I held her tight as the waves of her climax continued to heat my leathers. Soon, I’d be inside her. But for now, my hearts were content with her words. “Good girl.”
6
Elena
Well fuck me sideways.I’d never come so hard in my life, and all the crazy alien did was bounce me on his leather-covered cock. This couldn’t be real. I mean yeah, okay, it wasn’t like we didn’t have species who bonded or mated or what not, but a full biological reaction, and fated to be? After that experience, I didn’t discount it. But damn this was a lot. “I need some water.”
Yes, water. And a hangover cure for this non-alcoholic blissed-out state.He sat me on a nearby flat rock.
“We’re not done here, my mate. Not by half.” He smirked, the left corner of his lips pulling into what was seriously in danger of becoming my favorite expression of his. “But your needs come first.”
My core clenched, despite the recent orgasm, and a fresh wave of lust hit me over the head like a damn falling star. “Uh-huh.” Not my most articulate but I considered it a bonus I’d formed an answer at all.
“I can scent you, Elena.” He growled, hovering over me and caging me in.
My traitorous body responded to his dominant display. “I can’t help it!”
“Nor would I want you to.” He smirked again, andfuuuuck. “Stay here. I’ll return in a click.”
Before I could ask what a click was, he rose and stalked across the cavern. I was thankful for a minute to catch my breath. And that’s when I realized I was naked from the waist up. The fabric that had covered my breasts was ripped in the middle and lying on the ground. I stared at it, remembering how Daegan had torn it with his teeth. Fresh wetness seeped along my inner thighs at the memory.
“This is insane,” I said aloud to no one in particular. Here I was with an alien warrior I barely knew, and yet… I wanted him. And not just for a short fling. I wanted everything. Every thought in his head, every beat of his double hearts, and yeah, every inch of that delicious body. With my blood firing as if comprised of lava, I could blame it on the lust, but that only accounted for the wanting him to fuck me senseless part. It didn’t explain the googly-eyed hearts and roses woman I’d become.Does it have to?
I didn’t know. I wasn’t always the logical type, but I wouldn’t say I was a romantic either. “Maybe, just go with it.” Yeah, now impulse drive? That I could do. I chuckled at my joke. “Or maybe it’s more hyper speed.”
“What is, my mate?” Daegan came up the cavern with a smile on his lips—and something behind him.
“Nothing.” I waved it off, not wanting to explain my bad jokes and more curious about the creature at his feet. I tilted my head to the side to examine it. It stood erect on two small hind paws, similar to a rabbit’s feet, with gray fur. He balanced on three bushy tails that were gray at the base shifting to white, then black at the tips. It had matching white fur on its front paws, belly, and muzzle, and the most adorable white vertical stripe down the center of its face. The rest of him was covered in black fur. In a word, he was by far the cutest little alien I’d ever seen. My voice rose as I asked, “What is it?”
Daegan glanced down at the creature who stood shorter than the warrior’s hip. “Him? He’s a florin.”
“That doesn’t explain anything.” I crossed my arms over my chest, aware I was still bare-breasted.
“Well, he’s part of a species that’s essentially symbiotic with the Rhonar.” Daegan handed me a water-skin he must have filled either before or after finding this florin creature. “They’re an empathic inter-dimensional race that helps us channel emotions when we lose ours. In return, they siphon a small amount of energy from us. We’ve been connected for—”
The florin broke into my warrior’s explanation with a series of chit-chits.
“Yeah, I was getting to that.” Daegan nodded at the florin, and then sat on the ground next to my rock. With the difference in our heights, he was about eye level with me. The florin hopped up on a smaller stone between us, chittering away. Daegan swatted his tails. “Let me finish.”
A grumbling chit emerged, then the florin grew silent.
“As I was saying, we’ve been allied since the war with the Versaken killed our females.” The florin patted Daegan’s leg at that revelation, and my heart about burst at the sight. If I didn’t want to have a florin friend already that caring act solidified it. “I’m all right, my friend.” Daegan pet the florin’s paw, and then smiled at me. “I’ve found my Truxoria.”
I inhaled sharply. The word for fated mate in his language touched my soul on a deeper level than I was yet ready to admit. But it didn’t stop the emotion. I waved at the pair. “Go on.”
“Since they can travel through dimensional planes, they help us with communications too.”
The florin bounced onto his tails at this information, using them like a spring and chittering louder than before.
“I know, I know.” Daegan’s laughter at the florin’s antics was so warm and genuine.
The sound had my thoughts running with all the possibilities of our future: telling jokes to a gathering of friends, teasing each other by a cozy fire, and hell, maybe even making funny faces at our kid to make them smile.Whoa there, girl. Slow down the baby train.I had never given much thought to becoming a mom. I’d been busy fighting for my spot in security, a job that meant battering my body and working overtime. But now?
Solid maybe.I inwardly grinned. It was nice to dream of a life with Daegan, no matter what it hold. Since I had known him for no time at all, I should have been terrified of those imaginings. If he were human, I probably would be. But somehow this alien warrior had gotten under my skin and into my heart. And I wasn’t about to kick him out. In fact, I liked him there. A lot.
“Anyway.” Running a hand through his thick hair, Daegan redid the tie at the base of his neck. “My Rhonar brathers and I can call a florin, and if they’re in the area of our call, whether it’s our dimension or a parallel one, they tend to answer.” He pet the florin’s back, much to the little guy’s delight if his purrs were any indication. “Luckily, I called out and this florin answered.”
Additional chittering from the florin appeared to be his concurring with my warrior’s assessment.
