"Steve Perry - Aliens 03 - The Female War" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Steven)

the generalтАФwould take a lot more than what they had.

"When are you leaving, David?"

"Hmm?"

"The dream alien. You're going to wherever she is. To get her."

It was a statement, not a question.

"I don't know," he said. "There's still a question of howтАФofficial backing is iffy." He shook his
head. "We're not even sure of where she is yet. Ask me when I know more."

"And you're going with nothing more solid than a psychic vision?"

"LessтАФI don't even dream the dream. But you do. Do you believe it?"

"Yeah, I think she's real." She nuzzled her head against his bare chest. "I'll do whatever I can to
help."

Wilks stroked the palm of his hand across her smooth belly in small circles, then moved lower,
lightly touching the edge of her pubic mound. 'Yeah? Anything?"

She pushed up against him, eyes closed. His penis stirred, pressed against her leg. She rolled
toward him, a sly smile raising a corner of her parted lips.

"You are pretty good as a drill sergeant," she said. "Now which is for shooting and which is for fun
...?"



Alone in her quarters, Ripley shut down the computer and rolled her head forward, yawning. Her
thoughts had started running into each other. It was late and the pills she had swallowed for an earlier
headache didn't seem to be working. Stronger medication would require a prescription, and her intrinsic
mistrust of medtechsтАФ

She frowned. How had that come about, anyway? Must have happened after the long sleep, some
incident in the hospital that had lodged in her subconscious. She couldn't recall caring either way before
that....

It didn't really matter; headaches were not a major problem. Besides, it was most likely the stress
of getting this action together that caused them.

She felt satisfied that they had their planet. Both of the dreamers she and Billie had talked to had
fingered the same system, and Leslie had listed it as the most probable.

She walked to the bed, knuckled her tired eyes, and lay down, not bothering to undress. She hadn't
seen Wilks for a while and wondered if he had gotten the information about military transport. It would
be best to get the go from the power on Gateway, but if they couldn'tтАФwell, there were other ways.