She was a warrior, but even warriors knew when to give up, pack it all in and live to fight another day. If she was tied up the one thing she counted on, her hands, would be taken away from her. She would truly be at his mercy. She would truly know how he felt about her.
“Am…” She put her finger to his mouth to quiet him.
What she didn’t need was him talking while she made her decision. All she could see was him ducking in their car while she dealt with that huge snake. No complaints, no I’m the man in charge he simply did as asked. Could she, would she do any less? Knowing she would regret not giving in, she made the decision her heart demanded.
“Yes.”
“Just yes?”
“Yes, I want to be your mate. Yes, I trust you enough to let you tie me up. Just yes.”
He pulled her all the way up his chest until he could reach her before swooping to take her lips in a passionate kiss. She leaned down and kissed him back enjoying the feel of his tongue rubbing against hers. Her sex contracted as he rubbed on her. He hit her on her rear, ramping up her pleasure before he rubbed her taking the sting away.
Rolling over he stopped at the side of the bed reaching into the night stand pulling out two pieces of sturdy looking rose colored fabric.
“You’re prepared.”
“I bought them a long time ago. I didn’t know why; I just knew they spoke to me. There was something about them I liked.”
Amber turned and looked at his wide head board. “How are you planning to tie my hands?”
He moved to the head of the bed and touched two metal bars that sat there. Each was shaped as a U and went down on two sides allowing someone to clutch at them.
“Why are there metal u-shaped bars behind your bed?”
“They’re for you, Amber. It seems everything I do is for you, even when I don’t know why I am doing it.”
She lay in the center of the bed and stretched her arms up. She wanted to be frightened; she told herself all the reasons why she should stop. In the end she realized she trusted him. With him she felt calm and peaceful and she needed to do what she was convinced was right.
“Curl your fingers around the U.”
She did so knowing she was making herself totally helpless. He was now in charge. Alexei tied her wrist as well as her fingers allowing no movement. If anything happened she would be unable to defend herself.
A pure shot of desire hit her. Her clit throbbed and her aching pussy pulsed. She was his for better or worse. She licked her lips and moved her legs glad she could still move some part of her body.
“One day, Amber, I am going to tie your legs down also. You’re going to be totally helpless to move, but not today.” His hands traced her legs down to her feet before he looked back up at her.
Her breath caught in her throat as the rings in his eyes glowed showing her how much he wanted her. Her lips were dry again as she moved her head in acknowledgement of his words.
He moved in, burying his head into the side of her neck as he licked her. Amber held her breath anticipating his bite but he only sucked on her neck bringing her intense pleasure. She arched her neck allowing him full access.
“You’re so sweet, Amber, so trusting.” He licked her collar bone and followed it down to her shoulder before he kissed the front of her throat.
He climbed up on the bed placing both feet across her and looked down. His cock stood at attention as his eyes swept over her.
“You’re beyond beautiful.”
She looked at his legs, they were toned with muscle. The urge to touch them with her hands, tongue, went through her. Her eyes rose slowly taking him in. His cock jutted up proudly from between his legs. The dips and the curve in his hips made her needier. The flatness of the stomach that she kissed and caressed met her as she looked up. His flat nipples were puckered, his strong shoulders and the column of his throat met her next.
It took everything in her to raise her head to look at his face, to meet his eyes from the position of being captive to his every whim. The look on his face was dark and dangerous, he wanted to devour her, control her, to take her over. Her body trembled in fear. Or was it desire?
She truly didn’t know; all she was sure of was the way her body opened up for him. Her hips thrust up in the air, begging without words to belong to him. Her essence ran down her legs unashamedly. Take me, her eyes screamed as he lowered himself over her. His palm came over her breast caressing it softly gently making her body flail as she sought more.
The gentle caress became harder then turned into a pinch as he twisted her nipple just enough to cause her to gasp at the pain. She loved the feeling of pain followed by intense pleasure as it ran through her body. She watched him, saw him temper his strength not to cause her true pain. He loves me sang through her blood as he replaced his fingers with his mouth. Sucking her poor abused nipple as she sang her joy to the ceiling and above.
“I love the feel of your mouth on my nipples, my breasts. You make me feel like a Princess, Alexei.”
“You are my Princess.” His lips skimmed the cleft between her breasts giving her feather light kisses and long licks of promise.
He moved down her body kissing and petting her, driving her wild with need. She gasped with each move, never quite sure where his hands or mouth would touch. He licked and nibbled at her as if she was the perfect dessert.
Her body twisted with nerve endings zinging from his touch and still he pressed on, going lower. He stopped at her belly button placing a beautiful kiss over it before sticking his tongue deep inside. She panted as the motion imitated his cock thrusting in her.
“Alexei, please.” She begged for what she needed knowing he was in charge.
“Anything, Wild cat.” He did it again driving her desire for him higher.
