Return by Jordan Summers

Author:Jordan Summers [Summers, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Erotic
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2006-01-29T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Orion rose from the bed and dressed without another word to Brigit. They left her room and found a Star Battle party taking place in one of the nearby conference areas.

They’d been milling around with other conference attendees for the past hour. Brigit thought of a half a dozen strategies for sneaking out of the room so she could pack and be ready to follow him, but Orion thwarted her at every turn by keeping his attention locked on her—ass.

Brigit tried to ignore the tightening in her nipples and the moisture gathering between her thighs. She found it as easy as attempting to put contact lenses into a hippo’s eyes.

Several minutes dragged by. She’d all but given up hope, when Orion suddenly pulled her aside. “I must go back to my ship for a while.” Something akin to regret passed over his features, but was gone so quickly she didn’t get a chance to analyze the emotion.

“Of course,” Brigit said, realizing her chance had come. “I’ll wait right here,” she lied, praying he couldn’t hear the excitement in her voice.

His brow drew down. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it.

“Well, you better get going. It was nice fuc—meeting you.” She forced a smile.

“I will return as soon as I can.”

“Yeah, sure. Great.” Brigit shrugged. “Take your time,” she added hastily. It wasn’t like Jac and Rachel were nearby, but hopefully Orion would leave her a clue to their whereabouts.

Orion’s jaw clenched for a second and Brigit thought she saw hurt in his eyes. But that wasn’t possible, was it? He reached out and stroked her cheek with one finger. Her heart threatened to leap out of her chest and shatter. What was the matter with her? How could she feel so much for a man who in all likelihood was deceiving her?

The word “link” slammed into her mind. Brigit shook her head in denial and closed her eyes a second. They were not “linked”. He was not from another planet called Zaron. And there was no spaceship.

“See you soon,” she said a little too cheerfully.

Orion hesitated, then dropped his hand away and turned to stride across the room. People stepped aside to get out of his way, their gazes darting nervously in his wake. He paused in the doorway, his knuckles turning white as he clasped the frame. Brigit half expected it to break off in his hand.

He glanced back to look at her one last time. His eyes met hers. The longing in their depths nearly knocked Brigit to her knees. Something akin to panic struck her, but she refused to move. She had to wait until he was out of sight. She couldn’t risk him catching her. Brigit inhaled and counted to ten. The next second he was gone. The wrenching sensation she felt in her heart was all too real. At that moment, Brigit wasn’t at all certain she’d survive the separation.

* * * * *

Orion forced himself to leave the building when every instinct told him to stay.

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