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I dressed in a cold shoulder black halter dress that fit to my curves and stopped above the knee. It was simple, yet elegant enough to fit the theme of a nice dinner. And maybe the senator would appreciate it if I matched the rest of the family.
I pulled my long black hair into a stylish knot and applied a light foundation of makeup. Then I finished the look with ballet flats and the teardrop diamond earrings that my dad gave me on my eighteenth birthday.
A whoosh from the door alerted me to a visitor.
“Ms. Ramos, I’ve come to collect you for dinner,” Alek called from the door.
I exited the bathroom, flicking the light off behind me. A choked noise directed my attention to the Dragaken man standing stock still in the doorway.
Alek’s eyes flared wide, and they glowed golden like the sun. His lips parted as he assessed me from head to toe. Warmth followed the path of his eyes as they raked over my modest curves in the dress.
“Are you okay?” I broke the brittle tension.
He pressed a fist to his lips, closing his eyes as he cleared his throat. “Forgive me. You’ve stunned me into silence.” When his eyes opened, they were red once more. “Your beauty rivals the most dazzling stars in all the galaxies.”
My hand shot up, pointing a finger at him in a warning. “Okay, you’ve got to stop doing that.”
“I’ve no idea what you mean, starlight. Can’t I pay my new sister a compliment?” Alek gaped at me, feigning innocence. Yet he took a step forward, forcing me back.
My backside met the cool surface of the bathroom door, and I realized how cramped the space by the suite door was. Without meaning to, Alek and I were breathing each other’s air.
“Not when your compliments make it sound like you want to fuck me,” I sputtered, visibly shivering.
Alek stole another step, and his arm shot out, bracing his hand on the door beside my head. The short distance between our bodies crackled with palpable energy, and the pressure dipped between my legs.
He towered over me, forcing me to arch my head back to meet his darkened crimson gaze. His horns gleamed menacingly under the low fluorescent lights, and his tail flicked back and forth, curling at the end like a wild cat about to pounce on their prey.
Alek’s other hand lifted, and his finger curled under my chin, barely touching me but guiding my face closer. His warm breath caressed my lips with his reply. “I do, and I can smell that sweet pussy soaking your underwear right now, starlight. Sooner than later, I’m going to split you in two.”
Chapter 5
Alek pretended he hadn’t said a thing on our way to the dining room, walking at a distance with his hands clasped behind his back. He held his head high, and his horns adorned his brow like a fiendish crown.
The wicked smirk at the corner of his sensual mouth was the only sign he was aware of my presence, or my eyes glaring into his side profile.
Other guests loitering in the lobby outside of the dining room diverted my attention. I kept Alek in the corner of my eye as I absorbed a dozen finely dressed humans and aliens mingling outside the doors. Judging by the state pins on their collars and their fine attire, I’d be dining with intergalactic aristocrats tonight.
Nerves skittered over my skin, and anxiety gripped me by the back of the throat.
I didn’t fit in with nobles and galactic statesmen. This felt too luxurious for me. I should have been dining on the lower decks with the common people.
I didn’t notice when my step faltered, slowing as we neared the arched glossy double doors, not until a warm, claw tipped hand pressed into my lower back.
Alek’s palm was firm as he guided me, gentle, but with an underlying sense of control. He hadn’t hesitated to place his hand on me and steer my body in the direction he desired.
The chatting guests nodded respectfully at Alek as he passed, and the doors whisked open at our approach. Heat flushed over my cheeks as I stepped through the threshold and under the dim fluorescent lights of the high-class dining room.
I almost forgot about Alek’s hand on my back while taking in the grand room.Overhead, five enormous lights swished up and down, moving one after another. They flared wide open when they reached the bottom of the line and clinched shut when they returned to the ceiling with the fluidity of a jellyfish.
I’d never seen a light installation like that before, and only Alek’s guidance kept my feet moving.
We passed dozens of tables with white tablecloths of finer quality than my bedsheets back home. Elegant holographic centerpieces lit up the tables, and additional low lighting emanated from the rippling waves of hyperwarp outside the massive round windows along the far wall.
A hand waving in the back corner of the circular room snagged my attention. When I glanced up to find my dad and Khalla already seated, Alek removed his searing touch from my spine.
He walked ahead of me toward the oval-shaped table, tail flicking behind him.
For a split second, I grimaced at the back of his head. Not at him, but because of the only remaining chairs side-by-side opposite from our parents, forcing us to sit closer than I wanted.
