Bonded.
This was the first time the thought had crossed his mind. He had wanted to claim her. He knew that from the very beginning. But the urge to keep her for his own…forever…was now his only priority. She needed a protector and a warrior. She needed someone to stand by her side.
Someone to tame her.
Someone who understood her.
Someone who would kill for her.
Someone who would die for her.
She needed him.
He would do any and everything needed to make it so.
He stopped at her door and rang the bell. She opened on the second ring.
She held a towel around her. Water dripped off her body.
And just like that, everything Eva had told him slowly slipped away.
“What?” she asked.
“Eva said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Is that untrue?”
She grunted and left him standing at the door.
He shrugged and entered. “I assume it is untrue then.”
She went to the food console and waited while her cup filled.
“Eva told me about the fight between you and Marcie.”
She grabbed her cup and took loud gulps. Finishing, she slammed her cup on the counter. “That bitch has been asking for it for a long time.” She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.
“She probably has but you don’t ever have to worry about her. I don’t want her.” He stopped short from saying that he wanted Jess.
Slow. Build. Relationship.
“I couldn’t care less if you want Marcie or not.” Her thumb caressed the handle of her cup. “That’s not why I beat her ass.”
“I know what she said and did.”
Her hands began to tremble. “Rasha, I came here to make a fresh start. To put the past behind me. But how can I when no one else will allow me to?”
He crossed the distance between them in a heartbeat. “Then don’t.”
She stared into his eyes. “Don’t what?”
“Don’t put it behind you. Claim it. Whatever happened to you made you the way you are. And I find it—”
“Fucked up,” she said.
He ran a hand across her cheek. “Never.”
Her breasts rose and fell erratically. He could smell her essence. The scent of her arousal was in the air. She could push him away. Which she probably would. But right now…
He kissed her. It was slow. He took his time to explore her mouth. He caressed her tongue. When hers darted around his, he slowed her down, controlling the pace. She was going to stop him but at least he could savor the moment until she did.
She pressed her breasts against his chest. He wanted to grab them, squeeze them in his hands. But first he needed to touch her there.
He slid his hand underneath her towel. She bit his lip and opened her legs.
“Rasha. What are you doing?” she asked breathlessly.
“I’m making you forget all about your little fight.”
She moaned as he slipped past her folds and rubbed over her hard nub. The nub that made human females writhe and contort.
She responded the way he had wanted her to. She arched against him and dug her nails into his arms. He flattened his hand against her pussy and rubbed, making sure to take his time, enjoy the way she felt. Her slick juices covered his fingers. She moved at his pace.
“Rasha, that feels so good.”
He nibbled on her ear. “I can make you feel better.”
“Better…”
He dropped to his knees. Her scent overpowered his thought processes. He inhaled deeply, needing to fill his lungs with her and only her.
“I need…”
Rasha reached up and ripped the towel from her body. “I know what you need.”
He looped one of her legs then the other across his shoulders. He cradled her ass and stared at her pussy. Dark, short hairs covered her mound and lips but he focused on the pinkness of her opening. His cock flinched and strained against his pants.
He leaned in and kissed her. He licked his wet lips. She tasted better than he could have ever imagined.
She moaned and rubbed against him.
He groaned onto her.
Dripping. That’s the only word he could use to describe how wet she was. He rubbed the bridge of his nose against her engorged clit. He buried his tongue deep inside her pussy, languidly exploring her quivering walls. The sweet stickiness of her juices trickled from his lips and down his chin as she writhed and moaned loudly.
“Yes,” she groaned.
Using her forearms, Jess steadied herself on the counter. Her legs tightened, shaking from intense pleasure. She rode his face, her clit pressed against his nose. His mouth parted her lips, allowing for easy access. Her head thrashed from side to side.
“I’m going to come,” she moaned, flexing her stomach muscles. His cock thickened and strained even more.
“Mmmm.” He dug his fingers into her soft flesh. With a grunt he maneuvered her thighs on his shoulders, opening her legs wider, imagining the moment his cock would replace his tongue between her tight, slick folds.
She grabbed a fistful of his hair, trying to pull him up her body. “Oh Rasha.”
“Not yet, lovely.”
Jess couldn’t move him anywhere he didn’t want to go. He had to be triple her weight.
He moved his face against her, growling deep in his chest as he reveled in the taste. She was delectable. He could spend all his time licking, or “eating it” as the humans called it, without ever getting enough.
“Please…I need you inside me…now,” she said between soft pants and mewls.
He ignored her pleas and swiped his tongue up and down her plump slit, retrieving the juices dripping from her pussy.
Her hips rotated in small circles. “Yes, just like that.”
His lips latched on to her clit. He sucked and tugged, causing her to squirm. She threw her head back and yelled out as his teeth lightly grazed over her hard nub.
“Shit.”
As he sucked harder and faster, his cock strained painfully against his pants. He wouldn’t find his release until after he licked and slurped every drop she had to give.
Jess screamed her release. She convulsed and bucked as her pearly fluid coated his tongue. He lapped in earnest, not wanting to waste a drop.
