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door, I pounded so he could hear me in the shower. “Titan!” I shouted when he didn’t open. “I’m here!”
    I twisted the knob and pushed.
    The door stayed closed.
    I pushed again.
    Nothing.
    I knocked. “Titan!”
    When he didn’t answer, I pressed my ear against the door. I didn’t hear the shower, but I heard my heart pick up its pace. I’d worked on both Titan and Dohan yesterday, implanted them with new grafts and fresh anti-iron serum. And neither of them were here this morning.
    They’d left for Earth.
    Empty pain cut through my body, and I felt as if a fist squeezed my heart. I leaned against the door. There were millions of women on Earth. Titan could pick any country, any custom, any type. All at his disposal. I turned and pressed my fingers on my temple when I felt light-headed. It didn’t help, so I slid down to the floor and leaned my back on his door. Luckily for me, Dohan wasn’t around to witness. I hadn’t anticipated Titan leaving for Earth. I probably should have. I should’ve left his grafting for last or simply ripped the damn graft from his shoulder.
    “Rain?”
    “Good Lord!” I startled, hand over my heart. “You scared the crap out of me.”
    “Sorry,” Dohan said. “You got moved.” He leaned his shoulder against the opposite wall. “Wanna get up?”
    “What do you mean I got moved?” I stood and straightened my dress. “Moved where?” I barely uttered those words past the lump in my throat.
    “Moved to an office. Bunch of us cleared up Titan’s new office last night. He planned on moving but changed his mind and gave it to you. Got a view to die for and all set up with your things.”
    I pounded Titan’s door. “Let me in!”
    “You could try huffing. Maybe it’ll give.”
    I narrowed my eyes at the fairy-tale reference. “Where is he?”
    “Already left.”
    “He never leaves. It’s nine o’clock. He’s in the shower and can’t hear me. Right?”
    “He’s not in there.”
    “Titan!”
    “Come on, I’ll show you to your office, it’s right by—”
    I pushed past him, then halted in my step. I didn’t want to be rude. “Thank you. I know where it is.”
    “I know you know, but I’ll escort you anyway.”
    “Why?”
    “Because”—he spoke slowly, drawing out all the words—“we are in mating, and you’re the only available human woman on the ship. Someone will snatch your little ass and tie you up to the bed until you say ‘eat me.’”
    “Well, if it’s not Titan, I’ll stab him in the eye with my pen. Maybe I’ll stab Titan too. Don’t know.”
    “You don’t want that kind of a mating. Come on.” Hand intertwined with mine, he led me to an elevator. I stomped my feet, hoping the floors cracked in my wake.
    Inside, Dohan ordered the elevator to descend to the business floor.
    “What kind of a mating is that mating?” I asked.
    Eyes trained on the ceiling, he didn’t reply.
    Ping. The elevator opened, and he tugged my hand.
    I tugged back. “What kind?”
    “Watch your step.” He jerked my hand, leading me past the group of foot-tall creatures fiddling with envelopes in their hands. Titan called them “pets,” so I figured when they’d left their home, they took their pets with them. I thought it considerate. The pets were cute, furry with big eyes and long ears that stood upright. I bent to pet one, even though the ship’s business deck full of fae males had gone silent when we entered. The creature purr-snorted, and so I scratched behind his ear. “You’re such a nice boy,” I said.
    “No, don’t—”
    The creature snapped his teeth. I jerked my hand away at the last minute.
    “They work and hate being disturbed.”
    “They have big teeth.” I’d seen a few of them before, but not often. They kept to the lower decks, and I rarely wandered around the ship. Dohan led me around the corner and to the very end of a long, narrow hallway. Inside, my new office had been set. My wooden desk and the pair of lamps at