Let’s just give this a little more time.
18: Aurelius
I hustle through the hallways to my quarters and tear myself out of my race uniform. The swim trunks ABR has provided are impossibly thin.I’m never going to be able to hide how much she turns me on in these.
I check myself in the bathroom mirror and groan at the disc on my back. Reaching back, I pry it off.Ban me for all I care. I want to be with Jovie the way things were meant to be.
The shoes ABR has placed with the suit are flimsy and soft under my feet and slap loudly with every step.Very strange.
I walk around the complex, past the maze to the pool area. Several couples are already enjoying the steaming water.
“Prince Aurelius,” an attendant says, opening the gate for me. “There are only a handful of rules. Shower before you get in.” She points to a nearby grid of shower stalls. “No ejaculation or food in the pool. Drinks in tumblers from your room are acceptable. All other areas in the pool’s vicinity are fair game for food, intimacy, and otherwise.”
“Understood. And it’s just Aura.”
“My apologies. No towel?”
“I flash dry.”
“Ah.” She dips her head and waves for me to continue. “Please enjoy.”
A couple goes at it on a long bench covered in stretchy bands. I chuckle and head for the showers.
Moans leave the stall beside mine as I rinse off.
As I’m about to leave, my curtain opens. A platinum blond female grins at me. “You here alone?”
I slip past her and back out with my hands up. “Jovie has my Storm by the bolt. Sorry.”
She frowns and closes the curtain behind her.
I get another interested female eyeing me from the pool and realize I probably shouldn’t get in until I have Jovie with me, or this could get complicated fast.
I find an empty chair by a table and take a seat.
“By yourself?” Another woman asks as she sashays by. Her ABR bikini has yellow ties.
“Just waiting on my mate.”
She keeps walking, to my relief.
I drum my fingers on the armrests while I scan the sky for trouble to keep my eyes away from anyone else who might want a conversation.
Allele? What’s our status?
Catalyst Five’s Port Security has yet to give me clearance. They are more concerned with the enemy ships near Mars than coordinating pickups. Until there is an immediate threat, I will follow their instructions.
Do you think there will be one?
Based on available evidence, no. Not now. The defense fleet is greater in number and capability.She pauses.Currently.
I glimpse Jovie leaving the ABR complex. She starts along the path toward the pool area.
Keep watching it, Allele. I have to go.
Aura?
What?
