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  “This engineer put my face back together piece by fucking piece after the Global Allegiance fried my CPU so bad it left my skull smoking! Threaten her again, and you won’t have to just go through Acer, you’ll have to go through me as well.” His eyes went back to Torque. “Are we clear?”

  Torque nodded before he rose from the floor and without another word walked out of the common room. Those that weren’t happy with me followed him out.

  “Did you really do all those things?” Brone asked from his spot at the table. I turned away from Viper and noticed the whole table appeared to be waiting for my answer.

  I cleared my throat. “Yes,” I replied as a blush crept up my cheeks.

  “Why?” Brone’s brow furrowed as his eyes narrowed. “Why risk yourself for a cyborg?”

  My eyes wandered to Acer’s beautiful face, the sight of it took my breath away and caused a pleasant rush of warmth to settle in my chest. “Because cyborgs are worthy of receiving kindness, friendship, and love just like humans.” I moved closer to Acer, settling my body against the security of his frame. “Look, I don’t consider myself anything special. Every day I’m haunted by the fact I worked for those sadistic assholes.” I closed my eyes as a hundred memories filled my head. Stolen moments of joy among the everyday horrors. A song hummed. A hand I would hold when no one watched. I opened my eyes and discovered Acer’s golden gaze trained on me, no trace of the black remained. I snuggled against his side and let myself relax. “I tried to give the cyborgs something other than pain. I wanted them to know someone cared about them. They deserved that.” My eyes moved over Brone then to Viper and all the others that defended me. “They deserved that and so much more.”

  Brone’s shoulders hunched as he rubbed a big hand over his chest as if something pained him. “I wish you had been one of my technicians.” He looked at Acer. “To have someone like her by your side is an honor. Don’t ever forget that.”

  Acer hugged me tighter. “I won’t.”

  Chapter Twelve

  *Acer*

  I wasted no time getting Marley back to my quarters after the incident in the common room. Every circuit and wire twitched, my processors in disarray after being confronted by cyborgs who either loved or hated my female. As soon as my door closed behind me, I stopped resisting the urge to scoop her up.

  She landed in my arms with a giggle. “Couldn’t wait?”

  I shook my head. “Too many cyborgs,” I ground out as I carried her to the bedroom. One more set of locked doors between us and the rest of the world would ease some of the tension rolling through me.

  I gently deposited her on the bed then locked the bedroom door. I began to pace; the energy inside me rising to a nearly unbearable level.

  “Come here,” she gave the command and my feet obeyed, moving until I stood in front of her. She tipped her head back and looked at me. “You’re too tall.”

  Immediately, I dropped to my knees, rewarded with a breathtaking smile. I fisted my hands by my sides, urging my processors to settle now that she was safe and back where she belonged. After the common room disaster, I never wanted to take her anywhere ever again. There were too many cyborgs who could do her harm or vie for her affection.

  The dark side of me still wanted to find Viper and throttle him for daring to touch her. The only thing that stopped me was that I knew hurting him would hurt my female. She cared about him. She cared about all of them, and they cared about her in return. Even Brone was now smitten with her.

  They all want her, my traitorous circuits hissed. How could they not? Sooner or later one will draw her attention. Pressure built inside my head as the voice continued its assault. One who is complete and worthy. You truly believe she will chose to stay with you? I closed my eyes, trying to purge the voice from my head. “She will choose me!”

  Soft hands landed on my cheeks. “Of course I will choose you.”

  My eyes snapped open to find her staring at my face, her expression soft. I must have said the words aloud.

  She dropped her head into the crook of my neck, her warm breath ghosting across where my ear should be. It heated the cool metal, and I couldn’t hide my shiver.

  “Always. I’ll always choose you,” she promised, the conviction in her voice enough to banish the voice back to the darkness. Her hand found the zip of my hoodie as her lips trailed kisses over my neck. “Can I remove it?”

  She didn’t need to ask. I would have let her do anything she wanted. Her words. Her kisses. Her very breath moving over my skin and metal caused an ache to burn in my chest. The restlessness that overtook my circuits now twisted into an all-consuming desire for the female who had changed my lonely existence.

