It felt so safe, being in his arms...so right. The memory of her belligerence had shame heating her cheeks.
She buried her face in his neck and breathed his comforting scent deeply. His heat warmed her to the core.
As she twirled a golden lock in her fingers, she began to wonder about mama. They were so far away. Maybe the sorceress wouldn't be able to reach them here.
Zadris carried her into his quarters, past the first two chambers into the hygiene room. He approached a mirrored wall that parted, revealing another smaller room.
Bela's eyes widened. It was as though they'd stepped out into space. The room was round, protruding from the side of the space station and made of glass. Sitting in the center of the glossy black floor was a pool of steaming water, it's glowing blue rim the on
