Blue stared at her. “I forgot. Do you know what they modified? Kenshin will want to take a deeper BioScan, and blood for analysis.”
She blanched at the thought of more needles. “I know my eyes have changed, and I’m seeing white hair. I have no trouble breathing, Ken was concerned since I don’t seem to have your teeth which would suggest the need to replenish, but more testing is necessary.” She flapped her hands. “I’ll get over it then Ken can prod around to see exactly what’s changed. We have to have a serious talk with the others before all that. There are things they should know.”
“Kali.”
A secret smile passed her lips. “I’m not telling until I’m ready, so before you start with the empty threats, know that I am not just your equal in power,” she went nose to nose with him, “I’m stronger. Zeta is way above your rank, Omicron.” She spoke his title softly, as a caress with affection. “And right now we have something much more important to be concerning ourselves with, leading the resistance to the alien invasion notwithstanding.”
Tickled by the astonished look on his face, Kali tilted her mouth for a kiss. When he didn’t oblige, she cracked an eyelid and glared. “I will not go through this awkward moment again,” she warned and tugged on his ear. “I’m experiencing a surge of emotion I’m struggling to categorize. Perhaps you can provide a suitable conclusion to this perplexing conundrum.”
Blue swallowed hard, not sure what to expect next. “Oh?”
She tapped her lips in sets of three, and he wanted to kiss her for that alone.
“A Delphi Hybrid female is experiencing an increased appreciation for the form of a MainLander Hybrid,” she said grinning. “After hearing delightful anecdotes of his exploits to rescue her she has a greater awareness of his Alpha male persona. This has resulted in a heightened sense of sexual attraction.”
“Be warned this behaviour coupled with emotion suggests a developing attachment.”
Laughing, she rubbed his shoulders. “We’re on the same page.”
“We are?” Blue asked in an unsteady voice. His heart somersaulted and his fingertips tingled. “Are you sure?”
“What are you feeling?” She studied him. “Don’t you feel this connection between us is cosmic?”
He gripped her arms, knowing it was vital, no, imperative, he was unequivocally clear. “I missed what we shared so deeply it was a physical ache. I couldn’t think straight. When I found the replica, I yearned for what we shared before you were abducted.” Seeing he had her undivided attention, he released her arms. Blue slumped against the wall. “I burn for you Kali. It terrifies me. Before it was exciting, the thought of having you for my own. Now it fills me with dread. How much worse would losing you be after making our dream real? People depend on me to survive. My son depends on me. I can’t afford to become attached to anything that owns me so completely, yet every fibre of my being demands I claim you regardless of risk and consequence.” He exhaled sharply. “You were gone. I watched your heart stop beating. Had the real you died that would have been it. I would’ve been destroyed.”
Blue leaned forward and cupped her face. His brow lowered as he brushed his lips across hers then pressed harder to draw the taste of her into his mouth. He was overwhelmed by the intensity of emotion she evoked. Blue broke the kiss and rubbed his thumb over her reddened flesh, made hot by his embrace.
Speechless, Kali took off his opticals. What did you say to someone who stripped bare like that? She peered through them and shuddered. “That these help me to see now is just awful.”
“We can correct your vision with a laser, but your sight will revert and lose acuity.” Blue shrugged, fighting irritation that she had not responded to his heartfelt words. “You learn to live with it.”
She gently placed the frames on the floor, tucking them out of the way when she remembered what happened to the last pair she’d removed from him.
Kali stood on the bed.
Blue opened his mouth to protest, but she held up her hand. “Pause, space ranger, I’m not leaving the bed.”
How many successful seduction attempts had been achieved dressed in a shapeless top, loose pants, no makeup, and crazy people hair? Whatever. Kali trawled her fingers through her hair and let it tumble around her face. Grabbing the hem of the baggy top, she pulled it over her head.
Blue’s mouth popped open.
He blinked rapidly.
Pleased by his reaction, Kali slipped her hands under the elastic of the pants and pushed those down until she could kick out of them.
Blue’s hand fisted the bedding. The other clutched her calf, the feel of her warm skin a validation she was real and not an apparition.
Kali straddled his lap. She pressed a kiss to the skin just below his ear. “I dream shared with you. It was hot. That I could enjoy you when you were so far away was amazing. Remember how I like to take victory in the small things? When I blocked my mind from the Novan a few seconds, or when I gleaned his memories, it was grimly satisfying.” She rubbed her cheek on his chest; all smooth and untroubled by the battering the rest of his body had taken. He smelt good to her. “But I took pure pleasure in feeling you when I could. The glimpses I caught of you safe were diamonds in the darkness.”
Blue’s breathing deepened. Yet still, he felt a pang of disappointment. “That’s all?”
Kali growled, startling them both. She leaned back, so their eyes met. “You don’t need to worry, Blue. I’m right there in that special place with you. It’s going to be hard. We will argue. There will come a time when it feels like pain is the only thing holding us together. Outside this room is a reality that is cold, and I’m frightened, but we’ll deal.”
“It’s not that simple.”
Blue tried to look away, but Kali held his gaze with hers. His eyes turned colourless to match hers as she caressed his mind with her energy.
“Killed a lot of people today.” Blue pinched the bridge of his nose. He looked into the future and saw darkness. “Kali, I don’t know if I can do this. How am I going to do this?”
“With me. I’ll take care of you,” she murmured.
It was said with such quiet sincerity, Blue could do nothing but believe her. “I should be telling you that.”
“We’re in danger, and you need to focus on keeping us safe. We both do. We’re solid, Blue.” She tapped her chest then his. Her eyes narrowed with concentration. “Don’t get me wrong, if ever we’re parted again destroy everything in your path until you hold me again. You drop whatever you are doing and come save me, right? Never stop fighting to reach me. You do that, and I promise I’ll never stop fighting to reach you too.”
Kali rested her forehead on his and felt peace.
Blue ran his hands up her sides, enjoying her softness, fired up she was naked, and his. His. Illogical as he knew his Hybrid brethren would find it, would denounce his feelings as a biological imbalance, Blue felt the same as she. The need burning through him was more than a physical malady. How else could the need to be with her, and only her, be explained?
It was primal, his aura coupled with hers. She challenged everything he deigned to believe in.
His lips curved as Kali stroked his shoulders, and nuzzled her nose with his.
There was danger, but they’d deal.
Blue flipped Kali and pinned her beneath him, amused she was too weak to push him over and climb on top like she wanted. Skin to skin, he decided to learn of his Kali all over again. He lifted one of her hands and nibbled her fingers, swearing they tasted like caramel.
She placed her free hand at the nape of his neck and tugged.
“Shut your eyes, beautiful,” he murmured.
Wicked with her feral smile, Kali did so gladly. Blue chuckled as he lowered his head, and mated his lips with hers.
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