Maximus: #1 (Luna Lodge: Alpha Squad)

by Madison Stevens

  “That’s not your problem. You barely know me. I’m just some junior production assistant who was dumb enough to waste a lot of time and energy only to get fired anyway.”

  Maximus left his seat and sat on the edge of the bed beside her. “Nothing wrong with going above and beyond.”

  Selena turned toward him and rested her head on his shoulder. “I wish I could have met someone like you when you weren’t in the middle of having to go after an evil mad scientist.”

  Maximus let out a quiet laugh. He didn’t respond for a long moment and was quiet when he did. “It wouldn’t work out, you know.”

  “Because of the Vestal thing?”

  “Yes.”

  “And you’re going to wait forever for a woman you might not ever even find?”

  Maximus looked down. “I don’t know. When I said I was different, it’s not just me, it’s a group of us, and I’m hoping it can be fixed. That’s another reason we’re hoping to find Quinen.”

  Selena ran her hand along the inside of his thigh. “But you don’t have anyone right now. Can’t we just share some time together? I’ve had a really crappy day, and to be honest, I was stunned the first time I saw you. I don’t think you understand how hot you are.”

  Maximus turned toward her, his pupils dilated, his breathing shallow. “I can’t.”

  Selena moved her hand away from the thigh and rubbed at the bulge straining his pants. “Can’t or won’t? If you tell me you’re not attracted to me at all, I’ll roll over, go to sleep, and you can run off to your guys and get ready to kick Quinen’s ass, but you have to tell me it to my face.”

  “My Vestal is waiting for me,” Maximus said, doubt in his voice.

  “You think she is, but you don’t know that for sure.” Selena bit her lip and continued rubbing Maximus. Because of the already impressive tenting going on, a bolt of excitement zipped through Selena, mixed with trepidation. Unless he had stuffed a sock in there, this was going to be one hell of an experience. Some rumors turned out to be true.

  “I might not be a Vestal, but I’m a pretty damned fine woman.” Selena wrapped her arms around his neck. “The other night, when I stopped us, I only did it because I thought you might be some hit man. You seemed like you were into me the other night.”

  Maximus could easily throw her arms off, but he didn’t. He sat there, his gorgeous amber eyes staring into her own, a faint hint of light coming off them. She didn’t think they could get more beautiful.

  “I…” he began. A low vibration thrummed in his chest. “Damn it. I’m not saying I don’t want you. From the minute I saw you, I did.”

  His hot breaths spread across her face. She shivered with anticipation, her heart pounding, and her center growing slick as she continued to massage the clothed cock waiting for release.

  “You can’t betray a woman you haven’t met,” Selena said. “I’m not asking for anything more than a little afternoon delight. I’m not going to say it’s not selfish, but what do you expect me to say when I’ve met a man like you?”

  “I’m not that special by hybrid standards.”

  “Are you kidding?” Selena ran her hand over the outline of his cock and licked her lips. “I might not know every hybrid, but I met those other guys, and only one of them was a jerk, but none of them turn me on the way you do.”

  She reached toward his belt buckle slowly, waiting for him to stop her. When he didn’t, she unbuckled his pants and pulled the top of the belt down. The effort allowed a true tent to form from his excited cock. She unbuttoned his pants and stuck her hand into his underwear to run her fingers across the huge throbbing member inside.

  Selena’s breathing turned ragged. Her panties were already soaked.

  “Damn, you’re big.” Selena leaned forward and licked his earlobe. “Tell me you don’t want me, and I’ll stop right now. Tell me this doesn’t make you feel good. We both deserve to feel good, Maximus. We both deserve some small amount of happiness.”

  His eyes glowed, and he growled. Her nipples hardened at the primal sound, and her insides quivered. She continued slowly stroking his cock, eager to free it and show him a good time before he sent her to the true paradise of O Island.

  “You’re the most handsome man I’ve ever met,” Selena whispered. “And if you’re worried, I’m on the pill.”

