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mate?”
“Mating is not about children. It is about finding that person who is the other half of your soul. Who you are destined to be with, to love, to protect. That person is you.”
She blinked back tears. They were pretty words but she couldn’t let them blind her to the truth.
“Your race is dying. You need babies.”
“I am not the savior of my race. Nor are you. Yes, my race is dying. But now we have hope. You are my hope. You are my everything.”
“I can’t be.” She lost the battle to keep the tears under control. “I’m too broken for you, Thor. You need to find someone who is whole.”
“Shh. If you are broken, then I will help you gather up the pieces and make a new life. One with me. You make me whole, Lucy. I can do the same for you.”
“We don’t even know each other.”
“Then we will get to know each other. I have patience, Lucy. I know it may not seem that way. But I can hold on until you are ready.”
“What if you don’t like me once you get to know me? What if my past is too much for you to handle?”
He puffed up. “I am not some weakling. I may be a healer but I am also a warrior.”
She smiled. “I didn’t mean to insult you. I know you’re strong and not just physically. But I have trust issues. I’ve trusted the wrong person before, someone who claimed they loved me and it didn’t end well.”
He scowled. “You were mated to this person?”
“Not mated, no. But I was involved in a relationship with him. His name was Ricardo. My mom died when I was fifteen. I had nothing. She left Earth to follow my dad. He was a bounty hunter, he used his gift to track wanted people for money. It was a crazy kind of existence. We were either really flush or on the bones of our ass.”
She took note of his confused expression and clarified, “really short of credits.”
He nodded.
“My father was shot by one of the outlaws he was tracking and killed when I was seven, leaving Mom and I stuck on Mrilan. Have you ever been there?”
“Once. Yes. It is not a pleasant place.”
“No, that’s a polite way of wording it. There’s little in the way of law or civilisation. Pretty much a refuge for the scum of the universe. My mom found jobs here and there. A bit of waitressing. Taking in laundry. We survived. It wasn’t always pleasant or fun. But we made it.”
“Did your mother have no family to help her?”
Lucy shook her left. “They disowned her when she left with my dad. They thought he wasn’t good enough for her. But she loved him. She contracted pneumonia and we couldn’t afford the medicine to help her.” The memory of watching her mother die was still too tender, too upsetting. She took a deep breath in then let it out slowly.
“What happened to you after she died?”
“For a while, I continued to earn money doing bits and pieces. I was picking up some laundry from the alley behind some of the houses who used my services when this man cornered me. He pushed me up against a wall and ripped at my dress. I screamed and tried to fight, but he was too strong.”
“Did he…harm you?” Thor’s eyes glowed red.
“No. He would have, I’m certain. But Ricardo stopped him.”
“The man you trusted?”
“Yeah. I thought he loved me. I guess he was just a really good liar. He saved me that day, moved me into his place. Gave me my own room, never pressured me into his bed or anything, but I was totally besotted by him. I fell for him. Made his betrayal that much worse.”
“What happened?”
“He told me we were going on a holiday. I was so excited. The last time I had been on holiday, I was five. We went to this beach on Rolan. The sand was almost too hot to touch and the water was freezing. But I had the best time. So I was imagining something similar. He wouldn’t tell me where we were going. Said it was a surprise. It was that, all right.
“Our hotel was gorgeous. It had this beautiful swimming pool with a fake beach. That first night we had a few
“Mating is not about children. It is about finding that person who is the other half of your soul. Who you are destined to be with, to love, to protect. That person is you.”
She blinked back tears. They were pretty words but she couldn’t let them blind her to the truth.
“Your race is dying. You need babies.”
“I am not the savior of my race. Nor are you. Yes, my race is dying. But now we have hope. You are my hope. You are my everything.”
“I can’t be.” She lost the battle to keep the tears under control. “I’m too broken for you, Thor. You need to find someone who is whole.”
“Shh. If you are broken, then I will help you gather up the pieces and make a new life. One with me. You make me whole, Lucy. I can do the same for you.”
“We don’t even know each other.”
“Then we will get to know each other. I have patience, Lucy. I know it may not seem that way. But I can hold on until you are ready.”
“What if you don’t like me once you get to know me? What if my past is too much for you to handle?”
He puffed up. “I am not some weakling. I may be a healer but I am also a warrior.”
She smiled. “I didn’t mean to insult you. I know you’re strong and not just physically. But I have trust issues. I’ve trusted the wrong person before, someone who claimed they loved me and it didn’t end well.”
He scowled. “You were mated to this person?”
“Not mated, no. But I was involved in a relationship with him. His name was Ricardo. My mom died when I was fifteen. I had nothing. She left Earth to follow my dad. He was a bounty hunter, he used his gift to track wanted people for money. It was a crazy kind of existence. We were either really flush or on the bones of our ass.”
She took note of his confused expression and clarified, “really short of credits.”
He nodded.
“My father was shot by one of the outlaws he was tracking and killed when I was seven, leaving Mom and I stuck on Mrilan. Have you ever been there?”
“Once. Yes. It is not a pleasant place.”
“No, that’s a polite way of wording it. There’s little in the way of law or civilisation. Pretty much a refuge for the scum of the universe. My mom found jobs here and there. A bit of waitressing. Taking in laundry. We survived. It wasn’t always pleasant or fun. But we made it.”
“Did your mother have no family to help her?”
Lucy shook her left. “They disowned her when she left with my dad. They thought he wasn’t good enough for her. But she loved him. She contracted pneumonia and we couldn’t afford the medicine to help her.” The memory of watching her mother die was still too tender, too upsetting. She took a deep breath in then let it out slowly.
“What happened to you after she died?”
“For a while, I continued to earn money doing bits and pieces. I was picking up some laundry from the alley behind some of the houses who used my services when this man cornered me. He pushed me up against a wall and ripped at my dress. I screamed and tried to fight, but he was too strong.”
“Did he…harm you?” Thor’s eyes glowed red.
“No. He would have, I’m certain. But Ricardo stopped him.”
“The man you trusted?”
“Yeah. I thought he loved me. I guess he was just a really good liar. He saved me that day, moved me into his place. Gave me my own room, never pressured me into his bed or anything, but I was totally besotted by him. I fell for him. Made his betrayal that much worse.”
“What happened?”
“He told me we were going on a holiday. I was so excited. The last time I had been on holiday, I was five. We went to this beach on Rolan. The sand was almost too hot to touch and the water was freezing. But I had the best time. So I was imagining something similar. He wouldn’t tell me where we were going. Said it was a surprise. It was that, all right.
“Our hotel was gorgeous. It had this beautiful swimming pool with a fake beach. That first night we had a few
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