Fate of the Beast (Mate of the Beast Book 2)

by Sonia Nova

  Her voice was a sultry whisper, and Arez could hardly restrain himself anymore. His cock hardened to the point that it was about ready to burst out of his suit, and he wrapped his arms around Naomi, pulling her tightly against his body.

  “Something?” he asked teasingly, cocking an eyebrow.

  A seductive smile spread on her lips as she answered. “Something… like this.”

  She lifted herself up on her toes and leaned forward, pressing her soft pink lips against his, and Arez nearly lost it just then. He grabbed her tighter, pulling her up to kiss her better as he thrust his tongue inside her mouth and took her in an all-consuming kiss.

  Her smooth tongue rubbed against his rough one, and he groaned against her mouth. Reluctantly, he pulled his head back and broke the kiss because, if they continued like this, he would have her right here and now. And somehow, he doubted she would like that. Over her shoulder, he could still see the other representatives, and even Lady Eneria, and considering her disapproving gaze the day before, he was pretty sure the woman wouldn’t take it too kindly if they continued this here.

  So instead, he caressed her neck, pressing soft kisses on her sensitive flesh. Her scent drifted into his nose, stronger than ever, and his whole body froze as he noticed the change in it. He took another whiff, and his cock hardened impossibly.

  He groaned as he recognized the variation in her scent, nuzzling her neck with a new ferocity. She gasped as his teeth scraped the sensitive skin on her throat, and a moan of pleasure escaped her lips that nearly sent him wild.

  “Arez…”

  She breathed his name in pleasure and Arez pulled back for a moment. Her eyes were closed in pleasure and he couldn’t take it anymore. Her changed scent floated around him, making his cock harder than ever, and he wanted nothing more than to bury himself inside her.

  There was no mistaking it.

  She was going into heat – or ovulating, as the humans called it. Although Naomi had told him only days ago that she wasn’t fertile due to being on the pill, it seemed her hormones were quickly changing. Maybe it was the pheromones, maybe it was something else, but Arez had never been so drawn in by any female’s heat, not in the slightest. And yet, he could smell hers as acutely as he could smell the sugary fragrance on her skin.

  Because she was his.

  He was a beast. He didn’t deserve her. But somehow, he had her anyway. And he wasn’t going to let go. Ever. She was his, and only his.

  He pulled her harder against him, grinding his body against hers. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she could no doubt feel the straining erection against her body. He gave it another thrust, and soon, he could smell the sweet scent of her arousal as liquid pooled between her legs.

  She wanted him too.

  Behind her, Arez saw Lady Eneria looking their way. She had an odd look on her face, this one more contemplative than the one she’d given him the day before, but Arez flashed his teeth at her anyway. Whatever she was plotting, it couldn’t be good.

  But Arez didn’t give a fuck.

  He didn’t care if Lady Eneria looked down on him, didn’t care if the whole world was against them. He didn’t need the world. The world could fuck itself.

  What he needed was her. Only her.

  He gave Lady Eneria a savage grin, revealing his sharp teeth at the woman in a challenge that told her to come get him if she wanted to. Because he wasn’t voluntarily letting Naomi go. Not now, not ever.

  He pushed Lady Eneria away from his mind and turned back to Naomi again. He looked at her deep in her eyes then, letting her know just what he had been thinking a moment ago as he grabbed her ass and pulled her tighter against him. Sparkling amber eyes stared straight back at him, filled with need that made him feel more animal than man.

  “So, how about that ‘later’ now?” Arez growled, nipping at the soft, vulnerable skin of her neck with his teeth.

  He could feel the words escape his lips, but the voice sounded nothing like his. It was guttural, hoarse with need, and his cock strained against her, harder than ever.

  Naomi’s deep amber eyes glistened with desire, and although it had been a day since she’d told him “later,” he could tell that she knew immediately just what he meant.

  She licked her lips, wrapping her arms around his neck and rubbing her soft body against his, making him groan with pleasure at the feel of her small body against his.

  That was all the invitation he needed.

