Page 78 of On a Rogue Planet
Her throat closed, and on that thought, she left the bed and went to her small closet. She pulled on underwear, a tank top, and clean coveralls. “I need to finish work on those parts. I promised Z.” And she needed to get out of the cabin for a bit and clear her head of crazy thoughts of Xander being hers permanently.
“I can help.”
So much for alone time. “Sure.” Who needed alone time when you had a sexy cyborg lusting after you?
After they grabbed some snacks from the galley, they headed for the bay where she’d been working. There was no sign of her cousins, and the ship lighting was dimmed. She figured they were sleeping, and BEll was monitoring their transit.
Mal and Xander set to work. He finished the dismantling while she got to work cleaning and fixing the parts. They worked mainly in silence, but it was an easy silence. She loved that he anticipated what she needed, the tool there beside her before she even asked.
“What do you think we’ll find on Technis?” she asked.
“I think it’s best to be prepared for anything. Certainly, Forge will have the Antikythera well-guarded.” Xander stared at the engine parts intently, but she knew he wasn’t seeing steel and grease. “I’ll do what I have to do to get it.”
The strong lines of his face were so beautiful. And his dedication to his planet was too.
“We’ll get it.”
He looked her way. “If things go wrong, get dangerous, I want you off the planet.”
“You think I’m just going to leave you there?”
“Malin—”
“I didn’t leave you to die on Centax and I didn’t even know you. I didn’t leave you on Rhage.” Did he really value his life so little? “What makes you think I’d leave you now that I’m in—”Oh, stars. She broke off, blinking rapidly. “Now that I like you. Especially that body of yours.”
She set her multi-tool down and sauntered slowly his way.
He watched her coming, his eyes darkening.
Mal sank to her knees in front of him.
“What are you doing?” His voice was the tiniest bit wary.
She liked that. The big bad CenSec afraid of her. “I thought we’d try the next thing on your list.”
“You don’t know what’s next.”
“Oh, I know men, this has to be somewhere on there.” She pressed her cheek to the growing bulge at his crotch, breathed against the fabric. “And I saw the way you watched that Rahl on Rhage. You imagined us like that, didn’t you?”
He jerked, his hands clenched around the sonic hammer in his hands.
“Has anyone ever taken your cock in their mouth, Xander?”
He shook his head, a shiver snaking through him. “That…wasn’t part of my training.”
Sensual power filled her. She loved that she could make this strong man tremble. She reached up and undid his zipper. “Would you like me to suck your cock?”
“Malin.” The hammer clattered to the ground and his hands sank into her hair. “I want everything with you.”
Her heart gave a happy little spasm. She knew he didn’t mean it the way she wanted, but it was nice to hear.
She pulled his hard cock out of his trousers. Big, thick, but silky smooth.
Pressing one hand to his muscular thigh, she leaned down, stopped with her lips a breath from the wide head of him. His heavy breathing rasped in the air around them. She licked.
He jumped, his hands clenching in her hair. Automatically, he relaxed his grip.
Mal took her time, licking along the length of him. Then she sucked him in. Hard and deep.
