Logan gave him the smallest of smiles. "Help me through it."

"Are you sure?"

"No." Logan laughed softly. His face flushed. "But I want this. I want you."

Valens hearts beat faster. Finally he would be able to take care of his mate the way he was meant to.

CHAPTER 7

Logan finished his breakfast quickly.Well, the first half of his breakfast. The second half was going to include Valen's nectar. The stuff that had made him so incredibly horny the last time he'd had it that he thought he was going to die.

But this time he wouldn't be alone with the heat.

This time Valen would be with him to make it all better.

His very own tentacle monster. The thought that Valen had chosen this form for him still made him shudder—both with faint embarrassment and desire.

"Let's head to the bedroom," Logan said as he put his used plate away. "We'll be more comfortable there." He led the way there, Valen hovering just behind him. He could feel the anticipation thrumming through their mental link, a combination of excitement and nervousness that perfectly matched his own.

He stopped in the middle of the room and turned toward Valen. "So how do we do this?" he asked.

Valen gave him a smile. "Let me take your clothes off. You won't want them in a minute."

That sounded about right. Yesterday, he'd become very horny very quickly after drinking the nectar. Helpfully, he lifted his arms. "Get right to it."

"You seem eager already." A teasing note entered Valen's mental voice as he reached out and undressed Logan carefully. His touch left tingles in its wake.

Logan looked at his alien. "I know you'll make it good."

He saw Valen's skin brightening with a glow that looked like happiness.

Valen reached out and touched his face tenderly. "I will. And you'll love every moment of it, my mate."

Logan leaned into the touch. He wanted more. More of these gentle touches, more of the pleasure Valen could give him. After the long years of isolation, he wanted more of this connection they shared.

Valen seemed to pick up on the thought, sending back feelings of reassurance. He pulled Logan close against his form, tentacles caressing his back soothingly as he began to strip Logan of the rest of his clothes. As he did so, Logan's muscles ached.

Valen had been right; he did need another dose of the nectar.

"I know," Valen said. "Don't worry. I won't let you suffer." He drew back just enough so he could offer Logan one of his tentacles to suck on. "Drink," he urged, pressing the tip gently against Logan's mouth.

Logan opened his mouth and sucked on the offered tentacle, letting the silvery substance coat his mouth and tongue.

The effect on his system was nearly immediate. Heat flooded his body and his cock hardened almost painfully fast. His legs threatened to give out beneath him.

Valen caught him, supporting him easily with his many strong tentacles. He held Logan tightly against the warmth of his body, stroking his skin with his smooth appendages, soothingand arousing at once until Logan's mind went blank with pure desire and need.

He needed to be fucked so badly, he couldn't stand it. "Please."

"Everything you want," Valen promised. "I know exactly what you need."

Logan moaned as Valen lifted him and held him suspended in the air, one tentacle around each wrist and ankle, spreading him open for Valen's viewing pleasure. "Look how gorgeous you are like this," Valen said.

Logan whimpered. He could feel how much Valen desired him in that moment. Desire that only grew when Logan looked down at himself, his hard dick jutting upward and begging to be touched. But he knew it wouldn't be that easy.

That was the downside—and upside—of being with someone who knew all his dirtiest fantasies.

Valen would play with him a bit before giving him what he needed.