Page 35 of His to Take

“Let me show you inside.” He helped her get out of the transporter and she followed along behind him. Thick oak double doors opened, and she walked into a house filled with antiques and alien technology.

She saw things that gave off the signature blue light of the alien technology, and old things that gave off no light at all. She couldn’t take in what it all was but saw one that must be some kind of screen in a room to her right. Figures moved on the screen, but she couldn’t hear anything. Small round robotic vacuums moved around the floors, but not all of them swept the floor. Some mopped, others carried things, heading in directions she didn’t know.

“I’ll show you the bedroom later. For now, I want you to see the garden I’ve had created for you.” He led her through many rooms, and then out of a door.

They were standing on some kind of patio, and spread out for acres beyond were gardens, flower gardens, vegetable gardens, a greenhouse, and a potting shed. There were plants of almost every variety, in pots, in the ground, everywhere. Beyond that, rolling green hills were speckled with animals.

“Are those horses? And cows?” Ann gasped and walked to the edge of the patio.

“Yes, our engineers finally raised some with their ancestors’ DNA. We found some frozen before we thawed the planet out and extracted their DNA to create these beautiful creatures.”

“So, you’ve been here for a while then?” Ann asked, but she wasn’t sure she meant to. She was too focused on the pretty blond horse and the white cow speckled with spots that almost looked blue.

“Yes, a year or so,” he revealed as he came to stand beside her. “Do these things make you happy?”

“They do. Yes.” She lost interest in the animals and the garden the instant he came to stand beside her. Awareness, longing flooded into her blood and she looked up at him.

“I’ve had you so many times in our dreams, Ann. It’s going to be so nice to finally have you for real.”

“Pardon?” She blinked some more, stunned at what he’d said. That didn’t stop her from leaning into him when his hands went around her back and pulled her close.

She wanted to fight him, to tell him to take his hands off of her. But she couldn’t. Not when she wanted only to crawl closer to him.

“It’s what your people call ESP, I suppose. When we find our mates, we can share our dreams and thoughts with them. And I want every one of those dreams we’ve had to come true.” His head came down, and his lips traced up her neck.

A shudder went through Ann’s body and her hands went up around his neck. Not to push him away. Oh no, she wanted more. All of it. All of him.