title: Kat, with a K
author:  Nelli Burk 
description: Nelli Burk is a retired biology teacher. She derives inspiration from real life and from the scientific literature, as well as from the SF&amp;F literature and media and from her own imagination. Other creative interests include knitting, costume construction, and folk dancing.
zlib_text: **GIVING HER NO TIME TO REACT, HE TOOK HER HAND IN HIS AND TUGGED HER TO HIM**
  
  Appearing dazed and bewildered, Kat did not resist. He pulled her inexorably
  closer, until their breaths mingled. She inhaled deeply and her breasts rose,
  brushing his chest with tantalizing effect. Air whooshed from his lungs as
  though he were drowning.
  
  He released her hand, but before she could escape, Alex cradled her head in
  his hands and slowly dipped his head. She stood still as a stunned doe
  surprised by an unwelcome intruder. But the intruder was unrepentant and took
  blatant advantage of her lapse.
  
  Alex inhaled Kat’s jasmine-and-spice scent as he swooped down, his eyes intent
  on the absolution her lips bespoke. Finally, his mouth made contact, barely
  brushing the corner of her bottom lip, a teasing caress that made him groan
  with the need of a deeper communion.
  
  He repeated the reverent gesture on the other side of her mouth. “This is to
  seal our bargain, of course,” he said in a deep husky timbre