[KrocodileKrew]

Maya sat there on the bed, rubbing her belly. "I was an ordinary civilian worker when the war found us," she explained. "An engineer, more specifically. I have a husband, and two sons by him. We lived a simple life before the Almürians came. Sometimes I wonder if we still do, even though I'm a prince's mate.

"When the invasion took place, Zodbar's sister cornered my family in an abandoned warehouse we had been hiding out in. She was going to take me as her mate and kill my family while making me watch. I was certain I would lose them then and there... but I didn't. Zodbar stepped in and challenged her to a fight for me, which he won. After she slunk off like the wretch she is, he offered me a choice: we could become his prisoners, part of the population being kidnapped to force the governments of Earth to surrender, or I could become his mate, in which case my husband and sons would be spared and allowed to live with us at the palace. I agreed to be his mate, but was afraid he wouldn't keep his word. I'm happy to say that he did, and I see them every day now, doing what I can to raise them even in these... less than ideal circumstances.

"You have fallen into the hands of one of the better aliens holding our world. He is... not always ideal, but there are Almürians far worse than him, as I'm sure you know."