  I nodded, not trusting myself to speak. Her quick fingers worked to unzip my hoodie and push it off my frame. It landed on the floor by her feet.

  She took in the sight of my bared chest and her tongue darted out to wet her lips. I fought back a groan. My cock immediately jumped to attention, growing hard within the confines of my pants. I could only watch in fascination while her fingers found the edge of her shirt, and in one smooth motion, she lifted it off, dropping it next to my discarded hoodie.

  She wore nothing under the shirt, and suddenly, I found myself viewing two perfect, creamy, pale globes each tipped with a rose-colored nipple. I stared at her breasts in open admiration, the fluid that lubricated my mouth running dry.

  Her fingers brushed my chest as she smiled. “I figured a shirt for a hoodie.” Her gaze fell to my hands. Her cheeks flushed a pretty shade of pink. “You don’t have to only look.”

  My fingers flexed as I imagined caressing her soft skin, feeling the weight of her breast in my palm. My cock hardened further, pressing uncomfortably against my black sweatpants. The once-loose material had grown tight across my lap. I shifted on the floor, trying to find a more comfortable position. Never had my cock behaved like this. Marley was the only one to strip every shred of my control.

  “It’s okay if you don’t want to. I just thought...” she trailed off, crossing her arms over her chest as she attempted to hide her breasts from view.

  “Don’t.” I rasped. My voice raw, filled with longing. “I want to, lovely. I want to touch you so bad my fingers ache.”

  She dropped her arms, and my hand trembled slightly as I cupped her breast in my palm. I brushed my thumb across her nipple, releasing a growl of satisfaction as it pebbled with just the slightest touch. “Look how perfect it fits in my palm.” I gave a gentle squeeze loving the feel of her soft skin. My hand took hold of the other one and offered it the same treatment causing Marley to let out a soft moan.

  My cock jumped at the sound, my processors imagining that same moan as I drove deep inside her pussy. The scent of her arousal perfumed the air and my fingers were now dying to dip between her thighs and discover how wet she had become because of my touch. The reaction her body showed me, far beyond anything I could have ever believed possible.

  No one desired me, wanted me, the way Marley did. “You’re perfect.”

  “For you, maybe. Nobody else.” She started to slide off the bed. I dropped my hands from her glorious breasts, giving her room to move. She ended up on my lap, a leg swung over each thigh as she gripped my shoulders.

  I growled low. “No one else will have you.”

  She pressed against my frame, her breasts rubbed along my naked chest, and I stifled groan. “Have I told you that I love it when you get all possessive?” Her legs wrapped around my waist, locking me to her. “Reminds me that no matter what comes, I’ll always be yours.” She rocked her hips, and I knew she had to feel the hard length of my cock caught between her thighs.

  “Make me completely yours, Sunshine.” Her lips parted, and I could feel her heart pound a wild rhythm against my chest. “Make love to me.”

  Chapter Thirteen

  *Marley*

  I said the words. There was no going back now. I watched Acer blink, an unreadable emotion flashing in his eyes. He wanted me.
The proof nested between my hips, his hard cock so close to where I needed him most.

  My heart already belonged to him. He was the only one I thought about in the dark. His hands the only ones I dreamed about touching my skin. My years in captivity stole my dignity, my voice, and, on my bad days, bits of my sanity. No matter what they had done, they never managed to steal him. Sunshine had been my constant companion, and I spent countless nights imagining us at this very moment and all the delicious things that came after.

  He reached out and caught my face between his palms. His fingers trembled slightly against my cheeks. “Why?” His voice shook. “Why me?”

  I put my hands over his. “Because, once I saw you, I never saw anyone else. It’s always been you.”

  He dropped his eyes. “I’ve never done this before,” he confessed quietly.

  I managed to keep the shock off my face. All those worries that he had been with others over the years when I had been locked away vanished in an instant. “Neither have I,” I returned his confession.

  Unlike me, he didn’t bother to hide his shock. His gaze snapped to meet mine, his golden eyes widened as his mouth fell open.

