“You were busy. I’m amazed we didn’t run into each other at all.”
“I didn’t wish to interrupt your work. When you were in the same room as I was, I retreated into the shadows to allow you to work without the demands of your mate.”
A tinge of regret that she couldn’t be his mate stuck in her throat. She swallowed it down. “You were in the same room with me today?”
“Yes, my queen. My markings allow me to utilize the shadows better than others. As your gills allow you to enjoy the water more than others.”
“I wish you would have interrupted me.” And at that moment she did. But that sentiment would become a problem once they arrived on Kolben. She’d spoken from her heart, but she shouldn’t.
“I will remember that in the future.” Dez kissed her neck where it met her shoulder. He continued to nuzzle her, kissing her hair, her ear lobes, sucking gently. He took the tip of his tongue and traced the edge of one of the flaps of skin that separated to reveal her gills. She moaned involuntarily and thrust her hips back into him, finding his growing erection. He was so much warmer than her. He grabbed her hip and kept her ass pressed tightly to him. His cock was almost in her cleft. It was so good, so naughty. He should be inside her already.
Cyra raised her leg, opening herself up and tilted her hips back further taking the tip of his head between her wet, needy lips. Dez released a potent growl. He moved his hips and shifted his tip inside her.
“More,” she demanded.
He responded by pressing inside by the tiniest amount, still licking and kissing her skin. He released her hip, shifted his leg to open her completely, and squeezed her breast. His other hand was in her hair. She couldn’t move and he wouldn’t move. He was making her insane with unfulfilled need. “Now, Dez. I need you to fuck me, now.”
“How, my queen? How do you want it?”
“Hard. Now.”
He rolled her forward so that she was face down on her bed. He released her breast and her hair and pulled her hips up and back and he thrust hard, fulling seating himself inside her.
“Yes,” she screamed and braced her arms so that she could push back to meet him. He wasn’t making love any longer, he was ass-pounding fucking her exactly as she demanded. Exactly what she needed to get out of her head. He was all the way inside her, filling her and making her forget that they didn’t have forever.
He thrust faster and harder. The tension in her body built and built, straining her skin to hold her together. He leaned forward and bit her neck below her gills, overpowering every other sensation. The pinch hurtled her atoms through a billion quantum bridges, scattering her through space.
Wetness pulsed over them where they were connected. Jets of hot cum filled her spasming cunt. She screamed again as another wave ripped through her, leaving her boneless. He held her together, anchored to the bed until she quit shaking. They lay there without moving, his soft cock still sheathed inside her.
Cyra wasn’t sure when she fell asleep or for how long, but she had the best rest she could remember. She freed herself from his embrace went to her private bathroom for a quick clean up before she retreated to the deck. She didn’t wake Dez. She had no words for him. How could she acknowledge what they had and what they would ultimately lose?
She tiptoed past the bed to retrieve a fresh uniform.
“Are you avoiding me?”
His deep voice startled her. “Hardly, I’m right here.”
“You haven’t said two words to me. I would have liked a kiss on waking up.”
“I’ve never had someone stay with me overnight.” She sat on the bench and put one foot into her pants. “I wasn’t sure what the protocol was.”
“It’s not about protocol. It’s about affection.” He crawled along the bed behind her, swiped her hair aside, and kissed the back of her neck. The touch of his lips shot through her body.
She turned in place and kissed him on the lips. “I just don’t know what to do with you, Dez.”
“How about we decide not to decide? For now. Just enjoy the time we have.”
“I didn’t know I would like sleeping with someone.”
“Not someone, Cyra. Your mate.”
She closed her eyes and turned away. “So you say.”
“I’m not going to argue with you.” His hands skimmed her shoulders. “I’m going to spend as much time with you as possible. I want to sleep with you every night you will allow me to do so.”
“Okay.”
“Truly?”
