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    The pilot looked at Sienna strangely. He sat up, and she dove for her cargo pants and grabbed the Swiss Army Knife in the leg pocket.
    He held up his hands in truce. “No drugs. I swear. I will not harm you. Like I said, you are my tahren .”
    She didn’t lower the blade. “And before?”
    “I do not understand.”
    “Before I became your ‘tahren.’” She took the blade off him to make air quotes with her fingers. “You seemed to have no qualms about shooting me before.”
    He sighed as he ran a hand through his dark hair. “You could have been aligned with the Draeken. Besides, if I let you go, you would have told others what you had seen.”
    “Well, I happen to like my life. So, Houston, we have a problem here.”
    “Who is Houston?” He shook his head. “Never mind. I swear to you that I will never harm you. You must believe that. In the same way I believe you cannot harm me. Even now you must feel me inside you. Just as I can feel you. We are one now.” He brought a fist to his heart.
    For a minute she didn’t respond. Damn, damn, double damn . The guy was right. Jammed right alongside her emotions, she could feel something more. She could feel his emotions. No, it was more than that. It was as if his very essence was embedded in her brain. Her heart pounded, and it felt like there was something there, right alongside it, trying to tamp down the terror.
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she lied, which on second thought was probably a pretty silly thing to do with a guy who said he could read her emotions.
    “Yes, you do,” he scolded. “I never dreamed I would find my tahren , but the gods have blessed us. Lower the blade. We will talk — ”
    “Uh, uh. I don’t think so. You will talk. The blade stays. And you stay where you are,” she commanded when he started to stand.
    “As you wish.” He sat back down in all his natural glory and leaned against the wall, showing not the least bit of shyness. Then again, they did just have sex.
    Already, her body betrayed her as it yearned for his touch. His lips curved upward. The bastard knew exactly what she was feeling. Her hands shook, and she nearly dropped the blade. Willing her brain to overpower her body’s bizarre draw to him, she steadied herself, keeping the blade pointed directly at his chest.
    “The tahren bond is never wrong. It is futile to fight it.”
    “And if I don’t want to accept it?”
    His eyebrows furrowed in confusion before he shook his head. “It is irresistible and irreversible. The bond is the greatest gift of my people. It makes no sense why you would not want this.”
    “Oh, I don’t know. Let’s see, maybe because I didn’t choose this. And maybe because I have no idea who you are. I don’t even know your name.”
    “I am Legian.”
    “Nice to meet you. I’m Sienna. Sienna Wolfe,” she replied politely while not so politely keeping the blade pointed at him.
    “Sienna.” He spoke her name like he tasted a new flavor and found it delicious. “I cannot help our different heritages, but the bond selects true mates. We fit together in all ways. In fact, your soullare is already beginning to appear.”
    “My soul — what?”
    “See for yourself,” he replied, biting back a smile as he motioned toward the bathroom.
    Never taking her eyes off him, she pulled the sheet around her and sidestepped to the bathroom mirror. The knife clanged onto the sink. Sienna stared back at her, except tattoos were beginning to form across her skin. Tattoos that were a perfect match to the marks she’d seen on Legian’s skin.
    “Impossible,” she whispered.
    “Not impossible.”
    She jumped at the voice behind her. She hadn’t noticed him move, but the heat against her back was undeniable. She dropped the sheet in surprise, and in the mirror she noticed his eyes drop to her breasts. With a jolt, she bent over and reached for the fabric, only to have her butt bump into his pelvis. Like an electric