“But that won’t be necessary. There’s no reason for you to risk your life. That’s the trouble with—”
“There is only one trouble,” Karn interrupted. “The women of Mahlo have turned their men into women too.”
“You can’t talk to me like that!” Andra flared.
Karn found his men watching him. He had led them to victory over the Green Ones. But with women it was another story. Could he stand up to Andra? They were watching Karn, ready to follow him again. But which way would he go?
“Woman,” Karn said, “hold your tongue!”
Her face reddened with anger, then turned white as Karn took a threatening step forward. Her head dropped in submission.
It was victory, complete and final. Before Karn’s eyes the men of Mahlo seemed to grow inches taller. Their shoulders straightened. For the first time they were out of bondage. They were men. And it was this man from another world, Karn, who made them so.