  He swept her up in his arms and carried her to her new chambers in the nearly-finished ambassadorial quarters. They hardly made it to her bedroom before he was on her again. Their clothing was off in a matter of moments and he pressed two fingers between her legs, the slickness of her need soft against his skin.

  She laid flat on the bed, a moan escaping her lips as he thrust his fingers inside her, moving slowly at first and then pumping into her at a steady rhythm with an additional finger. Her arms wrapped around him, and Arez took advantage of her parted lips, shoving his tongue inside her mouth in a devouring kiss. A sugary sweet flavor exploded in his mouth as their tongues mated. The taste was all Naomi and it made him go wild.

  Her hands traveled across his back, first lightly, and then pulling him closer, deeper inside. But as her fingers moved higher up to his mane and she gripped him by his horns, Arez nearly lost it.

  “Please,” she breathed, her grip tightening at the base of his horns. “I need you.”

  There was no question what she meant.

  He growled possessively, grabbing her hips in his hands and thrust his length deep inside her, feeling like a starved beast whose only nourishment was the female in his arms.

  A surprised gasp escaped Naomi’s lips as he hit a spot in her depths, and Arez moved down to nuzzle her neck. He could feel her accelerated pulse beneath her soft skin, and as his teeth grazed against her neck, he reveled in the way she shivered in his arms.

  She met him, thrust to thrust, and it didn’t take long for his pleasure to peak. He pounded savagely inside her warmth, giving her everything he had. Naomi let out small cries beneath him and her small hands slipped from his horns and back into his mane.

  As he quickened his pace, he could feel the scrape of her nails on his back, and he made sure not to change his angle, thrusting deeper inside her. He could tell she was on the edge.

  “Wait, wait,” she managed to moan. “Sit up.” He did so and she scrambled onto his lap, facing him, and settled down onto his cock and letting out a half-sigh, half-moan as he completely filled her tightness. “Hold me.”

  Her subtle bossiness in bed brought a grin to his lips. Naomi had no shame in ordering him around, and he would oblige her… for the moment.

  Having her small frame in his lap, so close to him, gave him a wonderful view of her face. Her orange hair clung to her face with sweat and her eyes were shut, seemingly unable to take in any more sensation than where their hips met. He relished in the way her lips parted to let out a moan every time he hit deep inside her.

  The way she moved on top of him made him wild with lust, her scent of heat floating in the air and into his nostrils. Her little game of dominance forgotten, Arez shoved her down onto the bed, feeling like a starved animal, plunging deep inside her depths. He thrust hard and fast into her core, his teeth grazing her neck.

  Naomi moaned beneath him, spreading her hips wider for his entry. She grabbed his horn with her other hand, making him groan as he thrust into her. She sent him spiraling into the throes of pleasure. Deeper. Faster. More.

  His cock expanded inside her, filling her even more, and as she came and her walls clenched around his hardness, he erupted with a satisfied growl.

  In all his life, he had wanted nothing more than he wanted this moment. He had craved nothing more than he craved her. With every breath he took, he became more and more affirmed that he took it for her. He needed her. Wanted her. Because she was his.

  His fate.

  EPILOGUE

  NAOMI


  Naomi looked out the balcony of their family apartment on Agaria – the one they had in the new Alliance headquarters on the surface of the planet. She watched the triple moons in the sky and the red sun as it disappeared beyond the horizon.

  The atmosphere was peaceful, the Krezlian war ships long gone.

  Her eyes focused on the green moon in the sky, on the Eifan space station that had been her first home on Agaria. Although the moon base had been damaged, it hadn’t been completely destroyed, and was currently under repairs – not that the Alliance representatives would be going back to live there any time soon, but it still remained the main way station to and from Agaria.

  Agaria… which was now her home.

  The sound of an incoming call startled Naomi. On reflex, she swiped the screen of her wristband to pick up the call, but then realized the sound wasn’t coming from her wristband but inside.

  She rushed back into the apartment as another sound assaulted her senses – a loud wail emerging from the bedroom. Baby Elara had obviously woken up to the sound of the phone call, and Naomi immediately walked up to her crib, picking her up in her arms and comforting her.

