The Breeding Experiment - Laurann Dohner Page 0,61
still held the sphere in her hands but she’d shrunk the size of it back to a small ball.
“We still have a huge issue, besides Darla being pregnant,” the female said to Roth. “We all lied and swore Gnaw and Darla only pretended to have sex. These babies prove otherwise. But…I have a plan.”
“I need to go to Darla.” Gnaw didn’t care what the fleet did or thought. He’d take Darla away if they attempted to keep him from her and the cubs growing insider her womb.
“Hold him, Roth,” Dr. Brick ordered. “All our asses are on the line if you let him go when he looks that upset. He needs to get a handle on his emotions, and then go take Darla someone very public, where lots of people see them together. They can pretend they’ve just started dating. You know what that is, right? Everyone will assume they’ve just started having sex, and I can change the date on the scan to make it line up with a pregnancy occurring over the next few days. I can continue to do it all throughout her pregnancy, until the babies are born.”
“I don’t care about any of that. Darla is carrying my cubs!” Gnaw snarled. “I need to see her. She will be my mate.”
Dr. Brick clasped her hands together and the sphere in her hand disappeared. She began to remove the gloves. “This is why I decided it was best if I told you, Gnaw. I had a feeling you’d go all crazy. There’s a lot I don’t know about Veslors, but I’ve seen how damn possessive Drak over there is toward Abby Thomas. Guys even glance at her when he’s around, and he’s ready to murder them in a very bloody and painful way.” She placed her gloves on the med bed and approached them, but stayed far enough back that she must have felt safe.
“It’s not just about you and those cubs. Do you know what the fleet is going to do if they figure out we all lied? They will fire Darla and send her back to that fucking planet that treats women like shit. She told me they’d consider her a criminal because she’s pregnant and not married. Then mentioned something about being sent to some mines.”
“I won’t allow it!” he snarled. No one would take Darla and his cubs from him. He began to struggle again, but Roth and Drak still refused to let him go.
Dr. Brick stepped closer, glaring at Gnaw “You’re on a fleet vessel. You work for them. Do you think they’re just going to allow you and her to stay on this boat if they learn you lied, Gnaw? The answer is no.”
She glanced at Roth. “I grew up with the fleet. I’ve been with them since I was eight years old. Gnaw and Darla will get tossed off this ship faster than you can say ‘fuck this.’ You’re considered civilian workers, just like she is. They’ll shove her on a transport straight back to Radison, and Gnaw will be put on another transport right back to your king. I’m guessing you and the two others in your grouping might try to stop that from happening, but you can’t. That would be considered an act of war. You do realize that, don’t you? You can’t attack fleet security.”
Gnaw stopped fighting, her words finally penetrating.
Dr. Brick sucked in a deep breath and held up her hands. “So, this is what we’re going to do. Gnaw is going to pretend to date Darla. They are going to be seen flirting by the crew. He’ll take her back to your cabin or hers, just make sure lots of people see them, and then they’re going to stay together all night.” She shot a glare at Maith. “They should probably also pretend they’re mated, since that was the information your people gave ours. Only mated couples can have babies.”
“It’s true,” Maith snarled.
“Are they mated?” Dr. Brick put her hands on her hips. “Because Darla doesn’t know it, if they are. You’d think one of your kind would mention that to a woman.”
“She will become my mate,” Gnaw swore.
Dr. Brick tore her angry stare from Maith, and her expression softened. “Good. You take damn good care of Darla. You hurt her feelings when you didn’t contact her, but you didn’t hear that from me. Now make it up to her.”
“We did try to contact her. Abby sent her messages to ask her to see me,”