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  “Look, I’m willing to overlook this for now,” Terex told him. “As long as you don’t bother me again. But if I’m interrupted even one more time…” He held up a finger. “I’ll have to go to his Supreme Excellency.”

  “No—don’t do that! I mean—it’s not necessary.” The young guard looked pale now. “You won’t be bothered again on my watch—I swear it.”

  “Thank you.” Terex nodded briefly. “Now, good night. I need to go back to tasting my female.”

  He shut the door in the guard’s face before turning to Elaina, who was breathing hard. God, the way he’d described the pleasures of going down on a woman had her all hot and bothered, even though the look in his eyes made her nervous as hell.

  “What…” he growled, frowning at her, “Was that all about? Why were you touching yourself?”

  “I wasn’t,” Elaina said quickly. She could feel her face getting hotter and hotter as she tried to explain. “I mean, not exactly. I was rubbing against, uh…”

  “Rubbing what?” Terex demanded.

  “Nothing.” She shook her head. The point is, I wasn’t actually touching myself. I mean, not with my hands.”

  He gave a low growl of frustration. “No, the point is, the more attention we attract to ourselves, the more chance we have of being found out!” Raking a hand through his hair distractedly, he paced back and forth. “Damn it, Elaina—if I really was your Master I’d punish you for this!”

  “Punish me?” she exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips. “And how exactly would you do that, Master?”

  “I told you, don’t call me that!” he snarled. “And as for your punishment—I’d put you over my knee and give you a good, hard spanking to teach you a lesson.”

  “The Hell you would!” Elaina snapped. But for some reason his words and the picture they formed in her head sent a shiver of pure desire straight through her. She tried to ignore it. She was mad at him, damn it! Even if he was sexy as hell when he was being stern.

  “Yes, I would,” Terex said shortly. “You knew touching yourself would sound an alarm. Why would you take such a risk?”

  “Because all that damn silver syrup I licked off you is an aphrodisiac, all right?” she exploded, hands clenched into fists at her sides. “You got to come tonight—hell, you can come any damn time you want because you’re a male. I’m not allowed to even touch myself because I’m nothing but a lowly female.”

  Terex looked stricken. “Elaina, are you saying…”

  “What I’m saying is, between you pinching my nipples and sucking and licking and biting them, I’ve been horny out of my mind for what feels like hours now and I can’t do a damn thing about it!” She ran her hands through her hair in frustration. “God, I feel like I’m going to die if I don’t come! And I don’t just mean a few little nipple orgasms from you tugging on my breasts. I need to really come.”

  Part of her couldn’t believe she was speaking so frankly and openly about her sexual desires. But why shouldn’t she, she argued to herself. She was a grown woman, not some scared little virgin. She knew what felt good to her and how to get there and it was damn frustrating that she couldn’t rub one out in privacy without a freaking masturbation alarm sounding every time she got anywhere near finding relief!

  “I’m sorry,” Terex said in a low voice.

  “Don’t worry about it.” Elaina took a deep breath, trying to shrug it off. “Rant over. I’m just…going a little nuts right now, that’s all. And anyway, you didn’t know the syrup was an aphrodisiac.” She laughed ruefully. “Neither did I or I wouldn’t have taken so damn much of it.”

  “No, Elaina…” He took her by the shoulders and looked down into her eyes. “I’m serious—please allow me to apologize. I shouldn’t have put my own sexual satisfaction before yours—that is not the Kindred way. And I shouldn’t have threatened to put you over my knee and spank you either—that was…wrong of me. Very wrong. I think…” He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. “I think this place is getting to me. I never would have said such a thing otherwise.”

  Elaina thought about telling him that she didn’t really mind the spanking talk. In fact, it kind of got her motor revving. But the look on his face let her know he truly felt pain over his comment and was honestly sorry for it. She decided just to accept his apology.

  “It’s all right,” she said. “I just…I wish we could go somewhere I could, uh, get some relief. But I guess that’s out of the question.”

  “I don’t think we’d be allowed to leave the palace,” Terex admitted. He frowned. “You just need to find a way to reach release without touching yourself.”

  “And without touching any inanimate objects either,” Elaina said dryly. “Guess there’s no use in wishing for a vibrator. The minute I started to use it, the damn alarm would sound.”

  Terex frowned. “The guard did say we wouldn’t be bothered any more on his watch. Maybe you could, uh touch yourself without fear of interference.”

  Elaina shook her head. “He didn’t say he was disarming the alarm system, though. My guess is he can’t—he’s not high enough on the food chain to turn it off completely.” She gave a broken laugh. “God, I can’t believe I’m discussing this with you! Standing here talking about how to get off on Hands-Off Planet.”

  “Why should you not discuss it?” Terex asked reasonably. “You’re under my protection which makes me responsible for your well-being. And don’t start saying you can take care of yourself, Elaina,” he said, frowning at her before she could protest. “In this matter, you literally cannot do it alone. So we need to find a way to help you.”

  “Well, thanks for being willing to give me a hand. You…” Elaina paused and laughed ruefully at her own words. “Give me a hand—get it? God, if only you could! I mean, if I could touch myself with your hands, I bet it wouldn’t set off the alarm.”

  A thoughtful look came into the big Kindred’s eyes.

  “Why can’t you?” he asked quietly.

  “Why can’t I what?” She frowned.

  “Why can’t you use my hands to touch yourself?”

  “What? That was a joke. I mean I was saying if we could, uh, switch hands or something like that. Look, it was silly—I’m not even making sense anymore.”

  “Because you’re sexually frustrated,” Terex said reasonably. “It’s an incredibly strong drive that must be dealt with.”

  “And how…” Elaina bit her lip. “How do you propose we, uh, I mean I deal with it?”

  “No, it will have to be ‘we’ for this to work.” He looked at her sternly. “You’ll have to let me help you.”

  “Help me…how exactly?” But she thought she already knew. Her heart was drumming in her chest and her whole body felt flushed all over.

  “Come to the bed Elaina. But take off your skirt first—it will only get in the way.”

  As he spoke, Terex went over and settled himself on the plush golden bedspread. He sat with his back against the headboard and patted between his thighs. It was clear he meant for her to get naked and sit with him.

  “Um…” Elaina felt shy all over again but she knew she couldn’t help herself. The needy desire was growing so strong she thought she might go crazy if she didn’t get taken care of soon. She shifted from foot to foot, pressing her thighs together indecisively as her pussy cried out for release.

  “Elaina, come here.” Terex patted the spot between his thighs more forcefully and frowned. “Don’t make me come get you,” he murmured.

  God, he made her crazy when he talked like that! He might not want her to call him Master, but when he acted like one it seemed to do all kinds of hot things to Elaina’s insides.

  “Yes, M—” She stopped herself just in time from saying the word but Terex still shook his head.

  He sighed. “You really want to say it, don’t you?”

  “I…I’m just trying to stay in character,” Elaina protested but that was a half truth at best and she knew it. She was willing to bet Terex