Nesert

3.12

Nes spent the rest of the day getting a few phones for her to use with Adaar and making the necessary calls to set up her island house. As tempted as she was to start drinking to kill time, she knew it would be unwise to be even slightly intoxicated around Adaar. She barely trusted her self control as it was.

She beamed again into Alpha's room that night, but again struggled to wake up Adaar with her voice alone. Again she approached him and again he was quickly on top of her with a hand around her throat, though the lack of force and the smile on his face suggested it'd simply been a ruse.

"It's just me."

"Oh, I know, but I enjoy talking to you in this position."

"I highly doubt you have talking in mind."

Adaar's face became dramatically offended. "Of course I have talking in mind." He leaned down to kiss her. "It's just not all I have in mind."

"Adaar..."

"Nes, I've been thinking..." He took a deep breath as he watched her face. "Run away with me."

"What?"

"Run away with me. Ba'al thinks you're dead. I don't have a tracking beacon and we can easily fake my death, too. Even blame Kappa and Theta for it if we want." His hand stroked her cheek. "We could be free. We could hide and live our lives...together."

"Adaar, I..." Nes shifted uncomfortably and gently pushed him off of her.

"Is there someone else?"

Nes nodded.

"Please tell me it's not one of the clones."

"It's not one of the clones...just someone I met at the SGC a few years ago."

"And he's why you faked your death. He's in Atlantis."

She nodded again.

"Do you love him?"

Nes took a long slow breath. "I'm not sure I'm capable of that anymore."

Adaar leaned forward to put a hand on her face. "He'll never understand you the way I can, Nes. Does he know what you are?"

"He does."

"And how does he feel about the Sekhmet side of you?"

"He helps me fight her."

He pulled her closer. "I would accept every part of you. I wouldn't make you suppress Sekhmet, but use her, the way you taught me to use Alpha." He kissed her with more force. "We belong together."

Adaar again pushed her down onto the bed and Nes struggled to argue with his logic in her head. He was like her. Alpha and Sekhmet would always be drawn to one another. She and Adaar could run away, be together, leave Ba'al and the clones behind, never look back.

But Kevin...

"Let me make love to you," he whispered in her ear. "Let me show you how good we could be together."

Nes had to smile. "I have no doubt of us being good together like that, Adaar."

He pulled back with a chuckle. "You're just not sure about every other way."

"Just give me time. Give us time to see how Adaar and Nes get along instead of just Ba'al and Sekhmet."

"Alpha."

"I already know how Alpha and Sekhmet get along."

"There was certainly an intensity between them," he said with a wink.