Talyn didn't like lying to her parents, but she did it for a very good reason. She had conspired with her cousin, Zella to find her birth mother. Not that she actually wanted to see her, but Athra was being difficult regarding the divorce and adoption. It was something that she had to do if her parents were ever going to marry.

They knew Athra would most likely be at the markets and Zella thought it would be safer for Talyn to confront her publicly.

Talyn and Zella walked through the markets, scanning the stalls to find Athra. A woman whom she had met before smiled at her. Talyn remembered her as a friend of her grandmother. The woman nodded towards a stall down aways from her own. They spotted Athra laughing and joking with another woman, something that deeply irritated Talyn.

Zella could sense Talyn's apprehension. With a supportive hug, she nudged her towards Athra's direction. "Go on. You are doing this for Skrain and Raina."

Talyn nodded and pulled her shoulders back as she strolled towards the stall. "Hello, Athra." She said, politely.

Athra seemed surprised by her daughter's presence. "You address me as, mother." She said, sternly. "I am your mother, after all."

"Raina is my mother." Talyn corrected. "You are just the one who birthed me."

"So, you father has managed to keep the Human?"

"Yes, as you well know. Your bitterness is aging you, Athra."

Athra barked out a laugh. "Sweet, quiet Talyn, how very bold of you."

"Mother has taught me to express my feelings." Talyn smirked.

"Your father is still my husband. He'll have to wait until I'm buried before he can marry his new whore."

"You abandoned us when Jacen became sick. We meant nothing to you for years. Why hold onto to something you've already lost?"

"Because your father doesn't deserve happiness." Athra spat with so much venom, that Talyn knew the real reason for it.

"So, because your miserable, everyone one else has to be?"

"What is it about this Human?" Athra sneered. "People fawn over her as if she is special."

"She is special." Talyn corrected. "She treats people with kindness, no matter who they are. When Jacen was sick, she was there for us with love and affection."

"All of this could go away if your father and "mother" would give me the money I want."

There it was! The reason why she was being so difficult. "You think father would give you anything?"

"He would he wants to marry the Human as much as he claims."

Raina blazed through the markets to find Talyn. She couldn't believe the stupidity of Zella for convincing Talyn to meet her mother.

In the distance, she could see Talyn looking calm and composed. Raina gave her a moment to calm down before she walked over to her. "Talyn, everything ok?" She asked.

"Oh, Hi mum." Talyn squeaked in surprise. She was relieved to see that Raina wasn't angry, just worried. "Everything's fine."

Raina kissed her daughter on the forehead. "I'll be over the other side if you need me." It pained Raina to walk away but it was something Talyn had to do on her own.

Athra studied the Human carefully. It seemed that Raina did care for the children that Athra didn't want. She thrust a datapad at Talyn. "Don't come running when it all goes wrong."

Talyn grinned. "Don't worry, we won't." She picked up the datapad and ran towards her mother. "Mum, she signed it."

Raina pulled her daughter into a crushing hug. "I'm so proud of you, birdie."

"Shall we go home?" Talyn asked.

"Your dad is with the babies and the boys are out, let's do some girl things."

Raina and Talyn had arrived home hours later as Dukat were happy to spend time with his youngest children.

The house was quiet when they arrived, so they assumed that the babies were asleep. Raina crept into the bedroom and the scene that greeted her had totally melted her heart. Dukat was on the bed, snoring quietly as three five-month-old babies were draped all over him.

Zoran was snuggled up beside him with an arm securing him in place. Ayla was half on his stomach with her legs on the bed. Maya was on his chest properly with one of her tiny feet pushed against his nose.

Raina snuck on to the bed, resting against his side. She carefully moved Ayla into the space between her and Dukat and moved Maya's foot. Despite her gentle movements, Dukat woke up, momentarily confused. "Hey, lover."

He smiled at her and was immediately gifted a kiss. "What's that grin for?"

"Just grinning at how adorable you look when covered in our babies."

Dukat was about to reply when Maya suddenly kicked out against his face. "Maya takes after you."

"You mean, she enjoys causing you pain?"

"Yes, I still have your nail marks in my back to prove it."

"Tis your own fault. Shouldn't do me so well." Raina gave him a long, lingering kiss, nipping at his lower lip as she pulled away. "Let's get the babies to bed and we can practice for our wedding night next month."

"Get the babies down and I'll run the bath."

Raina chuckled, knowing exactly what he was after. He enjoyed it when she washed his scales and Raina enjoyed doing it. She had been doing it for years after she first discovered that a Cardassian's scales could get uncomfortable if not taken care of. Dukat expected her to be repulsed but she wasn't. It was one of those intimate things that they only shared with each other. She washed his scales and he washed her hair and massaged her feet. They never hid anything from the other.

