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    The Hunter studied her flaming cheeks for a time before he stepped back. Tova sprang away from the wall that had imprisoned her. She bit back the curse she wanted to mutter as she fled. There was no other way to describe her departure and it made her furious that any male might make her so desperate. A fine tremor shook her legs as she moved, betraying how affected she was by her lust. She stopped for a moment and turned her head to look back. He stood there watching her with a smug grin on his face. The look of appreciation for her body stunned her. His face lacked the leer she was used to seeing aimed at her bottom when males were interested in spreading her. The Hunter was arrogant but not presumptuous. His words echoed in her head.
    Attraction? She had labeled it lust but his word made it far more possible for her to yield to the heat flickering through her clit. His eyes still lingered on her and she turned when she realized that he could now see her hard nipples. Her blush doubled as she shook her head and moved towards her home. Letting him know how much she was interested in him was most unwise. Any further contact between them promised to lead her into trouble. Her life was hard enough, she did not need a Hunter to complicate it further.
    Even one whom she was attracted to.
     
    Hawk watched the non-convict hurry down the street and his eyes strayed to the sway of her hips as she quickened her pace. His cock throbbed behind his uniform as a slight scent of her body lingered. He grinned at her retreating form and cursed at his thoughts. He inspected hundreds of inhabitants each duty rotation, her body wasn’t any different than a hundred others.
    But their meeting clung to his mind as he moved his gaze around the street. Losing focus was asking for death to land on the back of his skull. A mocking grin from Janus only infuriated him further. The Hunter stood ten feet behind him with a grin on his lips that told Hawk his comrade had witnessed the entire episode.
    “That was interesting, Hawk. Very interesting.” Janus turned and looked at Tova as she turned a corner. “Very nice too.”
    “Shut up.” Janus offered him a smirk. The man was his partner but that didn’t make him any happier about finding him watching. Hawk felt a frown mar his face. His thoughts weren’t making sense. He and Janus often shared females. Command structure among Hunters made it mandatory that they could view each other’s records at any time and for any reason. He had no secrets from Janus. He never would. If he acted on his lust for Tova, Janus would know and possibly even share in it. That made his current agitation hard to understand. Possessiveness wasn’t a good thing in a Hunter.
    “Now who is dreaming of submission?” Janus was also a bastard who never forgot a single thing.
    “Choke and rot.”
    Janus snorted and grinned at him. He slapped a hard hand onto his shoulder as they began to move once again. “You’re surly when your cock is hard.”
    “And you whine like an unweaned babe.”
    Janus smirked at him before nodding in agreement. “I shall whine happily. If it means I will be rewarded with a plump set of tits to suckle.”
    Hawk laughed at his friend because the comment deserved it. Only your friends were willing to drop their pride long enough to engage in humor. Among Hunters, that bond was treasured. But his thoughts didn’t remain with Janus very long. Hawk scanned the street but his mind lingered on the non-convict he’d just inspected.
    Chaste.
    Her face remained in his memory as he considered that surprising fact. Most non-convicts prostituted their bodies. Their life was not easy and it was a simple way to gain comfort in a sphere built for convicts. He and Janus moved forward and another butternut-robed female turned to clear their path.
    “You can inspect me anytime.”
    She offered them both a coy smile that left a sour taste in Hawk’s mouth. His temper rose in response. His cock was