Alec stayed inthe kitchen listening to more music while Laila kept to the bedroom trying not to cry as she lay on the bed, wishing for the day to be o...er and cursing herself for believing his refusal the night before was anything other than a desire to abandon her. She woke to the smell of food. The room was dark, only lit by the lamp on the night stand. Alec sat against the wall facing her, eating a plate of spaghetti and meat sauce from one of the military rations her father had stocked the. What they were going to do if theGrove refused to take Phillips was an ugly thing to contemplate, but itwould have been done if necessary."The Grove agrees that it is best that she is mated with her Phar' adoras soon as possible. We have considered what you have told us and wethink this is so. She was not made as our sisters are made and there isalready too much in her development that may be wrong, but without thiswe think that she will not survive." I am pleased that the Grove is being so. .. I mean we might kinda... you know...”I placed my hand over hers and squeezed gently. “Relax Jeanie. I promise you that nothing, nothing is going to happen today. What we ARE going to do is sit here and drink too much latte and gorge ourselves on cinnamon buns.”For the first time since arriving at my doorstep, she gave a rueful grin. “I screwed up, didn’t I?” Her eyes watered. “I feel so stupid, stupid, stupid. I feel like such a fool. I wanted it too much. Oh god... I just wanted to look. I gasped with pain and felt the hot salty taste of blood flowing. I pulled away from her and saw the lust in her eyes and my blood on her lips, this woman was seriously fired up. She switched her attention to my nipples, chewing and nipping them as I gasped, back arched in pain and pleasure. Max continued to kiss down my back, his hard fingers kneading my my muscles as he dropped to his knees. I twisted my fingers in Maria's hair causing her to let out a squeal of pain. She looked up at me, a.