Page 51 of Forged in Shadow


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“Then we’re both about to find out what it’s like.” With great care, he began to undress her, sliding her flight jacket off her shoulders and down her arms. It floated away as his attention was diverted to her body. “I like this garment so much better than those horrible armor suits they make you wear.”

“We can’t all run around in form-fitting nano-armor.” Arin reached out and placed her hands against his chest. From his appearance, she’d been expecting his skin to feel rough or cold, but it was smooth and soft and warm. “Only you guys seem to be able to get away with that.”

“But you pull this off magnificently,” Rykal purred, toying with the hidden zipper nestled between her breasts. “And now it’s coming off for me.”

He unzipped her from her breasts to her waist, exhaling slowly as a thin strip of her pale skin was exposed.

Arin trailed her hands down his stomach, eliciting a small shudder from him. When she reached his cock, she curled her fingers around it. He groaned. She tightened her grip andpumped up and down. Rykal closed his eyes and gasped, his voice infused with a delicious mixture of tension and pleasure.

When he opened his eyes again, his pupils had dilated, and his brilliant yellow irises had darkened a shade, turning the color of burnished gold.

Arin became lost in his gaze. She stared into his face and marveled at what lay behind those eyes. This alien, so strange, yet so familiar, had come to her from a place she couldn’t even comprehend.

What was his planet like? She couldn’t even imagine.

Rykal bent his head, pressing his lips against the soft skin between her breasts. He inhaled her, tasted her, and kissed her as she teased his cock with her strong fingers. Becoming frantic, Rykal pulled her suit off her shoulders, revealing her toned, muscular arms. He stripped her down, the Syntech fabric stretching as he peeled it off her, revealing her breasts, her stomach, her waist. At the sight of her bare breasts, he growled and took one of her nipples into his mouth.

Arin arced her back and released a throaty cry as he sucked her, forgetting where she was. His hot mouth and nimble tongue sent her wild, her nipples hardening as he paid careful attention to one, then the other.

All the while, they floated weightlessly in the air, two beings at the physical peak of their existence, answering the primal needs of their bodies.

Rykal broke loose with a gasp and stripped her to her ankles, slipping off her knee-high boots.

“Finally,” he sighed, and there was great satisfaction in his voice. “I’ve been waiting for this for so long. I’ve been waiting foryou. I want you so badly.”

“I want you too,” Arin rasped as he pulled her against him, his cock pressing up against her lower belly. As their bodies met, a warm tingling sensation spread throughout her body like wildfire.

Deep, aching need unfurled in her core, and she yearned to have him inside her.

As Rykal held onto her, they drifted through the cabin, slowly rotating. The feeling of weightlessness made Arin more aware of the pleasurable sensations coursing through her body.

Rykal’s hands were all over her, caressing her back, sliding over the curve of her ass, gripping her lean thighs. “Human,” he whispered, bringing his hand around to her pussy. “I think we areverycompatible.”

“So it seems.” Arin barely managed to get the words out as he tucked his fingers under the edge of her panties, sliding them down.

“This is what I am most interested in.” He slid one deft finger into her moist entrance, making Arin gasp. He pressed his other hand against the small of her back, drawing her closer, sliding back and forth, increasing his speed until all Arin could do was close her eyes and let him take over.

Her body was no longer under her control.

Rykal pressed his lips against the hollow of her neck, sucking on her skin. His hot mouth was like molten lava, and together with the gentle thrust of his fingers between her moist folds, the experience became insanely erotic.

And he was just getting started.

Rykal brought his lips up against her ear. “My sweet human,” he said, so softly his words were in-between a thought and a whisper. “I never thought I would find someone like you at this end of the Universe. You’re too good for me by far, but I can’t help but surrender to these instincts of mine.”

What?Arin thought through a haze of mind-numbing pleasure. His words and actions were having a strange effect on her; they rendered her incapable of any logical, coherent thought.

“I can’t help but crave you every waking minute. You invade my thoughts and drive me to near-insanity. I can’t standthe thought of you being with another. I need you to be mine alone. Do you understand that, my love?”

Moaning, Arin nodded. Rykal growled and pressed his lips against the soft skin just above her collarbone, possessively grazing her skin with his fangs. Arin brought her hands up and ran her fingers through his silky-soft hair.

Everything about him was tactile bliss. Even though he looked so hard and dangerous—and Jupiter knew hecouldbe hard—he felt wonderful under her fingertips.

Her hands drifted down to his temples, where she felt a curious bump on each side. A low, throaty moan escaped Rykal’s lips as she touched those points.

Arin liked that sound, so she caressed him again, focusing on those points, which seemed to be sensitive. He groaned and pressed his fangs against the bare skin of her neck, breaking her skin. Arin cried out as the heady combination of pain and bliss sent her into the next dimension.

His warm fingers were deep inside her, stretching her, making her writhe in pleasure as she curled her strong legs around him.