Page 11 of Desired By her Alien Prince

His arm brushed against my breast and a delicious sensation spread through me. My nipple pebbled, and I took in a deep breath. No matter what he was, alien, demon, vampire, this man aroused feelings in me, physical and mental, I had not only never experienced in my life, but longed for. How many times had I laid awake at night, wishing, hoping, begging to experience what other people took for granted?

Sex was everywhere. In books, movies, advertisements, and magazines. And yet it had seemed unattainable for me. And now that I had received my first taste of it, I would not give it up. I would not give up my chance of beingnormal, even if it meant walking with this stranger straight into hell.

My chances of survival out here were slim to none at best, and if I was doomed to die, I wanted to experience the things other people took for granted every day at least once, dammit.

Dark red blood gushed from the wound by his side. A wound I had inflicted. No matter how righteous I had felt hurting him at the time, I felt ashamed now. "Let me take care of your wound."

He shook his head, "No! We will take care of it aboard the ship. Your blood will replenish me."

It shouldn't have, but my stomach fluttered at his words and my neck tingled in anticipation. Even though his expression was menacing and his fangs were bared, he didn't scare me, didn't even intimidate me. Instead, my heart constricted strangely, and I cupped his cheek. There was something familiar about his eyes, and a voice inside me told me that he wasn't himself, that he wasn't the man I knew.

Knew?

Where the hell did that thought come from?

Where thehellindeed?

My throat tickled from a suppressed giggle. There really wasn't anything to giggle about, yet…

Something else nagged at me, and it took me a moment before I realized what, or better whom, I had forgotten: My parents.

"Azazel," I stopped him.

He sighed like a man would with a petulant child who keeps asking, are we there yet. "What?"

"My parents, we can't just leave. I need to talk to them and tell them I'm okay, please?"

Largeblueeyesbeseechedme, and by the stars, I couldn't deny her anything. My side ached dully, but it was nothing I couldn't handle, and I had spoken the truth; it was nothing a little blood wouldn't heal.

The problem was that my damned heart had begun to beat right before I kissed her sweet lips and the discovery of her being my karamia made me want to savor the first time my fangs would penetrate her skin, wanted to cherish that first taste of her blood, preferably while my cock was sheathed deep inside her, and I couldn't allow that to happen here, on this planet, Adama. It would need to be done aboard theAsphodel.

TheAsphodel!

I groaned as I remembered the choosing ceremony would be held soon, a ceremony where I was supposed to pick my bride for the journey. With another groan I realized that I would have to go through with that farce. There was no way in hell that I would allow Behlial to lay his evil eyes on Fay. Not now, not ever.

We already didn't have much time to get back and for me to ready myself for the ceremony and complying with Fay's request to seek out her parents would take time.

I ground my teeth. Nayphyllym were supposed to be selfish, cold creatures, so why in the seven hells did this one wish to assure her parents that she was unharmed?

Thoughtfully, I stared at the beautiful creature holding my hand. Her kiss had been anything but cold. Not calculating like the Tainted aboard theAsphodel, who always sought a favor for theirservices.

Then again, Ishtar wasn't cold either. She was the most giving person I knew.

I sighed. There was much to learn about Fay, but I needed a plan first.

Blood was leaking from my side. It wouldn't kill me, but it would slowly drain me until I could do nothing but lie there, waiting for a Nayphyllym or Tainted to replenish me.

"There are things I need to do," I told her, thinking out loud. "If I promise you that we'll find your parents and assure them of your well-being, will you go with me to theAsphodel?"

Shrewd eyes seemed to penetrate mine to the bottom of my soul, something I hadn't even known I possessed until my karamia awakened my heart. I must have found favor with her because she nodded. "Promise?"

It was laughable that she would believe a promise given by a Daemon, by one of the Princes of Darkness, but she didn't know us, did she?

Truthfully nobody was more surprised than me when I gave it, even meaning it. I would take her so see her parents after I took her to the relative safety of theAsphodeland fulfilled my obligations. "I do."

She nodded. "Alright then."

I called a shuttle to come pick us up. We didn't have to wait long since they were already busy moving between this city and theAsphodel, plundering, stealing, and searching for Nayphyllym, or at least Tainted, to take them back with us to Elysian.

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