CHAPTER 1: HIS BREEDING VESSEL LUU’S POV My head was pounding, a dull ache that seemed to pulse in time with my heartbeat. I tried to remember what happened—there was an alarm, I think. The ship had been shaking so violently I couldn't stay in my seat. And then... Nothing. Just blank space where my memory should be. When I opened my eyes, I wasn't strapped into a crash seat anymore. I was lying on something warm. Soft. My fingers pressed down and the surface gave way, like pushing into flesh. I jerked my hand back and scrambled to my feet, my heart hammering so hard I thought it might crack a rib. The room—if I could even call it that—was wrong. Completely wrong. The walls were organic, pulsing with veins of teal and violet light. The floor was spongy and warm under my feet,

