snarled back. They were obviously arguing. Ral pointed to the front
door and snarled.
    Nope , Ariel thought. She didn’t need a translation.
The woman was furious that Ral was with her and he wanted the woman to leave.
The woman didn’t leave. Instead she lunged at Ral. He took a step back when the
woman attacked him and grabbed the fists pelting him. He threw the woman away
from him and she landed hard on her ass by the door. Ral snarled again,
pointing at the front door.
    Ariel could see her now. The woman shot her a glare as she
softly growled. She got to her knees and reached for her hem. In shock, Ariel
saw the woman yank the dress over her head. It looked like Zorn women didn’t
wear undergarments because the woman was now completely naked.
    Zorn women weren’t that different. Her breast looked the
same but between her legs was slightly different. The woman obviously didn’t
own a much-needed razor. It put a new spin on the term bush. The woman’s eyes
locked on Ral as she dropped to her hands and knees. She softly growled at him,
lowering her head, her arms bent at the elbows. She lowered her breasts to the
floor and it put her ass high in the air as she spread her thighs about a foot
apart.
    “Oh hell no,” Ariel gasped. She was shocked but again she
didn’t need a translator. The woman was offering herself sexually to Ral.
    Ral turned to frown at Ariel. She met his eyes. He pointed
to the bedroom. Pain shot through Ariel hard. Was he going to accept the
bitch’s offer? He wanted Ariel to return to their room. That was clear. She
shook her head no at him. She felt a burst of emotions—jealousy and hurt were
the strongest initial feelings. Anger and shock came in at a close second. Ral
took a deep breath. He continued to frown at Ariel. He pointed again to the
bedroom.
    “Fuck you,” she said softly. She shook her head no, crossing
her arms. “If you touch that bitch I’m out of here.”
    Ariel hesitated and then pointed at the woman. She pointed
at the door. She pointed at Ral and then showed him her hand. She pointed to
him and then the woman. Then she pointed to herself and the door. She hoped he
understood what she meant. She let her anger show. She growled at him.
    Ral was still frowning. He looked confused. Ariel stormed
over to him and looked up to stare into his eyes. She pointed to herself and
then him. She pointed to the woman and then him. She shook her head no at him.
He knew what that meant—no was no universally from what she had seen on the
shaking of a head movement. Hot tears fill her eyes. If he touched that woman
she’d leave him. She didn’t care what happened to her out on his planet. She
wasn’t going to stay with a man who’d fuck another woman.
    Ral’s frown softened. He pointed to the woman, shaking his
head no. He touched his chest and then hers. He sighed as his eyes left hers to
look down at the naked woman bent over on the floor. He growled something at her.
    Ariel watched the woman’s response. The woman snarled as she
lifted her chest from the floor. She looked pissed as hell as she reached for
her discarded dress. She yanked it over her head and down over her body as she
got to her feet. She snarled before she lunged at Ariel.
    Ral moved fast and wrapped his arm around Ariel to jerk her
out of reach of the furious woman. He dropped Ariel to her feet behind him and
shoved the woman toward the door again with the arm not locked around Ariel. He
snarled as he released Ariel.
    The woman lunged for Ariel again, but Ral grabbed her by