Judged (The Talani Trade Alliance 2)

Matty's best friend Duane is missing- trafficked by the very aliens behind Matty's own sentencing. When J'nah gets a lead on where he is, he sends J'nel. For J'nel, this is about more than duty. The smaller human male had fired up his protective instincts, Duane's emotional fragility making him vulnerable to the very sort they sought to protect the rest of humanity from.

Duane only meant to make atonement for his unwitting part in Matty's arrest and sentencing. Being sold on the black market...