Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 85794 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 429(@200wpm)___ 343(@250wpm)___ 286(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 85794 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 429(@200wpm)___ 343(@250wpm)___ 286(@300wpm)
“Did you receive his seed inside yourself?” Nadia asked.
“Um…” Phoebe could feel herself blushing—her whole face felt hot. “I…I may have, er, ingested some,” she admitted at last. “But I didn’t get any in my…anyplace else.” She pointed to the spot between her legs and shook her head.
“Okay, so you swallowed some but you didn’t have actual penetrative sex with Commander Sirex—right?” Liv asked, raising her eyebrows.
“That’s right.” Phoebe was grateful for the kind doctor’s translation. “I mean, I know that sounds really unprofessional but I was given a drink called ‘Sparkler’ that tasted like a mimosa and made me lose all my inhibitions,” she went on earnestly. “And later Sirex found out that they used The Goddess’s Finger when they were making it.”
Nadia’s eyebrows shot up.
“So you got a double dose of The Goddess’s Finger? No wonder you’re having trouble!”
“About that,” Phoebe said, sitting up straighter. “Can you tell me exactly what disease I have and how to cure it? I’m getting really nervous over here!”
“The name of the disease is ‘The Emptiness’ though some call it ‘Breeding Fever,’” Nadia told her. “You see, whenever a woman has direct contact with The Goddess’s Finger, it causes her sexual hunger to overflow and her body to get ready to conceive. It’s one reason the priestesses are forbidden to touch the Finger without some protection—it causes them to break their vows of purity if they come into direct contact with the artifact.”
“So…you’re saying that Phoebe’s body has gone into a kind of super ovulation?” Liv asked, raising her eyebrows.
“Essentially.” Nadia nodded. “What it craves right now is male seed—a lot of it. And specifically from the male she was touching during the time she was exposed to The Finger of the Goddess.”
“But Sirex isn’t my partner or my lover—he’s just a coworker!” Phoebe protested. “Well, he’s more than that—he’s my mentor too. He trained me to be an agent. He was such a good teacher.” She sighed.
“It sounds to me like you have deep feelings that go beyond friendship or gratitude for this male,” Nadia said softly.
Phoebe nodded.
“I’m in love with him,” she admitted. “I have been since I met him.
But he doesn’t have any of those kinds of feelings for me. He made it very clear that once we got back to the Mother Ship we were going to just be coworkers again—nothing more.”
“You think he doesn’t care for you?” Liv raised her eyebrows. “After the way he burst in here and was so worried about you? Those aren’t the actions of a man who only likes you as a friend, Phoebe.”
“I don’t know what to think!” Phoebe admitted. “I thought for a while there could be something between us, but then he decided that we had gone too far and needed to pull back some. So what am I supposed to do—say ‘no, I love you and I don’t want to go back to being friends’? Of course I can’t say that,” she went on, answering her own question. “And I certainly can’t go asking him for his ‘seed.’”
“You don’t just need his seed—you need him to breed you,” Nadia emphasized. “He doesn’t have to Bond you to him—though it would be better if he did—but you need him to try and get you pregnant. Or at least make your body believe he’s trying to get you pregnant.”
“What?” Phoebe nearly fell off the exam table. “What are you talking about? How can I ask him that?” she demanded.
“Take it easy,” Liv said, patting her comfortingly on the shoulder. “I don’t know if you know this but Kindred males can’t get you pregnant unless you Bond with them. And you can’t do that without having Bonding Sex.”
“What does that mean?” Phoebe shook her head. “I don’t understand. What does Bonding Sex consist of?”
“With some kinds of Kindred they just have to ejaculate inside you,” Liv told her. “But for most of them, Bonding Sex is an extra step. For Beast Kindred, like my own husband, they have to use their knot on you—their Mating Fist as they call it. For Twin Kindred, the two twins have to join together to form a single large shaft to Bond with their chosen female.”
“And for Blood Kindred, the male has to have his fangs buried in your vein, injecting his essence at the same time he shoots his seed in you to Bond with you,” Nadia added helpfully.
“Sirex has fangs—he healed me with his essence,” Phoebe said. “He’s half Blood Kindred.”
“Excellent! So as long as he doesn’t bite you and the two of you just, you know, get busy, you should be all right,” Liv said brightly. “See? Problem solved!”
“Hell no, the problem isn’t solved!” Phoebe protested. “I still have to go to my mentor and ask him to screw me!”
Liv gave her a little smile.