compute, Mistress Arrows
.
"Tell me about yourself." Lucky looked at him as if he was insane.
"There is no time for us to go through your small talk subroutines for arousal! We have to get on with this immediately! In case you've forgotten, we're all about to go—"
"Badda-boom. I know." He chewed the inside of his cheek. Maybe he wouldn't tease her after all.
She was started to look a tad green around the edges.
He cleared his throat. "Red, I know this is going to sound bad, but please hear me out—"
She tugged her tee shirt over her head and tossed it onto the floor.
Two of the most magnificent breasts he had ever seen bounced in front of his eyes. They seemed to be waving at him. Beckoning him to come and play.
He swallowed.
This was soooo wrong. He couldn't believe he was in this mess! "Ah, favorite food?" he ventured in a low voice.
Lucky put her hands on her hips—which caused her breasts to bob up and down. He was positive he was not looking in her eyes.
"Whatever is the matter with you, Slick?"
"TIME TO ANNIHILATION IS APPROACHING IN EXACTLY THIRTY-SIX MINUTES."
"Do you hear that?" She pointed in the direction of the ceiling, from whence Minmei's voice came. "Quit the 'get her in the right mood' program and strip!"
When his mouth gaped, she added sternly, "
Now, mister
!"
Kerreth viewed her as one would a fascinating, yet slightly mad object of compelling interest. Had he woken up in an alternate universe where young, beautiful women threw off their tops and demanded to be made love to immediately? Yes,
he had
!!
Hot flickerin' shit.
She was really ready to go through with this!
He thought for a moment.
His tingling parts were a pretty good sign that they were going to be perfectly compatible together. Never something to turn your back on.
Should he go ahead and take the chance with her?
Or… should he try to talk her out of it?
He wasn't sure he was ready for this but there were advantages to the situation. He had always excelled at finding advantages. It was what he did.
On the one hand, this could be an opportunity for them to get to know each other rather quickly. On the other hand—when all was said and done and revealed—she would probably kill him.
Or more likely, get her brother to do it.
The fact was, this situation had put him in a bind. He was, for all intents and purposes, trapped on this ship until they reached Dumfug 8. (He had often wondered how many Dumfugs there were and was sure the answer was 'more than you can imagine.') Furthermore, he had no idea what the crew would
do
to him if he revealed the truth.
It was probably not wise or safe for him to blow his cover.
Above all else, he wanted that jewel.
Or more accurately, he
needed
that jewel.
What he was about to do might not be considered noble—but he was what he was. Besides, he had no intention of hurting the girl.
Just the opposite.
If he had a choice, he would give her a memory that would last past any anger she might incur. Like all good memories, it could do away with any hurt.
Foolish as it sounded, Kerreth was kind of… sort of…
Oh hell
. He was taken with her. Or whatever.
So he deluded himself into thinking he just
might
be able to pour on the vos Volent charm, use the opportunity to get closer to her, then call a halt at the right time by telling her the truth.
They were both treasure hunters. She would understand.
She would even see the humor in the situation.
They would all have a good laugh over it!
At least he prayed that was what would happen. By the fiery glint in those green eyes, he was sure she would shoot him with a
crazer
right where he stood if he told her right now.
He began to slowly unzip his uniform.
Her gaze followed the trail of the
zipcro 8
down past his chest to a point below his waist.
Kerreth glanced up at her and arched an eyebrow. "Favorite spot?" he drawled.
Color filled her cheekbones, but Lucky did not avert her eyes.
The android's golden skin was revealed to
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