His chest rumbled and he grabbed her waist, pressing her to his hardened cock that refused to soften in her presence.Angling his neck for a better position, he did as she told him.Learning from her, he moved his mouth against hers, tasting her, lightly at first but growing more urgent as he swept his ridged tongue inside.
Kat gave a shuddery moan, clinging to his shoulders, her blunt claws digging into his flesh.Vaxa’an didn’t know how long they kissed, but eventually his back started to ache, hunched over as he was, so he scooped her up and she wrapped her shapely legs around his waist, bringing her face-to-face with him.
And they stayed in that position for a long time.Vaxa’an had never felt closer to a female and he had bedded many.Kissing set his blood on fire and left his Instinct wanting, but he didn’t want to do anything to disrupt this moment.
Eventually, however, he knew he must stop.He only had so much self-control and he’d already tempted himself too much for one span…and it wasn’t even mid-span yet.
Vaxa’an wanted nothing more than to take his female back to his sleeping platform and continue this kissing with her until the span wasted away.But he was the Prime Leader.He had responsibilities, duties.Soon, he would be needed at the command center.
Regretfully, he broke away.His Kat looked flushed, her pink lips swollen and begging for more kissing.Her eyes were glassy, unfocused.
“It’s not fair,” she murmured, like she was in a daze.“It’s not fair that you’re good at kissing too.”
His chest puffed out a little.“What else am I good at, female?”
Her eyes cleared a little and she wiggled in his grasp enough that he set her back down on the washing stall floor.“Stop fishing for compliments.”
Her words didn’t make sense to him, but he shrugged them off.Human words.Not everything would translate.
“I need to go to the command center,” he told her.“I must prepare for our re-entry onto Luxiria.”
Kat blinked and some clarity returned to her gaze.Vaxa’an remembered the deal that they’d negotiated and he frowned, his good mood souring just a little.
“When do we arrive at your planet?”
“We arrive atourplanet,” he said, correcting her, “in two spans.And we must be ready,luxiva.”
TEN
The next day went much like the first for Kate.She woke, clinging to Vaxa’s side.His skin seemed to absorb heat throughout the night, so by morning, he was a seven foot pillar of warmth.
Although, as soon as she woke she remembered she was still a little peeved at him.The afternoon before, he’d left her in his room to go to the ‘command center’ and he hadn’t returned for what she guessed was hours.His room was mostly bare, except for his clothes, so she couldn’t even properly snoop.No books, although obviously she wouldn’t have been able to read them.She’d fiddled around with the controls on the shower, just out of curiosity and boredom, but couldn’t get them to work properly.
Bare bones.She wondered what his room or house or whatever he lived in looked like on his planet.Because if it was anything like this, Kate figured she had a long month ahead of her.Especially if he kept her contained inside.
So, needless to say, she was antsy and a little pissed by the time he eventually returned.Of course, the moment she saw him, her treacherous body perked up, remembering the way he’d kissed her before he left, the slide of his exquisite tongue against hers.But she’d crossed her arms and pushed at his chest when he’d approached her.
“You are displeased?” he’d asked, seeming surprised, as if he hadn’t just kept her prisoner in his room for hours.
She cocked her eyebrow.“Let me make one thing clear.I willnotbe locked away while you go about your day.I am not your—yourpet.”
“Pet?” he repeated.“I know you are not a pet, female.”
“Then don’t treat me like one.”
His nostrils flared a little.“Luxiva,I cannot have you wandering around the vessel in my absence.It is dangerous.”
Kate took a deep breath, telling herself to calm down.“It’s not like I would touch anything.But I feel cooped up in here, like I’m in a cage.”
“Just one more span,luxiva.There is not much to do on this ship, yes.But on Luxiria…your spans will be more fulfilling, I give you my word.”
It was more than that she realized.The closer they were drawing to his planet, the more she realized just what she’d gotten herself into.One month on a strange planet with an alien species she knew next to nothing about…with an alien whom she was extremely attracted to that she enjoyed kissing very much.It was a recipe for disaster.
But she didn’t have any other choice.They’d struck a deal.She’d given him her word.
Still…her nerves were starting up.
For her final day on the ship, Kate pulled on her Big Girl Panties and decided that being stuck in Vaxa’s room was the least of her worries.That morning, they went to breakfast—where she had more of that delicious meat—followed by training time…which pretty much ended the same way as the day before, with Vaxa pushing her onto the bed the moment they got back to the room and promptly feasting between her legs until she saw stars.
