He curled his fingers into fists to stem the urge to drag her back to him.“Where—”
“Come.”A beautiful smile blossomed across her pink lips.“Have Qaff scan you.”
“Why?”he asked, adjusting his armor’s temperature in a silly attempt to cool his arousal.
“You, my doubtful Cylo, need facts to believe.”She left him standing there.
“Believe what?”he muttered.That she was an oddity?A mystery?
“Qaff, tell me, why can I now sense emotions?”She leaned over the bed, resting on her elbows as she waited for Qaff to respond.The position angled her backside in a sensual way, snatching Cylo’s focus repeatedly.
“What did you say, milady?”Qaff took out his med-gun.“Could you not do so before?”
“No.You’re intrigued, puzzled, and amazed.”She patted her chest.“And eager to unravel this new development.”
“I am indeed.”He chuckled.“The chemicals are flipping through your genetic code like a damu’s game.Hence your uncertain eye color.”
“My what?”she gasped, then crossed the med bay to peer into the reflective surface above the counter.“My eyes.”Her pulse ticked at the base of her jaw.“Lilac skin; now this?How are my organs?”
“They are well, if not more efficient.”Qaff summoned a graph flickering up and down.“The chemicals toy only with your code—”
“As if it’s searching for something specific.”She growled.“To make humans compatible with Yithians and Maloidians.”
“And perhaps incompatible with Etterians,” Cylo said.
“Losing humans as our Dar Eths would doom our species to a dwindling death.”Qaff grimaced.“You may be correct, Cylo.”
“I made Cylo kiss me,” she said like they were discussing their next meal.“Check his void, Qaff.It hasn’t worsened.”
“Truly?”Qaff’s brow furrowed in thought.“Although, more than a kiss might be needed to affect the void’s expansion.”
“It shrank,” Cylo muttered, too low for Wren to hear.
“Impossible,” Qaff snapped, circling medical to run his med-gun over Cylo.“Status marked.Kiss milady again.”
Cylo ached to but not with an audience.
She looped her arms around his neck, pressing her body to his as she rose onto her toes.He grabbed her hips, lifting her in place, then lowered his head.This time, he took each second gifted to him to explore every corner of her delectable mouth.The soup’s flavor had vanished, intensifying the essence of her.He succumbed, needing everything about her to fill him, like a light eradicating darkness.
“Mm,” Qaff hummed.“Unusual.Since you have not knelt for her, she is not your Dar Eth, yet she affects you as if she is.”
Cylo drew away, pressed his temple to hers, and sucked in ragged breaths.
“While Qaff tries to figure out what the hell’s happening to me and you, let’s see how Hiossu’s doing?”Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes glazed.“And if you could hide some of that arousal, I’d appreciate it.”
Chapter Fourteen
Appreciate?Wrenalmostscoffed.The man had no idea what he’d ignited in her.Wow.She tingled better than any splice buzz.And where he ran his hands, from between her shoulder blades to clasp her butt cheeks, her senses were on high alert.Need consumed her core, drenching her fresh panties.She shouldn’t be reacting to him this potently.They’d kissed twice.Her first peck hadn’t counted.And if what Qaff had said was true, she’d get to be horizontal with Cylo soon.Her nipples pinged in eagerness.
“I smell your arousal, Wren.”His breath feathered across her ear.
“I can’t control it,” she said, then glanced at him, almost brushing her mouth across his, he was that close.“Do you want me to not be aroused, Cylo?”
Navy and neon swirled in his eyes, like the forming of a dwarf star.“I want you as you are, whatever that may be.”
“Good answer,” she said, then gestured to the common.“Lead the way.”
He did, his tight ass still in damp uniform.Why didn’t that bother him?She’d itch to change into dry clothes.When she’d stripped, she hadn’t bothered to check whether he snuck a peek.The conviction and determination controlling his desire were admirable.Damn, knowing people’s emotions sucked and didn’t at the same time.She’d have liked a bit of mystery when he was too obvious.Still, the certainty of their attraction was also calming.She didn’t need to worry her advances would be rebuffed or he was just stringing her along.Although, she doubted Etterians played those kinds of games.
