She straightened as she turned. Argernon was by the nightstand. He eyed her. She eyed him back.

"Goodbye, Argernon."

He moved. For a big man he could move fast. He grabbed Casey around her waist to lift her. She screamed out as her boots left the floor. She landed on the bed face-first where he dropped her. Deja vu hit her, as she felt him pin her down with his knee, while tugging her hands behind her. This time though he didn't jerk them behind her back. He yanked them above her head. She heard chains rattle.

"Don't," she yelled. "Damn it!"

A restraint closed around her wrist. He yanked her other hand closer as another restraint closed over her second one. His knee moved away. Rolling over, she glared at Argernon.

"You can't do this."

He smiled, but his eyes were cold. "You give me no choice." He pulled her up the bed as he reached for the nightstand.

She heard the drawer open. Struggling didn't do a damn thing. Argernon didn't release the chain that held her wrists together over her head. He used another set of restraints to secure her to the headboard. She glared at him as he moved back on the bed. He backed up more to move down the bed. She kicked at him, but he grabbed each of her feet, tearing off her boots.

"Don't do this, Argernon. I don't want you." Tears filled her eyes. "You swore you'd never force me."

He met her eyes. "You're tired. I would never force you. I won't let you go, Casey. You belong to me. You're my bound." He reached down for the front of his pants and slowly stripped them off.

She glared at him. He was turned-on. Argernon was always aroused. She jerked her gaze down to his cock that was standing straight up. She forced herself to look away. He met her angry look as he sat back on his legs.

"I need release. I'm in pain."

"Fuck yourself."

He nodded. "I assumed you wouldn't help."

She watched him turn his body to stretch for the nightstand again. Another drawer opened. He withdrew a tube. She had a feeling it was Zorn's version of lube. He uncapped it, squeezing a white cream into his hand, spreading it on his hard cock. Argernon met her shocked gaze.

She refused to look down at his body again, but she could see his hand moving. He didn't look away from her as he masturbated. She saw his eyes narrow as his mouth tensed. The bed moved with him as he started to move, his hips in rhythm to his fist on his shaft. She watched him tip his head back, his eyes closing, as his lips parted. He groaned as he came.

He moved off the bed to walk into the bathroom. Casey shut her eyes. She was in hell. He wasn't letting her go. In the morning Ariel had to come for her. She'd figure out when she woke up and Casey wasn't there that something had happened to her. Ariel had sworn she would help her and she trusted Ariel. Casey just needed to get through a night with Argernon. The water in the bathroom shut off. She opened her eyes to watch Argernon walk out of the smaller room totally naked. His glowing gaze locked on her.

He reached for her shirt when he settled on the bed. She tried to turn away, but the annoying alien was too strong. Her shirt lifted up as he tugged it to her ribs. His eyes went to her stomach.

"My seed planted there."

"Let me go."

He lifted his gaze to meet hers. His hands released her shirt. Both hands went for the waist of her pants to unfasten them. Beautiful blue eyes turned fierce.

"Never."

She struggled, but she was no match for Argernon. He tore her pants down her legs, leaving her bare and exposed. One of his large hands caressed her thigh. She rolled away, which left her on her stomach with her bare ass exposed. He reached over again to caress her. A large hand cupped her ass gently, massaging.

"Don't touch me." She turned her head to glare over her shoulder at him.

Argernon sighed. "I would never hurt you."

"You already have more than you'll ever know. I won't forgive you. Don't you get that?

Every time you touch me all I can see is Bara touching you, Din with her damn hands on your chest and Valle running her fingers through your hair."

He snarled. His gaze jerked to hers. "I wasn't awake to stop them."

"They live with you. You have sex with them. Don't act all innocent. It's not something they haven't done a thousand damn times before, right?"

He growled.

"Don't growl at me. I don't have three men at home who I sleep with. I don't cheat. I've never screwed around on a man in my life."

"Cheat?"

"Betray their trust by sleeping with other people when they think they are the only one."

He frowned. "House helpers don't feel betrayed if I touch other women. It is acceptable to them."

"I'm not a damn house helper."

His eyes widened and then narrowed. "You feel I betrayed you."

"I don't feel shit. You did betray me and that's a fact. If I'd known you had those women at home waiting for you I never would have let you touch me. The second I knew about those women I would have walked away from you. Not telling someone something important like that is just as bad as lying to them. I thought I was important to you. I thought..." She forced herself to look away from him before she started to cry. She shut her eyes.

"I smell your pain." His voice lowered to a husky tone.

She ignored him.

He softly growled. The bed moved when he stretched out next to her. "I never meant to hurt you. It hurts me that you suffer." His voice was soft. "I never planned on taking a woman from Earth. I made no arrangements like the other men did to find homes for their house helpers.