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body—but that would have to wait. He lay down in the device and Ellie closed the lid on him.
    He was in pitch black for only a second before a soft white light started to emanate from the lid of the device. There was plenty of room inside where he could roll over if he needed to. He could bring his arms up and touch the lid in front of his face. A screen blinked on in front of him, a blue square with writing on it that he couldn’t read. Small pictures appeared along the bottom of the screen, each one having a word below it.
    “Scanning,” a female voice said quietly. The device beeped a series of beeps that reminded him of the med beds he had in the medical bay of the ship.
    When they’d been released, they were at the forefront of technology. When Tor’Arr had built his ship, he’d asked Manik what equipment he would need in the medical bay, and they were the first item he’d suggested. The ship had six of them. Manik could work on all the beds at once if he needed to.
    Warmth started to seep into him from the base of the device. He was sure the gentle warmth would be the perfect temperature for healing.
    “Heart rate... normal. Blood pressure... normal. Body temperature... normal,” the same feminine voice said.
    “There are no signs of injury or disease. Vitamin and mineral levels are all within safe parameters. No foreign contaminants are detected. Muscular tension levels are high, a massage is recommended. Please see a registered provider for your treatment. Thank you for using Health Pod.” The feminine voice stopped abruptly.
    Manik was impressed. Ellie had upgraded the scanning abilities. For the machine to be able to detect muscle tension, she’d done some serious work on the sensitivity of the scanners. Maybe she’d be prepared to give him the massage the device recommended. The thought of having her small soft hands moving over his body, easing his tension, almost made him groan out loud. He could almost feel her hand wrapped around his cock already, squeezing and stroking just the way he liked.
    The sound of raised voices penetrated the shell of Ellie’s device. Through the thick walls, he couldn’t make out what was being said, but it was obvious from the volume that Ellie was arguing with the man who had come to visit her.
    Manik debated with himself whether he should get out and be there for her. She’d stated that the man she claimed was her ex would be angry because he’d had to wait, and she’d had fear in her eyes when she tried to get him into the device. Manik didn’t like the idea of any man putting fear in her eyes, and he certainly didn’t like the idea of her being alone with that man.
    Making a decision he might later come to regret, Manik pushed on the lid of the device and heard Ellie say, “Let me go.”
    The lid of the device lifted slowly, bringing the ceiling into view. He sat up and saw Ellie and a tall man with his hands around her arms. Both of them were turned towards him—Ellie with shock on her face and the man with blatant anger.
    Manik wanted to rip those hands off Ellie and break every single finger that had touched her.
    “Elmertia, who is this man?” the tall man holding her demanded.
    “Take your hands off Ellie,” Manik demanded as he stepped from Ellie’s device.
    The man turned back to Ellie, demanding again, “Elmertia, who is this man?”
    “He’s just a friend I haven’t seen in a long time. He dropped in to say hello. Stadden, let me go.”
    Ellie’s voice had a note of hardness to it Manik had never heard from her before.
    It went a long way to calming him, knowing she didn’t want this man’s hands on her, knowing she didn’t still harbour feelings for him... but friends? That grated him. He didn’t want to be her friend. He wanted to be a lot more than that.
    “A friend? Why was he in your Health Pod? Where you trying to hide him?”
    He still hadn’t let Ellie go, and Manik wanted to walk over there and drag her from his hands, but