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Just like how she knew everything else about Destran life, I was sure she was well aware of our physical differences. And it was clear she didn’t care, or she liked them. She moaned and closed her eyes as her hands slid up and down my spiral shaft. Her fingers caressed my heavy balls as she explored the shape and size of me.

I held myself still and allowed her exploration. I wanted her to know my body. Soon enough, it would be inside of her, pleasuring her. But I could only take so much. When I felt my balls begin to tighten, and the intensity became too much, I reached down and held both of her hands in one of mine.

“Enough,” I panted. “I cannot take it.”

She blinked at me and nodded. “You feel amazing,” she said, which did nothing to dampen my arousal.

I positioned myself at her opening, trembling, shuddering at the slick wetness there. “So do you,” I growled, and slid between her folds and buried myself in her heat.

Her eyes rolled back and she let out a guttural moan. Her hands fisted in the sheets and she arched against me. I wasn’t even sure if I could see anymore. My vision was a blinding mess of color and my brain was awash in sensation. I began to move, wondering again if this was real or if it was some wild dream. But, no. She was beneath me—real and alive and hot.

She moved in time with my thrusts, arching her hips, running her fingers over my shoulders and chest. One leg hooked around my waist, encouraging me on. I couldn’t believe it. The female I had fantasized about for five years was mine. She had accepted me into her body. Into her life. And I was not going to leave. I wanted her now, today, and for the rest of our days.

As the pleasure built inside of me, I knew that one night would never be enough. Whatever happened, I would survive the asteroid creature and be hers.

Her body tightened and squeezed. Her cunt clamped around me. I grimaced, working hard to hold back. I wanted her to come. I wanted her to feel everything I had to give. I thrust harder, deeper, picking up a relentless pace. Her body had a sheen of sweat. Her fingers tangled my hair and pulled. And I felt her come undone beneath me. She let out a strangled cry. Her sex spasmed, triggering my body’s instinct to claim, take, and give.

My body had had enough. I was at the end of my restraint. I pounded into her, hard and rough and finally allowed my own release as I emptied my seed deep inside of her.

This was only the beginning, I knew, as I rested my forehead against her shoulder, unable and unwilling to withdraw from her yet, even as the final throbs of orgasm wracked through me.

She was mine. She would always be mine.

CHAPTER 14

Anna

It took a little time to come back to my body. To feel like I was connected to reality and that what had just happened, had actually happened. Lashe and I were mates. That was a fact. When my human friends on the Destran Solas had described it, I couldn’t quite relate. Now, I could. This was a feeling of closeness that I hadn’t even been able to fathom before. It was a connection that wasn’t something typical of the human experience, but if my skin was capable of bearing the mating marks, I’d have them.

I rolled over in bed and looked at Lashe, who lay on his side, sleeping. We had spent the last three hours exploring each other’s bodies. We’d made love two more times, until my body became sore and exhaustion made our limbs heavy. I felt soft all over, as if my bones had turned to clay and my skin to cloth and I had no reason to move or speak or even think. I’d never known such peace. It was temporary, I knew that. We only had this sleep cycle to enjoy each other and rest before we needed to attempt a departure from this asteroid creature.

After we were out of here—and I was determined that we’d get out of here—Lashe and I would start our lives together. I wasn’t sure what that would look like, but we would make it work. I wasn’t letting him go, no matter what. My hand rested on his wide chest, which pulsed in shades of aqua and purple. Naked, he was even more gorgeous than I’d thought he’d be. He was all solid muscle and firm skin. All mine.

I let myself fall off to sleep, knowing that soon enough, our plan would be in place and we’d know our fate. After a few hours of rest, we’d be up against the creature and hopefully be free of it.

I awoke at the end of the sleep cycle to the quiet movements of someone in the main cabin. After getting up and wrapping the sheet around myself, I found Lashe dressed in hislifesuit, talking quietly to Stelis. He held a tether and had attached it to the waist of hislifesuit. The helmet wasn’t on, yet. It looked like they were testing the tether and deciding where to attach it.

“Good morning, Anna,” said Stelis, even though “morning” was a useless term so far from any sunrise.

Lashe looked up at me and smiled. “Hello, Anna.” His voice was low and soft, with an intimate roughness that sent memories of the previous night purring through my skin.

“Hi.” I sat on one of the chairs in the main cabin and took in the scene. “You and Stelis have been busy.”

He nodded. “With thelifesuiton, the ship can lift off even if I’m not inside of it. The wind won’t affect anything if I’m attached to the shuttle.”

“Good thinking,” I said, snuggling into the warm sheet I’d wrapped around myself like a toga. “Is it strong enough?”

“Should be. I took it from the emergency supply chest.” He lifted the thick, silver rope. “This is what it’s made for, if gravity boots fail or for full space repairs. I plan to be fast out there.”

“Can you bring a weapon?” I asked. “There must be blasters on this ship.”

“There are,” he said. “But firing one close to the thrusters could ignite the conduit and cause an explosion in the power cell. Can’t risk it.”

“Lashe and I have a plan for the operation,” said Stelis. “And several contingencies. The probability for success is sixty-nine point four percent.”

I winced. “That could be higher.”

“There are too many variables we cannot account for,” said Stelis. “Including the full capabilities of our adversary. This life form, as we are experiencing it, is not listed in any available records. I cannot identify its species, and interference has prevented further scans from revealing more information about it.”

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