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my doing because I couldn’t let you go. I couldn’t stop searching for you even though you had disappeared without a trace.”
    Kyl watched Marti as her brother bared his soul. He didn’t know what it was like to have a sister. He never had a sibling. As an only child, the best thing he could hope to have was a woman who could love him—if only for a little while.

Chapter Seven
     
     
    Marti looked up and met her brother’s gaze. What was it that made her want to make him feel responsible for her kidnapping? Why did she keep insisting that her incarceration was his fault? Deep down inside, she knew it wasn’t. She knew that he wasn’t to blame for the action of others. Yet, for some reason, she couldn’t keep herself from lashing out at him—at all of them. Was it because they were male and she had just spent the last five years of her life in subjugation to men? Or did she merely want all males to pay for what happened to her?
    Maybe it was a good thing that she didn’t have her strength, or her other abilities. If she did, she might not be able to control herself and she knew that her powers rivaled that of her brother. As much as she wanted to hurt each and every one of the males in this room, she knew, deep inside, that if she harmed her brother, she would never be able to live with herself.
    Her fork appeared in front of her face. She turned to the defender she knew as Kyl and scowled. “I have said that I am not a baby. I can feed myself.”
    “Then see that you do so.” He scowled back at her as he set her fork on her plate.
    “I am not yours to command.” She fisted her hands. She wanted nothing more than to slap the smug look off his face. Gritting her teeth, she gripped her anger as tightly as she held her fits closed. “Do not think to boss me around. I am a free woman.”
    You are now. Thanks to us.
    Marti closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She didn’t hear voices. Really, she didn’t. No longer a slave, she could choose to have friends who resided outside of her head, now.
    We are not figments of your imagination. You know who we are, said a voice in her head. The voice was of a young woman who sounded on the verge of laughter.
    Yes. I’m afraid I do. What I want to know is what you want from me. Marti was afraid she knew.
    We want you to do nothing but be happy. The prince cannot touch you now. You have at least two defenders that would die for you. They flank you now.
    Marti could see why her brother would put his life on the line for her, but why would Kyl do so? There was no reason for him to put her life above his own. She wasn’t one of his people.
    He would do so because he is your match. Look at him and tell yourself that he means nothing to you. Tell yourself you aren’t attracted to him in the most basic of ways. If you can do that, we will send you home with your brother and you can live out your life with him until the universe ends.
    Marti had the feeling that it wouldn’t take long for the universe to come to an end if she didn’t listen to the damned voices in her head. And why didn’t she feel like a madwoman for thinking that the voices in her head were anything more than figments of her imagination?
    With a sigh, Marti picked up her fork and took a bite of the delicious steak. It would take some getting used to, but she would relearn how to live her life as a free woman…starting now. She glanced around the table as she chewed. To hell with the others if they didn’t want to eat, she was damned hungry.
    Her stomach growled as though telling her to hurry up and take another bite. Swallowing, she shoveled another bite into her mouth. Before she knew it, her plate was empty, her stomach full and the others in the room each picked up a dessert.
    Marti felt her face turn red as she realized they must have all watched her eat and she hadn’t noticed.
    “What do we do about this situation?” One of the other defenders crossed his arms and sat back in his chair. “I