That you were a perfect specimen to breed me with.” “Breed?” she repeated. “They’d tried in the past. It was always unsuccessful. The first time I refused. When asking failed, they drugged me.” I had to swallow against the dryness in my throat. “I don’t remember what happened. They’d created some sort of chemical meant to induce a mating heat. Except my body wasn’t meant to go through heat. What’s more, they gave it to the female’s because it convinced my hormones that I was actually with my mate. After the first incident I begged them not to do it again. I said I’d do it willingly—because I
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