Page 41 of Alien Knight Teddy Bear Troubles

She knew she could not, but she also knew he would play. “Please?” She batted her eyes at him and tugged at her own clothing. Seemed a shame to take off her clean clothes after such a short time on Earth—it felt like she’d been dirty for weeks while out in space—but the ploy worked. His eyes darkened as he watched her undress and matched her pace.

When he was on his back, he smiled up at her. “And now?”

“Close your eyes.”

He complied and she reached inside the bag for the small cylinder of maju paste. Queen Sasha had explained about the paste after Cassie saw the markings on the other alien Knights, and the king. All the markings on the mated males glowed a bright blue. Taeger’s markings were plentiful, and still dark.

She intended to change that. According to Sasha, the more paste she rubbed over Taeger’s markings, the better his bragging rights among his fellow Knights. More paste meant more devotion and attention from his woman. They would glow brighter and stay lit longer. And Cassie was very, very devoted to her man. Not to mention, competitive as hell. If any Knight was going to glow like a bomb fire, it would beherKnight.

Climbing over him, she settled herself over his lower stomach and opened the jar. The paste looked innocent enough, but she knew from personal experience that was a lie. Because of this stuff she’d learned how to walk through walls, make ships invisible, even phase in and out of this dimension.

Right now, all she wanted to do was make sure every single living being within a hundred mile radius knew Taeger was hers. Claimed. Taken with a capital T.

She dipped her fingers in deep and took a large glob into her hands. Smiling with glee, she rubbed her palms together before placing them flat on his chest.

His gasp was music to her ears and his eyes jolted open as the markings on his chest began to glow a bright, opalescent blue. “Cassie? What?”

“You’re mine, Taeger. And everyone on this planet is going to know it. I claim you.” She rubbed her palms over his chest, his shoulders, his arms and neck. The small marking on the side of his face. His hands. God did she love his hands and all the things he could do with them.

Done with that, she shifted to kneel at his feet and worked the paste from ankles to thighs, then started all over again. Three times she covered him with the paste, only stopping when his markings refused to glow any brighter.

Even his cock held a faint mark and she rubbed the maju paste there, fascinated when the marking wrapped around his erection like ribbon offering her a gift.

She leaned down and took his tip into her mouth just to hear his soft moan, feel his hips lift from the bed in eagerness. Feeling wicked and powerful and full of joy she lifted her head to look at him. “Roll over. I’m not finished.”

He complied at once and she worked her magic on his back, buttocks and thighs. The back of his legs had particularly dark marks and she worked the paste in there until he was lit up like a neon sign.

She stared, transfixed by his body, by the brightly glowing swirls next to battle scars and muscles she knew were strong enough to tear his enemies in half. The two opposing ideas made her body clench with need. Her hands were warm and tingling from rubbing the paste into his skin. But mostly, she was touch drunk. She’d explored every inch of him and now she wanted more.

“Taeger.”

He flipped over instantly, as if he’d been fighting to hold himself back.

She leaned in and kissed him for real, like she’d wanted to all night, like he was her air and she’d never get enough. Taeger’s hands moved from her arms to her neck and he pulled her closer for a second kiss, a third, a kiss meant to steal her soul.

He moved in what seemed like slow motion. His hands came to rest on her hips and he pulled her closer until her bare breasts were pressed to his chest.

He lowered his head and kissed her. She was expecting out of control and wild, but his touch felt different this time. Reverent. Deliberate. She clung to him, trembling. The moment felt too big, like standing on the edge of a cliff knowing she was going to fall.

She was in love. It was crazy and reckless and totally unlike her, but it was too late. He owned her heart and soul.

Tearing her lips from his, she pulled back and looked down at him, her hair creating an intimate veil protecting them from the rest of the world.

She couldn’t breathe. She was going to lose her mind. Cry. Scream. Something. Tension was building inside her body and she didn’t know what to do with the roar of energy pouring through her. Rough and hard she could handle. A quick, dirty fucking in the shuttle with the hottest man she’d ever met.

But this was different. He was hers now. The Yielding completed. Their life-forces connected. She couldn’t feel his every emotion or hear his thoughts as she had while they were physically connected inside the orb, but she could sense his desire echoing hers, and he wanted all of her, not just the pretty parts. The flaws. She knew in that moment she was the luckiest woman alive. Her man was honorable and loved her completely. Forever. They had forever.

Cassie traced the outline of his muscled shoulders and ran her fingertip over his markings where they flowed like rivers of blue light on top of his skin. She ached to lean forward and trace the pattern with her tongue, but that would take too long. He was hard, ready to fill her. All she had to do was push him.

As if he read her mind, he rolled her beneath him.

His hazel eyes looked almost black as he towered over her with his weight on his forearms so he didn’t crush her. She lifted a leg to his hip, aligning his cock with her wet center. She was ready. She wanted him. Just like this. Right now.

He shook his head and lifted his arms so that his elbows rested on either side of her head, surrounding her with the sight and scent and heat of him. “I love you, Cassie. Don’t ever forget that, not for one moment.”

“I love you.” She wanted him to hurry, but she didn’t say it. That was a given.

She wrapped her fingers around his hard length, used her grip to pull him closer. When he didn’t budge, just stared at her with those dark eyes that could see into her soul, she leaned forward and took his nipple into her mouth, tugging and teasing as his cock jumped in her hand.

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