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Authors: Harmony Raines
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some kind of salve, adding drops of another liquid and then mixing it around. “Here.”
She took the cream and sat up. “That’s it?”
“Yes. Use the salve, stay out of the suns, and you should be fit for take-off in two days’ time.”
“So I have to stay inside?” she asked.
“No, just avoid the suns.”
“I’ll have to take you out at night,” Garth said. “We can star-gaze.”
“Sure, and when I get back I can explore the planet.” Her voice was tinged with disappointment, but he liked the way she seemed so keen to make the best of everything.
“Yes, when you get back you can have Garth show you our wonderful Karal.” Darl smiled warmly. “I am sure you will like it here, Tamzin.”
“We just have to go into deep space and find another planet first.”
“Yes.”
“Thanks for the salve, doc.”
“Good journey.” He smiled, and watched them leave, winking at Garth when he turned at the door. “Have a very good evening, Garth.”
Garth raised his eyebrow in question. And Darl laughed.
“She will feel much better after you have rubbed the salve into her burns. And I am sure she wants to show you her gratitude.”
Now it was Garth’s turn to be embarrassed, and he went out of the office, pulling the door closed behind him, and feeling as if everyone knew what he was thinking as he led his mate to his rooms.
But he was sure they wouldn’t guess exactly what he was thinking, because none of the other males here had a female. And didn’t know the power they could have over even the toughest warrior.
Chapter Thirteen – Tamzin
“Nice,” she said as they entered his rooms, which were really three rooms, a kitchen diner, bed-sitting room, and a bathroom.
“It’s only temporary, my house is some way off, and I have to stay here so I’m close for the mission.” His words were defensive.
“I wasn’t being sarcastic.” She opened the door to look in the bathroom. “You’re talking to a girl who has rarely had the pleasure of indoor plumbing.”
He frowned and asked, “Then where do you…?”
“Outside, a hole in the sand. Only in town do they have mod cons like this. And then more often than not the toilets don’t flush because of lack of water. The summers are the worst.” She smiled at his face. His nose was wrinkled up and she knew he was imagining the stench of hot sun on … well, that was all behind her now.
“I suppose we all do what we have to. To survive.” He came up behind her and she could feel the heat of his body against her skin. “We should put some of the doctor’s salve on your face … and the rest of you.”
She ducked her head, catching a glimpse of herself in the mirror, and felt the blood leave her face. Putting her hand against her skin, she felt the rough red patches, and scowled. “I didn’t know it was so bad.”
“Let’s put this on it and then I will get you something to eat, you must be starving.” He backed away from her, leaving her shocked at the appearance of her hands and face. Only here in his small bathroom, which was painted white, with some kind of natural sunlight being filtered in to make it bright and airy, did she see just how red she was. “Very flattering,” she murmured.
“Tamzin.” He called her name, as if he was commanding another warrior.
She came back out of the bathroom, leaning against the door frame and said, “Is that the relationship we have?” He looked puzzled. “You order me to do things and I obey. Is that the cost of being free on Karal?”
His face creased into a frown. “I don’t know.” He stood silent for a moment looking at her, as if he was weighing up whether that was how he wanted her, to be his obedient servant. A woman to order into his bed.
Before she arrived, she might have been willing to be that. Now, in the stark reality of this world, she didn’t. This man was strong, and could bend her to his will by force if he had to, but she wanted the chance of something
She took the cream and sat up. “That’s it?”
“Yes. Use the salve, stay out of the suns, and you should be fit for take-off in two days’ time.”
“So I have to stay inside?” she asked.
“No, just avoid the suns.”
“I’ll have to take you out at night,” Garth said. “We can star-gaze.”
“Sure, and when I get back I can explore the planet.” Her voice was tinged with disappointment, but he liked the way she seemed so keen to make the best of everything.
“Yes, when you get back you can have Garth show you our wonderful Karal.” Darl smiled warmly. “I am sure you will like it here, Tamzin.”
“We just have to go into deep space and find another planet first.”
“Yes.”
“Thanks for the salve, doc.”
“Good journey.” He smiled, and watched them leave, winking at Garth when he turned at the door. “Have a very good evening, Garth.”
Garth raised his eyebrow in question. And Darl laughed.
“She will feel much better after you have rubbed the salve into her burns. And I am sure she wants to show you her gratitude.”
Now it was Garth’s turn to be embarrassed, and he went out of the office, pulling the door closed behind him, and feeling as if everyone knew what he was thinking as he led his mate to his rooms.
But he was sure they wouldn’t guess exactly what he was thinking, because none of the other males here had a female. And didn’t know the power they could have over even the toughest warrior.
Chapter Thirteen – Tamzin
“Nice,” she said as they entered his rooms, which were really three rooms, a kitchen diner, bed-sitting room, and a bathroom.
“It’s only temporary, my house is some way off, and I have to stay here so I’m close for the mission.” His words were defensive.
“I wasn’t being sarcastic.” She opened the door to look in the bathroom. “You’re talking to a girl who has rarely had the pleasure of indoor plumbing.”
He frowned and asked, “Then where do you…?”
“Outside, a hole in the sand. Only in town do they have mod cons like this. And then more often than not the toilets don’t flush because of lack of water. The summers are the worst.” She smiled at his face. His nose was wrinkled up and she knew he was imagining the stench of hot sun on … well, that was all behind her now.
“I suppose we all do what we have to. To survive.” He came up behind her and she could feel the heat of his body against her skin. “We should put some of the doctor’s salve on your face … and the rest of you.”
She ducked her head, catching a glimpse of herself in the mirror, and felt the blood leave her face. Putting her hand against her skin, she felt the rough red patches, and scowled. “I didn’t know it was so bad.”
“Let’s put this on it and then I will get you something to eat, you must be starving.” He backed away from her, leaving her shocked at the appearance of her hands and face. Only here in his small bathroom, which was painted white, with some kind of natural sunlight being filtered in to make it bright and airy, did she see just how red she was. “Very flattering,” she murmured.
“Tamzin.” He called her name, as if he was commanding another warrior.
She came back out of the bathroom, leaning against the door frame and said, “Is that the relationship we have?” He looked puzzled. “You order me to do things and I obey. Is that the cost of being free on Karal?”
His face creased into a frown. “I don’t know.” He stood silent for a moment looking at her, as if he was weighing up whether that was how he wanted her, to be his obedient servant. A woman to order into his bed.
Before she arrived, she might have been willing to be that. Now, in the stark reality of this world, she didn’t. This man was strong, and could bend her to his will by force if he had to, but she wanted the chance of something
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