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.The crest at the top indicated it was an official council report.He scanned it quickly and tried to find a problem with the information before him.“This is a standard Elder Council planetary survey.Our people create one of these for each new habitable planet we encounter.Everything seems to be in order.”“Is it the survey for this planet?” She faced him fully, her rich hazel eyes wide.And, for a moment, he forgot to breathe.The contrast of her dark hair against her pale skin was mesmerizing.“Kamran?”“Sorry.” Re-reading the document was a thankful distraction.Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.“Yes, this is one of our preliminary land assessments for this planet.Why?”“I’m not sure, but there’s a check sum mismatch here.”Kamran sighed.“I’m going to pretend I know what that is supposed to mean.”Haylie began to sort through reams of data as it scrolled continuously over the screen.Kamran could feel her heartbeat increase, smell her excitement as she attempted to solve the puzzle.He couldn’t follow the complexity of the code and chose to watch her instead.It was a far more enticing sight.“Anything?”She turned to face him, eyes wide and sparkling with excitement.“I still have some work to do.But it looks like someone hacked into the document and was tampering with it.”“Hacked?” He needed to brush up on his human idioms again.“Tampered, changed, altered—usually for not very nice reasons.”Holy maker.“No one has ever tampered with Briel reports before.The security in place is more than adequate to prevent someone from breaking in.”In all his years as ambassador, he had never encountered something like this.The council would have to be notified.“Well, someone has shot down that theory.Look, see this,” she pointed to a serial number that seemed out of place on the screen, “that’s a marker.Hackers love to leave them when they’ve done a job.It’s their way of pissing off security.We can track what jobs they do by their markers but can’t trace the marker back to them.”“Where would we find such a person? We need to know what he did.”“He or she could be anywhere.But with the security that the colony has on its data feed, I’ll start by checking the station first.Even that isn’t the right question,” Haylie said.She touched his arm and he instantly felt her excitement course through him.His heartbeat matched hers as a surge of adrenaline pounded through his blood.He wasn’t merely engaged by her excitement, he was absorbing it.Kamran’s throat was dry.“And what do you suggest is the right question?”Haylie didn’t speak.Her eyes were focused on the spot where their bodies connected.She began to move her fingers over the warm skin of his arm, flexing them as she went.She wanted to do more.She wanted to slide her hand up his arm and across his chest.She wanted to pull open his jacket so she could lean in and kiss his neck.Kamran inhaled sharply.He knew.How was he able to know what she was thinking? Not guessing at thoughts and feelings, but truly knowing what she wanted.The noise of his surprise was enough to break the momentary spell they were under.Haylie removed her hand, but reluctantly so.“Who,” she said, he voice shaky.She coughed once and started again.“Who would want to tamper with documents of this nature? Humans would need this to be accurate in order to prove the legitimacy of their claim on this planet.And the Briel would not gain anything by altering the files.”She still faced him, and Kamran had to look away to focus.He wasn’t going to be able to do this.He couldn’t think straight when he was in the same room as Haylie.How would he be able to work with her on the tampering problem if he couldn’t be near her?Distance.That’s what he needed.Kamran stood and began to move around the room.After a moment, his head cleared and he could concentrate once more.He could feel her watching his every move.For the moment he had to ignore her [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.The crest at the top indicated it was an official council report.He scanned it quickly and tried to find a problem with the information before him.“This is a standard Elder Council planetary survey.Our people create one of these for each new habitable planet we encounter.Everything seems to be in order.”“Is it the survey for this planet?” She faced him fully, her rich hazel eyes wide.And, for a moment, he forgot to breathe.The contrast of her dark hair against her pale skin was mesmerizing.“Kamran?”“Sorry.” Re-reading the document was a thankful distraction.Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.“Yes, this is one of our preliminary land assessments for this planet.Why?”“I’m not sure, but there’s a check sum mismatch here.”Kamran sighed.“I’m going to pretend I know what that is supposed to mean.”Haylie began to sort through reams of data as it scrolled continuously over the screen.Kamran could feel her heartbeat increase, smell her excitement as she attempted to solve the puzzle.He couldn’t follow the complexity of the code and chose to watch her instead.It was a far more enticing sight.“Anything?”She turned to face him, eyes wide and sparkling with excitement.“I still have some work to do.But it looks like someone hacked into the document and was tampering with it.”“Hacked?” He needed to brush up on his human idioms again.“Tampered, changed, altered—usually for not very nice reasons.”Holy maker.“No one has ever tampered with Briel reports before.The security in place is more than adequate to prevent someone from breaking in.”In all his years as ambassador, he had never encountered something like this.The council would have to be notified.“Well, someone has shot down that theory.Look, see this,” she pointed to a serial number that seemed out of place on the screen, “that’s a marker.Hackers love to leave them when they’ve done a job.It’s their way of pissing off security.We can track what jobs they do by their markers but can’t trace the marker back to them.”“Where would we find such a person? We need to know what he did.”“He or she could be anywhere.But with the security that the colony has on its data feed, I’ll start by checking the station first.Even that isn’t the right question,” Haylie said.She touched his arm and he instantly felt her excitement course through him.His heartbeat matched hers as a surge of adrenaline pounded through his blood.He wasn’t merely engaged by her excitement, he was absorbing it.Kamran’s throat was dry.“And what do you suggest is the right question?”Haylie didn’t speak.Her eyes were focused on the spot where their bodies connected.She began to move her fingers over the warm skin of his arm, flexing them as she went.She wanted to do more.She wanted to slide her hand up his arm and across his chest.She wanted to pull open his jacket so she could lean in and kiss his neck.Kamran inhaled sharply.He knew.How was he able to know what she was thinking? Not guessing at thoughts and feelings, but truly knowing what she wanted.The noise of his surprise was enough to break the momentary spell they were under.Haylie removed her hand, but reluctantly so.“Who,” she said, he voice shaky.She coughed once and started again.“Who would want to tamper with documents of this nature? Humans would need this to be accurate in order to prove the legitimacy of their claim on this planet.And the Briel would not gain anything by altering the files.”She still faced him, and Kamran had to look away to focus.He wasn’t going to be able to do this.He couldn’t think straight when he was in the same room as Haylie.How would he be able to work with her on the tampering problem if he couldn’t be near her?Distance.That’s what he needed.Kamran stood and began to move around the room.After a moment, his head cleared and he could concentrate once more.He could feel her watching his every move.For the moment he had to ignore her [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]