RU COULDN’T STOP HIMSELF from draping his arm across Lis’s shoulders as they walked down one of the pathways back to his ship. She turned in toward him, her arm going around his back to pull him close. Some might have called the expression on his face ‘smug,’ but her scent was embedded in his skin and her lips were still swollen from their lovemaking.
He would have gladly stayed with her in that room until the processor ran out of food and the life support system sputtered out. In the end, it was Lis who convinced him they couldn’t live in that small room forever. And when he mentioned Lome, she’d practically jumped at the chance to meet him.
“Should I be jealous that you’re so eager to meet another male so soon after we bonded?” he teased, his fingers playing with the soft locks of her
