Chapter Thirty-One

Agatha waited until the rescue party left before she slipped into the bedroom to check on Kira.  She found her lying on her back with a pillow beneath her hips while silently weeping.

“I know, now, that my body does not need to be in love to enjoy coupling,” she said with a voice filled with shame.

“I understand,” Agatha said knowingly.  “Do not let it upset you like I let it upset me after I coupled with Marc.  Just be thankful Edwin was not here to witness it.”

“How you must have felt,” Kira said sympathetically.

“You?  Ye said you?” Agatha giggled.

“I am trying,” Kira said with a wan smile.

“He has you on the pillow to assure his seed takes,” Agatha observed.  “He is surprisingly knowledgeable of these things.”

“He said that once a male impregnates a female during the bonding ritual, the bond cannot be brok