chuckled. “I was far more interested in sealing the deal and getting you wrapped in safety.” Libby winced. “Right. Sorry. I forgot.” He frowned. “I think that the physicians need to scan your mind if your memory is that bad.” Shoklek nodded. “She has a scheduled check in medical after lunch. I will have them do a full scan with cognitive investigation.” Libby sipped at a cup of juice and glared from one overly tall male to another. “Is that supposed to be funny?” Shoklek gave her a sober gaze. “I never joke about mental health.” They held their serious faces for a full minute before they broke out laughing. She relaxed a little and speared some fruit for dessert before it was time to head to medical for a once over. The doctors gave her a complete scan with Rajon standing by. They checked the settlement of the spine in her abdomen and were very happy with the lack of an immune system response in regard to the invader. For the first time, Libby saw the spike on the scans and her eyes widened at the three inches of whatever it was made of embedded far higher than her uterus had any business being. Her organs had been shifted to make room for a womb that boggled her mind. Everything else had simply gotten longer. When she got pregnant, she was going to be peeing every nineteen seconds. A child of Miexhar blood was bound to be a little bigger than normal. Just when she was working herself into a panicked state about what could happen, Rajon took her hand. “Easy. There has been a contingency provided for this. We can either have a surrogate take over the pregnancy or have the child grown in a gel tank until it is ready for decanting.” She slowed her breathing and noted the fluttering of his pulse along the thick cords of his neck. “You could feel that, couldn’t you?” He smiled sheepishly. “Did I neglect to mention that pleasure is not the only thing that we share now?” “It just goes one way, does it not?” “Well, it will take you a while as you are not born to the stimuli. In a few years, it will be an even exchange.” He ran his thumb across her palm. She chuckled. “I can hardly wait. You laugh far too often at my expense and I am wanting to know why.” “I can tell you why.” He leaned close to her and whispered in her ear. “You make me happy. That is why I laugh.” She turned her head and looked into his ruby-red gaze, smiling slightly. “I am glad. Now, get me out of here so I can call home and tell them that I am a duchess on a world they can’t imagine… and then show me the world. I like the palace, but it will get a little stale after a while.” She lifted her face to his and kissed him in full view of the medical team while they monitored her body. When he touched her arm, the monitors began chirping as her arousal spiked from the light contact. Embarrassment was pushed aside for enjoyment as he moved his hand over her breast, and she jolted in surprise as she soared toward orgasm on the wings of exhibitionism. Libby had never considered herself a public-display kind of person, but having his hands on her under the scanners in the medical centre were enough to have her on the brink of release in a few seconds. When he slipped his hand inside the medical gown and squeezed each breast in turn and he pressed his thigh between hers, rocking her against the hard muscle of his leg, she squealed and he caught the sound with his kiss. As Libby came back to herself, the doctors were gathered and muttering around the readouts. It was a little perturbing to be ignored for a set of displays, but Rajon eased her out of the scanner stand and into the dressing area. “Don’t feel bad. They have never seen a transplant take this well. I knew that you were going to come into it easily, but I don’t know how I could get this lucky.” He was lacing up her corset with astonishing dexterity. Apparently, she had something to thank his previous mistresses