The scent of her was intoxicating."Why should I?" he asked gruffly, his own reflective gaze hard and cold."Look, just take the stuff. You beat me, and...you'll easily make as much money as I took from you and then some." There was a lace of panic in her voice, a fear that made his Q'Ra genetics burn hotly in his blood. A fearful and submissive female was what they sought among their own kind. The spike of fear in her was alluring.Looking down at the woman that only reached his chest, he appeared. The noise of the shower stopped, and after a while mother emerged wrapped in a towel and carrying her clothes. She muttered "goodnight" and disappeared into her bedroom.I was starting to think that the best thing for both of us was to return to Adelaide and then I would go on to Melbourne and Theresa.* * * * * * * * The heat of the day did not dissipate with the coming of night, and I lay naked and restless on top of the bedclothes. I was aware of every noise in and around the house as its. In all the Thonas ships I had ever dissected, I had only found a maximum of twelve units even in a large warship. This ship was at least a battleship and had none of the units. Thonas outlook on life, even their own, was not what we would have.I went back to Mom and Bennechi to get more of the intelligent probes. The AIs in our group were able to give me seventeen possible places that this dead zone could be from records and observed data. With a bit more data the real one would emerge.Two. A little touch of rouge on the nipples. When his hand rattled the doorknob, she rushed to the door. Falling to her knees beside the door, she became wet from anticipation. She licked her lips. And waited. The few moments seemed to stretch interminably.The door opened and he stepped into the room; he closed it behind him and turned silently toward her. Both knew what would happen in this familiar ritual of greeting.Her fingers were already busy at the zipper in his trousers. zzzzip. It opened.