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She bit inside her cheeks to keep her lips from betraying how much that hit her deep in the chest. Xnasis inhaled deeply throughhis nose before turning to face her. Aphrodite smiled, hugging her torso. “Thanks, but I have no idea what I'm doing.”
“Neither did my mate, and yet, there’s something so natural about how she took on being my Mphrovic.” He offered her a gentle shrug. “And Quagmor’s mate; they are a being of unending patience, perfect for aiding with giddy younglings who enjoy climbing people just as much as they do walls.”
Aphrodite stepped back, allowing him inside the suite. Xnasis bowed his head and headed for one of the many rooms within. The confession fell out of Aphrodite’s mouth without permission. “Reevar just found his.”
Xnasis wheeled to her, a bemused look reflected in his obsidian eyes. Aphrodite let out a nervous laugh as she shrugged. “My old friend, Vivian, she’s a healer in the medical bay. She’s the one who stitched him up.”
“Good, then she’s already good at it.” Xnasis shook his head with an entertained chuckle, “Reevar is always getting stabbed.”
Fate is deadly accurate.
She watched her brother-in-law disappear into a room before she headed for her mate. Rousing him was hard, as he was deep in his sleep. However, as he sleepily climbed to his feet, she led him to a different room. A simple bed and dresser room with nothing else special. Xexis didn’t even change, merely dropping into the bed and descending back to sleep. Aphrodite took the time to undress and set her data pad aside.
Good night, Aphrodite Kerso.
Buddy’s text was a softer green on the text screen.
She smiled up at the drone and gave his round head an affectionate pat. “Good night, Buddy.”
Do not worry, Crown Prince Xnasis is also free of pest. As is Reevar and Vivian. I haven’t yet scanned Quagmor, but I shall when he returns. We will find their nest and destroy them.
Chapter Thirty:
Aphroditeawokeasecondtime to something tapping her shoulder. She blinked herself awake with a groan. Buddy floated over her head and prodded at her tenderly. Swatting him away, she struggled to sit up. Her throat was dry, and her face felt like crackling mud. With a glance at the slumbering giant in bed with her, she slipped from the sheets. She needed water. The bedroom, thankfully, came with an ensuite bathroom. The frosted door easily slid open and she stepped into a cozy room. A standard issue toilet embedded into the chrome walls, a step-in shower with a removable faucet head, and a few options for soaps, pastes, and towel shapes. She dunked her mouth under the toothpaste option and scrubbed her teeth viciously. Afterward, she stepped into the shower. It hissed alive and filled the room with steam.
Eyes closed, swaying to a simple beat in her head, she scrubbed her face and hair. It wasn’t until she was running the washcloth behind her knees that she realized she wasn’t alone. The door to the shower slid open and Xexis clambered in behind her. She scoffed, “Xexis, there’s not enough room in here.”
“Seems like plenty to me,” he teased, grabbing her by the hips. She tried to straighten, but a hand ran up her spine and suggested she stay bent at the waist.Fuck.She shivered hard, trying to ignore the tickle in her core. With a snort, she looked over her shoulder at him. He cocked a brow. Then his mating trunk pressedagainst her backside.
“Are you here to bathe or to make us late again?” she retorted.Oh please make us late again.She rubbed her backside against him.
“Both.” he said with such conviction it made her laugh.
“Xnasis will be upset if we delay them again.” She rolled her eyes, fakely dismissing him.
“Xnasis is already late, what is a little longer?” Xexis stroked her slit with a fingertip. Her eyes fluttered shut.Yes, please.Desire ran through her blood. Moisture coated her arms and legs. He took her wrists and tugged her hands behind her back.
A sharp panic filled her. “If you drop me, I’ll die. I will absolutely crack my head open and my brains will spill out.”
Xexis chuckled, “Stay.”
She huffed, standing up straight as he left the bathroom.Stay?Aphrodite bit back the urge to storm after him and tell him what she thought of his command. Then he was back in the bathroom and her heart lept into her throat. “Xexis, those are cuffs.”
“Yes, they are,” he teased, holding up two sets of thick band restraints with leather and metal. Internally, she screamed, while externally she stared at them in wonder.Where did he evenget those. He slapped one side of each onto her wrists without hesitation. She blinked at them then up at him. He twirled his finger at her as she stumbled back into the shower, giving him room to step inside.
“Why? Do you have cuffs?” She felt like she knew the answer but asked it anyway.
“I am Kannatch.” He ripped her around and ripped her arms back behind her again. With a hard click, she knew she was locked in. Her toes curled against the wet surface. Staring at the steamy tilewall that would likely be her doom, she tensed. Waiting, listening, unable to do much but stand still. Xexis slowly ran a hand up her back again and bent her over at the waist. “Is my mate nervous?”
“About breaking my face, yeah, I’m nervous.” She tried to laugh but it came out weak with cracks in her voice.The fact is I am more excited than nervous.Xexis wouldn’t drop her. If anything, he’d hoist her off the ground and use her hips as leverage. Yet, there was a tingling sensation, a thrill, from being locked in. His mating trunk was pressed against her wetness. Her stomach did backflips.
“My mate does not trust me?” he teased, grabbing her by the hips.He has 4 arms, what am I worried about?The answer was nothing.
“Of course, I trust you,” she groaned. When he ground his hips against hers, a dreamy sigh broke through her lips. “Just fuck me already, please.”
“As my mate wishes.” His dark, breathy response zapped her insides with excitement. Spreading her open, he dove inside. Her legs trembled as pressure and pleasure mixed up the wires in her head. The cuffs forced her arms back but kept her precisely angled. He pulled back to the tapered end of his cock then rushed back inside. Not fast, but deep and hard.
Aphrodite groaned, her head flopping down. Wet tendrils slapped against her cheeks. The lewd sounds of his hips smacking into her echoed off the walls. Soon it was muffled by her moans. Xexis tugged her by the cuffs with every thrust to make sure she felt him all the way through her body. Her shoulders ached deliciously.
