by Roma, Laurie
But it wasn’t enough.
She pulled back, breathing hard as she looked into his eyes. “That was my second kiss.”
“Do you know how hot it makes me to know that no one else has touched those pretty lips of yours?”
Smiling a little, she rubbed his shoulders nervously. “Well, it was my second kiss that I actually wanted. One of my old guards tried to kiss me, but—” She let out a startled yelp when his hands dug into her hips in a punishing hold.
“Sorry.”
“Don’t worry. I reported the officer, and he was taken off my detail a few hours later.” She shot him a mocking glance. “You wouldn’t have had anything to do with that, would you?”
He tried for an innocent expression. “Not me. That was all Jax. Officer Gainer is now stationed at the penal colony on Mars.”
That made her laugh. “I bet he is. I knew you two had something to do with his transfer, but I don’t want to think about that right now.”
“What do you want?”
“I want to see you.”
Archer slowly stood up, his body brushing against hers as he did. He felt captivated by her. He wanted to take things slow, but he was already having trouble holding onto his control. He jerked his shirt off, baring his chest to her and her light-green eyes watched him with rapt fascination. From anyone else, that look might seem almost clinical, but he knew her. The more interested in something she was, the more intensely she studied it.
And at the moment her entire focus was on him.
She reached up as if to trace the hard lines of the muscles on his abdomen, but she paused before she made contact.
“Touch me.” His voice was a command and a plea all at once. He had to hold back a groan when she did as he’d demanded, and her hands softly began to stroke over his skin. His body felt hot, tight with tension, and his cock felt so hard it could have burst through the fabric of his pants. Needing the relief, he unfastened the tie on his pants and let them drop to the floor, allowing his engorged shaft the freedom to jut out.
Serra hissed out a breath as her eyes widened. “Wow.”
He choked back a laugh as he lifted his legs out of the pants and kicked them off to the side. “Real is better than any toy.”
Amusement sparkled in her light-green eyes. “Really? My vibrator pulses and expands. Can you really do better than that?”
He let out a growl as he lifted her and took her down onto the bed, covering her body with his. He began to tickle her, making her shriek with laughter. As she struggled beneath him, the belt of her robe came lose, and the fabric parted, exposing her breasts.
They were both breathing hard as Archer cupped one of her breasts in his hand so her nipple poked at the center of his palm. “You are lovely, Serra. More than I even dreamed.”
“I never knew lovemaking could be fun.”
“It can be anything we want it to be. It can be soft and gentle, or it can be rough and desperate. Nothing is wrong when it comes to how we touch one another.”
Serra felt her skin flush under his heated gaze as she parted the robe so it was fully open, exposing her body to him. “Show me. Show me how it can be.”
He gently lifted her enough to completely remove the robe and his cock pulsed as he saw the bare mound of her pussy.
“So soft,” he murmured as his fingers stroked over her bare skin. She jerked in surprised, but he caught her gasp in his mouth as he kissed her again. His cock was already hard and throbbing to the point of pain, but he wanted to make this good for her.
He needed to make this special.
Shifting lower, he captured the nipple of her right breast in his mouth, tugging lightly at the peak with his teeth.
“Stars, that feels good,” she moaned.
He hummed as he suckled her, then switched to the other nipple, moving his hand down to her core so he could stroke his fingertips over the silken folds of her pussy that were already wet with her juices.
“Spread for me, hummingbird. Open these beautiful legs for me so I can show you how good I can make you feel,” he whispered.
Serra didn’t hesitate as she spread her legs wide for him. Anticipation surged through him, making his mouth water as he and he saw the glistening flesh of her bare pussy. He settled his body between her parted thighs, and trailed a finger softly over her slit, coating the digit with her dew.
“Do you know what I’m going to do to you, Serra?” he asked as he moved his finger up, circling her clit with a whisper of a touch. “First, I’m going to suck this little bud while I fuck you with my fingers…”
“I’m close already,” she warned breathlessly as she shifted her legs wider as if in invitation.
“Good. You’re going to come, and come hard so that you soak me with your juice, then I’m going to fill you with my cock. Do you want that, Serra?”
“God, yes. I want you. Want you filling me. Want you—ah!”
Serra cried out as he went to work, his lips closing tight around her clit as he pushed two fingers inside her tight, hot hole. She lost her mind as the pleasure swamped her. The hard bundle of nerves pulsed as he sucked on it, drawing her closer to her release. He seemed to worship her flesh, licking and sucking while his fingered stroked in and out of her with a steady rhythm. The power he had over her was amazing. Her brain was usually a constant haze of information, but when Sully touched her, there was nothing but him.
Nothing but them.
The tremors began in her belly, muscles tightening, then seemed to shatter out as she climaxed. She felt him slide lower so he could push his tongue deep, collecting her release and drinking it down as the waves of ecstasy rolled though her. It felt like she had shattered into a million tiny pieces, and the only thing holding her together was him.
