Bab 84: Torture

~ ZEV ~

"I'm sorry… what… what did you say?" Sasha said a little louder than was strictly necessary, her voice husky with desire and weariness. The resonance of it played down his spine like fingers on a piano.

"You have no idea how much I want to just… take you right now, Sash, but I never thought it would come to this, I just… I just wanted to be close to you. I shouldn't even be doing that. They're going to smell me on you tomorrow. You're going to have wash really good, and stay away from Lhars and Xar, because if they get wind that we've been together—"

"You didn't just… You didn't just tease me, Zev. Say you didn't tease me just to—"