like a good time to rest.
She woke up with Yr-el washing her hair. They were in the huge bathroom, and she was seated on a stool while his fingers massaged her scalp.
She couldn’t look down with his hands controlling her head, so she slid a hand up her ribs, waiting for the hard and almost metallic feel. Normal skin was in its place. She felt the hot tears trickle down her cheeks as she inhaled deeply and exhaled, using more than just the one and a quarter lung that had previously been at her disposal.
Yr-el said, “Lean your head back.”
He took a spray nozzle and carefully rinsed her hair. “You were only out for thirty minutes. Impressive.”
She chuckled. “I always did bounce back quickly.”
He gently moved through her hair with the jets of water. “You have a very strong constitution.”
“So I have been told.” She inhaled and exhaled again. “That feels so weird.”
“What does?”
“Breathing.”
He turned the water off and worked to wring out her hair before wrapping it in a towel. “Breathing?”
“Yeah. I don’t remember the feeling of actually feeling energized while inhaling and exhaling. It has always been a bit of a fight.”
He wrapped his arms around her and picked her up. The bed had been changed since she had laid down with him. She suspected that she knew the issue.
“Things got gross, huh?”
He shrugged. “It was a side effect of the pain. Nothing that couldn’t be tidied up while I bathed you.”
She sighed. “Sorry.”
He settled her on the bed and that is when she became aware of his own lack of clothing. He curled up next to her and held her against him. “Just get some rest, Styra.”
“You are not the boss of me.” She mumbled it against his chest.
“Yes, I am. Today, I am definitely the boss of you.” He chuckled and rubbed her back.
She wanted to pick some kind of fight, but she was exhausted.
His chest was warm, his hands were warm, she felt like she had just climbed the interior of the station, so it was time for a rest.
She woke up at her normal five in the morning. Yr-el had rolled to one side, so she slipped to the dispenser in the bathing room and ordered a bodysuit. She slipped into it in the dark, and when she crept toward the door, she heard, “Where are you off to?”
She turned, and red eyes were glowing in her direction. “I have to go to work today.”
“Come here.”
She walked toward him cautiously. He held out his hand and pulled her down to him. He threaded a hand into her hair and pulled her to him for a kiss.
His tongue slid along hers, and he wrapped his hand around her back and flattened her against him. She moaned and ran her hands down his chest before she realized that she had to be at work in half an hour. She pressed against his chest and broke the kiss. She gasped, “I have to get to work.”
His red eyes narrowed. “I want you to stay.”
“I want to stay, too, but I have to get to work. I will be free in nine hours.”
He sighed. “Fine. Your passes are in the drawer next to the vid.”
She blinked and stared at him. “When?”
“They were delivered here while we were at dinner. Mbrak ordered someone to bring them.”
“So, he knows I was here?”
He gave her a droll look. “Of course, he did.”
“Great. That won’t make work awkward.” She tried to pry herself free. “If I can get to work. I appear to be stuck on something.”
He smiled. “One more kiss, and I will let you go for the day.”
She narrowed her eyes and kissed his lips, brushing her mouth against his and flicking her tongue against him. He held her tight to him and slid his thigh between hers. He pressed it firmly against the juncture of her thighs while he rocked her hips against him.
She gasped, and his tongue started to thrust and retreat as he gripped her hips and moved her against him. Her body took up the beat, and she flexed her hips on him, her clit enjoyed the friction and pressure, and she felt the rush of heat a moment before she shivered and bucked against him.
He continued the slow grind of her hips against his thigh, and she twitched and shuddered with every aftershock.
He broke the kiss and leaned back, his dragon’s eyes were smug. “Now you can go and have a good day.”
She slammed her