“EJ I’m loading my bits into the car” I call up the stairs. She looks over the banister, “Already. Have you an early start tomorrow?” “No....Would you come down, I have something I want to say without shouting.”Seconds later I watch her reappear and enjoy watching her boobs bouncing with each step down. Now close enough to kiss but she doesn’t. So I do.“Well, what’s so important?” I take her hand and tell her what I want. “I want you to go and take a shower. Then either put on a revealing nighty. Technically the nut plate we all get is rigging too, but since everyone gets that we call the little metal balls rigging.’ ‘Gotcha.’ They were both quiet for a minute. A question popped into Drake’s head. ‘Why don’t you just strangle yourself right now- the collar would work just as well as any noose, and then you won’t be Raell’s slave?’ Riley inhaled deeply, then answered, his already low voice even lower. ‘We can’t die. Don’t ask me how she does it- it’s some supernatural power of Raell’s,. I read it and looked at Patricia, “looks like the eighth is going to Antilla.”She nodded, “Just us?”I shook my head, “The sixth and third will be joining us. The emperor wants a reprisal raid on the queen’s nest.”Patricia sucked in a breath, “that is going to get messy.”The Quazel were an insect race and very aggressive. Two weeks before they had moved into a system we claimed and destroyed several stations and used kinetic strikes to take out the only city. I had been commanding the eighth. He’s always had a bit of voyeur in him, but Miles flashes him a look to let him know his gazing privileges have a shelf life, which are expiring as of now.. But he can’t blame his friend, Laynie being smoking hot.*They've been dancing around it for months. They met when she went to his club with her friend, Mandy, who was dating Joey, another member of his biker gang.That first night, they danced and flirted, and even made out a little. He seemed surprised she'd be so bold, but he was anything.