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But I didn’t want that.I wanted Tori and for her to feel the same and not because she had no other choice.
“Talk to me.”Tori took a step closer, raising a hand to touch me, although a frown was still present on her forehead, creasing her gorgeous skin as she tried to figure out what was going on.
I couldn’t even be sure myself.I was figuring it out as I went and didn’t want her to have to deal with everything that came with that.
“I’m sorry.”It was all I could think to say—there was so much else on my mind.
“Don’t be sorry, just…” she reached out and touched my arm, and when I didn’t protest, she moved closer and laid her palms on my chest.“Talk to me.We can figure it out together.”
Her scent was intoxicating, and while I thought I had the strength in me to fight it, I wasalmostcertain I could maintain control for another day…
I wasn’t sure I wanted to, though.
Chapter Twenty-Three
TORI
Vitri grabbed me then, pulled me close to him, and hungrily inhaled the scent of my hair.I wanted to tell him to stop, partially because we needed to talk this out, and God knows I was never one for sitting down and having deep and meaningful conversations.But he was struggling, and the idiot had grown on me, and Icaredabout his big, dumb, grinning face.I also wanted to push him away because I hadn’t been able to bathe properly in days and was sure I smelled like sweat and dirt.But Vitri couldn’t seem to get enough of me, and his hand dropped down and lifted my tunic.His velvety skin ran against my thighs as I opened my legs to welcome his touch.It took more of my willpower than I wanted to admit not to gyrate my hips and beg him to touch me already.
God, why did he have to smellso fucking good?
Right, the pheromones.I remembered.
But beyond that, I still wanted him, and I was done fighting it.Because this entire situation and my simplybeinghere on this planet was alotto take in.It turned out Erica had been right—fuck it.Do what we want because what do we have to lose?I looked forward to reuniting with Erica once we found the others.It seemed she was more my kind of person than I’d realized.
Vitri and I moaned together as he pushed a finger inside me, then another, and my legs trembled as he began pumping them in and out.As my arousal increased, the sounds of him fingering me became wet and loud, my readiness for him on full display.He wrapped an arm around my waist, holding still when I wasn’t sure I could hold myself up for much longer.
He had that animalistic look in his eyes again, his pupils blown out, and I brushed my fingers down his face.Hetrembled.If I saw him on Earth, I would swear he was a monster, and here he was, trembling under my touch while he pleasured me.“You don’t have to control yourself, Vitri, not with me.”
Something flashed in his eyes, something akin to regret, and his fingers stilled inside me before he withdrew his hand.Rejection washed over me, replaced by anger, and when I slapped my palms to his chest, ready to push him away, he wrapped his arms around me and crushed me close to him.This on-again-off-again bullshit was killing me, as if I didn’t already have enough to deal with.What with being on an alien planet with one sexy alien and several murdery-rapey ones.
“Let me go,” I protested, wiggling against his hold even though I knew it was useless.If he didn’t want me to move, I wouldn’t be able to move.But Vitri had never held me against my will before, always letting me go when I demanded it.“Let me go,” I repeated.
If he didn’t want me, then I didn’t want him either.
Yeah, you keep telling yourself that.
His green eyes studied me, and I stopped fighting him.He lookedhurt.
Vitri was the one rejectingme.After fighting for my affection this entire time, I finally gave into him fully, he turned me away and stopped touching me.So what did he have to be hurt about?
“I want you to want me,” he mumbled.
His confession caught me off guard, and I stilled.Tilting back slightly, I worked my arms up between us so I could grab his face and make him look at me when he didn’t do it on his own.This alien, with his deep green skin, bright eyes, and vines that were part of his body—his impossibly big body that made me feel safe and turned me on like crazy—Ididwant him.For some bullshit reason or another, I actuallydid.I’d missed his cheekiness when he receded from me the other day, and now I’d glimpsed having him back.The realization of how much I’d craved our back-and-forth was like a punch in the gut.He was that perfect line between challenging me and looking after me.
I didn’t want to lose him again, but he kept pulling away from me.
“Idowant you, you big idiot,” I said, brushing my lips against his.Instead of seeing a grin as I hoped, his lips turned down in sadness as he ran his fingers up and down my back, almost absentmindedly.
“I want you to want me…” He made a choking sound which edged with a growl.“Not just because of the sex.”
Thatwas what he was worried about?That I only liked him because he was good at fucking?
My green-skinned, forest-giant…insecurealien man.
Of all the things…
I shook my head, smiling to myself.“How can you be so stupid and so smart at the same time?”
