SHE ROSE FROM THE BED, the Overlord sleeping heavily beside her. She looked over him for a moment, pausing as he stopped breathing for a few seconds, and sighed before he rolled over in his deep sleep. She let out the breath she had been holding and padded softly barefoot to the communications panel in a small alcove.
She looked over the system, her universal translator chip showed her what she needed to do to mask the comms to Jack, and it took her a few tense minutes of making sure that the channel was secure and untraceable as her fingers flew over the controls.
“Zara...” Jack breathed with relief.
“Jack.” She smiled, remembering his touch, the warmth of his body against hers, her face flushed with pleasure at seeing him,
“I thought you were lost forever.” He said excited to see her