Once the babies were settled for the night, Raina headed into their private bathroom. Dukat was already in the bath, looking extremely comfortable and pleased with himself. "What's that smirk for?" Raina asked as she stripped off her clothes.

"You're nearly my wife."

"Hmmm." She agreed. She climbed into the bath, getting into her place behind him. Her hands immediately set to work on his scales. "I think I'll enjoy being Mrs Dukat."

He let out a low rumble from his chest at the mere mention of her taking his name. He didn't expect her to drop to the Cavendish name once they married, since their youngest children had the name and the oldest children intended to take the name officially.

"Imagine it." She whispered in his ear. "How I ride you hard as you scream my name."

"Or how I make you beg."

"Maybe, I'll make your friends address me as "Mrs Dukat" in your presence. Then you can fuck me senseless in your office."

"I've been asked many times if I'd be willing to share. Them knowing that I have you bent over my desk screaming would make me very happy."

Raina nudged him, splashing water in his face. "Excuse me? You mean every time I'm in headquarters, your friends and colleagues are gearing up to fuck me?"

"That about sums it up."

Raina chuckled. "Oh, how I am going wind those fuckers up."

"How do you plan on doing that?" He asked as the bliss of her hands hard at work washed over him.

"Tomorrow, I will arrive at headquarters when you normally meet with your colleagues and friends. I will then proceed to demand that you fuck me in your office, because I'm so horny I can't wait for you to get home."

A burst of laughter escaped him. One of the reasons why he loved her so much was her naughty sense of humour. "You are a bad woman, Ambassador."

"That is why you love me so much."

Dukat turned and pressed his hands against the side of the tub, hovering his body over hers. He pressed his lips against hers, kissing her in the way always made her go weak. "I love you, Mrs Dukat." He whispered as his lips ghosted hers.

Raina caught his lower lip in her teeth, giving it a gentle tug. "I love you, lover. Take me." She turned and pressed her backside against his crotch. "I love how he's always ready for me?"

He wasted no time in entering her, pulling her hips back as he slipped into her fully. She felt like bliss and every time felt like the first time. The natural energy they shared always felt so much stronger when they were bonded in that way.

He pushed her hair aside, peppering her back and shoulders with gentle kisses as he moved in and out of her. "You have completed my life." He whispered in her ear.

Raina caught his eyes in the reflection of the mirror in front of them. She could see his love for her. She could feel it following through him to her and it was so strong that she felt like she couldn't breathe. She closed her eyes and opened her mind to him to show him the depth of her love for him.

Dukat felt weightless and his scales were on fire with energy. It felt like the universe had been stripped, leaving only them. For the first time ever in his life, he couldn't contain his emotions. He buried his face into her neck and sobbed just as she did. "Beg." He demanded.

"Please."

He increased his movement, snapping her hips back to meet his. He caught her reflection in the mirror, and he could see her raw natural beauty. Her face was flushed with a pink tinge. Her hair was damp and sticking to her face. Her eyes were heavy with love and lust. How he worshipped her.

Raina pressed her hand against his reflection in the mirror and immediately his hand was on top of hers. "Harder." She pleaded. She ached for climax and her body felt heavy from the already relentless fucking that he treated her to.

Never one to deny his wife's request, he pressed down hard on her and his fingers found their way to her clit. He teased and pounded her until her vagina clamped down him and she cried out his name, broken sobs escaping her. Moments later, he found his own release, coming inside of her and letting out guttural cry.

They stayed together for a while until Dukat could feel his wife's emotions in her body as she sobbed quietly. He got out of the bath and wrapped a towel around himself, then he did the same for Raina. He carried her lovingly into their bedroom and together they lay for what felt like hours until both of their emotions had settled.

He gently kissed her nose and brushed away the hair that fallen in her face. "Are you ok?"

She nodded. "My emotions got the better of me." She sighed. "Skrain, what did you think when you first met me?"

"That you were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I lost myself to you that day." He admitted. It was true. He had never met someone so beautiful and so unforgettable. "You?"

"You were the only one I could truly see." She reached up a hand and caressed his face before her fingers wove into his hair. "Many times, in the beginning of us, I thought it needed to end, but I always ended back with you. The night you told me you loved me; I knew you were only one."

He held her close to him as he did every night, making sure that no nightmare broke into her mind as she slept.

He always felt something was missing from his life. That feeling went away 5 years ago.

In a month, he could boast that she was his and he was hers.

"Skrain?" Her sleepy voice broke the darkness of the night.

"Hmmm."

"Damar thinks we made a sex video?"

"That explains why he was snooping around my office. But why would he think that?"

"Because I told him we did."

Laughter ripped free from Dukat as he pinned his mischievous wife to be on the bed. "You are a bad woman, Mrs Dukat."