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  His hands, which had been gripping her hips, slipped down to explore her body and Lauren moaned when she felt him pluck gently at the silver rings in her nipples, increasing the tension caused by the gold chains.

  “Master,” she whispered. “Master, please. It’s too much…too intense…”

  “Then you will learn to bear it, for me, because I ask you to,” he murmured. Lauren felt one of his large hands trace down the length of the golden chains until he came to the one attached to her clit ring. “I’m going to rub your sweet little clit, Lauren,” he told her, his fingers tracing lower. “Going to rub it while I fuck you, do you understand?”

  Biting her lower lip, Lauren nodded. “Yes, Master.”

  “Good, then open yourself even more for me. I want you to spread your cunt again.”

  It was harder this time, spreading open her pussy lips for him. Lauren lost her balance and was forced to go from her hands and knees to her elbows as she did as he asked. The change in position forced her ass even higher into the air, giving Xairn better access to her pussy.

  Lauren moaned as his thrusts deepened and then gave a low cry when she felt the blunt pads of his fingers circling her silver clit ring. God, she was going to come again, come so hard while he fucked her and fingered her…she couldn’t help it. Didn’t want to help it. She just wanted to give in to the intense pleasure that was peaking inside her and let her mate mark her as his forever.

  “Come for me then,” he whispered through their link. “Come and let me feel your pussy clenching all around me.”

  With a low cry, Lauren did exactly that, giving in to the pleasure of her master’s cock pounding inside her pussy and his fingers caressing her clit. Giving in to the pleasure of being taken and claimed.

  Xairn allowed her orgasm to trigger his own. With a low roar, he fucked as deeply into her as he could and then held rock solid and still, pressing the head of his cock to the mouth of her womb as spurt after spurt of hot cum bathed her inner pussy, filling her and marking her as his for all eternity.

  The pleasure was so intense that Lauren felt light-headed again. No, more than light-headed, she realized as her orgasm peaked. She was really dizzy. So dizzy she could no longer remain upright. With a little gasping cry, she fell over on her side as the world spun around and around.

  “Lauren?” Xairn had finished coming and was instantly alert to her condition. “What’s wrong?” he asked anxiously, cradling her close. “Are you feeling all right?”

  “I feel…strange.” Lauren put a hand to her head and tried to sit up but the world started spinning again and she had to lie back down. “That was intense, really intense, but I’ve never felt like this afterwards before,” she admitted. “I’m not sure what’s going on.”

  Xairn rolled her over onto her back and stared into her face, his eyes filled with worry. “Was I too rough? Did I hurt you?”

  “No, no, it was nothing like that.” Lauren was seeing double, two sets of anxious red-on-black eyes looking down at her. She closed her own eyes, trying to block out the strange vision. God, what was wrong with her? Rather than getting better, she seemed to be getting worse. Much worse.

  “Come on.” Xairn fastened his flight pants and then gathered her into his arms. The world spun again as he lifted her off the bed.

  “Come on? Where…where are we going?” Lauren protested.

  “To the med station to see Sylvan. I think something is wrong.”

  “I can’t go like this,” Lauren protested, motioning down at herself. “I’m still all…all linked. Not to mention completely naked.”

  “Here, then.” Swiftly he removed the chains and somehow managed to wrap her in a red silk robe at what seemed to Lauren the speed of light. “Now, let’s go.”

  “Really, Xairn, I’m fine,” she protested. “Let’s just stay here and take it easy.”

  “Fine, are you?” he growled, setting her on her feet. “Let’s see you walk a straight line, then.”

  “All right.” Lifting her chin, Lauren tried. But with her first step, the world swayed around her and she nearly fell.

  “See?” Xairn swung her up in his arms again, his eyes anxious. “Your balance and equilibrium are completely off. We have to get you checked out.”

  Reluctantly, Lauren agreed. “All right.” She sighed. “But I bet I’m just hungry. It’s been hours since the last time I had anything to eat. In fact, I’m starving.” And suddenly she was—completely and totally ravenous. “Xairn, let’s skip the med station and go out for a bite,” she begged, her stomach growling. “I feel like I’m going to faint if I don’t get something in me right now.”

  But Xairn shook his head. “Let’s see what Sylvan says first.”

  And he carried her, still protesting, out of their suite and down the long curving corridor to the med station.

  Chapter Fourteen

  “You did the right thing, putting her right back into the stasis chamber,” Sylvan said. “It probably saved her life.”

  Merrick felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his chest. The minute he’d landed in the Mother Ship’s docking bay, he’d put in a call for Sylvan. Now the two of them were crammed into his little star-duster, staring down at the milky, once more opaque stasis chamber. “So then…you think she’ll be all right?” he asked, trying to keep his voice indifferent. “Not that it matters—I don’t even know the female. But I do feel responsible.”

  “Responsible, hmm?” Sylvan gave him a sharp look which Merrick returned with a scowl.

  “Yeah, responsible and that’s fucking all.” Merrick wanted it to be true but try as he might, he couldn’t get her out of his head. The way she’d cried and clung to him, her petite body shivering against his much larger frame…the warm, feminine scent of her hair, the feel of her trembling against him…somehow it had gotten to him.

  “Her vitals appear to be good,” Sylvan said, frowning at the blinking lights on the chamber door. “So that’s a good sign. But…”

  “But what?” Merrick frowned. “What’s wrong with her?”

  “There may be…complications,” Sylvan said reluctantly. “Depending on how long she’s been in that chamber and what exactly was done to her, she may have stasis sickness when we bring her out of the chamber the second time.”

  “Stasis sickness?” Merrick shook his head. “What the hell is that?”

  Sylvan clapped him on the shoulder. “Nothing for us to worry about right now. I’ll call a team and have them move the life pod and stasis chamber down to the med station. I, myself will open it and personally oversee her recovery. Will that be all right?”

  “It’s all right with me.” Merrick shrugged. “As I said, I don’t even know her.”

  “No, but you brought her in and if what you told me is right, you comforted her when she was upset and confused. That puts you in the roll of her protector.” Sylvan frowned. “I know it’s not a roll you’re comfortable with so if you’d rather I found someone else to speak for her and watch out for her interests—”

  “No!” The word was out before Merrick could stop it. “No,” he said again, frowning. “You’re right. I brought her in—I’ll be responsible.”

  “Very well.” Sylvan nodded gravely. “I know you have her best interests at heart, Brother.”

  “I do.” Merrick frowned. “I don’t know why but…” He shook his head and looked at his friend. “Thanks for taking care of her yourself, Sylvan. I appreciate it—especially after I ruined your joining ceremony.”

  Sylvan laughed. “You didn’t ruin it, Merrick! I would have rather had you there but as it turns out, Nadiah had someone else to perform the luck kiss with so it all worked out in the end.”

  “Nadiah? I’ve never met her but do you mean the daughter of your mother’s sister?” Merrick asked.

  Sylvan nodded. “Yes, that’s her.”

  “Then I’m glad I wasn’t here after all. Forgive me, old friend, but I wouldn’t have wanted to frighten your kin.”