  “It’s okay, love,” she whispered, kissing her cheek. “Nothing bad going on. Just a silly little phone call.”

  After a while, Elara finally calmed down and stopped crying. The ringing of the phone had already ended, but Naomi walked up to her laptop anyway, and hit redial. Not a moment later, the call was connected.

  “Naomi!” Alyssa’s familiar voice erupted in the room as her smiling face appeared on the computer screen. “I already thought you had forgotten about our video date! How is life on Agaria?”

  Naomi smiled back at the woman who had become such a good friend to her in the past months, despite the fact that they lived on two different planets, light-years away from each other. She on Agaria and Alyssa on Earth.

  But their experiences, both in the hands of the Krezlians and being mated to Ezak-X men – not to forget having their children – had formed a bond between them that was stronger than any friendship Naomi had ever had. She couldn’t wait to be going back to Earth for the holidays, to finally see Alyssa again in person.

  “Good,” she said with an answering smile, gently bouncing Elara in her arms. “We’re good. And I wouldn’t dare to forget.”

  “I see Elara is doing good too,” Alyssa grinned. “A month old already, isn’t she?”

  “She will be. Tomorrow,” Naomi said, looking down lovingly at the small baby girl in her arms.

  With light gray skin and black hair, she looked almost identical to her father – or at least she would, if it wasn’t for her amber eyes and the fact that she had no horns adorning her head. Her lack of horns had surprised them all a bit, considering Alyssa’s son, Max, who was also an Ezak-X-human hybrid, did have little stubs on his head that had already started growing.

  Speaking of which…

  Naomi looked up at the computer screen again. “Where is Max?” she asked Alyssa.

  “He’s… with Xarq,” Alyssa said, glancing to her side.

  “Okay…” Naomi frowned, noticing the odd expression on Alyssa’s face. “Why do you sound so suspicious about it? You think Xarq can’t take care of him?”

  Alyssa chuckled. “No, no. It’s nothing like that. It’s just…” She looked uncertain for a moment, glancing back in the same direction as she had a moment ago. “Max has started teething.”

  “Really?” Naomi asked in surprise. “Are they flat?” She added after a moment, asking the question they’d both been wondering for some time. With Max and Elara being the first Ezak-X-human babies, there was no telling how they would turn out.

  Alyssa seemed to hesitate again, as if unsure of what to say.

  “His… canine teeth erupted first,” she said at last, with an odd grimace on her face.

  Naomi’s eyebrows shot up at that, but before she managed to comment, Alyssa let out an exasperated scream, her eyes wild. “Fangs, Naomi! He has fangs! I can hardly breast feed him anymore!”

  Naomi’s jaw dropped. It took her a moment to process the news. They had been wondering how the kids’ teeth would turn out – an Ezak-X set of shark-sharp teeth or the flat human teeth for which they were hoping.

  “And the other teeth?” she asked, almost afraid to know the answer.

  “They seem to be coming flat, but…” Alyssa shook her head. “I tell you, you better hope the fangs are another thing Elara’s missing.”

  Naomi grinned. “So… Max’s horns are growing too?”

  Alyssa rolled her eyes. “Oh, yes. I honestly can’t keep up with how fast he’s growing,” she said, sounding slightly exasperated. “Seriously, you need to cherish this time with Elara. Soon, she’ll be walking already.”

  Now it was Naomi’s turn to roll her eyes. “Even Max isn’t walking yet.”

  Alyssa poked out her tongue. “Still. Do you plan to throw her a one-month party?”

  Naomi shook her head, a smile tugging at her lips as she looked down at Elara’s light gray complexion, brushing a lock of dark hair from her face – an easy task without any horns in the way.

  “No party,” she said. “Today is already a party day anyway. Not for Elara but… It’s Alliance Day here on Agaria.” The yearly celebration they held in honor of joining the Alliance. One that held even more importance this year, since it had been only nine months since Mareb and the other Agari reps had rebelled against the Alliance.

  Naomi felt a pang of sadness at the memory of Mareb and the friendship they’d once shared. Before it had all gone bad.

