Shock slammed Shanna so hard her legs wobbled and if she wasn’t still gripping the door, she was sure she would have ended up on her ass. Her hand tightened painfully on the knob she now gripped in a death hold. Berrr was naked where he sat against the headboard with tons of pillows behind him and six naked Zorn women sat or lay on the massive bed near him.

Berrr’s blue gaze locked with Shanna’s and he slowly frowned at her, staring, until she tore her horrified gaze from his. She met the eyes of each one of the women she’d met so far and glanced at a few new faces, knowing in her gut that these were all of his house helpers. They were all naked, in bed with Berrr, and as her gaze flew over his body, she vouched that yes, he was totally naked too.

“Shanna?” Berrr moved on the bed, a firm frown in place while he inched around a woman sprawled on her side next to him. “What is wrong?”

She had forgotten to breathe, Shanna realized, as she gasped in a large breath, having to take a few deep ones just to not pass out. Her horrified look locked again on Berrr as he literally had to lift one naked body out of his way to reach the side of the bed to get off it. He was frowning at her when he stood up and started to walk toward her.

“Are you ill? You are so pale. Do you need me to call a healer?” He walked closer, looking alarmed and totally butt-assed naked.

Her gaze lifted from his semi-erect cock, up to his buff chest, to his beautiful glowing blue eyes. Not five minutes ago he had been in her bed, telling her he wanted her, and now he appeared ready to have a one-man orgy with six women in the next room from her. Shock melted into rage when Berrr reached out to touch her and that movement finally jerked her out of her stupor of shock.

Shanna jumped back out of his reach, nearly tripping on the trailing sheet wrapped around her body. Her hand moved without her thinking about it, blocking his hand, and hit it hard enough to cause her pain where her wrist connected, knocking his hand away. She glared into his eyes, watching his expression change from alarm to confusion.

“Shanna?”

“You son of a bitch.”

He took a step back, looking confused still. “I know this term is an insult.” Shanna spun, storming out of his room. She was so angry she bounced into the doorframe of her open door, missing the opening partly, and cursed a blue streak as she stepped inside after bumping hard into the half-open door, and then spun around with the intent to close it once she was back in the room. Berrr was behind her in the hallway, a big dim shadow. Shanna glared up at him, gripping her door.

“I want to be taken to Oval tomorrow. I’m not living with you anymore.” She slammed the door closed in his face and spun around, storming for the shower.

No amount of water is going to make me feel clean but I’m sure as hell going to try. That perverted son of a bitch is doing all of his house helpers. Not only is he doing them, they all were doing each other probably since they were all in bed together naked. She heard her door open behind her and she spun around to glare in shock that the bastard would dare come after her.

Berrr stormed into her room, looking at the bed first, not seeing her in the shadowed room until his gaze darted around to lock on her by the bathroom door. He growled deep in his throat with a thunderous expression on his face while both of his hands clenched into fists at his sides.

“What have I done to anger you?”

Her mouth opened and then slammed closed. She spun and stormed into the bathroom. She would have tried to find a light but it automatically came on when she stepped into the room. She tore the sheet from her body in her haste and marched for the shower stall. Stepping over the rim, she closed her eyes, lowered her head and threw her arms up. Water poured down on her.

“You choose now to get clean?” Berrr was in the bathroom behind her and he was snarling when he spoke. “Do you need a healer?”

“What I need,” Shanna almost yelled, “is for you to get the hell out of my room and leave me alone until you get Oval here to take me home with him.”

“You chose me.”

Shanna scrubbed at her skin, trying to wash away the memory of Berrr’s mouth on her body, his hands and of him in general. As he growled from the doorway of the bathroom he was making it impossible for her to ignore him. She threw her head back, allowing water to pour down her face. She opened her mouth, let water fill it and then spit it out when she lowered her head. She threw her arms up to prompt the water to stop coming down.

Wiping at her eyes, she turned, purposely ignoring the huge naked jerk in her bathroom doorway. She bent, grabbed the sheet up and used it to angrily dry her skin.

She bent again to use the sheet to squeeze at her blonde hair so she could get most of the water out.

“Shanna? Why aren’t you speaking to me?”

She straightened and glared right at Berrr. “Here’s an Earth saying for you to learn.

If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. I have nothing to say to a sick, perverted, disgusting asshole. Now move the hell out of my way. I’m going to borrow some of your wife’s clothing and first thing in the morning I’ll be waiting by the front door for Oval to come get me.”

Bright blue eyes glowed with rage. “You chose me so you will not bound to Oval, Shanna. You are mine.”

“You’re nobody’s, Berrr. I’m sorry, Hyvin. I won’t call you Berrr ever again.” Crossing his arms over his chest, he glared at her. “You are angry.”

“You think?” She glared at him. “Wow, score one for the big ape. Now move the hell out of my way.”

He didn’t budge an inch. “What is perverted?”

“You are. You’re a sick, twisted, perverted son of a bitch.”

“I’m not ill and my mother was not an animal so I’m not what you claim.”

“Oh trust me, you are. I can’t believe I let you touch me. That was a huge damn mistake and it will never happen again.”

He glared at her and then his mouth opened as his features went slack. “It was the women.”

She just gaped at him.

“You got upset seeing me with the house helpers.”

“Holy hell. You are a general? A Hyvin? Man, your planet is screwed if you’re supposed to be one of your worlds finest and brightest.” A snarl tore from his lips, his arms went to his sides and fisted hard enough that his knuckles went white. “You are lucky you are a female or I would make you pay for that great insult. I offered to give you their duties but you told me you didn’t want to take them, that you wanted everything to remain the same. They sleep in my bed with me every night. I offered to sleep in yours with you alone but you told me to go to my bed.