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“A tasty little morsel of human sweetmeat just landed in my lap, and I was hoping to invite her for a drink.” Amusement and arousal glimmered in his eyes as they shifted between green and red.
I dug deep and forced a reply off my dry tongue. “I think I’ve had enough to drink, honestly.” Venting a sharp exhale, I tugged my hand through the long black tresses of my hair.
“Fair enough.” The tip of his tail flicked, almost agitated, like a rejected cat.
I cleared my throat, hoping that the heat in my cheeks would dissipate. “Besides, I don’t even know your name. Perhaps I should buy you a drink since you saved me from falling flat on my face.”
“How about a rain check on that favor, and I’ll cash it in for something a little more pleasurable at a later date?”
Stars, he was laying it on thick. But I hadn’t been intimate with anyone in months and maybe a good fuck was what I needed. It didn’t help that my body was flaring up like the sun in his presence.
Despite the horns and claws, the thought of jumping into bed with the alien appealed to me. Maybe it was the booze already flooding my system, or maybe it was the attractive sharp angles of his face reeling me in.
He was right. This was a pleasure cruise.
And I’d told myself I would enjoy everything this interstellar vacation had to offer.
My lashes fluttered, and a breathy sigh breached my lips. “And who am I going to owe this favor to, stranger?”
His full lips split into a wide grin, revealing his straight teeth and slightly too long canines. They looked like fangs, sharp, glistening, and full of venomous promise.
He leaned closer, shifting eyes dropping to my lips. His finger caught a stray strand of my hair, and the tip of his claw grazed my cheek when he wound it around his digit.
“You can call me Alek, starlight.” The salacious notes in his voice swept through me.
My breath hitched and my heart thumped painfully within the cage of my ribs as his head dipped and the gap between our faces decreased. The warmth of his breath skimmed over my lips, causing mine to quiver.
Is he going to kiss me right now? Am I going to let him?
“And I’m Nova… Nova Ramos.” A warm shudder rolled down my spine and pooled in my belly as liquid heat.
Alek’s sharp exhale breached his lips. In the next second, he pulled back and dropped his hand from my hair, visibly recoiling.
My mouth nearly followed him when he withdrew from my personal space. A small, buzzed voice in the back of my mind whispered that it wasn’t fair of him to lure me in like that without following through.
Shades of black and brown converged on his eyes, but the red undertone remained. His dark brows arched into his forehead and the corner of his lips fell in something akin to a grimace.
I subtly sniffed the air between us, worried that I smelled bad.
Alek’s hand splayed over his chest as he stepped back. The quickly flashing emotions on his face matched the unsteady, roiling colors in his eyes. His throat bobbed when he swallowed nervously.
“I’m sorry, did you say Ramos?”
“Yes?” My features scrunched, and some of the alcohol in my head cleared away.
“And you said you’re here for family?” Alek clarified, putting more distance between us.
“Yeah, my dad got remarried and I’m going to meet his new wife. Why does that matter?”
I didn’t stink, so what was his problem?
Alek swiped his dangerously clawed hand over his mouth, and his eyes darted to the vast expanse of warping space outside the ship. The ethereal light from hyperwarp reflected in his tumultuous stare.
“Is your father Hector Ramos by any chance?”
The blood under my skin turned into shards of ice, and goosebumps pricked my flesh. “He is. Why?”
Alek’s nose flared with his inhale, and his lips pressed into a thin line. Slowly, he glanced at me from the corner of his eye. “Then I suppose I should be the first to welcome you to the family, Ms. Ramos.”
