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her back and held her over him all night, until the light coming through the window hinted at the new day.
    “I need to use the bathroom. Excuse me.” She squirmed off the rigid length of his cock and rolled to one side.
    Normally, her body would have recovered, but since she slept on him, her thighs didn’t want to close, and she wobbled to the bathroom. Ava engaged in the normal morning activities, including stepping into the shower. She hated being sticky, and her body only absorbed so much.
    Clean and wrapped in a towel, she exited the bathroom and looked for a gown. Today’s selection was soft green with a matching shawl.
    Kondr was still lying in the bed. “Where are you going?”
    “It’s time for daily bloodletting. I don’t want to be late.”
    He sat up. “You are not going without me. Wait here.”
    Kondr took a quick shower, and while he was in the bathroom, breakfast arrived. Avaneer started on her food before he re-joined her, a white towel around his hips hiding areas of interest.
    She sighed and shoved his half of the food to his side of the table. “Eat up. I don’t want to keep Dr. Rathos waiting.”
    He chuckled. “You are so soft and willing in bed and so bossy out of it. I wonder if the two can ever be blended.”
    Ava grimaced and kept eating. “I am very docile out of bed when there is no imminent death looming for those around me.”
    “I look forward to seeing it. Today, I believe, I should properly introduce you to my grandmother, and you need to see a physician.”
    Ava knew where his mind was heading. “I see a physician every day.”
    “I want you to see an obstetrics specialist. If you were not born for heavy gravity, there may be issues with the pregnancy.”
    Ava pressed her hands to her stomach. That had never crossed her mind. “Um. Okay. Do you have someone in mind?”
    “The other Dr. Rathos is a likely candidate.”
    “The other?”
    “Almia Rathos, the doctor’s wife is also a physician. It gets very confusing.”
    “Fine, I will see her after my bloodletting.”
    His lips tightened but he nodded. Once he had eaten, he draped the towel over the back of his chair, and he wandered around the room, collecting clothing and slowly getting dressed.
    Avaneer was an avid audience. “Show off.”
    His grin said he knew precisely what he was doing to her hormones. “I have no idea what you are talking about.”
    She flapped her hand. “Tuck yourself away, and let’s get this day started.”
    He chuckled and did as she bid.
    Ava had the strange feeling that it would be one of the last orders that he followed. She was shifting to his turf now.

Chapter Ten
    The medical lab was no longer over stressed and tense. Patients were sitting up in their beds and laughing while the patients from the room of the dying were now situated with the activities of the day happening around them.
    The medical staff moved with expressions of relief and determination now that they were able to treat those who needed help. Tray upon tray of injectors were prepared, the hypos were ready for the waves of folk already lining up outside the building.
    Ava sat in her now-normal chair, and the attendant took blood samples with a new enthusiasm for it. Her plasma drip was set up on the other side, and Ava waited until she had provided the four units required.
    Eeli Lytan appeared in front of her on the arm of her grandson. “So, you are the woman who is carrying my great-grandchild.” The statement was not confrontation.
    “I am.”
    Eeli commented on Ava’s current situation. “Is that healthy for the baby?”
    “As long as I don’t overdo it, it should be fine. The plasma builds up the bulk of my blood, and my talent is working to replace the platelets, cells and antibodies.”
    Eeli sniffed. “I don’t like it. How long must you do this?”
    “Ask Dr. Rathos. He is in charge of crafting the injections from the samples.”
    An attendant was staring at Eeli with nervous respect.
    Ava sighed,