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His chuckle against her ear turned into a hiss when her hands reached behind her back and circled his aching shaft. She squeezed and stroked as much of him as she could.
They moaned together as his length slid against her wet folds. She tried to rise a fraction, to sink onto his shaft, but he pulled her back down to rest against him with a firm tug on her bound hands.
She leaned in and gave him a soft kiss. “I’m your mate. I’m yours.”
The emotion that welled in his chest was followed, as he’d planned, by a deep purr. “Oh fu—” Her words cut out as her hips jerked and her eyes rolled back. Her core, pressed tightly against his shaft, grew wetter.
He growled, lifting her hips and plunging into her. “I want to feel you, love.” She screamed and bit into his shoulder, sagging on his chest. Her silky core convulsed around his cock as her orgasm tore through her.
With her free hands, she gripped his muscular shoulders and took charge, grinding against his gorgeous cock. Urging her hips forward and back with his hands, he leaned forward to lick and suck her nipples with his lightly vibrating mouth.
Luka began to rock her hips more forcefully, muttering curses while kissing his way up to her mouth. As he devoured her moans with his kiss, he wrapped one arm around her waist and then shifted her backward until her head hit the soft mattress. Sitting on his haunches, he slowly slipped in and out of her, holding her hips high off the bed so they remained level with his.
She wanted to grind against him, but he held her in place too tightly. She felt her body arching off the bed. So close. When Luka’s thumb came down to circle her clit in just the way she liked, she broke apart, screaming his name. His thrusts became rough and erratic, prolonging her orgasm, until he finally roared to the ceiling, slamming into her a few more times before stilling.
Luka had taken her in different positions all through the night. Sometimes he’d initiate, but more often, she had.
Awww... I wanted to see that
Luka proceeded to scarf down his food as though it were going to be stolen. Alice noted that while her plate was full, his was mountainous. “Hungry?” she teased. He finished chewing his mouthful, then wheezed, “You worked me hard last night, and we didn’t eat dinner.” Taking a small bite of food, she grinned. Hell yeah, I did. “I need to make sure I can keep up with you today.”
When they were done, Luka spoke first. “What would you like to do today? I can bring you back to the Temple if you’d like.”
She smirked. “Or?” His face broke into a wide grin, and her heart pitter-pattered in her chest. “No one requested work at the reserve. I could show you more animals.” Gaze turning hungry, he added, “We could go back to the bedroom for the next year or so.”
To thank him, she’d asked to give him a blow job. A chuckle still ran through her when she recalled his dumbstruck expression. Learning that the women of this planet didn’t often go down on their men made Alice even more excited to provide him with that pleasure.
Tracing the dark markings near his wrists, she now saw them in a new light. She wondered if others found them ugly the way they did Theo’s. Running her tongue along one dark marking and smiling at his answering curse, she’d decided to work hard to make sure he knew she loved them.
Before she’d set foot on land, he’d reached out and snatched her, kissing her like he hadn’t seen her in months.
“We don’t have to do anything illegal to help her. Please trust me with this.” Her heart swelled. His magnificent mind was working through a plan even as she watched. Dashing across the cab, she threw her arms around his neck and stared down into his pale-blue eyes. “I love you,” she breathed.
“Over the last few days, I’ve grown to like you more than I thought possible, but my soul knew it loved you even when I was drowning in the void of my mind. I’m humbled you feel I’m worthy of your love.”
Suddenly, he broke their kiss and stared deeply into her eyes, expression serious. “Are those words taken lightly on your planet? Because, they aren’t here. I love you, Alice. I’ve never said that to anyone else and never will. Are you sure about me? About us? There won’t be any going back after this.” Alice couldn’t contain the happy tears that streaked down her face. “I’m all yours, forever.”
When he was with her, he felt he could finally exhale. She allowed him to be himself. Hell, she allowed him to discover himself. He’d been fixated on work and achievement his whole life, but with her he’d rediscovered facets of his personality he’d forgotten he had.
