against him. It was enough to push her into a shuddering mountain of an orgasm. Her reaction drove his, and he gripped her hips hard as he pumped his orgasm into her ass. After a moment, they sank down on the bed. He pulled his cock free of her, its length still hard. He wrapped his arms around her.
“If I open my eyes for real now, will you disappear?” he whispered into her ear, his breath tickling the curve of L’inar near her throat.
“Yes.”
“Then let’s sleep.”
Alinna closed her eyes. Her body still hummed with pleasure. How could he imagine sleep would be possible? But she felt his body relaxing behind her. Slowly she settled against him. Human skin temperature was lower than Inarrii, but it felt good cradled against her back. Perhaps sleep would be possible after all. She felt her eyes drift shut.
Then she groaned as her internal command unit pulsed to life.
“Base to Unit Nine, Alinna Gaerrii, report.”
Chapter Six
Alinna eased from the mental rapport that David had established and returned to her body. He would have to sleep without her. She tapped the sensor on the skin below her ear, activating the communications mode of her internal command unit. Although she knew no one from the Inarrii base could see her as she spoke on the focused channel, she sat up in her bed and wrapped her body in the light coverlet.
“Alinna Gaerrii, Unit Nine responding. Inar tel sahiir. ” She spoke the Inarrii welcome before she could catch herself, then fisted her hands in silent frustration. Using her native tongue on a line that might be monitored was a novice mistake. Being contacted when she had just settled in with David, a human she’d been meant to watch, had unsettled her nerves more than she’d thought possible. “Is this code secure?”
“We believe it is, although the time until probable discovery is limited.” Alinna recognized the deep voice of her commanding officer, Commander Jannii Finar. “Agent Alinna, are you injured? Do you need retrieval?” Concern laced her commander’s inflection.
Alinna swallowed hard against a sudden wave of yearning. She missed her people. Everything was different here, even the scent of the air. At home she could smell the salt of the oceans no matter where she was. Here the hint of chemical air cleaners never left the buildings, and the scent of the forest where she’d landed was so foreign with its pine vegiforms that she would never forget it. She would never get used to the blue skies of Earth either, compared to the warm red mists of her home planet. Only the exquisite pleasure she’d found in David’s arms over the last two nights had made the stress she was under bearable.
“I was injured, but I have received medical treatment.” Alinna rushed to deliver more information before the commander could assume she’d been discovered. “I’m posing as a human psychological evaluator. It’s too complicated to explain now, but currently I am operating undetected and have gathered more information in the last two days than I have in the last four months.”
“That was not in your directive, Agent! We must get you out of there before you are discovered.”
“I don’t see how that’s possible, at least not at this time. I’m located inside Starforce Base One. I am currently conducting interviews under my cover as a psychtech, and I have made a huge discovery—” A sudden rumbling boom interrupted her words. The crystal vid monitor on the wall across from her bed rattled with the vibration.
“What is that?” Commander Finar demanded.
“I don’t know…” A second boom sounded, loud enough to echo in her ears.
“Scans indicate the base is under attack. You must leave the base immediately and contact us outside its perimeter.”
“I can’t. You don’t understand, these people are important.” Rapid crashes punctuated her words, the final detonation cutting off all communication. An explosion rocked the building and shook the contents
“If I open my eyes for real now, will you disappear?” he whispered into her ear, his breath tickling the curve of L’inar near her throat.
“Yes.”
“Then let’s sleep.”
Alinna closed her eyes. Her body still hummed with pleasure. How could he imagine sleep would be possible? But she felt his body relaxing behind her. Slowly she settled against him. Human skin temperature was lower than Inarrii, but it felt good cradled against her back. Perhaps sleep would be possible after all. She felt her eyes drift shut.
Then she groaned as her internal command unit pulsed to life.
“Base to Unit Nine, Alinna Gaerrii, report.”
Chapter Six
Alinna eased from the mental rapport that David had established and returned to her body. He would have to sleep without her. She tapped the sensor on the skin below her ear, activating the communications mode of her internal command unit. Although she knew no one from the Inarrii base could see her as she spoke on the focused channel, she sat up in her bed and wrapped her body in the light coverlet.
“Alinna Gaerrii, Unit Nine responding. Inar tel sahiir. ” She spoke the Inarrii welcome before she could catch herself, then fisted her hands in silent frustration. Using her native tongue on a line that might be monitored was a novice mistake. Being contacted when she had just settled in with David, a human she’d been meant to watch, had unsettled her nerves more than she’d thought possible. “Is this code secure?”
“We believe it is, although the time until probable discovery is limited.” Alinna recognized the deep voice of her commanding officer, Commander Jannii Finar. “Agent Alinna, are you injured? Do you need retrieval?” Concern laced her commander’s inflection.
Alinna swallowed hard against a sudden wave of yearning. She missed her people. Everything was different here, even the scent of the air. At home she could smell the salt of the oceans no matter where she was. Here the hint of chemical air cleaners never left the buildings, and the scent of the forest where she’d landed was so foreign with its pine vegiforms that she would never forget it. She would never get used to the blue skies of Earth either, compared to the warm red mists of her home planet. Only the exquisite pleasure she’d found in David’s arms over the last two nights had made the stress she was under bearable.
“I was injured, but I have received medical treatment.” Alinna rushed to deliver more information before the commander could assume she’d been discovered. “I’m posing as a human psychological evaluator. It’s too complicated to explain now, but currently I am operating undetected and have gathered more information in the last two days than I have in the last four months.”
“That was not in your directive, Agent! We must get you out of there before you are discovered.”
“I don’t see how that’s possible, at least not at this time. I’m located inside Starforce Base One. I am currently conducting interviews under my cover as a psychtech, and I have made a huge discovery—” A sudden rumbling boom interrupted her words. The crystal vid monitor on the wall across from her bed rattled with the vibration.
“What is that?” Commander Finar demanded.
“I don’t know…” A second boom sounded, loud enough to echo in her ears.
“Scans indicate the base is under attack. You must leave the base immediately and contact us outside its perimeter.”
“I can’t. You don’t understand, these people are important.” Rapid crashes punctuated her words, the final detonation cutting off all communication. An explosion rocked the building and shook the contents
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