A scream left her mouth as he pushed lower, hovering over her clit as his eyes flicked upward to meet her eyes. Slowly he licked his lips while she whimpered in anticipation. The flare of his nose let her know he could smell her passion for him.
He lowered his head as his tongue came out for a long lick of her clit making her howl. He licked again taking in the flavor of her essence.
“You’re perfect,” his voice growled out as he sucked on her clit.
Feelings of intense need swamped her body causing her to lift her hips and twist as he sucked on her clit. He took a hand and held her down as he licked down to her lips sucking at them. Taking his tongue, he licked her before taking her deeply.
Her breath sucked in before she lifted her hips to grind her pussy against his face. A deep guttural sound emerged from him as his tongue went deep and flicked before his fingers began to explore, taking her to the edge. She wiggled her hips desperate for that one touch that would blast her out of this realm. He pulled back.
“Not yet Wildcat, not without me.”
He rose up and balanced his weight on his arms around her. With care he flexed his hips until the thick head of his cock slipped against her making her keen in desire.
“I want to impale you, slide deep into you until every inch of me is housed in you. I want to come home and never leave again.”
He lowered his hips making her bite her lower lip to keep from pleading, begging, demanding that he move faster. The invasion sent her nerves on a wild goose chase as they ran headlong into dizzying pleasure.
“Fill me up. I need to have you deep inside of me, buried, making me tremble as your body burns mine up.”
Her words spurred him on, his hips pushed deep impaling her. “Amber, you’re my world, always there but never close enough.”
He took on a rough pattern driving in deeply and pulling out slowly making the sensations last. She panted, her eyes dilating as she clung to him. Her pussy tightening with every move, her body tensing up demanding sweet release.
“Be my mate, Amber. Say yes!”
“Yes!” echoed through the room.
One last thrust of his hips sent her over the edge. Bliss unimaginable settled
into her bones taking her to heaven; she never wanted it to stop.
He reached down as his teeth elongated licking her neck and shoulder. He impaled her one last time spilling his essence as he bit her.
White hot pain burned through her body. She twisted and turned trying to unseat him, begging for freedom from the feeling that was killing every nerve ending she possessed. She cried for release, for freedom before her body went limp.
*~*~*~*
He soothed the bite, licking at it, tending to her.
Her body convulsed. A scream tore at her lips as she moved across the bed shaking so violently she tore at the ties around her wrist.
Grabbing her, he held her tight trying to keep her body still. Fear gripped his heart. “Amber, please,” he whispered as sweat poured from her body. Moans came and he wished there was an enemy to fight instead of his mate lying in the bed fighting something he couldn’t help her with.
Why had he done it? He knew what might happen. Was the thought of having her for more than ninety years worth it? What if he lost her because he was selfish? He couldn’t lose her.
“Please, Wildcat, I can’t lose you.”
He held her tighter as her body calmed down and her face relaxed.
“Amber,” his voice came out hesitant, scared when her eyes didn’t open.
Alexei leaned in wanting to feel her breath on the side of his face when she gave a huge gasp and began to cough.
“Amber?”
Her eyes flew open, her ethereal brown eyes, the ones he loved so much were ringed with green and blue circles. He gasped not knowing what to say.
“Alexei?” She tried to lift her arms only to find them still bound.
He reached over and quickly undid her ties.
“I’m so cold.”
He pulled her into his arms and rocked. “If anything happened to you.”
“I feel different; I don’t know why.” She closed her eyes and fell asleep as the warmth of his body seeped into hers.
Chapter Twenty-four
Amber opened her eyes and started to choke until she felt a pair of strong warm arms holding her close. She turned her head to see Alexei holding her in a vast open space submerged in water.
“Where are we?” She opened her mouth to speak but no words emerged and she didn’t drown.
“We are on the world of the people I told you about. The people who contributed to my DNA.”
“We’re in the Mer world? How can I still be alive? Is it because this isn’t real and how can I hear you in my head? Is all of this a dream?”
“Yes, we are on the Mer world, although they are called Ne’anth and would probably like it if you referred to them that way. You’re still alive because you’re my mate at least that’s what I believe. It’s not a dream but it’s not exactly real either. You’re in a memory that was passed down by the father who contributed his DNA.”
“You are such a complicated male.”
“Thank you.”
“Put me down.” He lowered her to the ground or was it the bottom of the sea? Immediately she regretted leaving the warmth of his arms. “Where are all the Ne’anth’s?”
“I was wondering the same.” He reached out and took her hand. “Let’s look for them.”
They moved without difficulty in the current that was streaming around their legs. Amber’s hair flowed behind her making her want to keep it that way when she woke up. She looked down to find herself in an outfit that reminded her of a bikini but much more elaborate. The top was done with lace as well as jewels and a flower she’d never seen before. The bottoms were done with a material that clung to her and accentuated every positive curve she possessed. She needed this suit when she went to the beach.
A tall structure came into view; a shingle hung in front that she couldn’t read. “Do you think that’s a bar or a club?”
