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swaying her hips in front of his face. “Ben looks even better in leather. I must thank you for setting us up together. I never expected him to enjoy taking orders.”
    He cringed. “I didn’t need to hear that.”
    “I thought you two knew everything about each other.” She eyed him up and down. “Every intimate detail.”
    “We weren’t that close.” Could she darken his mood any further?
    “Hey, don’t be grumpy with me. This is Elatia, the planet where all of your desires can come true. Go find yourself an Adamo.”
    “I already have.” And she broke my heart .
    “Well, go find another to wipe that scowl off your face. The first one obviously didn’t do her job.”
    She’d done more than just her job; she’d loved him, made him fall in love with her.
    He winced. Xia .
    No matter what he’d seen, he had to get back to her rather than let her be with another man. He loved her too much to give up without fighting for what he wanted. “I’ve got to go.”
    “Well, be quick about it. Your parents are here, too, looking for you.”
    “Shit.” He rushed back to the hotel, peering around every corner first to ensure he would not run into the king and queen of Tyto. Not before he claimed Xia as his, and his alone. For he could never share her with another.

 
     
    Chapter Nine
     
     
    As Xia rubbed the oils deep into the man’s scaled body, tears slid down her cheeks. She didn’t want to touch this man, be anywhere near him. Not when Aris waited for her back in his suite. Why had she told Jacobus she’d take this appointment? And now she’d have to live with the guilt of pleasuring another man after promising herself to her one true love.
    “Oh, dear Adamo, you know how to relax my body.” The man rose onto his arms. “But I want you to fulfill my desires. I want to feel your hands and mouth on my cock. And if you’re really good, I’ll let you go for a ride.”
    She shuddered, her stomach threatening to depart with its contents. She couldn’t stay in this room any longer. No, she had to leave.
    The man swung off the table and sauntered toward his bed, stroking his shaft as he went. “You coming?”
    Backing away, she tripped over her appointment bag. I can’t do this .
    She regained her balance before she fell, and raced for the door. Nothing could make her stay. Waiting for the door to open, she realized she’d left her bag behind. She considered returning for it. No ! You won’t need it again. Get out !
    Escaping into the corridor, she fled for Aris’s room.
    “Adamo, get back here.”
    Peering over her shoulder, she cringed as the man stood outside his room in the buff, shaking his fists. How had she thought she could handle going from one man like him to another, star cycle after star cycle? Even without Aris, she would need to settle down, for that’s what she’d desired all along.
    Out of breath, she slid her card through the reader to Aris’s suite. If he asked her to leave now, she would. She had to get away from this life, this planet. Leave it all behind.
    The door opened, revealing an empty room. She went farther inside. Maybe she’d find him in the shower. She’d join him and wash away all signs of the other man. But Aris had left. Even his bag was missing.
    Dropping to the bed, she grabbed the pillow, which still retained Aris’s scent. She pulled it into her chest as sobs wracked her body. He’d abandoned her.
    But why? Why had he changed his mind, decided he didn’t want a Terran girl like her?
    The world spun around her. She couldn’t go on like this, refusing to take clients or become a Mistress. No, that option ended when she’d walked out of her last appointment. But without Aris, she had nothing.
    Help me !
    She sucked in a breath. Kalara ?
    Her mentor’s cry came again.
    The door to the suite burst open. Jacobus stood in front of her, his eyes bulging, his hair and clothes a frenzied mess. “Your client, he’s mad, but, oh gods…. Xia, it’s Kalara.