Excerpt (unedited)
Standing under the
warm spray she was not surprised when moments later the door opened and Faris
joined her. He slipped behind her and wrapped his arms around her. Lifting the
bottle of body wash from its tray, he filled his hand and began lathering her.
Of course playing much attention to soaping her breasts and her sex. Naa’dia
closed her eyes and settled back against his chest. She let him caress and
scrub her relishing the feel of his hands on her.
“Did I ever tell
you how pretty you are?” he asked.
“I believe you
mentioned it but then we were coupled and I contributed your words to the heat
of the moment.” Her lips stretched into a grin.
“Yes, well we
aren’t engaged right now. Not yet and you are.”
Turning to face
him she forced him back against the shower wall and pulled his hands above his
head. She held them there with one hand. With her other hand she reached back
and shut off the spray of water.
Feris cocked an
eyebrow. “So we’re done showering?” he asked.
“You’ll see.”
Leaning in she fitted her lips to his mouth savoring his taste. Naa’dia traced
a fingernail over the upper curvature of her left butt cheek. A flap of skin
curled back revealing a small storage space embedded there. She removed an inch
square object from within and palmed it. With the back of her hand, Naa’dia
smoothed the flap back into place. Not a trace of the hidden compartment was
visible.
Feris’s groan of
pleasure was barely audible in her mouth when she caressed the back of her hand
from his neck and down to his groin. Naa’dia pressed a tiny button on the
plastic like square. The object lengthened forming a handle. Pressing another
button caused it to hum to life.
Naa’dia leaned
back while still leaving her lips pressed to his. Her mouth muffled his scream
of agony when she plunged the electrified tip of the vibro-knife into his
belly. She cleaved upward opening him from groin to neck. The knife blade,
sharp enough to cut through metal, slashed through chest bone as if it were no
more than butter.
She broke their
kiss stepping back further. His mouth formed a scream of anguish but no sound
issued from it. His vocal cords had been severed. His eyes twitched wildly
nearly bugging from their sockets. Naa’dia reached up with her free hand and
used both of hers to spread his arms wide. Her fingers curled into his and
pulled him from his feet. Each pulse of his wildly racing heart sent out a
crimson spray to bath her.
His futile kicking
soon slowed as Feris weakened from the massive loss of blood. With a finale
spasm he sagged, only her hands held him up. His bulged eyes narrowed, becoming
fixed and dilated with the glazed stare of death. Naa’dia released her grip letting
his body crumple to the stall floor. For a few minutes she stood reveling in
the feel of the sticky red liquid that coated her entire front.
With a sigh of
regret she turned once more, opened the water faucet and rinsed. Removing the
pulsation shower head, she washed down the walls of the stall removing the
splatters of blood. Leaving his body on the floor, Naa’dia stepped out and
calmly toweled dry then replaced the collapsed knife in her butt cheek
compartment.
She picked up her
discarded clothes, opened the cabin door a crack and peeked out into the short
hallway. To the left, the hall opened to the bridge. Listening carefully, she
heard Molly stir there. Naa’dia dashed across the aisle into her own room. With
her door closed safely, she tossed her clothes on the bed. Naa’dia slipped on a
lose red and white layered skirt. The elastic waistband hugged her waist. Next
she shrugged a loose white blouse over her head. For a moment she considered
shoes but discarded the idea. Lastly she spayed on cologne
“Even though I
showered it wouldn't do for Molly to smell blood on me.” She chuckled.
“Especially her husbands.”
Entering the hall,
Naa’dia raised her voice. “Molly?”
“Here Naa’dia,”
Molly answered and raised her hand over the seat back to show her location.
“Care for some
company?”
“Sure.”
“I’m going stop in
the galley and get a drink,” Naa’dia said as she sauntered quietly down the
hall. “Can I get you anything?”
“A diet soda would
be nice.”
“Diet soda coming
up. I’ll be there in a sec.”
Naa’dia stopped at
the galley and poured each of them a drink. When she entered the bridge she
handed Molly her drink and took a sip of her own before setting it into a cup
holder. Molly took a drink and placed hers down also. Naa’dia leaned down and
pressed her lips to Molly’s.
Molly pushed her
away in panic. “Don’t. Feris might see.”
“I don’t think so.
When I came down the hall just now I heard shower water running.”
“Still––
“Don’t you like it
when we kiss?” Naa’dia puckered her lower lip.
“You know I do.”
Molly raised her arms in supplication.
Comments welcome.
2 comments:
As a romance author, I prefer the HEA. I think if you do the story correctly you can leave the reader satisfied and still have them begging for more. I think leaving cliffhangers at ends of book is a cop out, personally.
Hi Kim
Then we are in agreement. I know how most of your stories end. I've read them. :)
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