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Tension builds within me, sparks ignite in my core, gathering and growing more and more in an unhurried heat until Mordox dives in, devouring me with an intensity that curls my toes. Feet planted, I lift my hips in silent offering, my back arching off the bed.
Never did I dream a mouth could feel like this. Mordox's tongue is like a magical wand that brings forth sensations of pleasure I never knew were possible. He licks, suckles, and nips at my most sensitive spots until I'm nearly delirious.
The sensations are all-consuming, leaving me hovering in a place where pleasure and pain mix until I can no longer tell the difference. My orgasm crashes over me like a tidal wave, my body trembles as I writhe, helpless and desperate, against Mordox's mouth. His hands hold me firmly in place as I ride the waves of pleasure until I'm boneless and spent.
"Sacred kiss, huh?" I lick dry lips, still twitching from the zings of the aftermath.
"A special gift a male gives to a chosen female." Mordox crawls up my body to settle between my gaping thighs.
"You've said that before. What makes me so special?"
Mordox's eyes brighten, sparkling like emeralds reflecting fire as he gazes down at me. "Everything. From the first moment my eyes found you, your ethereal beauty held me captive. So timid and shy, yet your soul holds the strength of a dozen warriors. You're unique. Everything about you is special to me."
His lips brush against mine with reverence as he speaks, his deep voice vibrating through me like an electric current. I melt into him, feeling safe and cherished for the first time in my life. Wanted and cared for, encased in the strength of his arms.
"How can you be so sure? We barely know each other," I say, wanting to extinguish any doubts about the connection I feel between us.
"Yet I know much about you, lula. You're loyal to the people who matter to you the most. You met the dangers of the forest head-on to make sure your friends were safe."
"With your help," I add.
"You watched over me when I couldn't defend myself and cared for Tris when neither of us are your responsibility."
"Because you're my family," I blurt out exactly how I feel. "I've been shuffled around from house to house. Never having a permanent home, only given a temporary illusion of stability that was ripped away from me time and time again."
"I'm not going anywhere, lula. Even if we are able to leave Zune and make a home elsewhere, I will always be with you."
I ponder his words, reliving his singular determination to protect me from Gruxt then stealing me away to ensure my safety from the uncertainty of the lab. He kept me safe and healed me, then fought to protect me, twice, from the insectoid creatures with his life. In that short time, he's proven to be the only stable force in my life. An unwavering protector willing to lay down his life for mine.
"I know," I say with unshakable certainty. "I believe that you will."
"Will you accept me as your mate?" Mordox poses the most important question of my life. "Allow me to claim you as mine for always?"
For always,I repeat inside my mind, absorbing the implications.
"Sounds like you're asking me to marry you."
Mordox tilts his head in that endearing way of his when the translator plugged into his ear can't quite understand the meaning of human words.
"Marriage on Earth is between two people who want to spend the rest of their lives together," I explain, purposely leaving out the love bit.
The warm and fuzzies I have in the pit of my stomach are more like butterflies telling of a crush, though it doesn't explain the swell of emotions filling my heart. It seems too soon to profess love even if what I'm feeling implies otherwise.
If I said those three little words to him, will he say them back? What if he doesn't? What if Ziarians don't fall in love? What if they only claim a mate and that is their way of professing love? Do I say the words and possibly ruin this moment? Ruin the blossoming bond I feel growing stronger between us? Or grab onto the lifeline of stability he's extending?
Mordox grins down at me. "Yes."
"Yes?" I scrunch my brow at him.
"Yes. By asking you to be my mate, I'm asking you to marry me. To spend the rest of our lives together."
My lips part, so manywhat ifsremain unanswered. We're both perched on the edge of an unsettled situation, floating in limbo, neither of us welcome back to our respective home worlds. Orphans in an unrelenting Universe.
No longer on Earth, nothing out here applies. As I look at things with an all-new perspective, it becomes apparent that my home isn't a place, it's a person.
And that person is Mordox.
"Yes," I blurt and close the distance with a searing kiss of my unmistakable surrender.
