Unbondable(Kindred Birthright #1) - Evangeline Anderson Page 0,65

it.”

“Please, say it!” Raak fell to his knees before the little doctor, gripping the arms of her chair so tightly his knuckles turned white. “Please,” he begged. “If there’s any chance—any chance at all… I’ll do anything to save her. I love Kara!”

As he said the words, he knew they were true. Though it ought to be impossible for him to fall in love and care for anyone because of his soulless state, somehow he had fallen for the curvy little female with the pale blue eyes and the long, sharp fangs. Somehow he had fallen in love and now the thought of losing her was like the thought of someone ripping out his heart—unthinkable. He couldn’t lose her—he wouldn’t, he swore to himself.

“Please,” he begged again. “I’ll do anything—anything at all!”

“Would you trade your life for hers?” Silki asked quietly.

“What?” Raak frowned. “What are you talking about? Is there some way for me to take the poison instead of Kara? If there is, tell me about it!”

“There is a way, but it is lethal—will be lethal to one such as yourself,” the little Tolleg told him. “You are one of the Unbondable Kindred—are you not, are you not?”

“I am.” Raak nodded. “But what does that have to do with anything?”

“You told me you were Kara’s mate, but she is Blood Kindred and her eyes are still a pale blue,” Silki remarked, maddeningly not answering his question. “Therefore, I surmise that the two of you are not really bonded and have not even attempted to bond, no you haven’t, no you haven’t.”

“She comes from a really strict family,” Raak said, frowning uncomfortably. “I didn’t want to change the color of her eyes when I knew I couldn’t bond her to me since I have no soul.”

“Ah, it’s too bad you don’t have a soul. Yes it is, yes it is. You might survive that way, when the soul-bond formed. But without a soul—no bond is possible. No it isn’t, no it isn’t,” Silki said sadly.

“What are you saying?” Raak demanded. “Tell me how to save Kara—I don’t care what happens to me as long as I can save her.”

Silki peered into his eyes for a long moment.

“You truly mean that, I think. Yes I do, yes I do,” she said at last. “Very well—I will tell you. In order to give Kara even a chance at survival, you must change the color of her eyes and let her bite you at the same time.”

“You mean we have to make love,” Raak said bluntly. “Have to have sex while she bites me. But why?”

“The force of her orgasm when you change the color of her eyes should reverse the flow of the essence. Yes it should, yes it should,” Silki explained earnestly. “But when that happens, the amount of essence her fangs pump into your body will very probably overload your own system and stop your heart.”

“Stop my heart?” Raak looked at her blankly. “That can really happen?”

“In this case, yes.” Silki nodded seriously. “If it is any consolation, it will not be painful at all. In fact, you will be dying of what is basically a pleasure overload,” she added helpfully. “Yes you will, yes you will.”

“So I’ll orgasm to death,” Raak said dryly. “What a fucking way to go—literally.” He laughed harshly.

“You see why I didn’t want to tell you,” Silki said earnestly. “It’s not a pleasant choice, no it isn’t, no it isn’t. And as one of the Unbondable and a male without a soul, there’s no possible way you’ll want to do this. So—”

“Oh, I’m doing it all right,” Raak interrupted her. “I’m absolutely doing it if it’s the only way to save Kara.”

Silki’s dark eyes opened wide with surprise.

“I had assumed…that is, a male without a soul…”

“I may not have a soul but I still have a heart,” Raak said roughly. “And I’d rather have it stop while I was curing Kara than let it keep beating while she…” He swallowed hard. “While she dies.”

“But—” Silki began.

“You can’t tell her,” Raak interrupted. “Not a thing now and not a thing afterwards. In fact, I want you to examine my body and pretend to find some genetic defect—some weakness that carried me away, so she doesn’t feel guilty or bad about my…” He swallowed again before he could go on. “About my death.”

Silki looked shocked.

“But I cannot lie to a patient. No I can’t, no I can’t!”

“She won’t be your patient anymore at that point because she’ll