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option out of the picture when she set
the toast down and grabbed his chin turning it towards her.
“ What is wrong?” Hannah repeated in her
no-nonsense voice.
“ Can I see your hands for a moment?”
Cosmos asked suddenly.
Hannah jerked back and rubbed both her palms
on her thighs. “Why?” She asked suspiciously.
Cosmos’ face darkened as he
realized everything Borj told him was true. The same thing that
happened to Tink was happening to Hannah. It was all his damn fault for inventing that double-damn
gateway! Cosmos thought in
dismay.
“ Let me see them.” Cosmos asked
quietly.
Hannah’s hands trembled as she slowly
extended them until they lay palm down in Cosmos’ huge ones. Cosmos
squeezed them briefly before turning them over so he could see her
palms. Sure enough, she had a series of intricate circles forming a
pattern in the center of her left palm. Cosmos knew that when he
scanned it, it would match perfectly with the one on Borj’s left
palm. They were bond mates.
“ I’m a what?” Hannah whispered in
disbelief.
Cosmos flushed when he realized he had spoken
aloud. “You are Borj’s bond mate. He said in his world when a male
and a female are compatible for reproducing they are bond mates.”
Cosmos ran his hand through his hair again before he frowned. “No,
that’s not exactly right. Let me try this again. All males and
females go through a mating rite’s ceremony to determine who they
will mate with. If the mating mark, the circles on your palm,
appear then the match is good and they can reproduce. If no mark
appears, they wait and do it again at the next ceremony unless they
happen to meet before which is rare as the females are not let out
of their ‘houses’ alone often as a way of protecting them from any
males who may have become more aggressive due to not having a mate.
Is this making any sense?” Cosmos asked looking at Hannah for the
first time since he saw the patterns on her palm.
Hannah’s horror at what Cosmos was saying was
growing beyond anything thing she had ever felt before. This alien
guy thought she was his mate because a bunch of circles had
appeared on her hand? The circles were a get straight to the baby
making stage? Is this what happened to Tink? She was kidnapped so
she could become a breeding mare? He expected her to be caged in
some ‘house’ all the time and just be there whenever he…whenever
he…Hannah’s mind revolted at the next step.
“ Hannah, are you okay?” Cosmos was
saying.
Cosmos saw Hannah pull back away from him and
sway slightly as if she had just received a huge shock. He was
concerned as the color slowly faded from her face leaving her very
pale and shaken. He quickly pulled the tray off the bed and set in
on the floor before turning back to gather Hannah tightly in his
arms.
“ I can’t do it.” Hannah was saying
softly under her breath over and over. “Get it off me, Cosmos. I
can’t have it on me.”
Cosmos was concerned as Hannah’s voice
started to get louder and sounded more than a little hysterical.
“Get it off of me, Cosmos. NOW! Get it off of me!”
“ Hannah…I’ll try.” Cosmos said quietly
realizing Hannah was on the verge of a total meltdown.
Hannah turned her blank stare to him. “You
have to do it, Cosmos. I won’t be his or anyone else’s. It would
kill me to be locked up. I…I don’t want anyone touching me like
that…like they did those other women…I…I can’t do it. You have to
help me, Cosmos.” Hannah whispered faintly.
It took Cosmos another ten minutes to get
Hannah to believe his promise to try to undo the mating mark. He
walked down the steps slowly. Hannah had finally gone into the
bathroom to get cleaned up. He hoped she would be in a better mood
when she was done. Cosmos hadn’t been there when Hannah had been
kidnapped but he knew it had been bad…very bad. From what Tink told
him, Hannah didn’t talk much after the incident. Tink told him
Hannah would just sit and
the toast down and grabbed his chin turning it towards her.
“ What is wrong?” Hannah repeated in her
no-nonsense voice.
“ Can I see your hands for a moment?”
Cosmos asked suddenly.
Hannah jerked back and rubbed both her palms
on her thighs. “Why?” She asked suspiciously.
Cosmos’ face darkened as he
realized everything Borj told him was true. The same thing that
happened to Tink was happening to Hannah. It was all his damn fault for inventing that double-damn
gateway! Cosmos thought in
dismay.
“ Let me see them.” Cosmos asked
quietly.
Hannah’s hands trembled as she slowly
extended them until they lay palm down in Cosmos’ huge ones. Cosmos
squeezed them briefly before turning them over so he could see her
palms. Sure enough, she had a series of intricate circles forming a
pattern in the center of her left palm. Cosmos knew that when he
scanned it, it would match perfectly with the one on Borj’s left
palm. They were bond mates.
“ I’m a what?” Hannah whispered in
disbelief.
Cosmos flushed when he realized he had spoken
aloud. “You are Borj’s bond mate. He said in his world when a male
and a female are compatible for reproducing they are bond mates.”
Cosmos ran his hand through his hair again before he frowned. “No,
that’s not exactly right. Let me try this again. All males and
females go through a mating rite’s ceremony to determine who they
will mate with. If the mating mark, the circles on your palm,
appear then the match is good and they can reproduce. If no mark
appears, they wait and do it again at the next ceremony unless they
happen to meet before which is rare as the females are not let out
of their ‘houses’ alone often as a way of protecting them from any
males who may have become more aggressive due to not having a mate.
Is this making any sense?” Cosmos asked looking at Hannah for the
first time since he saw the patterns on her palm.
Hannah’s horror at what Cosmos was saying was
growing beyond anything thing she had ever felt before. This alien
guy thought she was his mate because a bunch of circles had
appeared on her hand? The circles were a get straight to the baby
making stage? Is this what happened to Tink? She was kidnapped so
she could become a breeding mare? He expected her to be caged in
some ‘house’ all the time and just be there whenever he…whenever
he…Hannah’s mind revolted at the next step.
“ Hannah, are you okay?” Cosmos was
saying.
Cosmos saw Hannah pull back away from him and
sway slightly as if she had just received a huge shock. He was
concerned as the color slowly faded from her face leaving her very
pale and shaken. He quickly pulled the tray off the bed and set in
on the floor before turning back to gather Hannah tightly in his
arms.
“ I can’t do it.” Hannah was saying
softly under her breath over and over. “Get it off me, Cosmos. I
can’t have it on me.”
Cosmos was concerned as Hannah’s voice
started to get louder and sounded more than a little hysterical.
“Get it off of me, Cosmos. NOW! Get it off of me!”
“ Hannah…I’ll try.” Cosmos said quietly
realizing Hannah was on the verge of a total meltdown.
Hannah turned her blank stare to him. “You
have to do it, Cosmos. I won’t be his or anyone else’s. It would
kill me to be locked up. I…I don’t want anyone touching me like
that…like they did those other women…I…I can’t do it. You have to
help me, Cosmos.” Hannah whispered faintly.
It took Cosmos another ten minutes to get
Hannah to believe his promise to try to undo the mating mark. He
walked down the steps slowly. Hannah had finally gone into the
bathroom to get cleaned up. He hoped she would be in a better mood
when she was done. Cosmos hadn’t been there when Hannah had been
kidnapped but he knew it had been bad…very bad. From what Tink told
him, Hannah didn’t talk much after the incident. Tink told him
Hannah would just sit and
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