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curious.”
    He frowned, momentarily pressing his hand to her lips. She was tempted to kiss his hand and suck his fingers into her mouth.
    “I’m forbidden to speak of it. You’ll be told what to do on the day itself.”
    She persisted, “But what happens that day will pair off Brides and husbands?”
    “Yes.”
    “If you can—will you choose me?”
    He wrapped his arms around her, drawing her against his chest. She sighed and put her arms around his waist. Somehow she’d known this was coming. And now that it had, it felt completely right.
    His voice lowered. “My sole desire is to find you that day, then mate with you over and over until you scream with the pleasure I give you.”
    Arousal washed over her at his words. “And if that happens, does that make me your wife?” She pulled back, looking up into his face.
    Sorrow darkened his expression and she turned cold inside.
    “Taddus marked you for his own today. He will claim you as his Bride, don’t doubt it. I’m a secondus, he is a primus. I must yield to him.”
    “And I have no choice in the matter?”
    “That’s not our way.”
    “Then how is that different from rape?” Jan demanded.
    “Because on that day, your body won’t resist him. During the Spring Running, our bodies crave sex the way our lungs crave air. He’ll mate with you and you’ll find great pleasure in it.” Jan sensed that Delos was telling the truth but he looked down as though the words pained him.
    “You can’t know that for sure,” she argued. “Maybe that’s how it works with your females. But I’m from Earth. And if I don’t like a guy, I don’t mate with him. I kick him to the curb.”
    “The genetic overhaul is making you more like our females every day. Don’t you have a saying on Earth, ‘biology is destiny’?”
    “Not in modern times it isn’t,” she retorted.
    He frowned. “Are you always this sarcastic? Our females never spoke like this.”
    “Too bad you didn’t kidnap some other species.”
    For a moment their gazes locked. Then Delos’ mouth quirked up in a smile. “No, I’m happy with the way things worked out. Earth females are fascinating creatures. We’re all counting the days until the Spring Running.”
    Jan took a deep breath. It didn’t help to clear her head. His proximity made her feel dizzy and intoxicated. The longer he sat close to her, the more her arousal increased. Tempted to grasp him around the waist and pull him down on top of her, she dug her nails into her palm.
    Don’t get carried away. He’s an alien and a kidnapper. Even if he says they had to do it, even if you like him, what they did was wrong.
    If you have to, let him give you pleasure. But don’t get emotionally involved.
    “The Brides have questions about what you Terilians are like when you mate. You said intercourse is forbidden. But on Earth, we do many things to please each other aside from intercourse.”
    He gently cupped the side of her face. “I could talk about these matters for hours. But I’d rather show you.” He gazed into her eyes, waiting for her answer.
    “Then show me.” Her voice shook with fear and anticipation.
    “Lie on your back. If you think you’ll enjoy it, I’ll demonstrate a loving pleasure that husbands do for their wives.”
    Trembling, Jan stretched out on the bed. I’m the guinea pig here. I’m going to let this stranger touch my body. He’s not even a human man. He’s an alien.
    And I can hardly wait.
    Every breath flooded her with the scent of him, a scent that made her nipples tighten and her pussy swell with arousal. But she didn’t want him to know. She didn’t want to give him that much power over her.
    With a mocking note in her voice, she said, “I guess you people don’t believe in pillows.”
    Delos smiled. “Bed!” he commanded. “Make a pillow. And incline the female’s back at a twenty degree angle.”
    The bed shifted, the mattress forming up underneath her so that her back was raised and a