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  “Yes…yes,” Anna wailed. Throwing her arms around his neck and grinding shamelessly against him, she worked to make him come.

  But what she was doing seemed to work a little too well.

  “Gods, baby—slower,” Dark begged. “Slower or I can’t hold back—I’m going to flood your little pussy with my cum.”

  “Do it!” Anna begged him. It was what her body needed, even more than another orgasm, which she sensed was also close. “Do it, Dark—come in me!”

  “But I want you to come first,” he ground out, clearly holding himself back by sheer force of will. “Your pleasure comes first with me, baby—always.”

  “Bite me then,” Anna told him. “You know that always makes me come. Bite me while you come in me, Dark. While you give me what I need.”

  “If I bite you while I come in you, I bond you to me for life,” he warned softly. “Is that what you want, Anna? Because it’s sure as hell what I want.”

  In answer, Anna shook her long auburn hair over one shoulder, baring her throat for him. Holding his eyes with hers, she leaned forward, offering herself to him.

  “Bite me,” she breathed. “Take me all the way, Dark and never let me go.”

  “Gods, baby…” His bronze eyes blazed and with a low, hungry growl, he leaned forward and sank those long, shining fangs into her neck.

  As his essence flooded her bloodstream, Anna could feel his cum flooding her pussy. Hot, wet spurts pulsed against the mouth of her womb as her inner walls contracted helplessly around him, as though she was trying to milk more of his seed deep into her pussy as she came with him, her pleasure peaking again.

  “Anna—oh Goddess, baby, I love you! Love you so much,” she heard Dark say, even though it ought to be impossible for him to talk with his fangs still buried in her throat. “Love you forever and now we’ll never be apart!”

  The bond, she realized through the haze of pleasure. We’re bonded now—that’s how he can talk in my head.

  “That’s right—we’re bonded now. For life.” Dark’s voice spoke in her head again and she felt his mental presence, safe and secure and comforting.

  “I love you,” she thought at him, trying out the new link. “Oh Dark, I love you so much! Love you forever! I never want this to end.”

  “It doesn’t have to,” he sent back. “Kindred don’t need any recovery time which means I can bond you to me again and again all night long.”

  “Do it then,” Anna told him. “Make love to me all night.”

  So he did.

  Chapter Thirty-seven

  At last the Knower had found the right body—the right vessel to store its consciousness in until it could build itself another. The body it had found was perfect to let it move unmolested through the people of the Mother Ship. And thanks to its connection to the communications system of the ship through the AI it had co-opted, it knew exactly where everything it needed was stored…and exactly where to go to use it.

  Soon the Kindred of the Mother Ship would bow to the Knower’s will and then its great work could begin. Recording their personalities within the Shannom-rah and then redistributing them into the bodies of Replicants which could be more easily controlled. Of course, their present physical bodies would have to die first, but that was of little matter to the Knower.

  It’s only objective was subjugating those that had defied its will. And soon it would be done…

  Chapter Thirty-eight

  Anna didn’t know how much sleep she’d gotten but a soft tapping on the door of her guest suite woke her up.

  “What?” She sat up, blinking sleep from her eyes. She was deliciously sore between her legs. Not sore and bruised as she had been from Gorn’s awful spreaders, though. This soreness was the result of being opened and lovingly stretched by her lover’s shaft—no, her mate’s shaft—she realized. She and Dark were bonded now, just like her mother and Brex were. Which meant they would be together for life.

  The thought made joy flood into her heart and she turned to see Dark lying on his stomach, his long arms thrown out carelessly and an open, vulnerable look on his sharp features. He had the look of a man who had done a hard night’s work and was completely worn out by it.

  Well, he did bond me to him over and over again, Anna thought, blushing. She forgot how many times they had made love but it was a lot. The overdose of bonding fruit had required him to breed her and bond her again and again and Dark had proved himself more than up for the job.

  The light tapping sounded on her door again and she realized she was just lying there in bed, staring lovingly at her new mate and not doing anything about getting the door.

  “Coming,” she called softly, pulling on the long blue robe that went with the nighty Liv had given her. The nighty itself was a little worse for the wear. Dark had torn it in several places during their strenuous marathon bonding session. But Anna didn’t think her new doctor would mind.

  She closed the bedroom door all but a crack and went to the front door of the suite.

  “Who is it?” she called softly, still trying not to wake Dark.

  “Just Liv and Sophie here to check on you,” Liv’s voice called back. “Are you okay, Anna?”

  Anna opened the door, smiling.

  “More than okay,” she assured the two sisters, who were standing there with anxious looks on their faces. “Come on in if you want—but we have to keep it down—Dark is still asleep.”

  “We won’t take long—I just wanted to check on you,” Liv said as she and Sophie came into the room.

  “Well, you’re certainly looking better than last time we saw you,” Sophie remarked, winking at Anna. “Would I be correct in guessing that you and Dark bonded last night?”

  “Look at that grin on her face,” Liv remarked, grinning herself. “You really have to ask?”

  “We did bond,” Anna admitted and found that she couldn’t stop smiling. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d felt so happy and at peace. “And it was wonderful.”

  “Bonding always is,” Liv remarked, as she started taking Anna’s vitals. “So I guess you’re feeling better now? Got all the bonding fruit out of your system?”

  “I don’t know if it’s all out,” Anna admitted. “But I know I’ll have help to take care of it, if I have another, um, attack.”

  “I’m sure you will,” Sophie remarked. “Kindred males have remarkable stamina.”

  “Much better than human men,” Liv agreed. “Well, all your vitals look great. I think you’re going to be just fine, Anna. And you’ll have some good news to tell your parents when they get home too.”

  “Oh, my mom!” Anna exclaimed. “She barely got a chance to meet Dark in the first place and now we’re mated!”

  “Well, she’ll have plenty of time to get to know her new son-in-law,” Sophie said. “And I’m sure she’ll be happy because you’re happy.”

  “I hope you’re right,” Anna said, smiling. “In fact, I’m sure you are. She’s just kind of overprotective sometimes, that’s all.”

  “Well then, she should be glad you’re with a Kindred,” Liv said practically. “They’re extremely protective of their mates. You can’t be safer than with a Kindred warrior for a husband.”

  “Speaking of that, do you want our friend Kat to help you plan your Joining Ceremony?” Sophie asked. “She’s kind of the unofficial party planner around here and she does a fabulous job.”

  “Oh—I hadn’t even thought of it,” Anna exclaimed. “My mom and stepdad had their Joining Ceremony here. It would be wonderful to have ours here too. But to be honest, we haven’t even talked about where we’re going to live. I think maybe Dark might want to go back to his restaurant on Rigelus Prime.”

  “Oh, too bad!” Sophie sighed. “We were hoping to keep you two around here. You know, we’re always looking for new cuisine up here on the Mother Ship and I know of a good restaurant space that just came open. It’s right beside our cousin Lauren’s bakery shop down in the common area.”