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“Why would she need a checkup?” Manda blinked, then looked concerned. “Is she okay?”
Shit.
Alina had to have a little more discretion about Kaia’s situation than that.
“Oh yeah, it’s nothing.” She glanced around under Manda’s scrutinizing gaze and decided it best to extract herself from the situation. “Just work stuff. I’ve gotta go, looks like she’s not here.”
CHAPTER 39
THREXIN
He had spent the day testing Kaia Halena’s immunity. She may have been immune to her husband, but according to Orion Halen’s own father, he only had ten percent uhyre blood. He and Renza had hunted down his biogineer, Tetha, the day before, and spent hours preparing a testing plan and development methodology. Tetha was a trustworthy male who could keep his mouth shut—Threxin did not wish to spread any possible rumors about the prospect of a vaccine among humansoruhyre.
Procuring a sample that morning was… difficult. He’d stood in a medbay examination room with Orion Halen and his female looking at him warily as he informed them of his plan. He would collect and provide Kaia Halena with minuscule traces of exorin to ingest, at which point her blood and mental capacities would be tested for signs of behavioral modification.
Elysian’srecords from Old Earth had shown footage of how humans reacted immediately upon ingesting the substance. Physical signs like immediate pupil dilation, increased pulse, and flushing of the skin were soon followed by arousal, rambling speech, and loss of coordination. Oncethe exorin wore off, chances were high that they would begin suffering withdrawals: lethargy, chills, perspiration, fever, and uncontrollable demands for more.
“No goddamn way,” Orion Halen had said.
“I say, human.”
“I don’t care what you ‘say,’ asshole. I’m not letting her drink your drool.”
“She ingests your…drool… all the time.”
“Yeah. I’m herhusband.”
“And I am her commander. And yours.”
Kaia Halena bristled at that, lip curling up in disgust.
“I’m not letting her risk?—”
She stepped between them then, keeping her eyes on her mate. “How about both of you let me decide what I’m willing to risk here?”
It was a foolish suggestion. Everyone knew Threxin could decide for her. But he resisted issuing a correction and waited for Orion Halen’s reaction.
“Fuck that.” Orion attempted to step in front of her and shield her from Threxin’s line of sight, but the female ducked him with a shake of the head. After several ticks of a tense standoff she apparently decided to try another approach. Threxin watched carefully as she softened before his eyes, turning to face her mate fully.
Her lids drooped, lashes fluttered. Her eyes relaxed into something more aloof as she placed both hands atop Orion Halen’s chest and tilted her chin up to him. Immediately the stench of violence permeating from Orion dispersed. His entire body leaned forward slightly, and Threxin wondered if he’d even noticed.
It was smart. And, he realized, not entirely unlike the gesturing he’d witnessed in Alina the night he had her in his cabin, convincing him to let Per Halen live. Was that calculated on her part too?
She’d looked so desperate when he had her plasteredagainst his bedroom wall, her fingers clawing for him. She had offered herself completely, and it was only his own self-control that avoided disaster because she was so perfectly willing to give up her sanity. Then, on the floor, she had been so perversely submissive and so…
“Shoq,” he grunted and spun to grab one of the few sampler vials stacked on the rectangular counter lining the wall. He ripped off the cap and held it to his mouth, pursing his lips to aim a string of exorin into the container.
“What the fuck…” Orion Halen said behind him.
Threxin hissed at his weakness, even if it was convenient in the moment. The mere thought of Alina Argoud shouldn’t elicit such an immediate reaction. But Threxin hardened at the thought of watching the spikes lining his cock pop one by one past her plump bottom lip and disappear into her mouth. If they found a vaccine, that could become a reality. He could have her any way he pleased, in a million ways.
The vial was full and he grabbed another, collecting the rest of the exorin as he tried to calm himself. That was more than enough for their initial testing.
When he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and turned around, both humans were watching him incredulously.
“You’re one horny fucker, aren’t you?” Orion Halen raked a hand through his hair. They exchanged glances, Kaia shifting against her mate, Orion’s hand on her waist drifting lower.
Instead of dignifying him with a response, Threxin grabbed a syringe, ripped its protective packaging, and extracted half a human milliliter of exorin from the container.
