Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 86074 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 430(@200wpm)___ 344(@250wpm)___ 287(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 86074 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 430(@200wpm)___ 344(@250wpm)___ 287(@300wpm)
We hope the harmonizer will be of help to you and your mates and wish you well in your future endeavors. If you should ever wish to pose for us again, you would be most welcome.
Warmly, f’loon
Lili put the letter down on the table and went back to look at the box again. The glowing sea-shell thing must be the harmonizer and the shiny round disk about the size of a quarter must be the holo-coin f’loon had talked about.
“So—what is it?” Rachel demanded impatiently. Without waiting for an answer, she reached into the box and pulled out the coin. “I know what this is at least!”
“Rachel, don’t—” Lili started.
But her friend had already flicked the tiny switch on one edge of the holo-coin. Suddenly a holo as big as Lili’s head began to play—it was Dark tugging and teasing her nipples while Light licked her pussy.
“That’s right,” Dark was growling. “Be a good girl and spread your pussy for us, baby.”
“Oh my God!” Rachel exclaimed.
“Shit! Give me that!” Lili reached for the coin. She fumbled with it for a minute, since she was still wearing the damn gloves, but finally managed to flip it off.
“Lili, I’m really sorry!” Rachel’s cheeks were red and her eyes were wide. “I had no idea! Why didn’t you tell me that your, uh, relationship with those two had gone that far?”
“Because you don’t like Dark!” Lili exclaimed. “And because…” She sighed. “Because after we came back, they pretty much ghosted me.”
“They what?” Rachel put a hand on her hip indignantly. “After all that?” She waved at the coin, which Lili still held in one hand.
“Yeah.” Lili sighed again. “I thought Kindred were different, you know? But they never got back in touch with me after we, uh, hooked up. And now…well, I don’t think they ever will.”
“That’s so unlike Kindred, though!” Rachel frowned. “They’re all about Bonding and monogamy. I mean, I could see two human guys leaving you high and dry after getting some nookie, but Kindred just aren’t like that.”
“Maybe it’s because they’re Dark Kindred and they can turn their emotions off, so it was easy to forget me. I don’t know…” Lili shook her head sadly. “I miss them, Rache—I can’t tell you how much. I just can’t stop thinking about them. But they’re clearly not thinking about me.” She looked in the box at the glowing harmonizer again. “Guess this is going to go to waste.”
“What is that thing anyway? You never told me,” Rachel reminded her.
“Oh, it’s called a ‘harmonizer,’” Lili said.
She explained briefly about Dark and Light being unable to Join to Bond a woman to them due to their genetic differences and being an “Imperfect Pair.”
“So this thing would let the three of you be together? Would help them Join so they could Bond with you?” Rachel asked, looking down at the harmonizer, but being careful not to touch it.
“I guess so.” Lili sighed. “Not like it does us any good now.”
“Well of course it’s not going to do any good if you don’t at least see how your guys feel about it!” Rachel exclaimed.
“What do you mean?” Lili asked. “I know how they feel—they don’t want to see me anymore.”
“Well, what if they think it’s you who don’t want to see them?” Rachel asked, raising her eyebrows. “What if they decided to break things off with you because they didn’t think they could ever Bond with you—did you think about that?”
“They did mention that several times.” Lili frowned thoughtfully. “Is a Bond really that important?”
“Oh, honey—the Bond is everything!” Rachel waved her hands expansively. “It’s a connection deeper than anything I’ve ever felt in my entire life. Now that I’ve experienced it, I can’t imagine being with a man without it. It would be like…like…like eating cardboard for dinner instead of having a juicy steak. Or seeing everything in black and white instead of in color. Or…I don’t know! I’m not explaining it right, but yes—having a Soul Bond is very important to the Kindred.”
“Maybe they haven’t contacted me because they thought they couldn’t Bond with me then—not because they didn’t want me.” For the first time in weeks, Lili felt the stirrings of hope in her heart. “Oh, Rachel—do you really think it’s possible?” She was starting to cry now—she couldn’t seem to help it.
“I think it’s more than possible,” her friend said firmly. “So what we need to do right now is go back up to the Mother Ship and track the two of them down. You can show them that glowing doo-dad f’loon sent you and explain how it works. And I’ll bet you anything they’ll jump at the chance to use it and Bond with you.”
Lili wanted to believe it was true—she wanted it with all her heart.
“All right,” she said, swiping at her eyes and sniffing. “Let’s do it! Oh…but how are we getting back up to the Mother Ship? I thought Brock wasn’t coming back for you until Sunday?”