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before we leave, and the supply clerk will have everything you need sent to
your room,” Lauren said as she watched him walk around the area choosing an
outfit.
    When he went behind a rack of
clothes and she could hear him changing, she cleared her throat and turned her
head away even though she couldn’t see him.
    “Anyway, to answer your question,
there are thousands of us. We find more all the time. Like you. Most end up
discovered and hunted either by the governments or the Relians. The rest of us try
to band together—not just for safety reasons, but because we’re trying to help
the humans,” Lauren said loudly, hoping to drown out the sound of him putting
his clothes on. She blushed when she noted that he didn’t pick any underwear.
    “Help the humans how?” he asked as
he came around the corner of the shelf.
    Lauren turned to him and sucked in
a sharp breath when she saw how he looked. The black, multi pocket pants fit
his narrow waist perfectly while the t-shirt molded to his chest and biceps
like it was painted on.
    Mikey couldn’t help but smile at
the way Lauren was looking at him. This whole situation was strange enough as
it was, but knowing the attraction between them was mutual made him feel like
preening for her.
    I will not make a fool of myself in
front of her, he vowed to himself as he took a step towards her.
Then he promptly tripped over an untied boot lace and face planted on the
floor.
    “Oh no!” Lauren uttered as she ran
to his side and gently turned him over.
    Mikey wanted to hide from her after
embarrassing himself, but she was persistent and slapped his hands away from
his bleeding forehead.
    “Grab that shirt from the shelf behind
you. You split open your head, so we have to get you to a medlab. Luckily,
there’s one down the hall,” Lauren said as she gestured to the clothes on the
shelf behind him while she held his wound closed with the other, using her gift
to slow the bleeding.
    Mikey leaned back to get the shirt
and sucked in a breath as her body followed his so she could keep pressure on
his head, her face inches from his own.
    “I think I have the bleeding
stopped,” Lauren whispered as she looked at his lips.
    Lauren held her breath as the
energy roared to life between them. She saw the surprise in his eyes as he felt
the rush and waited expectantly as he lips moved slowly towards her own.
    “Oh damn, you better get him to
medlab. I’ll get this cleaned up,” Simya, a Valendran tact team member, said
from behind them.
    The startled couple quickly separated,
and Lauren stood while Simya held his hand out for Mikey and helped him to
stand.
    “Thanks,” Mikey muttered, not
meaning it.
    “Thanks, Simya,” Lauren said with a
shaky smile as she led Mikey from the room and down the hall to the medlab,
berating herself the whole way.
    Why the hell did I want him to kiss
me? She wondered. Why do I still want him to do it?
    “My head?” Mikey asked as he sat on
the exam table.
    He wondered what she was thinking
that had her staring off and he couldn’t help but hope that she was thinking
about him and their missed kiss.
    Lauren shook her head to clear it
and forced a smile.
    “Sorry, I got distracted. Let me
see,” she said as she leaned forward to get a closer look at his deep gash,
hoping the wound would enable her to gain control of her attraction to him.

 
    Chapter
Five
     
    Mikey paced the room he was given
in the headquarters building of Freedom Enterprises, wondering where Lauren was
and when he would see her again. After repairing the deep gash in his head, she
had told him that Grai wanted him assigned a room in the building with the
other unmated males and traveling teams who were only stopping for rest on
their way to a mission or their home base.
    He’d used the computer in his room to
access the history Lauren had told him was available to their hybrid children.
Although geared for the kids, it was an accurate history of their people and
how