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Cristof’s words had
caused was like a stab to the heart. She had wanted to throw up when Draven had
run a hand over her leg and she had scrambled out of his reach.
    “We still want you, Alex. I think
we always will. We just don’t want to form a bonded unit with you,” Draven had
said, truly perplexed by her reaction.
    Alexis had stumbled from their
bed, fleeing as fast as her feet would carry her. It had been two weeks later
when she finally saw them again. That was when they had approached her with the
offer to become their mistress. Their shock at her refusal had baffled her, and
so had their anger. Luckily, she had just completed her assignment and a few
days later she’d transferred to the Capital.
    To her surprise, a month later
she learned that Draven and Cristof had also requested a transfer to the
Capital. When she next saw them, both men had been furious at her for leaving
without telling them. She’d told them she was didn’t want anything to do with
them anymore, yet they’d continued to harass her. She had considered reporting
them, but pride held her back. It was one thing for them to have rejected her
so cruelly, but it was another to have everyone know what had happened.
    It had been several months now,
and although she’d done her best to avoid them, they still continued to pursue
her. She had hooked up with a couple men here and there when the loneliness had
become too much bear, but both times she had tried to start dating someone new,
Draven and Cristof had ruined it for her. Fed up, Alexis promised herself that
she would report them the next time they tried something, but she silently
prayed they would simply lose interest and leave her alone.
    All bonded units were not the
happy relationships girls dreamed of when they were young. The fact was, most
fertile females were claimed more for alliances than anything else. Basically,
the system sucked for all women. Those that weren’t fertile were overlooked,
but those who were then became a prize to be won with little say about who
claimed them.
    Once a fertile female came of
age, she was then declared claimable. Only females with powerful families or
connections were safe from being randomly chosen by men who wanted them. And
once the men had their initials tattooed on the face of their chosen, there was
little anyone could do to help the woman escape her bonded unit.
    Personally, Alexis thought the
entire pairing system sucked, even if it was put in place to help rebuild the
human race. But those who were actually chosen for love all but glowed with the
radiance of happiness that they felt, and that was what Alexis wanted more than
anything.
    To be that happy and complete.
    Pushing those depressing thoughts
aside, she watched the vehicles flying in straight lines in the sky while
others that chose to take ground routes drove down the streets as she used her
wrist unit to make a call to Commander Jax Spartan.
    Commander Spartan was one of
Earth’s greatest leaders and ran the Capital with an iron fist, all be it a
fair one. He was a man very few people were stupid enough to challenge, and he
used his authority to ensure that both members of the Alliance and citizens
were protected. He was always thoughtful and deliberate in his decisions, and
reported directly to the Alliance Council of Regents. The Regents were made up
of retired military commanders from all of the territories, and acted as the
governing body of the Alliance. The Regents looked at Commander Spartan as the
epitome of what an elite soldier should be, and he took their faith in him very
seriously.
    Alexis trusted and respected him,
but she also knew Jax on a different level. When she had gone through testing
after she turned ten, her fathers had disowned her upon hearing she was
infertile, claiming she was now useless. Her mother had died while giving birth
to her, and her fathers had never forgiven her for that. Left in the care of
the Alliance, she was sent to a one of the