Only when she strained to remain positioned on the counter did he lower her feet to the floor and stand. Unsteady, she held the edge of the counter. Sweat covered her face and neck. Droplets dripped down her chest and stomach.
“How do you want me?” she asked, breathing heavy.
He wiped his face and mouth. “You’re back on duty. My calendar is a mess.”
“Huh?” She reached for his waistband and tried to pull him closer. He didn’t budge. “I’ll fix your calendar later.”
Resist. Make her want me just as much as I want her. Eva’s advice was in the back of his mind, trying to push forward. “What you need is time.”
Her grip tightened. “I know what I need.” She hooked a leg across his waist.
Ancients. He gripped the corners of the food console so tight his knuckles ached. Every muscle in his body tensed. “If you need me I’ll be on the training field.”
He pushed away from her.
She whimpered and the urge to return was unbearable. But he didn’t. He made his way to the door.
“Fine. I prefer human anyway,” she spat out.
Chapter Fifteen
Rasha walked out to the palace grounds with one thing on his mind. He needed clarity about Jess and JB’s relationship. Thoughts of joining with Jess kept him awake all night long. He needed to find out what obstacles stood in his way and get rid of them.
He all but ignored the guards who passed him. He didn’t offer them anything more than a curt nod.
JB’s heat signature placed him in the gardens—somewhere Rasha had been only twice before. Males belonged on the training field. The females could have the gardens. It didn’t
really surprise him in the least to find that JB would choose to spend his time in the company of females rather than males. Humans were peculiar to say the least.
He pushed overgrown foliage out of the way and spotted JB in an open field, lying down and surrounded by human females. One of his hands stroked leisurely through a female’s hair.
When Rasha approached, he first thought to lead into the question. But when he opened his mouth, the words rolled out with abandon. “You and Jess…”
JB’s hand stilled and he stared blankly at Rasha. “Me and Jess what?”
Rasha cleared his throat. “Um.” His gaze shifted over the females then back to JB. “This is a private conversation.”
JB smirked. “Ladies, do you mind?”
One busty female twirled her fingers through his hair. “Only if you promise to stop by my place later.”
JB kissed her, letting his lips linger on hers. “Of course.” He turned to a redheaded one. “And you’ll be there too, right?”
The redhead giggled. “With bells on.”
“Am I invited to this party or is four a crowd?” the last female asked.
“You are most definitely invited, sweetheart,” JB said.
Rasha shook his head as the giggling females stood and left. “JB, you are pressing your luck. The human females are here for Sonian males,” Rasha said when he had JB’s full attention again.
JB shrugged and relaxed back onto the blanket. “I’m just having fun. Besides, I’m not trying to get anyone pregnant. I’ll leave that bit to y’all.”
“It will be hard for a Sonis male to claim one of those females if you keep them occupied.”
A lazy smile eased across JB’s face. “Point taken.”
Rasha let out a hard breath. The males had spoken their displeasure about JB on more than one occasion. But it seemed the issue wouldn’t be resolved today. Rasha had other pressing concerns to discuss.
“I don’t think you’re here to talk to me about my philandering ways, are you?”
“No. I want to know about you and Jess.”
“What do you want to know?”
Rasha looked at the others meandering by. Some were couples and some were solo passersby on their way to the animal exhibit deeper inside the royal gardens. Assured no one was paying attention to their conversation, Rasha leaned closer. “You know what I’m asking you.”
“I think I know but you might have to spell it out for me.” JB tapped the side of his head. “My mother dropped me on my head one too many times when I was an infant.”
“Listen, human,” Rasha ground out. “Answer my question.”
JB chuckled. “Don’t get your panties in a bunch. I’m just having some fun with you. Nothing’s ever happened between me and Jess.”
Rasha sighed and relaxed. “She has indicated she’s had sex with a lot of males, including the males in her crew.”
“Yeah, well I don’t know how many males she had sex with at the brothel but the crew?” JB shook his head. “She used to tell Kane she was fucking everyone in his crew just to get him worked up but it wasn’t true.”
“Why would she say such things if they weren’t true?”
“Defense mechanism? But honestly, who knows? She’s a female.”
“I don’t understand.”
“You have a lot to learn about human females.”
“I know. Eva is giving me pointers.”
JB laughed and smacked his knee with a hand. “Pointers? From Eva?”
“What is so funny?”
JB ran a hand through his hair. “You don’t learn about human females from another human female.”
“Why not? She has been holding classes about wooing human females. I must admit I haven’t attended as I should have.” He narrowed his gaze in thought. “I think this is why I have not been successful with Jess.”
“Yeah, you could let Eva teach you, that is if you want the wrong fuckin’ information.” JB snorted. “She’d have you doing all types of stupid shit.” He pointed at Rasha. “You want to learn about human females? I’ll teach you.”
JB did have a point. He hadn’t learned about Drazlonian females from another female. His father and the elder guards had taught him everything he knew.
Rasha nodded in agreement. “I’ll allow you to teach me about your human females.”
