by S. E. Smith
He had followed the others simply because he had to get his mate to safety. They had charged out into the dark night. In the center of the courtyard, a star ship suddenly appeared as if out of thin air. Yells and laser fire followed them but additional fighters appeared over the walls forcing those who were attacking them to retreat. He never let go of the female in his arms. His body bowed protectively around hers as he ascended the lowered platform. Even once aboard, he held her close refusing to release her as they took off under the protective fire of the fighters. The star ship had burst through the atmosphere where it was escorted to a huge warship. He had refused to leave the star ship though once it was safely docked inside the larger ship. It had only been the assurance of the male with the glowing eyes and Dakar that it would be better to leave him and Star sealed inside until the medication had passed through his system. Dakar feared if they tried to remove either Jazin or Star at this point it would cause more harm than good.
Jazin had glared at everyone until the platform sealed behind them. Only when the lights dimmed and silence surrounded him did he rise out of the seat he had taken. He searched the small star ship until he found a long, narrow room with a small bunk in it. He had gently laid the small figure down before turning and sealing the door to the room. He would kill anyone who tried to enter and take the female from him. Once his mind registered he and the female were safe, he moved back to the bed where she lay peacefully.
His eyes roamed over her possessively. He bent over her and gripped the front of her shirt, ripping it open. His already accelerated pulse surged as a hot wave of desire sent blood flowing to his cock which throbbed painfully. Her small breasts gleamed in the muted light of the cabin. His eyes swept down to tight, form-fitting leggings she wore. He curled his fingers around each side and pulled them down until he reached the small, soft brown boots she was wearing. With a growl of frustration, he pulled each boot off and tossed them over his shoulder. He wanted her naked, now! With another jerk, her leggings followed her boots. A low rumble escaped as her scent caressed him, begging him to take what was his.
Jazin quickly ripped the tattered pants from his waist and climbed onto the bed next to the still figure. He wanted to see her eyes again. He wanted her to wake and accept his claim. He pulled her legs apart and settled between them before bending over to capture one of the taut peaks in his mouth. He sucked deeply on it, pulling and tugging at it mercilessly before letting it go with a loud pop in the quiet room. His body reacted violent when the small figure trapped beneath him arched in response, seeking his hot lips and tongue.
His eyes blazed with triumph before he turned his attention to the other rosy nipple begging for his attention. He sucked deeply before catching it between his teeth and biting down hard enough to pull a gasp from the soft lips. He lowered one of his hands so he could slide his fingers into her, testing to see if she was ready. Pre-cum pearled on the tip of his cock as his fingers slid against the slickness of her hot channel. He pushed in as far as he could while sucking on her distended nipples. He pulled almost all the way out before he pressed in even harder, deeper than before.
Her light blue eyes flew open as a moan was wrenched from deep inside her. He pulled his fingers out to grip his hard length, aligning it as he rose above her to grip her hips. He wanted her to know he was claiming her. The deep, primitive haze in his mind wanted to brand her as his for all to see.
“Mine!” He roared out as he thrust his hips forward, impaling her, stretching her tight channel until they were one being, one soul.
“Jazin!” Star cried out reaching up to grip his forearms tightly as he thrust forward into her.
Star lifted her legs, winding them around Jazin’s narrow hips as he pulled back and thrust forward again and again. It was as if he wanted to absorb her body into his in a fierce possession that rocked her to her soul. Emotions of relief, love, and a need to show him how much he meant to her shattered any restraints she had. She had come so close to losing him. The first few days when she thought she lost him had made her realize what life without him would be like. She never wanted to feel that way again. She didn’t think she would be able to survive if she ever lost him again.
