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carefully got up and off his lap, pinching the bridge of her nose. She hadn’t experienced the sensations she was feeling as an adult, though as a teen, she remembered one of the boys in her class glowing lavender for a while. It had ceased when he started dating a cheerleader, so her senses had turned that particular signal off.
    Cierra pressed a hand to her lips. If she had this figured out, her senses were telling her that he was a viable sexual partner. That was a little disturbing.
    “That was…nice?”
    His lips quirked. “I thought so.”
    She fidgeted and a chime rang out. “What is that?”
    He got to his feet. “We are returning the women. I will have to go and pilot the ship. This is the more dangerous part of the event, so if I am late returning, you have the rations.”
    Cierra swallowed and said, “Um, good luck?”
    He grinned and bowed shortly, his grey uniform tightening on his shoulders as he bent forward.
    Without another word, he left her alone. She dug through the bag with the rations and pulled out a flat tablet that came to life at her touch.
    The glyphs were strange at first, but her mind gradually adapted and began to translate the history of the N’ga-Sebach.
     
    When she was drowsy, she slipped out of her shirt, folded it neatly, tucked it under her pillow and crawled into bed.
    Once in bed, she kept reading. It was fascinating. The Admaryn had flown across the stars to Sebach where they had been welcomed with open arms. The N’ga were a hard-skinned race who lived in harmony with their world. There was some personal connection that they had, but the Admaryn could not grasp it. They interbred with the N’ga, and when the last pure blood N’ga died, Sebach began to fade.
    Their world went from a lush Eden to a wasteland in ten years. Greenhouses and underground farming was cultivated as quickly as they could, but still, many died. The legacy of their travels through the stars was the ship and their sleep pods. They used that to begin to gain the essential supplies they could no longer manufacture themselves.
    Only single men were expected to join the crew, and it was a competition to get a spot as the space and supplies were limited. When they returned home, they could use their funds as credits toward paying a bride price for one of the limited women that were available. The woman had to agree, but the man had to have enough to start a life together.
    There was more, but Cierra was yawning constantly. She turned off the screen, slipped it under the bed and pulled the sheet over her.
    If they wouldn’t let her go home, she was going to have to find a way to make a new life wherever she ended up. It wasn’t the first time and it wouldn’t be the last, she was sure of it.
     

Chapter Five
     
     
    There was someone in the bed with her when she woke. Cierra tried to keep herself from tensing but did open her eyes, staring into darkness.
    Through her talent, she could see the purple glow of his features as he lay on his back completely oblivious to her. His breathing was slow and even. It was Cierra that had sought him out in her sleep. She was cuddled against him with one thigh draped over his belly. It was embarrassing, but she had sought him out without her waking mind making the decision for her.
    Cierra tried to ease away from him, but he moved, sliding his arm under her and pulling her against him.
    “It was a long trip. I need some more sleep.”
    Cierra could see his aura darken and begin to pulse softly. When her leg grazed his rising erection, she understood the correlation between pulsing light and arousal.
    Ahket simply held her to his side, and he returned to rest, the rise of his cock slowly receded as his sleep deepened.
    Cierra rested her head on his shoulder and relaxed into a light doze.
     
    The slow rubbing of her waist woke her up. The light was on, and he was watching her with a lazy gaze.
    “So, you have finally woken.”
    She made a face and eased away from him.