forgetting, not unless he gave up every piece of data that made him who he was.
That had been Kyra’s worst news about his restoration. Escaping the past was never going to be possible for him. But hopefully it would be possible for her.
Rising to his knees again, Eric kissed her stomach and put his head against it, knowing full well what was beneath just a few layers of skin. If the weapon inside her had detonated at that moment, he wouldn’t have cared for either of them. Lucy wasn’t crying in her cage. He wasn’t standing outside it feeling helpless. There had not been many blissful, peaceful moments like this one in his life. God only knew what trauma had created the woman he called Lucy Hellcat.
But none of that was here. Today… tonight… he was determined to create a blissful, liberating, and perfectly human moment for both of them.
Lowering his head to the juncture of her thighs, Eric set about doing just that. Lucy’s fingers dug into his shoulders at the first stroke of his tongue in her most intimate place. She protested that he had to stop, that it was forbidden for her to receive without giving, but for once he couldn’t do as she asked. He ran his lips over soft skin and shushed her.
Her head fell back and her body arched as he pleasured her. Pressing against one of her legs, his over-stimulated body erupted in sync with her orgasm, something he’d never had happen to him before. And then Lucy fell over him, mumbling codes frantically. He rose as he caught her falling body, shocked to realize she was now completely and utterly unconscious in his arms.
“Oh God. What have I done to you now?” Eric said roughly.
He swung her body up higher in his arms and let fly every swear word he knew. Some hero he was turning out to be. He held her comatose body under the pouring water and frowned about how vulnerable she looked. What kind of negative program trigger could he possibly have activated by merely giving her sexual pleasure?
Eric stood there for a while, holding Lucy in his arms while the water washed over both of them.
Chapter 8
Eric glared at the metal bars in disgust. Because no one could guess what version of Lucy would be in control when she woke up again, the collective decision was to put her back into a cage. Nero had secured this one with an old fashioned chain and non-electronic lock, something the forward thinking scientist had brought with him just for this exact purpose. Which to be fair, Eric had to admit, was a valid precaution to take with a former military cyborg packing an anti-security program.
Nero had pretty quickly found Aja Kapur’s and Meara MacDonald’s files among the forty-two military women who had been converted into Cyber Soldiers along with Lucy. They were still in cages because of their attempts to rescue her. Nero and Kyra were discussing their restorations. The companion code added another layer of complexity to the regular process.
The captivity of all three women were on his head. Lucy’s fellow soldiers had eluded the UCN for years. Now they’d been taken down by the very woman they’d spent their lives trying to find. And all of it happened because Eric had accidentally flipped the switch on Lucy’s processors.
“When are you going to yell at me and tell me how stupid I was for going alone to see her?” Eric turned to see Peyton shaking his head. “Just say it. I deserve your anger, but I swear I’d do it all again. What if you had triggered her companion program delivering the information? Think how complicated that would have made your life with Kyra. You can call me whatever names you like. I’m still glad it was me Lucy accepted as her new contract.”
“Did I say anything negative? No. So calm the hell down,” Peyton ordered sharply. “I got over being pissed about two seconds after I heard what happened. None of us could have known what effect hearing her real name would have on
That had been Kyra’s worst news about his restoration. Escaping the past was never going to be possible for him. But hopefully it would be possible for her.
Rising to his knees again, Eric kissed her stomach and put his head against it, knowing full well what was beneath just a few layers of skin. If the weapon inside her had detonated at that moment, he wouldn’t have cared for either of them. Lucy wasn’t crying in her cage. He wasn’t standing outside it feeling helpless. There had not been many blissful, peaceful moments like this one in his life. God only knew what trauma had created the woman he called Lucy Hellcat.
But none of that was here. Today… tonight… he was determined to create a blissful, liberating, and perfectly human moment for both of them.
Lowering his head to the juncture of her thighs, Eric set about doing just that. Lucy’s fingers dug into his shoulders at the first stroke of his tongue in her most intimate place. She protested that he had to stop, that it was forbidden for her to receive without giving, but for once he couldn’t do as she asked. He ran his lips over soft skin and shushed her.
Her head fell back and her body arched as he pleasured her. Pressing against one of her legs, his over-stimulated body erupted in sync with her orgasm, something he’d never had happen to him before. And then Lucy fell over him, mumbling codes frantically. He rose as he caught her falling body, shocked to realize she was now completely and utterly unconscious in his arms.
“Oh God. What have I done to you now?” Eric said roughly.
He swung her body up higher in his arms and let fly every swear word he knew. Some hero he was turning out to be. He held her comatose body under the pouring water and frowned about how vulnerable she looked. What kind of negative program trigger could he possibly have activated by merely giving her sexual pleasure?
Eric stood there for a while, holding Lucy in his arms while the water washed over both of them.
Chapter 8
Eric glared at the metal bars in disgust. Because no one could guess what version of Lucy would be in control when she woke up again, the collective decision was to put her back into a cage. Nero had secured this one with an old fashioned chain and non-electronic lock, something the forward thinking scientist had brought with him just for this exact purpose. Which to be fair, Eric had to admit, was a valid precaution to take with a former military cyborg packing an anti-security program.
Nero had pretty quickly found Aja Kapur’s and Meara MacDonald’s files among the forty-two military women who had been converted into Cyber Soldiers along with Lucy. They were still in cages because of their attempts to rescue her. Nero and Kyra were discussing their restorations. The companion code added another layer of complexity to the regular process.
The captivity of all three women were on his head. Lucy’s fellow soldiers had eluded the UCN for years. Now they’d been taken down by the very woman they’d spent their lives trying to find. And all of it happened because Eric had accidentally flipped the switch on Lucy’s processors.
“When are you going to yell at me and tell me how stupid I was for going alone to see her?” Eric turned to see Peyton shaking his head. “Just say it. I deserve your anger, but I swear I’d do it all again. What if you had triggered her companion program delivering the information? Think how complicated that would have made your life with Kyra. You can call me whatever names you like. I’m still glad it was me Lucy accepted as her new contract.”
“Did I say anything negative? No. So calm the hell down,” Peyton ordered sharply. “I got over being pissed about two seconds after I heard what happened. None of us could have known what effect hearing her real name would have on
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