letting him seek his own glory without restraint.
Her hands stroked his chest in an unending pattern. Trailing around to caress his back as he began to buck and plunge against her. She felt his teeth on the other side of her neck, and once again he bit her, hard.
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As her blood flowed across his tongue he began to pump his seed deep within her. He quivered in the grip of his own orgasm, shaking and groaning in his release.
He drew back and kissed her lips, then flung his head back and roared his triumph. It was the call of a beast, and it drew others to it.
The doors to her chamber flew open, Valnal stood in the doorway. Brodin was behind him and to one side. Safra came in through the balcony window.
“Do you witness?” Kassil’s voice was a snarl, his hardness still buried deep.
“We do.” The voices were all around them.
“Do you contest?”
“We don’t.” The voices were strong.
“Her status?” This last was a roar of triumph.
“Your Lady!”
Sam’s mind reeled, her body was still throbbing in time to his. She could make nothing of the voices echoing the large chamber.
Silence overcame the room, and only their breathing was a noise in the darkness. He kissed her deeply, and then eased from her body.
“What was that all about?” She was only a little curious, her senses having been overloaded with him since he entered her bed and made love to her.
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union has been witnessed, your status as my lady confirmed.” His tone was distracted, he was watching his fingers trail down her thigh and up her belly, marveling at the differences in their skins.
“You do know that on my world, asking is traditional.”
“Yes, I have looked up your traditions, but I felt that our baby needed his father, more than a silly engagement.”
“Baby?” Her voice was a delicate whisper, one hand drifted down to cover his hand on her belly.
He grinned at her, “Why do you think the doctor was so upset? You arrived on the ship a virgin, and left it pregnant. It didn’t take a mathematician to add it up.”
“He told you?”
“Not really, he just gave me a medical report, and the DNA of the father. Believe it or not, I figured out the rest for myself.” Their fingers tangled on her stomach and his lips sought hers.
“A baby. I have never thought about having a baby.”
He wrapped his arms around her and lifted her into his lap. “You have a few months to think about it. Shalin will be happy to have someone to play with, and my mother is already at my house decorating the baby’s room.”
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Across the galaxy, Negotiator Tyrell got the news that Samantha was safe and sound, and expecting. The Alliance councilors would be ecstatic. The first human/dheman hybrid in three thousand years. She looked at her private records, and located the next person she needed to transplant on a selected world.
Annabelle needed permanent leave after her injuries in the Arena Station attack. Perhaps Avari would be a good choice. She had just the elder in mind to check on her.
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