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her cheek until he finally found her mouth, and then he kissed her, with so much passion and possession it caused an instant ache between her thighs and her panties to become drenched. It probably wasn’t right to want him this badly, but her guilt couldn’t outweigh the desire coursing through her body, so she gave herself up to the kiss.
    She parted her mouth, and his tongue swept in, sliding with hers, causing the sweet ache to intensify. Flashes of having him naked on top of her, thrusting into her, sinking his fangs into her had her squirming against him. He grabbed her hips and pulled her into his body until she felt his hard cock prodding her stomach. Oh God, she wanted him. She needed him. She was ready to tear his clothes off until the click of the hatch door had him thrusting her away and stark reality hit her between the eyes.
    What had she done? Or more importantly, what had she been planning to do?
    Geoff walked in, dripping wet, a smile lighting his face when he saw her awake, until he noticed the thick sexual tension that still lingered in the air. He glanced from her to Krig and back again, and she saw the realization dawn in his eyes.
    “Um, sorry,” he said and then frowned, as if he hadn’t meant to apologize. Or maybe he was apologizing for disrupting them? “But it, ah, it’s raining really hard out there. Like, torrential downpour.”
    Krig frowned and turned back to the console. He pushed a button, and the view screen clicked on, showing a world that was quickly becoming flooded.
    “We’re on the side of a hill,” he said. “In a gully, right?”
    “Yeah, I think so,” Geoff replied.
    “Flash flood.”
    Geoff’s mouth dropped open. “Surely this pod is too heavy to be swept away.”
    “Anything can be swept away, no matter the size or weight, if given enough volume of water,” Krig said grimly. “We should prepare ourselves.”
    “I need to grab the tarp and axe,” Geoff said, and he rushed back outside.
    Krig cursed under his breath and followed. Keirah, unable to help herself, followed after him, and then they were all outside getting wet.
    “Geoff, get back in here!” she called out.
    “You get back inside, Keirah,” Krig ground out. “It’s too dangerous. I’ll get Geoff.”
    And then they heard a loud crack and looked up. A branch had split from the tree, probably from the weight of the water collecting on it, and before she could blink she saw Krig running. He pushed Geoff out of the way just as the branch plummeted down, and although Krig tried jumping out of the way, it swiped him across the head. Keirah screamed and rushed to him.
    Geoff grabbed hold of one arm. “Keirah, we need to get him back inside. Help me!”
    She bent and pulled on his other arm and the two of them began to drag him back to the pod, slipping and sliding through the mud. At one point her foot sank down into the thick mire almost to her knee. She had a helluva time trying to navigate through the muck while helping Geoff with Krig. Finally, they made it to the pod and fell into the dry interior. As Geoff managed to lay Krig onto a bunk, Keirah sealed the door behind her and began to take off her muddy clothes.
    “Switch places with me,” she told him. “Let’s try not to make this place filthy.”
    “He’s a heavy fuck,” Geoff muttered as he brushed by her, stripping down to his boxer briefs.
    “Help me take off his clothes,” she said.
    “Great. That’s exactly what I wanted to hear my wife say.”
    “Geoff—”
    “Sorry,” he said, holding up his hand. “It’s okay. Really. Surprisingly, I’m actually not that jealous, but the situation does have a certain degree of dark humor, especially with us sitting here in our underwear.”
    She cocked her head. Had she misread the look in his eyes?
    “Listen,” he said. “I get that you’re attracted to him. Hell, if I was gay I’d be all over him like fungus on old bread. And he’s not that bad of a guy.”
    “Oh. Did you two