Suki’s throat grew tight with unshed tears. “Thank you.”
Rena smiled widely. “I think someone is looking for you.”
Suki turned and saw Tark entering the diner. His gaze scanned the room until it locked on her. He moved with a warrior’s grace as he drew nearer, then pulled up a chair and joined them. She reached for his hand, feeling the warmth of his palm seep into her.
“I was told I might find you here,” he said.
“Are you done for the day?”
He nodded. “It was a productive council session. I think my people will be pleased.”
“We haven’t ordered yet if you’d like to join us,” Beren said. “The females were too busy talking to look at the menu.”
Tark chuckled. “I could eat.”
The look he cast her way left Suki with no doubt he wasn’t referring to food, and her cheeks warmed. Jennifer snickered and Rena looked like she was fighting a smile, neither missing the look. Beren smirked and turned his gaze away.
“Maybe you should get something to go,” Jennifer suggested. “Enjoy your free afternoon and have a picnic in your home.”
“Picnic?” Tark asked.
“You could spread a blanket on the floor, maybe near those lovely floor to ceiling windows in the living room, and enjoy your lunch in peace and quiet,” Jennifer said.
“I think I like that idea,” Tark said, rising. “I’ll place an order and we can go.”
As he walked off, Rena and Jennifer giggled.
“I don’t think it’s food he’s interested in,” Jennifer said.
Beren turned back toward them. “Really? As if any male would be thinking of food when his mate is so near, especially one who is expecting. Human females get even hotter and wetter inside when they’re pregnant and turned on. Extra hormones.”
Rena smacked him on the arm. “Not appropriate talk for lunch.”
He shrugged, but Suki could see the humor lurking in his eyes.
When Tark returned to the table, he held a bag in his hand and reached for Suki with his other. She went with him willingly, and pressed close to his side as they walked through the streets back to their home. She pulled a blanket off the bed and spread it near the windows in the living room. Tark knelt on the edge of it, pulling the food from the bag and setting it out.
Suki went to their kitchen and got them each a drink before sitting next to her mate. They ate in silence, but there were more than a few heated looks exchanged between them. Suki had barely swallowed the last bite of her food before Tark had pinned her beneath him. She smiled up at her mate and ran her fingers through his hair. The weight of his body pressed against her, but he was careful not to hurt her. Tark wasalwayscareful when it came to Suki, and she loved him for it.
“Now that I’ve provided food to satisfy your belly, there’s another part of you I’d like to…”
She giggled and covered his mouth. “Just get naked.”
Tark winked and rolled off her, stripping off his clothes in record time. Suki pulled hers off as well, then held out her hands to her mate. Tark knelt between her splayed thighs and leaned down to kiss her, his lips nearly devouring hers. When he pulled away, she pulled her knees to her chest, slid her feet up his torso then draped her ankles over his shoulders.
Tark’s gaze lowered to her pussy and heat flared in his eyes. He shifted his weight and she felt his cock brush against her slit. Without warning, he plunged deep and hard, filling her. Suki cried out and grabbed fistfuls of the blanket, her nipples tightening and need pulsing through her.
“Yes! Take me, Tark! Hard and deep. Fuck me.”
He growled and narrowed his eyes. She’d learned he hated when she called it fucking, but sometimes that’s exactly what a woman needed. He powered into her, his cock slamming into her wet pussy over and over. Suki tossed her head as she felt her orgasm drawing close. There were times she nearly came the moment he entered her. This would be one of the times she came quickly, but she knew Tark would never be satisfied giving her only one release. He always left her weak and sated.
“More,” she begged.
Tark leaned back, spreading his knees and gripping her hips. His hips bucked, and every stroke of his cock made her gasp and plead for him to never stop. It amazed her that a man who had never been with a woman before her could turn her inside out so quickly. But he rocked her world every time they were together. He’d been a quick study, and she had no doubt that soon he would be the master and she’d be the student.
His body tensed and with every driving thrust, he pulled her hips toward him, not just fucking her with his cock but using her body to go even deeper. Suki screamed out her release and moments later felt the hot splash of Tark’s release filling her.
His chest heaved and glistened with sweat. Suki smiled up at him and reached out to tweak his nipple. Tark growled, but there was affection in his gaze.
