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you. Good morning First Officer Slavin.”
    Aki looked up to see Elli standing by the door. She wore a dark blue garment that covered her from neck to waist and a short, tight skirt fitted to her body and displaying the length of her legs. Her fair hair was tied back at the nape of her neck and she wasn’t smiling.
    He still wanted her.
    “Hey, Chase, hi Aki.” She came to sit opposite him. “I wondered whether you’d like to make a start on those shielding lessons?”
    If it meant he didn’t have to venture down into the city he would agree to anything.
    “I would like that.”
    “The other guys are going out so we can sit in here and work without disturbing anyone.” She waved at his plate. “Finish up first. I’ll get some coffee.”
    Elli wanted to sit in Aki’s lap and feed him the pancakes and then maybe pour a bottle of syrup all over him and lick it off…
    Yeah…
    She was so not needy. She forced herself to get some coffee, spoke briefly to Chase before she left to prep Ash’s lunch, and gave herself a severe talking to. Aki was her student. She had to remain aloof and in control around him. Only when he was fully integrated into Pavlovan society would she have the right to find out what his feelings were about being mated.
    The fact that she was even using the “M” word again was a big deal. She’d decided she was done with all that after Carlin had publicly disowned her. But Aki was so… gorgeous . She glanced over at him and almost choked on her coffee because he was staring right back at her.
    As if in a dream, she watched him pick up his empty plate and bring it over to the sink. He wore a tight black T-shirt and pants that did nothing to hide his bulging muscles. She’d never been into men who worked out before, but now she wanted to climb him like a tree.
    He put his plate in the sink and turned toward her, his head angled to one side making his fair hair fall over his shoulder.
    “You confuse me, Elli.”
    She licked her suddenly dry lips. “In… in what way?”
    “You study me as if I am something you would like to devour and yet your mind remains clear.”
    “That’s because I have good shields.”
    He frowned and moved closer to trace the line of her brow. “It is ironic that the one person I would like to hear my thoughts chooses not to hear me.”
    “As we’ve already discussed, you need to work on this so that you can choose to share your thoughts with whomever you want rather than broadcasting everything to everyone.”
    “You think I imagine being in bed with everyone?”
    She blinked up at him.
    “You think I imagine stripping the clothes from every Pavlovan and using my mouth on them?” His thumb moved lower and traced the curve of her lips. “I imagine your mouth on me, too.”
    She took a hasty breath to argue with him, but instead used the tip of her tongue to touch the pad of his finger.
    “Elli…” He shuddered. “Please.”
    He pushed his thumb deeper into her mouth. She didn’t stop him and sucked on him instead. With a groan, he lowered his head and replaced his thumb with his lips and tongue, taking possession of her mouth in a way that offered her no quarter.
    She forgot her name, forgot that they were standing in the kitchen of Ash’s apartment and simply kissed him back. He tasted of syrup and coffee and male and she wanted to drown in the rough combination of hardness and sweetness…
    He picked her up, settled her on the countertop and moved between her knees. His head lowered, nuzzling her throat, biting her to hold her still as his hand crept up her inner thigh and curved over the damp mound of her panties.
    “Oh, Gods…” she breathed as he slid one long thick finger beneath the silk and barely up inside her. His thumb settled over her clit, and just like that she came apart, clutching a handful of his long blond hair in her fist as she climaxed.
    He lifted his head and slowly inhaled. “You want me, Elli. Do not deny it. You are slick and