Free War Games (Alien Instincts) by Cynthia Lore Page B

her lips, and the tingling sensation in her own mouth turned into an inferno. Rae’s eyes opened wide in astonishment as fire began to course through her veins, an almost painful feeling it was so intense. The flames died down as quickly as they had shot up, but in their place was pure arousal. Markar began to move his tongue around desperately as if trying to claim her mouth, and Rae moaned in rapture at the drugs still pouring through her system.
    Instead of passively letting him kiss her, Rae surged forward to meet his passion as her own rose higher. Her tongue melded with his as she unconsciously accepted more of his essence into her. Rae’s hands moved over his sculpted body as she tried desperately to bring their bodies closer together. Markar’s lips crushed hers as her own positive reaction emboldened his. Rae could feel his form pressed against hers, but still it wasn’t enough. Her hands began to search frantically for the hem of Markar’s shirt. Just when she had finally surpassed his clothing and felt his abs contract under her touch, his mouth left hers.
    Rae tried to surge back onto him, but Markar held her away. She watched as his broad chest expanded rapidly with every frenzied breath he took. He was shaking slightly, but yet so was she. Rae looked at him in confusion for a moment until the chemicals in her system began to wane. Now she remembered, they were supposed to stop. A slight exhaustion began to creep up on her as she came back to her senses, and she slumped against Markar.
    “Wow. What a hell of a drug.” she mumbled into his chest. Rae moved to try to get off of Markar, but her trembling legs were having a hard time supporting her. She would have fallen if he had not steadied her and then planted her bottom firmly in his lap. “We should test you now.” she managed to slur out. He nodded as he began the procedure with her still sitting in his lap and both her legs dangling over one thigh of his. Markar cradled her to him as they waited for the results, and Rae waited for her mind to clear of the fog of passion.
    It was Markar that had stopped them. Rae had had absolutely no control over her actions. She blushed to think that if he had kept going, she not only wouldn’t have resisted, she would have done everything in her power to move things along faster. It was almost gentlemanly, for him to stick to his word. Rae looked up to Markar in wonder that he could have that much self-control when she had found none for herself. When he finally noticed her gaping at him, he smiled down at her, looking like the happiest man in the world.
    Thanks to her recent acquisition of the Morian language, Rae could read the information from the analysis herself. Just because she could read the words didn’t mean she could understand all of it. For some of the chemicals, Rae just simply didn’t have any concept of what her brain should compare them to, and thinking about it gave her a headache.
    “More testosterone. A lot more testosterone. Well that explains a good deal, but still not everything.” Rae looked down the list with Markar. “Oxytocin. That’s interesting.” She frowned at the ‘bonding hormone’ showing up in Markar’s saliva. That was something that could very subtly influence their relationship. There were small amounts of serotonin, tryptophan, but what concerned her most was all of the other elements that she didn’t understand. “What is A-Testosterone-11? Or A-Serotonin-4, 5, 6, and 7?” Rae looked at Markar for an answer, but he just shrugged his shoulders.
    “This is unprecedented in the Morian race. I do not know. I have never felt or reacted this way to another being before.” Markar traced his hand over Rae’s arm as he marveled at his own feelings towards the human. Goosebumps formed on her skin where he touched her, and Rae shivered slightly in reaction.
    Suddenly, a beeping noise could be heard throughout the entire ship. Rae jumped up from Markar’s lap and whipped