Jin looked from her to the globe, his expression torn.
Deciding it was unnecessary to hammer home her point, Kira turned toward Raider.
He raised his eyebrows at her.“The Red Rabbit?”
Kira nodded.
Shower.Then sleep.Then maybe a little mayhem.
Twenty Three
Kira
Kiradidn’tlookbackas Baran stopped short at the threshold of the hotel.She continued on with the rest, happy to let Baran cool his heels outside.She was a little surprised at his forbearance.He must have thought there was only one way in or out.
A common misconception.
Kira chose the Red Rabbit for several reasons.When she visited, she always stayed in the same room.Partly because it was clean and met her needs nicely.But mostly because of the hidden tunnel connected to it.
After checking in with the concierge at the front desk, a real honest to God human, a rarity in places like this, Kira headed back to her group to hand over the door codes she’d had forwarded to her ID chip.
“You got us separate rooms?”Finn asked with a frown as they headed to their floor.
“Not all of us,” Jin grumbled, stifling a yawn to glare up at Dylan.His roommate for the evening.
“We’re not sharing,” Kira told Finn.
She’d done enough of that over the past few weeks to last a lifetime.Unless her life was in danger she wanted to be left alone for the next few hours.
“Enjoy the personal space,” Raider advised, stopping in front of his room.“Who knows when we’ll get this luxury again.”
He disappeared inside, leaving Jin and Dylan to do the same on the opposite side of the hallway.
Kira backed toward her room.“He has a point.”
Either way, she wasn’t sticking around for a debate.There was a shower with her name on it, and she intended to scald her skin with the hottest water available.
Kira let herself into the room, allowing the door slide shut behind her.
She stood in the tiny space that was hers for the next few hours.
The shower waiting in the corner was a big part of why Kira always came back here.You paid an arm and a leg, but it was worth it.
Kira shed her clothes, one item at a time, leaving each one where they fell as she made her way across the room.She stepped into the shower and triggered the privacy screen.A hum started as transparent walls rose from the floor all the way to the ceiling.Fog filled them, turning them partially opaque.
“Fancy,” Kira murmured.
Steam filled the air as Kira briskly scrubbed her skin, not lingering despite her desire to.In a place like Titan, where water was at a premium, you never knew how long it would last before it ran out.The only guarantee was that it would never be enough.
All too soon, the trickle petered out.
Kira squeezed the ends of her hair, getting out some of the excess moisture before grabbing one of the towels hanging nearby.She dried off before wrapping it around her chest.The second towel she grabbed was for her hair.She was still toweling it dry when she disengaged the privacy screens and stepped out.
She paused at the sight of the very large, very attractive male sprawled over her bed.
“That was quick.”Kira tossed aside her towel and considered her guest.“I didn’t expect you for another few hours at least.”
He must have left not long after her.
