"Let it go,kelarris," he rumbled, his teeth grazing her collarbone."I have you."
He stroked deeper, tapping her clit with his thumb.
That did it.The orgasm hit and took her under.
White-hot heat exploded through her, shattering her control entirely.Throwing her head back, she screamed his name as she clamped down hard around his fingers, her pussy pulsing in uncontrollable waves.
Fuck.Nothing had ever hit her like this.
It wasn't just a physical release.Something slammed through her that had nothing to do with his fingers and everything to do with the man behind them.For a single, blinding second, she felt him everywhere… not just inside her body but somewhere deeper, somewhere she didn't have a name for.She was flying apart, and his arms were the only things holding her together.
Panting, she leaned her head back against the wall.Her heart thundered against her ribs, and sweat slicked her skin, cooling rapidly in the chilled air of the room.Her legs trembled where they locked around his waist, the muscles completely turned to jelly.
But he didn't let her fall.Supporting her weight effortlessly with one arm, he slowly withdrew his fingers from her slick heat.
Holding her gaze, he brought his hand up.Without saying a word, he parted his lips and slid the two wet, glistening fingers past sharp teeth.
Oh, sweet… holy?—
He drew them out slowly, then licked them clean.She bit her lip.
Ohmygod.
He pulled his hand away, and a smile spread across his lips.A dark, thoroughly male smile."Perfect."
He peeled her off the wall.Catching her behind the knees, he hauled her up against his chest and crossed the room in three long strides.The mattress gave beneath her as he lowered her onto the sheets.
Stepping back, he began undressing.
Satisfaction, thick and heavy, curled low in her belly as she watched him.They didn't have to hide anymore.No more locked doors, no more looking over their shoulders… this massive, lethal alien warriorbelongedto her.
And he was glorious.Broad shoulders, heavy slabs of muscle, skin flushed with heat and battle adrenaline.
"You're fucking beautiful," she murmured, eyes tracing the hard lines of his torso.
His expression tightened.A wince flickered across his face, and he dropped his chin, lifting a large hand to his chest.His fingers dragged over a massive, jagged black scar covering the center of his chest.It looked like cooled magma, thick, raised, and completely unnatural against his skin.
"Not anymore," he muttered under his breath.
Like hell.
Scrambling up, she pushed herself to her knees on the mattress.She didn't let him back away."Bullshit.What happened?"
His hand dropped."I took a bolt to the chest."His voice was flat, stripping the horror down to facts."It was a fatal shot.I looked down and saw my own heart struggling to beat in the ruins of my ribs."
Ice laced her veins.Fuck.He'd almost died.
"But you didn't die," she argued, reaching out for him.
"The rage took over," he growled, stepping right to the edge of the bed so his thighs bracketed her knees."I needed to get to you.The Izaean blood in my veins turned to this."He gestured to the blackened tissue."It became the scar.Healed the damage instantly so I could keep killing.So I could get to you."
Her eyes widened.
Slipping her hands up his torso, she flattened her palms against his chest.The black scar was raised and rough under her fingertips.It wasn't ugly.Not to her.
She leaned forward and pressed her lips right over the center."Then it's the most beautiful part of you," she breathed.
A shudder tore through him.Growling, he slid his hand under her jaw and tipped her head up.His violet eyes burned, practically glowing in the cabin's dim light.
