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“Trust , Jonas would be the first to know and you would be the second Chain of command” She rolled her eyes “If you want to be first in line, you’ll have to take it up with him”

“Then let’s put this another way,” he growled, growing tired of the feeling that there was a very subtle ga played here “What would make you suspect it is possible for me to mate Ms Rodriquez when none of the symptoms are there?”

She sighed at that “Honestly, there’s no suspicion As you said, with all the s recently, and the fact that there were very few in the years after Kane and Sherra, I’—when the techs in the control rooards to the clerk in the file roo hormone”

Mercury stilled at that “Unusual how?”

“I should infor doesn’t ri for you They were afraid” She inhaled slowly “They thought perhaps you were doing so with”

Mercury’s nostrils flared as he fought back a rush of pureher?”

“There’s a fine line, Merc,” she said “They ht be a problem I checked it out and now I’ve taken the required blood, semen and hormonal samples I’ll let you knohat I find once I find it”

“There is no fine line,” he gritted out “No er eating inside hi in his head until a tide of red edged at the corner of his vision

“As I said, it was aze flashed down as a needle punctured his vein again and blood washed into the attached vial

Icy rage stole over hirowl that ru to stare up at him in surprise

“I forgot the last tube I needed” She slid the needle from his arm and efficiently disconnected the sealed tube of blood from the needle

He clenched his fists, the need to jerk it fro him He needed that blood back He couldn’t risk itHe reached for it, his hand quickly covering her wrist as she stared back at him in shock

“Mercury”

“You don’t need that blood” He felt as though he were staring out at her froe He couldn’t allow her to keep that blood

But he had no reason for it No reason for the anger, no reason not to trust her, other than the fact that so warned him that he couldn’t trust anyone And why he felt that as confusing as hell