Page 66 of Stars in Nova

She jolted and instinctively arched her back.

He growled in satisfaction and pinched the aching nubs.

‘Nada,’ she groaned and, with a twist, attempted to wrench herself from him.

‘Kisan, please,’ she murmured, her heart pounding.

Kisan’s lips twisted into a wry smirk. ‘I can keep this going. I won’t let up until I see my mask.’

‘You’re relentless,’ she said, her clit still pulsing. ‘So am I. This is my fight, my world.’

He grinned, eyes flicking to his wrist.

Where a jewel sat embedded into his skin.

She’d seen it before and assumed it was one of his embellishments.

It was not, for she tagged the shimmer of a silver cloud emanating from it.

‘Thefokk?’

She didn’t have the chance to say more when she was enveloped by a glittering shroud that melded into her suit, worming its way into the folds of her armor.

She gasped as the synth fabric stiffened into a rock-hard prison.

She tried twisting her arm but was unable to.

He grinned. ‘My noids have immobilized your armor. Sound familiar?’

‘Fokkoff.’

‘You’re the one whofokkedaround beautiful,’ he growled. ‘Playin’ dirty with the one man in all Pegasi who can play the dirtiest.’

‘I’m so sorry,’ she uttered, heart aching, voice soft. ‘However, if you have an iota of compassion in you, which I know you do, having studied you on Eden II, you’ll hear me out. Perhaps even be persuaded to our cause.’

He arched a brow, scoffed, and sucked his teeth. ‘Fokkoff, woman.’

‘Please,’ she pleaded.

Silence fell between them, his cold eyes raking hers.

He closed his for a moment, lost in thought.

When he opened them, he gave her a searching look from head to toe. ‘You violated my trust, woman.’

‘I hate that I had to,’ she whispered. ‘It won’t happen again. Let me show you why I did it.’

Kisan’s lips curled into a smirk despite his predicament. ‘You’d better have a damnfokkin’ plausible explanation.’

‘I do,’ she murmured.

He sucked his teeth, eyes hard.

At the same time, the glittering cloud of tiny receptors rose from her suit and melded back into his armor, releasing her from his lock.

She freed her hands, gripped one of his, and led him deeper into the caverns.

Glowing Spinels

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