He groaned and carried her to hisreju, which was open and flat with the same firm, gel-like cushion as hers. His was larger, of course, and higher off the floor. It was more like table-height, so when he dropped her bottom on the edge, his cockwas at the perfect height to press right into the cleft between her thighs. He disposed of his suit in short order, hurling it against the wall to land on hers. Before that moment, she could only speculate what lay beneath those full-body uniforms, but the reality was even more impressive than her imagination. Soul markings crowded his upper torso, pulsing deep, bright blue as her hands moved over them.
He held still as she touched him, but she sensed that what little control he had was slipping. He allowed her to grasp his shaft and rub it against her clit. She closed her legs around his hips and a hectic flush rode his high cheekbones. He took both breasts in his hands and squeezed.
Ash moaned, tipping her head back as sparks shot behind her eyelids and electrified her skin. Expert fingers tweaked her nipples, twisting and turning them until she writhed beneath his touch. He lowered his head and swirled his long tongue around one swollen nipple, torturing each one with quick, hard flicks.
Zade raised his head. His gaze all but blazed blue with a luminescence of its own. He let out something that sounded like a curse in Baylan which her ear translator couldn’t find an English equivalent to, then positioned himself at her entrance and drove his cock into her. Ash gasped at the spray of sensation and the undeniable pinch of his huge alien shaft stretching her human pussy. He buried himself deep inside her, then eased halfway out.
Ash spread her legs wide to make more room for him. He remained standing, and she sitting, as she tilted her hips and tucked her legs around him. Muscles bulged on his arms as he gripped her hips. The initial soreness faded. She felt herself opening for him, stretching to his size and adjusting to each tantalizing inch of him. Ash could smell her own arousal pooling between her legs. It mixed with his, creating a heady scent of need finally unleashed.
“I had intended…” he ground out. “To take my time. But I cannot.”He tipped his forehead to hers. “There is no going back. You are mine now.”
There was a finality to his words, as though they were a vow. They were, she distantly thought. To him, they were bound together, forever. As for her, having sex with Zade was an urge that would not be denied. Maybe it was the bond, making her horny for the male who Baylan biology decided was the mate for her. Ash pressed her heels to his ass. “I don’t want to go back, Zade.”
He locked his gaze to hers and thrust hard into her tight wetness. The soul markings on his chest and neck glowed brighter in a deep ultramarine blue. Deep thrusts turned faster, harder.Relentless. Ash could feel all that pent-up restraint pouring out of him. There was no taking it slow, no sensual savoring. This was a mating—primal and hungry.
She arched her back, and he lowered his head to lave attention to her breasts, which sent delightful zings of pleasure down to her toes. The blue glow of therejubelow made them look like they were underwater, but the blue blazing from his eyes was bright and intense. He bared his teeth and pounded into her, unrelenting. Ash slid her hands over his chest, brushing over his rock-hard nipples. She smiled at the tremor her touch caused.
Hers. Yes, this gorgeous, powerful male was hers. For how long, she didn’t know. She still couldn’t fathom being with someone on a permanent basis, but just then, the future was a clean whiteboard, wide open with possibilities. Only pleasure, which swept through her in great, pulsing waves, mattered. She couldn’t recall a time when her body responded so overwhelmingly.
Ever.
She pushed the slightest whiff of Shaun from her mind. She’d sort out all the emotional stuff—which was sure to rear up—later. Her body was coming alive, waking up after a long slumber, and all Ash wanted to do was enjoy it. She closed her eyes, held on to his ripped shoulders, and let the pleasure build. Her body was swirling with sensation. A pressure was growing. A curling need tightened her pussy and made any remaining clear thoughts scatter like sand. She tipped her head back and dug her fingers into his shoulders.
His cock swelled further, stimulating everything that was already humming with pleasure. He lowered his face to her ear and pulled her lobe between his teeth. He gently bit down as he muttered, “Mine,” in her ear.
That one word, rasped out, sent the first wave crashing over her, arching her back off therejuand drawing a moan from her throat.
“That’s it,” he snarled in her ear. “Come for me. I want to hear your cries.” Zade continued to pummel her depths, pounding deep and hard with a ruthlessness that made her skin burn.
Her pussy contracted around him, gripping him tight, milking him. Her passage was impossibly slick with their combined juices. His thrusts turned faster as his hips moved and his muscles bunched. It was so much, so incredibly new, and her body was exploding with pleasure. He returned his mouth to her breasts and took each peaked, sensitized nipple between his teeth. Gently, he scraped his teeth over them.
Her body went taut. Ecstasy erupted from her pussy, sending pure pleasure to every nerve ending in her body. She closed her eyes as a tsunami crashed over her. Sounds came from her throat—primal cries she almost didn’t recognize as her own. Hehadwanted to hear them. He’d played her body like an instrument he owned and knew exactly how to play.
His face tensed and his breathing went ragged. His hips pounded a relentless pace and he let out a bellow as his hot seed flooded her. She felt his liquid warmth washing over her inner walls. Pulse after pulse, he emptied inside her, filling her. He gave one final thrust, holding himself deep inside her. He leaned toward her, bracing his arms beside her hips. In an impossibly gentle move, he pressed a feather-soft kiss to her collarbone, then buried his face in her neck. Ash rested against him, limp and replete. She could feel his pulse racing and see the thin sheen of sweat on his shoulders.
“Fuck you for keeping this from me,” she gasped out. “We could have been doing this for weeks.”
“An error in judgment.” A strong hand closed around her waist and gently squeezed. “One that shall not be repeated.”
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Zade
Zade remembered climbing onto therejuwith Ash, talking with her, stroking her, sliding into her yet again, for the most powerful and satisfying sex of his life. He tucked her against his body, but after that he must have done something he had not done in more cycles than he could recall: He fell asleep.
That must have been what happened, because he experienced a strange sensation some time later: He woke up.
It felt very different from coming out of an induced rest cycle. This was a slow, languid coming awake, unlike the abrupt switch to consciousness the artificial way. Her warm body was still snuggled against him. He looked down at his lovely mate.
Indeed, he would not repeat the mistake of denying either of them the pleasure of each other’s bodies. Ash had been correct. What he had done was unnatural.
Everything he had been doing to his body and mind had been unnatural.
Discovering his mate and beginning the bonding experience had certainly shattered his carefully constructed life. It would be restructured, rebuilt, and it would not go back to the way it was before. His mind raced with a to-do list so massive, it boggled the mind. They would need proper quarters now. Nolonger would a modifiedrejuin his lab suffice. She deserved a full suite of rooms, which his Saar-king was already arranging.
A sense of possessiveness washed over him as he gazed upon her.Ash.
It was a simple, lovely name that suited her. Her hair spread out over the blue surface like a dark gold fan. Her skin was flushed from their lovemaking and the soft curve of her cheek made her look younger than her age of thirty-two Earth years. He traced a finger where a tear had rolled not an hour earlier.
