When I looked up to answer her I was struck by her beautiful face. She had high cheekbones that were framed nicely by shoulder length black hair. Her ...air was so black that it had a blue tinge to it and shone like a sapphire. I then looked her in the eyes, which were the purest green I had ever seen. Even though you could tell she took very good care of her skin around her eyes you could see where laugh lines where starting to form.Taking in all of this in just nanoseconds I replied, "It. There is an advanced race down there, with some very advanced electronics."Captain Tarlimar lifted his head from the data pad he was reading and got up. Walking over he said, "Not human? Well, that doesn't make sense."Leaning over the beautiful woman's shoulder, he looked at the scan log and froze for a second. Turning he walked back to his chair and activated the communications system."Commander Kalarri, take your fighter and investigate a possible powerful sensor scanner on the human planet,. Thinking it a shame to cover up such a nice view, she lay the blanket as gently as she could over his legs and up to his waist. Her careful attempt at not waking him was for naught. When his hand closed over hers, her gaze flew up to his face to find his eyes, heavy lidded from sleep, trained on her. His stare remained steady, trapping her, daring her, as his hand tugged gently on hers, bringing her palm flat onto his abdomen, edging under the blanket. When she didn’t pull away, his half closed. He still needed a woman, now that he relinquished the idea of buying the Porsche, and Amanda remained the only person he really knew. He missed being in bed with her, her velvety skin like butter as they lay on their backs in the old South Orange home, his fingers roaming and tickling her breasts, her legs, her tired arms. He tried to mute these images of her, but they were past scenes that wouldn’t tire no matter how hard he tried to forget them.On the train he decided to stop by her office.