Archer let out a low growl as the taste of her exploded on his tongue. She was the perfect combination of sweet and salty, and the flavor of her just made him want more. His hands moved to her thighs, holding her open as her body bucked against him. He wanted her to scream his name, to tell him that she was his. He needed her as desperate for him as he was for her, and he damn well wouldn’t stop until he got what he wanted. The sounds of her moans were like the sweetest music, making him determined to drive her up again.
“Sully!”
Her back bowed and arched as she came again, this time her entire body shook as the shockwaves pulsed through her. Not giving her any time to recover, he moved over her, pushing her thighs wider. His cock was a steel-hard spike, and with one hard shove, he surged inside of her, sliding deep so they were one.
“You okay?” he asked, his breath coming in pants.
“Better than okay. I can feel you throbbing inside of me. Sully, I never knew…”
He groaned as he saw the tears sparkling in her eyes. He leaned down and captured her lips with his, kissing her lightly as he fought to hold himself still. “Please don’t cry, hummingbird.”
“It’s so right. It feels so right to be with you like this,” she whispered, eyes bright with emotion. “Make love with me, Sully. Make me yours.”
“You are mine,” he whispered as he pulled out, then surged forward, shoving the entire length of his cock deep inside her again. He captured her passionate scream with his mouth, stroking his tongue deep as he began to move inside her.
Serra’s legs lifted, one to wrap around his waist while the other hooked behind his knee. She wanted them skin to skin, to feel his corded muscles against her as he drove inside her over and over again. This was a claiming. Of body and soul. Her hips lifted, meeting his every thrust and her fingers dug into his back, holding on as they moved together.
“My sweet, sweet, Serra. You are so fucking beautiful.”
“More. Give me more, Sully.”
The sound of her plea had need taking over.
Archer braced his knees on the bed so he could pound inside of her tight, hot pussy. His mouth trailed down her throat, teeth nipping lightly across her neck. He could feel the frantic beat
of her pulse under her skin, and it thrilled him. White hot pleasure surged through his body each time he drove into her. The feel of her body welcoming him set his own on fire. When her head fell to the side and her eyes closed, it had him snarling.
“Open your eyes, damn you. Open your eyes and look at me.”
Her eyes popped back open in shock as one of his large hands moved under her ass, lifting her up to meet him as he hammered into her with a hard, punishing rhythm.
“Tell me again. Tell me your mine.”
“I’m yours,” she swore. “I always have been.”
He let out a low growl as he claimed her mouth again, pushing his tongue deep as he forced both of them toward release. Shifting slightly to his side, he used one hand to reach between them so he could rub her clit. He was damn close, but he needed make her come again before he let himself take the fall.
“Sully!”
Her body bucked beneath him as the pleasure erupted inside of her. The tight grip of her pussy was too much for him as it fluttered around his cock, taking him with her over the edge. He slammed his cock deep, grinding his hips against her as his hot seed shot out of the head of his cock, filling her completely.
Archer collapsed, careful to shift to the side at the last second so his full weight wasn’t on her, but he kept his dick inside her tight sheath, unable to bear being parted from her yet. He nuzzled his head against her, rubbing his nose against her cheek in an affectionate gesture that seemed almost more intimate than the sex had been. Not that the sex wasn’t mind blowing. When he had come inside of her, he’d felt like he was giving her a part of his soul.
This was what he had been waiting for his whole life.
To feel connected, and wanted…and whole.
“Sully?”
“Yeah?”
“You can totally get rid of my vibrator.”
He snorted out a laugh as he raised himself up on an elbow. “Is that right?”
She nodded solemnly. “Yes. I’ll even give you my back-up.”
“You have a back-up?”
“Of course I do. Wow, that was… Is sex always like that?”
His eyes narrowed. “You have that look in your eye, and I don’t like it.”
“What look?”
“The look that says you are calculating something in your head. Forget it, hummingbird. The only men that will ever be in your bed are me and Jax. There will be no comparisons or experimenting with any other men.”
Rolling her eyes, she pushed at his sweaty chest. “Of course not, you fool. I haven’t avoided men all my life just to go bed hopping. Besides, I’m a claimed woman now.”
“Damn right you are.” He loved that she could even look haughty buck naked, with her hair all disheveled and spread out over the pillow. Archer leaned down and brushed his lips against hers, then laughed as her stomach rumbled. “I think we need to feed you.”
“I think you’re right,” she said with a smile. “Then after, I think we might need to do a little more experimenting.”
The little hellion looked pretty satisfied with herself as his cock twitched and rapidly began to grow inside her pussy again. “Eat fast.”
***
Chapter Five
Serra cut through the cool, blue water, loving the peaceful feeling she always got when she was swimming.
It was late in the evening, and she’d been thrilled when Sully told her they had a full length pool in the lower level of the residence. After they’d eaten and had another bout of love play, she’d decided to make use of the pool so she could clear her head. Sully let her have her quiet time, knowing that she often needed to be by herself when she was trying to assimilate too many emotions at once.
