Page 26 of Keeping Sarah

“We will take you toSovereign,” I said, grabbing her hand in mine. “You can let Rex out of you, and we can be in the air before his people have a chance to attack. Let’s go.”

Much to my frustration, she wouldn’t budge. “How…how do you know that would work? Someone like Rex has people everywhere in his city. Don’t you think his home would be even better guarded? They aren’t going to let me out of here, knowing he’s inside of me.”

I tried to remain calm, but Omen’s words were at the forefront of my mind.Has she grown fond of hosting Rex’s ghost? Was Omen right?

I cleared my throat and tried again to reason with her. “Look, this will work. I’ve got a team at the ship to make sure everything is in place. They will know if there are guards coming to attack us. Let’s. Go,” I said firmly.

But she yawned, not in any hurry to leave. “It’s been a long day, Jac.”

“Yes, but—"

“I’m so tired, and I know you and the crew are too.” She pressed up against me, her small hands rubbing along my abdomen. “Let’s just stay the night. We can leave first thing in the morning. You have no idea how taxing it is to keep someone like Rex trapped and I can’t keep my eyes open much longer. If I don’t maintain a constant hold on him, even in my sleep, I’ll lose control of him. None of us want that, right?”

I grabbed her wandering hands, my lips pressed into a firm line. “You can sleep on the ship—"

“I want to sleep here,” she insisted, and pouted. “Stay with me.”

Treg stepped up. “Thatwouldgive me a chance to get new replacement parts for the air scrubbers on the ship, Jac. It’s not a bad idea.”

But he didn’t know what Omen had told me, and I couldn’t shake the growing apprehension taking hold inside of me. “It’s not agoodidea, either.”

Sarah looked up at me, her big brown eyes somehow bigger and prettier and far more seductive when she purred, “Please, Jac.”

I knew I wasn’t going to win this battle, and I could only pray that Deacon didn’t behead me for this. “Fine. We will stay here just until morning. Tiger, I want the perimeter ofSovereignguarded all night, and—"

“We’ve got it, boss,” Tiger said. “Come on, Treg.” They left down the hall, with Treg whining about wanting to sleep in the manor.

Once they were gone, Sarah smiled up at me as the light in her eyes became devious. They stayed on me when she said, “Helios, you’re dismissed.”

He wasted no time fleeing down the hall.

Sarah took both my hands in hers and pulled me into Rex’s bedroom. She closed the door behind me and that was all the time I had to take in the view of his room before she pounced on me. She wrapped her legs around my waist, practically climbing me, giving me no choice but to anchor my hands beneath her ass to keep her from sliding back down. When her mouth touched mine, her kisses were wild things mixed with teeth.

I walked her backwards to the elaborate, massive bed and leaned over it, hoping she would drop onto the mattress, but she clung to me like a monkey. I had to pry her hands from me and once she was on the bed I pinned her there with my body, and anchored her wrists above her head to keep her from touching me.

“What are you doing?” I rasped.

“My companion,” she murmured huskily. “I want you.”

As much as I loved hearing those words from her, I stayed focused. “You have a passenger, Sarah. It’s weird.”

“It’s notthatweird," she said flirtatiously.

“It’s fucking weird,” I insisted. “I don’t want him watching…or gods forbid, participating—"

“I am in full control of when he can do anything with my body, including when he watches anything.” She writhed beneath me. “It’s just me, and it’s just you. In this great big bed. Don’t you want me?”

“Of course, I do,” I growled in frustration. “But I don’t wanthim!”

She nibbled at her bottom lip while she stared up at me from the flat of her back, grinding against me. “He’s not here. But I am.”

The heat of her pussy warmed my cock through our clothes. Her lust was too powerful for me to deny, and I felt myself weakening, caving to our mutual desires. “Promise me, he’s not watching and he’s not playing.”

“I swear it,” she whispered.

My arms and my restraint collapsed. I fell onto her, kissing, biting, worshipping, while we stripped away our clothes until they were a faded memory on the floor. I reached between her thighs and found her wet already. She lifted her hips, her pussy searching for my cock.

I evaded her attempts. “Slow down. We’ve got—"

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