A fist wrapped in her hair as he lowered his body closer to hers so he could push in deeper with each thrust. His heavy breath and the sounds of his grunts echoed in the room as he rocked harder and faster into her. Star released her grip around his waist, opening further to him as he became rougher in his need. Her hushed cries became louder as the friction inside her increased and she neared the edge of the precipice she was on. Jazin jerked on the hair he had clenched in his fist, pulling her head to one side before he bit down on her shoulder. Star shattered under his assault. Her body exploding in a climax built on fear, need, and love. She arched into him as a strangled scream ripped from her throat, driving him so deep she couldn’t tell where she began and he ended. Her pussy clenched his cock tightly, pulsing as her climax wrapped around him.
“You are mine!” His strangled cry echoed with her soft sobs as he ripped his mouth away from her shoulder and poured himself deep into her. His cock straining and jerking as his seed poured from him into her womb. “You are mine. I, Jazin Ja Kel Coradon of the House of Kassis, claim you, Star, for my house and as my mate. I claim you as my woman. No other may claim you. I will kill any other who try. I give you my protection as is my right as leader of my house. I claim you as is my right by the House of Kassis.”
Jazin wasn’t sure where the words came from. His mind could not process enough rationale thought yet to understand where the words originated from. He just knew the words that poured from his mouth were as much a part of him as the breath he drew into his straining body.
He shivered as the small hands moved up over the healed flesh of his back and side before sliding up along his chest. He stared down into the light blue eyes. Confusion clouded his eyes for a moment before they filled with heat again. He crushed his lips to her swollen ones even as his body began rocking back and forth again. The adrenaline coursing through him caused his arms to tighten around her as a painful wave of intense need broke over his heated flesh.
“More,” he growled in a low, deep voice. “I need more.”
Star gasped as he suddenly withdrew from her and flipped her over until she was lying face down on the bed. Her gasp turned to a startled cry when his arm wrapped around her and pulled her up onto her knees while the other hand pushed her head down. He used his thick thighs to push her legs further apart, exposing her to him in a submissive position that left her vulnerable.
“Jazin,” Star whispered uncertainly.
“Hush,” he hummed as he ran his hands down over her rounded ass, squeezing them. “Beautiful,” he murmured before he bent over and nipped one cheek.
“Oh!” Star started in surprise.
A loud slap sounded in the quiet room as he brought his hand down on the cheek he just bit. “Don’t move,” he snarled in a low, husky voice. “Mine.”
“Jazin?” Star whispered in a quivering voice as she felt his hand moving up and down over her ass before he spread her open. “What are you….” Her voice faded as another slap heated her other cheek.
“Quiet,” he said again.
A shuddered ripped through Star but she remained silent. She trusted Jazin, even in his drug induced state. It might be crazy but she knew he would never hurt her, no matter what. He seemed more curious. She was too. They had only had the one night together before this and he had been very gentle with her. A part of her wanted him to lose control and take her in a wild abandonment. She had a feeling she was about to discover just how wild and abandon he could be. A moan escaped her as she felt his searching fingers pull the lips of her pussy apart. His fingers ran up and down over the swollen folds until she felt like screaming as heat followed each and every stroke. When he curled his fingers in the soft curls and tugged, she couldn’t remain silent any longer.
“Jazin, please,” she moaned, burying
her face in the covers of the bed.
A sharp smack followed her plea followed by another and another. Sometimes they were on her ass, other times on her swollen lips until she was almost sobbing in frustration. Just when she was about to break down, he stopped and slid his fingers into her pulsing folds. She was so wet the insides of her thighs were drenched with her need. She would have been embarrassed if not for that fact that she was almost out of her mind with need she didn’t care what he did to her as long as he took the painful ache away.
Long fingers moved through the moisture dragging it up until he circled the tight ring of her ass. She stiffened in resistance but he leaned over her back and flicked the tender nipple of her left breast in warning. She forced her head down and bit her lip. His cock beat against her ass in tempo with the caress of his finger as it moved back and forth over her dark channel. She wasn’t sure what he would do next. She shivered as she thought of how large he was. Her breathing escalated as she felt the tip of his cock pressing against the soft folds of her channel. She breathed a sigh of relief that changed to a cry of startled pleasure and pain as he pushed forward into her pussy at the same time as pressed his thick finger into her anus.
