I want him to know what this means to me. Touching him. Having him touch me. I clutch at Kyler’s shoulders and tug slightly. He releases my mouth and stares down at me.

“For as long as Amelia’s been gone, I haven’t liked people touching me. Not…him. Not even my new sisters here on Tavikh. But it’s never been like that with you. Even in the beginning. It’s like my mind, body, and heart knew it belonged with you and that you would take care with them. Having you touch me every day for the rest of my life will never be enough.”

“Keeshla,” Kyler rasps out in a gravelly tone that vibrates straight to my clit.

“Make love to me. Please. I need you.”

He hesitates. “I do not want to take advantage of your vulnerable state.”

If I hadn’t finally accepted that I loved him, I would now. I cradle his head between my palms and stroke his cheeks with my thumbs. “You aren’t taking advantage. You’re showing your mate what it’s like to truly be in love.”

Kyler studies my face and I stare deeply into his eyes, my heart and soul completely exposed to him. I don’t want to hold anything back. Not anymore.

Chapter 20

Kyler

My beautifulkeeshlaloves me. She has not said those exact words, but I see them in her eyes. The reflection of my soul light shines from her lovely orbs and emits the same warmth that spreads throughout my chest. Zander and the rest of the mated males say that we share our soul light with our human mates and when they possess our other half, that is how we know they have fallen in love with us. It is clear from the light shining from Zara’s eyes that half of my soul belongs to her.

My heart swells and I lean down and bring my mouth to hers. The scent of her arousal fills the air and the taste of the brew she drank earlier crosses my tongue. My mating nodes continue to leak their fluid and I rock my pelvis against my mate’s knowing that soon I will be inside the warm heat of her cunt. I slide my hand beneath her chest covering to palm her chest mound. It is just as sweet and perfect as I remember it being and the tip is hard beneath my fingertips.

I roll the stiff bud between them in the way Zara enjoyed the last time and she arches her back, pressing her chest mound harder against my hand.

“Kyler, please,” she begs. “I want to feel you without anything between us.”

I rise up and before I can do anything else, she yanks her covering up and over her head. At last, I get my first look at her naked flesh. The round center of her chest mounds are a darker color than the skin surrounding it and the hardened tips resemble small pebbles.

“By Deeka’s flame, you are perfection.” I am in stunned awe of mykeeshla’sbeauty.

Zara’s cheeks darken to a shade similar to the circles of her chest mounds. Sage has said the color change is called a blush.

“No one has ever looked at me like you do,” she says.

“That is because they are all fools. I am your mate. Of course I will look upon you as though you are the most stunning creature in existence. It is because you are. There is nothing and no one who surpasses your beauty in my eyes.”

She sniffs. “Goddamn it. You’re not supposed to be this fucking sweet. You’re far too nice for someone like me.”

“I am just the right amount of sweet and nice and perfect for someone like you. Deeka knew that we were meant to be together and that we complement each other and bring out the best in one another. I have always trusted the path she has placed me on, because I knew that one day she would bring you into my life. I only needed to remain patient, and I would be rewarded.”

Zara scans my face and then she pulls me down to her and latches her lips onto mine. I let her deepen the kiss and our tongues twine together. Our hands roam, learning all the places on each other’s body that brings us the most pleasure. When she reaches between us and strokes my cock through my leg coverings, I nearly release my seed. It takes every ounce of strength I have to not lose control. I want to come inside her. I want to make a kit with her.

“Take off your pants,” Zara demands.

I roll to my side and shed my leg coverings. She does the same and her musky scent grows stronger. My mouth waters with the need to taste her cunt. I have wanted to explore her since the first time I saw her bare in the forest.

“May I taste you?”

She bites her lip and slowly nods. I do not waste time in case she changes her mind. In a single beat of my heart, I put my mouth on her. It is the most divine flavor to ever touch my tongue. With every lick, I listen for the sounds Zara makes, and what makes her shift and press herself upward, as though searching for more of what I’m giving her. She gasps and moans, and wetness flows out of her to pool beneath her. I lap as much of it up as I can, drinking her down, not wanting to lose a single drop.

I encounter the entrance of her cunt and slide my tongue deep inside as far as I can go. Zara bucks her hips and cries out in ecstasy. I remove it and replace it with my finger so that I can play with the inflamed nub at the top of her slit where she is the most sensitive. In and out I thrust the digit, mimicking the movement my cock will make once I am inside her. She spears her fingers through my hair and clutches tightly at my head, holding me to her.

A second finger joins the first and I stretch her. Prepare her. I am of average size, but mykeeshlais one of the smallest females and I do not want to hurt her. Zara is wet and my mating fluid will provide even more wetness, but she needs to be ready to accept me.

I suck on the hardened pebble above her cunt and add a third finger. Her body goes tense, and she clenches down, pulling them deeper inside her and a scream is ripped from her throat. It is a scream of pleasure and the sweetest sound to touch my ears. Dampness coats her skin and tiny strands of hair stick to her brow.

Spasms continue rippling through her cunt until finally they come to a stop. Zara’s eyes flutter open and she gazes down at me still between her thighs. Her smile is one of a satisfied female.

“I want you inside me,” she says roughly.