His heart ached for the males and females of his planet. How many would never experience the love he felt for Alice? How many would never rest easy, knowing the one they loved wouldn’t leave them as a result of their twisted honor?
They’d spent hours sitting here while he taught her to read using the stories of the matings he’d collected over the years. Her interest in the mated couples served as a great motivator. She became so invested in learning their stories that she’d picked up the language much more quickly than he’d anticipated.
Cracking her eyes open, she rolled onto her back and found Luka’s devastating face looming above her, his fingers ghosting over her exposed skin.
“Night,” he answered, gaze fixed on her quickly hardening nipples. “Are you talking to me or my breasts?” she joked, trying to shift her body away from his maddening caress. He shot her a lopsided grin. “If I were talking to your breasts, I’d address them with more deference.”
Rolling onto her stomach, she watched him walk away. His firm ass flexed as he stepped over discarded books. Inserting her forefinger and thumb into her mouth, she whistled loudly. He wheeled around, eyes wide and brows raised. Resting her chin on her palm, she made her face serious. “I was addressing your ass, sir. Please, continue on your way.”
I know what I like on Earth, and now I get to learn what I like here. There’s also one thing Clecania has that Earth never will.” Luka grinned down at her, his chest puffing. “And what’s that?” Rising up to give him a kiss, she waited until their mouths were only a breath away before whispering, “A second moon.” A bark of laughter exploded from him and rang through the room.
“We choose an area we know to be developed, with an intact healthcare system, and then we hack into their records and search for fertile, single females of a certain age with minimal health issues, or at least ones we’re able to cure. And…” his eyes twinkled evilly “no emergency contacts. Once we have a list to work from, whoever we’ve hired to execute the abduction surveils the females and takes any who live alone and can be snatched without attracting attention.”
Helas appeared bored. “Your group—Purity. Reform. Integrity. Clecania.” She waited for Helas’ attention to shift back to her after angrily flashing toward Luka. “On our planet, PRIC means tiny dick.”
Pain radiated from her side, black spots dancing in front of her. She rolled, dragging her knees to her chest. And spotted her only hope of salvation. Only feet away was a familiar small, round red object on the forest floor, just behind where Helas stood.
Helas sat up, nursing his limp wrist and glaring at her and Luka with all of the hate he possessed. Then, a deep whine sounded from the shadows. A wave of small, red, snarling creatures exploded from all around him. They leapt from the trees and emerged from under bushes, swarming their prey.
The last thing she saw was a bloody, grasping hand, rising from a mountain of guarsil.
“One of the males—a Strigi, I believe—carried him off through the trees and never returned.”
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“And the women? They’re free?” she asked, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. “We can only hope. Word will be spread among trusted individuals all over Clecania to be on the lookout for wandering females, but we have to assume not all of them made it out.
“Alice was brilliant. She spotted a guarsil.” Luka coughed, feeling his vision waver. Kadion hissed air through his teeth. “Ouch.” “I took a chance.” She grimaced. “Let’s all just be thankful it wasn’t a harmless piece of fruit.”
A beautiful, rustic home stood in front of her. The sides of the two-story house were covered in large picture windows and gleamed in the late afternoon sun. “Do you like it?” Luka asked, his shoulders bunched. Alice had to choke out her words through the lump in her throat. “I see you learned some tricks from those weshuin.”
Tilting her head, she pressed her mouth to his. Their kiss was slow and sensual and utterly full of love. “Watch it, female. You want to see the rest of the house before retiring to the bedroom, don’t you?” “I want to stay right here.” She sighed, taking the cup from his hand.
took a small sip and choked, then began to laugh. “It’s terrible,” she squealed. He took a sip of his own and grimaced. Replacing their cups on the table, she turned back to him. “It doesn’t matter, though. I can’t miss home, because I am home.” She ran a hand through his hair. “You’re my home. I love you.” He beamed. “I love you too.”
