“Here, I will keep you balanced.”His tail went across my bellyand his hands cupped my breasts, instantly igniting my body.
It was decided.He was getting his eyes poked out.
“I hope you have a good enough hold,littlejerk,” I muttered as I reached for his wings.
My fingertips had barely touched the membranes when a groan came from Xaniban.Pleasure rippled through his body underneath mine.His hands automatically squeezed my breasts.
A moan tore from my lips.My fingers slid along his wings on reflex.
He roared.His wings opened at the same time as I felt him come on my belly.
My God.When he’d said his wings were sensitive, I hadn’t imaginedthis.His hot cum, pearlescent blue on my skin, and the knowledge that a single touch of mine had undone him… They made me feel hot inside, too.
“Myanima,” he murmured reverently, “only you can make me lose control like that.Only you.”
Satisfaction filled me.But so did worry at how his pleasure seemed directly linked to my own.
“Gotta pee,” I squeaked, and scrambled off Xaniban as if pixies were after me.
He didn’t try to stop me and actually offered me a helping tail while I was clumsily getting off the bed on unsteady legs.“Go, relieve yourself,” he told me as I began an embarrassing, stiff-legged trek to the bathroom.“Then I will come in to wash you.”
“I can wash myself,” I huffed without looking back.If I did, I might be tempted to return to his sweet embrace.The loss I felt at leaving him tugged at my resolve to stay away from him.
“I know you can,anima.” I could feel his gaze following my every step.As if the separation of our bodies bothered him, too.His next words came out strained.“We will bathe together.”
Yes–no–agh!I was insomuch trouble.
– 18 –
Sappy
Isplashed the water in the washbasin–a crystal bowl filled with rainwater–and listened.Did it sound like I was still peeing?Would that keep Xaniban away a bit longer?
Yes, I was being ridiculous, but there was no lock on the bathroom door to keep him out.Telling him not to come in here would have the same effect as my previous attempts to tell the king what to do: zero.For heaven’s sake, I couldn’t makemyselfbehave.
I needed alone time to get my priorities straight.Returning to my community should be at the top of the list.It would be great to show up at the bunker with food and medicine, and Xaniban had mentioned that was up to discussion, but now that he thought me his mate, I had the strong suspicion he wouldn’t let me go anywhere dangerous.
I could ask him to bring my people here… He’d mentioned he didn’t bring just anyone, but if he met them, he would see they were good people.Well, except Carson, but he might not have survived the trip home.If Xaniban agreed, that would be the perfect solution for everyone.
Butterflies fluttered in my stomach at just the idea of staying with him.It wasn’t about the best sex I’d ever had, although I now understood those women ready to storm the castle for another round in his bed.I simply craved to be close to him.To bask in the strength of his presence, in the warmth of his embrace, in the shelter of his wings–
So sappy.See, that was why I was afraid of sticking around.This magical place lulled me into a false sense of security, when my instincts should stay sharp.Xaniban chipped away at my protective walls, when I should guard my heart now more than ever.As long as the aliens were on Earth, there could be no safe haven.Love remained deadly–
Xaniban came in.Didn’t knock, just walked right in and came straight to me, watching me with a burning intensity that made my breath hitch.As if he couldn’t stand a second longer of us being apart.As if he would not allow anything, not even a closed door, to stand between us ever again.
He crushed me to him as his lips took mine.
I buried my fingers in his hair to keep him right there, mouth fused with mine, fangs grazing my bottom lip, deep kisses sparking a whirlwind of sensations.
When we came up for air, I noticed the cloud over the bathtub was on.Xaniban must have used his tail to pull the rope.Seeing the direction of my gaze, he smiled mischievously and offered me a hand.I took it.
He led me into the tub and resumed our kiss there, standing under the tropical rain.Hands at my back and tail around my leg, Xaniban kissed me slowly now, the urgency from earlier gone.Thiswas about savoring every second of our lips being locked, and I was right there with him.
I was going to live in the moment and enjoy what remained of my night with Xaniban.Come morning, I would go back to reality.
He brushed wet locks away from my face, his eyes filled with wonder.“I cannot believe I have found you,anima.I thought I had yet to prove myself to the Gods, and I thought I knew how strong the effect of the mate bond would be, but… One touch of your fingers along my wings, and you undid me.One minute without you in the circle of my tail, and I was already hurting.”
My pulse sped up once more.His words were laced with raw emotion that tugged at my heartstrings.I lowered my gaze, feeling overwhelmed.