JB smacked his hands together and rubbed them vigorously. “First things first, you have to laugh and smile more, you know, it will make you seem less,” JB circled his right hand through the air, “vicious.”
Rasha scrunched his face. “I do smile. I think I smile quite often.”
“Really? Because right now you look as though you could snap my neck without a second thought.”
“I can.”
“I’m sure you can. Your demeanor and all your rippling muscles suggest you wouldn’t have a problem with it either. But here’s the thing. Females, especially Jess, need to feel comfortable and safe with you.” JB shrugged. “If you can accomplish that, she’ll be all yours.”
“She is safe with me.” He’d gone out of his way to show that to her.
“That’s number one. To make her comfortable you have to learn how to crack jokes. Women love a man who can make them laugh.”
Rasha tilted his head. “Joke? What is this?”
“Oh, this is going to be fun.” JB put up both of his hands. “We’ll start real slow.”
Rasha listened as JB told him jokes from Earth. Although he didn’t see the humor in them, JB obviously did. JB even called over one of the human females and told what he described as a knock-knock joke. Not only did the female giggle and laugh but she also kissed JB suggestively on the lips.
“Now that’s how you get a woman,” JB said as they watched her walk away.
Jess stepped into his line of vision. She wasn’t happy at all. She had her face scrunched in displeasure and her hands on her hips. “What are you two looking at?”
JB jumped and shot a glance at Jess. “Shit, Jess. Where the fuck did you come from?”
She tilted her chin up. “Home,” she said, making it a point not to glance at Rasha.
It had taken more self-control than he ever knew he had to leave Jess. He’d paused when she hurled insults at him but quickly found his footing when the insults were followed up with objects being thrown at his back.
She wouldn’t look at him but that didn’t stop him from appreciating her body. Jess had on a pair of training pants and a loose-fitting shirt rolled up to her elbows. After being out in the suns training with Eva for the past two rotations, her normally pale skin had become bronzed and vibrant.
“Whoa, new shoes. I didn’t hear you coming,” JB said.
JB was right. The work boots Jess normally wore were heavy and loud. Now she wore the foot coverings Eva had ordered from Holis. Eva had stated the coverings were the same as the training footwear she had while on Earth.
Jess cut her eyes between him and JB. “Were you checking her out?” Jess nodded in the retreating female’s direction.
Rasha’s brows scrunched together in confusion. “Checking her out?”
JB stretched and yawned loudly before he finally stood. “He wasn’t checking her out, I was. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’m going to bury myself in the warm pussy being thrown my way.”
“We just discussed this, JB,” Rasha said in warning.
JB smiled and walked toward the female. “Right,” he replied.
“He’s probably forgotten about the other three already,” Rasha mumbled.
Jess crossed her arms. “What’s that all about?”
“The males are complaining that JB is distracting the human females. I’ve instructed him to cease.”
Jess looked toward JB, who was leaving arm-in-arm with the female. “Ah, and I see he’s being hardheaded.”
While she studied JB and the female, he studied her. No matter how many times he looked at her, she still had the same effect on him. It was like seeing her again for
the first time, every time.
She wasn’t as tall as the females of Sonis but she wasn’t much shorter either. Her butt was perfectly round, with slender hips. Her waist was small and led up to perky breasts. Her hair, which she usually wore short and spiked, now lay flat in damp, soft waves on her scalp.
“I like your hair,” he said. She turned around and stared at him, searching his face. “It is very appealing that way.”
Immediately, she used her fingers to comb her hair up to spikey points.
He chuckled. “I like it that way as well.”
Jess growled low in her chest. “Stop playing with me.”
“I’m not playing with you. I like your hair either way.” He indicated to JB’s vacant blanket. “Are you feeling better?” He sat down and waited for her.
She hesitated before joining him. “Listen, thanks for trying to make me forget about Marcie and her bullshit but what happened before can’t happen again.”
“Why not?”
“You’re my boss. That means we have to keep our relationship purely business. And I have to learn how to control my temper.”
“But—”
She shook her head, not letting him finish. “There can’t be any buts. We both have weaknesses. I can’t deny that. I like what I do here. And I can’t afford to let you or Marcie screw it up for me. If you think it’s going to be a problem, let me know now.”
“What if Eva gave you a different job? I would no longer be your boss.”
“If you’re no longer my boss then I might as well meet up with Ryan on The Vengeance II.” She raised a shoulder. “I always have a job with him.”
“You are not to leave Sonis,” he bit out.
She sat back on her elbows. “So this means you’re still my boss?”
“Of course.”
She rolled her eyes. “Well then, boss, don’t forget Taio wants you to join him for the conference call with the Zarcarians today. Mazel seems to think you all can convince them the uninhabited lands by the Singha Ocean would be a perfect vacation settlement.”
He and Taio had been working nonstop to market the unsettled lands of Sonis to various species. It had been Ship who suggested the lands by the Singha Ocean as a settlement for the Zarcarians. Their species held water as a sacred element. It wouldn’t be hard to build dwellings for them in one section of the ocean and still have plenty of room for other designs.
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