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Bakac snorted. “Looks like the master has spoken.”

Doriena would have laughed if she hadn’t been so weak in the knees. If she was in for more experiences like this one, she was definitely in over her head.

But she couldn’t have been happier about it.

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Alex felt the lust building in Doriena. It was the first time he’d actually experienced her emotions, and he was shocked and more than a little angry for her to be experiencing such intensity with Bakac. They were supposed to be doing this together, damn it!

What if this little scheme backfired? What if he succeeded in pushing her away, but she clung to Bakac? Could he live knowing his soul’s mate was with someone else? His plan was to push her away sexually, but to keep her affections as a sister, but if Bakac didn’t have the same goal, he might very well lose them both.

He had to think.

His thoughts were interrupted when Bakac and Doriena entered the room. Bakac had her cradled protectively against him, and the look in the other man’s eyes said Alex had best not push her too far.

He had been right. Bakac meant to keep Doriena, no matter the cost.

Doriena struggled out of Bakac’s arms -- the big man didn’t seem to want to let her go -- and stood before him. She didn’t say anything, but she didn’t have to. Her outfit spoke for her.

The woman had come to fuck.

“I see the two of you started without me.”

“It couldn’t be helped.” Bakac stepped forward, slightly in front of Doriena. Alex knew the protective gesture warmed her heart. He also knew Doriena wasn’t afraid of him. He wasn’t nearly as hardhearted as he tried to make her believe, and after nineteen years of living with a man, Doriena knew him.

Alex looked from one to the other. “Well, we’ve only got the weekend.” He pinned Doriena with his sharp gaze. “If you’re still willing, that is.”

“I’m ready for anything you have in mind.” She stepped toward him and smiled as she placed a hand on his face. “You can’t frighten me off, Alex.”

His emotions were in complete turmoil. What if she was just what he needed? What if she not only tolerated what he was about to put her through, but enjoyed it? What if she not only enjoyed it…

But craved it.

Just thinking about that possibility got him hard.

It also scared the hell out of him.

It was difficult for him to think of her as a sex object. All his life, he had tried his best to protect this girl. Now she stood before him ready to submit to his most carnal desires and he wasn’t surehecould go through with this.

Either she was becoming very adept at picking up his emotions, or he was giving away too much himself because she moved into his arms and hugged him fiercely. “Alex,” she whispered, “I’m not your sister.” She pushed away and looked at him. “When the war between Earth and Gothe’mar ended, Father told both peoples in order for us to coexist there had to be a new beginning. We all had to reinvent how we thought about each other. It’s taken almost twenty years, but trade now thrives between our peoples.”

“What’s your point, Doriena?”

“My point…” She took his hands and placed them on her breasts. He swallowed reflexively. “It’s time for a new beginning for the three of us. The two of you can’t think of me as your little sister --” she looked over her shoulder at Bakac, “ -- or your best friend’s little sister. You have to start thinking of me as your souls’ mate. If you don’t, the past will be our only barrier.”

Bakac snorted. “Well, that and the general.”

“It’s not that easy, Doriena.” Alex might have stubbornly clung to their past relationship, but he also clung to her breasts -- a sure indication he was letting himself get used to the idea she was his soul’s mate. His thumbs absently brushed the pebble-hard nipples he found beneath the flimsy material covering them.

“Oh really?” She raised an eyebrow. “Even if I were to rip this silly outfit off and impale myself on that hard cock?” Her hand closed over the steel-hard member beneath his pants. It wasn’t long before her exploring fingers figured out how to loosen the flap, and she wrapped her hand around his thick cock, stroking the length of him.

He swallowed.

“Well, Alex,” Bakac said as he moved behind Doriena, gripped her hips and pushed his pelvis into her bottom, “make up your mind. Doriena is a passionate woman, one that I want for my own. She is my soul’s mate and I’m keeping her.” He bent his head to Doriena’s neck and looked Alex in the face as he nibbled her skin. “You’re not going to scare her off, because I’m not letting you be the ass you’d planned to be. If you don’t want her, then leave. But I intend to introduce her to a wonderful world of dark pleasures with or without your help.”

“Goddamn you both!” Alex grabbed Doriena’s waist with one hand, and pulled one leg around his hip with the other. No sooner had the words left his lips than he claimed Doriena’s mouth with his.

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