“You should walk around shirtless from time to time,” I teased. “My nestmates tend to walk around in the nude.”
“Your nestmates come from species that don’t wear clothes.”
He walked past me like a male on a mission and opened the shower door. Stepping inside, he was unfazed by the water beating down on him. Turning toward me, he offered his hand. “Come here, Selena. Let me bathe you.”
Closing my eyes, I inhaled a deep breath and reached for his hand. He pulled me inside. The warm water hit my skin and thick steam surrounded me. Kaede stared down at me with half-lidded eyes, reaching above my head for two pumps of soap.
Grabbing my hips, he spun me around, pinning my hands above my head. “Don’t move,” he whispered into my ear. “Let me help you relax and forget your trauma.”
“Why can’t I face you?” I asked, looking over my shoulder.
His heated gaze burned me, warming my insides.
“Because this shower is about you, not me. I don’t want you distracting me with your wandering hands and pleading eyes.” He grinned, gesturing for me to face the wall. “Let me take care of you tonight, Selena. That is all I wish.”
Acquiescing, I closed my eyes and focused on the sensations flooding my body.
Spray misted my shoulders as Kaede slowly rubbed each part of my body with his hands, slathering my skin with soap. He placed featherlight kisses along my body as he worked, purposely skipping over where I yearned for his touch most. He made a game of testing how much he could make me moan and writhe in his hands.
Gently, he placed his lips to my spine and slowly kissed his way up to my neck. I rolled my head to the side to give him better access. Flipping me around, he scooped me up, grabbing my ass as he pinned my body to the cool metal wall with his chiseled body.
His hardness was standing at full mast between us, but he ignored it, instead maneuvering my hands above my head once more as he gave me a branding kiss. Our tongues danced, his long forked one tickling mine as moans erupted from our mouths.
Suddenly, he pulled away, placing his forehead against mine as his curtain of hair blocked my view. Gasping for breath, we stared into each other’s eyes. His back protected me from the jetting water.
I was hyperaware of his hard cock sandwiched between us. I began rocking against him and he hissed, gripping my thigh to prevent me from rubbing my folds against him.
“We can’t go any further, Selena.”
“Why not?” I asked, searching his eyes. “I’m here and willing.”
He closed his eyes and growled as he shook his head.
“I don’t feel safe losing myself to you while we are beyond our galaxy’s borders.”
“Kaede, this is probably the safest vessel in the universe.”
“That may be so.” His grin didn’t reach his eyes. “But I just can’t. If I begin, we may never leave this cabin again, and I can’t afford a distraction right now.”
Sighing, I closed my eyes and nodded. “I understand.”
“There is nothing I want more right now, Selena, than to bury myself in you, but I am not lying when I say that we may never leave the cabin once I do,” he hissed, his voice strained. He rubbed his cock between us. “I’ve been hovering on the edge of my mating heat for months, and I’ve been trying to delay it. If we go any further, I’m afraid we will trigger what I’ve been holding back and there will be nothing to stop me from taking you.”
“And why do we need to wait until we cross our galaxy’s borders?”
“My sisters will be there to escort us home.” He grinned. “Between them and our Oetsae, we will be safe to do as we please.”