“You will take me here next,” he murmured as he began moving both his cock and his finger together. “Yes, I will claim you every way.”
Star shattered again as her body answered him. Her mind was gone. All thoughts dissolved in the heated friction of pleasure, pain and euphoria.
Chapter 14
Jazin’s eyes opened slowly. His brain was clear of the confusing rush of thoughts, images, and uncontrollable urges. His body was in a state of utter contentment. He let his eyes roam the small room. He recognized the room in the starship immediately as the one he and Jarmen had worked on modifying. A frown ceased his brow as he tried to remember how he ended up on it. His last cognitive memory was of Star holding him as he slid to the floor of his prison cell. He turned his head as a soft sigh sounded in his ear. Star’s hair was everywhere. It was flowing over his chest, across his shoulder and covered half of her face. His arm tightened around the warm body pressed against him. His frown turned to a groan as he remembered Dakar saying he was going to attach a Fast Patch to him.
Jazin ran his hand down over his chest and stomach feeling the smooth, tight skin. He stared blindly up at the ceiling as other images began to form as his memory slowly returned. He remembered the uncontrollable fear and rage when he saw Star’s small body flying through the air to land in a crumpled heap on the hard floor. He was aware of every breath she struggled to inhale and the need to kill everyone in the room so he could get to her. He shuddered as he remembered Jarmen holding him back. He owed his friend so much. He had prevented him from killing Dakar and Madas. He had no doubt in his mind that he would have without a second thought. Only Jarmen was strong enough to hold him back with the drug flowing through his system.
He also remembered what he had done after they had landed. He wasn’t sure where they were but he knew they must be safe. Jarmen and Dakar would have never left him if they had been worried about their safety and he knew Madas would protect Star with her life. He groaned as the vivid memories of what he had done to his little mate flowed through his now clear mind.
No wonder I feel so good, he thought with a small part of self-disgust and a huge part of awe.
She had given right back to him. She never turned away from him or protested when he took her over and over every way possible. She had submitted to him while at the same time demanding more. Her cries of passion echoed throughout the cabin mixed with his own hoarse yells as they came together time after time in a fierce, primitive mating that shook him to the bottom of his soul.
“Jazin,” Star’s drowsy voice murmured. “I love you so much.”
He rolled over onto his side so he could look into her sleepy eyes. He pushed her tangle of blond hair back from her face with trembling fingers. His heart clenched at the thought of losing her. He pressed a kiss to her forehead and pulled her closer until her head was tucked under his chin so she couldn't see the tears burning in his eyes.
“I love you more, my little warrior,” he responded huskily. “I love you more than life itself.”
“I don’t ever want to go through that again,” she sniffed. “I thought I had lost you and I didn’t want to go on. Don’t ever leave me,” she whispered before burying her face in his neck.
Jazin’s heart twisted as he felt her warm, salty tears against his throat. He knew exactly what she meant. He would never forget the feelings coursing through him at the thought of never seeing her again. His heart felt like it was ripping apart and the pain of his torture was nothing compared to the pain at the thought of losing her.
“I won’t leave you,” he promised softly, holding her tightly against him. “I felt you there, with me,” he whispered in awe.
“I felt you too,” she sighed. “I dreamed I was touching you and when I woke there was blood on my fingers. Jazin,” she paused taking a deep breath and pulling back so she could stare into his eyes.
Jazin smiled gently and threaded his fingers through a long length of her hair before resting his palm against her cheek. “What, my love?” He asked distractedly.
Star bit her swollen bottom lip and winced. She ran her the tip of her tongue over it instead. She was sore in quite a few places if she admitted it but it was a good kind of sore.
“I saw us…. in another lifetime,” she admitted. “It was so real. There were these strange creatures. They were destroying everything. I saw you battling them on a hill. There was blood everywhere. You were dressed differently but it was you. Then, I saw huge ships appearing over where you were fighting and thousands of fighters appeared in the sky. They helped you fight against the creatures. After it was over….,” she paused again to take a deep breath as the vivid memory of the blood soak fields filled her mind. “After it was over a fighter landed and a woman got out. It was me but it wasn’t me,” she whispered in confusion. “It was like I was seeing us but it wasn’t us at the same time.”
