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on the table. “I’m allowing you in here because the vine won’t attack you since you now carry the antivenom to kill it. But you will not touch her till I remove it. Is that understood?” He came around the table to give her a piercing stare. “She has been hurt far worse than you were. We arrived in time for you, but we don’t know how much damage the bonding has done. Not to mention what the monsters did to her. She’s going to need you to be strong.”
    They split apart fast as her friend appeared in the room, screaming.
    “Zandra, you’re safe!” Shantel shouted, darting toward her but Saber caught her friend before she could fall on her face.
    “Do not move, Shantel. Stay there till I destroy what binds her.” Saber’s voice was soft, with a little bite to it. Raven was still a question in her mind, but of Knight and Saber, she had no doubt who the true dominant was. Where Knight controlled the ship, Saber would be the master of their bodies.
    Saber grunted and flashed her a look that had her blood heating. But her best friend’s whisper was the best thing she could have heard.
    “Shantel?”
    “It’s me, Zandra. Please allow Saber to help you. He’ll get rid of that vine and start the healing process. I can’t come closer till the vine is dead.” She smiled at her friend as Saber picked her up and laid her onto the padded table.
    “You’re lying on the most wonderful spa table in the world. Close your eyes and rest. You are safe now,” she whispered.
    Knight stepped into the room and kissed her cheek. “It’s done. The ship is gone and we’re on our way back to our world. The other team is moving in and will make sure nothing was left on Earth. She’ll need monitoring for the next few days. I’m afraid your Earth doctors wouldn’t be able to help her. Plus, they don’t need to be even experimenting on that creature. When one planet discovered it, they believed they could control it. They were wrong. It killed most of their world. There are only three planets where the thing can’t grow. On Saber’s, tribops, and another species I won’t even mention here.” He approached her friend with a comforting smile. “Zandra, I’m called Knight and my partner over there killing this vine on you is Saber. As soon as the vine is destroyed, he will sedate you so he can look at the rest of your wounds. I’m not going to lie. There will be scarring. Your friend Shantel has suffered the same fate, but not as badly as you.”
    “Thank you. They ate some of my skin.” She shivered and tears clouded her eyes as she rolled over, revealing gaping wounds on her back. Parts of the vine started to peel away from her body, taking the skin with it.
    Saber grasped her shoulder. “I want you to stay on your side. I need to take care of this vine. You should have told me before what they had done to you. Had I known, I wouldn’t have lifted you like I did. I don’t take pleasure in hurting women.”
    She glanced up at Shantel, and a small smile appeared. “Then you are not going to get far with Shantel.” The smile disappeared as she retched again.
    “Zandra! How could you!” She stomped her foot, but didn’t have the heart to really get mad. “At least I’m not like you, craving the whip,” she teased, and Zandra groaned.
    “Okay, you two, enough. The bonding is off, and I’ve placed a seal over your wounds in the back. Gently roll over when you are ready. Don’t worry, the bot will clean the mess on the floor.” Sure enough, a small robot thing whirred into the room, followed by Raven. Right away, it cleaned the mess on the floor.
    “Our quarters are ready and that gift for Shantel showed up.” Raven smiled down at her. “I will be happy to stay with your friend and watch over her while she sleeps.” “I hate to be rude, but I have to ask. Are you part human, too? Are any of you human?”
    Raven laughed as did Saber and Knight. “No, he is from a world far more advanced than ours. We