bed, blood coming from her mouth as she coughed and coughed until her eyes bulged. Tears pricked Tamzin’s eyes. She hoped that wasn’t her fate, that she had been plucked from Earth just in time to be saved.
As she lay there, she knew she would do whatever it took to please the aliens. Because she wanted to live.
With that decision made, she relaxed, letting herself think of what the planet would be like. Again her mind shifted and instead began to wonder what Garth was like. Naked. What he would be like as a lover. Something she had never experienced, partly because she had worked all her life, and partly because she didn’t want to bring a child into the world, a child who might end up an orphan like she was.
There was no fun watching your parents die when you were still a kid yourself.
In the distance an alarm sounded, but she was too wrapped up in her dream world. Only when a hand was placed on her arm did her eyes fly open, and she looked into the beautiful deep pools of hope that were Garth’s eyes.
“Are you OK?” he asked, his hand still on her arm, stroking the side of her breast.
“Yes, I was dreaming.” She stared at him until he looked away, his emotions out of control.
“You should dress.” He pulled back, but didn’t leave.
She got up off the chair, feeling different. Feeling weird. “What was in that stuff?”
“I set the decon’ to sedate you. I was worried it might be painful for you otherwise.”
“Painful. Why? I thought you said it wouldn’t hurt?” Now she was suspicious of him: should she trust what he said? At all . Or did he lie to the poor human creature to keep her happy?
“Normally, it doesn’t. But I changed the settings to make sure it removed all impurities from your system.”
She reached for her panties and tried not to feel too self-conscious as she dressed, knowing he was watching her every move. “Was I that bad?”
“The sand is harder to remove than bacteria or a virus.”
She turned to him, her breasts swinging, his eyes drawn to them. “It got rid of the sand?”
“Yes. I couldn’t have you travelling to Karal with it in your body.”
“Wait, so my lungs are clear?”
“Yes, and your stomach. I could tell you how much you had in your body.” He turned to the console, and she reached for her bra, putting it on quickly and then struggling into the overalls, which were made from someone a lot taller than her.
“You know what, I don’t need to know.” She stood up, and began rolling the sleeves of the overalls up. “I’m just glad to be rid of it.”
Glad. That was an understatement. Now she had a chance of a long and healthy life. With Garth. She was grateful to him, and the rest of the Karalian race, for plucking her from Earth. For choosing her to carry one of their children.
Not too high a price to pay, was it? Her health in return for having an alien procreate with her?
As she followed him out of the decon’ room, she watched his huge body move, so lithe and supple. Damn, she didn’t know what was wrong with her, but she wanted him.
She only hoped at that moment, if her mom was up in heaven, she wasn’t tuning into her daughter’s thoughts.
Chapter Ten – Garth
She confused him and consumed him. Seeing her luscious body naked for the first time made him want her right there, right then in the decon’ room. The sim had never had this effect on him; he had learned from it, but it had been so much more … sterile. No emotions flooding his body, making his senses attuned to her every move.
Now, as they walked back to the cruiser, it was all he could do to stop himself taking her here, up against the wall, not caring who saw. And the worst thing was, he was sure she wanted him too. That was the thing that surprised him the most.
He thought he would have had to urge her to let him mate with her, force her even, as his father would have forced his mother. But no, her eyes devoured his body in the same way he wanted to