The cloud wrapped around him like a comfortable duvet. Ephemeral hearts collided with his skin and popped like wet kisses. The dust covered him and se...t pleasure receptors sparking all across his body."I surrender," DaBigBoom said. "I give in. You've beaten me." Even his dick had decided it'd had enough."I thought I had," Fifi said, "And yet you're still here on the game board. Most intriguing."She grabbed his ankles and pulled his body off the rocky path and onto the softer dirt or ash making. Another warm thought crept into his mind, he had seen passion and fire in her eyes, her temper was formidable, and she was courageous and outspoken. And there was the matter that she married him to save his career, this was a small consolation in return. ‘Wait here’ he said gruffly, turning to the door, and slamming it behind him. After what seemed like hours to Ava, Mendoza returned with books and sea charts, about celestial navigation, medicine, rigging and work on the deck. He gazed at her. Bar hopping, bringing back one nighters? Dove didnt want to think about that. Thinking about Hunter with a girl, having sex. Not going to go there. No, just a guys night. We havent did anything since we got back. Sounds fun, she zipped up her duffle and threw it by her door. What are you and Alex going to do tonight? Dove watched her brother get comfortable on her bed and she honestly didnt want to lie to him but she was going to have to. Just a girls night before we cram for finals, you know?. "I don't know who by, but whoever it is must possess very advanced technology." Advanced technology?" One more advanced than any currently known to exist in the Solar System." Aliens?" wondered the brigadier. This was a natural conjecture given that the most common speculation regarding the Anomaly was that it might be a manifestation of alien intelligence."I can't speculate as to what it might be, sir," said Oxana. "I'm not an exobiologist or otherwise qualified to comment. My expertise is in.