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Her insides contract around my lengths, and she cries out in the throes of another release.
“Good little empress.” I tighten my grip on her and deepen my plunges. Though I try to hold back for as long as possible, the feel of her insides clamping down on my appendages finally pushes me over the edge, and a thunderous wave of euphoria sweeps through me.
My shafts erupt at the same time, spurting into her slick core and her snug bottom hole. I blink rapidly as dark spots cloud my vision, my entire body shuddering with the ecstasy of the dual release.
When the final pulsing remnant of my pleasure fades, I slowly withdraw my shafts from my mate’s holes. Watching my blue essence trickling from her pussy and ass is a gratifying experience. I grasp her bottom cheeks and spread her wide as I observe my seed leaking from the two holes I just claimed.
“Beautiful,” I murmur. “So beautiful.”
I run my hands up and down Thalia’s back as we both catch our breath. After a few moments, I urge her to stand up, but she struggles and makes a comment about her knees feeling too weak, so I lift her in my arms and carry her to the chair near the viewscreen.
I sink into the chair and cradle her in my arms, overwhelmed by the urge to hold her close.
“I-I’m going to get you all messy.” She blushes as she squirms on my lap, the warmth of my seed trickling from her center to my thighs.
“I don’t care, little empress.”
Little empress. It’s my preferred endearment for her as of late. After learning about her past, about the years her father forced her to spy for him, calling herlittle spyno longer feels right.
I consider what she calls me.Emperor. She uses my title, not even adding my name to it as most people do. In the docking bay of theJansonna, she heard others call meEmperor Radakk, yet she seems hesitant to say my name. I wonder if it’s intentional. Perhaps I should invite her to call meRadakkin private.
Longing reverberates inside me. The desire to hear my name on my mate’s lips.
No one, not even Doctor Zahhn, addresses me without first uttering my title.Emperor Radakk. Sometimes those two words grate my ears.
My own father, formal as ever, always addressed me as Prince Radakk. Childhood friends, all of whom perished when the Yelltzins destroyed my homeworld, used to call me Prince Radakk as well.
The only person to simply call me Radakk was my mother, and she’d died twenty-five years ago.
I open my mouth, prepared to invite Thalia to call me by my name when no one else is around, but not only do I hesitate, but my throat closes up. Fear, I realize. I’m afraid she’ll refuse.
I could force her, of course. But how pathetic would that make me if I must force my own mate to use my given name? I suppress a growl and peer out the viewscreen, as though I might find answers in the stars.
“Are you certain you don’t want me to go clean up?” She wiggles slightly on my lap, and a glance down shows I’m covered in my blue seed that’s leaked out of her.
“I’m certain.” I caress a hand through her hair and stare into her dark depths, mesmerized by the flecks of gold in her eyes. “I wish to… hold you.” I wrap my arms around her and draw her close to my chest, and a shuddering breath drifts from her as she places her head over my heart.
I close my eyes and revel in the feel of her in my embrace, and I start to forget all the reasons I’ve purposely held her at a distance. I send her away each night after I claim her, telling her to return to her own room. And on the nights I visit her room, I’m quick to depart after I ravish her or feed her my essence.
Close. I want to keep her close. I cannot imagine falling asleep tonight without her curled up next to me. Without her in my bed.
I tilt her face up to mine. “You are no longer permitted to sleep in your room. You will stay in my room,in my bed, starting tonight.”
Her eyes widen, and her lips part on a tiny gasp. I brace myself for her refusal. I might not force her to use my name, but I will force her to share my bed. What a fool I was to sleep apart from her for so long.
To my shock, and to my great pleasure, she nods and says, “Okay.”
I press my lips to hers, kissing her as she continues squirming on my lap, rubbing over my hardening shafts.Fluxx. I want her again. But I suspect she’s a tad sore from the double pounding I gave her, as I wasn’t gentle, and I want to give her enough time to recover before tomorrow’s mating session.
I withdraw from the kiss and peer into her eyes. “We will bathe together, little empress, and then I will nourish you before we go to sleep.”
Chapter32
THALIA
Emperor Radakk isgentle as he bathes me. Invasive but gentle. He drags a soapy cloth all over my body, cleaning my private areas last. We showered together first, then he’d filled the tub with fragrant water so we could enjoy a soak. I’m already clean from the shower, but I don’t protest as he uses the soapy cloth on me.
Warmth fills me as I recall his announcement that I would no longer sleep in my bedroom. He wants me next to him. I’ll no longer be alone at night.
