Page 32 of Linked to the Rogue Cyborg

Her eyes went wide again.

“K-lx—you really can’t talk to me like that! It’s completely inappropriate.”

“So is fingerfucking your little pussy, baby,” he growled. Sliding his fingers out of her, he brought them to his mouth. They were shiny with her juices and he sucked them, savoring her sweet and salty flavor as he held her eyes with his own. “But that isn’t stopping me,” he added, when he finished cleaning away her honey.

“K-lx!” she began…but then she didn’t seem to know what else to say.

“I’m sorry about earlier, in the shower,” he said, switching topics. It was better to talk about this now, when she was still open and soft from coming, he thought.

He felt her struggle internally through their Link.

“It’s just…you have to obey orders or you’re a danger to the whole station,” she said at last.

“I know that, Mistress. I fucking know it.” He sighed and looked earnestly down into her eyes. “But listen, I can’t say I won’t defend you if someone tries to hurt you or disrespects you. My instinct to keep you safe goes deeper than my programming—it’s part of my fucking DNA!”

“Your DNA?” She frowned.

K-lx ran a hand through his hair.

“How much do you know about my people? About the Kindred?”

“Not much,” she admitted. “I know they protected the Earth for a time—hundreds of years ago. But then a world war started and the leaders of the different countries refused to let them mediate it. Much of the Earth’s surface was getting bombed and ruined by contamination so they decided to leave.”

“They did?” K-lx felt a surge of surprise. “Back in my day, we were completely committed to staying. The Earth was the best place to call brides we’d found in centuries.”

“Well, I guess the Kindred couldn’t take the endless war.” She shrugged. “From what the history vids say, they took as many willing Earth women as they could with them and went looking for a new planet to protect.”

“Fuck.” He shook his head. “I wonder where they are now?”

Corinne shrugged.

“Somewhere in the Andromeda galaxy, maybe. That’s what the old vids say. But they didn’t leave us their Space Folding technology, so it’s too far away for anyone to check and be for sure.”

“You could use wormholes to get to them, though,” K-lx suggested. “We could go find them.”

“No, we couldn’t,” she said firmly. “I still have a year left on my contract to the Company. I’m staying right here on the station and you’re staying with me.”

“Are you still going to kick me out of your room?” K-lx asked her. “I can’t help how I feel about you, baby. It’s my Kindred DNA—you’re my woman now. I’ll protect you with my life if I have to. Even if it breaks the rules,” he added.

“Oh, K-lx…” Her eyes softened and she reached up to stroke his cheek. K-lx nuzzled against her soft little hand and pressed a kiss to her palm.

“You’re mine now,” he murmured and kissed her palm again. “Mine to protect…mine to pleasure. You own me completely.”

Corinne looked troubled.

“This isn’t the way it’s supposed to go,” she pointed out. “This…intense emotion between a Handler and Cyborg isn’t right.”

“Don’t care.” K-lx looked into her eyes. “I can’t help how I feel and you can’t either. I can feel it through our Link—you’re having emotions for me, the same way I am for you.”

She reached to the Linking star at her temple which glimmered faintly in the darkness.

“We have to find a way to bring this relationship down some,” she murmured. “If anyone found out I’d be brought up on charges and you’d be decommissioned and junked!”

“No one’s going to find out,” K-lx promised. “I can behave in public, I promise. Just let me love you here, in private.”

Leaning down, he kissed her again. She felt so fragile in his metal arms—so tiny and delicate. A wave of protective possessiveness surged through him. Gods, he wanted so badly to protect her and keep her safe…keep her all for himself!

Corinne kissed him back for a long time…but finally drew away.

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