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smacking her butt cheeks with harsh strength, but did not cause her agony, just discomfort and lust.
    “You did not outgrow spankings, you merely outgrew your parents. I am not your parent and you fit me just fine.” Smack. “You are never—” Smack. “To surprise me—” Smack. “With the knowledge that someone can take you from me.” Smack. As suddenly as he had started, he stopped and flipped her on her back to the bed.
    Her reddened skin burned as it pressed into the fabric. Aleyn gasped as he parted her thighs and used his tongue to cool her heated core. He made sure that her body was well ready to receive him and then with a tug and a loosening of his trousers, his cock was free and he was inside her.
    She moaned as each thrust irritated her inflamed buttocks, the pleasure and pain flared into a confusing mixture as she grew closer to her release. She gasped, shuddered and shrieked as he reached beneath her to dig his fingers into her buttocks. He held her to him as he pounded into her. Her breath whooshed out of her when he stopped, her eyes opened in surprise.
    He was glaring at her and he punctuated his next statement with a thrust for every word. “You are. Never. To. Endanger. Yourself. Or our child. Again.” His face hadn’t shifted, but his eyes glowed yellow.
    “I won’t. I promise.” She touched his mind lightly, he was furious and concerned. He had suffered fear of loss when the Citadel came for her and more fear all week as his people tried to kill her. It was typical really, when men felt fear, anger was on its heels. When anger showed up, lust was in its wake. “I promise.”
    He leaned forward and rested his forehead on hers. He whispered, “I don’t want to lose you. I have only just found you.” His lips took hers in a gentle kiss, and with one more shift of his hips, she went over into her climax. Her inner muscles convulsed around him and he answered with an arched back, a hard thrust and a guttural groan. His release took everything out of him. He dropped onto her sweaty and still clothed body.
    Blinking in surprise, Aleyn unwrapped her legs from his hips, she hadn’t even realised that she had done it. “I am truly sorry, Bai. I knew that they would come for me the instant that you put out that APB. That you didn’t realize it surprised me, but you don’t know the ways of the Citadel.”
    He nuzzled at the side of her neck, her cheek and forehead. “I am no longer angry, I should have known that given your responsibilities there would be repercussions.” The feel of his lips and chin stroking at her made her feel safe, protected, and despite her burning backside, incredibly loved.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Ten
     
     
    Shopping with her guard and Vaiu was usually fun, but the ache in her back was driving her nuts. Aleyn had to fling her parcels at one of the guards when her stomach got in on the action.
    “Madam! Are you alright?” Vaiu held onto her as she doubled over in pain. The ex-leman was now engaged to be married to a charming Earl who worshipped the ground she walked on.
    “I think his tiny lordship is trying to make his entrance into the world. We had better get back to the palace.” The wrap that Von had put over her belly gave her enough support and she was able to walk well enough between contractions.
    The instant that they did hit however, she buckled over and held her enormous belly until they passed. Her guard wanted to carry her, but the classes that she had taken with the midwife had advocated walking to bring on labour. The two kilometres back to the palace should do it.
    It was a slow progress, but one of the townspeople had run to the palace to alert Baileez. He came out to get her just as a particularly crippling tightening of her uterus was racking her.
    “Why did you walk out, Aleyn?” He scooped her into his arms and carried her bulk back to the palace.
    “I needed some more things for the baby.” She felt the hostility an instant