you. You belong to me and don’t ever forget it, Mira.”

“You are scaring me a little and you make it sound like a threat.”

“If you think of it as a threat I’m sorry. I just want you to know that I value you above all else and unless I die I will do whatever it takes to keep you.”

Searching his eyes, she relaxed. “Good.”

He looked shocked again. “Good?”

“Yes. The only thing that could ever make me try to leave you is cheating.”

“Cheating? I’m honest. I do not cheat.”

“It’s a term that means sleeping with other people. I don’t want anyone but you touching me. I want you to say the same thing to me. I want monogamy, Flint. It would kill me if you touched another woman. I couldn’t take it.”

Flint frowned as his gaze left hers and she saw him swallow. Long seconds passed as Flint didn’t say a word, not looking at her. He blinked a few times before he took a deep breath, still not saying what she wanted to hear.

Mira tensed, feeling pain hit her at his silence. “You aren’t going to give me that, are you?”

He met her gaze. “I won’t touch another woman purposely.”

“What in the hell does that mean?” She jerked out of his hold, separating their bodies, to climb out of the tub.

She heard him stand up and hit the water release on the tub. The drain was loud as it let the water flow out. She grabbed a towel to dry her body, shooting a glare at Flint over her shoulder. He was frowning at her, watching her silently.

“I’m a cyborg , Mira.”

“And that means you have to cheat?”

He sighed as he stepped out of the tub. “I’ve been activated in the past and I’m a good breeder. Some cyborgs are not.”

She spun around to face him head-on. “What in the hell does that have to do with anything?”

“Some cyborg men are unable to reproduce. I’m in a contract with a dozen cyborg males. Ten of them are in family units already. If they are unable to reproduce I’m obligated through that pact to help them.”

Her mouth dropped open. “What?”

“It has already happened twice. I was contacted by Sole and Varl when both failed to impregnate their females. I am obligated to that pact, Mira. If either one of them wants or needs to reproduce they could call upon me again. My sperm was activated on both occasions and it was successful.”

Shock tore through her. “They wanted you to sleep with their wives and you’re telling me you have two kids?”

He frowned. “I guess you would see it that way. The children are biological results of mine but they are not mine in any other way. I was a donor. They belong to Sole and Varl .”

She took a deep breath, having to force air into her lungs, which felt frozen. She was partly horrified, mostly stunned. “Can’t you just donate your sperm in a damn cup? Are you telling me you have to have sex with other women if one of your buddies gives you a call?”

“Medical intervention isn’t successful. We’ve found that our bodies tend to reject artificial methods in that regard. It has something to do with the stress levels in the females during conception. Natural breeding has a much higher success rate.”

“I can’t believe this. If you were a bad breeder would that mean you’d bring some guy home one day and tell me to f**k him if you didn’t knock me up?”

He frowned. “I wouldn’t do that because I know that I’m a good breeder. There is no need for me to ever call on one of the males in the breeding pact to help me in that regard.”

“You said a dozen of you are in a pact together?”

He nodded. “All cyborgs males are signed up in a dozen-member pact.”

“So if any of those eleven men call you to f**k their wife to knock her up, you have to go sleep with those women?”

His mouth pressed into a grim line. “Yes.”

She spun away from him. “Oh. My. God.”

She stumbled out of the cleansing room and into the bedroom. Pain, shock, and horror were hitting her at once. Mostly it was pain she suffered. Flint would cheat on her. Her eyes frantically went around the room to finally land on his dresser. She dropped her towel, walking toward it, and just tore open drawers.

“Calm yourself, Mira.” Flint had followed her into the room. “I would not have