in
danger?”
Hunter stopped when he heard the tremor in
Jesse’s voice. He turned her toward him and tenderly brushed her
hair back from her cheek. He could see the fear that she was trying
to hide.
“It is a military mission,” he admitted
reluctantly. “There is always danger when we go onto a planet. We
have been to this one several times and I am familiar with what we
are facing.”
Jesse turned her face away from him and
started walking again. She wrapped her arms around her stomach
protectively as she didn’t want to think of him leaving. It was
just like before, when her dad had gone into work and never came
home. It was just like when her mom went to the grocery store and
never walked through the door again.
“When?” She choked out before clearing her
throat. “When are you leaving?”
“We will arrive in their orbit by tomorrow
morning,” he said staring at her stiff back. “I leave with the
first wave.”
Jesse turned to look back at him with cool,
calm eyes. “How long will you be gone?”
“A week, maybe longer depending on what we
find on the planet. It is a small uprising by a group of different
tribes against the established governing tribe that the Alliance
set up,” he explained.
Jesse was silent for several long seconds
before she nodded and turned back to continue walking. Hunter felt,
as well as smelled, the pain and fear that she was trying to hide.
He reached out and swept her up into his arms.
“What?!” Jesse gasped in surprise.
“I need you, my Jesse,” Hunter growled. “I
missed you while I worked. My mind was not on repairing the
transport. It was on the beauty of your skin under my hands and the
taste of your pussy on my lips.”
“Hunter!” Jesse whispered, shocked.
Hunter chuckled as Jesse’s face flared with
color before she buried it in his neck. He wasn’t lying when he
said he needed her or had been thinking about her nonstop. Dagger
had grunted at him more than once while they were preparing the
transport they would be using to get his head back on the job.
They had worked out their schedule so that
one or the other of them could be with Jesse and her sisters. Saber
had drawn the first watch. He didn’t want to think about the fact
that all three of them were assigned to go down to the planet and
would not be here to watch over the women.
Hunter turned the corner and stepped into a
small, unused relaxation room. He had discovered it four years
before and used the room whenever he traveled on the Star
Raider . It was smaller than the other relaxation rooms on board
and hidden away. He suspected it had been designed by the original
warship’s craftsman as his own personal reflection spot during the
building of the warship.
“Hunter,” Jesse breathed out as he lowered
her feet to the floor. “It’s beautiful.”
“Yes, it is,” Hunter murmured staring at
Jesse’s profile against the large window that looked out over
space. “Jesse, I need you.”
*.*.*
Jesse glanced back over her shoulder at the
thick tone in Hunter’s voice. His eyes were blazing a dark
yellow-gold. She straightened from where she had leaned over the
couch that was against the wall.
A shiver went through her as she reached up
to undo the buttons of her tunic. She shrugged her shoulders and
let the material fall to the floor at her feet. Her breasts swelled
as he stared at them, her nipples taut buds begging for his
attention.
She was not wearing a bra and the cool air
of the warship added to the feeling of vulnerability as she stood
in front of him wearing nothing but her leggings and shoes. She
slowly toed her shoes off and kicked them toward her shirt. Her
fingers moved to the top of her leggings and she pushed them down
and kicked those aside as well until she was standing in front of
him wearing nothing at all.
“I want you too, Hunter,” she whispered
huskily.
“Jesse,” he growled hoarsely, taking a step
toward her. “I… you make me feel things I do not
danger?”
Hunter stopped when he heard the tremor in
Jesse’s voice. He turned her toward him and tenderly brushed her
hair back from her cheek. He could see the fear that she was trying
to hide.
“It is a military mission,” he admitted
reluctantly. “There is always danger when we go onto a planet. We
have been to this one several times and I am familiar with what we
are facing.”
Jesse turned her face away from him and
started walking again. She wrapped her arms around her stomach
protectively as she didn’t want to think of him leaving. It was
just like before, when her dad had gone into work and never came
home. It was just like when her mom went to the grocery store and
never walked through the door again.
“When?” She choked out before clearing her
throat. “When are you leaving?”
“We will arrive in their orbit by tomorrow
morning,” he said staring at her stiff back. “I leave with the
first wave.”
Jesse turned to look back at him with cool,
calm eyes. “How long will you be gone?”
“A week, maybe longer depending on what we
find on the planet. It is a small uprising by a group of different
tribes against the established governing tribe that the Alliance
set up,” he explained.
Jesse was silent for several long seconds
before she nodded and turned back to continue walking. Hunter felt,
as well as smelled, the pain and fear that she was trying to hide.
He reached out and swept her up into his arms.
“What?!” Jesse gasped in surprise.
“I need you, my Jesse,” Hunter growled. “I
missed you while I worked. My mind was not on repairing the
transport. It was on the beauty of your skin under my hands and the
taste of your pussy on my lips.”
“Hunter!” Jesse whispered, shocked.
Hunter chuckled as Jesse’s face flared with
color before she buried it in his neck. He wasn’t lying when he
said he needed her or had been thinking about her nonstop. Dagger
had grunted at him more than once while they were preparing the
transport they would be using to get his head back on the job.
They had worked out their schedule so that
one or the other of them could be with Jesse and her sisters. Saber
had drawn the first watch. He didn’t want to think about the fact
that all three of them were assigned to go down to the planet and
would not be here to watch over the women.
Hunter turned the corner and stepped into a
small, unused relaxation room. He had discovered it four years
before and used the room whenever he traveled on the Star
Raider . It was smaller than the other relaxation rooms on board
and hidden away. He suspected it had been designed by the original
warship’s craftsman as his own personal reflection spot during the
building of the warship.
“Hunter,” Jesse breathed out as he lowered
her feet to the floor. “It’s beautiful.”
“Yes, it is,” Hunter murmured staring at
Jesse’s profile against the large window that looked out over
space. “Jesse, I need you.”
*.*.*
Jesse glanced back over her shoulder at the
thick tone in Hunter’s voice. His eyes were blazing a dark
yellow-gold. She straightened from where she had leaned over the
couch that was against the wall.
A shiver went through her as she reached up
to undo the buttons of her tunic. She shrugged her shoulders and
let the material fall to the floor at her feet. Her breasts swelled
as he stared at them, her nipples taut buds begging for his
attention.
She was not wearing a bra and the cool air
of the warship added to the feeling of vulnerability as she stood
in front of him wearing nothing but her leggings and shoes. She
slowly toed her shoes off and kicked them toward her shirt. Her
fingers moved to the top of her leggings and she pushed them down
and kicked those aside as well until she was standing in front of
him wearing nothing at all.
“I want you too, Hunter,” she whispered
huskily.
“Jesse,” he growled hoarsely, taking a step
toward her. “I… you make me feel things I do not
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