Page 94 of Across The Stars
“You’re not a military captain anymore?”
“Investigative military. Combat ready, but mostly information hunting.”
I nodded. “Interesting.” Turning, I tried to fiddle with the door controls again, getting frustrated that the “lower” command wasn’t working anymore.
“How do you work this thing?”
“I locked it,” Vahko admitted. “And how do you know which command is which anyways?”
“Kori’kah nifirik sjek ili,” I grumbled, certain my accent was an insult to his language.
“Did you just curse at me?” he said.
“I have plenty more where that came from.”
I really didn’t…
Vahko stepped up behind me, pressing his chest against my back.
“You should be back on Earth by now if you were being smart,” he said.
“I’m not smart. We’ve established that. And anything is better than the shit life I had down there.”
“You’re being irrational.”
“And you’re being an absolute dick.”
He reached down, grabbing my wrists and lifting them over my head as his lips kissed the side of my neck. Fuck, it felt good. Way too good. My whole body responded like it was punishing me for not giving it release over the last three months. But that wasn’t my fault. Nothing turned me on anymore. Not enough to even think about touching myself.
Except for Vahko… and I didn’t even want to give his imaginary self the satisfaction of getting me off.
“I thought I could come here, drop off the syfer cells, and leave,” he said, kissing me again. “And then you had to walk onto the deck.”
“I work here,” I said, breathless as I rolled my head back to rest on his shoulder.
“And it torments me.”
“Then why’d you send me back here?”
“Because if you stay with me, the chances of you getting hurt are too high.”
“I could get hurt anywhere. So answer the damn question. Why’d you drop me back here?”
“You never said you wanted to stay.”
“I never said I wanted to leave.”
“Did you want to stay?”
I could hardly think as his hand slid around to my front, plunging down into my trousers to stroke my sex. I shuddered, not surprised at how wet I was. His foot nudged my legs apart and I complied, closing my eyes and savoring the touches I’d been craving so much.
“I wanted the option,” I said. “I wanted you to ask me. Hell, I would have loved if you tried to convince me because then I’d know you wanted me.”
“And if I told you I can’t settle down? The gek are a threat and there’s too much to be done. What would you say?”
“I’d say just fuck me already.”
43: Innifer
