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  He frowned. “I can help you with your symptoms but I don’t want you to bond to me just because you ate that damn fruit.”

  “Is that the only way to get over the, uh, effects? To bond with a Kindred?” Maddy asked.

  He shook his head. “To tell the truth, I don’t know. I have never used bonding fruit before. I planted the seed for the plant cycles before I met you but it never once bore flowers or fruit until you came into my life.”

  “Calden…” Maddy shifted restlessly on his lap. “I’m feeling worse by the minute. Can’t you please help me?”

  He looked at her and seemed to make a decision.

  “Fine—I will do my best to help you get over the effects of the bonding fruit you ate. But I’m not going to bond you to me until you’re absolutely certain that’s what you want—that you want us to be together for life.”

  “All right.” Maddy nodded eagerly. She was beginning to feel hotter and hotter—beginning to understand what Kat had been talking about. She started to put her arms around Calden’s neck and draw him down for a kiss but to her surprise, he resisted.

  “No, Madeline—not here,” he said, frowning. “I might need to help you in some very intimate ways.”

  The promise in his deep voice sent a shiver of pure need down her spine.

  “Then where?” she demanded. “Please, Calden, I need you soon.”

  “I understand, nieka.” He caressed her cheek. “Luckily the guest suite I was assigned is only a little ways from the med center—I’ll take you there now.”

  “Okay,” Maddy agreed breathlessly. She snuggled against him as he swung her up into his arms.

  Calden headed for the door but before he could put out a hand for the knob, the door opened on its own and Liv came in.

  “Oh my!” She put a hand to her mouth when she saw what was happening. “Are you two, uh, leaving?”

  “We have some business to attend to in my suite,” Calden growled.

  “Would you take care of Snuffy for me for a little while?” Maddy asked, because the little brantha was waving his trunk and trumpeting wildly.

  “I can do that—he’s a cute little guy, aren’t you?” Liv said, smiling as she picked up the little creature and tucked him under her arm.

  Snuffy stopped making so much noise but he watched Maddy with anxious eyes.

  “It’s okay, little guy,” she told him gently. “I’ll be back for you soon—I promise.”

  She didn’t know if Snuffy was intelligent enough to understand her words but he stopped trumpeting and became quiet in Liv’s arms. That made her feel better—she wouldn’t have wanted the little brantha to be upset while she was gone.

  But how long will I be gone? she wondered as Calden nodded at Liv and then carried her out the door and through the med station.

  She didn’t know but she hoped the big Kindred could help with the aching need that had woken inside her. Every minute she felt hotter and hotter and she didn’t know what she could do to make it stop.

  Twenty-One

  The trip to Calden’s guest suite was, as promised, very short. Which was a good thing because Maddy was burning with desire by the time he brought her into the living area and laid her down on the big couch positioned in front of the fireplace.

  Wait a minute—a fireplace on a spaceship? She knew such a thing wouldn’t have been possible aboard the Kennedy but clearly the Kindred technology was far superior to Earth tech. Anyway, Maddy didn’t really care about that—what she cared about was the fact that there was a gentle fire blazing in the grate and the leather of the couch felt warm and buttery soft against her skin as Calden laid her down on it.

  “What are you doing?” she asked, as he untied the sash on one side of her dress and then the strings on the other.

  “Undressing you.” His voice was a soft, hungry growl as he spread open the green wrap dress and took in the black lace panties and bra set she was wearing. “Gods, Madeline—what are these underthings? They’re incredibly erotic.”

  “A bra and panties,” she whispered, gasping a little. “I’m glad you like them but I want to get them off!”

  At the moment, all she wanted was to feel his big hands all over her naked body, caressing her in the firelight. Calden seemed to understand because he lost no time in kneeling beside the couch and helping her take off the bra to bare her naked breasts.

  “Gods, I love your breasts,” he growled hoarsely, leaning over to suck first one tight peak and then the other into his hot mouth. “Your nipples are so ripe and suckable, nieka.”

  “Calden, that feels amazing but I need more,” Maddy moaned. Her hips were already thrusting up, begging for the feeling of his big hands on her.

  “Of course, I’ll give you more.” Hooking his long fingers in the sides of her panties, Calden drew the black lace down her legs, baring her pussy for him. “Gods, I love your sweet little pussy,” he growled, framing her with his hands. He looked up at her. “Want to taste you, Madeline—need to lap your hot juices straight from the source.”

  “Yes…please…” Maddy tilted her hips towards him shamelessly, unable to resist his invitation. Before she knew it, Calden had his head buried between her thighs and his hot tongue was bathing her open pussy with long, slow strokes that seemed designed to drive her insane. But as good as it felt, Maddy needed more.

  “Please,” she begged him, thrusting her hips against his face. “Please, Calden, I feel so empty inside! I need you to fill me up!”

  “Like this, you mean?” Slowly one long finger breached her entrance and Maddy moaned as she felt him enter her. But though it felt good, it wasn’t enough—not nearly enough.

  “More!” she begged, even as she worked her pussy on the invading digit. “Please, Calden, more.”

  “All right.” He withdrew and after a moment, Maddy felt him entering her again, this time with two long fingers which he thrust hard, all the way to the end of her channel.

  “Ahh!” she moaned breathlessly and ground against his hand as he bent to lap her pussy some more. It was better but still not enough—not nearly enough, Maddy thought. “More,” she begged. “Please, Calden—I need something…something thicker.”

  He frowned. “I can use another finger but I don’t want to hurt you, nieka.”

  “You won’t! Please!” Maddy felt almost frantic now. More than ever she could understand what Kat had been talking about—she had never felt this sexually needy in her life and she couldn’t seem to get any relief.

  Calden withdrew again and this time when he entered her it was with three fingers. At first Maddy thought it would be enough—she could feel him stretching her open…invading her…owning her in the way she needed to be owned. But after a few shallow thrusts, she could feel her pussy begging for even more—something even thicker to penetrate and fill it.

  “Calden!” she nearly wailed, thrashing around on the couch. “Please, this isn’t working for me! I need more—I need you—all of you—inside me!”

  He withdrew his fingers and frowned at her.

  “Madeline, I told you I wouldn’t do that. Here—look at me.”

  She made herself sit up and look him in the face. In the firelight, his topaz eyes were glowing a deep gold and she could see the prominent bulge of his shaft through the tight leather trousers he wore. God, he wanted this as much as she did—Maddy could tell. But he wasn’t going to let himself take what he wanted unless he was certain it was the right thing to do.

  “Madeline,” he murmured, caressing her cheek. “I don’t want us to bond just because you’re feeling a biological need that has to be satisfied. Bonding should be about more than just scratching an itch.”

  “Comparing what I’m feeling to an itch is like telling someone with third degree burns they just stayed out in the sun too long,” Maddy told him, her voice hoarse with desire. “I’m going crazy, Calden! Please, can’t you just…just put it inside me? We don’t have to make love or bond or whatever you call it but I feel like I nee