The way he says it as he leans back to look up at the stars, makes me think the latter is what is true for him.
“How old is your nephew?”
“Nine months.” He hangs his head. “His mother died during a battle about three months back. He was taken from us to be fed by another pack’s female who is still producing milk.”
“I’m so sorry to hear that.” I frown. “Well, at least there was an available female who could feed him.”
He looks at me like he doesn’t know what to make of what I just said.
“Do you not have bottles and formula on Mindor?”
“What isformula?”
“Just a powdered mixture that we use to replace milk when there isn’t any or there isn’t enough. I could get you some bottles and formula from Earth. It’s how I fed Radar. He was just a few days old when I found him.”
“Is he healthy after formula?”
I smile, thinking back to fishing with Radar and how he would hunt them from a rock then dive in and surface with a fish in his mouth. “No doubt. He’s too smart for his own good, faster than me, and has strong teeth.”
As the cameradrones and Ohni follow the winner down the mountain, we’re given a slice of peace and quiet.
He finally eases my feet to the ground. Zorin swipes a strand of hair from my sweaty face and guides it behind my ear. I’m starting to think that the money wasn’t really what I wanted. I haven’t been touched so gently or with such concern in years.
Zorin slides in close to me, lowers his nose to mine, and inhales my exhale. A hand slides around my waist as a rumble starts deep in his chest. His eyes close. He sweeps his nose over my neck.
Hot breath feathers over my skin in long waves. His rigid cock digs into my belly, flexing with his every inhalation against my neck.
Holy fuck. This guy actually wants me?
No way. There has to be a mistake.“It’s okay if you want to mingle and reconsider.”
Zorin’s rumbles grow into a growl. His teeth gently nip at my neck, evoking a blissful surge of need. “Your scent changed me inside. I want only you.”
I hesitantly set my hands on his proud chest.I changed him?“My…”
“Yes.” He nibbles my ear, causing a wave of goosebumps down my shoulder.
“Radar goes where I do. If you want me, you should know he will come with me, or…I won’t accept you.”
“You fed him like a mother. I would never separate a mother from her pup.” He swipes a claw over my lower lip, then my upper one, no doubt inspecting my teeth. “I do not know how you eat with such blunt teeth.”
“I eat more than meat.”
“Like what?”
“Nuts.”
His expression quirks like he isn’t sure if I’m being dirty.
Suddenly, he jerks his head up and snarls at the trees.
I tilt and look where he is and catch the faint light of a shield. By its pulsations, I know exactly what kind it is. “Someone’s hiding in the trees. That’s a Denarsoan stealth shield. I’ve found a few on Earth.”
His skin ripples outward with dark, silver-tipped fur that doesn’t match his blue skin. Zorin drops to all fours as he slings me over his shoulders and onto his back.
The motion is so fast and violent that it strangles my cry of disorientation.
He bounds down the trail. I cling to his furry neck. When I look back, I see a set of glowing green eyes in the shadows of the trees.
