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until she was empty.
    Arax turned her into his chest and tilted her face up. “My council has demanded I take the responsibility I was born to do. They have overlooked more infractions than any other council in the past. You were the last straw. I’m not angry with you, I brought you here. I came to the conclusion the council is right. It’s time I stepped up. Come with me and I promise you will never be alone. Let my world be yours.”
    The water before her wasn’t the brackish, lifeless water she had known on Earth. There were no creaks and groans of a dying vessel to send her into nightmares every night. This pounding deluge was more a song. A strong song of never ending life. Arax wasn’t a pirate wielding life or death over her.
    She nodded; she wanted to see what her new life would be like. So far she had to admit that having a beautiful baby, food, warmth, and a home was wonderful. If Arax was to be her mate, she needed to like her surroundings. His compelling blue eyes and wickedly handsome face had nothing to do with how wonderful she felt—but it helped.
    If she didn’t mate with Arax, he’d made it clear there would be no hope of Neola being accepted. This was her life too. If she grew up among these aliens, they would be family and familiar. What would she do for a mate when she was grown, where would she find one or fit in? Meadow was a trailblazer in her own right, so why stop now? She got on the ship alone, she survived under dire circumstances. The odds were in her favor this time. She only had to say yes.
    Arax pulled her tighter against his chest to shelter her. His grin was cheeky, and she understood he was a bad boy rogue though something had changed for her. They didn’t know one another, but he loved Neola. If he could love, he couldn’t be all bad. In fact, aside from his somewhat annoying attitude, he wasn’t bad at all. In a short time he had supplied Neola and Meadow with everything she needed and wanted. Then again, those green eyes of the cherub captivated Meadow the moment she saw Neola. But she couldn’t just mate for the child’s sake. She needed to see she could accept this life, accept Arax.
    Meadow gasped as they stepped into the water. It took a moment before she realized the crushing capacity of the deluge barely drizzled over her flesh. Arax shielded her as he turned her within his embrace, sheltering but not confining her. She gazed up at him and he motioned with a nod to take in her fill of the sight. To see what she never before had witnessed. All around were smooth walls of the mountain and beauty. She’d never been inside a waterfall before. The bubbles Arax created haloed her face, allowing her to breathe while she gazed in avid wonder. He was larger in this form. She knew his ability to morph was what saved her life.
    They strolled at their leisure, her bare feet caressing the slick stone beneath her. When her hand lifted so, too, did Arax’s. Placed above hers for protection from the pounding water, she touched the walls then cupped handfuls of water. When Arax smiled she tasted the cool sweetness of the liquid. No wonder his planet was considered a world within a world, a water world that could only connect to other places through water. There were too many marvels to be contained and explored when Earth was alive, the planet needed the expansion of different worlds within. Who knew water was a portal for different dimensions? For the rest of her life anything to do with water would be at Meadow’s fingertips.
    When they stepped through to the other side she gazed at a beautiful beach. Endless white sand stretched for miles. Warmed by the sun, tiny grains tickled her bare feet and slipped between her toes. She was shoeless. It had made no sense to demand footwear that would only get wet. Everyone on his planet went barefoot from what Arax said.
    Arax turned her in his arms and cupped her chin. “My world is land and water. I can protect you on both. Your world is