Taken by the Alien Next Door (Aliens Among Us, #1)

by Tiffany Roberts

He’d never looked into a female’s eyes and known that she would be his lifemate. Not until Tabitha.

A grin teased at Zevris’s lips, but he held it back. My mate has claws.

“I was attempting to court you, Tabitha. I have encountered no female who has set my blood ablaze as you have, none who have captivated me as you have. I’d intended to ask you on a date, to follow your human customs, to gain your trust, and reveal everything to you in time, but circumstances have made all that impossible.”

Tabitha gaped at him. “You’re insane.” Zevris leaned over her, bracing himself on one hand while he caught her chin with the other. She struggled to pull away, but he held firm. “And you are beautiful.”

Perhaps the task before Zevris was not so daunting as he’d believed. His female apparently found appeal in the notion of mating with inhuman males. A slow grin stretched across his face.

“You are more than welcome to go through my things,” Zevris replied as he walked into the adjoining bathroom and out of her sight, “as you are to be my lifemate.”

Zevris plucked up a lacy pair of black and hot pink panties, dangling them from the claw of his pointer finger. “I look forward to seeing these on you, though I’m even more excited about taking them off.”

“I have not earned your thanks. When I have given you pleasure, when I have given you security, when I have given you happiness, you may thank me.” Warmth flooded her cheeks, but she arched a brow. “You’re still so sure.” “I have never been more certain of anything.”

Trying to keep a straight face, she looked him dead in the eyes and said, “I’ve seen bigger.” His grin faltered for a moment before he threw his head back and laughed. “I assure you, Tabitha, this is exactly the right size to fulfill your every desire.”

Despite all the deadly tasks Zevris Akkaran had undertaken, despite all the times he’d faced his own potential death, nothing filled him with as much dread as the thought of Tabitha Mathews deciding she didn’t want to see him again.

“I feel I have waited an eternity to see such beauty, and my wildest imaginings could never have done it justice.”

Tabitha’s scent had taken on a hint of his own, creating something new but immediately familiar. It had become their scent. Zevris caught her chin. His eyes bored into hers. “You are mine, Nykasha.”

“The universe seems determined to block my cock today,” Zevris grumbled, tightening his hold on her. Tabitha burst out laughing. “You know what cockblocking is?” “I am living it, female.”

But he hadn’t acted as though they strained him in the slightest, and he’d even said one of the most romantic things he could have ever said to her when they’d first walked into the store. Buy as many books as you want.