“A few hours, if we change course now.”

She wrapped her arms around his neck and stood on tiptoe to kiss him. He allowed it, then took command, his hands buried in her hair, tilting her head exactly the way he wanted her to be. And judging by the large bulge in his pants, he wanted her now.

Stepping away, he closed the door to the small room we occupied and set some kind of lock. A minute later he was giving the order to change course, all while pulling the dress off over Cassie’s head.

Chapter Eight

Taeger pulled the dress off over her head, pleased to find her bare beneath.

“What are we doing?” Her breathless question didn’t stop her fingers, which were buried in his hair, pulling him closer as if she would die if he didn’t kiss her.

So he did. He took her mouth and shifted her hips to his where she sat on the edge of the comm stand, rubbed his rock hard cock against her body as she clung to him, her tongue wrestling with his, her skin hot and soft and pure heaven under his roaming hands.

She pulled at his armor, glad when he quickly stripped the black suit from his chest, and ran her hands over his hard muscles, eager to explore the dark markings that covered his skin. Dark blue swirls covered most of his chest and shoulders. Slightly raised, with an opalescent fire, they drew her attention. She traced the swirls and whirls with her fingertips. He was beautiful. This, more than anything else, made her very aware that he was not human. There were plenty of men on Earth who were big and strong. None of them looked like Taeger. None could turn her head the way he did. Seeing his markings, touching them, sent heat straight to her core. She wanted him. Needed him inside her.

Cassie’s touch was driving him nearly as wild as her kiss. She wrapped her legs around his thighs and locked him in place, as if there was anywhere else he wanted to be.

“This is crazy,” she panted.

He didn’t argue. He couldn’t, his own breath matching hers. His shaft was so hard he didn’t know how he was going to hold back. He wanted to be deep inside her. Possess her. Make her scream his over and over again. A litany. A promise. This thing between them was powerful, unexpected and insane. He’d held on to his sanity by telling himself he didn’t know her well enough to want her this badly, but he knew enough. He knew.Mine.

Ion trusted her. She was a soldier. A fighter. A survivor. She’d protected Ion, cared for him with a tenderness the boy needed, and turned to talk of war and weapons without batting an eye. She had honored her oath to her people, yet told him what she could, trusting him as well. She was a mystery. An enigma. A beautiful, passionate puzzle. Everything about her made him want to know more.

Taste more.

Take more.

He laid her back on the table and adjusted the settings to that the hologram surrounding her turned into a sea of stars and swirling galaxies with her bare body in the center like a celestial goddess.

When he reached for her pants, she lifted her hips to help him strip her bare. There were no words needed as he freed his cock and plunged deep into her wet heat. They were both ready. Eager. She arched her back and lifted her hips to meet him as he fucked her like a wild beast, unable to hold back.

Cassie met him halfway, her body rising and falling as she took what he offered and gave her more.

When he stroked her clit, she threw her head back and moaned. Three hard thrusts of his cock and she exploded into orgasm, her keening cry and her body pulsing around his as her pussy went into spasms pushed him over the edge.

Fighting to recover but unwilling to leave her just yet, he leaned over her body to rest his forehead against hers. Her hands lifted from the table to stroke his head, the feel of her fingers in his hair pure bliss, their bodies still connected.

“Taeger?”

He didn’t want to move. And he absolutely didn’t want to talk. He wanted to feel. The peace he felt in her arms one he’d not felt in centuries. Not since Lumeria had been destroyed.

No. He would not think about that now.

“No talking.” He kissed her, hard. Deep and felt his cock grow hard again. She moaned, her hips shifted in response to the tilt of his hips.

She tore her lips from his, her words a whisper. “You’re going to make me want to keep you.”

He thrust forward, rocking her body on the table as he took her lips once more. He didn’t want to hear her denials or arguments. And he refused to think about a future without her. He’d fucked her senseless, made her come over and over again just a few hours before.

He’d thought he could walk away, that once would be enough.

Now he knew exactly how weak he was. He could never walk away from her. Her cries of pleasure, the wet heat of her pussy milking his cock, her kiss like a drug… No. he could not walk away, and he could not make her his.

His first duty was to Ion. His second duty was to his people. His own desires were a distant third.

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