Chapter 7
Later that evening
Commander LemAN was tired and ready for a shower and some rest. He opened the door to his quarters and walked into a dark room.
“Lights on.” Nothing happened. “Lights!” Still nothing. He stumbled over a chair that was not where he had left it. What in Kitana?
Then he heard giggling. He groaned with frustration. “Teagan, what have you done to my environmental program?”
The giggling came from somewhere close. He followed the rapid breathing and saw small movement in the corner. There, under his dining table. He lifted the table and looked down in part frustration and part humor at the tiny female.
“What are you doing, Teagan?”
“Testing your senses.”
“You’re a communications expert, not a medic, and I’m not some experiment.” He leaned down to help her stand. The moment their hands met he felt sparks travel throughout his whole body. The female was driving him crazy because he had not been able to get her out of his mind the entire time they were apart.
“I’m bored. There’s nothing to do on this bucket of metal.”
“Bucket of—Goddess, give me strength.” He closed his eyes and prayed, something he had begun to do a lot more of since encountering the tiny human from Earth. If she wasn’t tearing apart equipment on his ship to see how it worked, she was teasing his warriors and forcing him to place her in his own quarters to ensure her safety from unwanted attention. It was for her own good.
“I need something to do. I have ADHD—I told you about that. I have all this energy and require something I can put my focus on to channel it.”
He immediately had images in his mind of ways she could channel her energy, all of which had them naked. Yes…naked and him buried deep inside her.
“I will find something for you to do.” His voice had taken on a deep undertone.
She stepped toward him and licked her lips. He tracked the motion and his body responded.
Teagan smiled up at him mischievously. “I bet you could come up with activities that would leave us both drained and satisfied.”
Her voice was husky and he inhaled her scent. Desire was coursing through her and he could almost taste it. Normally in the past he would tell himself to stay strong and keep her at a distance. Now, after finally letting himself think on what it meant to be gifted a bond mate, he was tired of fighting his emotions. He just needed to maintain enough control so that they could discuss things between them.
She reached out and ran her hands up and down his chest. Her touch was his breaking point. He couldn’t take it anymore. He growled and pulled her up his body, kissing her like a conquering warrior should with his prize. Goddess help them both, he had to have her.
*****
Teagan was prepared for LemAN’s usual denial or pushing away of her clear advances. So she was taken off guard when pulled her into his arms and kissed her like a man starved. She felt hungry, too, as she gave in to the feelings that had been bottled up inside her. She responded with the passion she had always felt for him.
Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pressed her breasts against him. Every moment in his arms while he wasn’t pulling away gave her more and more opportunity. She nibbled on his lower lip.
“The clothes need to come off,” he growled as he tugged her overalls off. Then came her T-shirt. All she had on was a pair of white panties.
Blinking, she eased back to look at him. “Why do you do that? Growl?”
“We Katierans growl when we feel strong emotions like anger or…”
“Passion?”
“Yes.”
“Oh.” She didn’t know what to say and it wasn’t really hitting high on her must-know-more list as he nibbled on her neck. She heard a ripping which must have been her panties but she didn’t care about that. She was lost in the building desire. “Oh yeah.”
“I have thought about you and what I would love to do to you the entire time that I’ve been gone,” he whispered against her skin.
“Really? What kind of things?”
“Delicious things.” He let her go so that he could remove his clothes. She couldn’t look away. Every inch he bared made her lick her lips. LemAN was a truly beautiful man. They both stood naked before each other and she shivered with need as he looked her over with lust and desire in his eyes. She felt her body tingle all over.
