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  The feeling of him coming inside her triggered another orgasm and she felt her inner muscles milking him, trying to get everything he had to give, feeding the cycle that had been set loose inside her from the first moment she removed her suit.

  The moment seemed to last forever, stretched out like a warm thread of honey. But finally K felt herself relaxing a little. She felt limp now, wrung out. With a little moan, she slumped down on her side, panting.

  Boone followed her down, sliding out of her as she relaxed and then K felt him pulling her into his arms.

  “Mmm,” she hummed contentedly. “Well, I guess your formula worked. Boone, you’re a genius.”

  “Never mind that. Are you all right, darlin’?” He sounded anxious and concerned. “Did I hurt you? I didn’t want to. I was so worried…”

  His voice was hoarse with emotion. When K looked up at him, she was surprised to see that his eyes were suspiciously bright.

  “Boone?” she murmured, reaching up to touch his cheek. “I’m fine, really. But…are you?”

  “I think so. As long as I didn’t hurt you.” He swiped at his eyes and took a deep breath. “Sorry, darlin’. I knew this was a possibility but I thought…I hoped…with my DNA inside you it wouldn’t be necessary. I wanted your first time to be gentle.”

  “Gentle wouldn’t have helped me control my cycle,” K said softly. Her heart swelled with emotion as she cupped his cheek. “Boone, I really needed what you gave me. If you hadn’t…” She shook her head. “I felt like I was going to rip you apart.”

  “I know the feeling.” He sighed. “That Erian DNA is nothing to play around with. I don’t think I could have taken you like that without it.”

  “It’s a good thing you gave me some of your own DNA to combat mine,” K said seriously. “I felt like I was going to lose control but I never really did.”

  “I might have.” Boone still looked unhappy. “Look, are you sure I didn’t hurt you? I’ve never, uh, taken a girl that hard before. And I would never want to—”

  “You said yourself it was an animal thing. A dominance thing,” K pointed out. “You gave me exactly what I needed. In fact…” She rubbed against him, noticing as she did that he was still hard and throbbing against her hip. “I think I need some more.”

  Boone gave her a grudging smile. “That’s the Erian mating cycle, all right. Luckily, thanks to your DNA, I’m more than happy to accommodate you. Only this time…” He took K’s hands and pushed them over her head while he rolled her under him. “This time I want to take it nice and slow,” he growled softly.

  K felt her breath catch in her chest. “That sounds…good. Perfect, actually. As long as you’re on top of me, penetrating me, you’ll be giving me exactly what I need.”

  He gave a low chuckle. “Never would have believed I’d hear those words out of your mouth when we first captured you.”

  “I never would have believed I’d be saying them,” K admitted breathlessly. “But it feels good, Boone. It feels right. Do you know what I mean?”

  “I do. Feels right to me too, baby.” He took her mouth in a slow, leisurely kiss that built the fire inside her all over again. “Lights dim,” he called and gave her that lazy smile. “Let’s make it a little more romantic in here.”

  “What does that mean? Romantic?” K asked breathlessly.

  “Just another thing for me to teach you.” He smiled and kissed her again.

  K smiled back. “I think I’m going to enjoy learning.”

  “Then come on, darlin’, let me in.”

  K kissed him and spread her thighs for him. Gently, Boone found his way inside.

  This time they took it slow.

  Chapter Thirty-four

  “Hate to interrupt you two love birds,” Loki’s voice came crackling over the comlink. “But it looks like there’s an Erian ship on an intercept course with us. Not only that, I think the Empress herself is aboard.”

  “What? She came herself?” Boone demanded. “Why?”

  “Who knows?” Loki sounded worried. “The real question is, what is she here to do? Does she just want to take K or is she planning to wipe out our entire ship?”

  “Translation—how can you save your ass, right?” Boone growled.

  “Well it’s a nice ass,” Loki protested. “Just ask my man Rolf.”

  “I’ll have to take his word for it.” Boone sat up in the dim room and K sat up beside him. He had lost count of how many times they’d made love. After the first frantic time it all seemed to blur together into one long, deliciously sensuous encounter.

  One thing was for certain though, he had never had sex this incredible in his life. Part of it was from the injection of Erian DNA, he was certain—he’d been able to keep up with even K’s extreme needs, which was good. But part of it was just being with the woman he loved and knowing he would never let her go.

  Speaking of which…what the hell was the Empress doing here? If she thought she could separate the two of them now, Boone had news for her—it wasn’t going to happen. He felt a possessive growl rise in his throat and wondered if it was the Erian DNA making him feel so primal and protective, or just the fact that he was determined to never lose K again.

  “What is the Empress doing here?” K demanded, echoing his thoughts.

  “I guess she decided she needed to come get you in person,” Loki said. “Her people are demanding entrance to the Dream Spinner. What should we do?”

  “We’re coming out to the control area,” Boone told Loki. “Don’t do anything yet.”

  He and K got dressed, fumbling around in the dim room for clothes. Boone put back on his black t-shirt and flight trousers but when he looked over, K was frowning at the floor.

  “What is it, darlin’?” he asked, going over to her.

  “This…thing.” She shuttered as she nudged the shed skinsuit with her toe. “I can’t put it on ever again but I don’t have anything else to wear.”

  “Yes, you do.” Boone pulled out one of his dress shirts. “Here you go. Blast from the past.”

  K pulled the dress shirt on. “Just like when you found me. Only…” She frowned.

  “What?” Boone asked anxiously.

  “Nothing. It just seems shorter than it did before.” She looked down at the hem of the shirt which did seem to fall higher on her thighs. “Never mind, let’s just get going.”

  “I’m ready,” Boone said. “Let’s go.”

  “Wait…” K put a hand on his arm and looked up into his face. “Boone, I want you to know that no matter what she says or does, I won’t go with her. We risked too much to be together—I won’t lose you again.”

  “Aww, sweetheart…” He pulled her close and held her tightly to his chest for a long moment. K’s arms crept around his waist and she hugged him back hard. “It’s going to be okay,” Boone told her. “I don’t know how but it is. It’s going to be okay—I won’t let her take you away from me.”

  “All right.” She nuzzled her face against his chest and then, reluctantly, broke the hug. “Come on, we have to go.”

  They ran out into the corridor and the yipping voxes met them at once.

  “Hey, where did you guys come from?” Boone said. “Guess they escaped from Mom. Must’ve decided they want to come back to their original masters.”

  He scooped up the animals and deposited the one that was his on his shoulder as they walked. He was about to put K’s vox on his other shoulder when she surprised him by taking it herself.

  “Here, I think he wants me.” She put the little animal on her shoulder and flashed Boone a secretive smile. The vox hummed contentedly and its eyes glowed pure, deep blue. Speaking of eyes, was there something different about K’s? Boone wanted a closer look but the light in the corridor wasn’t much better than in the dim room they’d just left and there was no time. They ran on down the metal hallway and ended up in the control area, breathless.

  “There you are!” Loki sounded agitated. He did a double take at Boone