Mauve unleashed a delicate shout, and Grey's eyes flickered because that was probably the loudest sound he had ever heard come out of her. It wasn't even particularly loud by normal standards, but there was something about hearing that usually soft voice strained like that which immediately sent Grey's thoughts in a direction they had absolutely no business going.
He would have liked to hear that sound again, preferably over and over and over, but he shook his head before his lower brain could finish building the rest of the fantasy.
The blood inside The Eternal's body suddenly tore free, and Grey's amusement vanished beneath a flash of understanding.
He had initially assumed Mauve was struggling because she was trying to control the blood of a Dominion Class existence, but that wasn't the whole story at all, because despite The Eternal's vacant gaze and ruined body, his blood was still moving with purpose.
