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 If I thought Anjessica would forgive me, I would kill him myself.
 When do we make this happen?
 At the end of my program. It must appear as if she has completed her training.
You will be dead in the hovercraft that will be waiting for her.
 We will be ready. Sleece inclined his head.
* * * * *
 Does Herche look more Latharian or more human? I traced a circle around
Anjessica s navel.
 What?
I grinned.  It just occurred to me to wonder what your daughter looks like.
 She wears a skin suit but she looks like both. Anjessica hesitated then reached for
a small techbook. She brought up a photo on the screen and handed it to me.
Herche s scales were the pale Caucasian color of her skin and her eyes were larger
and almond-shaped, like a Latharian female. But her bone structure was that of a
human and her features were softer and feminine like Anjessica s.
 She is pretty. She looks like you.
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Anjessica smiled.  She s fast like a Latharian but hasn t the same Latharian
strength. She turned off the hand held when I gave it back to her and tossed it to the
surface next to the bed.
 You will have to report her existence to the counsel on Earth and to our authorities
at some point.
 I already have a report written. I have not sent it already because I don t know
what my father would do to her if he found out. Anjessica closed her eyes but I felt her
fear and anger.
 I could do it for you.
Her eyes opened and she stared at me.  Do what?
 You are not a killer, Anjessica.
 What? And you are? She laughed.  You won t kill your own.
 A man will sacrifice for a woman, I argued. I hated myself for lying. She trusted
me. She d opened to me enough that she hadn t run when I d mentioned her daughter.
 Sacrifice. She rose up on her elbows.  Oberon Hasdaer. You love me.
I laughed.  If that is what you want to call it.
 What else should I call it?
 I ve been thinking that you could stay here with me. You and your daughter.
 And Stai.
I laughed before I could stop myself.  My cock belongs to you. I remember.
 You bet your ass it does. She slid atop me, straddling my stomach.  You want my
daughter here too?
 I am a professor, Anjessica. I cannot help liking the idea of teaching one of my
own.
 Yours. She grew quiet, looking down at my chest. When she looked up, her large
eyes brimmed with tears. Her emotion was fierce and struck me full on.
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 My father tells her over and over how much he hates her. He tells her she is
tainted and filthy. She took a breath, attempting to shove her emotions away from the
surface.  She deserves a man who would love her without judgment.
 So do you.
I didn t expect the sobs that erupted from her lips. She slid from atop me and tried
to move away but I sat up and pulled her back, wrapping my arms around her.
 He s had nothing to do with me since I was eighteen. He shoved me into school
and then into the academy. It wasn t until Melhen chose her Latharian over him and
Sleece left his hand crippled that he even spoke to me again, and that s when he found
out about Fare.
 Fare was your husband. I already knew from her history file.
She nodded.  My father hated that I d married a Latharian but I didn t care. Fare
was a good man. I loved him. I was pregnant with Herche when he was killed in
combat. My father told me I could come home then and I did. It was the biggest mistake
of my life.
My arms tightened around her.  He was cruel to you when you were a child.
 Yes, abusive.
 He is abusive to Herche?
 Not how he was with me. With Herche it is verbal. She winced.  I need to get her
away from him.
 Why don t you just take her?
She shook her head.  My father is no weakling and has many who follow him. If it
were just him, I would kick his ass and take my daughter. But he always has others
around him, protecting him, helping him to keep my daughter from me.
It took everything I was made of to keep from shouting in anger. Her father was
using the person Anjessica loved most to continue to control her. I suddenly
understood.
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 So you built up this tough outer shell and learned to use your energy to protect
yourself. I leaned her away from me so she had to look up.  I think you could most
likely fight him and win now. Not many humans can manage to kick me in the head,
and certainly not forceful enough to make me see stars. She giggled.
 Fare taught me how to fight. He taught me how to use my energy too, though I
think it was more for his own benefit. She reached up and touched my face.  I come
with a lot of baggage, Oberon.
 Are you trying to talk me out of my own desires? I grunted.  Perhaps I should
enslave you and force you to wear a gag.
 Latharians do not enslave anyone. She pushed at my shoulder, laughing.
 That s well enough. You are too selfish to be a slave.
She gasped.  I am not selfish.
 Then my cock does not belong to you? I smiled when she laughed.
 Well, maybe a little selfish, she amended.  You may not want me when I do what
I must do.
 I cannot convince you to allow me to help? I frowned when she pulled away from
me. She was shutting down again.
 No.
 Then we ve nothing else to talk about. I pulled her back to me.  We might as well
mate.
 When you can think of nothing nice to say, fuck? She laughed and I felt her relax
when I did not press the subject.
 Exactly. I cupped her breast, pinching at her nipple with my fingers.  It s a
philosophy to live by.
 Maybe I feel like fighting instead. She pushed at my hand.
 Sometimes I think you may be more Latharian than I am. I licked at the spot
below her earlobe.
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 Does a Latharian woman do to you what I do? She sent heat spiraling into me.
No. Latharian females could not compare with human energy. I groaned into her ear,
inhaling her scent deeply.
 When I leave, you may decide I m too screwed up to love. She turned her head
when I licked at her, offering more of her neck.
 I understand you a lot better than you think I do, Anjessica, I murmured against
her skin.
 Yeah, it s a little unnerving. She moaned when I slid a hand between her thighs
and pressed against her clit. When she lifted her hips, I stilled and allowed her to move
against my hand, to use me to bring herself pleasure.
I kissed her as she thrust against my fingers, feeding off the frenzied passion that
she exuded. I gave her nothing in return, keeping my own energy inside until her body
tensed and her body readied to orgasm.
I rocked forward, sending her my own blast. Her orgasm was a violent explosion
that nearly knocked me backward. My root dropped and swelled and my scales stood
on end as her essence consumed me, filled me. For the first time in my life I released
without being inside a female.
Groaning, I shook my head, clearing it of the dizziness that circled me in flickering
pinpoints of light. She slumped, gasping for breath, but I tossed her to the bed beside
me and crawled atop her. I nudged her cunt with my swollen cock and pushed deep
into her. Her body clenched instinctively around me and I released the second time.
My heart pounded as I hovered above her, resting my weight on my hands at either
side of her head. The aftermath of my release burned through every vein. Closing my [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]