Publisher: Ellora's Cave
“Kandos. You're here.” The soft voice caught him off guard. He pulled the long silky golden curls from her eyes. She had yet to open them, but he knew he'd no longer see the beautiful, sparkling topaz color he had become obsessed with. He prepared himself when her lids fluttered.
The shimmering gray depths held pools of unshed tears and her lower lip began to tremble. He sat down on the edge of the bed and gently pulled her into his arms. “Do not cry, Rina. Dying a thousand deaths would be easier for me to deal with than seeing you cry. You are alive, and that is all that matters.”
“What happened?” Her sobs continued, her body convulsed in his arms. He knew she knew. She just wasn't ready to accept the truth.
“I should have forced you to stay. This is my fault because I should have protected you better.” Breathing became difficult when her hands found their way under his uniform top and kneaded up and down his skin. Her nails sliding down his skin gathered the blood in his cock.
“I didn't know those evil creatures existed. Before I could turn around and go back they had me. What did they do to me?” Kandos suppressed a groan of need as his cock swelled. He hated himself even more for responding to the seductive body that rubbed against him.
“The creatures that took you were Zacoris, our enemy. The drug they gave you has changed your body chemistry.” He couldn't force anything more out of himself, staring into those murky colored eyes.
“Is that why I feel so….” The blush on her cheeks increased his need to take away what happened.
“You are a tagratis now.”
“No! You are wrong! There's been some mistake!” The pain-stricken look on her face stabbed straight into his soul. Kandos looked away, unable to handle the horrified expression on her face. The fear-laced words cut through his resolve.
“I'm sorry, but the damage cannot be reversed.” He watched one of the machines lurk forward and inject her with something. Maybe those robots weren't so bad after all. At least they were intelligent enough to use the translating microchip they had and sense severe emotional trauma when they saw it.
“I'm doomed to a life of constant wanting and depravity at the hands of any man willing to have me for one night simply because I didn't want to admit my attraction to you.” She looked away from him, her softly uttered words carried by the natural echo of the room.
His cock swelled, his pulse raced and her admission filled his mind. She wanted him. That was why she ran out. “This is not your fault, Rina. I swore to protect you and failed. Had I known you wanted me half as much as I have hungered for you, this would never have happened.”
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