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  “Oh, um…” Mei-Li’s heart began to pound again. She hadn’t minded washing him and had actually enjoyed tickling the big Kindred because she felt in control. Now, she was feeling nervous again because it was his turn to do the washing and instead of the large, lumpy sponge thing between them, there was only going to be a thin piece of cloth.

  “I will be very gentle—I promise,” Six said softly. “I would never harm you, Mei-Li. I hope you know that.”

  “I…I know.” She took a deep breath and then held out an arm, just as he had done. “Okay—go for it.”

  “Thank you for trusting me,” Six said gravely. Taking her hand in his, he ran the strange, see-through washcloth up the length of her bare arm.

  Mei-Li bit her lip at the sensation. The nissel felt like the softest, most delicate silk gliding over her bare flesh and under it she could clearly feel the heat of Six’s big hand. His fingers were long enough to wrap completely around her arm as he slid the washcloth up to her shoulder. Once he got there, she expected him to go right for her chest and start washing her breasts and she wasn’t sure if she wanted him to or not. But he surprised her by washing her back instead, rubbing the silky smooth cloth up and down from the crest of her shoulder, all the way down to the curve of her buttocks with each long, slow stroke.

  “Mmmm,” she murmured involuntarily. His touch was both sensuous and soothing at the same time and to her surprise, she actually found herself relaxing and enjoying it.

  “Do you like to be bathed in this way?” Six asked softly, his deep voice coming from behind her. “Do you enjoy having my hands on your body?”

  “It…it’s nice,” Mei-Li admitted a bit breathlessly. “I mean, I don’t usually have anyone helping me bathe, either.”

  “I am glad.” There was a soft, possessive growl in his voice. “I do not like the idea of another male’s hands on you like this…or like this.”

  Suddenly his big, warm hand, covered only by the silky cloth, was sliding around to her side and then to her front, in just the way Mei-Li had been expecting and dreading. But now that she felt his touch, she found she didn’t dread it at all anymore. His big hand was so warm and gentle as he cupped one of her breasts, almost as though he was afraid he might hurt her and he was waiting for permission.

  “It…it’s okay,” she whispered, shifting a little in his loose grip. “You…you can go on. I know you’re supposed to…to wash me here. It’s okay.”

  “I am only going to wash you,” he murmured, rubbing the silky cloth gently over her sensitive breasts and making her nipples tingle. “The bathing part of this ritual is to get you used to the feel of my hands on your body. Later I will touch you more…intimately. But for now I will only wash you.”

  “Th-thank you, I guess,” Mei-Li stuttered. Her heart was pounding and she couldn’t remember the last time she’d felt so hot and bothered but still his words worried her. More intimately? How much more intimately is he going to touch me?

  “I think you are clean here, Mei-Li,” he murmured in her ear. “Are you ready for me to wash you lower?”

  “L-lower?” She could barely get the word out. Already his big hand was sliding slowly down her trembling belly.

  “Here,” growled Six softly in her ear. “Are you ready for me to touch you here—to wash your soft little pussy?” As he spoke, she felt the warmth of his fingers, cloaked in the slippery cloth, cupping her mound.

  “I…I don’t know,” she whispered, barely daring to move. “I…I guess so.”

  “You sound uncertain and your heart rate and breathing indicate a certain level of fear,” Six murmured soothingly. “Remember, I will never hurt you. If you do not feel ready for me to wash you directly, perhaps it can be accomplished in an indirect way.”

  “I don’t know what you mean,” she whispered. “How can you—?”

  “Like this.” Slowly two of his long fingers settled over the outer lips of her pussy which felt swollen and hot. Mei-Li moaned softly as they parted, spreading her open to bare the inner folds of her cunt. A heated rush of water stroked over her open pussy, caressing her tender clit and making her feel more exposed than ever.

  “Oh!” she gasped and gave a little involuntary jump. Unfortunately, when she came down, the motion pushed her hard against his waiting hand. With a moan, she felt Six’s long fingers slide between her parted lips and settle firmly against her throbbing clit. Only the thin, silky cloth separated them and to Mei-Li, who was feeling very exposed, it didn’t seem like nearly enough.

  “Mmm,” Six growled appreciatively. “I can feel how hot you are here, despite the water. “Are you wet as well?”

  “I…I don’t know,” Mei-Li moaned softly. “I can’t…I don’t…” It occurred to her dimly that she sounded as helpless now as Six had when she was tickling him. But now he was in control—he had the upper hand. Or the lower hand, depending on how you looked at it. She tried not to move but it was impossible to hold perfectly still and every little twitch rubbed those long fingers against her open pussy. “Please…” she almost moaned. Somehow she couldn’t help the little catch in her voice or the shiver of reluctant pleasure that ran down her spine at the big Kindred’s gentle but insistent touch.

  “I think we should find out how wet you are,” Six murmured in her ear. And suddenly, she was being scooped up in his arms and he was climbing out of the massive bathtub.

  “Hey…what are you doing? Where are we going?” she demanded, beginning to feel really nervous.

  “To my sleeping chamber.” There was no mistaking the hungry light in his steel gray gaze as he looked at her. “The bathing part of our night is over. Now I need to make you come.”

  Chapter Eighteen

  “I need to make you come,” he said and Mei-Li felt like someone had just sucked all the air out of her lungs.

  “I…what?” she gasped, struggling in his arms.

  “Hold still—you are still wet and slippery and I do not wish to drop you,” he said sternly.

  “Well, you should have let me have time to dry off and cover up,” she said, still fighting.

  “The sousa will take care of that—it will dry both of us off. As for covering up—there is no need. Now that I have bathed you, my next step is to massage you with exotic oils.”

  “Massage me with—wait a minute, I didn’t see that in the contract!” Actually, she hadn’t seen a lot of it yet. She had been too busy freaking out about the parts she had seen to study it as closely as she should have. Or maybe she was just afraid to look ahead and see what was coming. Actually, it sounds like you’re the one who’s going to be coming, whispered the little voice in her head. Ha-ha, Mei-Li, looks like the joke’s on you.

  No, it’s not—not yet. She stopped struggling but her mind was still working a mile a minute. Was he really allowed to rub her all over with strange, exotic oils? Rub her everywhere?

  Not that she disliked massages—she and Claudia occasionally went to Massage Envy when they wanted to treat themselves on a girl’s day and it was always a wonderful, relaxing experience. But at Massage Envy, she was able to get a female masseuse and she never had to worry about the massage turning sexual. Now it seemed like the massage she was going to get from Six was going to be exclusively sexual.

  Just the thought of that—of having his big, warm hands sliding all over her naked body made her feel so hot she could barely breathe—which in turn scared the ever living crap out of her. Oh my God, I’m not ready for this—I have to get out of this!

  But how?

  The big Kindred was taking her into another part of his home—a room she hadn’t been in yet. But when she looked around, Mei-Li saw the familiar beanbag bed, only this one was even larger than the one they’d had on the med barge and it was blue-gray, like his couch. Sure enough, as soon as Six laid her down on it, she felt the moisture wicking away from her bare body as the sousa soaked up every last drop while somehow remaining dry itself.

  Six had wrapped a bathing sheet around his