“It’s a meeting place. The Golden Fin that’s as close as it will translate into our language.”
“You can read it?”
He nodded his head before taking her inside. They found a table in the pub. It was beautiful inside. The walls were golden while the tables and chairs were a reddish color with gold shot through them. There was a bar to the side and beings who were varied; some were in humanoid shape while others looked like actual mermaids. They were speaking loudly and laughing.
Alexei sat and looked around until he spotted a male and a female not far from him. They sat at a single table with two seats mirroring Amber and him. Alexei reached across the table and touched Amber’s hand.
“There he is.”
“Who?” She followed his gaze to look at the male sitting at a table close to them. He was muscular with a brownish skin that almost seemed impossible at the bottom of the sea, but she noticed that everyone had some type of color to their skin. There were more reddish skin types, they were dominant or at least in the pub they were.
Amber focused in on him filtering through all the other noise until the sound of his voice and the female he was with was all she could hear. Their words began to translate as they hit her ears.
“I have to go,” the male said, his lips lifted in a sad smile.
“No! I don’t care what the A’rouk say, I’m not willing to lose you.”
The male took her hand in his, rubbing her palm gently. “War’s coming and it won’t stop for either of us. If I don’t go it will eventually spread to our planet. It won’t care that we’re neutral or that I love you and our offspring. It will destroy the things I hold dear. I willingly give my life for yours.”
The female broke down in soft tears, the male reached over to wipe them away.
“I hate the A’rouk.”
“I love you, Nia and I love our offspring.”
“I love you, also. I…I just want a different option.”
“There isn’t one, the A’rouk need a water breather. You will ascend to the throne until our son is old enough to take my place. The plans are in motion.”
“Why must it be you, the king of our people?”
“Because I’m the strongest, Nia. I will not let my planet or my people fall, trust me.”
She nodded her head. He stood and reached for her walking through his people greeting them and spending time talking to them before they left the pub together.
*~*~*~*
Amber opened her eyes, a soft tear tracked down her cheek.
“He died, gave up his life to the scientists, for you.”
“I know.” Alexei’s voice was soft. “Was this the war he talked about? If we fail will it spread across the galaxy? If it does, how many planets and people will be destroyed in the process?”
“There’s no way of telling. In the end it doesn’t matter, we simply have to win.” Amber sat up, pulling the covers up to ward off the sudden chill she felt.
Images of the people she saw flitted through her memory. The thought of them dying because they were unable to defeat Yaksim and his band of terrorists haunted her.
“What happens to us as we fight, Alexei? It won’t be an easy fight or will it? Can the government use missiles to blow them out of the sky and why haven’t they tried?”
“Good question.” He got up and walked across the room; he reached the wall and hit a button. A hidden screen appeared. He swiped at it and it turned on.
“You just got up to give me a view of your ass.”
He laughed before turning around letting her see what her eyes on him was doing. A picture of one of the alien ships filled the screen as he walked back to the bed.
“There’s been no movement on the ships. The government has decided not to wait on a full scale invasion,” the reporter said as the camera zoomed in on the ship. “The go has been given to bring the ships down.”
“The ship looks vulnerable.” Amber took a closer look at the screen. “We got on and off without any problems. I think missiles would bring them down and end the war.”
“Other beings didn’t sacrifice their lives for a war that could
be ended with a few missiles, we’re missing something.”
“Well we are about to find out because Portland has missiles incoming.”
Alexis activated his c-phone.
“Aran.”
“Dad, I thought the government was going to wait for the three days until Yaksim showed up.”
“It’s the government, Son. They are doing what they believe is right for the American people.”
“You sound calm.”
“I work too closely with them to let what they do alarm me. I asked them to evacuate Portland and they did. All we can do now is wait and see what happens.”
Alexei turned off the c-phone and watched the screen. The missiles were almost at the target. They closed in moving fast. The alien space craft would blow up or the missiles would, neither happened. The missiles were turned around all eight of them. Over kill that was now being aimed at Portland. The missiles exploded as they hit the ground causing quakes and fires that quickly rose. The city was destroyed in a blink of an eye. Nothing but snow was left on the screen as the picture disappeared.
The picture was rerouted and the reporter came back on the air. She was visibly shaken as reports streamed across the bottom of the screen with the damage done and how far spread it was. Portland was to be avoided, radiation levels were high, if any were left in the city they were presumed dead.
Alexei’s c-phone rang. “Alexei.”
“Son, the Earth is surrounded with ships. They were hiding and uncloaked when we attacked the ship in Portland. Come to the house and bring Amber into the fold if you haven’t already. This will be the last time I use the phone, I’m sure all of our communications are being monitored.”
The phone clicked off. Alexei went to the window and looked out before motioning Amber to come. Off in the distance they could see a ship much too close to the property for either of them.
“Amber.”
“Turn around, Alexei. I see them.”
He turned to see a shot of Pittsburgh, there was a multitude of ships littering the air.
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