With the danger gone, Ranek turned back to Maya as well. She was running toward them. Just one look at her, disheveled and panting with exertion, had the bloodlust morphing into something else. Hunger. Hunger for her. Arousal hit him hard.
The violence had triggered an instinct from the past when it was common for his kind to fight for and claim a female. He’d managed to fight it off last time after fighting the pirates because they weren’t safe yet. But this time around there was nothing else here but them, and the need for release seized his very being.
He stalked toward his female. His mate.
Two steps were all it took to close the gap between them.
Chapter 20
Maya
Maya froze at the sight of Ranek still in full bloodlust, stalking toward her like the universe's sexiest monster. Her monster. Back on Reka 5, some women waited in the wings whenever there was a dragus attack just so they could have wild monkey sex with the guards who went into bloodlust to protect the colony.
Maya had never really understood it until now.
Damn! Ranek was hot.
A voice in her head told her to run and make him chase her, but another told her to stand still. Forget fight, it was freeze or flight. She didn’t want to fight this. Some Talleans loved the chase; was he one of them?
She took a tentative step back, and the corner of Ranek’s lips lifted, daring her to run. It was a terrifying look with his fangs still extended, but she must be messed in the head because it only turned her on more. Her breath hitched, and she took another step back, her eyes darting at the station’s door.
Ranek’s half-smile turned into a wide grin, the tip of his fangs pressing into his bottom lip. Tension coiled in his muscles, like he was ready to spring upon her. Dark green eyes met hers, and one single word broke the heavy silence between them: “Run!”
She turned and fled, her heart racing at the low chuckle that followed her. He toyed with her, moving slowly and deliberately to give her time to run. She’d just gone past the front counter of the station when she peered behind her. Ranek was not there. What the hell?
Maya turned around and found him coming at her from the side. She let out a sound that was a cross between a squeal and a giggle and ducked out of his arms. Then she was running down the hallway. There wasn’t really anywhere to run to, so Maya aimed for the most comfortable bed she knew of, which was in the room they’d stayed in the last time they were here.
She never got there. There was a triumphant growl, and she found herself running in the air. Then she was being tossed over a set of broad shoulders. Strong arms held her firmly by the legs, and a large hand palmed her ass.
“Mine!”
Ranek slammed open the closest door. She peered around and saw a series of long tables. They were in the mess hall.
Ranek released her, and she slid down his hard body. Every bump of his pec muscles and washboard abs set her body on fire, and she whimpered at the rush of lust that blinded her vision. He tore at her shirt and the buttons went flying, scattering and landing with sharp little pings. The rest of her clothes joined them on the floor.
The possessive gleam in his dark green eyes turned her belly into molten lava. She swallowed hard, watching him shed hisclothes just as quickly. His cheek creases were refolding, but his fangs were still long. He backed her against one of the tables before lifting her to bury his face into her neck, the sharp points of his fangs leaving marks on her skin.
“Ranek.” She reached for him, her fingertips trailing over the hard edges of his body.
His skin was hot, and a light sheen of perspiration from his fight highlighted his muscles. A thick, hard cock bobbed between them, the top of the mushroom head gleaming with a single drop of precum.
But she didn’t have long to admire his perfect physique. He turned her and bent her over the table, and she gasped at the contrast of the cold metal against her skin. There was a loud tearing sound when he ripped her underwear from her body. Then his hands were on her, hard and bruising, pressing her chest down onto the table and lifting her ass up.
Then she felt the bump of the tip of his cock against her pussy and froze. He was huge, and while she was more turned on than she could ever be, it would hurt if he just thrust into her now. Instead, he rubbed his rigid length against her core, sliding it between her pussy lips. She moaned at the electric friction, then inhaled sharply when it bumped into her clit.
He did it again, eliciting another needy sound from her. Each slide of his cock against her pussy coated it with her juices. When her hips jerked involuntarily, the tip of his cock lodged at her entrance, opening her. The next thrust of his hips had him spearing into her several inches.
“Fuck!” he rasped.
She wailed, the sound flying from her lips unbidden. But he didn’t stop, and every thrust had her taking more and more ofhim. She was so full her eyes felt like they were bugging out of her head, but there was still more of him to take. She clawed at the table, but there was no purchase against the smooth metal.
The next thrust was too much; she screamed and tried to scramble away, but she was trapped. The hand on her hips squeezed tight, a bruising grip, stopping her from squirming. But he held still.
“Maya.” He was bent over her, his hot breath tickling the nape of her neck. “Relax, my mate. You can take me.”
She could. They’d done this before. It was just the position that made it more intense.
He opened his mouth and dragged a set of sharp fangs down the back of her neck hard enough to leave pink lines on her flesh. The bite of pain distracted her from how utterly full she was, and she focused on that instead, allowing her body to relax.
