Lena lifted her hips. “Now, Vor. I'm done waiting.”
“I am yours to command.” Vor slid his flesh into hers, making them one at last.
They cried out in unity, a sound that would echo in Lena's memories forever. She clutched at Vor's shoulders as his pulsing cock filled her perfectly. It was as if her body had been waiting for his to show her what sex could be. That rising connection, just a thing of energy before, had a very physical path now, and Lena cried out again with the glory of it bursting to life inside her.
“Lena!” Vor lay down over her, making her feel as if they were connected everywhere. “Lena, do you feel that?”
“I feel it.” Lena opened her eyes and met his gaze. “You're in me now, Vor. You're mine.”
Vor shuddered and started moving inside her. “And you're mine, Lena. You will always be a part of me.”
Lena wrapped her legs around her lover, her hands clutching at his back, and clung to him with all of herself as he thrust deeper and deeper. Vor sank so deeply into her that she couldn't separate herself from him. Or maybe that was their growing connection—her vibrations becoming his.
“Harder, Vor. Fuck me harder!”
Vor flinched at her crass words, but then growled. He slammed into Lena with the power of tech, and she shrieked in ecstasy. Her metal man gave her pleasure she had never known existed, filling her with flesh, love, and wild passion. The bed shook, its frame creaking, but Vor continued to thrust. Her hands went to his full ass and pulled, urging him to keep going.
He did. Vor drove his shaft into Lena until that pleasure came again, sending shivers up and down her body. This was it. What she needed. She opened her mouth and screamed her pleasure to the night, fingers digging into Vor's ass and thighs shaking uncontrollably. Seconds later, he locked up against her, his metal hips driving her up the bed as he filled her with his passion.
They spiraled upward together, crested in the sky, and came floating back to the surface of Para to lie in that simple bed and float through complicated feelings that wove them closer and closer together.
Vor rolled onto his back and pulled Lena with him to tuck her in against his side. With a sigh, she snuggled up against him, one leg hooking over his, and her face settled on his chest.
“I am not the same man I was yesterday or even an hour ago,” Vor whispered, his hand smoothing her hair. “Lena, you destroyed me, but only to rebuild me into something better.”
“I love you too.” Lena smiled against his chest.
Then she began to sing. Lena had promised Vor a song, after all. Vor went still, barely breathing as he listened. A tale of triumphant love fell from her lips, the vibrations of her song sinking through Vor's chest and into his heart. His arms closed around her, and he bent his head to lay his cheek on the top of her head. Lena sang until her lover fell asleep, and then she nestled against him and followed him into slumber with a smile on her lips.
Chapter Thirty-Six
Mal
It was over. There would be no peace. The only way Ev and Mal could be together would be to leave everything behind. Mal rubbed at his chest, his metal flesh giving him courage. He was a Nethren, but his metal parts were rarely visible in public. Dressed in Medean clothing, he could pass as one of them. That would make things easier.
Skirting around the groups of angry Nethren gathered everywhere, Mal quickly found the nicer barracks reserved for soldiers of higher rank. They were empty, everyone needing to grumble and whine about the way Paradefense had just fucked them. Mal ducked into a room and went straight to the closet. Men's clothing hung on the racks, so at least he was in the right section of the barracks, but they were too big for him. Damn. He hurried to the next room. That closet had things closer to his build. He grabbed a large satchel from an overhead rack and filled it with clothing.
With that done, Mal hurried back to his barracks and stowed the bag under his bunk. He removed the vidco Evellor had given him from its hiding place inside his mattress—via a slit he had cut in the fabric—and went to the bathroom. After locking the door, he pushed the buttons to alert Ev of his vid. And waited.
“Come on, Ev, answer!” Mal paced, his heart racing.
Suddenly, the screen filled with Evellor's worried face. “Mal,” he whispered. “This is not a good time.”
“I know. But it is time.”
“What do you mean?”
“There won’t be peace, Ev. If you want to be with me, I have to get out tonight.”
“They'll be watching the fortress tonight.”
“They're always watching, but they mostly stick to the sides and front. If I timed it right, I could go over the back wall.”
“Mal, that sounds risky.”
“Just tell me. Do you want to do this? I understand if you've changed your mind.”
Evellor's expression hardened. “I am resolved. We're doing this.”
