Page 7 of Gemini
I placed both of her hands flat on my chest and carefully grabbed her chin to lift her face. My heart stalled in my chest again at the bruise on her soft skin. At her fearful expression. Ihatedto see the fear in humans’ faces every time they looked at me. Why did it make me feel differently when itwasher? Like it did not matterhowshe looked at me, I only cared that she did?
I bent down, just enough to pick up the paper that I dropped and showed it to her again.The words. Maybe everything that was written next to the image of her face would tell her what I was trying to explain.
“Read,” I said, sliding my fingers on the words.
Her gaze narrowed as she searched my face before she took it from me, bringing it close to her eyes.Shit, can she even see in the dark?
She seemed to struggle, but eventually, she read it out loud.
“Wendy Winsbur, twenty-seven years old,” she said slowly. “Human colony of Galleat. Gemini compatibility of one hundred percent.” She looked back at me. “Iknowall that. What does it—”
I groaned, urging her to read more. For some reason, she understood—even though she rolled her eyes before getting back to it.
Stubborn human female…
“Second woman to join the Zodiac Program,” she continued. “Will be married to Baelor and Nitochi on the first day of the second month. Wait—and?What does it mean ‘and’?”
There. I pointed at my chest with a smile. “Nitochi.”
Her eyes widened, understanding.
“Ni-Nitochi?” she asked.
“Yes. I am Nitochi.”
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Gymara hamun-ti.
Wendy
Istared at the words on the document then at him. Again. And again, until he ripped the paper from my hand so I had no other choice but to stare at his features.
To the terrifying but absurdly hot face that belonged to my—oneof my husbands.
After going through all that happened in the last few days, Ishouldn’tfeel like I did now. Somehow scared and aroused at the same time. But, now that I knew he actually was my—oneof my husbands, the fear was mostly gone, and my cheeks burned from embarrassment.
How I hated having grown up on Galleat sometimes…Being constantly aroused—to the point of pain when I didn’t have sex for too long—wasn’t always fun.
And that winged, horned, dark giant? Yeah, I wanted him to fuck me against the nearest tree. There had to be something wrong with me, right? The desire that had been completely dormant since I woke up tied up against my will wasnow fully awake.
And directed straight at Nitochi.
He’d found me. Hours away from my doom, he hadfoundme. Killed the damn bastard who’d kidnapped me and probably all the others who’d been patrolling the area. Was his presence the reason the forest had gone dead silent? Like the animalsknewhe was a predator and waited with bated breath until he’d killed the otherworldly threats? Because that’s what my keepers had been for the people of this planet:Otherworldly.Threatening.Disrespectful.
Being aroused right now had to mean that I was fucked in the head.
My heart made a small jump and, against all better judgement, I threw myself against him and circled his large body with my arms.
“Thank you,” I breathed out, the sound muffled against his chest.
And for the first time since he’d rescued me ten minutes ago, I let myself relax. I let myself feel safe. I didn’t even care if he was one of the species that didn’t want to be a part of the program. Nitochi had found and rescued me.Killedthe ones who had hurt me.
And yet, he didn’t hug me back.
I pulled away, embarrassed, and wiped the tears from my cheeks with my dirty sleeve. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.” And yet, I couldn’t help the need to feel him close to me.
He tilted his head to the side, staring at me with curiosity. “Hamun,” he said. That voice of his was so deep it made my whole body shiver. “Kiraehamun.”
