When he lets out a long groan, a fluttering starts deep inside my core. Heat radiates through my body as I move against him, meeting him thrust for thrust. Our breaths turn shallow as our passions soar toward a pinnacle that remains just out of reach.
“Brox,” I gasp. My claws rake up his back to tighten in his hair, and my eyelids flutter, but I refuse to let myself look away from him. His arms tighten around me, pulling me closer as his hips snap against mine. Fast and faster. Hard and harder.
“Fuck, I’m so close, love,” he grunts. “Don’t come without me.”
I shake my head, even as my mouth goes dry and the first tingling sensations light up inside my belly. I barely manage a hissed, “Hurry,”before my cunt clenches like a vise around his pistoning cock, dissolving into ripples as my whole body starts to clench rhythmically around him.
He bellows my name just before following after me.
CHAPTER 31
BROX
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Lying on my side, I gently run the backs of my fingers across Igid’s smooth cheek. Her blue skin is still tinted a faint pink, and every now and then, her breath hitches, even though she’s fast asleep.
I can’t believe this is the turn my life has taken. How did I get lucky enough to win the heart of such a female? I’ll have my work cut out for me if I want to keep her, I know this. For now, I’m simply content at what is between us in this moment.
The comm on my wrist suddenly chimes, and I frown when I don’t recognize the signal. Carefully disentangling myself from my mate, I slip from our bed. As soon as my warmth disappears, Igid frowns and rolls over into my vacated spot before falling back into a deep slumber.
Pulling on my pants, I make my way to the bridge, where I pull up the comm message on the main screen.
“Brox,” Volethos greets me and then chuckles at my state of undress. “I hope I’m not interrupting.”
I run my hands through my tangled hair and bite back a grin. I’m not about to start discussing my mating, so instead I ask, “Have you found the females?”
His smile slowly fades. “Yes, and no.”
Of course it couldn’t be so easy. Leaning back in my seat, I let out a long sigh. “Tell me everything and how can we help.”
“Kurrahstka moved them off the station before I could get to them,” Volethos says with a frown. “From what I’ve been able to gather, he sent them to his private estate.”
“Do you have the coordinates for his estate?”
He shakes his head. “No one knows where that is. Rumor is that it’s in the Honnah Quadrant at the very edge of akurvingblack hole.”
I hope to fucking hells that rumor is unfounded because the Honnah Quadrant is known for being one of, if notthemost inhospitable quadrants in the entire known universe.
“If I miscalculate my trajectory—poof.That’s the end of me and the mission.” Volethos clenches a fist and rests it against his mouth. “I’m a master mechanic, not a master pilot. I can fly decently enough, but this... Maneuvering black holes are way over my head.”
“How certain are you of where you got all this information?” I ask. Having an estate at the edge of a black hole seems risky for any number of reasons. However, it would be an excellent story to pass around as a kind of miscommunication.
He shrugs. “I mean, honestly, this is what I pieced together after talking to several of Kurrahstka’s employees.”
That makes me feel a little better about all of this. “Okay, before we jump to any conclusions, we need to be absolutely certain,” I tell him. “Your sources say they are at Kurrahstka’s private estate. That’s likely true, but we need to find the exact location of that estate before we go barreling into a black hole, especially in the Honnah Quadrant.”
It was known to be filled with atmospheric anomalies such as magnetic vortexes, cosmic alchemy, and supersonic shocks, all of which are probably linked to the giant black hole at its center.
“Igid and I will figure something out and then get back to you,” I promise him as I make a list of possible sources to contact. “In the meantime, try to stay out of Kurrahstka’s line of sight. He’s going to be on high alert after everything we’ve done.”
Volethos nods and bids me goodbye.
I comm Rovos next, letting him know we are safe, that his presence is no longer needed and that we’ll see him when we return to Pamia. Movement catches the corner of my eye, and I turn to see Igid leaning in the doorway, nothing but a sheet wrapped around the long lines of her body.
“Everything alright?” she asks.
“It was until you came in here to tease me with that sheet,” I growl, pushing myself out of my seat before bolting across the room. Igid lets out a sharp squeak when I toss her over my shoulder, and I take us back to our room where we fuck each other raw for the next three rotations.