  She tugged his pants and underwear down freeing the wonderful cock she’d been toying with. It sprung free like a deadly spear trap. The bulge and her touches didn’t do it enough to prepare her for the sight. A wave of warmth suffused from her center, spreading all over her body to her fingertips.

  “What can I say?” Maximus rumbled. “You make me hard. I want you.”

  “And I want you.”

  Selena ran her tongue along the side of his cock, eliciting another growl. She finished at the top and licked the tip like she was getting the last bits of ice cream from a cone. Her hand drifted into her own pants and underneath her panties to stroke her already swollen bud.

  She grabbed the base of his shaft and pumped before lowering her head and darting her tongue across it. Any concern she had about her performance vanished when he closed his glowing eyes and gritted his teeth.

  “Do you like that?” she murmured.

  “Yes,” he growled.

  “We’re just getting started.”

  Chapter Seventeen

  Maximus should have put a stop to it. He should have pushed her away. He had the mission, and there was some small hope he could find his Vestal in the future. But his body was on fire, his cock eager to be inside her. He’d never been so attracted to a woman before.

  A stray thought, a possibility, burrowed into what little conscious thought remained as Selena slid her mouth up and down his rigid dick. He couldn’t smell his Vestal. For all he knew, the woman sucking him off might be his. On some level, he understood that was an excuse to allow himself to enjoy the moment, but he didn’t care. Humans could sleep with whoever they wanted and end up with the one for them. And damn it. He wanted her.

  Selena’s mouth retreated from his dick with a loud pop. She licked again, a coy smile on her lips before looking down at her dust-covered shirt and pants. “Not exactly the sexiest outfit.”

  Her hands traveled to her top button. They went to work unfastening the buttons, revealing the lacy red bra underneath. Maximus almost reached out and ripped her shirt apart, but leaned back and stared, taking it all in. Sharing of passion wasn’t like bonding with a Vestal. This was about two people experiencing pleasure during a difficult time. He wanted to take his time to enjoy it, not rush through it. The mission wasn’t for hours.

  Selena finished unbuttoning her shirt. She tugged it off and tossed it to the ground before pulling off her boots and wriggling out of her pants, her pale skin on display except for the thin red panties and bra. Maximus let out a low growl, admiring her toned body.

  She tilted her head, staring into his eyes. “I never knew they could glow.”

  “It happens in situations like this.” Maximus grunted. “That’s not something we exactly want to talk about with everyone.”

  “It’s just another part of you that’s beautiful.” Selena unhooked her bra, freeing her pert breasts and pulled off her panties, before leaning forward to take Maximus into her mouth again.

  She jerked her head back and forth, helping his tip hit the back of her relaxed throat. Her tongue continued its ministrations licking along the shaft. Maximus closed his eyes, the pressure already building.

  Selena’s tongue was perfect. Her body was perfect. Her face was perfect.

  With a swirl of her tongue, she pulled away from the now glistening cock covered with her saliva. “A girl could choke on something this big.”

  Maximus grinned down at her. “Is that going to be a problem?”

  “It’s certainly going to be an experience when you get to my other set of lips.” Selena winked. “You’re a soldier. I think you better prepare the battlefield first.”


  “I can do that. I’d be happy to.”

  Maximus made quick work of his own clothes. He wasn’t ready to go all the way yet, but he craved the feel of her body against his. Selena placed her hand to her chest and took deep breaths, her careful gaze exploring every part of his revealed body. Her cheeks were already red, and her nipples hard.

  “You really are like a statue come to life,” she murmured.

  Maximus knelt on the bed. He leaned forward and captured her mouth with his. Selena opened and moaned as their tongues danced with each other. Her hand drifted toward his hardened cock and gently stroked it as they continued their kiss.

  He pushed her back slowly, never removing his mouth, but the angle change forced the release of her hand. His cock throbbed, wanting the return of her skillful touch, but Maximus understood things were uneven, and he wanted to be fair. Besides, like Selena had said. He needed to get her ready.

