10
Von
I lifted her from the floor and carried her to the cushioned settee lining the wall. I knew no one would enter and I knew that I wasn’t the first Everian male to use the room to sate his need.
With one hand between her breasts, I laid her back like an offering to the Divine. Except she wasn’t offering her lush curves to any god, she was offering them to me.
Her dark hair spread out beneath her, a striking contrast to the pale green cloth, and I stood over her, admiring the exotic beauty that was mine now. Part of me wanted to rush like a wild man, to conquer in a frantic lunge to victory.
But more, I needed to savor this moment, commit the vision before me to memory so I would never forget the way she looked this first time. I’d been alone a long damn time, never thought to hav
