” “But if I’m sick, as you say, I need help. I’ll get help.” “I’ve had a sleepless night to think about it, Brandon. In a few days I�...�ll have a plan. Meanwhile, you can keep sleeping in the guest room. And, by the way, I’m not so much angry as sad. Judging from the video, you’d like me to be angry. But I’m sad, and I’ll find a way to love you again, somehow.” He knew that once Alana had conceived a project, there was no stopping her. She was self-confident and independent. She liked solving. How does that sound?” “Sounds brilliant,” Mia responded before running both of her hands through Frankie’s short pixie cut hair and pulling her closer into a lustful kiss. Frankie moaned and began fondling Mia’s breasts again. This time she slipped fingers under the silky material of the bra and rubbed Mia’s nipple between her thumb and finger. It was Mia’s turn to moan this time which only encouraged Frankie to straddle her and begin to remove Mia’s clothing in order to get better access to. She was tall for an Edenian female, though she still came up to his nose. She stepped into him, her face angry. He felt her breasts press against his chest, tormenting him with the memories of what they had felt like in his hands, their taste in his mouth. God help him. He clenched his fists, fighting his weakness. “How dare you hurt Remi. Why don’t you pick—“ Ashriel had her in his arms, pinned against the wall before he knew what he was doing. He hungered for the taste and feel of her. "I ain't gonna clean out no fuckin biosuits though. They better not even ask me that shit."Meanwhile, at the MPG deployment center, Lisa Wong was on duty behind her computer terminal in the administration part of the building. Her leg was healing up nicely from the shrapnel injury she'd received in the firefight at the main gate to EMB but she still had a bulky bandage wrapped around it, a bandage she wore with a certain amount of pride. She had been wounded in battle! In an actual, knockdown,.