Parallel Paradise manga volume 8 features story and art by Lynn Okamoto.

Trapped in the desert town of Sandrio, Yota is held hostage by its sinister Guardians and used as a breeding stud. Help is on the way as Rumi and her party journey toward him through the sandswept wastes. But as Rumi draws near, a menacing arrival may cut her reunion with Yota short when the evil witch Galia reveals herself at last! She’s got sinister plans, and if she can’t kill the Guardians to get what she wants, she’ll humiliate and degrade them!