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He reached under her to support her and to check her pulse and breathing. Both were elevated, but still there, thank the Goddess! It seemed likely that the orgasm she’d had was just too intense and she’d simply hyperventilated and blacked out.
Carefully, supporting her neck and head with one arm and keeping the other wrapped around her waist, Styx maneuvered until he was sitting on the couch with Ketha sprawled on his lap. He cradled her curvy body gently against his chest as he considered the situation.
He was still stuck inside her—and he would be for a while, until his knot went down. In the meantime, he was worried that he might have unintentionally Bonded her to him. He’d knotted her and then pumped her full of his seed—that was the way a Soul Bond was formed by his kind of Kindred.
There was going to be all Seven Hells to pay when she woke up.
Shouldn’t have done it,he told himself.Shouldn’t have knotted her!
Yet, he’d tried to withhold his knot but Ketha had seemed intent on getting it inside herself. She’d pushed back against him, pussy-swallowing the swelling at the base of his shaft before he could stop her. And then, once he was all the way inside her—as he had never been all the way inside any other female since he always avoided knotting—the sensation was too much for him and he couldn’t stop himself from coming.
Goddess, even now her soft, wet, tight little pussy was still squeezing him—almost as though she was inviting him to come again. Styx clamped down on the impulse harshly. On the off-chance that hehadn’tBonded her to him, he didn’t want to take another chance.
As he held her, he considered the little Elite in his arms. She really was beautiful, and despite their admittedly rocky start, she drew him like no other female he’d ever met. He was even tempted to think she was his Fated Mate—though he had always thought the idea of the Goddess setting aside a special female for each of her warriors was an old superstition.
Yet, now he felt a pull towards her—a yearning to be close that he’d never had for any other female. It might have something to do with the passionate sex they’d just shared, but Styx thought there was more to it than that.
I want to protect her,he realized as he cradled her close to his chest.Want to keep her safe and provide for her and see her bear my sons. I want to form a family with her. Mine—she’s MINE.
Gods, what was wrong with him? He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts but the feelings of protectiveness and possessiveness only grew. Was it because they were still tied together or was there more to it than that? Had they Bonded? He wouldn’t know until she woke but in the meantime, the unfamiliar emotions washed over him.
Styx shook his head again. He’d had plenty of one-night stands in the past, but he’dneverfelt like this afterwards—like he wanted to keep the female in his arms safe and never let her go…
No, he had to stop this—he had to thinkrationally, he told himself. He wondered if it might be possible to form a life together, if they were Bonded. Would she consider leaving Yonnie Six to be with him? Because there was no way in Hell he was going back to that fucking planet. The only way a male could live there was as a bodyslave and though he found Ketha bewitchingly attractive, he definitely wasn’t going to give up his freedom to be with her. He?—
“Ohhh…” The low moan coming from the little female in his lap drew Styx out of his thoughts and made him instantly alert.
“Ketha? Baby?” he murmured, reaching around to pat her cheek gently. His knot was beginning to go down now—he was sure he would be able to pull out of her soon. “Ketha—are you okay?”
“I…I don’t know.” She looked around at him with bleary eyes. “What happened? I remember having the most intense orgasm of my life and then…nothing.”
“That’s because you fainted,” Styx told her. “Are you feeling better now?”
“I…I think so.” She shifted on his lap. “Oh—are you still inside me?”
“Afraid so,” Styx said dryly. “It takes my knot a little while to go down.”
“So…I’m stuck here?” She sounded anxious, which concerned him.
“Only for a little while longer,” he tried to reassure her. “On the plus side, the longer we stay tied together, the more likely it is you’ll get pregnant. Isn’t that what you wanted, baby?”
“I…yes. Yes, it’s what I want.” But she sounded hesitant, Styx thought—as though she wasn’t really sure. “Or I did when I came here. But now…it’s like a fog has cleared from my brain and I…I don’t know.”
“It’s kind of late to be having second thoughts now,” he pointed out.
“I know.” She nodded and looked down to where they were joined. “Goddess—I can’t believe I let a male penetrate me!” she murmured, more to herself than to him. “If Mother knew about this, she wouldkillme! Or at the very least, disown and disinherit me.”
“You’d better keep it to yourself, then,” Styx growled. “And speaking of keeping our little secret, if youarepregnant, you might not want to go back home at all.”
“What? Why?” She twisted her head around to look up at him. “What are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about the fact that the Kindred race have a genetic anomaly that makes ninety-five percent of the babies we siremale,”Styx told her. “That’s why you don’t see many female Kindred—they’re extremely rare. And since I know you Yonnites are only allowed to havefemalebabies…”
“Oh, I took care of that,” Ketha said, sounding confident. “I took a medication before I left that ensures I can only conceive a girl.”
“You really thought of everything, didn’t you?” Styx asked dryly. “You came all prepared to get pregnant—is that all you wanted from me?”
“What elseshouldI want?” she demanded, twisting around to look up at him again. “I mean, we barely know each other!”
