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“Which is why we’re leaving.”
“Leaving?” Molly asked, frowning. “Leaving where?”
“Leaving Earth. Don’t worry—we won’t go far,” he assured her. “We’ll just move to my ship—it has living quarters in the back when I expand it. We can stay in low orbit until Councilor Paige tells us it’s time to come back for the trial.”
“All right.” Molly nodded, she could definitely see the wisdom in this decision. But part of her couldn’t help feeling sad. Their “honeymoon” was now officially over—it made her feel like their fake relationship would soon be coming to an end as well.
“I feel your sadness that our honeymoon is over, sweetheart,” Torus rumbled. “But it’s simply not safe here anymore. I want to be sure no one else can get to you—these human males are crazy!”
“Yes, they are and thank you.” Molly put her arms around his neck and hugged him, pressing her cheek against his in the way she loved to do. She never wanted to let him go.
Torus’s long arms came around her and he murmured through the link,
“I don’t want to let you go either. Over-hug me, sweetheart. I love it when you do that.”
“I love it too,” Molly confessed.
They clung together for a long, long time but at last, Molly reluctantly let go and sat back.
“I know we need to get going but I love being close to you,” she told him.
Torus smiled and stroked her cheek.
“Love being close to you too, sweetheart. I promise that once we get into orbit, we can go back to the ship’s sleeping chamber and hold each other for hours if you want to.”
Molly’s heart gave a little skip.
“Really? That sounds perfect.”
Inside she was wondering if something else might happen between them.
The thought surprised her a little—after the traumatic experience she’d just had with that awful Mandrew Pate, she would have expected to have zero interest in sex. But somehow being near Torus brought out her spicy side. He always smelled so good it made her want to be close to him—as close as possible.
But though they had been sleeping curled up in each other’s arms every night, they hadn’t done anything sexual since their first night together when she’d had the Bonding Fruit wine. Molly wasn’t sure if that was because they didn’t have the excuse of the extreme sexual need the Bonding Fruit had given her or because Torus was trying to be careful with her.
Regardless of the reason, after a five-year dry spell, the return of her sex her sexual desire was very welcome. Even if she still had some reservations and hang-ups, she wanted to explore more with the big Kindred. And since they were technically married, she didn’t even have to feel guilty about “living in sin”, which was what having sex outside of marriage had been called in her family when she was growing up.
She didn’t say any of this and she did her best to keep her speculation behind her mental wall, but she did catch Torus eyeing her thoughtfully as they packed their carry-all cubes.
Molly wondered what the next stage of their relationship might bring—she hoped it was something exciting. She wanted to feel Torus’s big, warm hands on her body again and hear his mental voice growling that she was a “good girl” while he touched her.
35
TORUS
Torus was surprised to feel her desire through their TET link. After the traumatic encounter with the human male who had forced his way into the bungalow and menaced her, he’d been certain she wouldn’t want anything to do with anyone male for quite some time—not even him.
Maybe it was the over-hugging that had made her want him, he speculated. His Bonding Scent was probably working overtime to draw her to him, too. It made sense that his body would want to draw her close and heal her after she’d been emotionally hurt and frightened. It was in every Kindred male’s DNA to want to protect and heal a female who had been injured in any way. And maybe what his curvy little Elite needed now was some sexual healing, he speculated.
Up until now, he’d been careful with Molly. Following their first night after she’d had the Bonding Fruit wine, there had been no excuse to touch her intimately and he didn’t want to take what he wasn’t absolutely sure she was willing to give.
The dreams he’d had of her where her ex-Mate had demanded sex whether she wanted to give it to him or not were uppermost in his mind. It seemed to Torus that he needed to let Molly be the initiator when it came to anything sexual, so he had been giving her space. But maybe now it was time to end their dry spell…
I’ll wait and let her come to me—maybe talk about things first, he decided. He wasn’t going to push her into anything she didn’t want. They could take things as slow or as fast as she desired. Though he couldn’t help thinking there were things he wanted to do with her sweet little body…things that would make her moan his name and beg for more…
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MOLLY
