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"What's that for?" Darcy giggles and hugs me back. "You okay, Zoe?"
"Just wanted you to know how much I appreciate what you did. I know a thank you is long overdue." I ease away, blinking hard through the welling of emotion. "Forgive me for being so standoffish when we found each other again. I was so worried about Mordox, my head was all messed up with thoughts of losing him. You risked your life to come after me and I was bitch to you. To everyone."
"Don't you dare apologize, Zoe." Darcy grabs me by the shoulders and leans down to look me in the eye. "When I thought Rooke was gonna die, I was beside myself. I totally understand."
"We all understand," Stacy says, as all the girls gather around me. Her arm goes around my shoulders.
"It's what sisters do." Tasha smiles and squeezes my hand. "We forgive each other when we're being bitchy."
Romy playfully swats at Tasha. "Like we have been doing with Tasha. She's been cranky ever since we moved into the lab, but we still love her."
"Thanks, Roms." Tasha smirks.
"In all seriousness," Romy begins, "there's nothing to forgive. You're back safe with us, even though I don't totally agree with how Mordox went about keeping you that way."
"He knew the lab wasn't safe and didn't want me there," I defend.
"We understand all that now," Darcy says. "And even though he's the biggest and scariest guy in the bunch, he's growing on me."
The others nod in agreement, their expressions filled with compassion and understanding. Even though we've only been together a short time, I feel like I'm surrounded by the love of sisters.
I take a deep breath and wipe a few tears off with the back of my hand. "Thank you all."
"Enough with the water works, let's get some food in you." Darcy starts to lead me over to the patch of blue grass where the girls had been sitting but Mordox intercepts me.
"Want to help me collect some nuts from a hutta bush?" Mordox curls an arm around my waist. "Might be a good idea to add as much food as we can to what rations we have."
"Oh, sure." I melt into him.
"She needs to eat something," Darcy protests as Mordox leads me in the opposite direction.
"I'm not that hungry, Darcy, and Mordox is right," I say. "We should collect as much food as we can before we leave."
We walk for a little while, following the rushing of the Zune River. Just inside the tree line, I glance back and see that the forest has swallowed us. The shuttle and the others are nowhere to be seen.
"So where's this nut shrub anyway?" I start to grow concerned.
"I lied." I squeak with surprise as Mordox swings me into his arms and lays over me on the ground covered with a bed of soft moss. "I just wanted a moment of privacy before we leave Zune. All of us will be crammed inside that shuttle for a while, hopping from one moon or planet to another until we find a safe enough place to settle. That could take many cycles, and I can't wait that long to feel my body sheathed within yours."
"So you stole me away from my friends just to get me alone?" I circle my arms around his neck as the deadly points of his horns shift toward the back of his head. I smooth my hands along the smooth shells. "That's so cool how you can do that."
Mordox shudders, his gaze hoods, and his breath hitches.
"You like that, huh?" My grin is lopsided with the knowledge that I've discovered something that sparks his desire.
"Only when you do it," his voice is low and husky as he tilts his head into my touch.
"What else do you like?" I smooth my hands across the breadth of his shoulders, rippling his scales. Our first time together, I was consumed by so many novel sensations, I didn't reciprocate any, but I'm ready to learn.
Mordox groans and captures my hands. "Exploring will have to wait. We have to hurry before the shuttle is ready to launch."
"I'm good with a quickie," I grin, raising my head to press my lips against his.
The end of his tail snakes around my ankle as he deepens the kiss. Our tongues dance together, exploring each other's mouths with an intensity that leaves me breathless. Nestled between my thighs, Mordox's body pins me to the ground. The heat of his passion igniting mine as he tugs my dress to my waist.
His tail pulls my leg farther to the side and when he releases his erection with quick fingers on fasteners, I know this is all about fucking. No tender claiming like before, and I'm good with that. My body aches for him as much as his does for mine.
He pulls back slightly, lining the head of his massive erection up with my weeping slit, and looks down at me with a raw hunger.