Jazin drew in a deep, shuddering breath. She was describing the first meeting between his ancestor and the Goddess he would claim as his mate. He had read the account a million times in his youth wondering if he would ever find a mate like the first Jazin had. He had sworn if he ever did he would claim her and never let her go, just as his predecessor did.
“It was us,” he replied in a husky voice. “In another lifetime but it was us.”
Star leaned up on one elbow and looked deeply into his eyes. Her fingers came up and traced his brow before sliding down over his cheekbones to tenderly touch his lips. A smile played on her red, swollen lips drawing his eyes to them greedily. He tried to force his body not to respond knowing she had to be too sore considering how many times, not to mention ways, he had taken her. He forced his eyes back to hers and moaned softly when he saw the responding desire in them.
“I’m glad we are getting another chance,” she declared. “One lifetime would never be enough to show you how much I love you.”
Jazin’s moan turned to a passionate groan as she replaced her fingers with her lips. He rolled her over onto her back, caging her beneath him as he took possession of her once again. He closed his eyes as he felt her closing tightly around him.
“You are right,” he said hoarsely as he began rocking faster. “I am not even sure two lifetimes will be enough.”
*.*.*
“You look fine,” Jazin said as he watched Star dress in the clothes he finally had to request for her.
She was so short and tiny that none of the pants on board the starship would fit. They swallowed her petite frame. She was going to just wear one of Jarmen’s shirts that had been left on board. It covered her all the way to her knees but she looked so damn sexy in it that Jazin refused to let her off the starship. It was probably a good thing when she thought about how he had proved his point. She had to step back into the cleansing unit for another sh
ower when she found herself bent over the table with the tail of the shirt twisted around her waist and him buried balls deep inside her again. She was lucky she was even able to walk after all the love making they had done.
Jazin had started to apologize for his rough behavior while he was under the influence of the Fast Patch. Star had nipped that in the bud. She threatened to put another one on him if he said one more word! She had absolutely no complaints, not even if she was deliciously sore. The sparkle of mischief and sincerity must have made him believe her because he grinned wickedly as he promised he didn’t need the drug to take her like he had before.
“Do you know how Madas is?” Star asked as she slid her feet into the soft leather boots she had bought. “Oh, by the way, you are going to have a bill delivered for some revenge shopping that River and I did while you were gone.”
“Revenge shopping?” Jazin growled. “Who took you shopping? You were not supposed to leave the West House.”
Star straightened up and put her hands on her hips. “Oh no you don't, big boy. We are so not going there again. River and I snuck out and went to town. We had a marvelous time shopping and spending your credits so just suck it up and accept it. I will not be placed on a damn pedestal. I will come and go as I please. If you don't like it....” Her voice faded when Jazin strode forward quickly and captured her lips with his own.
“I may not like it,” he said huskily as he pulled back from her. “But, I will learn to accept that you are my mate. A warrior in your own right.”
He did not tell her he had talked to Jarmen and Dakar while she was in the cleansing room this last time. They gave him an abbreviated version of what happened back at the fortress. The fact that he wanted to kill them for letting his mate do such a dangerous thing was overridden by his respect of what she had done. She had proven she was a true warrior. He found out Dakar had taken a blade to his side. He had just been released from medical a short time ago. Dakar joked that Jarmen wanted to stay with him in medical just so he could avoid being around anyone else. Ajaska and Torak had finally taken pity on the man and given him his own cabin so he could hide. Madas had been healed but it was Gril that needed to be sedated. He had gone nuts when he saw the two warriors carrying his wounded mate. He had snatched Madas out of their arms yelling at the top of his voice for the Tearnat healer he had brought on board the warship with him. They had not been seen since she was released from the medical unit.
