Gentle; tender; loving and true."More!"His love rippled through her, a heat wave of bliss, spreading to every nerve and every fibre of her being. She ...rapped her arms and legs around him, drawing him closer, deeper, savouring the taste of her on his tongue, his lips, devouring him piece by delicious piece. The natural odour of his body aroused her more than anything, an earthy aroma that stimulated her juices to flow like the sweat from his brow. She lapped at his flesh, drinking him, craving. This seems to be screwing up the operation of the portals on it.”“The people on your home planet are desperately in need of cleaning up their act. I’m not even sure if I can send you back close to when you left. I will try to keep contact with your planet all the same,” he assured me.“So in the meantime, I need to find a wizard’s box and fix this city so I can stay safe in it until I have my child?” I clarified with the book as all of this new information swirled around in my head.“Sounds about. " Certainly." Naz chuckled. "How much can you have ready in ten minutes?" Ah ... I can have maybe three million by then." Assan stated."A healthy drop indeed, but I will not bet your credits if you cannot afford to lose them. You are sure those are all expendable credits?" I'll be cleaned out if we lose, but I still have a pretty lucrative job, and my expenses are minimal." Assan grinned."Assan, you do not have three mega." Tika stated without looking up from her screen."I will in ten minutes!". “Don’t get your hopes up, I rushed it too much, I think,” she said, making a disappointed face as she grudgingly placed the bowl in front of him along with a glass of water. She stuck a spoon into the dish, then took a seat beside him.“You didn’t have to rush, did you?” Will asked, nearly drooling as the scent of the dish assailed his nose. “It’s not even seven yet.”Alaina leaned her elbow on the counter and looked at him. “You said you were hungry!”“It wasn’t life-threatening or anything,”.