Tor
My cock was as hardas Valkar metal. I wanted nothing more than to lay my mate in the grass below and ravage her. Her delicious scent filled my lungs, tempting me to taste its sweetness from the source. I’d spend rotations claiming her, devouring her, until she’d know nothing but me.
“Don’t stop,” she said again, testing my resolve. Her fingers dug into my shoulders. With her one leg trapped around my waist and the other dangling below, I had her at my mercy. Sliding her against my shaft, I ensured she felt everything beneath my pants. I paused only to grab her thigh and draw her other leg around me. Then, I backed her against a tree and ground my hips into her core.
I needed her to scream my name.
“I can’t,” she cried, her back bowing.
I growled in her ear. “Say it, little captain. Tell me who is going to make you come.”
She moaned.
“I want to hear my name on your lips, ljona.” I thrust against her hard, my cock angling toward that pleasure spot all Terran females possessed. “Say it.”
“You are.” Her lip trembled as her jaw clenched. She was still fighting me.
I would have her surrender. “And what’s my name?”
She cast me a mischievous smile. “Cocky commander.”
I stopped, holding her still between my body and the tree. She wriggled in my grip, moving her hips to seek her relief. “Try again.”
“Bastard.” Her deep blue eyes, the most incredible hue, sparkled with fury.
“Not that either.” I drew her up and down my cock…slowly. “Say it.” I did it twice more, then stopped again. “Do it, ljona. Give me the satisfaction.” I began an easy rhythm, not the frenzied pace of early, to coax her into submission. A sigh resonated from her, the vibration of it working against my chest. When her body began to relax once more, the tension sinking from her, I picked up the pace. “Now.”
“Yes.” Her legs tightened around me. She buried her hands in my hair, pulling me closer. “Fuck!”
“Open your eyes, Jane.” I would have her look at me. I’d have what was mine. “Come for me. And say it.”
Her eyelids snapped open, her heated gaze on me. Celestia, she was beautiful. “Tor,” she whispered, and I slammed my mouth on hers. I hadn’t planned the kiss. But with my name on her lips, my need ratcheted higher. I wanted her to feel my passion, even if I could not claim her as I so wished.
Her entire body went rigid, and I pulled away from the kiss, needing to see her desire reach the peak.
“Tor!” she screamed, and it was the most incredible sound. I held her tight as she road the waves of her orgasm. The tides racked her body, and she held onto me like a lifeline. I’d not leave her alone.
When the storm passed, she slumped against me, her head resting in the crook of my neck. I breathed her in, loving the feel of her breasts against my chest, her hair tickling my nose. Desire swam through me, but it had tempered a fraction with her satisfaction, as if I too received pleasure. In truth, I did. Hearing my name from my mate’s lips was ecstasy. I yearned for more.
Yet, I’d dare claim none.
With the warring thoughts of desire and duty mixing within me, I held the little captain close and carried her from the holo-room. The computer flipped off the artificial environment as I exited to the hall.
“Where are we going?” The fierce ljona asked on a yawn.
I smiled against her hair. “You need to rest.”
“Bossy, alien.” Her words held no heat as she snuggled into my chest.
At this rate, she’d be asleep before I made it to her quarters. Knowing the captain’s resolve, she had likely spent the prior evening preparing for our mission. Tactical reports and a study of the ergamite would have kept her from her bed.If you were truly mine, you’d never want for anything, Jane.I took an extra few beats outside her door to relish the feel of her in my arms.You’d have everything you desired, and I’d make sure you got your rest.I laughed silently at the fantasy.After you were well satisfied.
I allowed the harmless fiction. Knowing it could not be so between us didn’t stop me from wanting it to be different. I craved this Terran more than I’d wanted anything in my life. But I was bound to my brathers, and I would not abandon them.
But if the mission succeeded—
Before I could entertain that thought, an alarm blasted through the ship. “Warning. Warning. Attack incoming.”
Jane’s eyes popped open, her body stiffening on full alert. She jumped from my hold, landing on her feet and straightening with the skill of a honed fighter. It took me longer to process her actions than for her to take them. “We need to get to the bridge,” she said, looking me up and down. “Grab your weapons and meet me there.”
