Best Kept Secrets
“I did the best I could for him, cleaning away the sticky sap from his hands and face and somehow managing to strip off the rest of his clothes before the stuff could dry and make them set on him like wet cement. I blushed to see him naked because I couldn’t help remembering the shower incident, but I covered his midsection with a towel and tried to ignore my embarrassing memories.
I slept beside him that night, on a sleeping blanket out in the open because I couldn’t get him into our tent. I he...ld the blaster clutched tight in one hand and kept jerking awake at every little sound, even though I had set the camp perimeters and knew we should be safe within them. Finally, long after what passed for midnight on Svortza 6, I drifted into an uneasy slumber.
I was awakened by a low growl in my ear. Fearing the worst, I jerked awake and grabbed for the blaster—it was gone. But to my relief, the growling sound was only Josh. He was awake and crouching beside me with a strange look in his intense blue eyes.MoreLess
I slept beside him that night, on a sleeping blanket out in the open because I couldn’t get him into our tent. I he...ld the blaster clutched tight in one hand and kept jerking awake at every little sound, even though I had set the camp perimeters and knew we should be safe within them. Finally, long after what passed for midnight on Svortza 6, I drifted into an uneasy slumber.
I was awakened by a low growl in my ear. Fearing the worst, I jerked awake and grabbed for the blaster—it was gone. But to my relief, the growling sound was only Josh. He was awake and crouching beside me with a strange look in his intense blue eyes.MoreLess
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