Page 36 of The Highseer's Mate

I scoff and turn away. “You won’t stop me.”

As soon as I take a step in the other direction, a dull pain lances through my chest and I still.

Varek is at my side in a second. “Stop.”

“No. I need to make sure they are okay. You can come with me or not, but we had a deal,” I demand. The pain intensifies and on impulse I flatten my palm across my chest, pressing to ease the pain.

“See? Look at yourself. You’re already hurting again. Paige, we have to do this.”

Have to? I don’t have to do anything but survive. I don’t have to do anything but make sure my sacrifice wasn’t a waste of effort. Before I give myself over completely to this alien male, I want to know that at least my friends are going to make it out alive.

I take another step toward the door and the pain squeezes my chest, tearing the breath from my lungs.

Before I can reject him, Varek sweeps me off my feet and lays me back down onto the furs. His rough hands make quick work of tugging off my leathers and even as I try to slow him down, he’s like a man possessed.

“Varek!” I shout.

He leans in close and nuzzles my neck, licking my hot skin. Like he flips a switch, all the fight in my body eases and his scent overpowers me. I breathe him in deep and a warmth trickles down my spine, the pain slowly fading away.

He whispers, so close to my ear it sends chills down my arms and legs. “Let me take away your pain. Let me heal you.”

I sigh, hands that were just shoving him off now pulling him closer.

It’s the magic. The bond. A stupid physical reaction that makes me want him so badly—but I can’t help it.

I do.

And the pain…

He takes it away.

“Glows,” Varek mutters in my ear as he holds himself up with one hand and slides my leathers down with the other. I lift my hips to help him and soon they are down around my ankles. I kick them off and spread my legs.

My eyes track down his muscular form, following his hand as he unzips his leathers. He shoves them down and his hard cock springs out, thick and ready.

I look at him—really look at him this time. His manhood matches the rest of him. Large. Intimidating. But its shape is similar to a human’s. It’s dark grey like the rest of his taut skin, phallic and my mouth waters. I bite my bottom lip as the warmth in my body travels between my legs.

Varek’s eyes darken as he watches me. “Your body is ready.”

I swallow hard.

He’s right. I’m flushed—my skin on fire and sensitive. Varek sits back on his knees and wraps his hand around his thickness while staring at me. I’m still wearing my bra and panties, but he doesn’t seem to mind. As soon as he moves his hand, the veins on his cock light up just like his chest.

Varek hisses.

“Are you okay?” I ask. “Does that hurt?”

Human penises certainly don’t glow like that and I never considered that maybe the mating process wasn’t as pleasurable for Vruts as it might be for me.

He looks down at himself—the way his cock glows and seems to pulsate with each touch. He scoots forward and presses his cock to the wet fabric of my panties, rubbing himself where I’m most sensitive.

I suck in a breath as a shiver of pleasure sizzles up my spine.

His cock glows brighter, pulsating luminite up the thick veins like pumping blood. The gray skin of his chest and manhood are lit up brighter than I’ve ever seen them as he keeps rubbing himself.

He groans deep. “No, Paige. It does not hurt.”

God, it feels good.

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