Page 47 of A Mate for Vasek
“As you please. At least you and Ranek are fighting together now as brothers should, instead of battling each other. Go through that door there and continue to the end, then turn right and follow the path around to the hangars.” Zharor turned to Ranek. “I know you wish to start your life as a merchant, but know that you have a job here should you wish to join our forces. You are a commendable fighter.”
Vasek never heard his brother’s response, because the portal was already closing behind him.
Chapter 24
Dawn
Dawn couldn’t believe what she’d just heard. Vasek had just referred to her as his mate. His mate!
That couldn’t be true, could it? Was that why he’d been avoiding her? Because he’d been trying to avoid a mate bond?
That possibility suddenly put a damper on her high of finding out they were mates. If he’d been avoiding it, that must mean he didn’t want it. The mate who didn’t want her but couldn’t let her go. What a horrible life!
“Let me down,” she demanded.
“No. I will not. You are mine, Dawn. I was stupid to try to deny it.” Beautiful green eyes met hers. “I should never have let you out of my sight. I will not make that mistake again.”
And there went the butterflies, throwing a rave in her belly. But the logical and rather annoying little voice in her head insisted she dig a little deeper.
“But youdidleave. And you’ve been avoiding me for days. Why would I want that for a mate?”
A low, rumbling growl rattled her body. “I will make it up to you. I promise. And you know I keep my promises.”
They were already outside the hangar door where several guards stood. One of them looked up at them and waved them through, just as the door opened to let them in.
“I should not have left,” Vasek said as he carried her into his newly repaired shuttle.
He set her on the bed, and in the dim light of the shuttle, his eyes seemed to glow. She knew they weren’t really glowing, just reflecting light, but the effect was the same.
“Where are you hurt?” he asked.
“It’s just the skin on my neck,” she said, turning her head to expose her neck to him.
He bent his head and nuzzled her neck gently, like his tender touch alone would heal her. Then he followed the nuzzles with a tenderly applied salve that had the pain almost vanishing immediately.
Dawn knew Vasek was just looking for injuries when he stripped her of her dress and shoes and started running his hands over her skin. But her body had other ideas. Desire started as a tingling in her belly.
She cupped his cheek, catching his attention.
“Vasek.”
It was like he felt everything she did, because the look in his eyes changed, turning hungry.
“You are in need.”
“I can’t help it when you touch me.”
That earned her a smirk as he tugged on her legs. She yelped as she was suddenly on her back on the bed. Then Vasek was crawling over her, caging her body. Fuck! That was hot. And now that the danger was over, she was starting to feel the happy buzz again. She didn’t want to waste it. Especially now that Vasek was here.
“Is that so?”
She nodded. “Yes. I don’t want to fight right now. I want to fuck.”
The words had Vasek pushing her onto the mattress with a greedy growl. She was glad she was already naked because she was sure the sudden move would’ve had the gems popping off her borrowed dress.
She arched her back, offering herself to him as he licked and kissed a trail down her neck and across her collarbone. He shoved his pants down his legs and freed his cock. But the silky shirt he was wearing, so different from his usual clothes, was still in her way. She clawed at the front blindly, until one of the buttons popped off with a ping.
“Oops.” She followed the golden bauble as it hit the shuttle wall and bounced.
