As he gathered the bottom layers of her dress, she cast a quick glance around the room and noted that the lights had dimmed at some point since they’d entered his quarters.It wasn’t fully dark, but she decided it was the perfect amount of light, faint but not too faint.Just enough to allow them to see one another’s bodies once they got naked, but not so bright that it would make her feel awkward and on display.
She reminded herself that this wasn’t just her first time, but it was Lorrd’s first time as well.
Was he nervous?If he was, he masked it with ease.There was no hesitation in his movements, no flicker of doubt in his eyes—only a calm, steady confidence that made her wonder if anything ever shook him.
He drew her gown over her head, and she lifted her arms as he gently pulled it off her body.He tossed the garment on a nearby chair and his gaze immediately roved over her body, an appreciative gleam in his eyes.She still wasn’t fully naked, since she was wearing undergarments, but she’d never been so indecent in front of a man before.
No, this isn’t indecent, she told herself.
He’s my mate, and we’re about to exchange vows.
She didn’t know exactly what those vows would entail, but she would soon find out.Part of her was nervous about the vows, but another part of her was excited about the prospect of promising herself to Lorrd.
“You’re so beautiful, little star.”
She flushed at his compliment.“Thank you.”
He untucked his form-fitting shirt and started pulling it upward.“I think perhaps I should remove some clothing as well.Doesn’t seem very fair for me to strip you naked while I remain fully garbed.”
“O-okay.”As she watched him finish removing his shirt, her mouth went dry.She also forgot how to breathe for a few moments.It wasn’t until the pressure began to build in her chest that she finally exhaled and then drew in a long, much-needed gulp of air.
Though the lights remained dim, Lorrd’s reddish skin still somehow managed to glimmer in what little illumination remained in the room.His shoulders were impressively broad, his muscular chest perfectly formed.His arms were huge and bulging with power.
She noted that while he had plenty of dark hair atop his head, and even a bit of stubble on his face, he didn’t have any hair on his chest or his arms.A Vaxxlian trait, she supposed.
With quiet wonder, she considered the many differences between them, physical and cultural.They were from separate worlds, yet they were about to join their lives together.This massive, handsome otherworldly male was about to claim her as his mate.For all time.Her pulse skittered and she couldn’t stop flushing.
Holding her gaze—and not blinking—he reached for the front of his pants.She glanced down at his feet and noticed he’d taken his boots off at some point.He must’ve slipped them off earlier, perhaps just before he’d removed her stockings.
She trembled in place as she watched him open the fastening of his pants, though she wasn’t shaking from fear.
It was desire that was quaking through her, the fervent need to be intimate with the striking, muscle-bound alien male whose glowing green gaze seemed to penetrate to the very depths of her soul.
She felt like he was seeingher.The real her.
The Wren that no one else had ever cared to see.
The girl who had never quite belonged anywhere.
Until now.
“I feel I must warn you, little star.”
“Warn me about what?”
His eyes flashed with heat.“Unlike you, I am not wearing any undergarments.”
He proceeded to push his pants down, and his huge, rigid manhood immediately jutted out.Wren couldn’t restrain a gasp.She also couldn’t help but take a step back.
He was intimidatingly large.
She couldn’t stop staring.She’d never seen a man unclothed before, but Lorrd wasn’t just any man—he was a seven-foot tall Vaxxlian warrior.A very, very well-endowed one.
He kicked his pants aside, then nodded at her panties and bra.“Would you like help removing those, my sweet mate?”
“No, I think I can manage.”But she couldn’t quite manage because her hands were trembling too hard.
Lorrd stepped closer, and she glimpsed a drop of pearly white essence on the bulbous tip of his shaft.For one brief moment, she considered reaching for his manhood and gripping it in her hand, but she wasn’t quite brave enough, so she let her hands fall to her sides and shot him a pleading look.
