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“That doesn’t make sense.”
“It makes perfect sense. Fartech needs to keep the source of flintoid hidden in order to keep their monopoly on fast travel technology. So they made a deal with your grandfather. Or maybe your great-great-grandfather. They pay your family a LOT of money in exchange for flintoid as long as they keep it a secret. In turn, your family makes the Mudden people work in the mines for nothing. Your people mine the most valuable material in the system and they get no compensation for it. It’s a sweet deal for your family.”
Altair was still shaking his head.
“I don’t know where the women problem fits into all this. Does Fartech even know about it? I wouldn’t be surprised.”
“Are you sure about this?”
“Well the story is speculation, but I’m sure about the statue in your office. I know my rocks.”
He looked at the ground, lost in thought.
She noticed he wasn’t leaning his back against the wall.
“Take off your shirt,” she said.
He looked so surprised, she actually laughed out loud.
“I want to see your back.”
He moved away from the wall and removed his shirt.
“I wonder if Devon even knows,” he said, showing her his back.
She tried not to gasp. His entire back was a giant bruise.
“That has to hurt!”
She lightly grazed his skin with her fingers. At the center were several scratches, but only one had blood on it, and it had already dried up.
“It does,” he said. “I think something hit me.”
He’d thrown himself on top of her to protect her.
He turned to face her.
Her hand was still on his back, and it moved to his shoulder as he turned. She let her eyes roam over his chest.Shards, she liked looking at him. She let her hand travel down. Her fingers caressing over the ridges of his muscles.
“Nova?” he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.
“Lay back,” she said.
He leaned back onto his elbows with a yelp of pain.
“Aaargh, my back hurts.”
She pulled her hand off, but he caught it. Then he laid down fully onto his back, groaning.
She smiled at his determination.
“Keep going,” he said.
For once, that was a command she was happy to obey.
She leaned on top of him, careful not to put any weight on his body, and brought her lips down to his chest, kissing the place where her hand had been. She dragged her lips across his skin, finding his hard nipple and licking it.
He moaned.