  I smiled. “Together then?” I was flat on my back on the bed so fast I didn’t even have time to blink.

  “Together,” he growled as he climbed onto the bed after me, his hands fisting the sides of my pants and dragging them down my legs. That left me in nothing but the pair of yellow panties I had found in the bag of clothes Aria gave me. Part of me wondered if she had snuck them in the bag on purpose, guessing what color I favored.

  His eyes zoned in on them, and the corners of his lips rose.

  I shrugged. “It’s my favorite color.” I leaned up to trail kisses along his jawline. “Now get them off me.”

  His quick fingers got to work, and within seconds, I was completely naked. This time felt vastly different than when he saw me in the shower. That time, his eyes held nothing but concern; now, they roamed over every inch with unmasked desire.

  He sat back on his heels to get a better view. “Beautiful.”

  My skin flushed pink at his assessment, the warmth of his gaze following the patches of color appearing on my skin. I lifted my head to watch him, curious to see what came next.

  He gripped my thighs, spreading them wider to fit his frame between. “I’m curious,” he pressed a kiss right below my knee. “Many human males enjoy tasting their female’s core.” He pressed another kiss to my inner thigh. He inhaled. “The scent is enticing.” He lifted his head, the overhead light glinting off his smooth, metal skull. A devilish grin appeared on his handsome face. “I want a taste.”

  Those four words ping ponged through my brain. He wanted a taste? I tried to slam my legs closed, but his hands and bulky frame pinned my thighs open. Warm breath ghosted over my pussy, and my hands gripped the comforter. Sure, I knew people did stuff like this. Hell, I had even imagined what his mouth might feel like down there. But in this moment, reality crashed into fantasy, losing me to the thousands of things racing through my brain. A cyborg’s senses were much stronger, and it’s not like anyone had offered me a razor recently. What if he tasted me and didn’t like it?

  I placed a hand on the top of his head. “Wait!”

  A low growl sounded from between my legs. “Don’t deny me.” He lifted his eyes to find mine, and the pure need I saw in them caused me to release him. I decided to be honest. “This is all new to me. What if...what if you don’t like it?” The words came out in a whisper.

  He released the hold on my legs and climbed up on the bed. He caressed my check then captured my lips in a fierce kiss. “There is no part of you I won’t like.” He caught my face between his hands. Honestly shone from his eyes. I relaxed a little into his frame, turning my head to kiss his palm.

  His great big frame gave a small shudder. “See what you do to me? I can’t control my reactions. My frame has only ever responded to your touch, Feel this?” He pressed his hard length against my pussy and gave a small thrust. I couldn’t stop the moan that broke free. “No one but you can make my cock so hard I could hammer steel.” He found my ear. “Merely the thought of tasting your pussy has my circuits buzzing. I crave it. I crave you.”

  He kissed me hard then dusted kisses down my neck before learning the lines of my body with his mouth. Every nerve ending tingled with each of his kisses. Fire ignited in my veins, his kisses holy as they burned away any lingering trace of worry. By the time he positioned himself back between my thighs, I was mindless with need. I ached, my pussy lips swollen; wetness dripped, coating my thighs.

  My cyborg dove into my pussy and began to feast like it was his last meal. He licked a path from my slit to my clit, releasing a groan as my flavor hit his tongue. “So good,” he rasped.

  I arched beneath him. My hands gripped the smooth metal of his skull, this time trying to hold him right where he was and encourage him to keep going. He chuckled, the deepness of his voice causing vibrations to bathe my clit, and I gasped.

  He focused all his attention on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sucking it into his mouth and lapping at it with firm strokes of his tongue.

  “Acer,” I moaned, “Don’t stop.”

  A cool, smooth finger found my entrance and pressed inside slowly. My fingers released his head. I clutched the blanket, afraid the force of my grip would damage my hand if I tried to dig my fingers in deeper.

  A second finger joined the first and they began thrusting in time with his tongue. The ability to think ceased, lost to the sensation of pleasure he created. I thrashed beneath his mouth as I climbed higher and higher, my fingers fisting the sheets as broken sounds fell from my lips.

