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.I dreamed about it a thousand times with you.Perhaps it is symbolic of my wish to hang on to you, whatever it takes to do so.”“Then you may do so, before I—take over.Consider it your first mating gift,” Ji declared hoarsely, gritting his teeth as she impaled herself on him.His bonding organ was throbbing with urgency, but he wanted Seta to want him back before he took her the way he longed to do.He felt the tug on his braid with every bounce of her body and thought he might truly go mad.When she stopped, he opened his eyes, even knowing his torment was shining out of them.“This feels—wrong,” Seta declared.“I rescind my request.Perhaps we can do this another time.Please take over now Ji.I wish to feel mated to you—truly.I think I am okay with it now.Thank you for talking to me first.”Ji rolled her over but left his braid around her wrist.“I am for you, only for you.My house is yours.My wealth is yours.All I am and ever will be is for you, Seta Trax.”Seta’s body lifted as the energy coming from Ji surged into her.Her moan was audible in the room.She felt like she was glowing.“You are mine and I need to hear you say it,” Ji whispered.His voice held that edgy, rough, impatient tone she always dreaded hearing.“My courage was used up with dancing for you.I don’t have the words,” Seta whispered back.“But I will let you speak your truth to me any way you need to and not respond with unkindness to your words or tone.This will be my mating gift to you, Ji Warro of Rylen.It is all I have to give.”Ji hissed at her concession.He was starved for it.He wanted more.“Can you tell me I am your willing choice?”“Yes.You are my choice,” Seta declared.“Now tell me you are mine.”Seta felt a shift inside and knew it was happening whether she said the words or not.She was his.Perhaps she had always been.It had taken a long journey to find herself beneath this particularly fine surging male.Unlike the others she had known, her pleasure was what he craved most.She told herself not to think of admitting it as a total surrender, but rather more like getting carried away in a passionate moment.“I am yours, Ji Warro of Rylen.I am your mate.I am for you and you alone.”Ji yelled as everything he’d held back from her surged between them all at once.He prayed he had not hurt her.He prayed she would not regret what he’d done in marking her as his.Seta’s body lifted as she called out in pleasure, the vibrations between them extending until Ji felt faint.He could only imagine what Seta endured receiving the full force of his mating vibrations unchecked.When his heart calmed, he felt one of Seta’s hands patting his cheek before sliding off his face.No doubt she was trying to reassure him she’d survived the cord being made.He looked for her other hand and found it still clutching his braid, her fingers twisting it around each digit until there was no way it could have been torn from her, even in all the thrashing they did.The sight of Seta sleeping soundlessly beneath him had an effect he’d never dreamed of happening.For the first time in his entire Siren life, he laid his head on a female shoulder and wept with relief to have the privilege of being with her.He hoped his family never discovered how one damaged Ethosian had bound him to her just as strongly as his Siren claiming had bound her to him.Chapter 17Ji tried not to wake her too often but he couldn’t stop himself.Seta’s body opened to his no matter what he demanded.In the morning his physical urges were somewhat slaked, but his emotions were scraped raw.Beyond the first time, Seta had been nearly silent for their other exchanges.He dreaded waking up and meeting her gaze.He wasn’t sure he could handle what she thought of the real him.Dread morphed instantly to panic when he found her gone from the bed.“Seta? Where are you?” he demanded.She walked calmly out of the cleansing area covered in one of his shirts.It hung to her knees like a dress.He watched in amazement as she closed her eyes, called on Zorinda silently, and slid the clothes chest away from the door without any help from him.“Are you thinking about running away from me this morning? If you value your new family here in the canton I wouldn’t advise it.I warned you there was no going back.”Seta turned and glared.“Is this horrible jealousy what I have to tolerate for the next few days?”Ji swallowed hard and nodded.“Yes.I’m sorry.I woke up and you were—not beside me as I expected.I can’t seem to push the panic back enough to be polite.”“Well, good morning to you too—grumpy mate,” Seta declared, her mouth twisting into a grin.“Food is on its way to us.And I ordered some aids from Lira to help you.I have to let it all in, don’t I? I assume you would rather I answer the door with at least some clothes on.”“What kind of aids? I have no need of bonding aids.”“Ji—really.Stop jumping to conclusions.I acted too rashly in getting Zorinda to destroy the implants.You’re in no condition to go out as you are and we can’t wait out until the Siren’s call runs its course.While last night was—exceedingly pleasant—we need you to be in a way different state of mind for what we have to do today.I asked Lira for some libido calming medicine.She is sending it with our breakfast.The food is being brought by a female, so cover yourself.I have no wish to kill anyone before I eat.I doubt Garmon would tolerate my killing one of his people anyway.”Ji looked down at his body, already at attention.The very sight of her inflamed him this morning.“Will you come back to bed after the food arrives? I need you, Sweet Joy.”“If I must,” Seta said, then smiled when she saw his eyes flash.“I am teasing.Of course I will come back to bed.Lira said it would take several hours for full effect and that it would only last for a day—or two at most.”She looked longingly at the sheet he scrunched to hide his reaction.She was thinking of asking Ji to let her be on top this morning.A knock on the door had her slipping out of their quarters and then quietly back inside a few minutes later.She smiled as she set the food on a nearby table.“The server thanked you for performing your claiming here.She said everyone in the canton was talking about feeling extraordinarily amorous last night.”“It is the Siren’s call.The energy of it spans a great area.Bring me the blasted aid.I’m dying here.”Seta walked across the room.While he took the tablet and drank the ale sent along with it, she rested her hand among the fabric folds near evidence of his desire for her.She studied his solemn gaze on hers.“I promised to meet all your needs, Ji [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]