Page 22 of Star Defenders (My Alien Mates 2)

"Lastly, someone else is responsible for removing the data." He crossed his arms again. "Is that why you thought it might be me?"

I shrugged. "You have the rank."

"So do several others," he pointed out.

"You're the one most interested in the Iri, as far as I can tell," I said.

He looked contemplative for a moment. "It wasn't me. There is something else I'm interested in though. Or someone else."

He locked his gaze on mine and stalked toward me.

I couldn't move or look away. Didn't want to. Everything else melted away except him and I.

He slid his palms across my cheeks and around to the back of my head. Slowly, as though time stopped, he drew me to him and pressed his mouth to mine.

Where Danec's kisses were sweet and Slek's were smoking hot, Zarex's felt possessive. As if by locking his lips on mine, he might claim me as his own. His tongue probed my lips, delving with greater persistence until I opened my mouth to let him inside.

Triumphantly, he slipped inside and thrust while I sucked on the soft thickness of his tongue.

His hands moved slowly, but gradually down my back until they cupped my ass. He pulled me to him until the length of my body was pressed against his rock hard one.

I let out a muffled moan. Hells help me, I wanted to climb up him and ride him like a wild horse.

Instead, I forced myself to tear away from him.

"We should… We need to…"

"Right, Danec." Zarex blinked a few times. I guess he wasn't the only one who needed to clear his head. "I'll inform the captain. She'll be the one who needs to make any decisions about him. Her and Doctor Mazic. Uh, and Gaffid, the Chief Engineer."

I nodded. "Yes. Right." My heart pounded and my panties were already as wet as fuck.

Without the fuck.

He walked to his desk and tapped at the keyboard for a couple of minutes.

"The captain will consult with the doctor and keep me informed," he said finally.

"Okay." I exhaled through my nostrils. "What can I do in the meantime?"

He smiled.

"While Danec's whole existence is up in the air—"

"Of course," he said smoothly. "When it isn't, I fully intend to finish what we started."

"I might even let you," I said tartly.

He gave me a look that said he expected nothing less, then said, "Didn't you say your other lover, Slek, said something about nanobot programming?"

"I don't know what he meant by that," I said.

"Then let's find out." He leaned in and kissed me on the mouth, quick, tender, but just as possessive. He meant for me to be his, I was sure of that.

No, my life wasn't complicated. At. All.

"Right. Lead on then," I said. Before we stepped out the door, I glanced back at the screen. "Shouldn't the captain be raising hells about this by now?"

He smiled with one side of his mouth. "Who said she isn't?"

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