Alien Alpha: an Alien SciFi Romance by Juniper Leigh

Author:Juniper Leigh [Leigh, Juniper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Romance
Amazon: B015D0TUS4
Goodreads: 26529441
Publisher: Enamored Ink
Published: 2015-09-13T04:00:00+00:00

Part Four

Chapter 11: NOVALYN

Neither Odrik nor I slept well that night. We thrashed about under the cover of the heavy animal furs, trying not to brush up against one another as we moved. I would wake up too warm and throw off the cover of the furs, then drift off again until the bone-chilling cold roused me. Odrik had a similar experience, and I realized that our previous arrangement had been as much for our comfort as it had been due to our mutual desire for one another. I missed the feeling of his arms around me, missed the feel of flesh on flesh, missed the sound of his steady breathing in the night.

When day finally broke, we rose groggy and irritable, breaking down the camp in agitated silence. He hoisted me — rather begrudgingly, I thought — onto his back and we headed in the same direction I’d seen the other pair go, tromping along their lightly trodden path.

After a time, Odrik planted me on the earth beside a small green pond. I dipped my hands in the water to drink, but Odrik was stripping off what little clothing he wore and bounding into the ice-cold water. I watched him from my spot in the wet grass and crossed my arms in front of me.

“You’re stalling,” I shouted as he ran his fingers through his hair and wiped droplets of water away from his face.

“I’m bathing,” he countered. “And you might consider doing the same.”

I scoffed. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

He dipped down low in the water and waded a few steps toward me, angling his black eyes up at me with a bemused little smirk playing on his lips. “You kept me awake all night with your tossing and turning,” he said, his tone low and sly, “and your tunic is nearly soaked through with sweat. I just thought you might want to clean off a bit.”

I felt the apples of my cheeks color slightly. He was right, I needed a bath. “Fine,” I spat and undid the beaded belt he’d gifted to me before tugging the tunic up over my head. He turned his back to me then to give me some modicum of privacy, but I smiled my own smug little smile to catch him peering at me from his periphery. I swayed my hips gently from side to side as I moved into the cool waters of the pond, clutching my arms in front of me in a way that indicated I was cold but squeezing my prominent breasts together, highlighting every curve he could not touch.

“So, what’s our plan, then?” I asked, once I had fully submerged myself in the water. He turned back to me then, splashing water on his face.

“Go to the village. Don’t be seen.”

“Don’t be seen?” I echoed, eyes wide.

“Yes,” he confirmed. “Did you miss the part where I told you I was exiled…?”

“No, but — ”

“What, did you think we could just… waltz back into my village?” A darkness clouded his features, his brow furrowed over his depthless eyes.

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