I wasn’t sure who he spoke to, me or Deacon, but it didn’t matter. I was coming either way, my body pulsing in waves on Deacon’s cock. It was almost too much—my legs wrapped tight around his muscled waist, trying to pull him deeper still. But hewas strong and resisted me as he came and gasped like he was finally coming up for air. His thumb kept at my clit, making one orgasm feel like a dozen that reverberated off each other.
I couldn’t breathe or move and I couldn’t care. My body was a temple for our pleasure and that was all.
Deacon pulled out before he leaned down for a kiss, which let his cum spill out onto the floor, mingling with Jac’s. He panted against my lips and smiled. “This is what I have needed for so long. You, this,us.”
I looked at them both, still trying to catch my breath. “Me too.”
“Same here,” Jac added, his eyes glowing with triumph. Then he said, “Sovereign, clean floors, clean air.”
A whirring sound came on, and I assumed it was like onAllegiant, when the floor had opened up to take the laundry. I couldn’t get up to find out, though. I was a boneless noodle.
They cleaned me up and eventually, we all dressed. But it took time—we kept groping at each other and making out. I had never been so satisfied in all my life. But it was more than physical this time—not like at the pomp. Now it was different.Everythingwas different. For me, my whole world had been turned upside-down by these aliens, in every way imaginable.
And I wasn’t mad about it. Not at all. Oddly enough, I was extremely happy.
Just as Jac unsealed the door, we heard raised voices near the hullmate. "Come on,” he ordered, grabbing my hand as we hurried toward the sound.
Valor, Wave, Ode, Treg, and a guy I didn’t know all looked concerned as they chatted.
Ode smirked when she saw Jac and said, “I figured you were up and feeling fine, since I couldn’t get into my infirmary.”
“What’s wrong?” Jac asked, ignoring her insinuation.
“Nothing iswrong. Silence is in labor.”
CHAPTER 16
Jacaranda
Silence is in labor.
“That’s my cue to exit,” I told them.
Deacon frowned at me. “You do not want to be here for this?”
“Youwantto be here for this?” Sarah asked him incredulously, now well aware of the history between Silence and his father and the betrayal of their affair.
“My family is growing today. Of course, I want to be here.”
“And I donot,” I said, and sighed, not understanding how he could be so forgiving, and accepting. “Nothing against your family, Deacon, but birth is too messy for me. I can take war, I can take on fights, I can even take the sewers of the royal prison. Birth is where I draw the line. Besides, I need to see some of my other contacts here so we can figure out what we’re doing for security.”
Our eyes met in agreement, because we both knew I was referring to Sarah’s safety, which was now paramount to both of us. “Understood. Be safe.”
“Always.” I offered Gram a ride back to his place, but he declined once he heard where I was going afterwards. “Suit yourself,” I said with a shrug.
“If I’m home when you get to Omen’s place, when she’s done killing you, she’ll come after me.”
I laughed. “Why would she kill me or you?”
“I told you where she lives, and she hates you.”
I scoffed at that. “She doesn’t hate me—”
“She threatened to feed you to her baby drecks, and we both know you wouldn’t be the first to end up as food for them.”
I frowned. “Keep an eye on my crew and Sarah while I’m gone. Don’t let anyone into Valor’s house who isn’t already here. Not under any circumstances.”
“Why are you going to see her, anyway?” Gram asked.