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Her heart fluttered at his words. She reached for him and stroked the side of his face. He tilted his head into her touch. Her throat burned and she struggled to issue the words that now rested on the tip of her tongue.

But, finally, she found her voice.

“On my first day on your planet, you told me that I’m now part of your family, Jav. You said you would always take care of me. I came here, frightened and not knowing what to expect from my mate, a male I’d never met before, and you made me feel safe. I-I want you to know that I will strive to always take care of you as well. You’re my family, too, and one day, we’re going to have a bunch of children. I just know it.” She smiled. An image of Jav chasing around a little purple half-Martian half-human child flitted through her mind, lifting her spirits and making her heart ache for the children they would one day have.

Never look back.

Thomas’ words came to her unbidden, as if on the breeze that was ruffling her hair, and she repeated his words of advice in her head, until it became a mantra for her future.Never look back, never look back, never look back. She couldn’t embark upon the second chance she wanted with Jav unless she stopped looking back.

Jav kissed her forehead again and then rose to his feet while still holding her. The light from the moons was still reflecting in his eyes, and she privately mused that he looked just as beautiful in the moonlight as he did in the sunlight.

“Your words have stirred my soul, sweet Leah. Truly, you are a blessing from the Gods.”

He carried her back to the bedroom and laid her out upon the covers, his eyes filled with a reverence that stunned her to her very core. His nostrils flared wide as he peeled the robe off her, baring her to his gaze.

He crawled atop her and kissed her, a soft, sweet kiss that soon turned urgent and demanding, their growing passion borne from the tender exchange on the balcony.

Jav’s masterful kisses and caresses left her writhing and moaning beneath him. She was eager for him to claim her, to sink his hugeness inside her.

When he finally surged forward into her tight depths, he set a rapid pace and claimed her with abandon, until they cried out their mutual releases and collapsed in one another’s arms.

Chapter 15

On day six, Jav announced he was taking Leah to the banquet hall for the evening meal. Shocked, she stared at him, wondering if she’d heard him correctly.

“You mean we’re finally going to leave this room?” She gave him a playful smile and ran a hand over his muscled chest. “And here I thought I was your prisoner.”

He chuckled deep in his throat, a sexy noise that made her pussy quiver. His nostrils flared and he gave her an accusing look. She flushed, knowing he could always smell her arousal.

“Yes, we’re finally leaving this room,” he said, “though not until I’ve taken you again.”

He practically attacked her and she welcomed his rough ministrations as he brought her to release with his mouth, then bent her over the bed for a long hard mating. She rested upon the bed as he claimed her, holding on to the covers and savoring the delicious spasms tightening within her every time he plunged into her depths.

She mused that they would need to take another shower after this. It probably wouldn’t be polite if they showed up at the banquet hall smelling of sex.

He came inside her with a roar, then he withdrew from her center and scooped her up in his arms. As if reading her mind, he carried her into the bathroom. He sat on the edge of the tub and pressed the controls. A moment later, the tub started filling with steaming water. Another press of a button and the pleasant scent ofyakkarro, a traditional Marttiaxoxalian herb he liked, drifted up from the water. The aroma reminded her of eucalyptus and it always left her very relaxed.

After a leisurely bath, during which he held her in his arms the entire time, they started getting ready for dinner. While Leah had enjoyed the last six days with Jav, the two of them all alone in his quarters, immensely, she found herself looking forward to exploring the palace more and meeting some of the people who lived here. He had promised to introduce her to King Vaath and the queen, a human woman named Esmay. As she donned another purple dress that matched the tone of Jav’s skin, she exhaled a shaky breath, hoping all went well during the banquet.

She very much wanted to make a good impression upon Jav’s friends. He claimed he was friends with the king, which made her a bit nervous, considering the fact that she was an ex-con, but she couldn’t spend the rest of her life wallowing in the past.Never look back.

As she stood in front of the closet mirror, fixing her hair, she promised herself she was going to start actively looking forward. The first step, though, was forgiving herself over her past mistakes. If she forgave herself, then maybe whenever thoughts of the past entered her mind unbidden, she wouldn’t feel so rotten anymore.

People grew. People changed. She wasn’t the same girl she’d been at eighteen, so foolishly lovestruck by the boy who was promising her the world, that it hadn’t taken much convincing when he’d asked her to help rob the local Martian Affairs building. She hadn’t known they would set fire to it afterward, thus endangering the lives of those living in the surrounding buildings, but that didn’t excuse her participation.

She’d learned a difficult lesson and liked to think she was wiser now, as well as better at reading people.

“You look radiant,” Jav said, interrupting her thoughts. He moved behind her and wrapped his arms around her, and she met his eyes in the mirror with a smile.

“Thank you, Jav,” she replied, feeling her cheeks heat. She was fairly certain no one had ever called her radiant before, and his compliment warmed her all over.

He was wearing a black uniform that looked a bit more formal than the one he’d been wearing when he met her on the spaceship six days ago. He looked very handsome and her heart raced at the prospect of watching him undress, perhaps later when they returned to his quarters.

His nostrils flared and he gave her a stern glance. “Stop it,” he said.

“Stop what?” she asked, feigning innocence.

He leaned closer. “Stop desiring me, or we will never make it to the banquet hall.”

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