Page 14 of Touch the Stars
“Fine.If you feed me—good,unpoisonedfood—I’ll listen.”
He jerked his chin forward in a “s’up” gesture.“I agree.”
He stepped back and lowered her until her stocking feet touched the floor, then took a step back.Guess fun time was over.Too bad.
“Great.Okay.”She braced her butt against the wall, lifted her left foot, then pushed it into her shoe.“I need my other shoe.”
He moved around the bed.“Understand that you are not a prisoner.All areas of the cruiser are accessible to you, unless you give me cause to change my mind.Come with me.”
All right, now they were getting somewhere.“What about my sister?You need to free her too.”
“I do not know your sister, where she is, or what condition she is in.”He scooped up her other shoe, then jerked his arm back like he was going to quarterback it at her head.
“Ack!”She raised her arms to protect herself.
A warm chuckle came from his direction, and she lowered her arms partway.The jerk was grinning like he’d gotten one over on her.Which he had.
“Shit for brains.”She reached out as he underhanded the shoe to her.
“My brains are not feces.”His grin had dimmed, but still teased the corners of his full lips enough to signal he wasn’t completely insulted.
“Jury’s still out on that one.”She slipped on her other shoe, then padded around the bed as she brushed her fingers over the stud-like earring stuck in her left lobe, then followed the attached chain upward to the cuff.A stud, a chain, and a cuff, but nothing else?
“Wait a minute.Where are my earrings?”She touched the fingers of her right hand to her other ear.All of those were still there.“Youtookthem?”
That sounded more accusatory than she’d meant, even to her.
“No.”Not Big Foot reached into a small pouch on his belt.“I kept them safe for you.”
“Oh.”Well, now she looked like an ass.
She held out her hand so he could drop the four missing earrings into her palm.As he pulled his hand back, his fingertips brushed over hers.An electric tingle shot up her arm, and she barely managed not to jerk her hand back.What the hell was that?She snapped her gaze up in time to see his eyes widen.Had he felt it too?He must have, because he was looking at her like she’d caused the spark.
“Um, thanks.”She carefully slid her jewelry into the pocket of her shorts, then touched her fingers to her throat.
The delicate metal “Sisters” charm was still there.Relief rushed through her.Losing her earrings was one thing, but losing her last tangible connection with Kris…that would suck balls.
“Come.”He about-faced, then strode toward the opposite wall as if she’d just follow along.
Better not expect me to sit, stay, or roll over too.
Her stomach gurgled.Right.Food time.All she had to do was listen while she ate, like a good little…non prisoner.Then she’d try reasoning with him, since demanding hadn’t worked.Maybe he’d listen to a well-thought-out argument.
“Neltai,” he murmured.Whatever that meant.
The hot alien walked straight into the wall and fucking disappeared!
“Whoa,shit.”She stopped dead in her tracks.
That wasnotnormal.People didn’t just walk through walls.Not even dumbass aliens who abducted unsuspecting humans without asking.
Not Big Foot stepped back through the wall, the corners of his mouth pulled down in a disapproving frown.“Do you wish to stay here?”
“N-no.How…how did you do that?”
He tipped his head to one side.“Do what?”
“Walk through a fucking wall!”
