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lenses moved over her, and he turned to Alveck. “Give me a regenerator.”
    Alveck handed the unit over, and Brex pressed it over the left side of her belly.
    “You caused an injury.”
    Alveck blinked. “I did?”
    “Left side, second ovary.”
    The medic checked his scans. “You are correct. Mistress, I am so sorry. I will not let it happen again.”
    Brex’s metal arms were around her protectively. “I will not let it happen again. The next time, I will be behind you the entire time.”
    Alveck paused. “Of course, Familiar.”
    Ty focused on what had just been said. “How many times do I have to do that?”
    Alveck seemed surprised. “Any time you are near ovulating. We will remove the eggs, and your cycle will begin again.”
    Brex tapped the table. “With one exception.”
    Alveck’s cheeks coloured. “Right. Of course, Familiar.”
    Ty slumped against Brex. Keeping still in that awkward position had been tiring. “How many did you get?”
    Alveck smiled at her with a bright grin. “Over a dozen samples. If even fifty percent are viable, we have a new genetic source.”
    Ty smiled weakly. “Great. Now, where are my clothes?”
    Brex held her still. “Remain where you are, Ty. The regeneration isn’t complete. You still have internal bleeding.”
    Ty nodded. “That sounds about right.”
    The anaesthetic was wearing off, and she could feel every route the extraction needle had taken. Ty breathed in and out in a controlled manner until Brex finished with the small hand-held unit.
    She twisted to look up at him, and her grip on awareness slipped away.
     
    * * * *
     
    “Alveck, get me an analgesic.” Brex rapped it out.
    “Why?”
    “Her nerves remember the trail that your instruments took. You are going to have to come up with another method of harvesting, or I will go to the elders about this.” Brex wanted to press a kiss to her forehead, but it wasn’t possible.
    When they confirmed that the eggs they had taken were viable, he would be able to claim his right as Familiar, and he would be allowed to meet her in his true body.
    Now that they were on Lrrko, he was more focused on her, not less. He had thought that his fascination with her would fade, but as he smoothed the hair from her forehead, he realised that she was becoming his life.
    “So, you are truly embracing your life as Familiar, huh?” Alveck handed him the analgesic and smiled at him.
    Brex looked at his gene-brother and nodded. “All those years of assignments were preparing me to deal with anything, and that is precisely what I am doing.”
    “You don’t think you will miss it?”
    Brex administered the shot and felt Ty relax against him. “At times I might, but the trade is more than fair.”
    “You are going to have to temper everything that you do to be with her. Will she accept that you are and have been an assassin?”
    Brex looked down at Ty, and his scanners showed him that she was in a natural sleep, not overwhelmed by pain. “She has accepted a lot in the last few weeks. She believes that I am a bot, so the stretch to living flesh shouldn’t be too awkward.”
    “Well, did you want to check on your body before you go?”
    Brex chuckled. “Since I am here, certainly. Bring me her clothing, and when she is dressed, I will head down to see myself.”
    “You are going to dress her?”
    “I am her Familiar. I take care of her needs. It is in the job description.” Brex chuckled.
    Alveck brought in the clothing while the rest of the medics went over the small tray with bits of Ty in it.
    Brex hoped that they found what they were looking for. If they found seeds of a new genetic line, Ty could have her natural heir with him as the father. She might not be enthusiastic about being with him, but he was her Familiar. He guarded her with his life, and no one would take that position from him.
     
    * * * *
     
    Brex was holding her, and Ty opened her eyes in time to see the body in cryo suspension in front of them. The