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“Then I would’ve returned to my post near your domicile and waited for another opportunity to see you.”
“How long?” she asked, her voice hushed. “How long would you have waited?”
“Forever,” he stated without hesitation.
She couldn’t hold back. Pulling her hands out from under his, she grabbed his face with both hands and pressed her lips to his.
Chapter 24
Daxus
The warmth coming off the fire was nothing compared to the heat that consumed his body at the touch of Nataly’s lips. His scent glands swelled so full of bonding oil, they hurt. It was almost as if he was being stabbed with dull knives in each cheek.
Oil leaked out from where her hands pressed on his face. It must’ve startled her because she ended the kiss and lifted her hands while examining his face with a little frown.
“I thought you were crying,” she murmured, leaning in close to peer at one of his scent glands.
“It’s…uh, my bonding oil.” His mating shaft was getting hard in his mating pouch, making it hard to think.
She brought her face close and rubbed her cheek against his, spreading his bonding oil all over their faces.
She let out a long sigh. “God, this smells so good!”
As his oil soaked into her skin, he noticed the scent changed. He pulled in great lungfuls through his nose, trying to fill his entire body with this new scent.
Deep in his chest, something fell into place. This was what he’d been hoping for. The outcome he’d dreamed about but wouldn’t consciously consider.
“I need more,” he said.
She drew back. “More?”
He sounded an eager affirmative rumble. “Can I rub my oil all over you? I want to cover you in my scent. No, Ineedto cover you in my oil.”
She looked a little relieved. “Oh, sure, I think I want that too.”
“It’ll feel good,” he promised, urging her to stand up. They moved to a cleared section next to the log they’d been sitting on. He’d put a tarp down earlier, so when he was organizing the bedding, none of it got dirty. They were still close enough to the fire to feel the heat with the temporary domicile behind them.
The slight breeze rustled the tall grass around them and the trees beyond. Overhead, the night sky was bright with stars, and one of the moons was barely peeking through the nearby forest canopy.
“This is the perfect time and place,” she murmured, looking up at the sky, then lowering her eyes to meet his. Standing on the tarp, she smiled at him. “I’m ready.”
His hands shook a little as he stripped off her jacket and then tugged off her shirt. He was flummoxed by the binding garment he found under her shirt.
“Let me,” she said with a chuckle. He heard something snap loose, and then the small bit of clothing fell away. Before he could go further, she was quick to pull off her pants and step out of them and her boots at the same time.
She stood before him naked. He was transfixed.
“Daxus?” Her tone betrayed her unease and made him realize he’d been standing there staring at her without saying anything.
“Beautiful,” he whispered. He’d read all the literature about humans, watched the education vids, and even pulled Damascus and Utharium aside to ask more personal questions. Nothing he’d learned prepared him for how gorgeous Nataly would be naked, her skin illuminated by firelight. “I’ve never beheld anything so perfect before.”
“I’m not all that special, I promise,” she said, but she was smiling while she talked. “Aren’t you going to scent me, or something?”
When he stepped close, there were copious amounts of oil streaming from his glands. Leaning over, he started by rubbing it over the top of her hair. Then he moved down to her neck and shoulders.
Sinking to his knees, he stared at her breasts for a moment, fascinated by the way her nipples tightened under his gaze. Pressing a cheek against one of those soft mounds made him moan a little. When her chest was shining with his bonding oil, he turned his face and licked one of her nipples.
Her moan encouraged him to do it again. Going a step further, he sucked the nipple into his mouth. Nataly gasped and grabbed his head to press him harder against her. He sucked harder, careful to keep his sharp teeth from hurting her.