It was amazing having two men that understood her so well, despite the time they had spent apart. Serra used the time in the pool to try to figure out the issue of someone trying to sell the stealth technology she had created. The first person that came to mind was her mother, however there were several reasons why Serra rejected her as a viable suspect. For one, Tania Lysander-Dobbs was a tech-idiot. She may have been able to hire someone to put a block on Serra’s transmissions, but her mother could barely handle her own wrist unit to make calls, let alone figure out how the stealth tech worked well enough to try to sell it.
The other main reason that it couldn’t have been Tania was she was way too selfish to put something like this together. It would take time and energy away from her spa treatments and many affairs to arrange for the sale of something this intricate. There would have to be tests and meetings, not to mention access to the black market.
Serra knew about the various lovers her mother had taken over the years, and it stung even more knowing that Tania had tried to condemn her to a life alone. The thought that her mother had connections to the Tarin was disturbing, even more so that she had been able to keep their horrible trip to Tartarus all those years ago off the visitor’s logs. Still, there was a level of skill that was needed for a sale of this magnitude, and it just didn’t fit.
Now that Serra knew of the potential problem, she could take steps to figure out who was involved with the plot and how to stop it. She thought over several different ideas that she wanted to discuss with Jax and Sully as she finished her last lap in the pool. Surfacing, she saw something out of the corner of her eye, and turned her head to see Jax sitting on one of the recliners, watching her with that intense stare of his that always made her insides quiver.
“You always did swim like a fish.”
“Pervert.”
A wicked grin spread over his devastatingly handsome face. “It’s not my fault you’re swimming naked, however I do have to say I’m really enjoying the view. I’ve imagined seeing you like this a million times, but nothing can compare to the real thing. If you think me watching you is perverted, just wait until I get my hands on you.”
His words had a thrill of anticipation shooting through her blood stream, making her tingle in all the right places. Treading water over to the side of the pool, she laid her arms on the edge, stationing herself as she drank in the sight of him. They stared at each other in silence, their eyes conveying a million emotions that no words would ever be accurate enough to express.
“Thank you, Jax.”
His expression sobered, and a dark glint sparked to life in his grey eyes that seemed to see everything. “I don’t think you understand how this all works, Serra. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for you. Do you hear me? Nothing. You don’t need to thank me. Ever.”
It was baffling to her, but she was beginning to understand the depth and scope of their feelings for her. And wasn’t that miraculous? She had never thought to have anyone in her life that she could depend on, who would put her first. But now she had two, powerful men that would always keep her safe. Her feelings for them had always been strong, but now, being claimed by them had made her love them even more.
It might have been strange to anyone else since they had spent so much time away from one another, but Serra knew that didn’t matter. She had given her heart to Jax and Sully when she was but a girl, and now, she loved them as a woman. Once her heart had been given, there was never any other choice for her.
They were hers just as she belonged to them.
Forever.
“Did your interrogation prove satisfactory this afternoon?”
Jax nodded. “I supervised while Dom and Arik interrogated both of your guards. We are confident they have nothing to do with the potential theft.”
“Good. I like Officer Meyer and Officer Rhine.”
“How much do you like them?” he asked darkly.
She rolled her eyes at him. “Shut down your thrusters, Commander. I’m aware that my guards are your men, and I’m sure you gave them all kinds of inventive threats when you had them assigned to me. Since they’ve always been highly respectful and never once caused me any trouble, I would have to say they are very loyal to you.”
His lips twitched as he fought back a smile
. “How did you know?”
“I know you, but Sully confirmed it. Oh, and I’d like my necklace back that they took off me in medical.” She smirked at him. “Even though you know where I am now, I’m still attached to it, and would like it back.”
Surprise had his eyes widening. “You knew about the tracker?”
Men. Seriously, her bonded needed to learn a thing or two…
“Of course I did. Just as I knew as soon as I reported that guard you would have him replaced.” She laughed as Jax frowned as if he didn’t like that she had figured it all out. “Jax, there was no way you guys were going to stop worrying about me. Even when I stopped hearing from you, I knew that I could count on you if I needed you.”
Jax’s expression turned absolutely lethal. “We didn’t know you were trying to contact us.”
“I know.” Not wanting to dwell on that, she changed the subject. “But you claimed me.”
Satisfaction gleamed in his eyes, turning them so bright they shone like two silver stars. “Yes, we claimed you.”
“You sound very pleased with yourself.”
“I am. I’m also very pleased with you. There has never been anyone else for me or Archer. You’ve been ours since we were young. You know it’s true.”
“I’m not denying it. I assume Sully told you what happened this afternoon?” She tried to keep her voice neutral, but could feel the heat spread across her cheeks, belying her calm.
“Oh yeah,” he growled. “Did he make your first time good for you, sweetheart?”
Good? That was a grossly inaccurate description for what she and Sully had shared together. “It was better than good. Thank you for giving me time to acclimate to having two lovers. I know it must have been difficult for you to wait.”
“Sweetheart, I’ve waited years for you, a few hours more didn’t kill me. Although, it feels like it might now that I’ve seen you naked.” He took a deep breath, then let it out slowly. “We didn’t want to overwhelm you with our attentions. How do you feel about having two lovers now?”
