Dagan turned back toward the muddy path to see Sasha lying in the fur cloak exactly as he’d left her. Still angry. Still flushed with arousal. His gaze softened at the sight while his voice remained hard and commanding. “I trust your instincts, but I’m not running from this fight. To hell with the Council’s secret agendas. It’s time, my friend. Do whatever you have to do to get Commander Bashall on board with the idea. If those fucking lizards want a piece of Earth they’ll have to get through us first.”

“Understood. I thought you might say that. At least get Sasha to safety first,” urged Falden.

Dagan shook his head regretfully. “She isn’t fully committed to our relationship yet, and I won’t risk losing her. She’s just not ready.”

“Then get her ready. Push her boundaries. The sooner the better. Or have you forgotten about the other Vilitos ship just outside Earth’s orbit? I don’t believe in fucking coincidences, do you?” Falden asked in frustration.

Dagan growled angrily, “I’m pushing as fast as I can. If it were up to me, we’d already be bound together. I was about to take the next step with her when you called, asshole.”

“Copy that,” Falden said before cutting communication.

Dagan rolled his shoulders to relieve the tension and walked back to Sasha. He sat down and pulled her into his lap.

Chapter Sixteen

Sasha’s bottom tingled as Dagan put his hand back down, directly over the spot where she could still see his handprint. She squirmed in agitation as the heat in her ass sent a bolt of desire straight to her core. She stiffened in horror. This absolutely couldnotbe getting her aroused.

“I’m sorry we were interrupted, little one. There’s nothing more important to me right now than to finish this discussion. Have no doubt, we definitely are a couple. There’s no backing out now, baby,” he growled. “I can see that, although I learned your words, we have yet to speak the same language. I will take the blame for this in assuming you knew more about Caldorians,” he added gruffly.

It was with a great sense of relief that Sasha tried to push herself up, ready to forget about any more spanking nonsense. When his arm at her back remained immovable, she glared. “Your arm, please?”

He glared right back. “Yes, my arm is pleased. Stay still, or I will be forced to add to your punishment.”

“What?” she argued. “You just said you’d take the blame for the confusion. I don’t like this, and I want you to let me up.”

“First, I daresay that is your first lie. Your body likes this just fine. Shall we check?” he said as his hand slid across her ass, only to push through the folds of her feminine sheath to plunge one thick finger deep into her wet core. She gasped as her body clenched around his finger, drawing him deeper. They had just finished and yet she wanted him again. How could her body betray her this way? She absolutely could not, as in, capital COULD NOT want to be spanked. It was ludicrous. Wasn’t it?

“You are very aroused for someone who doesn’t like to be spanked, baby,” he crooned. “Now, back to your punishment. How many times did you pull away?”

“I don’t know,” she swallowed nervously. She was very aware that his finger was still buried deep inside her. Her body seemed to have a mind of its own as another spasm gripped his finger again, harder than the last time.

“Then I think five times is a good estimate. You will take five spanks, one for each time you pulled away. Does that seem reasonable to you?” Her body betrayed her with another spasm, and he chuckled. “It seems that I’ve found the perfect lie detector, little one. You do not need to tell me your answer. We will let your body speak for you, shall we?” Before she could protest, he grinned and withdrew his finger and gave her ass first one, then two more quick slaps.Smack. Smack. Smack. Her ass burned hotter than before, and hot tears tracked down her face. She yelled, but didn’t try to get up.

As the pain subsided, the burn spread from her backside. Heat suffused her entire body and spilled down her legs from her burning core, betraying her need. He rubbed her ass over the spot where she could still feel his handprint, and gasped when he checked her again. There was no denying how easily his fingers slid into her.

“Good girl. Almost done.”Smack! Smack!

This couldn’t be happening. Her body was on fire for him. She couldn’t hold back a moan as he pushed his finger deep inside her once again. Now if he would just stroke her a little harder…

“So spanking is something you’ve never experienced, but your body tells me you’re going to tolerate it well,” he said with amusement. Dagan’s free hand stroked her back and bottom gently. “This pleases me. You please me, baby. Do not worry about the rest.”

Sasha fidgeted on Dagan’s lap, uncertain if she was happy at the knowledge that he was pleased with her, or angry that she’d just been given no choice about being spanked. She turned her head to glare at him while she decided how to feel. She supposed she could tolerate a spanking or two if that would make him happy. Maybe he was right. She was really wet, she acknowledged to no one but herself. The throbbing from her bottom spread to her deepest core, demanding relief.

“I know there are other things that might please you, if you try them,” Dagan pushed two fingers deep into her core and she moaned as he pressed in exactly the right spot deep inside her. “For example, I think you like being exposed out here in the open. Am I right about that?”

Sasha squeezed her eyes shut as her core squeezed his fingers. “Yes,” she whispered. Why deny it? Her body was telling him what he wanted to know, anyway.

“Did it excite you to know that someone could come along and see us? Don’t bother trying to lie when your body will tell me the truth of it.”

“I-I think so. Maybe,” she gasped as his fingers pressed deeper.

“Good. And what about letting someone watch? It is traditional on my world to claim a woman in front of others at least once. I’m guessing you didn’t know about this either when you agreed to my claim.” Dagan pulled his fingers nearly out, then added a third and pushed it back in. Sasha groaned as his fingers stretched her, as he filled her. She couldn’t think clearly. She could only feel.

“It would please me to take you in front of my people. I’m already hard again. Submit to me. Show them how you give yourself only to me.” Dagan knew he needed to stretch her. He knew before he was done spanking her that he would have to take her again. Their misunderstanding had only solidified his resolve to follow Caldorian tradition and take her in front of his men. He had never been so big. Pre-cum leaked steadily from his massive shaft as he pumped his fingers in and out of her channel.

“Look at me, Sasha,” he ordered. When she finally complied and opened her eyes, he continued. “I want to claim you the traditional way of my people,” he said again. He would never force her, but he needed his people to have no reason to protest his claim to a human. He wanted his future with her solidified as quickly as possible. She was everything to him. He couldn’t risk losing her, and with the Vilitos within striking distance, he didn’t have time to ease her into it slowly. He needed her cooperation and her commitment to him, and he needed it now.

“Say you want to spread yourself open and take my cock inside you while they watch. All of me. Forever. Every inch deep inside you. I want to fuck you until you scream my name. I want them to see as my seed shoots deep inside you. I want them to know you’re mine. I need to hear you say it, baby,” Dagan rumbled.