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He helped her to her side, cock still inside her, and kissed her neck “I s so badly” He eased out of her, kissing and sucking along her neck His teeth grazed her shoulder “I should’ve just punished you i you was iving you the freedom you deserve”
She rolled to face hiainst his chiseled chest “Thank you for that freedom” She touched the s And I preferred it when I thought you’d never allow me to leave”
He ran a fingertip down her bare ar owned I told you so e mated”
“Only by you,” she murmured
Zander pulled her against his body, tucking her head under his chin She inhaled his s were right in her world again
Chapter Eight
Seke put the battleship in cloaking ar If would be disastrous if the Ocretions tracked ships flying to and froranted asylum by the Ocretions after he escaped the Finnian takeover of his planet If they Ocretions discovered he’d interfered with their justice systee in ith them, too And that was a battle Seke doubted they’d win
Even with the cloaking, he flew a roundabout course to get to the death pod, just in case It lay moored on an uninhabitable planet outside of Ocretian territory The two hundred humans who’d been destined for death were housed on it, and they’d sent several of Zander’s new battleships so Rok could teach the humans to fly
Before Zander had assigned Leora to hiet to the death pod, as his skill in training for ould finally be put to good use But now, he could barely dredge up excite him down as if cold stones filled his chest
Leora
How had he left her behind? It had been a supremely selfish act—he’d needed to atone for his lapse in willpower—but at what cost? Breaking Leora’s heart?
Did his little human suffer over his sudden dismissal? When she’d turned pale and left abruptly, he’d wanted to tear his horns off But maybe he read too much into it Maybe he hadn’t hurt her
Except he knew that ishful thinking He’d forged a bond with her and then broken it A master did not abandon his pupil—or slave, as the case may be
Still, separating froive hiiance to Becka He would never ain And Leora deserved more than aAt least there was one thing he could do for her—send Lily back to visit
Touching the communications device on his cuff, he called Rok and Lundric “Seke to Zandian Freedoiven the death pod “I’ on Shooku Send someone to meet me at the hatch”