Either you will space your prisoner or you will enslave her. Medical Technician Wright will start the process of bonding Kris to you or you can march ...her to the air lock right now.”Brutal. Direct. There was only one option.“Kris, will you be my slave? If it doesn’t work out I can still space you, but if I space you now, there’s no undoing that.” I was scanning my control panel and performing operations for jump space insertion so I didn’t see Kris’s face. “Answer, please. Navigator Londoner has. "I love Valentine's Day, but I'm glad it's over right now. I've been up since 3 am, and I've been in the van for almost eight hours now." She handed over the flowers and candy. "Someone certainly loves you. That chocolate is ridiculously expensive, and Mandy said this order was put in before Thanksgiving last year."Marie opened the box and sniffed the flowers, tingling with emotion. Her eyes widened when she saw a small card inside the box. Did he? She wondered, breathless in her hope that she. She couldn’t get used to his compliments. Nobody had ever admired her like he did. Ray pulled her into his arms and kissed her and Lori felt as if she were melting. Emotions roiled inside her and she began to tremble as their lips worked against each other. The kiss left her breathless. ‘I’ve missed you,’ Ray said. ‘All I’ve done since the other day is think about you.’ ‘Me, too,’ Lori replied. ‘You are intoxicating, my dove! Intoxicating!’ Ray whispered. He pulled her into his arms and kissed. ”“Where did you get the computer to do that?”“I used the ones at school. I used to sit there for a couple of hours every other day, making diskettes to mail out.”“That must of been horrible.”“I studied while doing it, so it wasn’t a total waste of time.”“I don’t blame you for hiring an outfit to make the diskettes.”“I rushed everything on that last game you wrote, and got an ad into Byte magazine for the December issue.”“Why did you rush it?”“To try to get some of the Christmas.