He scanned her, his green eyes seeming to penetrate her inner defenses. “I want to kiss you.”
Her gaze went to his full lips. Every ounce of her wanted to sample them but the thought of past betrayals haunted her. “Please don’t.”
“Why? You want me. I can smell your arousal.”
Deryn licked her lips. “And I can feel yours pressing against me. That’s not the point, Colonel. You said it yourself. I’m not one of you. I don’t belong here. You’re right. I should leave.”
He sighed. “I was an asshole, Deryn. I admit it. Please don’t hold my wanting to keep you safe against me.”
“You had no problem holding my need to keep you safe against me, Colonel,” she said, purposely refusing to call him by name. She needed to safeguard her heart. Alejandro had the power to break it. “Since it was your tent I was in you got to hear all the details about me talking with your mother, didn’t you?”
“Yes.”
“I won’t apologize for that.”
He traced his finger down the side of her face. “I never asked you to.”
“What do you want from me?”
Alejandro ran his thumb over her lower lip, leaving Deryn fighting back another moan. “I want your trust, Dr. Murray.” He leaned down. His lips brushed past hers.
Gasping, Deryn turned her head. “Please don’t. I can fight anything but I can’t fight you, especially if you use that as your weapon.”
For a moment, Deryn thought for sure he would get off her. When his lips captured hers she was powerless to stop him as he slid his tongue into her mouth. Their tongues danced a well choreographed dance, delving into dark crevasses. Heat continued to flare between them. Deryn did her best to remember to breathe but it seemed secondary to tasting Alejandro.
His cock dug into her mound just right, stimulating her clit and bringing her close to her peak. She tugged at his tan tee shirt. The need to feel him, skin to skin was great. Deryn pulled it free from his camouflage pants and ran her hands up his powerful back. It was easy to imagine it rippling as he thrust in and out of her. The next thing she knew, she was easing it over his head.
His kisses came faster and Alejandro mirrored her movements, easing her tee shirt over her head as well. Deryn knew she should stop. Nothing could come of it. He was a shifter and she was a slayer. The only promise she’d made Cecelia was to get her son home safely. Nothing was said about falling for him.
As Alejandro kissed his way down her neck Deryn knew it was too late. She’d already fallen for him. Her nipples ached with need as he brushed past them. Moaning, Deryn arched her back and Alejandro responded by dropping his mouth over the satin portion of her bra.
He drew one nipple into his mouth, rolled it along with its fabric casing around with his tongue as she ran her fingers through his hair. He looked up at her and a sexy smile spread over his face. “I love how you respond to me.”
Alejandro went to work on her pants and then paused as his eyes looked down the length of her. “I could do this the conventional way or I could give you what you deserve, something special.”
Confused, Deryn tried to sit up. He shook his head. “Cover your eyes. Trust me, Deryn. Please.”
She did and half expected him to try to take her head off with a clawed hand. What she didn’t expect was to feel his magik rushing over her. Her breathing halted as she waited for whatever it was he was doing to be over with. She sensed something coming towards her face and stiffened.
Please don’t let him be like the rest. Please.
“I’m not like the rest and I’d really rather never hear you mention another man again. I don’t share,” Alejandro said, taking her by surprise. “Before you ask, no, you didn’t say that out loud.”
“But how...?” Her protest was halted when something sweet and juicy skated over her bottom lip. Deryn opened her eyes to find Alejandro poised over her with a piece of mango in his hand.
He put it in her mouth and then pressed his lips to hers. She’d never tried to chew food and kiss before. Thankfully, Alejandro had perfected the art. Deryn was just about to surrender to him when it hit her that he hadn’t come with fruit in his hand.
The sound of rushing water filled the area and a light floral scent came to her. Reluctantly, she pulled back from the kiss and looked around. They were no longer in the stockade. They were now in what could only be described as a tropical paradise.
“What? How?”
