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a lot of her anger was aimed at herself. Being cautious was the best idea-not being friendly to the point of offering an opening for sexual congress! Maybe it had been an unconscious prompting of her survival instincts?
And maybe not. She just damned well didnt know. All she did know was that her reaction to him disturbed her more than his reaction to her if possible.
She dismissed it, tried to eject the memory from her mind even though she knew she wasnt going to be able to. So it was stupid! It wasnt as if she didnt know that herself. In any case, Holly Rains was just worried about her own ass! The comment about endangering all of them was telling and at least part of it, she thought, might be hostility because she thought Sybil might be trying to use sex to save herself and it might not work for her.
Not that she thought for a moment that it would for her!
So maybe, deep down in her subconscious mind, shed resorted to the age old weapon women had always tried to use to protect themselves, but it certainly hadnt been conscious!
What worried her was that it might not have been that subconscious prompting. She hadnt really been aware of any attraction to him. She hadnt acknowledged it anyway, but there was no getting around the fact that she was acutely aware of him. Shed put it down to fear, understandable fear, and yet even though shed been scared she couldnt recall even a moment of being repulsed. Shouldnt she have been?
Alright, she had been scared shitless when hed first entered her cell, but it had been mostly the lighting. That had added an eeriness to his alien appearance that had further unnerved her, and it had vanished as soon as shed seen him in full light.
She couldve understood that better if shed discovered he looked like a human. He didnt-close, but definitely alien. The impression, she realized, was almost cat-like. Not that he looked like a cat and she couldnt think of any feature in particular that gave her that impression, and yet, overall, it was there and it should have bothered her even if it didnt repulse her.
It certainly shouldnt have appealed to her and yet the truth was, he was fascinating- exotic in a way that was a lot closer to appealing than repulsive. She wouldve liked to think it was just the fact that he was the first alien shed ever encountered. She knew that was probably part of it-and completely understandable. The problem was, that wasnt the only level of appeal-scientific curiosity. His maleness appealed to her-his build. He was tall-very tall, well over six feet in height, she was sure, muscular-in a raw-boned sort of way, as if he should have been a good bit heavier-but his build was still undeniably appealing to her.
Maybe that was partially responsible for the sense that he was cat-like? The leanness? Maybe. The thick mane of hair that fell to his shoulders and grew down his forehead in a wedge-shaped V added to it, certainly. It was no widows peak, that was for sure, and his hair was gorgeous, thick and streaked with gold, brown, and dark auburn.
It reminded her of a lions mane, she realized abruptly and maybe that was why her mind said cat-like? The hair and the lean build?
Even his eyes, she realized, were oddly cat-like, slightly tilted, heavy lidded-like a lion.
He had striations on his tan skin she thought abruptly, lighter streaks like stripes along his forearms, even along the column of his neck.
The image that instantly rose in her mind with that memory was disturbing, mostly because it was undeniably arousing.
She lifted her head and looked at her roommate. Youre right-caution. She hesitated. That means in all dealings with them, you know.
What are you getting at?
Sybil considered whether she should say anything at all and finally decided, as long as Holly had
And maybe not. She just damned well didnt know. All she did know was that her reaction to him disturbed her more than his reaction to her if possible.
She dismissed it, tried to eject the memory from her mind even though she knew she wasnt going to be able to. So it was stupid! It wasnt as if she didnt know that herself. In any case, Holly Rains was just worried about her own ass! The comment about endangering all of them was telling and at least part of it, she thought, might be hostility because she thought Sybil might be trying to use sex to save herself and it might not work for her.
Not that she thought for a moment that it would for her!
So maybe, deep down in her subconscious mind, shed resorted to the age old weapon women had always tried to use to protect themselves, but it certainly hadnt been conscious!
What worried her was that it might not have been that subconscious prompting. She hadnt really been aware of any attraction to him. She hadnt acknowledged it anyway, but there was no getting around the fact that she was acutely aware of him. Shed put it down to fear, understandable fear, and yet even though shed been scared she couldnt recall even a moment of being repulsed. Shouldnt she have been?
Alright, she had been scared shitless when hed first entered her cell, but it had been mostly the lighting. That had added an eeriness to his alien appearance that had further unnerved her, and it had vanished as soon as shed seen him in full light.
She couldve understood that better if shed discovered he looked like a human. He didnt-close, but definitely alien. The impression, she realized, was almost cat-like. Not that he looked like a cat and she couldnt think of any feature in particular that gave her that impression, and yet, overall, it was there and it should have bothered her even if it didnt repulse her.
It certainly shouldnt have appealed to her and yet the truth was, he was fascinating- exotic in a way that was a lot closer to appealing than repulsive. She wouldve liked to think it was just the fact that he was the first alien shed ever encountered. She knew that was probably part of it-and completely understandable. The problem was, that wasnt the only level of appeal-scientific curiosity. His maleness appealed to her-his build. He was tall-very tall, well over six feet in height, she was sure, muscular-in a raw-boned sort of way, as if he should have been a good bit heavier-but his build was still undeniably appealing to her.
Maybe that was partially responsible for the sense that he was cat-like? The leanness? Maybe. The thick mane of hair that fell to his shoulders and grew down his forehead in a wedge-shaped V added to it, certainly. It was no widows peak, that was for sure, and his hair was gorgeous, thick and streaked with gold, brown, and dark auburn.
It reminded her of a lions mane, she realized abruptly and maybe that was why her mind said cat-like? The hair and the lean build?
Even his eyes, she realized, were oddly cat-like, slightly tilted, heavy lidded-like a lion.
He had striations on his tan skin she thought abruptly, lighter streaks like stripes along his forearms, even along the column of his neck.
The image that instantly rose in her mind with that memory was disturbing, mostly because it was undeniably arousing.
She lifted her head and looked at her roommate. Youre right-caution. She hesitated. That means in all dealings with them, you know.
What are you getting at?
Sybil considered whether she should say anything at all and finally decided, as long as Holly had
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