“For me to do this, I request one lunar cycle from you,” he rumbled.
“What do you mean?”
“One lunar cycle where you live on Luxiria, where you assimilate into life…as my mate.I want you to give it a chance.In exchange, if after one lunar cycle you still wish to return home,” Vaxa’an’s heart squeezed, “then I will organize safe passage back to Earth for you.”
He didn’t know if he really meant it or not.He could not bear the thought of parting with her…but the Luxirian in him would demand that he honor their agreement if she asked it of him.
“Really?” she breathed, eyes wide.“One lunar cycle…one month, you mean?”
“Tev,” he said, nodding.Yes.“Are these agreeable terms?”
Her whole body relaxed, like a huge weight had just been lifted off of her.
“You won’t do…maybe a week or two instead?”
“No.One lunar cycle.”
Kat blew out a breath, meeting his gaze.“Okay…okay.It’s a deal.”
EIGHT
Okay…so she’d agreed to stay with him for a whole month.
As he fed her another chunk of meat—which she had to admit wasdelicious, even though he’d said it was simply “travel rations”—Kate figured that she could do a lot worse than spending a month with an alien who just so happened to like licking her pussy until she screamed.
Definitely could do a lot worse, she thought, flushing, shifting on his lap.Sure, he had strange skin and black horns that stiffened when he was aroused and odd cat-like eyes.But he hadn’t hurt her.He hadn’t forced her to have sex with him.He gave pleasure instead of taking it.He’d said it was “his desire” to take care of her.She couldn’t deny the butterflies that erupted in her stomach at those words, a very human reaction in response to a very alien male.
A month did seem like a long time, but if there was one thing she’d learned in the last day, it was that he was just as stubborn as she was.He wouldn’t take anything less than a month…and so she’d agreed.It was her only chance of getting back home…eventually.
Besides, she could take the time to experience something completely out of this world.Literally.A once in a lifetime opportunity to live on a freaking alien planet.No one on Earth could say they’d done that.
And yes, she had her reservations, like what if his people—she tried to ignore the fact that he’d claimed to be theleaderof his race…she’d process that at another time—didn’t accept humans?Had they ever seen a human before?How did they live?What would she do on that planet for a whole month?
And what if a lunar cycle to him was like…ten years her time?
Kate shook her head.One step at a time.She was heading in the right direction.She just needed to stay present and try not to worry about what would come next.
Because the fact of the matter was…she strangely trusted him to protect her.She felt safe with him and completely unthreatened.In her heart, she knew that he wouldn’t let anything harm her, which was a scary thought in itself.She absolutely, one hundred percent,could notbecome attached to this alien.She’d just booked a one-way ticket back to Earth.If she developed feelings for him, it would only make it harder to leave.
But one thing he’d said left her wary.
“What did you mean live with you as your mate?” she asked, watching his jaw move as he chewed a piece of meat.
“You already agreed to my terms,” he pointed out.
She became even more suspicious.He’d tossed that word around,mate, before.She figured sex was involved, but did it mean something more in his culture?
“Tell me,” she demanded.
He continued to chew, never breaking eye contact.She could tell he didn’t like to be ordered around.She figured that, if what he said was true and he was the leader to his people, he was the one who always did the ordering.For some reason…she found that sexy.
“Please,” she added, unconsciously shifting towards him.
“You will be sharing my sleeping platform, female.”
Kate blinked.“Okay,” she said slowly, drawing the word out.
“We will be mating regularly.Luxirians like to mate at least three times a span.”
