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  To find out that her sister was to be given to a killer and she was slated to marry a filthy old male who was intent on taking her whether she wanted him or not was bad enough. But to further find out that the same male she was to marry had had a hand in her mother’s death—which had been ordered by her own father…well, Ky no longer wondered why she was upset.

  He wondered how she was even functioning at all.

  Dani sat up and swiped at her eyes again. She took a deep, trembling breath, clearly trying to calm herself.

  “Yes, it’s terrible and yes I’m upset,” she said in a voice which trembled only a little. “But I won’t give up. I won’t.”

  “That’s good, little girl,” Ky said approvingly. “You’re strong—one of the strongest people I’ve ever met. Somehow you’re going to get through this.”

  “Yes, I am.” She sounded almost calm now and there was a look of determination in her big, black eyes. “I have a plan and you’re going to help me.”

  “Help you? Help you how, little girl? Do you want—”

  But the words died on his lips. Because instead of going to turn off the shielded magnetic field so they could run off together, which was what Ky had expected, Dani suddenly scooted back a little so she could reach the magno-tabs at his waist which held his black flight leathers together.

  Before he could say another word, she had his trousers open and his shaft out and she was stroking it.

  * * * * *

  Dani couldn’t believe her own boldness. But she told herself there was no other way. She had to do this—she had to.

  “Whoa, little girl—hold on. What do you think you’re doing?” Kyron growled softly. He seemed surprised at her actions but that didn’t stop his shaft from growing in her hands, Dani noticed. It was darker than the rest of his skin and tipped with a broad head with a tiny slit at one end. The intimate flesh felt heavy and hot and silky to her fingers—so much softer than she’d ever expected a male’s scepter to be—even as it grew firm and hard. This was, of course, the first one she’d seen and she wondered if it was different from a Goshan scepter.

  The dark, spicy scent of his male musk drifted up to her, making her warm to her task. She stroked the long shaft intently and couldn’t help marveling at its size as it lengthened and thickened in her hands. Gods above and below, how was she going to fit this whole thing inside her? But somehow she had to—it was the only way.

  “Dani, please…” Ky shifted his hips on the hard stone bench, causing the long, thick shaft to slide between her fingers. “Do you mind telling me what in the Seven Hells you’re doing and why you’re doing it?”

  “I’m doing it because I have to.” She looked up at him briefly. “I’m sorry, Ky and I hope you don’t mind but I have to.”

  She was already straddling him, her knees resting on the rough stone bench on either side of him. Now she lifted her dress to her waist, baring herself shamelessly, though she never would have dreamed of such a thing before.

  “Gods, little girl…” Ky let out a groan and she saw he was looking at the V between her legs—the little mound of black curls she kept so neatly trimmed though she had never dared to touch herself there.

  Remembering the way his whisper fingers had touched her there before and the way he had sucked her nipples made her feel wet and swollen. Gripping his shaft more firmly, she brought the broad head to her outer lips and rubbed him against her.

  “Wait, little girl—wait a minute,” Ky groaned but Dani knew she couldn’t wait. As the wide head slipped along her slit and rubbed against her pleasure button, a spark of fire seemed to dance along her nerves, making her gasp with need.

  Positioning the thick shaft at the tight, tiny entrance of her body, Dani began to lower herself down.

  It wouldn’t fit.

  She felt her outer lips part and the wide head begin to nudge inside her but though that first part—the tip—was soft enough to slip inside herself, the next part of his huge scepter definitely was not.

  Tears came to Dani’s eyes as she attempted to force more of it—more of Ky—inside her. Tears of pain and desperation—what was she going to do if this didn’t work? How could Ky change the color of her eyes if he wouldn’t even fit inside her?

  “Dani, stop!” She heard the concern in his deep voice as she tried unsuccessfully to get more of him in her sacred channel. It hurt—Gods above and below, how it hurt. But she had to…she had to.

  “I have to,” she said aloud, through gritted teeth, but she didn’t see how. The desire she’d felt earlier seemed to have dried up and the inner walls of her sacred channel were clenched closed, resisting the stretching agony of the huge shaft she was trying to force into herself.

  “Why?” Ky demanded, his voice harsh. “Why do you think you have to do this? Stop it, little girl—you’re hurting yourself!”

  “It’s the only way,” Dani panted, forcing a fraction more of his thickness into her tight, resisting channel. “The only way to change the color of my eyes.” She looked up at Ky, feeling herself on the edge of tears. “But how can you change the color of my eyes if you can’t fit all the way inside me? I need you to pierce my maiden barrier and fill me with your seed—it’s the only way to do it.”

  “Dani, listen to me—why do you want to change the color of your eyes?” he demanded. “Won’t that let everyone know you’re not a virgin anymore?”

  “Of course it will!” She clenched her teeth, still trying to get him in, not willing to give up. “And that’s the only thing that will keep that horrible Councilor Tornk from wanting me for his wife! If he thinks someone else has…has taken me, he won’t want used goods.” She pushed harder, tears of pain flowing down her cheeks. “Why isn’t this working? Is it because you’re Kindred and I’m Goshan? Or is it because I’m not in the Breeding Position?”

  “It’s not working because you’re not ready,” Ky said earnestly. “Kindred have big shafts—too big to take unless you’ve been properly prepared.” His whisper fingers stroked her wet cheeks. “Stop now, little girl—I don’t want to cause you pain.”

  “I can’t stop,” Dani told him. “Don’t you see? Do you know what’s going to happen to me if I stay here and my eyes don’t change?”

  “And what’s going to happen to you if they do change?” he demanded softly. “What will they do to you if they find you’ve lost your virginity—which I’m guessing is very fucking important to your people? What will they do to you then?”

  Dani bit her lip. “I…I might be sent to a women’s jail.”

  “What do you mean you might?” Ky growled. “What else might happen?”

  “I…I might be stoned,” Dani admitted. “But I don’t care,” she went on, recklessly. “I don’t care if I die—dying would be better than being married to Tornk!”

  “I care if you die, Dani,” Ky said roughly. “Care a hell of a lot. And even if the consequences weren’t so severe, I still don’t want to change the color of your eyes—not like this.”

  “You…you don’t?” Dani felt her heart sink. She’d been sure after their last encounter that the big Kindred would want her as much as she wanted him.

  “Not like this,” he said firmly. “Making love is a serious business with the Kindred. We don’t do casual sex. I’d want to take my time with you—get you ready so it doesn’t hurt.” He looked at her seriously, his green eyes intent. “And I’d want to know you felt for me the way I’m starting to feel for you.”

  “Oh…” Dani didn’t know what to say about that. Was he declaring his feelings for her?

  I have feelings for him too, she realized suddenly. Though they hadn’t known each other long, she cared for the big Kindred—maybe was even beginning to love him. But what good did that do her—what good did it do either of them?

  “You don’t have to do this, little girl,” Ky said softly, nodding down to where he was still barely piercing her. “Take me out of you—don’t hurt yourself anymore.”

  “But if we d