His had slid down, gave my naked bottom a playful swat. “You started to enjoy my spankings, you naughty little human. And that got me even hotter. Then, when I made love to you, you opened yourself to me so fully. Suddenly, I wanted that all the time. The warmth, the caring, the sharing. In bed and out. It was what my parents had, what I had always imagined I’d have some day. I wanted you as my true mate, not just as a breeder. I love you, Shee-ah. I want you by my side as we explore the cosmos together, finding a new home for my people. For us. Tonight, for the first time, you said we. It’s the closest you’ve ever come to letting me know you love me, too.”
My first instinct was to argue. Surely, that couldn’t be true. I’d risked my life for him. Given up my chance at freedom to fight by his side. Didn’t that prove I loved him?
You told him you’re a warrior. Well, that’s what a warrior does. Fights side by side with his comrades—to the death.
Brave warrior? Deep down, all this time I’d been a coward. I had risked my life for him, but I’d been afraid to risk my heart.
I took his face in my hands. Kissed him. “Yes, Joran, I do love you. It scares me more than facing a zhu-baji to say it, but I love you, too. I want to be your mate in every way. Fighting our enemy, finding a world we can call our own. Making love with you every night. Building a life together.”
Wrapped in his arms, I gazed at the vast expanse of space stretching before us. Billions of stars, millions of worlds waiting to be explored. An eternity of possibilities. We only needed one to call home.
My mind drifted back to the first real home I’d ever known. I saw my family, appearing out of the desert haze. The men in blue robes, bearing swords and spears. The women in their colorful skirts and veils, fluttering in the wind. All swaying back and forth on the backs of camels, endlessly traveling across a sea of dunes that, to them, was as enormous as the cosmos in front of me. That was when it hit me.
“I’ve already found my new home, Joran. Wherever I am is home to me—as long as I’m with you.”
I smiled, imagining the tale my people would tell around a campfire one night. Many years from now, gods willing. The tale of my life, after it ended, as is the Tuareg way.
“She was a great warrior, raised by the Queen of Beasts,” they will say. “An alien held her captive. A dark dominating stranger from another world far away in the stars. She fought him like the wild creature she once was. But he tamed her—with his love.”
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Table of Contents
His Captive Human: Centauri Captives Book 1
Ravished: Centauri Captives Book 2
Tamed: Centauri Captives Book 3
Centauri Captives Books 1-3: A Dark Sci-Fi Romance Page 27
