“Kildar…” Tinata said as he slid a towel under her, gently, to catch the outflow.
“Hmmm?” Mike asked, pulling her to cuddle into his shoulder.
“Wonderful…”
“Shhh,” Mike said. “Sleep.”
Mike lay there, thinking about his task list, until her breathing was regular and it was clear she was deeply asleep. Then he slid out of bed, carefully arranging a pillow under her head, and put on his clothes. He had plenty of work he should have been doing, but sometimes you just had to take time to make sure the harem was happy.
Chapter Three
“Okay, buddy, what do you take?” Adams asked when Mike got to his office. The former chief was sitting in one of the chairs with his feet up, apparently awaiting his arrival.
“What do you mean?” Mike asked, sitting down and clearing his screensaver with his password.
“I timed it, this time,” Adams said. “Three hours and forty-seven minutes from the first shriek until your door opened. I mean, are you getting black market Viagra or something?”
“I don’t need Viagra,” Mike said, shrugging and pulling up the spreadsheet on Keldara costs. He’d made a pretty penny from killing wanted terrorists and “securing” a few nukes that otherwise would have left large holes in cities. But the Keldara were costing like crazy and it was just amazing how fast the money bled away.
“Oysters?” Adams asked.
“Christ, you’re not going to let this go, are you?” Mike asked, leaning back in his chair.
“How many times did she come, anyway?” Adams asked. “The shrieks were getting pretty muted by the end.”
“I don’t know,” Mike admitted, trying not to grin. “I only counted the times she went blind. That was three.”