Chapter Thirty-One

It was past midnight before the camp settled down for the night.  Although Rex and Kendra lay together in the make-shift tent that they’d created with the tarp from the cart, they lay stiff and separate.  Kendra wanted to feel the security and love of being wrapped in his powerful arms, but she feared that he might want more from her than she was presently comfortable with. 

The thought of being touched in an intimate way  - even by Rex- after being manhandled for so long by the guards and being forced to climb atop strange men by the aliens made her hesitate.  She just needed a little time without sex to put the past behind her.

Understanding that everyone was different and, therefore, had different needs for healing, she decided that if he needed the intimacy of coupling with her to bring normalcy back into his own existence, she would ignore her own emotions.  She loved him and wanted things to go back to the way they were as quic