  Maximus pulled away from her mouth and nibbled at her ear lobe. Small breaths of pleasure escaped Selena, not true moans nor true words. He licked and trailed kisses down her face and to her neck, slowly, deliberately, letting the seconds stretch as he approached one of her hardened peaks. He hovered above it, warming it with his breath, but going no farther.

  His mouth dropped to her breast and lapped away eagerly. Selena arched her back, forcing more of her breast into his mouth. He continued licking and circling the peak with eager abandon. His hand trailed down to her wet center, his fingers brushing her bud.

  She let out a loud, long moan. “Yes, yes.”

  Maximus tweaked her before slipping a finger into her wet, waiting center. Selena gasped and closed her eyes as he pumped his finger in and out of her warmth. He continued his attention to her breast, his tongue working in time with his finger. Selena’s moaning grew near constant, her face flashed, and her insides twitched around his finger.

  He added a second finger and picked up the pace. Without stopping, he moved his mouth away from her breast with a final kiss before trailing more light touches down the bottom of her breast and her then stomach until arriving at her clit. His tongue slid across it while his fingers continued to invade her. Selena let out a scream of pleasure, shuddering, her insides tightening around his fingers.

  Maximus continued his relentless penetration, his mouth filled with the taste of her body, his nose with her scent. His cock was painfully hard, and it was only concentration that kept him from shoving right into Selena. Instead, he continued his work, sucking and licking and pumping, enjoying the sound of her writhing in pleasure, her hands gripping the sheets. She spread out her legs more to give him better access. It wasn’t long before her stuttered moaning and tightening pussy announced another climax.

  “I… need… you,” Selena moaned.

  Maximus blew on her clit before lifting his head to grin up at her. He didn’t stop his rhythmic sliding inside of her. “Need me to do what?”

  “I… need… you… inside… me.”

  “I don’t know.”

  He chuckled and returned to sucking and pushing into her at the same time. His hand move faster and faster, so fast he was worried about hurting her, but Selena continued to do nothing but moan and gasp. Her muscles tightened around his fingers as her back arched again.

  “Please!” she cried.

  “Greedy woman,” Maximus muttered.

  He yanked his fingers out of her and blew on her sopping center before straddling her legs and looking down at the beautiful woman beneath him. Selena took short, ragged breaths as sweat dripped down the side of her head.

  Maximus inched his cock toward her with a low, steady rumble in his chest, his eyes blazing with amber light. Everything about it felt right. No, not just right. Perfect. He shouldn’t have been denying himself for so long. It was different than when he’d been under the control of the Corps and their friends.

  “Slowly,” Selena whispered, glancing down at his advancing cock. “I’ve never been with someone as large as you before.”

  “Hey, I heard you shout your surrender a few times,” he replied with a grin, scooting forward until his cock was right in front of her. “I think I’ve prepared the battlefield.”

  “I think there are some holdouts who aren’t ready to surrender.”

  Maximus edged his tip in. Selena gasped, her breath turning staccato. All the foreplay and orgasms had left her wet, but it’d still be a tight fit. He took his time, pushing in first the tip and then moving forward with the shaft.

  The welcoming warmth and tightness of Selena surrounded him, his cock throbbing and all but screaming for him to ignore the process of slowly getting inside and to begin pumping away. Her muscles twitched as well. She lifted her legs and wrapped them around him.

  “So big,” Selena moaned.

  “Are you okay?” Maximus asked, concerned. “Does it hurt?”

  “A little, but in a good way. Please keep going. You’re driving me wild.”

  Maximus continued until his massive girth lay snugly fit inside the woman beneath him. She might have been tight, but now that he was in her, he was content and didn’t want to leave. It was like his dick was meant to be inside her and always had been.

  He lay there, joined with her body, for what felt like an interminably long time, but was probably only seconds before sliding halfway out and thrusting back in with one quick movement. Selena answered him with a loud moan and tightening her legs around him more. Another thrust followed, this time quicker. By his fifth thrust, he moved into a steady rhythm pounding her.

