Amanda

Chapter Two:

I open my eyes to discover that I was in the medical wing aboard the USS Angus. Memories flooded my head and suddenly I remembered our mission, but why was I in the medical wing? What happened? We were supposed to be here for a conference. My first conference as his wife. As translator for the Ambassadors of Andoria and Teller.

I turned my head to see my husband sitting beside me, his thumb caressing my hand gently. I tightened my grip around his hand and managed a small smile, feeling an overwhelming surge of love and protection through my body.

"Sarek." I whispered, surprised by the drowsiness in my voice. "What happened?"

"You suffered an allergic reaction to some tree nuts given to you in the calming drink upon our arrival on the ship." It did calm me to hear how calm his voice was. Surly if I were going to die, I would hear some concern in his tone, right?

"What am I allergic to?" I asked, moving to prop myself up on my elbows.

"Doctor Montgomery advises that you stay how you are. She has expressed the importance of taking caution in all physical activity from now on".

As adjusted myself back down in the bed, I began to process a sore feeling in my throat and an aching feeling in my chest. I reached my hand up to my chest and cleared my throat, flinching from the ache from both my throat and my chest.

"What am I allergic to?" I repeated.

"Walnuts." he answered flatly.

Huh. Walnuts. Looks like I'll have to keep that in mind. Such a weird allergy, I thought.

"What about the conference. Have the Ambassadors arrived yet?"

"The conference has been postponed. The vessels carrying the Ambassadors of Andoria and Teller has been delayed due to an electrical storm. According to the Federation they will arrive in 13 hours' time."

"And why are you not in the conference room revising your notes?"

"There is adequate time for revision before the arrival of the Ambassadors."

Through our bond, he sent: Stay with my wife is more important than the revision of notes.

Words that made my heart warm. Suddenly the feeling to protect and love him intensified. I would kill anyone who touched him. Anyone who looked at him. He was my mate, my love. Finding his forefingers, I gently brushed my fingers along his, gasping lightly at the overwhelming sensation it produced. The feeling was stronger, much stronger than it ever had been, and it was truly overwhelming.

A deep sense of yearning rushed through my body, all the way to my toes. This feeling, the feeling of yearning, this protection… it was getting stronger and stronger. The beeping of my heart monitor began to become more frequent. The urge to grab the sides of his face and meld his mind with mine intensified. Would it even work? It had to. We were married now. It had to work for me, right? Right!

I began to shift in bed beginning to feel that I was crawling out of my skin. His scent, his mere presence… I needed it. I needed him. I needed to feel him. His mind with mine.

"Amanda?" I could see confusion in his eyes. As I held my hand up to his face, Sarek quickly pulled away as the door open.

Letting out a frustrated sigh, I felt as though I could have punched the person who interrupt. I looked over to see a young black-haired Asian male enter the room. In the same white doctor suit as Doctor Montgomery he walked to the bottom of the bed and took the chart from the bottom of the bed.

"Good evening, Mrs. Sarek. I am Doctor William Klein, how do you feel?"

Mrs. Sarek. Mrs. Sarek… that sounded so right. I found myself almost melting. A strong wave of passion radiating through my body. I was his. Yes, I was his. And he was mine. All mine…

"My throat aches and my chest aches."

"Those are normal effects from having anaphylactic shock." replied Dr. Klein "The feeling should go away in the next couple of hours. You were rather lucky that you collapsed right outside of the hospital wing. Doctor Montgomery was able to administer the medicine rather quickly."

"It is my understanding that the medicine given has been recently approved by the Federation, is this accurate." Sarek asked.

"Indeed," replied Dr. Klein "it was made to try and lessen the side effects from Epinephrine. It has been found the effects of Epinephrine can often be intensify when in space due to the gravitation changes and pulls in the atmosphere."

I nodded slightly "I see."

Taking my husband's hand into mine, I intertwined my fingers into his. This felt so right. There was an overwhelming feeling of calm that radiated through our bond. For some reason, Sarek felt the need to calm me. The feeling of calmness, however, only fueled the desire that raged through my body.

"Well, it clearly has done its job." I said, clearing my throat. I suddenly found myself shifting in the bed. This feeling, this overwhelming feeling seemed to be overtaking my body and I was starting to feel quite warm.

I heard a light voice from the doorway, where Dr Celina Montgomery stood with a tray of food.

"Very happy to see you awake and looking well, Lady Amanda. How do you feel?"

Her suit was tight. It was too tight. I suddenly felt anger boil in my stomach, I squeezed Sarek's hand and drew in a deep breath.

"I feel fine, thank you." I could hear the forced kindness. As the moments passed, I started to feel like I was crawling out of my body. I saw the sudden concern appear in her face and she quickly placed the tray of food on a nearby table. While I wanted to know what was possibly causing this, the sight of her looking at my husband suddenly sent my anger boil over. She was looking at Sarek. My husband. My Mate. He. Was. Mine.

Flinging the covers over my legs, I lunged immediately towards her. Wrapping my hands around her neck I pushed her back against the wall. Blind rage coursed through my veins as I began to squeeze my hands together "Get away from my mate!" I screamed.

Sarek grabbed me by the shoulders and pulled me off the gasping and coughing woman.

"Get away from my mate, you bitch!" I snarled.

He pulled me towards his body. His strong, muscular body. His scent, his touch, his body heat made me twirl around. Grabbing the sides of his face with both hands, I moved my fingertips to the pi points. Just as my fingers caressed the points, he swiped my hands away and suddenly my body fell hard onto the bed.

"Take me." I groaned. "Please."

The heat. The heat. I felt the sweat drip down my temples.

Sarek grabbed my wrists as I tried to get up. When I opened my eyes, I found his face inches away from mine. I leaned forward and crushed his lips against mine which he quickly pulled away from. I reached my mind out to his and begged him as I tried to break free from his grasp and the grasps of the many white jumpsuits now in the room. This was indeed torture. This was painful.

Please. Take me. I begged through our bond. Please. Please.

I felt a sharp sting in the thigh. My body relaxed and darkness soon overwhelmed me.