Chapter
Nine: Before Sunrise
Narrated from Bea Anderson's
Point of View:
(Author note: this chapter
references Bea's pov short story, 'The Last Halloween')
It's the single thought that's been
running through my head all afternoon – am I going to sleep with
Simon of the Sardar? And the answer is, I don't know – I really
don't know. I'm impulsive. I've always been impulsive in life and I
think that's one of the defining things that makes Bea Anderson the
woman she is today, and there I go, thinking of myself in the third
person which is a sign of how mixed up I must be these days. But the
truth is I find Simon attractive, funny, pleasantly attentive, and
he's the first Earth Man I've met since I was abducted to Gor nearly
seven years ago. So yes, of course I didn't want him to simply
conduct his business and leave. If nothing else we have a connection
through our home planet that I'd like to explore.