healed faster and he was difficult to kill compared to a human. He knew how to fight, how to defend, and how to protect. In short words, he was the perfect killer machine, and yet, here he was meant for loving a woman and making her happy instead of going to war.
He eased his grip on her and caressed her back with the tip of his fingers. He heard a pleased sigh come from her and that simple sound boosted his ego. He was doing it right. His bound one was happy.
Shade leaned his head closer and pressed his nose against her skin. He inhaled deeply, letting her scent fill his senses. It had a calming effect on him. He could lie like this all day long. Phoebe. He was hers whether he wanted it or not. He knew he hadn't been given a choice. His programming told him he had to be bound to a human to be able to live. His programming also told him that cyborgs without a bond to a human went crazy and he didn't want that. Besides, he didn't mind belonging to Phoebe. He found her attractive and beautiful from the inside out. He liked the way her cheeks blushed and the way she smiled when he looked deep into her eyes. He was her creation. She had created him from the bottom of her heart. She felt as bound to him as he felt bound to her. He knew that.
He had some details about her, information that had been put inside his programming so that he would know from the start whom he belonged to. Phoebe had had a good upbringing with loving parents, but they had passed away in a car accident about ten years ago. She had been a single child and spent a lot of time with her best friend Faye while growing up. Today, their relationship was tight and they told each other everything. Shade had no idea what Faye looked like, but he knew that she had a strong and stubborn personality. It had been added to his information bank inside of his programming because Phoebe had given that information to Jade before he had been created.
He knew Phoebe worked from home with her marketing business, whatever that was. She lived in Glaswell, a community just outside of town. He didn't know what it looked like there, but he knew that it was a living area where people with money lived. It was well protected behind a high wall, bringing the people who lived there peace and safety from the outside world that wasn't always the safest place. Phoebe had made her fortune thanks to her company that she was very proud of. Even if he had never seen money, he knew what it was for, but he didn't know how to use it. It was details like that that he had to learn on his own. Some things only came with experience, but he knew money was what had made his existence possible.
Shade caressed her cheek. He knew how lonely she had been over the years. She had been in a bad relationship that had almost destroyed her. It had taken her a long time to get over it. She had been on her own ever since, and she had hated it. That was why she had applied for a cyborg. She had considered it to be her last chance for happiness and she had been right. He would never make her cry, never make her sad and angry. He was hers to command and he felt the need to do what she wanted him to do as long as it wasn't something bad or wrong. He could tell her no if he wanted to if it was the right thing to do. He wasn't a machine who would follow his bound one blindly. It didn't work like that, and even if she had created what she believed to be the perfect man for her, they still needed to get to know each other and make their relationship work, just like any other couple. He had his basic programming, but his experience could and would change him.
One thing he did know for sure, though, was that he would die for her. He would do everything in his power to protect her from anything he considered to be a threat. She was his to keep safe and if anyone tried anything, they would pay with their blood. The bond he felt for her was so strong that it almost overwhelmed him. He felt his love for her inside his chest