“Well, I’m not his either—that little asshole had better keep your name out of his mouth and his hands off you,” he growled. “He’ll stay away from you if he knows what’s fucking good for him!”
“Now, K-lx—you know I gave you a direct order not to harm anyone in the station,” Corinne reminded him, frowning. It really was worrisome how close he seemed to disobeying his programming!
A low growl rose in his thick throat.
“I remember, Mistress. I’ll be a good little Cyborg and keep away from Silas as long as he keeps away from you. But the minute he tries anything physical, there’s no order in the world you could give me that will stop me from ripping his head off!”
He looked so menacing when he said it that Corinne felt her heart skip a beat for a minute. She was really going to have to work on making sure he acknowledged and obeyed orders. No one who heard the big Cyborg talking this way would believe that she had complete control of him. In fact, she was beginning to have doubts herself!
“Not so loud, K-lx!” she hissed, yanking him down by his shirt to speak in his ear. “You’re doing an excellent job of rehabbing your reputation today—don’t ruin it by going feral on me!”
“I just don’t want him touching you.” His voice dipped to an even lower register as he looked into her eyes. “You’re mine.”
Corinne was taken aback. The dark, possessive emotions she felt coming from the big K-Unit were beyond what any Cyborg was supposed to feel for his Handler. But then she remembered that his manual had said he would feel extremely possessive and protective of her. She needed to talk him down.
“All right, K-lx. It’s all right.” Reaching up, she cupped his bristly cheeks in her hands and looked into his eyes, trying to bring him down from the emotional spike she could feel through their Link. “I hear you. But you can’t hurt anyone just for being nasty to me. You have to leave them alone, especially Silas—that’s an order.”
Instead of agreeing at once, he just looked at her.
“I hear you, Mistress,” he said at last. Which was not the same as agreeing to obey her explicit order, Corinne thought, frowning. They really were going to have to work on this.
“K-lx—” she began.
“Mistress…why do you smell so good?” he asked, interrupting her. Leaning down, he pressed his face to the side of her neck and inhaled deeply, sending shivers down her spine. “So fucking sweet. Like sex and sugar,” he rumbled and when he pulled back, his pale blue eyes were half-lidded. “Fuck, you smell amazing.”
“I don’t know why I smell…the way I smell. But it’s not appropriate for you to say that.” Corinne found herself breathless for some reason. She couldn’t help noticing that K-lx smelled extra good too. She had no idea why, but his wild, spicy scent seemed to have intensified. It drew her to him, almost like some kind of olfactory magnet and made her overfull breasts ache. What the hell was going on?
She had no answers and no time to search for them. At that moment, Jose had poked his head out of the lab and asked if they were coming back to work. Which effectively broke the awkward moment.
Corinne had been relieved at the interruption. The intense interlude between herself and her new Cyborg felt dangerous somehow, though not in a way that made her feel threatened. It was more like something completely inappropriate had been narrowly avoided when her colleague called her name and diverted both of them.
The rest of the day had passed without incident and now they were back in her room, getting ready for a shower. Corinne was trying not to think of how tender her breasts had become. The DEE compound was really doing a number on her!
She could still smell the big Cyborg—his enticing, masculine scent wafted across the room to her and it seemed to make her breasts ache even more. If she didn’t know any better, she would have sworn he was putting out some kind of sex pheromones—why else would he smell so good?
She was trying to get up the nerve to strip for the shower but somehow she couldn’t quite do it. The night before she had stripped off and showered with him and handled his big body without hesitation. But then she had been treating him like she would treat any other Cyborg, who wouldn’t have cared no matter what she did.
Now she knew the big K-Unit more intimately and it was abundantly clear he was nothing like the robotic Modern Cyborgs she was used to working with. He was sitting on the bed, watching her, his eyes half-lidded. Also, she could feel the desire he was feeling for her coming through their Link. She’d never felt that from any other Unit she’d worked with. And she’d never had the desire to respond in kind either…
God—what was wrong with her? She had to get control of herself—and this whole situation. But how could she stay fully in command when she had to give him a sexual release and also let him suck the nectar from her breasts? It felt like too much, especially when she was already on edge from the way he’d threatened Silas earlier.
The image of the big Cyborg sucking her nipples while she rubbed against him entered her mind and wouldn’t leave. She could almost feel how hot his mouth would be as he eased the pressure in her breasts and touched her all over…
No, stop! I have to stop thinking this way—what’s wrong with me? Is the DEE compound compromising my thinking somehow? Is it acting like some kind of aphrodisiac?
K-lx seemed to sense her ragged emotions—he was no doubt feeling them through their Link.
“Is there something the matter, Mistress?” he asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
“No, nothing’s the matter,” Corrine denied hastily.
“Are we going to take another shower together?” was his next question. “Are you going to make me come for you…or would you like it better if I made you come?” His pale blue eyes roved over her body. “I’d love to taste you, Mistress…love to feel you coming on my tongue…”
All right—this is too much! I can’t put up with this kind of insolence or I’ll lose all control of him.
It was a dangerous situation for a Handler to be in, when their Cyborg had taken the upper hand. Without a firm reminder of who was in charge, it could easily lead to a Rogue situation. Not that Corinne really thought the big K-Unit would go crazy and start killing people…but she wasn’t going to take any chances.
Lifting her chin, she gave him a stern look.
