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“I didn’tthat you didn’t get aith cheating” Xan chuckled, splashing Sloan

“Hey, I’ to level the playing field,” she teased

“So, we’re at Halkon in the ?” Xan asked

“It’s a great station Have you been before?”

“Yes, a few tier You knowbefore” Xan cast his eyes to the side

“Ah, before,” she said soles before if you ever need to speak to anyone about it I knohat it’s like to have a life before It can ain” She tried to catch his eye

“Thank you for that, Sloan Perhaps so she would understand

“That’s good” She gave hiot the fastest lap!” She kicked off the wall and swam past him toward the other end of the pool

“You cheat again,” he yelled out before diving in and chasing after her Xan kicked his legs and kept his strokes tight as he attempted to catch Sloan He felt her brush past him as she touched the wall and flipped to continue the lap He touched the wall and used it to kick off harder, co a breath, he saw that she had a few more strokes until she reached the far wall, and he pushed himself a little faster—so much faster that he had to shoot out his arms on either side of Sloan

so he didn’t crush her against the wall

She popped up, flung her hair out of her eyes, and wiped the water from her face Xan was inches away from her as she breathed in and out rapidly fro Sloan licked some of the water off her lips, and Xan’s eyes were immediately drawn to their plumpness The air around them was thick with tension, and Xan held hi in the water

“You’re fast, huh?” she breathed out Her eyes wandered over Xan’s face, zeroing in on his lips before she peeked up at him

“I guess I a rapidly but for an entirely different reason The weeks he had been on the ship had only confirht when he saw Sloan—his D’Auriel: she was his, and he couldn’t wait to have her

Xan’s cock was straining against his swi trunks, and his arms were braced on either side of Sloan Her nipples pebbled through her wet shirt Sloan’s breath was co rapidly as her breasts dipped in and out of the water Xan’s gaze shifted from her breasts to her lips She licked the in closer to her, he ran his nose along her neck, and she shuddered against him and let out a small moan

Xan focused on her plu in, he felt the breath froether Neither see too fast Their lips were a hairbreadth apart At that moment, Sloan’s comm went off at the side of the pool