making sure she wasn’t harmed. She didn’t push his hands away. His touch was gentle and soothing. And he smelled so good. With her losing a sense, all her other senses had expanded. The man’s scent was incredible: warm, spicy, woodsy, and delicious. She could almost taste him. He looked into her dark eyes and felt himself drowning in her. Goddess help him, he wanted this female in the worst way. He saw her shocked expression. Had he sent her his thoughts? Lola tried to ignore the way his thoughts about her affected her. But he r body was responding against her will. The man was too sexy for his own good. Why did he have to make her feel this way? Then she realized, this was her chance. ' LarIS, I have something I wanted to say to you.' She called his name through the mental link. ' Yes, beautiful. What is it?' He caressed her cheek. ' I wanted to tell you…thank you for saving me.'
Chapter Six
“ What are the security details for the Colony?” the Morin Leader asked his lieutenant. “ All three nations have increased their security around their planet. The Colony is the least protected. There might be an opening but it will be a small window in which we can act.” “ What about the wormhole the strange females came from? Have you located it yet?” “ We have tried to track their communications from the Katieran home world to their transports. But it is encrypted and kept too short to track.” “ I want that location of the wormhole!” the Morin Leader yelled, causing spittle to shoot from his mouth. “ Yes, sir.” ***** “I was not that bad!” Lola signed, disagreeing with Lizzie who was teasing her about their first training session with Lt. Daniels. Lizzie laughed and signed back , “You looked like you were a mouse trying to tackle a giant.” “ It’s not my fault the Lt. has legs a mile high!” Lola laughed with Lizzie. It was good to have a friend she could be herself with. “ She is strong too. I thought I had her in my grasp and she tossed me like I weighed nothing,” Lizzie added then took a sip of her water. “ She is strong. I will have bruises tomorrow for sure.” Lola agreed. “ Did you want to go to the Medic Wing and have them treat us for our aches and pains?” Lizzie asked with concern. “ No. It’s actually good to feel the small aches. It reminds me that I have a body and it still can function. It’s a good thing.” Something moved up next to her as she sat there. She turned and looked up. It was Leader LarIS. LarIS hoped he didn ’t mess everything up. He had been practicing for a while. He lifted his hands and signed, “May I join you two for the Evening Meal?” Lola was shocked. He always spoke to her mind -to-mind. He was making an effort to speak to her in a way that was more comfortable for her. She nodded her head at the empty seat next to her. She tried not to smile when he turned his seat at an angle so he could communicate with her. “ When did you learn sign language?” Lola asked him. “ Miss Connell gave me some videos to watch and has been giving me some private sessions in the afternoons.” Lizzie blushed. “ He’s a quick study.” Lola felt for a moment the bite of jealousy. Why would she feel that? What did it matter that he spent time with another woman, her best friend in fact. She shouldn ’t feel anything at all. ' I did it for you. I have no interest in your friend though she is quite attractive. She has not capture my attention as you have.' LarIS spoke to her using his telepathic link to her. He had sensed the change in her mood immediately and sought to find the cause. It secretly pleased him that she was jealous that another woman might want him. That had to mean something right? ' Don’t read my mind without my permission.' She glared at him. Then her temper flared into something else entirely