Heart of the Beast

by Sonia Nova

“Thanks for the drink,” Kira said. “We might as well celebrate after today.”

  “Celebrate?” Xeegan’s body language stiffened and he frowned.

  What? Had she said something wrong?

  “Yeah. We found the warehouse, we found their lot and vehicles…” She took another drink. Damn, this stuff must be strong. It was already going straight to her head.

  “But we found no leads to the actual pirates behind this operation. Or Zeon’s location,” Xeegan said darkly. “Today was a waste of time. If we had followed that pirate…”

  “Come on,” Kira said, a little irritated but keeping her tone gentle. Instead of annoying her, Xeegan’s bad mood suddenly seemed more indicative of just how determined he was to find the other Ezak-X. She tried not to take his comments personally. “You know we have great information to go off of tomorrow. I promise I’ll do my best to keep looking for Zeon until I find him, and I know you will too.”

  The Ezak-X raised an eyebrow in response.

  “What?”

  “I didn’t expect this.”

  “Expect what?”

  “Alcohol makes you nicer.”

  Kira laughed. She downed the rest of her drink in one gulp. “Fuck you,” she said playfully. “Another one?”

  “You sure?” Xeegan asked skeptically. “You’re tiny. And this stuff is strong.”

  “I know you don’t feel the same way, but I’m celebrating, with or without you.”

  Xeegan shrugged. He finished his own drink and poured two more.

  Kira glanced around, looking for somewhere to sit. Xeegan and Zorq must not spend much time here, she realized, because there wasn’t even a table and chairs. The middle of the little room was empty except for a threadbare rug. The only place to sit and relax would be the bed.

  The bed.

  The Ekrin liquor must be getting to her. Kira set down her drink on the wardrobe next to a discarded belt and a couple of papers. Xeegan took his glass and sat on the bed.

  She knew better than to drink too much while on assignment – ever. Even if she was building a cover identity and had to drink to convince others, she always kept her wits about her. Now was one of those times, too, she reminded herself.

  Even though, she realized, she felt strangely comfortable here. As if she had been here before and done this a million times – chatting and drinking with the horned, gray alien man whose gaze never seemed to leave her.

  Heat crept onto her cheeks as she noticed his gaze.

  That didn’t mean she could get drunk and let down her guard. She had only known Xeegan for days. No matter how she felt, she couldn’t trust him. Not completely.

  Xeegan cocked his head at her. “I know it’s not exactly a five-star hotel, but you can sit down you know.”

  Kira blushed. Sitting down on the bed meant sitting down next to him, and somehow, she was suddenly hyperaware of that fact. Of the bulging muscles beneath his clothes, of the strength in his body.

  She shook her head, trying to clear it. She needed to keep her wits. She still wasn’t sure Xeegan was telling her everything, and she needed to know everything. This might be a good opportunity to get more information out of him.

  She took her glass and sat down on the bed. Her leg brushed against Xeegan’s thigh and she felt the warmth of his skin through their clothes. Xeegan looked at her, his black eyes suddenly intense and his nostrils flaring.

  “Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked, the words slipping out. Whoops. She definitely wasn’t drunk, but she wouldn’t have asked him that if she wasn’t a little tipsy.

  He instantly looked away, toward the floor, and then met her gaze again a moment later. A fire burned in his eyes.

  Oh.

  His non-answer told Kira more than words would have. There was a tension in his expression – a gleam in his dark eyes – that Kira had seen plenty of times before.

  He wanted her.

  Kira suppressed a smile. It had been too long since she had slept with anybody. She had ended a disappointing on-and-off relationship about six months ago, and then started preparation for this assignment. That didn’t leave much time for meeting anyone.

  And while Xeegan might be a pirate, he wasn’t the worst kind of a pirate… If Xeegan was down – and she was ninety-nine percent sure he was – then she wasn’t about to hesitate.

  CHAPTER 13

  XEEGAN

  Xeegan moved an inch or two away from Kira so they weren’t touching any longer. He took a drink of his liquor, taking his time lifting the glass to his lips and bringing it away. If he was drinking, he didn’t have to talk.

  Why had he agreed to invite an Alliance agent into their home, again? And to sit on his bed?

  This had been a mistake, and not just because Kira could still report them to the Alliance at any moment. Now, her scent was all over the apartment, and it was overwhelming his senses. Everything smelled so sweet and intense that he was sure it would linger for a week or more.

  The moment her leg had brushed against his thigh, it had felt like electricity coursing through his body. The unfamiliar feeling he’d felt in her presence before was back a thousandfold and his cock throbbed in his pants like it had a life of its own. No matter how Xeegan tried to hold his breath and ignore her scent, it drifted into his nose anyway.

  That scent…

  He looked up at Kira. She smiled when he made eye contact.

  Xeegan buried his face in his drink again. There was only so much he could do to hide just how much her scent affected him. All he wanted to do was push her down on his bed and get as close to her as possible, rub himself against her bare flesh and be completely surrounded by her enchanting aroma.

