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Warmth radiated from the big male behind her.
He was hard. In all ways. His fit physique had no give in it. The bulge in his body armor pushed against her cloth-clad spine.
The cyborg was huge and he wanted her.
Or he wanted the Cancri female she was pretending to be. Nothing about her appearance was real. Even her height was overstated. The boots she wore had thick soles.
Normally, she’d return to her caves and change both her disguise and the panels on her mounted transport before setting out to a settlement.
She preferred to have nothing to link her back to Bubs’s Place.
But there was no way she was bringing the cyborg back to her temporary home. The supplies she’d stored in the adjacent caves would give him too much information about her future plans.
Roshini had no choice. She had to venture into the settlement looking as she did and hope no one else saw her.
“Faster.” The cyborg urged her to increase their speed.
Her lips curled upward as she gunned the engines. She weaved between giant boulders, showing off a bit. Her mounted transport handled like a dream. Her massive passenger didn’t slow them much.
Too soon, they arrived at her usual parking site. It was surrounded by rock and was hidden from the key paths into and out of the settlement.
She killed the engines and dismounted. “We go on foot from here.”
“Are we setting perimeter alarms?” The male gazed around them.
“There’s no point.” She shrugged. “If someone targets my machine, a perimeter alarm won’t stop them.”
She removed the tools from the holsters on her garment and stored them in the compartment underneath the seat.
“You’re disarming?” The cyborg frowned. “The Humanoid Alliance are dangerous.”
She suspected he was dangerous. “The tools make too much noise. And I don’t plan to get that close to the Invaders.” She took out a small container of engine lubricant and smeared it over her skin and clothing.
“Ahhh…” He breathed deeply and his nostrils flared. “My second most-favorite scent.”
“What’s the first?” The question slipped out of her mouth before she reminded herself she didn’t care about the answer. Or about him. Or the yearning coiling around her.
“My favorite scent is yours.” He inhaled again. A silly smile brightened his countenance. “You smell like speed and freedom and forever.”
Fates. Her face heated. She had believed she was immune to flattery, but the male was proving her wrong. “We’re not fucking, cyborg.”
“My name is Drift.” He was undaunted. “And yes, I agree. We’re tracking down the Humanoid Alliance now. We’ll breed later.”
He sounded certain about that.
And the fucked-up thing was… she wasn’t entirely sure he was wrong. She had to fight the impulse to lean into his big strong form.
“I don’t care what your name is.” She told him.
Though Drift was a sexy name. And it was appropriate for a male who liked to go fast.
She also wasn’t sharing her name or any other identifying details with him.
“Once we leave here, we don’t talk.” The silence should decrease her fascination with the cyborg, with Drift. “Voices carry.”
“That’s wise.” The male nodded. “Lead the way.”
She gritted her teeth. His authorization or approval wasn’t required. But she couldn’t tell him that because she’d be breaking the rule she had just set.