Alejandro winked and motioned with his head for her to look down. She did and her mouth opened wide but no sound came out. Where once there had been a cot, there was now mounds of white pillows of varying sizes laying on a white sheet. Huge, elephant tree leaves hung low, almost touching some of the pillows. That wasn’t the best part of it. The best part was that the only thing she and Alejandro were now wearing was matching white sheets.
“Is this real?” she asked, reaching out for him.
He took her hand in his and bit his lower lip. “Do you like it? Tell me you like it. I’ve never used my magik to impress ... err ... umm, I mean that with all the women I’ve been with I’ve never ... shit, I didn’t mean that....”
Deryn bit back a laugh. “Are you trying to tell me that you’ve never used your magik to create something like this before?”
Scratching the back of his head, he nodded. “Uhh, yeah. Do you like it?”
“I love it.” It was the most amazing thing a man had ever done to impress her. Others had tried but none had even come close to Alejandro’s paradise. “You do know that you didn’t have to do this.”
“No. I did,” he said, sliding his body over hers and guiding her down onto the plush pillow wonderland. “This has to be special for you.”
Touched, Deryn ran her hands up and laced her fingers together behind his neck. “It’s very special. Thank you.”
* * * *
Alejandro propped himself up on one elbow and captured Deryn’s lips with his. His insides were still in a knot over how she’d react to his use of magik to alter their surroundings. Issac’s words had plagued him the entire night.
I sensed that it was your baby she was carrying.
When he’d first heard that, all he wanted to do was deny it. The idea of putting any stock in it only to find it wasn’t true was a risk Alejandro wasn’t willing to take. He thought if he didn’t acknowledge it or the fact that Issac also told him that Deryn was mated to him in her dreams then it wouldn’t be true. It hit him that he wanted it to be true. He wanted to wake up every morning for the rest of his immortal life and see Deryn’s beautiful face.
The slayer blood in her combined with her Avatarian ancestry meant that she too was immortal--at least she would be if she stopped hiding who she was by dropping her powers and accepting mortality.
The reservation of what his mother would think of her vanished the second he heard her confession about his mother contacting her. The fact that his mother had told Deryn to call him marido meant she knew that his destiny was intertwined with Deryn’s--that she was his mate, the mother of her grandbabies.
It was up to him to make it official and that was exactly what Alejandro was attempting to do. It was also the reason he’d decided to use his magik. His soon-to-be wife deserved something better than an army cot in a temporary facility’s cell. Deryn deserved better and he intended to give her everything.
The feel of her fingers sliding down his back only served to heighten his already overblown senses. Alejandro couldn’t stop the purr-like noise that emanated from the back of throat. Deryn responded by arching against him and wrapping her legs around his waist. He let out a manly chuckle. “Did you like that?”
Her eyelids fluttered as her mouth opened. The smell of her arousal spurred him onward. He purred again and watched as Deryn’s eyes swirled with various shades of royal blue.
Her pebble-like nipples scraped against his chest as he slid down her, the need to taste them too great to resist. They were perfect, rosy and waiting for him. Alejandro
caught one in his mouth and nibbled lightly on it as he sucked. Sliding a hand down the length of her toned torso, Alejandro eased it between her legs. The realization that Deryn was shaved hit him. The tiny black panties she had on when she’d thought she was dreaming had obstructed his view of her mound.
Parting her slit, Alejandro began to rub her swollen clit. Deryn writhed beneath his touch making his erection border on painful. No part of Alejandro wanted to harm Deryn and that’s what he would do if he took her without making sure she was prepared.
He slid a finger into her pussy and damn near came on her leg at the memory of having the head of his cock sheathed within her. Planting kisses on her smooth skin, Alejandro moved down her slowly though every ounce of him wanted to hurry.
The sweet smell of her cream called to him on a primitive level. The beast within him rose to the surface and teetered on the edge of breaking loose. He knew better than to try to deny it from taking its mate--his mate.
