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You’re about to get lost in the system.”
Joyously, Rena focused on Steel. “So we can get married— Contract a family unit
and you don’t have to sleep with other people? Is that what’s he’s saying?”
Steel smiled. “Correct. I told you that it would work out.”
“You didn’t run this scenario, Steel,” she teased, looking away from him to turn her
attention on her mother, still amazed over her being alive. “Nobody could have seen this
one coming.”
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husbands while they laughed and joked with Steel. They used their desk station to draw
up the family unit contract and change Steel’s breeding status in the pact. The love was
apparent as she watched one of the men reach over to touch her mother’s hand, the soft
smile she gave him, and the way the other man leaned in to brush his arm against her
shoulder, drawing another smile from Rora.
Two husbands?
Rena glanced at Steel, happy she just had one big guy in her heart
and in her future. She’d wanted to get away from Chuck, wanted a new life, and that’s
why she’d left Earth. She’d never suspected she’d find love, family, and happiness when
she’d nervously boarded the
Bridden
. Tears filled her eyes.
Steel went silent, cutting off what he was saying immediately to cup her face, turning
her chin to lift her eyes to his worried gaze. “Are you all right, my little siren?”
“Yes. I was just thinking about how blessed I feel to have met you.”
A warm, wonderful smile adorned his handsome face. “I feel the same. You’ve
taught me that I may have fought to have a life of my own but I wasn’t living it until you
demanded I be given to you.”
Rena turned her head to smile at her mother. “I am going to love getting to know you
but Steel and I have spent days locked up next to each other unable to touch, if you know
what I mean. Can we get together later? I really want to be alone with him.”
If she thought she’d upset her mother, Rena was wrong. Rora chuckled.
“Days, huh? What are you still doing here? We’ll have dinner tomorrow.” Dark eyes
sparkled with amusement. “He just needs to sign the papers and then you can go with
your new husband.”
Rena watched Steel sign the family unit contract. She didn’t have to sign anything as
his property, legally unable to disagree with him even if she wanted to, which she didn’t.
It wasn’t a wedding ceremony but she’d had that with Chuck, with their unhappy
marriage. She pushed that thought away. He was part of her past—one she didn’t want to
revisit. Steel took her hand, nodded at the three other people in the room and then he led
Rena out onto the street.
“Wow, this place is incredible. It’s so damn clean.” She ignored the cyborgs who
stopped to stare at the small human woman holding the big silver-haired cyborg’s hand.
“Are we going back to the
Vontage
now?”
“I have a home here at the top of one of these buildings and it contains a big bed.”
Rena chuckled, squeezing his hand. “Walk faster. Take me to your bed.”
“Our bed.” He stopped walking suddenly and grinned as he looked around them.
Rena had to stop when he did. “What?”
“They are all watching us.”
“I was trying to ignore that. I feel like a bug under a microscope.”
Steel peered down at her, still grinning. “Touching in public is frowned upon here
but it isn’t a law.” He moved suddenly as he released her hand and swept her into his
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arms to hold her against him. “Maybe if they see happiness and emotion they will try to
experience it as well.” He leaned his head forward.
Rena wrapped her arms around his neck as she lifted her lips to his, aware that many
cyborgs watched them. She didn’t give a damn how many people gawked as his mouth
took possession of hers.
She’d missed this, missed being so damn close to Steel that she could feel his
heartbeat against her chest. He used his tongue to tease and taunt her mouth, sucking on
her in the way he tugged on her clit, sending signals down to her sex, making it throb
with need. Her body warmed, her nipples hardened and she started to ache between her
thighs, wetness dampening her underwear. She wanted to get into his bed in the worst
way as she got lost in that kiss, her hands sliding up into his hair to fist it, pulling his
mouth down to hers. They were both breathing hard when Steel broke the kiss.
“If I don’t stop I’ll take you right here, fuck you in front of all of them, just to be
inside you.”
“Kiss me like that again and I’d let you,” she laughed. “Walk, babe. Carry me or put
me down to walk beside you, but let’s go. I want to get naked with you.”
“We’re going home, my little siren.”
Steel shifted her in his arms, adjusting his hold on her, and grinned as he walked past
dozens of stunned cyborgs on the street.
Rena tucked her cheek against his shoulder, loving that he could easily carry her,
making her feel sexy and cherished. Excitement raced through her. Soon she’d get to see
her new home and then she’d be kissing Steel, making love to him.
Yeah, life is great
, she thought.
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About the Author
I’m a full time “in-house supervisor” (sounds
much
better than plain ol’ housewife),
mother and writer. I’m addicted to caramel iced coffee, the occasional candy bar (or two)
and trying to get at least five hours of sleep at night.
I love to write all kinds of stories. I think the best part about writing is the fact that
real life is always uncertain, always tossing things at us that we have no control over, but
when your write, you can make sure there’s always a happy ending. I
love
that about
writing. I love it when I sit down at my computer desk and put on my headphones to
listen to loud music to block out the world around me, so I can create worlds in front of
me.
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