Page 38 of Monstrous Rampage
Shaking, I couldn’t catch my breath. My breasts ached, my nipples raw against the soft tunic. The clenching muscles in my pussy only ached for more. Too empty. I fought the urge to drag his hand over to my stomach. Beneath the waistband of my pants. Oh fuck, I could just take them off and let him?—
Too soon, I told myself.Conversation only. First date. You don’t want another incident like what happened with Syko. Right? Right.
“Forgive me, Holly.” Rekt panted in my ear, his tongue stroking and teasing. “Syko will surely kill me now.”
But a husky, deep sound rumbled from his chest, strumming through me. Delighting me enough I laughed too, even though mine was tinged with desperation. I buried my face against his skin, burrowing deeper into his embrace. Aching. Holding back tears. I wanted to talk to him. Ask him if we were mated now, even though he hadn’t come inside me. I wasn’t sure what that would mean with Syko. Uncertainty and fear strangled me.
I didn’t want Syko to hurt him, just because he’d touched me. But we had to get him out of that cell. Somehow.I need help.
Rekt’s large palm cradled the back of my head. His fingers trembled as he gently stroked through my hair. He traced lightly over my spine.
“I never dreamed it would be like this,” I whispered against his chest.
“I never dreamed at all. But I will now, Holly. If they put me back on ice, I will always remember this.”
Terror clawed through me, jerking my head up to search his gaze. “Back on ice? No! I need you here. Awake. With me.”
We have so much to figure out. Before it’s too late.
“I’ll help any way I can.” His fingers dug into my back, emphasizing his words. His eyes carried deeper meaning, silently trying to convey the same urgency I felt. “If you?—”
The emptiness of space enveloped me. Black and devoid of sensation.
Then I was in my sparse room again. Alone. I whirled around to demand Snyder put me back into the training room, but no one was there. The wall to the laboratory was opaque. I could call out to the computer voice, but that would put me in a position ofweakness. I didn’t want to cry and beg and plead. If they knew how much I ached inside, they’d have even more leverage over me.
And Rekt.
He’d basically promised to defy any orders Snyder gave him. Which put him in danger as well.
The more we cared for each other—the more Snyder would use that emotion to force us into compromise.
Fresh clothes lay on the narrow bed, but I ignored them. I could smell Rekt on me. Some of his cum soaked through the material into my skin. The longer I wore it, the more I might be able to absorb. Gross, but the more of his fluids I gained, the tighter our bond would be. The quicker I’d change. I needed every new skill or power I could gain to escape this shit show before I ovulated. Which might be in days. I really had no idea how quickly my body might be ready. It’d happened scarily fast for Natalie.
In a matter of weeks, she’d gotten pregnant and delivered Akylla.
I couldn’t afford to waste a single hour.
Curling on my side facing the wall, I hugged myself, pulling my shirt up enough I could smell Rekt’s scent. I cried silently until I managed to drift into sleep.
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REKT
“If you need me…” I started to say, but Holly disappeared.
Breathing hard, I tried to pull myself together. Calm my racing heart rate. Organize my thoughts.
Bury my emotions deep from Snyder’s agent.
I’d already compromisedhismission. I needed to keep my traitorous thoughts restrained to brain space they wouldn’t consider looking in order to securemymission.
Protect Holly at all cost.
Pushing to my feet, I strode over to the exit where they’d allowed me to enter the training area. I kept my body loose, my hands relaxed at my sides. I retracted the implement, wishing I’d had permission to sample her blood. Then I could hold another piece of her inside me.
Her saliva would have to do. For now. Her taste melted on my tongue, sinking into eager, hungry cells. I didn’t need to feed on anything but her. I didn’t think they would be able to extract her saliva since my cells had already absorbed hers. Hopefully any mrion contamination was so minimal they couldn’t detect it. I didn’t want to lose a single cell she may have given me, and asmall amount would be nearly impossible to discern unless they had new screening techniques not in my databanks.
The mating had begun, for better or worse. Hopefully the alpha would allow me to remain a secondary mate on our squad.
