body tensed, his legs shook a little, and he started to come.

A moan came from her as his release spread on her tongue—a sweet, rich taste that she swallowed over and over until she knew he’d given her all he had. She eased her grip on him and slowly eased his c**k from between her lips. She licked them clean when he was free from her.

Her chin rose and she stared up into his sexually satisfied gaze, loving the smile he gave her as he held out his hand to help her up. She placed her hand in his and allowed him to gently tug her to her feet. He released her to close his pants, his attention never straying from her eyes.

“So, when you were panting, did you notice it wasn’t fresh air you were breathing?”

Flint chuckled as he shook his head and reached to brush his knuckles over her cheek in a caress. “I will hurry back to you but you will occupy my thoughts the entire time.”

Grinning at him, Mira nodded, taking a few steps back, knowing he had to get to work. “I’ll be waiting right here for you.”

He hesitated and then nodded, turned his back to her and strode out of their quarters. As soon as the doors slid closed, Mira laughed out loud.

Oh yeah, I’m totally better than fresh damn air, she thought with amusement.

Chapter Fifteen

The feel of the bed dipping from a heavy weight on the mattress woke Mira instantly. Flint had turned the lights on low. She turned, opening her eyes, to smile at a na**d Flint as he lifted the covers to get under them with her.

“That was more than a few hours.”

He chuckled. “I’m sorry.”

“Thank you for sending me food. I was starving.”

“I figured. We missed lunch.”

“What was the holdup?”

“We had some cargo issues. We are supplied with spare parts for the Vontage and the Moonslip but unfortunately our food supplies were loaded in the wrong cargo area so we had to sort it out. Then I had to have a vid meeting with the Cyborg Council. They are very excited about the discovery of the survivors of the Moonslip . As we were conferencing they got an incoming message from the Vontage .

We were able to communicate with her commander by vid for the first time since it went missing. They were able to fix it since their last communication with our council. Steel is the Vontage’s commander. He was relieved we got his message and he’s returning to the planet to prepare the survivors to abandon the planet.”

“How long will it take to reach them?”

“It will take a good week but we are looking at three weeks minimum for repairs on the damaged ships when we arrive. No one knows why the Moonslip was so far out. It had been heading for Garden but it must have gone off course. I was able to get more details so I know what I’m facing. The Moonslip suffered damage from an asteroid hit. They were able to set it down on the planet’s moon and then shuttle everyone to the habitable planet nearby. It will make it easier to lift the Moonslip from a dead moon with hardly any gravity than to try to lift her off from the planet’s surface. That makes my job a lot easier. We could have transported all the survivors on the Vontage , the Star , and the Rally but we would have been really packed on all three ships. The Vontage was damaged by pirates but it was a lucky break since they found the survivors of the other ship. We’ll have both ships running as quickly as possible.”

“The Rally is traveling with us?”

“They left when we did but they are faster so they have taken the lead. They will arrive before we do.

They are going to assess the damage to both ships so that by the time we arrive we can get the repairs immediately underway.”

“That’s good.” Mira was glad that he was opening up to her, talking to her, and it made her happy.

Flint inched closer to Mira. “I was thinking about you.”

She turned, curling against his large, warm body. His hard erection rubbed her bare stomach. “You were? You sounded like you were too busy to give me much thought.”

She raked her fingernails lightly over his ni**les, instantly loving the way they immediately pebbled in response. His c**k jerked slightly against her, letting her know he was in tune to