  The climax struck fast and hard. I tumbled over the edge; a scream torn from my throat. Acer gave one last long lick to my sensitive flesh and my thighs trembled slightly against his cheeks.

  I sighed, trying to calm my still-racing heartbeat. “Wow.” I managed one word. My brain sluggish from cumming so hard I could have sworn I saw stars. “That was incredible.” I heard material rip, and the bed dipped. I floated on the last waves of bliss as Acer moved his now completely bare frame over my body. The exposed wires on his arms glowed brightly, lighting up the room and casting my skin in a warm golden hue. His cock nudged my pussy but didn’t enter. Holding himself above me, he waited, a tight expression on his face.

  I spread my thighs wider to accommodate his large frame. I rolled my hips, taking the head of his cock into my body. The lights in his eyes flickered.

  “I’m yours, Sunshine. I’ve always been yours.” I kissed the hard line of his jaw. “Claim me.”

  Chapter Fourteen

  *Acer*

  Tasting Marley’s delectable flavor on my tongue and sliding the sensitive uncovered metal of my fingers into her core almost blew my processors. I registered every glorious bit of information, mapping her pussy with my fingers and mouth. The sound of her climax forever imprinted on my circuits.

  My cock grew impossibly harder, the confines of my pants becoming a vice, the seams nearly splitting. Now, the head of my cock sat torturously inside Marley’s snug pussy. I battled the urge to thrust deep even as she rolled her hips, pulling another inch of my cock inside. I had never experienced a more wondrous sensation in all my existence; still, concern for my female stopped me from going further.

  I was larger than human males. Already, her walls stretched to accommodate my wider head. Worry over the pain I might cause had me fighting my instincts. Even her command to claim her hadn’t broken my resolve. If possible for a cyborg to break out in a sweat, I would have. I dimmed my visual sensors, unable to look at her. I didn’t want to see the desire for me burning in them. I knew it would be the final thing to break me.

  “Acer, look at me,” Marley ordered, her voice firm. Slowly, I brought my sensors up but kept my gaze centered on her chin. She nipped my lip with her teeth and the tiny jolt of pain had my eyes jumping to hers.

  “That got your attention.�
�� She kissed me, soothing the sting with a gentle press of her lips. “Stop fighting. I can take you.” She wrapped her legs around my waist. “Trust me.”

  Two words shattered my resistance. I surged forward, claiming her in one thrust. She sucked in a breath, her hands grabbing me, and my processors panicked. I tried pulling back, but her legs hugged me tighter, her heels digging into my ass.

  “Don’t you dare,” she hissed. “All I need is a minute.”

  I held still, allowing her time to adjust. It gave me a moment to simply feel the wonder of finally being inside her. My cock seated within the clasp of her pussy, the sure fit bordered on painful. Every inch encased in tight, wet heat. My processors narrowed until she was the only thing running though my circuits. The voice that haunted me since the day they dragged me from my vat had gone silent, no match for the feeling of being inside my female.

  Her hips gave an experimental thrust under my frame, pulling my cock in deeper. My head tipped forward, burying my face into her neck.

  I released an agonized groan. “Kill me...you’re going to kill me.”

  Her hands stroked the top of my shoulders. “Not today, cyborg. You’ve got a job to do.” She captured my cheeks, lifting my head from her neck so she could look at me. “Move.”

  My female had given me a direct order; one I intended to obey. I completely withdrew my cock from her pussy and plunged back in. I set a steady rhythm, her hips lifting to match it. Moans and gasps of pleasure poured from between her lips, her nails dug into my frame.

  “More,” she commanded.

  If she needed more, I would give it. “Hold on to me,” I ordered.

  I pounded into her with as much force as her frame could handle. The bed shook and sweat clung to my female’s pale skin, making her appear to shine. Flesh struck against flesh. Warm wetness gushed over my cock, slicking my balls; the scent of us fucking filling the air. I struck something that made the walls of her pussy pulse around my cock. I zeroed in and pushed my processors to their limit. The wires in my arms glowed, illuminating Marley in a golden wash of light.