Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 85108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 426(@200wpm)___ 340(@250wpm)___ 284(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 85108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 426(@200wpm)___ 340(@250wpm)___ 284(@300wpm)
Andi opened the door and looked out to see Turg standing there. The little male-wife had an apologetic expression on his face.
“Excuse me, Queen Elladaughter,” he said to Andi. “But my own Queen asked me to make certain that you’re comfortable and to ask if you need anything else before we all turn in for the night.”
“What? After the way she acted—threatening to throw us to the kroc-o-wows—now she’s worried about making sure we’re comfortable?” Andi demanded, her eyes blazing.
Turg shrugged uncomfortably.
“It’s part of our hospitality.”
“I’ll tell you what I think of your hospitality!” Andi snapped. “It comes with a very high price. I want to leave this place tomorrow as soon as possible!”
“Naturally. I’ll be certain that a ship is prepped and a pilot is ready to fly you back to the Southern Continent,” Turg said, nodding. “I’ll even make certain there’s a lovely first meal waiting for you on the ship.”
“Fine. See that it’s done,” Andi said, nodding imperiously. “Now I’m going to bed and I don’t want to be disturbed again! Do I make myself clear?”
“Very clear, Queen Elladaughter.” Turg nodded quickly.
“Good. Then leave. And don’t come back until you wake me in the morning.”
Andi banged the door shut in the little male-wife’s face. She would make a pretty good Yonnite Mistress herself, Thrax thought, admiring his partner’s self-possession. Maybe the Fume did make her a little more dominant—or at least bossy. But he liked it. Gods, she was so fucking sexy!
“There, that should take care of him.” Andi dusted her hands together and came back to the bed. “Now you and I need to get ready to go. In another hour or so, everyone is going to be asleep and then we can sneak out and get Kier and get out of here.”
“So we have a whole hour before we have to go?” Thrax growled, giving her a half-lidded look. “I know how I’d like to spend it.”
Andi gave him a stern look.
“Stop it, Thrax—you know we can’t.”
Thrax sighed and ran a hand over his horns.
“Yeah…I know. Not on a mission.”
“Not ever,” Andi said earnestly. “I mean, not if we want to keep being partners,” she added quickly, possibly seeing the stricken look on Thrax’s face.
“What if I want you as more than a partner?” he asked, the words coming out before he could stop them.
Andi’s eyes went wide for a moment and she put a hand to her heart.
“Then…then we’ll have to talk about that,” she said at last. “But we can’t right now. We need to be planning how we’re going to get to Kier and get him out of here.”
“I wouldn’t mind letting the other poor bastards go free either,” Thrax growled. “It’s fucking inhumane what they’re doing to them.”
“I agree—if we have time,” Andi said. “But Kier has to be our first priority.”
“Agreed.” Thrax nodded and soon they were talking about the plan to escape.
But he couldn’t forget how close they’d come to making love…or how badly he wanted his partner.
Especially now that he knew Andi might be his fated mate.
23
ANDI
“Quiet! I think I heard someone coming!” Andi hissed softly. She and Thrax ducked quickly around a corner and waited until the four armed guards passed by. As soon as they turned down another corridor, she and her partner got moving again.
“Remind me again why we didn’t bring our blasters,” Thrax growled. He had been in favor of knocking one of the guards out and stealing his weapons so they could at least be armed. But Andi had objected—it only took one guard to raise the alarm, she’d pointed out. It was better to keep to the shadows and slip into the milking room unnoticed. Hopefully they could sneak out the back way and nobody would even know they were gone until morning.
Thrax had eventually agreed and the two of them were now making their way to the milking room—which was finally in sight. Andi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it wasn’t guarded. Thank goodness! If things went well, they would be out of here in under ten minutes—twenty minutes tops.
She just wished they were wearing more decent clothing to make their escape in, but there really wasn’t any, since the feasting clothes they had worn here had been taken for cleaning. So she was still wearing the dark blue sleep dress which showed her breasts and Thrax was in his gray sleep trousers—which still had an embarrassing wet spot on the front.
Andi cringed when she thought of that—what had she been thinking, rubbing against her partner like a cat in heat that way?
You weren’t thinking—that’s the problem! whispered a little voice in her head. And if you’re not damn careful you’re going to screw up the best friendship you’ve ever had.
But did she only want to be friends? She couldn’t forget Thrax’s touch on her skin…his mouth on her nipples and pussy. Not to mention the way he had given her an instant and intense whole-body orgasm the moment he sank his fangs into her neck. The physical connection between them was undeniable…which was something she hadn’t even suspected before this mission.