Excerpt from Temarrian Bound, my adult science fiction/fantasy novel:

"Alena had the sickening feeling that she was being watched. Of course, she was constantly being observed each and every day due to her regrettable situation in this nightmare of an intergalactic science center that was nothing more than a glorified space zoo.  But this time was different, she wasn’t being looked at from behind the glass of the observatory, she was being watched from somewhere inside her biome enclosure.  The hair on the back of her neck bristled as she turned and found herself facing a pair of intense amber-orange eyes that wore the expression of both anger and yearning, like a wild, caged beast of prey. The man glared unashamed… almost predatorily at her through the glass.

          He was definitely human, but by far the most otherworldly- looking of the menagerie of humanoids that she had seen inhabiting the primate section of this despicable science center.   Alena stared boldly back at him while hurriedly taking in his physique, his features, his demeanor.   His skin was bronze to golden in color.  He was well muscled and looked dreadfully powerful.   His burning orange eyes, unkempt shoulder length hair and grim set mouth made him look all the more wild and discomforting.  Alena shuddered and turned away, searching for a place to conceal herself from the unwanted attention, wondering aloud if her situation could be any more miserable."