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He gasped before moaning wantonly. “Y-yeah, that’s it.”
Other partners had complained that my knot wasn’t big enough to immobilize me within them, but Owen loved that it didn’t. I rocked against him a few more times. It was clear to me now that my knot brutally teased his prostate as he twitched and cried out beneath me. When he slammed a fist against the desktop, I stopped and began gently withdrawing. He gave a little whine, but I knew he’d had enough.
As I stood over his limp, flushed form, I smiled with the pride brimming inside me for having claimed my mate so thoroughly.
Unfortunately, a low alert drew my attention to the other side of my desk. Owen looked up, and I touched a finger to my lips as I pressed the icon to speak. “Yes?”
“Sir,” Lieutenant Commander Rigger said, “the prince would like to speak with you when you have a moment.”
“Let him know I’ll meet him in his quarters shortly.” Because I couldn’t have him in here until the air filters had done away with the scent of sex.
“Yes, sir.”
Owen’s eyes were huge as he slowly stood up. “We shouldn’t have done this in here, huh?”
I waved that away as I walked toward the ensuite. “I don’t regret a moment of time spent with you.”
I cleaned myself up and straightened my clothes before he appeared in the doorway with an adorable grin on his bite-swollen lips. I leaned down and kissed him, promising myself that the next time his lips were red and puffy would be because I’d kissed them so much and not because he’d worried them that way.
“Get cleaned up,” I told him, “and then I’ll have your escort take you to visit Logan.”
We traded places so I could wipe the front of my desk clean of his release. I didn’t truly disinfect the spot because I didn’t have such supplies, and a feral part of me enjoyed knowing he’d marked this room.
“Who’s Logan?” Owen asked as he came back out and went to retrieve his pants.
“Another Earth human and the prince’s mate. He has been instrumental in assisting us with our efforts to integrate with your planet.” I tossed the cleaning cloth in the trash and studied Owen. “I thought perhaps you could speak to him about joining the delegation since you understand human politics.”
Owen paused in pulling up his pants to blink at me. “Oh.”
“If you would rather not, then?—”
“No, I will.” He returned to dressing, a thoughtful expression on his face. “I hadn’t really thought about being useful, but I’d like to be.”
“Good.” We needed all the help we could get, and maybe working with Logan would give Owen a purpose that might show him his own worth.
CHAPTER 10
OWEN
My face was in flames as Py and I left his office. Even though no one looked at us with a raised eyebrow or even a hint of a smirk, I couldn’t help but feel like they knew exactly what had happened in there. Well, okay, maybe not all of it.
I’d never cried during sex before. Py had responded to my tears just perfectly, and I knew he’d meant it when he’d said I was his. And that he was my champion? God, I could cry all over again just about that. Part of me felt so pathetic that I’d never had someone say such a thing to me. No one had ever been that deep in my corner with me.
I was going to fall for him. Actually, I was already falling.
Gulping at that realization, I put a hand over my heart. I’d never been in love before. Was this really how it felt? I wanted to be with Py, help him succeed, and be his champion right back. Did that equal love? I didn’t know how I was supposed to be sure, but I could practically feel the hearts in my eyes as I gazed at his back.
Ensign Codisin walked beside me as we followed Py and a small collection of people who kept popping out and needing a word with him. It was amazing to watch him work—he always sorted out whatever business they brought him and even sent them to a better person than him to help them. And the fact that he’d speak English the entire time made me think he was trying to include me. More heart eyes.
Though the ensign would be leaving me since their watch was over, we were all going to the prince’s quarters because Logan was there waiting with the prince. Putting aside my squishy heart, I tried to focus on meeting royalty and making myself useful.
So much could be riding on how this meeting went. Maybe it was the prince who wanted me tagged and escorted. Meeting me might mean I had a chance to convince him that I wasn’t a threat. I had no doubt that Py would vouch for me, and maybe the footage from Doug and statements from the crew would help my case, too. Volunteering for work with the delegation in whatever capacity they could use me might help as well. That I was meeting the prince at all had to mean I had a chance, right?
Without thinking, I blurted out, “Am I still a suspect?”
Py looked up and stopped so suddenly that I nearly walked right into him. As it was, his tail ended up between my legs, making me dance backward to free it. Everyone was looking at me once I stood still, and I blushed brightly.
After a glance at the ensign, Py said to me, “No, you’re not.”
