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A few of the women had come by to check on her, clearly worried, but each brush of their skin on hers caused Cordelia to cry out. Searing pain passed over her flesh at any physical contact until finally, scared, they all left her alone.
Even a healer had stopped by, but as he wasn’t able to touch Cordelia either, he’d only quarantined her from the others, several guards dragging her bed into a separate room while she’d still been in it, since she couldn’t even be carried.
At least now she could be miserable without spectators.
Had Delilah experienced a similar reaction to the pollen? Surely she would have told Cordelia about it if she had.
She clenched her teeth as another stab rocked her core. This didn’t feel right. There was no heated arousal. No urge for sex. She was kept in agony, wishing that it would justend.
She was scared, and as the pain swelled, so bad that she was afraid she’d pass out, Cordelia’s thoughts kept circling around two questions.
Was she going to die like this?
And where was Ezul?
Cordelia moaned pitifully as his mist slid away from her, leaving her bereft and in misery. Why would it leave now, right when she needed it the most?
“I did say you would be needing me,” Komel murmured quietly from across the room, the sound of the door closing behind him a moment later rattling her senses.
She’d never even heard the door slide open. Cordelia sat up as quickly as she was able, grimacing as the room spun around her.
“Why are you here? Where is Ezul?” she demanded through clenched teeth as her body shook. Why was this asshole in her room?
A trickle of unease skated down her spine, fear causing her stomach to churn as Komel took a step in her direction. He eyed her like she was a piece of meat, an object for him to do whatever he wanted with. A small tremor ran through her.
“Your moaning is so loud, human. It entices me to mate.”
She gagged just as another wave of pain hit her, scooting further back on the bed with what little strength she had left.
Komel took another step closer, a smirk crossing his lips when she tensed.
“Do you need me to sate your lust, human? I’m a willing male who is more than happy to see to your needs.” Komel grabbed his crotch through his uniform. “If you beg me for it.”
Oh no, she was going to vomit everywhere. Cordelia swallowed a lump in her throat. “How many ways do you need to hear the word ‘no’ before it registers? Leave me alone!”
Komel’s expression morphed from one of lust to one of rage. He took a heavy step forward, his hands clenched at his sides.
Eyeing the Aragnokan warily, Cordelia tried to scramble away as he sauntered toward her bed.
Her legs tangled in the sheets, knees buckling out from under her when she tried to stand, hoping to put distance between them. All she managed was to seat herself on the corner of the mattress, breathing hard.
Komel rushed forward, shoving her. She slipped off the edge of the bed and onto the floor as he landed on top of her, his hands wrapping around her throat.
She attempted to scream, but only a croak came out. Fire spread from where his fingers held her in a hard, bruising grip. It was an inferno that should have melted her flesh for how brutal it burned.
Cordelia flailed beneath him, scratching at his face until he let out a small yell, flinching away from her. Neon yellow blood came from the hit she’d scored on him, and he touched his fingers to the wound, eyeing her angrily.
Cordelia tried to scream again, to alert anyone, but her throat was killing her and only a soft noise came out.
“You worthless piece of Earth scum,” Komel hissed under his breath, launching himself at her again when she tried to pry herself up from the floor.
Cordelia crashed back down, a soft scream passing her lips as he slammed her forehead onto the floor. She collapsed, the fight completely leaving her.
If the room had been spinning before, it was nothing compared to now. She moaned into the ground, her vision blurry and out of focus.
She was vaguely aware of her dress being torn down the back and Komel shuffling behind her before his hand touched her bare ass. More of that blistering fire spread through her and fear pierced her heart.
“No,” she cried weakly, her nails digging into the ground as she tried to crawl away. Several broke, the sting fleeting as terror consumed her. “No, stop!”
