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fear the dream memory had brought.
    The men shared a look, and my belly flip-flopped as I took in their concern. We were strangers, so their regard didn’t make sense, but it also nudged something inside me I thought hadn’t developed. I didn’t feel desire, not like what I’d witnessed in others. As I looked at them standing beside each other—one short, ripped and dark, and the other broad-shouldered and big with that sexy spill of silky blond hair over his eyes—I felt something new. A curling of warmth in my limbs, an empty ache between my legs…and my breasts suddenly felt heavier. I sat up, shocked, and had to stop myself from cupping my own breasts. I bit my lip, entertained by the image that would have given them.
    And like that, the fear was gone. My cheeks twitched, so amused was I over the thought of their shock if I’d suddenly grabbed my breasts, that I couldn’t stop the smile I aimed their direction. It felt strange on my face.
    Anders sucked in a breath. “Gods, woman, you have the smile of an angel.”
    Wrinkling my nose, I shook my head. “You have an awfully sweet tongue in your mouth.”
    “So I’ve been told.”
    Clay rolled his eyes. “Don’t give him any ideas.” His shoulders relaxed as if he accepted that the possible crisis had been averted. He leaned against the open doorway and crossed his arms over his chest. This made his biceps bulge.
    I wasn’t the only one looking at them. Anders had turned when the captain moved, and his shuttered stare sent a shiver down my spine. What was their story? My curiosity surprised me as much as the desire had.
    “So, you’re okay, Siri?” Clay ignored Anders’s fiery stare, focusing on me.
    “I am.” I pulled the soft Drenellian cotton blanket into a bunch I could cuddle to my chest. “It’s all a little overwhelming. I don’t remember…being free before. I can’t quite grasp the concept.” I frowned, looked down at my lap. “It’s hard to describe.”
    “I imagine you have a lot of crazy emotions going on.”
    “I am sorry I woke you.”
    Anders shrugged. “I wasn’t asleep, so don’t worry about it.”
    “Don’t even worry about it if he was. There’s a lot for you to take in, get used to. There are worlds out there just waiting for you to do something in them. Something of your choice.” Clay winked. “I’d be having some wild dreams myself if I were facing that.”
    As both men shuffled out of my room, I hugged that beautiful blanket, wondering if these new feelings the men raised in me would give me a new kind of wild dream.
    One with touches that were offered with love.

Chapter Four
    Loud laughter and stomping boots woke me in the middle of the night. Being pulled from a sound sleep at odd hours wasn’t a new experience for me and I instantly braced for something unpleasant. Then the softness of the blanket under my cheek reminded me where I was. I curled my fingers into the material until it wrapped each one in a safe, soft cocoon. Staring into the dark, I let myself drift. I had a full belly, warm clothes and nobody was going to come in here and force me to my knees.
    From the banging and loud voices, it sounded like a big group—larger than I expected for such a small ship. I heard a female voice among the deeper masculine ones.
    “Lia!”
    I sat up when I recognized Anders’s tone.
    “You don’t have to screech, Sullivan,” the woman outside my door said with a growl in her voice.
    “That door is no longer coded to you. We have a guest going to Kithra.” His voice grew louder. He must have stopped right beside her. “It was empty anyway, so Clay and I thought you’d decided on the layover after all.”
    “On that nasty space station? Are you crazy?”
    “I guess you can bunk with Namito then.”
    “A little slow today, Anders? Wondering where my stuff went? I’m bunking with Bucho.”
    The low chuckles that trickled through into the room surprised me. I was used to more soundproofed doors.
    “Like