Page 9 of Ice Princess

Chapter 6 ~Blade

“It is hard sitting this close to her as we research breathing in the smell of her skin. Every time our arms brush it sends a sizzle up my arm. I don’t know how much longer I will be able to resist the pull of her.” Blade is not a man that usually resists. He goes for what he wants. The more he is with her, the more he knows that this is it for him. They are going to be together now all he has to do is convince her.

“It looks like from the information coming in from Africa that it infects the host cells much like Ebola but then there is the twist that comes from this other virus DNA that they have spliced into the original Ebola virus. I hate to say anything positive about the monsters that made this, but the virus is truly a beautiful piece of work. Deadly and horrible, but a master piece of engineering and science.”

“Do you have any idea how we might develop a serum to combat this?” He asks looking over at her. He can’t take his eyes off of her. Even in all the PPE gear, she is beautiful.

“No, but there might be something we can do involving the protein envelope. We will need antibodies from one of the infected and then maybe we can work out something. Is there any way that I can have contact with this Dr. Owens, the man on the ground in Africa?”

“I think I can arrange that. The reception is a bit spotty out there, but I am sure that we can work something out.”

“That would be great maybe he has some insight that we can’t glean from this research or that he hasn’t had time to upload yet.”

She scoots her chair back and rolls her neck. They have been sitting at this desk for hours going over the research and bouncing theories off of each other.

“It’s time for a break I am starving may I buy you dinner?”

Her eyes are wary, but she nods and shows him to the staff break room. They have delivered supplies via elevator to the people quarantined. They may be stuck up here for a while, there is no telling how fast the team will be able to come up with a serum to fight the virus. They will be quarantined at least two weeks to make sure no one is an asymptomatic carrier.

Ravens tests as well as most of the other staffs have come back negative for the virus. When we received the news an hour ago Blade found her breathing out a sigh of relief. In the very small amount of time that he has known her, Blade has fallen for Dr. Raven Ballenger and it was a huge relief to know that she wasn’t infected. Now he just had to convince her to give in to the heat between them.

He looks over at her as she takes a bite of her sandwich and grins. He knows she feels the same heat that he does, he saw how her skin pebbled at the brush of his arm.

They finish up lunch and he waits for her to stand.

“Raven, I know you can feel the attraction between us, and if this is something that you don’t want, I need you to tell me now.”

“I can’t focus on my personal life right now Blade, my friends are dying.”

“We can’t work on this problem 24/7 we need to rest let out brains run through the probabilities. I just need to hear you say that you are feeling the same way that I am.” He is close to her now, his breath whispering across her lips.

Blade watches as her lips part and her pink tongue darts out to moisten those lips.

“Blade I….”

The door to the break room swings open, and he steps back. Her reaction was all he needed to know she wants him as much as he wants her. She is right finding a cure is more important than the way that they feel right now, but they are both going to have to blow off some steam in the next two weeks. He knows exactly how he would like to accomplish that.

They walk out of the break room and find the hallway deserted he grabs her arm, “We will finish this conversation later Raven. I mean to have you.”

She looks me in the eye, “You will only have me as you put it if I allow it.”

Blade nods, “I would never force you, but you need to know I always get what I want.”

There is fire in her blue eyes as she narrows them at him, “You should know I always get what I want, and I am not sure that means you.”

She puts her mask and goggles back on before marching down the hall to patient zero’s room.

A slow smile crosses his lips. She can fight all she wants, but he knows she is feeling this attraction between them and with these close quarters she will eventually cave.

He finds a little spring in his step as he follows her down the hallway. He may not be a patient man, but for this he can wait. He had a feeling that she isn’t going to be able to hold out long.

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