  Nothing intelligible came out of her mouth, only moans and interrupted gasps. She craned her neck back and yanked up so hard on the sheets they pulled inches away from the edge of the bed. Along with the building pressure, fire spread from Maximus’s cock to the rest of his body.

  “So deep,” Selena moaned.

  The words struck him like an exhortation. He changed his angle and sped up, his hips becoming a jackhammer of ecstasy. Selena dropped her head to the side to scream into her nearby pillow. Her insides were already beginning to tighten. Another climax was coming.

  “Hold on,” Maximus growled, but not slowing his relentless effort. “I want to come with you.”

  He was close, so damned close that it felt like his entire lower body might explode. It had never been like this. He couldn’t say it was remotely like this. Ignoring sex had been far easier when it had been a pleasureless chore foisted on them by cruel masters. If it felt like this every time, he wasn’t sure if he wouldn’t become addicted to it, not to mention the woman beneath him.

  “Hurry up,” Selena offered through gritted teeth, her toes curling so hard they scratched Maximus. “I can’t last much longer.”

  Maximus growled. He would have paid anything to make their moment together last for eternity, but it wasn’t fair to make her wait. The hybrid discovered another gear and sped up even more, now unyielding, his face twitching and the pressure overwhelming.

  Selena’s insides tightened around him as she screamed. He made it only a half-second before it was too late and he shouted his own release, his seed painting her inside walls. She continued to milk him as he slowed and lay on top of her, enjoying her soft breasts pushing up against his hard chest, their sweat and skin joining.

  “I think I’m going to have to sleep for a week after that,” Selena whispered.

  Maximus nuzzled her neck. “Really? You don’t want to go again?”

  “Again?” she squeaked.

  “I’ve got plenty of time before the mission.” Maximus kissed her neck. “And a little more relaxation might calm me.”

  “Oh… I’m going to be sore tomorrow.”

  Maximus wasn’t sure what he felt. Dismissing the ecstasy he experienced would be foolish, and he couldn’t deny how attractive he found Selena. Even now he had to fight the urge to blow off the mission so he could spend all day and night making her scream. He could see himself falling for the woman.

  His breathing slowed. Falling for her
? That proved it. She wasn’t his Vestal. Otherwise, they would have been bonded already, but at the same time, the strength of the attraction of his heart and body pointed to another possibility. For the moment, he didn’t care. The future could sort itself after she passed out from all the sex.

  Chapter Eighteen

  Selena lay quietly in the bed, resting her head on Maximus’s chest. She’d be sore in the morning and probably for a week, but that didn’t change her conclusion. Best sex ever. Could somebody become addicted to a person? If so, she already was. It was insane, but the idea of Maximus leaving her behind after everything was over almost terrified her.

  She tried to tell herself it was a silly overreaction to hours of insanely good sex, but that didn’t change the longing. Asking the hybrid for a relationship didn’t make sense. Despite all the speeches she gave, Selena couldn’t get past thinking about the idea there was a woman out there for him, waiting, as if picked by destiny. She would have loved it if that was her, but she wasn’t anything special.

  Yes, she felt a connection to Maximus, but she wouldn’t be the first woman to fall in love with a dangerous man too quickly. She had no idea how to distinguish that from a mystical connection dictated by fate.

  Selena lifted her head to look into his stunning amber eyes. A selfish hope grew in her. If he could share this night with her, why couldn’t he share others? She couldn’t stand aside for some other woman Maximus hadn’t even met. He wasn’t married or in a relationship. She wasn’t doing anything wrong.

  Maximus kissed her forehead and rolled out of bed. He retrieved his boxers and slipped them on, slowly, almost tauntingly, letting Selena get a final, long view of what had pleasured her so well that afternoon.

  “I want you to come with me,” he said, his voice low.

  Selena’s heart skipped a beat, and she sat up. “W-what?”

  This was it. A gorgeous hunk of man wanted her to be part of his life. She’d worry about the complications later.

  “It’s not safe here.” Maximus grunted. “We checked into our hotel using false names. There’s no easy way to trace us there. I’m guessing you didn’t do that.”