Taken (Warriors of Karal Book 3) by Harmony Raines

couple of hours going over the life support readings, and then checked the beacons were ready to be deployed.
    “Here,” he said to Chrissi. “Come and watch how the beacons work.”
    “This isn't another one of those in case anything happens to me talks is it? Because I think I have proved that if anything is going to happen, it will be to me,” she said, hoarsely.
    “No, I just want you to be familiar with everything, and I thought you might enjoy it,” he said, and he pulled her onto his lap, making her gasp with surprise. His hand went around her waist, and he pulled her back against him, wanting her to know how much he desired her. Somewhere on this journey they had developed a friendship, and he wanted to take it further. For many days he had wondered if she felt the same. After today, he knew she did too, it had been obvious in the way she pressed her lips and her body against his.
    “There are a lot of things I might enjoy,” she said, turning her face to his.
    Malik stroked her cheek, feeling the heat creep across her skin. She might not have the same colours in her skin, but it didn’t stop her telling him exactly what she was feeling, without words. He tilted her chin, her face close to his, their lips hovering together, and then he kissed her lightly, asking her if she wanted more. She did.
    She sighed, her body relaxing into his, and he deepened the kiss, tasting her and finding her so sweet, and so addictive. For Malik, it was a revelation: the more he had of her, the more he wanted. At first her company had been enough, her voice, seeing her every day, was enough, and then touching her, their hands brushing as she passed him a bowl of food. But today, when he had breathed life back into her, that had made him want her so much more.
    “The beacons,” she said softly. “Because as much as I like sitting here and kissing you,” she wriggled in his lap, exciting his cock until he thought he would come right then, “I would really like for us to continue this on the planet.”
    “That is a wonderful idea,” he said,
    “So how do these beacons work?” she asked.
    “We have to deploy them. So we wait until we are close enough, and the computer will pick up the disturbance in space, like a tear. Here, see,” he said pointing to the screen.
    “And then what?” she asked, fascinated by what he was showing her. There on the screen was the smallest of imperfections in space. It was hard to believe that behind the tear was a wormhole big enough for their cruiser to pass through.
    “You wait until the light over there turns green and then you press this button.” He took her hand, feeling her tremble just a little as he guided her finger towards the switch. “Don’t be frightened.”
    “I'm not,” she whispered, and again she trembled, sending shock waves through his body. Damn, he wanted her. Right now he could take her back to the bed they had shared for so many nights and make love to her, put a child in her belly and damn going to this planet.
    “Now,” he said and together they deployed the beacons. Before them there was a blinding flash and in the distance they could see the change in space, the colourful flashes as the wormhole opened before them, and then they entered it, the ship spinning, and he had to put his arms around her and hold her tightly against him to stop her falling.
    As the lights wheeled above their heads, they looked on the vast oceans of newborn stars together, marvelled at the giant dust clouds, and then held their breath as somewhere in the distance, a star went supernova.
    Those minutes showed them eternity, the universe in all its glory, living and breathing as if a life form of its own. The spell broke, they exited the wormhole, and Malik quickly pressed the button to pull the beacon back through behind them.
    “That was amazing,” she said.
    “Yes, it was,” he agreed, trying to think straight while she still sat in his lap. He checked the readouts on the