Giving in, he let his mouth begin to shift. His incisors lengthened as did his tongue. In place of his normally smooth tongue was now one that had a bit of a sandpaper feel to it. He licked a long line up her pussy and knew she liked it when she grabbed hold of his head and moaned.
Alejandro eased his unnaturally long, shifted tongue into her tight pussy. The taste of her berry-like cream left him tongue fucking her with a fierceness that caught him off guard. Deryn held the sides of his head while her legs quivered. The second he felt the walls of her pussy clenching down on his tongue he knew she was coming.
He wanted to lap up every ounce of her cream but knew better. He’d need that to help him enter her without causing her pain. Thankfully, Deryn was dripping by the time he withdrew his tongue. Tipping his head downwards, he forced his mouth to reshape into that of his normal, human, form.
“Please, Alejandro.”
He moved up and over her. “Please what?” he asked, staring down into her swirling eyes.
“Please fuck me.” Deryn’s words threatened to bring out the beast within him again.
He held it at bay and pressed his lips to hers. She chuckled. “You taste like me.”
Easing himself between her legs, he aligned the head of his cock with her soaked entrance. “Tell me if I hurt you in any....”
Deryn thrust her hips upwards hard and fast. The unexpected movement left Alejandro going in to the hilt in her excruciatingly tight pussy. She cried out and he bit his lower lip to keep from coming. He propped his body up in a semi-pushup position and stared down at Deryn. “Did I hurt you?”
“Yes,” she whispered, a slight smile on her face. “Now, hurt me more.”
“Deryn.”
“I won’t break.”
He stayed rooted in her, afraid to move out of fear of harming her. “That’s just it, Deryn. You’re still masking your power so you very well could break. It’s hard enough for me to control my own strength but the feel of your hot, tight pussy has me on the verge of losing control already.”
Her brow furrowed. “You just entered me.”
“I know and I’m not exactly proud of that. It would be my luck to fall in love with a woman I can’t be in more than a second before I want to fill her full of my seed.” Dropping his head down, he went to kiss her only to find her staring at him with wide eyes. “Deryn?”
He just confessed to being in love with me. She narrowed her gaze on him. No. I must have been hearing things. He can’t love me. He hardly knows me. I’m a slayer he’s a shifter. I’m a....
Drawing almost all the way out of her, Alejandro paused. She whimpered and tried to pull him back to her. He shook his head. “No. Not until you stop thinking so much. I said what I meant. Leave it alone, Deryn. Let it be what it is.”
“Please.”
“Agree to let whatever will be between us happen without over analyzing it.”
Deryn dug her fingernails into the flesh of his ass cheeks and bucked beneath him. “Oh gods, yes, Alejandro. Just please don’t stop.”
Since all he’d wanted to do from the moment he’d picked her up on Earth and brought her to this realm was sink into her and find bliss, he gave in. He thrust into her, savoring the feel of her pussy grasping his cock. Deryn countered his every move, making it a competition over who exactly was in control.
Alejandro wanted to lose himself in her warmth, to drill his body into hers until he could move no more but he knew better than to lose control while Deryn was masking her powers. Instead, he decided to busy himself with her sensual mouth while his body found solace in hers.
He swiveled his hips ever so slightly, changing his rhythm enough to drive Deryn over the edge. She cried out and raked her nails down his back. The shifter in him reacted to her drawing blood and inflicting pain during intercourse as a sign of the mating process beginning. It lurched forward, taking Alejandro by storm. His teeth lengthened and claws erected from his fingertips.
“Oh, yes, I’m coming. Yes,” she panted, wrapping her legs around him and holding him to her.
Letting his power ride over Deryn, he used it to take any pain she might experience from him as he sank his teeth into her shoulder. The second her coppery blood filled his mouth, his cock erupted, soaking her womb with his seed.
“Alejandro,” she whispered his name as she held tight to him.
Her power surged forward, meeting his head on. She unmasked, allowing her slayer powers to come through. Having her magik mixed with his only intensified the most amazing moment of his life.
