Wed to the Alien Gladiator (Accidental Alien Brides, #4)

by January Bell

“I have kidnapped you, as Dergoz told us your human sex manuals insist upon, and now I will make sweet love to you, and you will, of course, fall in love with me and thus accept our marriage.”

“The thing is, Mee-Shell, we are all terrified, much of the time. That is the secret. We are all afraid of making mistakes. Of hurting people. Of hurting ourselves. But you are brave, no matter what you think, because you persisted in spite of this fear. You found a way to turn your fear into something you are… incredible at. You astound me. So what if you need medicine to help you sometimes?

“Never doubt your bravery, not for a moment. Every day you choose to continue is a day that you choose to be brave. You are a light, even in the darkness of this cave.”

“You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” he rasps, his eyes fixed on mine. “When you descended that Federation ship all those weeks ago, you already held me in the palm of your hand. I knew as soon as I laid eyes on you that you were the one for me. And every day, every second since then, your power over me has grown.” His voice is thick with emotion, and I can’t bring myself to cover up. To even move. “The more I learned about you, on our long walks where you poured your heart out to me, or when you showed me how brave and fierce and loyal you were on our mission to rescue Dergoz and his Bex, or this trip, when you show me how vulnerable and in need of love you are, I fall further and further in love with you.”

“You are it for me, you are mine, all of you. I want to revel in your intelligence and your sweetness and soothe all the hurts the worlds have put on you. You are what I’ve searched for my whole life, Mee-shell.”