Heart of the Machine by D'Arc Bianca

Author:D'Arc, Bianca
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci fi romance
Publisher: Hawk Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Medeus held Billie tight to his chest, never wanting the moment to end. The moment he’d rediscovered his manhood. His humanity…on the most basic level. She had given him this gift, and he would value her forever for it.

He still had a fear of hurting her, but being with her had become an imperative. Something he could no longer live without. He wanted her by his side at all times and he wanted to secure her affection in any way possible. It was both shocking and scary, but he could no longer deny what was within his rusty heart.

“Come back to my cabin,” she murmured, stroking her lips along his jaw, long moments later. “Sam’s sleeping at a friend’s tonight, so I’ve got the place to myself. I don’t want this to end, yet.”

He couldn’t lie to her. Not now. Not ever. “I don’t either,” he told her.

He stepped away, found her clothing and helped her put them back on. He liked her naked, but it would be risky to run down the corridor of the ship—even while everyone else was supposedly at dinner.

Dressed again, they walked, hand in hand, down the empty passageway to her cabin, which, thankfully, wasn’t far. He wasn’t sure how he would have reacted if anyone had seen them. He wasn’t concerned about cyborgs. They all knew something was up because he’d been out of touch for longer than allowable and had been answering inquiries over the silent comm with requests for privacy.

Chiron had intervened when others had worried, and Medeus had told Chiron the truth of what was happening and why he wanted privacy. Chiron had then gone on to tell the others to leave Medeus alone and not to worry. He wasn’t seeking privacy to do something drastic. Rather, he was getting lucky.

Such a juvenile term for what felt like a universe-altering event. When they got to her cabin, Medeus followed her to the bed. It wasn’t huge, but it would hold them both comfortably. He didn’t want to be a cad, though, so he simply sat with her for a bit. He wanted to talk with her—almost as much as he wanted to make love with her again. He craved the closeness of sharing thoughts and feelings that he hadn’t experienced with a woman in far too long.

All his fellow cyborgs were men. Military men. He had held one of the highest ranks among them, and there was a definite divide—even now—between the high-ranking officers and the others. He had tried to open up with Chiron and had been somewhat successful, but Medeus sensed he could say things to Billie that he couldn’t say to the others.

Whether she would hate him afterwards… Well, that remained to be seen.

There was still the giant stumbling block of her older brother between them, though she didn’t know it. He would save that for… Well…maybe never. He wasn’t sure if he could deal with the emotional fallout that was sure to come if he revealed his involvement in Alex’s demise.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.