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aren’t that empathetic.” She shivered and pulled her blanket around herself a little tighter, stuffing the pillow against the arm of the bench.
    “So, you are going to hold yourself away from me until we find out whether or not I am the father of Liona’s child?”
    She nodded miserably. “It is the only plan of attack I could come up with on short notice.”
    He sat next to her and took her hand. He looked at her in shock. “You are freezing.”
    Her jaw chattered. “Only a little. I will get better when the sun comes up.”
    He pulled her onto his lap and held her against his chest. He pried the blanket out of her hands, and to her shock, he opened her suit, reaching inside it to press his warm palm to her cold ribs.
    “Your face turns the funniest colours. All of your emotions are written on your skin, if I know where to look.” He nuzzled his lips against her neck, exhaling warm air over her skin.
    His hand trailed upward to her collarbone. “Arousal is written here, for example. I couldn’t tell until I opened your suit, but your blush creeps down your chest and across your breasts when you are aroused. I know I did not miss that signal. The nipples as hard as diamonds were also a clue. I could feel them against my chest through that ridiculous suit you are wearing.”
    She chattered. “It isn’t ridiculous. I tried to not wear it one day and I had a freaking crowd following me around the marketplace, all with vacant, staring eyes that spoke of hunger.”
    He began a slow massage of her skin. “I wish you could know what happens when I smell your skin. My body aches and I want to be inside you so badly that it causes physical pain. When we part, I want to tear anyone between us into shreds with my hands and teeth.”
    She shuddered and her body began to warm up rapidly. Who knew that conversation could be a cure for hypothermia?
    When she was warm, aching and wet, he wrapped the blanket around her again and whispered, “You can sleep on the couch in the vid room.”
    She nodded and grabbed the pillow, leaving his lap and following him into the base, curling up on the couch in a haze of heat and falling asleep in a minute.
     
    * * * *
     
    Loesh was the first one up, and he went to check on their guest. When he saw her on the couch, shock went through him. She had kicked the blanket away and her suit was open to beyond the navel, displaying one breast and her entire creamy torso. The tip of that breast was soft and pink, and he couldn’t help licking his lips as he took in the view.
    With the suit wide open, she was back to smelling like sex again. He fought his reaction, picked up the blanket he had taken from Toyo’s room and delicately covered her again.
    She frowned and pushed at the blanket, but he kept it in place until she stilled.
    Breathing a little easier, he went about making breakfast for five.
     
    * * * *
     
    The scent of a decent breakfast woke her, and she sat up, catching the blanket when she realised that her suit was splayed wide open. She burrowed down and tucked herself back in, closing the suit and making sure it covered everything before she flipped the blanket back and ran her hands through her hair.
    “Morning, Loesh.”
    He glanced over at her, and there was wistful relief in his gaze. “Morning, Beryl.”
    “You can call me Bebe. It stands for Beryl Beatrice. It was a nickname my brother called me and most of my friends use it as well.”
    He shoved a plate of toasted bread and spread at her. “Here, make yourself useful.”
    She dutifully washed her hands and then set to work. After the toast, there was a bacony thing and eggs that were never that colour back on Earth.
    By the time she was done, the other three were up, the table was set and Loesh had told her where the lav was. She nodded and took off.
    Five minutes later, she was relieved and refreshed. A quick sonic shower had done wonders for her mood.
    They sat around the table, and Toyo sat next to her, but he was