Free Untrained Fascination by Viola Grace

the table, he paid and they left. They returned to his bike. It wasn’t really a bike, but that was the closest vehicle that she could draw a correlation to.
    He waited until she settled in front of him again before turning it on and pulling down the road toward the Breeder zone.
    “Why are we going here?”
    He murmured in her ear. “This is the gym that you will be using from now on. It is secure, and no one will try and take you out of it.”
    To her shock, he drove them to a checkpoint, and she was forced to extend her identification.
    The Regiz at the gate smiled at her and handed her a small digital display that gave her her room assignment as well as a map.
    “Your clothing and personal effects have already been brought in. Welcome.”
    She was going to comment on that, but Sorrok drove into the area.
    The glowing barrier snapped in behind them.
    “Am I really in a gated compound?”
    “We prefer to think of it as a community.”
    “Why can you come and go?”
    “Because I am with you; also, I am assigned to you. I have a notification go off every time you enter a public area.”
    “What?”
    “The gym, the teashop. Anywhere you go where I can manage to join you, I will.”
    “Doesn’t that mess with your work schedule?”
    “Courting a Breeder takes all precedence.”
    She watched the elaborate buildings passing. Each was a work of art, and the sparse female population with the occasional Rrassic male didn’t seem to do the space justice.
    The gym had a huge glass dome, and that was the building he pulled in front of.
    She was out of sorts when he lifted her off the bike.
    Lianne stomped along with him. He was carrying one of the parcels from the clothing shop, and she was curious.
    He handed it to her and said, “Take this to the change room. I will be out here when you are ready.”
    The day had spun wildly out of her control. If she could get a grip on combat training, she would take it.
    She checked in at the gym and went into the change room, opening the parcel when she was inside and safe behind the gender barrier.
    The parcel made tears come to her eyes. She got dressed and tightened the breast band before wrapping the straps from either side of her breasts to tie them behind her neck. The wide-legged trousers and bare feet felt right. She swung her braid behind her and left the change room with her clothing tucked in a locker coded to her band.
    Sorrok was leaning against the counter, and he straightened and grinned, showing a lot of fang. “You look amazing.”
    The Nool attending the front desk stared at her.
    She smiled tightly. “Did you get us a space?”
    “I did. This facility doesn’t engage privacy screens. Is that a problem?”
    She shrugged. “Nope. Let’s begin.”
    He offered her his hand, and they walked to the workout room with the padded floor.
    Sorrok showed her the first position of the dance the men had engaged in the night before, and she mimicked him. From there, they moved together. She was his slightly slow shadow.
    She didn’t know how long they had been working out, but she was completely at peace by the time she finished. Her body was covered in sweat, and her skin was flushed. She looked to Sorrok. “How was that?”
    He leaned in and kissed her, holding her head with one hand and not touching her anywhere else. The warmth of his lips and tongue teased at her, and she went up on her toes to keep the contact going.
    She closed her eyes and remained in the moment as they met in the most basic of ways, only their mouths and his one hand touching.
    When he pulled away, she went up on her toes a little further, fighting the lack of contact. She opened her eyes, and there was only one thought in her head as she met his smug gaze.
    Damn it.
     

Chapter Ten
     
     
    Lianne looked around her new apartment, and she grimaced. It was gorgeous. Damn it.
    She wished that she could pick on it, but the space was wide, beautifully lit, elegant and had all of the amenities she