Oppose by Viola Grace Read Free Book Online

reports, legal for the formal documents.” He extended his hand.
    She put her hand on his wrist, and they walked out of the elegant lunchroom.
    It was time to get the little miss all legally hers.
     
    “If the family decides to fight for her, you will have to engage in legal battle.” The Legal Archive outlined her options.
    A scribe was taking down information and preparing to draft the final document.
    “Right. I am prepared for that.”
    He gave her a sly look. “If the father enters the picture, having a mated couple in front of him would do wonders to force him to accept your claim.”
    There was a skeevey look to his gaze, so she reached up behind her shoulder and took Rimash’s hand. “I have it covered. He is with me around the clock. There isn’t a better caretaker on this world. He would make an excellent mate.”
    The Archive chuckled and shook his head. “Everyone knows that the Drai don’t select their mates at random. No one would believe that you two are mates after such a short time.”
    Rimash moved and leaned down, threaded his free hand in her hair, and he kissed her softly.
    While Jill’s fascination went into keeping the light contact going, Imjay shrieked and wiggled between them.
    When Rimash stood straight and moved behind her again, the Legal Archive was in the strange position of putting his metaphorical eyes back in their sockets.
    “Okay, so that will work. Do you have anything else to strengthen your case in case it comes up?”
    She smiled. “I do. I have obtained her mother’s medical travel scans, and I have her statement in my office declaring the child’s name and its disposition into my care.”
    “I think we are done here for today. We have everything we need to file, and then, we wait to see if either family raises their heads.”
    Jill got to her feet and fished out a bottle for Imjay to drink while they walked. A pressure tab on the bottle warmed it to blood heat, and the little lips puckered up.
    “I also have a contract that turns her into a Nyal heiress if it comes down to that. Anything to keep her family at bay.”
    He frowned. “They were acting according to their traditions.”
    “I know, but they sold her, he bought her and then he sold her back to them again. A life of being rented out to the highest bidder is not what I will have for my child.”
    She nodded and left the legal department, signing the copy on the way out. It was everything they had discussed and a few extra points that the Archive had proposed.
    Imjay had an entire world of education protecting her. It was kind of a nice feeling.
     

Chapter Seven
     
     
    Back in her quarters, she changed Imjay and settled her in her cot before she rounded on Rimash.
    “What was that kiss?”
    He cocked his head, and the music swelled in her mind. She swayed and reached out. He caught her and supported her.
    “So, you have figured it out?”
    She blinked up at him. “I have checked the Drai contract. Wow. You folks really did a deal on the Alliance and the Imperium.”
    He flexed his wings. “We are an ancient race, and we hate leaving home. Well, it is illegal for us to leave if we didn’t make it out before the interdict.”
    She smiled. “It is a little out of my scope of experience. I thought you needed a territory to bring your mate to.”
    He leaned in until his nose was nearly touching hers. “Who says I do not have one?”
    She looked away before meeting his uncomfortably close gaze. “I don’t know. I suppose that I just assumed you didn’t based on the Great Archive being in control of the whole planet.”
    “We have an understanding.”
    He closed the distance between them, and her toes curled when his lips touched hers. His armour was warm when she pressed her palm against it, and all of the small touches of the previous ten days washed through her in remembrance. His hands had been all over her at one time or another.
    The only place he touched her was her lips, but her body came