It pleased him when the female didn’t turn towards Vixron, but rather went to put her back to the building of Cruxan’s dwelling, assessing the situation in her own way, with a wary gaze that flickered over him. Kirov could see how her nipples were hardened underneath her tunic.
He drew in a deep breath and froze. Because underneath the alluring scent that was simplyher, he smelled something else.Arousal.
Kirov’s fists clenched further until his claws bit into his flesh and he felt the sting as his blood surfaced.
She’d beenarousedwatching him masturbate. She’dlikedwatching him.
The knowledge filled him with relief. With lust.
Then he shook himself. He needed to deal with Vixron first because the warrior was looking at him with poorly veiled suspicion.
Like all Luxirians, Kirov wasn’t ashamed of his nudity, so he hardly blinked an eye as he addressed Vixron directly, still naked, “You ought to keep a better watch over the females, warrior.”
Vixron inclined his head again. “Forgive me, Ambassador. She said she wanted to go outside onto the terrace. I—”
“You did not think to check on her whereabouts?” Kirov growled, his muscles shifting and growing. From the shadows, he heard the female’s slight gasp. “You are their protector here, warrior.”
Beyond his lust, beyond the haze of disbelief, Kirov knew that Vixron should’ve been out on the terrace the moment Kirov returned. He should’ve heard a hovercraft approaching, should’ve checked on the female. Had he been any other male…or a desperate warrior…
He shook himself and then he inhaled a quick breath, his mind beginning to race. His eyes drifted over to his female, saw that she was watching him with those stunning blue eyes from the shadows, the moon casting shafts of light across her cheekbones. Her gaze drifted down his body and he straightened unconsciously at her blatant perusal.
Her gaze snapped up, her eyes widening, when Kirov said to Vixron, “I was pleasuring myself to release some tension.”
Vixron made a sound in the back of his throat, though Kirov felt no embarrassment at the omission.
Then he continued by saying, “She was spying on me from outside my window. How long she was there, I do not know.” He turned to her. “How longwereyou there, female?”
Hisluxiva’s mouth dropped open and a flood of red washed over her cheeks. “You…you…I…Inever—”
“Possibly from the beginning,” Kirov continued, holding her gaze as he said, “until the very end.”
Her breath hitched at his unspoken meaning and he wondered if she was replaying the moment of his orgasm in her mind, when he caught her gaze. Becausehewas.
The breeze shifted and Kirov almost groaned when he caught another hint of her arousal. His mouth watered.
The female blinked and then seemed to shake herself.
“How dare you!” she seethed suddenly and Kirov watched, in complete rapt fascination, as her cheeks only reddened, as her lips puckered with frustration, and her eyes glittered with anger. “I was notspying!”
Kirov almost grinned. She reminded him of a disgruntled babyprivixi.
Kirov widened his stance, crossing his arms over his chest. It pleased him when her gaze dropped between his legs, her lips parting at the sight of his cock.
“Then what were you doing, standing outside the window of my sleeping quarters as I pleasured myself?”
“Will you stop saying it like that?” she hissed. Out of the corner of his eye, Kirov saw Vixron shift again, clearly uncomfortable with the situation he’d found himself in.
“Like what?” Kirov asked, tilting his head to the side. He reached up to slide a hand over his straightened horns and his hand trembled at the restless energy stored up inside him.
Fates, hisluxivawas standing before him.His luxiva!And he had to act like he was indifferent to her when all he wanted to do was steal her away to have his wicked way with her, to see what other maddening words he could make come out of her mouth.
Vrax!
“You…you keep saying ‘pleasuring yourself’!” she hissed.
“Tev. And?” Kirov said. “That was what I was doing. Do you not agree, female? You were there, after all.”
“Oh, for Pete’s sake!” the female burst out, throwing up her hands. “Fine!Yes, I was there. I wasspyingon you like a total perv. So, sue me!”
