And what the hell.
Did he just twitch?
She turned toward the bag because she knew her cheeks had to be as red as her dress--they had certainly flushed hot enough. She started digging through it, looking for something. Anything. Water tablets. Something to not look at him and his twitching body parts.
If he knew he'd done it, he didn't act like it.
No smug expression or anything.
Maybe it was a natural reaction.
Yes. She was going to go with that.
7
Jedriek could not believe his luck.
Or hisbadluck.
He was not sure yet which it was.
But the princess with the eyes he'd been mesmerized with before was now under his protection. From the moment she'd taken off the covering and he'd seen those eyes, he knew. He had to protect her with every part of himself.
Her eyes had been powerful on the holographic image, but to see her in person was far more intense.
Like the air had been drained from him.
She was truly breathtaking.
He stood at attention, attempting not to stare, for her eyes were so startling, he wanted nothing more than to admire them. He had seen other colored eyes before from other humanoids. Still, for some reason, hers jumped out at him far more than anyone else's ever had.
"Do you go there a lot?" she asked.
"Where, again?"
"The pleasure women," she said. There was a different timber in her voice. This, for some reason, was an uncomfortable subject for her.
"Not as often as I like, no," he said.
"You like to see them?"
Something about the way she spoke seemed almost hostile. A warning tingled in the back of his mind. What it meant, he wasn't quite sure, but he knew it was something. He'd had that sensation before, and it was usually right before a fight broke out.
"They are a means to an end," he said. That sounded safe enough.
"What, do you get cravings or something?" she asked.
"Do you know of The Craving?" he asked. He was not aware that Terrans knew about the Craving. But if she did, it would make explaining things much easier.
"I was kidding," she said. "Mostly."
"I am not. Do you know of it?"
"No. I guess I don't." She continued working on removing her dress layers. It was curious how many sections she had on. Each layer she removed revealed more of her shape to him, making the Cravings even more potent.
"We experience The Craving. It is part of our primitive makeup."
"Your primitive makeup? What are you, exactly."
