just some of the many potential gifts that came with their enhancements, though it differed from person to person. It was Colin’s talent for coming and going without being detected had earned him the nickname of Ghost while they were still in training. And now they’d gone and found Ghost junior. She was even wearing Colin’s clothing, picked out of the assortment Nikolai had left at the foot of her bed while she showered. He’d of liked to see her in his clothes, but there was no way anything he owned would come close to fitting her smaller frame.
As he smiled in greeting he took a long look at her outfit and had to admit, she looked a hell of a lot better in it than Colin ever would. She’d picked out a dark gray T-shirt and a pair of running shorts that were so big on her that they nearly came to her knees, showing off her shapely legs. The shirt was big enough that it had slid down over one shoulder, baring a tantalizing amount of golden skin. She’d left her dark hair loose, and in hung in still-damp waves down her back, framing her delicate features and those stunning jade-green eyes.
She was so damned beautiful, it made his head spin.
His cock surged to life at the sight of her and it was all he could do not to walk away from the food cooking on the stove to carry her straight back upstairs. Fuck that, the stairs were too far away. He could have her spread out on the table in seconds and call her breakfast. He’d rather eat her sweet pussy than anything else in the world.
Ease up . She already thinks she’s nothing more than a sex toy. No need to add to that misconception.
He tried to think of something to say, which was no easy task given most of the blood in his body seemed to be in his dick. “I hope you like scrambled eggs. Oh, and there’s bacon too. And coffee. You do like coffee, right?”
She perked up at his words, and he could have sworn she bounced on the balls of her feet at the mention of coffee. “Are you talking about real coffee? Real, actual coffee beans ground up and brewed into a magical elixir? Or do you mean that swamp water most places serve because coffee’s expensive and hard to find?”
“Real coffee. Ghost and I can’t live without it. If you tell me what you like, I’ll program your settings into the coffee maker so it makes you a perfect cup every time.”
“Interesting priorities. Top of the line coffee maker, generic locks on the doors.”
“The only thing we have worth stealing is the coffee maker. I still don’t know why you targeted this place. Maybe you can explain that to me while I make breakfast.”
The last thing Alayna wanted to do was to explain her reasons for breaking in. That was going to lead to all sorts of questions she wasn’t ready to answer yet. How would they react when she told them she was Wraith, the thief who had been stealing supplies from every Alliance base within a hundred miles? Would they turn her in? Being claimed was bad enough, but if she was handed over to the Alliance now, she’d have no life at all.
“Alayna, you in there ? How do you take your coffee?” Nik was grinning at her now, waving one hand slowly back and forth in front of her face.
“That depends. Do you have real sugar to go with that real coffee?”
Nikolai responded by curling his lip up in mock horror. “If you’re sure you want to contaminate the world’s finest beverage with that crap, then we have it.”
Alayna’s mouth was actually watering at the thought of having a cup of real coffee. It had been months since the last time she’d had the time or the opportunity to enjoy any of her favorite indulgences. “I’m sure. Stars, am I sure.” She smirked at him. “And you keep saying you have nothing here worth stealing. Do you know what a pound of real coffee goes for out there?”
“To be honest? No. This is all new to me. I was raised deep in Alliance controlled territory, and once I graduated most of my assignments have been off-planet.
As he smiled in greeting he took a long look at her outfit and had to admit, she looked a hell of a lot better in it than Colin ever would. She’d picked out a dark gray T-shirt and a pair of running shorts that were so big on her that they nearly came to her knees, showing off her shapely legs. The shirt was big enough that it had slid down over one shoulder, baring a tantalizing amount of golden skin. She’d left her dark hair loose, and in hung in still-damp waves down her back, framing her delicate features and those stunning jade-green eyes.
She was so damned beautiful, it made his head spin.
His cock surged to life at the sight of her and it was all he could do not to walk away from the food cooking on the stove to carry her straight back upstairs. Fuck that, the stairs were too far away. He could have her spread out on the table in seconds and call her breakfast. He’d rather eat her sweet pussy than anything else in the world.
Ease up . She already thinks she’s nothing more than a sex toy. No need to add to that misconception.
He tried to think of something to say, which was no easy task given most of the blood in his body seemed to be in his dick. “I hope you like scrambled eggs. Oh, and there’s bacon too. And coffee. You do like coffee, right?”
She perked up at his words, and he could have sworn she bounced on the balls of her feet at the mention of coffee. “Are you talking about real coffee? Real, actual coffee beans ground up and brewed into a magical elixir? Or do you mean that swamp water most places serve because coffee’s expensive and hard to find?”
“Real coffee. Ghost and I can’t live without it. If you tell me what you like, I’ll program your settings into the coffee maker so it makes you a perfect cup every time.”
“Interesting priorities. Top of the line coffee maker, generic locks on the doors.”
“The only thing we have worth stealing is the coffee maker. I still don’t know why you targeted this place. Maybe you can explain that to me while I make breakfast.”
The last thing Alayna wanted to do was to explain her reasons for breaking in. That was going to lead to all sorts of questions she wasn’t ready to answer yet. How would they react when she told them she was Wraith, the thief who had been stealing supplies from every Alliance base within a hundred miles? Would they turn her in? Being claimed was bad enough, but if she was handed over to the Alliance now, she’d have no life at all.
“Alayna, you in there ? How do you take your coffee?” Nik was grinning at her now, waving one hand slowly back and forth in front of her face.
“That depends. Do you have real sugar to go with that real coffee?”
Nikolai responded by curling his lip up in mock horror. “If you’re sure you want to contaminate the world’s finest beverage with that crap, then we have it.”
Alayna’s mouth was actually watering at the thought of having a cup of real coffee. It had been months since the last time she’d had the time or the opportunity to enjoy any of her favorite indulgences. “I’m sure. Stars, am I sure.” She smirked at him. “And you keep saying you have nothing here worth stealing. Do you know what a pound of real coffee goes for out there?”
“To be honest? No. This is all new to me. I was raised deep in Alliance controlled territory, and once I graduated most of my assignments have been off-planet.
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