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over six feet tall with the prettiest gray eyes.
    His hair was a dark brown with just a hint of silver at the temples. He wore a pair of jeans with a V-neck black tee. All of which she had seen before but his muscles were thick and hard. His shoulders were so broad; she saw herself lying on him or him picking her up without breaking into a sweat. That mouth, dear Lord help her, it was so sensual she wanted to walk up to him and beg for a kiss. How old was he? She couldn’t tell. His body made her swear he was thirty but his eyes looked older, and he did have silver at his temples.
    Maybe he was like her, an older person in a younger body. Who was she kidding? Even if he was around her age, he could have someone half her age with a single smile of those perfect lips, but it didn’t stop her from wanting him.
    Tonight when she read her romance she would fantasize about him. Her heartbeat increased as a single tear slid down her cheek, she longed for the one thing she never found in her life. She wanted the illusion of being loved one more time even if it was only for a night. A small, sad smile crept over her lips. Things didn’t happen like that in her world. For a moment she saw herself living well past one hundred, alone and lonely.

Chapter Three
     
     
    Walk away. Those words swirled around Colun’s head. He was too old for this. Males his age never met their mates. How do you know? That insistent voice was back in his head again. He didn’t know. He had been young when he received the assignment of taking the young males from his planet and stashing them on Earth until they could go home.
    That never happened. His planet, their planet had been destroyed. The sole survivors, as far as he knew, were the ones who came to Earth with him. He grew up quickly with his other soldiers as they learned how to take care of males who were barely out of the infancy stage.
    It was by accident that they learned there were mates among the female population of this planet. Colun had been relieved that their race wouldn’t die out, but a small part of him also thought he would find a female. That didn’t happen, and he was content with his life. Maybe not content but familiar with the life he lived. He was strong enough not to bring a female into the war they fought with the Sudir.
    He should walk away. He would have walked away if not for that single tear that made a track from her eye to her chin. It did him in. Before he could stop himself, he was standing in front of her with his finger collecting her tear.
    “One as beautiful as you shouldn’t cry.” The look of astonishment she gave him was enough to make him happy he went to her.
    “Thank you; it’s not every day I hear a compliment like that.”
    “You do not know the right males. My name is Colun.”
    “Hi Colun, I’m Sara.”
    The brightness of her smile had him feeling slightly light headed. Maybe he needed to have Victor check him out to make sure there was nothing wrong with him. He should live for several more centuries before even beginning to feel the effects of age. It could be that the atmosphere of the Earth may shorten their lifespan.
    “I did not mean to intrude on your solitude, but I couldn’t stand to watch you cry.”
    “A moment of weakness, still I thank you for coming to my aid. You are a gentleman.”
    “I saw you looking into this store. What caught your attention?”
    She looked up at him through her lashes before she gave a sigh. “Don’t laugh, but I have a thing for shoes. I was looking at those high heeled sandals and wishing I was young enough to wear them.”
    “I don’t understand. Why can’t you wear those shoes?”
    “You need nice looking feet and legs for shoes like that.”
    He peeked down at her feet. Her toenails shone with purple polish making them look cute. Her feet were beautiful. He was sure she would look nice in the sandals.
    “You should try them on.”
    Her eyes flew up to him in shock. “Why would you say