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confession, her eyes narrowed in her lack of understanding, but that was the most she could expect from him as he continued in his explanation to his brother. Noah was a proud man and didn’t relish the fact that she, their enemy, had shown a lack in his security.
    “They’re initiating a full sweep straight away.” Noah clarified their next move as a soft hissing sound could be heard.
    “Keep your mouth closed and take slow breaths.” Joshua’s hand on her arm urged Eva to her feet. “It won’t hurt you, but it will eradicate any parasites you may have picked up.” Everybody knew of the invisible leeches attached to the skin of a Trajien demon, which would detach themselves and infect the bodies of anything warm and living in the vicinity. They particularly liked the warmth of females, it didn’t matter which species and, as they invaded the flesh of another, they gave off psychic pleasure vibes bringing the demon to a full satisfying orgasm. Once infected, there was no cure, no respite from the parasitic worms’ relentless occupation of every cell in her body. Any woman, once in contact with the recklessly handsome Trajien demon, was doomed to torturous agony until death offered its own relief.
    A soft wet mist dropped from unseen vents in the ceiling, settling on her pale skin, drying almost on contact, but none of them could have imagined the effect it would have on a species like hers, which no one believed still lived.
    Eva tried to listen but the unknown chemicals forcing their way into her unusual bloodstream frightened her beyond his belief. It began with a soft burning on the top levels of her cold skin, her face glowing pink, an unnatural color on her flesh. Her face was full of the fear she tried desperately not to show and, as Joshua noticed her unshed tears and soft shivering, he drew her into the protection of his arms, his chin resting on the top of her head.
    “It takes sixty seconds,” Joshua whispered softly into her hair, his voice something she could use to anchor herself. “One minute. Just relax. I won’t let anything happen to you.” But he couldn’t promise that. She was an Ice Witch, a species which had been wiped out, eradicated, supposedly, from the planet. Who knew what could happen with these strange chemicals her kind had never encountered.
    The soft hissing ceased and a flickering of the lights told them the procedure was over, but Eva’s troubles were just beginning. Her head lay against Joshua’s strong chest, his shirt soaked through from her tears as she failed to respond to his voice.
    “Go run the shower,” Josh commanded his brother as he pulled the woman’s dark jacket from her shoulders. There’d had been this reaction only once before and the parasitisyde had resulted in the woman’s death that time. No one wanted to repeat the experience.
    He lifted her easily into his arms, her soft protest no barrier to his determination, and carried her through his bedroom to the steamy bathroom. He pulled at her dark trousers and skimpy sleeveless top, leaving only a dark pair of panties on her body. He tried not to stare at the fullness of her breasts; the perfect amount of flesh to fit his hand, although he knew his brother had no qualms about staring at the semi-naked woman.
    “Go find out where Prince is,” Joshua hissed, his eyes narrowing at the liberties Noah was freely taking. “Stall him, keep him out of here.”
    The water was hot but cooler than his shower had been as he set the woman under the spray of steaming water. She gasped in stunned protest but her eyes were glazed and unfocused as he forced her to stay under the water. Cooling shower gel lathered in one hand, he held her up with the other as he began to wash the parasitisyde from her skin.
    “Let me go.” Eva’s eyes flashed open at the touch of his large hand on her trembling body.
    “You need to cleanse your skin,” he explained, the bubbles in his poised hand washing away under the stream of