in touching distance. He felt her moist breath on his lips.
Against his will, visions of her naked and on her knees as she serviced him with that mouth slammed to the forefront of his mind. His cock strained against the opening of his pants, fully onboard with the idea.
“Garik?” Her voice still held a sleepy note.
Confusion lit her gaze, her brows forming a small crease in the middle. Shifting about, she placed her hands on his chest, arched up a bit and drew her knees forward until she straddled him. Right in touching distance of his prominent arousal. The move had the added benefit of thrusting her breasts directly in his face, the outline of her nipples daring him to suck them.
It would be all too easy to do that and more. Garik groaned and mentally chastised himself for his thoughts. Before he could predict her actions, Saedra reached up and brushed back the hair falling over his brow. Garik caught her wrist. Her soft gasp set his cock ablaze.
“Sorry. I...I just—” She tugged against his hold, her lips curling in an adorable snarl when he didn’t release her.
Dim lighting from an artificial generator on the moon base depicting morning filtered through the single window and allowed him to see her face burn fiery red in a flush that dipped down the slope of her throat. A throat he’d like to bite and kiss and suckle and many other things that would dirty up her innocent act.
If it was indeed an act. So far, her every action and reaction was that of a naive woman with a propensity for touch. It would take Garik a while to get used to that. The touch part that was, if he let himself believe she wasn’t a liar and this wasn’t a trap of some sort.
Her gaze dipped to his mouth and the thumping pulse at her throat beat a rapid tattoo. Tension increased as they stared into one another’s eyes. It wouldn’t take much to roll them both over, slide his hands beneath the bottom of her shift and push his pants down. From there, it would be nothing to sink between her parted thighs and guide his cock into her heated folds.
Even as the thought flickered through his mind, Garik knew he couldn’t act on it yet. He needed to focus on survival and whether or not he could trust her.
Could he trust her? The answer wasn’t clear. She’d assisted him in escaping Maurin’s dungeon, but there was more she wasn’t telling him and Garik was determined to find out.
Making his decision, Garik released her wrist and grabbed her at the waist. He jackknifed into a sitting position then swung her off of him and to the side. Another twist in the opposite direction and he surged to his feet at the side of the bed.
Saedra leaped to her feet on the opposite side, the hem of the white shift fluttering around her thighs. Unexpected dizziness from being upright sent him stumbling, but he righted himself before he fell.
Saedra reacted instantly and rounded the bottom of the mattress, one arm extended. “Are you alright?”
She looked as stunned as he felt from their desire for each other. Another moment and he would have taken what she wasn’t yet offering. He shook his head and was pleased that he remained steady on his feet. The few hours of rest had improved his condition and jumpstarted his own healing process. “I’m fine.”
“You should be careful. I don’t have anything to treat your injuries here.”
Too sweet. His chest ached from the overload of these new emotions she was causing. She was sincere and meant it. As she nibbled on her bottom lip and crossed her arms over her chest, Garik fought his need to have her in his arms again. His gaze went around the one room structure seeking any source for communication. There wasn’t even signs of a portable comm unit.
Last night she’d mentioned a shuttle but it wouldn’t arrive for three days. Or two if they counted yesterday. That meant they could be gone by tomorrow. Garik considered his own resources. If he had access to a communicator, he could have them leaving within a few hours if not sooner.
Shoving a hand through his matted hair, then grimacing at its tangled state, he tried to focus on a plan while his cock did sporadic twitches in his pants. “You mentioned two passes on a traveling tour shuttle that will come by here?”
The moment