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“Food,” I said ravenously, reaching out with both hands.
“Eat.” Adone lifted a long hunk of something that looked like salami but for all I knew, was fruit. He bit into it and closed his eyes, moaning.
My mouth went dry again, and a different kind of heat swirled through me.
Food was overrated.
I moved close to him, and his eyes opened. The smolder I found there told me he knew exactly what he did to me.
“I will feed you,” he said. He made quick work of peeling off my clothes, his mouth and fingers giving me a taste of what would come next. He lifted me off my feet, carried me to the tub, and lowered me inside. Enormous, it would hold four people, and I had a feeling he and I would make good use of it tonight.
He returned to the table and fixed a plate. After tugging off his loincloth, he dragged a table close to the tub and settled the plate there, adding—believe it or not—two big glasses filled with what looked like wine. He climbed into the tub and settled across from me with a heady sigh.
“This is wonderful,” he said. “You mentioned a warm bath and Burmoot has delivered.”
“Food and this.” I hefted one of the glasses with both hands. Sniffing it, I moaned. “Oh, how did he find wine?”
“I imagine this is something similar to what you’re familiar with on Earth.”
I hadn’t actually tasted much wine, though there were no rules against alcohol in the commune. Once, Jack and I snuck a bottle from the community kitchen, tiptoed out near the fence, and settled in the shadow of the watch tower. We drank it all and buried the empty bottle. As far as I knew, no one ever discovered we’d done it.
Adone’s toes stroked my lower leg, reminding me he was completely naked. He lifted a round ball of something pink off the plate and held it out to me. “Try this.”
Too hungry to speculate about what it could be, I opened my mouth and chewed when he popped it inside.
The sweet, tangy flavor of an unknown fruit zinged across my tongue.
“And this,” he said, offering me a hunk of what I’d taken for salami not long ago.
It tasted more like sausage, and its spicy flavors burst in my mouth. Frankly, even meatloaf, something I abhorred, would taste amazing right now.
He continued to feed us both until we were full.
We sat back and lounged in the tub, soaking up the warmth while our muscles relaxed.
“This game is such a huge contrast,” I said. “We run for our lives, then take breaks like this.” My fingers flicked out to the room. “And tonight, we get to sleep and do whatever we want.”
“What do you want, mate?” he asked, his voice low and husky.
“You, Adone. You.”
