Page 21 of Married to the Alien Rogue

“Just stay hid, niña.”I couldn’t bear the thought of anything happening to her.

My fingers slid along the edge of the fabric as I tried to reach Raxnor’s hands. His arms were so much longer than mine I had to lean completely into him and stretch left to meet that hand.

He pinched the fabric to his with nimble fingers.

I dropped that hand, my arm burning at the change in position. Then I shifted on his chest and repeated everything with my right hand.

“Tuck the bottom edges under me.”

Raxnor lifted first one hip, then the next, as I slid the bottom edge of fabric under his firm butt cheeks.Reallyfirm.

Focus, Sof! Reaching backward, I secured the other piece of fabric under his boots.

“Now come closer,” he whispered, “and hold still.”

I slid forward, my face turned sideways into his shoulder, our chests pressed tightly together. My legs wrapped around the solid strength of him like they never wanted to let go.

The engine noise grew even louder than before. The bottom of the fabric didn’t flap like before, but the sides still hummed and vibrated around us as manufactured wind pounded at them.

I sucked in a shocked breath.

Mierda! The lizards were right on top of us!

CHAPTER TEN

Raxnor

Zo-Fee held perfectly still, her body pressed to mine so tightly I could feel her tremble. My tail stroked up and down her back, the end no longer vibrating, every bit of my body focused on the need to protect.

If the Tula found us… if they tried to take her away from me…

A silent snarl tugged at my lips. I wouldneverlet them have her. The way she’d admitted how small they’d made her feel by turning her into a mindless pet. The lost look in her eyes when she told me.

No.

I forbade it.

No one would ever suppress my soul’s breath’s glorious intelligence ever again. She deserved to burn brightly, warming the world with her gifts and her joy for life.

We were going to force the Grug to add the humans to the treaty as sentient beings, but who knew how long that would take. If I lost her to the Tula now, my Zo-Fee would be trapped for months.

When even a single second of her in their possession was far too long.

The whine of the engine changed in tone as the craft banked almost directly overhead. The fabric fluttered around us, and I could only pray it wouldn’t be seen.Goddess, bless your son and his fated mate, whom you have gifted to him from the stars. Protect us from harmful eyes so that we may enjoy the future you have so kindly bestowed.

A future I never thought to have.

Until my Zo-Fee.

My arms ached. Not with the strain of holding the stealth fabric overhead, but with the desire to hold her. I longed to cradle her to my chest and shield her from anything in the universe that would hurt her. Yet the situation demanded I hold perfectly still. Even my tail froze, locked around her back in the hug I could not otherwise give her.

She shivered against me as the shuttle moved slowly past.

“It’s okay,” I murmured into the soft hair on top of her head. I lied. If the Tula found us, they were sure to outnumber us, no matter how good a fighter I was. But I’d tell a million lies to offer her a moment of comfort. “It’s going to be okay.”

Then a miracle occurred. The shuttle flew away, the thrum of its engine fading.

Zo-Fee stirred against my chest, and my body awoke. Her breasts pushed against me, feeling amazing. My kron began to vibrate, and blood rushed to my cock.

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