Fuck, nearly 2 hours cooped up in a vehicle was no fun at all, even as comfortable as Jack’s SUV was. I practically jumped out of my skin when Bra... walked by me and smacked my ass while I’d been preoccupied with stretching back and legs. I instantly looked around to see where mom and Jack were, and was relieved to see that they were busy unloading our camping gear at the back of the SUV. I gave Brad a little grin, but wagged a finger at him in warning. The good-looking shithead just grinned. “That thing was from my people. It is not an animal, and it is not alive. It is like the scope on my carbine and my big rifle. It allows my people to see a great distance away. It looks for things.”By now, Vedic and Gort were conversant with my carbine and sniper rifle, and they knew what my scope did. They didn’t understand the mechanics of it, but they accepted that it was something my people had made and that it worked. The new people really didn’t understand that. I’d let a couple of them. My date was gorgeous and had a body that gave me a fever. I knew that tonight wasn’t going to end between her sheets, which made the cleavage showing beneath her black sweater even more tantalizing. We sat quietly nursing our drinks for a while, watching other people move across the floor, complete with fancy turns. I watched feet mostly. There must have been something obvious in the steps that I was missing. My date was polite, and didn’t look at her watch even once as the night crawled on. We. Then we turned to our opponents. A new pair of lips clamped down on mine and Lissa was swept up by Jorge. Jessica was reaming my mouth with her tongue.“Besame. Besame mucho,” she purred at me. “Gracias. We danced together. Gracias. Gracias.““You’re great competitors,” I said. “It was a pleasure to dance. Gracias.“Jorge turned to shake my hand and Jessica kissed Lissa. It was gentle and not as passionate as the kiss she gave me, but it was right on the lips and delivered with intent.As we walked.