14 She could do this. All she had to do was crack an alien computer system, in a language she didn’t understand, and drop the defense systems of a technologically advanced warship. In… she checked the timestamp on the console in front of her… under ten minutes. Cold sweat slithered down her spine. It had taken her hours to get anywhere near a critical system she could use. Using her new role as Latharian-Terran liaison, she’d managed to get Sardaan to give her a tour of the ship. It hadn’t been a long tour but it had taken them far longer than necessary given the different nooks and crannies her alien husband had found to pull her into and kiss her senseless. The third time it had been too much for her, her need too much for her to ignore, and he’d taken her hard and fast up against the

