. comforting. Thank you."She smiled her acknowledgement, putting one arm around his back and giving him a friendly hug."Have you decided where we're b...und?" she asked after a silence."I thought we'd go south to Saturna, maybe anchor in Winter Cove overnight." Oh great," she said enthusiastically. "I love that place." Then it's settled," he said. "Why don't you take the helm for a bit, and I'll get some coffee and biscuits." I bought some Danish for us." Danish it is, then," he agreed as he. ”This is unprecedented, we always were allowed to do business with you.”“Are you denying that Union citizens are bought and put to slave labor by your society?”“I am not aware of this practice. An investigation will be conducted if your accusations are true.”A thin female got up.”Then it will come to no surprise to you that we also conduct an investigation and if this Assembly receives any confirmed report of any Union slaves within Karthanian space, I assure you our battleships will care not. I had bedded more than one "straight" woman in my lifetime.I glanced around. Peeking over the tops of my sunglasses. I was drawing attention all right. Admiring glances were being shot at me by several others laying nearby as well as a number of passer-bys. The trouble was that so far all were males, except for one teenage girl who sported enough tattoos and piercings to put Captain Jack Sparrow to shame. Not my type at all.I acknowledged that perhaps I wasn't coming across as completely butch,. She was almost as tall as John, I thought, the same moment she put her arms around me and drew my face against her chest. My hands slipped inside her robe and reached around to her naked back. I detected the faint apple scent of her soap as I listened to her heartbeat. I couldn't reconcile my fear and attraction, so I pushed them both away and just loved my friend."Thank you for coming," she whispered.It was intoxicating to feel her skin against my face. Damp strands of her hair fell around me.