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I should scream. I should fight him. But I don’t.
I despise myself a little for the heated pangs that affect my core. I wish I could stop the sensations from coming, but I can’t. Despite my dislike for the situation, and despite my wish to escape Kameer, he’s awakened a yearning within me that I can’t seem to suppress.
Besides, if I protest his amorous attentions, he won’t be pleased. He might even decide to fetch the strap. Yesterday when I’d defied him, he’d punished me and then proceeded to claim me anyway. Two vigorous mating sessions that had left me sore.
He sets me beside the bed and proceeds to remove my pajamas. Still unnerved by the strap, I cooperate fully. Then I watch as he backs away and strips off his own clothing, his unblinking gaze fixed on me the entire time. I shiver with need even as I tremble with nerves.
He steps forward to cup my face, and his massive appendages press into my stomach. “Poor little human. I’m about to be quite rough with you.”
I expect him to spin me around and force me to bend over the bed, but instead he leans down and presses his lips to mine.
A kiss. My heart races.
He’skissing me.
A snarl leaves him, and he buries his fingers in my hair, holding my head in place as he glides his tongue into my mouth, exploring tentatively at first before deepening the kiss.
Heated quivers steal through me, and my knees go weak. I find myself clutching his waist because I need something to hold for support, lest I collapse on the floor.
He coaxes me to kiss him back, or at least that’s what I tell myself when I willingly allow my tongue to tangle with his. I’ve never kissed anyone before, though I’ve always been curious to discover what it’s like. Never mind that I lectured Tasha for that little deal she’d struck with Frederick.
I can’t deny it’s a pleasurable experience, and the longer Kameer kisses me, the more fervent the aching between my thighs becomes.
Tingles sweep through my body, and my core keeps clenching.
By the time Kameer pulls away, I’m breathless and beside myself with need, though I try my best to hide it by donning a blank expression. But when his nostrils flare as he takes a deep inhale, and a knowing look enters his eyes, I realize there’s no hiding my arousal.
“You smell delicious, little female.” A growl resounds from his throat. “Now turn around, bend over, and brace yourself for a long, hard claiming.”
Chapter 14
KAMEER
In the aftermathof four rough claiming sessions, I hold my sleeping mate in my arms while seated in a plush chair in the main bedroom, relishing the utter contentment of having her close.
A mate. After over two decades of solitude, of mourning Xersonna’s loss and wishing I could change the past, I’m a mated male again. Truly, Mandy is a blessing from the Star Gods.
This time, I won’t let my guard down. I will keep the little human safe no matter the cost.
She shifts in my arms, emitting a sweet sigh, then falls back into the rhythm of sleep.
If only I could hold her all day. But it’s late afternoon, and I’m due for another video comm meeting with Admiral Tornn.
I start to get up, only to pause.
Fluxx, I am reluctant to leave Mandy. So much that the thought of leaving her side causes a painful tightness within my chest. I consider the change the human female is already having on me.
After the destruction of planet Darrva, during which Xersonna perished alongside millions of other Darrvason females, I tried to outrun my grief by focusing on my engineering duties. But it didn’t work, and once the sharpness of the grief faded, a painful emptiness opened inside me, a black void that sometimes threatened to swallow me whole. I’d assumed this gaping chasm would forever remain a part of me.
Until now.
Until Mandy.
I never comprehended the depths of my loneliness until I first laid eyes on her. My whole universe came into focus at that moment, the painful emptiness became muted, and suddenly I had a new purpose in life—to possess her and protect her until my dying breath.
I check the time.Fluxx. I mustn’t miss the meeting with Admiral Tornn. He’d sent a message earlier saying he had news to share, and I’m hopeful for a breakthrough in the hunt for my would-be assassin, especially now that I have the safety of my mate to consider.
I rise to my feet, careful not to wake Mandy, and I carry her to the bed. I place her down and draw the covers atop her. A soft sigh leaves her, and she curls onto her side and snuggles against the pillow. I place a gentle kiss to her cheek, then get dressed and depart the bedroom. I head for the living room where a video comm was recently installed.
