Fracture has a surprisingly gentle side despite the jagged lines of his body as his shards glimmer under the cabin lights.
RageBurner sets down inAegis’main hangar and lowers its ramp. We hike out, and I immediately spot Brodin, Steele, and Daken. Charlee, Racer, and Colt are with them now, looking much better. But she’s still lethargic as they walk up to me.
A squad of Titans in rocket boots leaves the hangar, flying out to Aidathrin, which now gleams with a handful of blue lights in the dark.
I get hugs from the team, including Daken.
“You good?” he warily asks.
“I’ve got my parts, and I’m upright today.”
He laughs shyly.
I study the look in his eyes, filled with regret and yet determination.
Daken nods and motions to the sealscreen. “Go on.”
Evo, Eon, and a shiny Titan land inside the hangar. Raven crosses the hangar from her cooling ship, crashing into Eon. He collects her and plucks her from the ground. “Hello, gorgeous.”
The CyberGuard slows and stops, like he doesn’t understand.
Evo notices as I’m about to reach him. “Paradox, Aera. Her mother was Leeta.”
Paradox whips his gaze to mine. He taps a fist over his digibadge and dips his head. “If you need anything, Aera, daughter of Mother Leeta, you need only ask.”
Evo and Paradox’s eyes flash with data as Evo slides an arm around my waist.
Paradox straightens and looks around the hangar, studying everyone. “I see. I have missed a lot. I will get caught up with Chasm and Savage.”
Evo watches him walk off to speak with Chasm before he scoops me into his arms. His lips find mine with hunger. Evo slides his hands down my back and picks me up by my hips.
His breath is hot and his embrace firm. Evo’s stardust body doesn’t change when he touches me now. “As much as I want tocarry you into a room and rip your clothes off right now, there is a pending debrief.”
“Can’t you just listen in?” I ask with a tap to my temple.
He smirks. “I like your thinking.”
Evo’s eyes flicker, and he breaks away from the group, carrying me toward a corridor of rooms. “Mother has assigned us quarters.”
Chasm stands on a catwalk above the gathered crowd. “Patrols are going out now. We’ll portal in just a minute.”
“Where are you going?” Eon asks as we pass him and Raven.
“Torest,” Evo remarks with a smirk.
“Oh, fuck this,” Eon nips at Raven’s nose and hustles after us. “Mother, give us a damned room!”
A door opens ahead of us, and Eon throws them inside. I can hear Raven laugh as the door closes.
“Dick.” Evo chuckles. “That was our room. But Mother has reassigned us.”
Evo climbs a set of steps and hustles down a corridor into another opening door. The room we get is just big enough for a bed, a closet, and a shower. But it’s more than enough.
He lays me back on the bed as the door closes. In seconds, he’s dropped his weapons and ripped his armor off.
There’s vibrant lust in his eyes as he crawls over me. Evo bonds his mouth to mine as he swiftly works my armor off my body and tears my clothes off. His hot hands roam my flesh with hunger and curiosity.
He remains dark as the void outside, yet he glows as the tiny orbs within him move through his mass, collecting where his body brushes mine.
