Taylor was panting, her eyes glazed, when they finally parted.
“Now,” he rasped, shifting his body over her.“Are we done with this talk?Because I am impatient for my female.”
And they spoke no more.The only sounds that filled their cave that morning, as the twin suns rose, were the sounds of his female’s moans and breathy gasps.
And as Vikan pleasured his mate, he felt determination, like nothing he’d ever felt before, fill his body.He felt hope, for the first time, strands of attainable possibility just within reach.
He’d been telling the truth to Taylor.If there was even a chance that she would stay with him, that they would spend their futures together, then he would doeverythingin his power to see that to fruition.
To keep her, Vikan would do anything.
* * *
If someone had told Taylor a week ago that she’d be having the time of her life, hiking through the wilderness, with Vikan, sweaty and dirty and smiling, she wouldn’t have believed it.
She would’ve laughed herself silly until she peed.
But there she was…having the time of her goddamn life with her alien lover who she may or may not be falling head over heels in love with.
Because real Vikan?He was very much the Vikan in her dreams.Or rather, her visions.It had just taken her a while to realize it.But it had been easy to make the connection once he began to open up to her.
It was already nearing nightfall and Vikan had begun to keep an eye out for shelter, once again.The days were shorter in the western lands, he’d told her.The nights were longer.But Taylor didn’t mind.Truthfully, she liked nighttime.Especially when she got to spend the longer hours with a sexy, wicked male with a talented tongue.
Wistfully, she wondered where the day had gone.It didn’t seem like all that long ago when they’d left their cave by the sea.But then she realized that just being with Vikan, listening to him tell her stories of his time as a warrior, listening to him tell her all about the different planets he’d visited or fought on, or him asking her questions about her life on Earth, listening to her as she tried to explain the different countries and languages and cultures…it made the time fly.She’d enjoyed herself.Immensely.She’d laughed more than she thought possible.
Not to mention the fact that every hour or so, Vikan would purr, push her up against the nearest rock or tree, and bury his tongue between her legs.Her sex was continuously wet for him, it seemed, and Taylor had never cum so much in the past 24 hours as she had with him.
As the suns sank lower and lower into the horizon, she couldn’t help but think that they were only one day closer toLopixa.She had mixed feelings about it.On one hand, reachingLopixameant a warm, soft bed.It meant that they might finally have sex, something that Taylor had been thinking more and more about.
On the other, it meant she was one day closer to making one of the biggest decisions of her entire life.And she didn’t know if she was ready for it.
How long would she stay atLopixabefore she would need to return to the Golden City?She thought of Bianca, one of the human women she’d grown close to.Bianca had a husband and a young daughter back at home.Every moment that Taylor spent atLopixawas another moment that Bianca would have to endure away from her family.
None of the other women truthfully had as pressing of a need to return.They were all in their mid-to-late twenties with full-time jobs that took up most of their time.None had boyfriends even and from what Taylor had gathered, many had very few family members, if any, that were still involved in their lives.
The more she thought about it, Taylor began to wonder why it had ever been so urgent for her to return, especially considering the fact that Vikan was now very much a part of her life.
And possibly a very big part of my future, she couldn’t help but think.
Every moment that she spent with him made it harder and harder to imagine leaving him behind.And if she did leave, what would happen?He’d given her a vague answer when she asked about fated mates separating.He’d told her, the night that he’d taken her from the Golden City, that if she returned to Earth, she wouldalwaysfeel him, their connection.
Except, if she was on Earth, she’d have no way to get back to him.
That thought made her chestphysicallyache.Just the thought of never seeing Vikan again, never feeling his touch again, or hearing his voice, or feeling that soft, warm thrill in her belly whenever he called her hisluxiva…ithurt.It hurt more than she thought possible in the short amount of time she’dreallycome to know him.
Vikan led them down to the sea, once again.The western lands were riddled with caves etched into the numerous cliffs and they found a suitable one to make their shelter in for that night quickly.
As they collected their materials for a fire, Vikan touched her arm, murmuring, “You have been quiet, female.Is something wrong?Have I done something to upset you?”
Taylor frowned, “No, of course not.You’ve been…really, really good to me.”
“Then what it is?”
They’d been honest with each other so far, so Taylor wouldn’t lie to him.“I’m just thinking about what happens next.When we reachLopixa,I mean.”
He made a sound in the back of his throat, jerking his head in a nod.Then he said, “I do not know what will happen, female.”
“I’m worried that I’ll be selfish if I want to stay with you for a few days.Especially when the other women are so anxious to return to Earth,” she confessed.Or, at least, Bianca was.
