Free Chocolate Rewards: The Sweetness of Two Worlds Colliding Together by Rachel Burns Page A

potential made house calls to
far away planets. This planet was so far away that the owners
abandoned it; despite the money they had invested in the houses.
    Rokai
undressed, got into bed next to his Amber and moved her like she
liked to lie, namely, on top of him.
    Emil
entered the room with a smiling female Emko. “This is Zufu, she
once served on the King's ship. She left when she married.
Unfortunately her husband died. She needs to care for someone again.
She would love to care for your slave, master.”
    Rokai
looked at the happy creature. “Do you have any experience with
humans?”
    “ Yes, I
worked for one on the King's ship. I never would have left her, but I
met my husband, and he had to return to his factory. I went with him.
I parted from my human on the best terms.”
    Rokai
nodded. In fact, he felt lucky to have her. “Zufu, you have the
job. I'll be taking care of her for now but you can lend me a hand
with her.”
    “ Of
course, master.” She stepped forward and covered up Amber's
shoulder, perfectly. “The blanket was starting to slip. “Humans
get cold so easily.”
    Rokai
nodded at her. Amber had complained about being cold. This Emko did
seem to know what she was talking about.

    Rokai
held Amber all day while Zufu smiled down at her. She would smile
when Amber moved a little and tell him when her fever rose or fell.
Even explaining what was so good about having a fever. She told him
that his Amber was a fighter.
    It
quickly became clear that whenever Rokai left Amber's side that she,
rapidly, got worse. As soon as he slipped back under the blankets, in
close to her she would sigh and her fever would drop.
    Rokai had
a feeling that she loved him back.
    Zufu told
him that was the only plausible explanation.
    He liked
hearing that.

    Rokai
stared at her. He had wanted her too much. This was his punishment
him for his lust. He had never gotten a chance to get to know her. He
had such intense feelings for her.
    Maybe
he should have let the doctor take her foot off. No, if the Emko said
this was for the best, then it was. They didn't have it in them to
harm anyone.
    He
just needed to keep his Amber close to his heart where she belonged.
If he had it his way than she would never leave this house again. She
would get better and he would see to it that she adjusted here. She
was just tired. After she rested she would be just fine again.
    His
thoughts drifted and he saw them carrying her to the spacecraft,
where they would then release her body back to the universe, as they
did with their dead.
    Rokai
couldn't bare that thought. He didn't want to lose her. He kissed the
top of her head, wanting to feel that she was still in his arms. As
long as that was the case it meant that she was safe.
    He
held her close so neither of them would fall out of the bed in their
sleep. He fell asleep quickly, already used to sleeping next to her.

    Rokai
woke in the morning with the first sounds of the Emko working in the
fields. Sometimes he would stand in the window and watch them, but
mostly he stayed with his Amber, hugging her warm body to his.
    Rokai
looked down at Amber. He could only see the back of her head. She was
lying on his chest. He felt her hand on his stomach. He looked at her
rounded back, watching closely to see if she was breathing. Her
shoulder slowly raised and sunk again. She was alive. She had made it
through the nightly resting phase and she would make it through the
day, too.
    Rokai
had to keep his faith, believing that she would live.
    Rokai
inched his way out from under her. He laid her head gently on the
pillow, kissing her cheek before he went off to wash for the day. He
nodded at Zufu who smiled at him and moved closer to Amber.
    Zufu
was running her purple hand over Amber's beautiful hair. Zufu had
explained that humans needed lots of contact to be happy and even
more to heal.

    Amber
still hadn't moved when he came back from his wash in the brook. He
sat down and looked at her. Was she