He continued to come in her, his cock twitching as he went. “Mine.”
It took a minute for his mouth to reshape so he kept his head down, not wanting to alert Deryn. He licked his bite mark and watched as it healed over almost instantly. It was official she was his mate--his wife. “Eu te amo.”
She kissed her way along his jawline and stopped at his ear. “You could say just about anything you wanted to me in that language and I’d melt. Though, I’m a little leery on trusting people blindly anymore so the next time I’m home I’ll try to figure out what you say to me.”
Alejandro smiled. “When we get home I’ll teach you whatever you want to know. You could teach me Avatarian in return. Does that sound fair?”
“Wait,” she raised a dark blonde brow, “does this mean you’re going to want my phone number?”
Unable to help himself, Alejandro ran his hand up her side and tickled her. Deryn tried to get out from under him but only succeeded in turning onto her stomach. She wiggled, still laughing as he tickled her and her ass rubbed against his cock. It stirred back to life even though it should have been sated.
Hooking an arm around Deryn’s waist, Alejandro brought her to her hands and knees. Waves of blonde hair spilled down her back and he couldn’t help but lace a hand in it. As he lifted it, he noticed the tattoo at the base of her neck. There, on her skin was a black jaguar looking back at him. Bending down, he planted a kiss on her marking knowing with all his heart that it was just one more sign letting the world know she was meant to be his. He lined up with her cleft and rubbed his cock back and forth in her juices.
“Alejandro?”
He thrust into her, completely sheathing himself in her depths. Deryn cried out and rocked back against him, taking him faster than he felt safe doing. The threat of hurting her, while lessened by her slipping back into her slayer powers, was still very real and he wouldn’t let that happen. He eased his movements.
Deryn apparently wasn’t too happy with that. She slammed herself back onto him and proceeded to pump her body over his cock. It felt so good, so right that Alejandro gave in and greeted her thrust for thrust.
“There. Right there.” Her breaths came in ragged pants.
The sound of it mixed with the fact he could sense her heart rate increasing told him he was doing a fine job pleasing her. Not that he needed confirmation. No. She was made for him. His mate. His life. It was a given that he’d be able to please her and she him. It assured they would want to be to
gether forever, as immortal couples were meant to be.
“Mmm, baby, you’re so tight. You’re killing me here.”
Reaching around, he flicked her clit lightly before rubbing it. She jerked as a tremor tore through her. Alejandro’s body tightened and he knew his orgasm was close. A raspy moan came from Deryn as her pussy clenched his cock. The pleasure actually bordered on tortuous as he tried and failed to stave off coming. As his balls drew up, he pulled on her hips and held her still as his cum jetted into her.
Spent, Alejandro withdrew slowly. The wet smacking sound that accompanied his action made him smile. It meant she was full of his seed. He went to his side and pulled Deryn down into his arms. He laid there spooning her while his heart beat feverously, no doubt as excited as the rest of him that she was now his.
“Mmm, Alejandro?”
He kissed the back of her head. “Yes, amorzã.”
“Eu te amo,” she whispered, her pronunciation dead on. Deryn laced her fingers through his and settled in against him. “I don’t know what it means but I had the urge to say it back to you. Don’t laugh.”
Hiking a leg over her hip, Alejandro assured himself that his new bride couldn’t bolt before confessing what it meant. “Why would I laugh? I love you, too.”
Deryn’s body went rigid. “It means I love ... umm ... love you?”
Snickering, he kissed her soft shoulder. “Well, if you disregard the stammering then yes, it means I love you. I’d like to think you could say it with some conviction.” Planting another kiss on her smooth skin, he chuckled. “It’s not as hard as I thought it would be. I had horrible visions of dropping dead the minute I ever found myself in a position to tell a woman that. Nope. Didn’t happen.”
She stiffened.
“I love you,” he whispered.
“Please stop.”
“Stop what?” he asked, unsure he wanted to hear her answer.
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