She’d see in the morning if we didn’t attempt to hide it. In lovemaking, it was not something I was capable of. Neither of us were.
I stroked her hair, enjoying her ministrations, but after a bit, we each took an arm and lifted her to her feet. Easing our mate onto the bed, we removed our clothing and lay down on either side of her. Females on our world did not have large mammaries, just enough to feed our young, but Amaris’ were warm, soft handfuls with dark nipples that poked my palms when I cupped them. Everything about her was fascinating and delightful. And I wanted to be inside her now, But until we completed the mating act, Farsel was in danger, so I held back while he kissed and caressed her before moving between her legs.
“You’re so beautiful, sweetheart,” he crooned, kissing her again and reaching between them. It was hard to wait but also good, amazing to see my friend and our mate doing something that would save his life, save all our lives really because without Farsel, we’d never have true happiness. Fate or the Goddess had given us each other to be family forever.
Farsel and Amaris clung to one another, hugging, kissing, as he drove into her again and again. His breathing grew harsh but not weak, no gasps or signs of distress. I’d heard of someone once who had been so close to the end, when he mated, the act killed him.
But Farsel, rather than dying, shouted when he reached his pinnacle and bent to mark her on the side of her neck. We did not share feelings, but it was hard to be this close and not share some of their experience. Mingled scents and pheromones were heady things for a bond mate, and when Farsel rolled to the side, Amaris reached for me.
I pulled her over on top of me and lifted her to sit, straddling my groin. “You’re our dream, sweetheart.” I helped her lift to take the tip of my cock inside her and then lower. “You’re in control here.”
She smiled. “I think you know me already. Equals.” Holding my hands she took me deep into her body, the tight channel massaging me. I’d ached for her since the first time I saw her picture, but this moment surpassed anything I could have dreamed of. She moaned and pitched forward, contracting around me in orgasm and nearly unseating me, but I adjusted her knees and took over, driving into her from below, so close but not wanting it to end. Everything with our mate was like that. So pleasurable…
And then I couldn’t hold back, and my cum was pouring into her body. She cried out and grabbed for me, once again rippling around me. Nobody back home had a body like our mate’s, a sense of humor, kindness. Nobody was Amaris. I marked her, and it was done. We were mated. Forever.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Amaris
Several things happened at once as my eyes fluttered open. One, I smelled waffles. Two, I felt my mates close. One closer to the other but both of them in short distance from me.
Farsel, who I knew now by his smell and somehow his simple yet profound presence, was next to me.
I looked over to see him sleeping. His eyelids made no movement. His face was relaxed and peaceful for the first time since I’d met him. His skin was bright purple now, sparkling and glittery as though he were the galaxy, not belonging to it.
I placed my palm on his cheek, needing to touch him more than our bodies already were. Our legs were tangled. My bare chest plastered against his. Somehow it wasn’t enough.
“Mmm, good morning, mate.”
His eyes opened, and I gasped. They were sky blue where Tylan’s were almost silver, but I’d never seen Farsel when his mating sickness wasn’t already in play.
“Good morning. You are beautiful. No more sickness,” I said.
He chuckled and pulled me closer. “Mating bliss is what I’m feeling now, my love. But what about you?”
Me? “Bliss is a great word.” I moved my body a bit and the soreness, the delicious soreness of a night well spent with my mates, set in.
“Oh, mate. You’re sore.”
“How did you know?” I asked. I hadn’t thought I showed anything on my face.
“I can feel it through our bond now. It helps me be a better mate for you.” He placed his open palm between my breasts, right over my heart. “How about a hot shower and some breakfast? We can give you some of that human medicine if you need it. Once we get to our planet, healing pain will be as simple as letting a healing laser run over your body.”
“Will we ever come back here?” I asked, thinking of Jenny, Rex, the twins. Burgers.
“We’ll do our best, but it’s not a guarantee. Intergalactic travel usually has to have a purpose beyond visiting.”
I nodded. “I think that shower sounds good.”
He smiled wide and before I knew it, I was over his shoulder and being carried to the bathroom where he turned on the water. Tylan came in. “This is what I miss when I go to make our mate breakfast?”
We shared kisses and held each other. Once the water warmed, they made all the aches go away, promising to do more once I wasn’t sore anymore.
There was no rush. I had them forever now.
“I can’t believe you went out and got a waffle iron,” I said, laughing once we were dressed.
“We ordered the one you liked best online. You loved the waffles that day.”