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speaking, they still had over twelve earth hours before she was out of her mating period. He instinctively cupped his balls.
    “Holy God, woman, no wonder you need two males to satisfy you.”
    She looked away, her color high. “I can only apologize, Captain, if you felt unequal to the task.”
    This time he did go over to her. He put his hand under her chin so that he could stare into her eyes.
    “I think I did damn well, considering, don’t you?”
    “Of course, even though you were coerced into it.” Her gaze dropped to his torso and the thrust of his cock, which was all too evident in the thin snowsuit he wore. “Will you please go stand over there? I can’t be this near you, and not want to—“
    An image flashed in his head of him crouched over her, his dick just about to penetrate her cunt.
    “That’s not helping me either.” He glanced at the perimeter screens. “Damn it, they’ll be here in less than five minutes. I can’t satisfy you properly in that time frame.”
    She placed her hand flat on his chest. “There’s something you need to know about our link.”
    “The telepathic one?”
    “Yes, it’s not just going to go away. We’ll probably be able to link up forever.”
    “Good to know.”
    He put some distance between them. He had no choice. Greeting his superior with a hard-on was bad enough, especially since the whole of SpaceCon knew what he’d been doing. He didn’t want to be found balls deep in her.
    “But, Mac, you don’t understand—“
    He held up his hand as an internal communication came through. “ Perimeter codes accessed. We’ll be with you in less than a minute. ”
    “ Yes, sir .”
    He recognized that voice. Had Kaiden, the commander of the old unit, come in person? If so they really were trying to keep things quiet.
    “Get your stuff, doc.”
    She stared at him for a long moment and then slowly nodded and turned toward the lab, her head held high.
    “Neeve?”
    “Yes?” She looked back over her shoulder at him.
    “I’m glad we got you through this.”
    “We’re not quite through it yet.”
    She smiled at him and it was all that he could do not to run over, scoop her up in his arms and take her back to bed.
    The exterior door beeped a warning and suddenly the small space was full of soldiers and medics. Mac instinctively raised his weapon until he recognized a familiar towering figure in a dark blue uniform. Commander Kaiden Rostov was an intimidating sight. Two and a half meters tall and built like a linebacker, he instilled fear from a distance, an impression that remained when one got close enough to see his cold grey eyes and brutal mouth.
    “Captain McNeil.”
    Mac saluted. “Sir.”
    “Where’s Dr. Neeve?”
    “In the lab, sir, retrieving her gear.”
    “Good.” Kaiden nodded. “The security team will clean up here. I’ll take you and the doctor back with me for debriefing.”
    “Yes, sir.” His superior had already turned aside. Mac went still as Kaiden’s gaze fixed on the doorway where Neeve was just emerging.
    She had noticed the gigantic man too and stopped walking. If Mac had hackles, they would be rising as Kaiden’s incredible mind reached out to Neeve.
    “ Doctor.”
    Neeve’s gaze went to him, and then back to Kaiden.
    “ He’s like you ?”
    “ He’s the original.”
    Kaiden frowned. “ Are you talking to her ?”
    “ Yes, sir, can’t you hear us? I can hear both of you quite clearly .”
    “ I can hear you individually, but only a faint buzz when you are communicating with each other. It’s too fast. What the hell does that mean?”
    “I have no idea, sir.” Mac didn’t care. He was just glad Kaiden was missing out. “Are you ready to leave Dr. Neeve?”
    “Yes. I’ve lost some of the data, but the rest of it survived.”
    “As did you.” Kaiden smiled down at her. A sight that was so unreal that Mac had to do a double take. “Which is the most important thing.” Hell. Was his commander actually flirting