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and me badly and has been instrumental in new legislative proposals of dual
lifemates.
However, why go after Cat? What could he ho pe to gain by harming her? I
would still
have to produce an heir for Gattonia, if not with Cat then with someone
else," Zorroc
stated.
Sycor blinked and asked, "What if you lifemated with Zana and then died
without
producing an heir?"
"Rule would go to Zana initially," Prolinc answered for his friend, "backed by
her
father, but, as an elder without a male heir , the rule would fall to another
house almost
immediately. So he would still have gained nothing, and I would ve nture
that his male
part no longer functions, so he could not produce one on his own."
"I could not help overhearing your discussion and would add my thoughts,"
Rosik
suggested, sauntering into the room to stand beside Cat's unmoving form. "I
was told you
had a bit of excitement down here and having a current lack of pressing
duties, decided to
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investigate. How are you f eeling Dee?" he asked, never taking his gaze from
Cat as he
reached out to graze the back his fingers lightly across her abdomen as if to
reassure
himself of her bundle's safety. At Zorroc's s udden attention, he produced an
unrepentant
smirk.
"I'm okay, but shouldn't Cat be coming around by now?" she focused on Carpov
and Angel.
"I have given her something to relax her, she should sleep for the next few
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hours,"
replied Carpov while checking Cat's vitals once again.
"How much did you overhear Rosik?" asked Prolinc.
"Enough to have formed my own theory," he retorted, smiling at the grim
faces
surrounding him. He continued. "What if Cat had been eliminated and Zorroc
mated
with Zana in addition to one of the other wo men or a female from a Lower
House? And
what if he produced an heir and then met with an unfortunate accident?"
Comprehension dawned on Zorroc's features and he ventured slowly. "The
child,
if born to a lower female or woman, could possi bly be granted to Zana to
raise. This
would never happen with a child from Catarina because of her Gattonian blood
and her
connection to the High House of Tuk. So if custody transferred to Zana and
something
then happened to me the rule would fall to Zana followed by the child, both
guided by the
hand of Dyfainius," he finished to absolute silence. "Zazu, and we cannot
prove any of
it."
Zorroc stared at his sleeping mate and be gan to formulate a strategy. He
stood
and approached, smoothing her hair that made her resemble Methuselah more
than his
flame, in its current state. Zazu, he had mi ssed her. While, initially, he
believed that by
denying their union, Cat would be better prot ected, a larger part of his
reasoning
condensed to his desire to free him from his manic fixation with her. Not
only had this
path failed to keep her safe, it had become the instrument of unrelenting
torture for him.
Zorroc dwelled in a self-imposed hell every minute he stayed away and
clearly, it had
done nothing to bank his raging desire. From now on, he w ould choose a
different tack.
If forever doomed to this obsession named Catarina, then he would rejoice in
it until
another time came. He would take her to his quarters and formalize their
union as
quickly as possible. He would halt all talk of duel matings and override
Dyfainius and all
current proposals put forth by him and his followers.
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Zorroc would first thwart and then trap him. They would never again have the
opportunity to get close to his mate. She be longed to him and he would hold
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her above
all others. The knot that had been squeezing his life force from him for the
past weeks
began to ease. He would rest peacefully for the first time since the Miramid
landed.
"Prolinc," Zorroc barked, startling the group. "Tonight take Rosik and
interrogate
the prisoners one at a time. We will let th em stew for the moment to
increase their
wariness, as well as the one who sent them.
"You will be the intimidator while Rosi k will act the facil itator; you know
the
information we require. By weeks end, I will have handled the High Council
one way or
another. All proposed legisl ation will be tabled perman ently and my union
with Cat
announced and formalized. Then we will proceed to trap the viper. The
Dargon
connection remains a mystery we must solve at all costs. We will meet
tomorrow after
you have rested and discuss our next move and review what you discovered from
the
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