Dangerously Yours: 2 (Loving Dangerously) by A.M. Griffin

stopped her destruction and listened.
    Nebin?
    “Princess, where are you?”
    It is Nebin.
    She ran to the communication panel, eyeing the buttons. Where was he? Which cabin had he called her from? Kane and his crew would hear her conversation but she had no choice. She selected the open-channel button.
    “Nebin! Nebin! I’m here. Are you safe?”
    “I am fine, Princess. Where are you?”
    “I’m being held in the captain’s cabin.”
    “How are you? Are you all right?”
    “I’m fine. We’re on the open-channel. We can’t talk long. How are you? Are they treating you well?”
    “Do not concern yourself with me. I shall leave this room and retrieve you. Please forgive that I let these scavengers incapacitate me.”
    “No, Nebin, I have a plan. Don’t come after me, stay put.”
    “That is not an option.”
    “Please, Nebin. Trust me.”
    “Are you sure? What about your—”
    “I’m sure. It will work out.” It had to.
    As she suspected, Kane arrived soon after she disconnected with Nebin. He took one long, silent look around. She sat innocently in the middle of the floor, surrounded by torn papers and smashed glass with the remnants of a pair of pants in her hands. She had expertly used a bit of broken glass to shred them to pieces. She stopped and smiled her most radiant and dazzling smile ever.
    This would be the last time he underestimated her.
    Without a word, Kane went to a small trunk in the far corner and checked its contents. She watched him intently. She hadn’t noticed the trunk.
    Sa’Mya smiled wider. At that moment she decided when he left again, she would stomp his trunk to itty-bitty pieces. A chuckle escaped her lips.
    Kane’s murderous gaze fell on her. The hairs on her neck stood on end and her stomach flipped. The smile on her lips faded. This was it.
    He’s going to kill me.
    Kane let out a feral growl. Sa’Mya yelped and scrambled away as fast as she could. She crawled on the floor and ignored the pain. She had to reach the entrance to the bathroom.
    Kane let out an animalistic roar. His boots crunched on glass and wood behind her. She scrambled faster. Sharp pain erupted in her knees and hands. She ignored it and she continued forward. If only she could get to the bathroom.
    Her bloodcurdling scream filled the room as he grabbed her by her hair and yanked her up.
    “You destroyed my property?” he snarled. He slung her roughly over his shoulder.
    She cried out as it bit into her ribs.
    “It’s your fault. You ignored me.”
    Kane threw her on the bed, where she bounced forcefully. Sa’Mya rolled away cradling her injured side. Pain raced through every nerve.
    He growled. “You could have destroyed my heart in your little hissy fit.”
    Without warning, he grabbed the front of her shirt and twisted it in his fist.
    She kicked wildly at him. “Leave me alone,” she screamed. He was going to kill her, she just knew it.
    A smile played on his lips. She stared at him wide-eyed. He’s gone crazy , she thought as he ripped the shirt off her.
    “Since you don’t respect other people’s belongings, you don’t get to have any,” he whispered.
    Sa’Mya narrowed her eyes. “You can’t do this to me. I am a princess.”
    Kane stood over her and let the torn material fall from his grasp. “You will make this cabin immaculate. When I return, everything will be restored to my satisfaction.”
    “With or without clothes, I still hate you.” Sa’Mya threw her torn shirt at his retreating back. “I’ll make you pay for this.”
    Kane stopped in his tracks and turned to glare at her. “I will kill you if you so much as touch my trunk. I will kill your crew while you watch.”
    Sa’Mya stilled. “They haven’t done anything to you,” she whispered.
    Kane smiled. “Your death will be slow and painful.”
    “Stop threatening me.”
    “I will piss on your bodies and throw all of you out the air lock to float in space for eternity.”
    She shrank from him. “That…that