  Because of the rebels, King Abah had now ordered a celebration unlike Agaria had ever seen. For unity. And to prove both to the Agari people and the Alliance that they were truly in this. That the actions of a few did not represent the whole of Agaria.

  Alyssa slapped her forehead with a loud smack that brought Naomi back from her thoughts.

  “That’s right!” she exclaimed. “Alliance Day! Oh, I wish I could be there! Do you know how much it bothers me that I never got to properly see the planet? I mean, I didn’t even land on the planet – ever. Just on the moon base there.”

  Naomi laughed. “You could have been here… If you hadn’t given up your job.”

  Alyssa rolled her eyes. “Yeah, right. Because after being kidnapped by Krezlians, I totally felt like staying on some faraway planet for the next months. I don’t know how you’re doing it.”

  Naomi smiled. “Well, my position here was always more permanent than yours. And I like what I do. You could always come visit, though. Now that we have all the agreements in place between Earth and Agaria, it shouldn’t be too difficult to get a tourist visa. Not when your friend is the Ambassador of Earth on Agaria at least.” Naomi winked at Alyssa, despite knowing that no matter how much Alyssa moaned about never getting to even properly start her job on Agaria, she was quite happy on Earth.

  “Yeah…” Alyssa said with a frown, looking unsure, and Naomi didn’t blame her.

  Although the war was over and the Agari rebels had been captured and were currently serving their time in Alliance prisons, Naomi could understand why Alyssa might not consider Agaria the best place for a vacation.

  Not that Earth was currently the best place to be either. The Krezlians had been lying low for some time, but it now seemed they hadn’t given up. In fact, Krezlian ships had been sighted around Earth recently. Not that they could ever attack the planet. Unlike the space area around Agaria, Earth and the Mars colony were older planets in the Alliance and practically the whole Solar System was tightly secured.

  “Maybe we will,” Alyssa added after a moment. “But you have to come here! It’s going to be Christmas soon, and you’re coming back to Earth then anyway, right? I’m not asking you to spend Christmas with us, but either before or after it… Max and Elara could play together.”

  Naomi laughed. “I knew you would say that.” She was interrupted by a clicking sound behind her. She turned her head to see Are
z stride through the door, a small frown creasing his forehead as usual.

  “Is that Arez?” Alyssa squinted into the camera.

  Naomi nodded. “I wasn’t keeping an eye on the clock. He just finished his shift.” She turned and smiled at Arez, and as soon as he met her eyes and looked at Elara, a grin lit up his face. He looked so handsome in his Alliance uniform, the top button open and his mane brushed casually back.

  “I know you have to go to the celebration soon,” Alyssa said from the screen, forcing Naomi to look away from Arez. “But answer my question first.”

  Naomi gestured for Arez to join her in front of the camera. Elara cooed in her arms, seeming to have noticed her father’s presence. Arez walked up to the two of them, smiling down at Elara and giving Alyssa a cursory nod in greeting.

  Alyssa smiled widely at him in return. “Hey, hero. You know Xarq is an Alliance guard now too? Just outside of Earth, fortunately. Considering the whole Solar System is Alliance area, he could’ve been sent to freaking Jupiter.” She rolled her eyes. “So? Are you three coming to visit over the holidays?”

  “What do you think?” Naomi asked Arez, looking up at him with a little smile. She knew Arez would be perfectly happy wherever she and Elara were. “Want to see what Christmas is like on Earth? And have Elara and Max meet?”

  Arez looked into her eyes, his eyes sparkling with affection. “Whatever you want,” he finally said, his happy expression unchanging.

  Naomi turned back to Alyssa with a smile on her face. “I know I’ll get the time off for the holidays, and I’m sure Arez can too. We’ll let you know.”

  She felt Arez’s fingers entwine with hers and he gave her hand an affectionate squeeze. Her heart swelled with love for him at the little gesture, and she turned back to face him.

  “I have to go,” she said to Alyssa distractedly. “We’ll talk to you later.”

  Before Alyssa even managed to say goodbye, she had already pulled down her laptop screen. She heard her friend say something like, “Have fun,” but it might as well have been, “You better be here for Christmas.”