Sex Me Down (15 page)

Sex Me Down

flesh. He may heal fast, but he didn’t heal as fast as a
Savari
and no one knew the signs of torture as well as his people. He shuddered with the memory of his last encounter with the
Hienial
people. They took great pleasure in causing their prisoners extreme pain before leaving them to die. He’d been lucky that Dare had suggested that as second in the line of succession, he should have a tracking device inserted. Beneath his hair, the device was undetectable by scans due to the nature of
Savari
electrical impulses in the brain. Without that device, he would have died on the planet his captors left him on, surrounded by nothing but rock and dirt.

Sayre pushed the memories of torture aside, needing a clear mind to deal with the fears of Jaynee’s twin sister. The corner of his mouth quirked up in a half smile. Twins. They were certain to have at least one set between them now. How fortuitous that his mate should be the twin of his brother’s mate. He knew at least a little about her.

He knew her name was Laynee and she was very, very, reserved. She lived the life of an introvert, almost completely shut away from the real world. Jaynee talked about her, worried about her constantly. Jaynee feared the woman would lose herself in her books without her sister here to prod her into experiencing life.

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Resting his head against the cool wood, he reached up and rubbed the back of his neck. They would be lucky if they could convince the woman to appear from behind this door, let alone emerge from the protection of her wall of diffidence. Fane and he may have shown great courage to overcome their differences, even to have overcome their individual capture and torture by their enemies. Still, he knew it would take even greater courage for their female to face them both alone.

“Please come out, Laynee. We aren’t fighting anymore and we wish to speak with you.”

“How do you know my name?” Muffled by the door, the trembling voice sought out his heart and squeezed.

“Your sister is my twin brother’s mate. You look exactly as she, as I am identical to Dare. It’s something we have in common, you and I.”

“Oh.” She spoke so softly he barely heard it through the thick wood. “You only want to talk?”

Sayre and Fane both inhaled sharply at the sound of her voice so filled with hesitance and fear. When they first appeared, she’d practically materialized from the dark before them. She’d been a brave woman, ready to face intruders in her home, to face her future with her mates. Their fighting caused her to take refuge inside her protective shell. She closed herself off to them. She stood hiding behind the wall of her room. 28