  “You don’t have to just look, you know,” Kira said, drawing him out of his thoughts. Her purple eyes sparkled as she looked at him. “You can touch.”

  Touch? Xeegan frowned. What did that mean? She wanted him to touch her?

  His fingertips tingled at the thought of her soft skin. More blood rushed to his cock, making it achingly hard, and he nearly groaned. There was no way he was going to be able to play it cool.

  “You mean…” he started, not even sure how he would finish the sentence. His voice had turned rough and he hardly recognized it as his own.

  “Whatever you’re thinking, the answer is yes.”

  Without looking away from him, she pulled off her sweatshirt and tossed it to the floor. As she started on her tank top, Xeegan set his drink down on the floor.

  The view before him was stunning. His senses didn’t know how to handle the sudden revelation of the bare caramel skin of her shoulders and taut stomach, the edge of a tattoo just visible on her hip. Her breasts were still covered by a small top, but he could see their roundness overflowing from the top of the fabric. The sweet, earthy scent of her arousal drew out something animalistic from within him.

  It didn’t matter that Kira’s background was against everything he valued. It didn’t matter that she annoyed him sometimes, or that he didn’t trust her one hundred percent, or that he had never done this before. What mattered was the little smile on her full lips, the aching cock painfully restrained by his pants, and the urges that were erasing his conscious thoughts.

  Following his instincts, he took her head in his hands and threaded his fingers through her dark hair. He noticed her hair was much softer than his own, coarse mane. Just like everything about her.

  Her lips glimmered in the shadowy light of the room and when her wet tongue peeked from her mouth, he pressed his lips against hers in a raw hunger. She barely had to kiss him back – his lips were needy, exploring, moving from the softness of her lips to her ears and neck and back.

  He had never kissed anyone before, but he had seen it done enough times to know how. Instinct took over as his tongue explored her mouth. All he wanted was to taste more of her. He kept kissing her, remembering to be careful not to let his pointed teeth touch her lips. Her smooth tongue slid against his and her sweet flavor burst in
his mouth. Unable to resist the urge any longer, he pushed her down and joined her on the bed, straddling her.

  His breath came out heavily as he started to pull down on her pants.

  “Wait,” Kira said, and brushed his hand away. She carefully slid down her waistband to reveal a hidden blade on her hip. It took a moment to unbuckle the attachment and set the blade aside.

  Xeegan smirked. She was almost like a real pirate. He moved a hand to her hip, about to pull her pants down further, when Kira slapped his hand away again. “Wait!”

  A little frustrated, Xeegan rolled off of her so she could sit up. What else could she have hidden on her? She pushed the pants down herself and undid the strap where a thigh blade was attached. Then, she kicked off her boots and undid the ankle straps where two small blades and a gun were hidden.

  “You really need all of those?” Xeegan asked in amazement.

  Kira crawled into his lap in her underwear and kissed his jaw. “They come in handy,” she answered softly, moving her lips against his earlobe.

  His cock strained against his pants beneath her. She rubbed her hips against the hard bulge and he groaned, pressing his head back against the wall behind him.

  Damn.

  “Your turn,” she said impatiently, pulling his leather jacket off his shoulders.

  Xeegan threw off the jacket and his t-shirt. He couldn’t get them off quickly enough. Kira’s eyes lingered on his chest and arms as he pulled off his pants. His cock sprung free from the confines of the fabric, and for a second, Kira’s eyes widened. Then, she turned back to him with a smile. The way she looked at him only aroused him more. Her eyes were like purple fire, and Xeegan wanted to lose himself in them forever.

  Kira pressed her lips against his and they began to make out again, this time with skin touching skin. When she didn’t immediately take off the small top covering her breasts, Xeegan decided to take matters into his own hands. He noticed a clasp on the back of the top and fumbled with it for a moment before pausing. His inexperience was painfully obvious. Not that he was about to let that stop him. He ripped the flimsy back strap apart and let the piece of clothing fall away, exposing her breasts.

  His breath caught in his throat at the sight. Kira frowned at him as if she was about to tell him off for destroying her garment when he took one of her full breasts in his mouth, feeling their softness with his hands. He flicked a dark nipple with his tongue, groaning against her skin. Kira’s protests seemed to die in her throat as she melted in his arms, basking in the pleasure.

  Xeegan moved onto her other breast, still idly stroking her exposed nipple with a finger. Her skin was sweet and a little salty with sweat against his tongue, and her breasts were softer than he could have ever imagined.

  “Stop teasing me,” she breathed, rolling on top of him.

  Her hips were firmly on his as she rubbed herself against his cock. The thin fabric of her underwear between them was irritating. His heart beat faster and his cock throbbed in anticipation as she moved to take off her panties. He could feel drops of precum flowing from his tip.

  A sudden uncertainty came over Xeegan. Following his instincts on how to kiss her or caress her breasts was one thing. There was no mystery there. But once the underwear came off…

  “Kira,” Xeegan said.

  She paused with her thumb looped through the side of her underwear. “What?”

  “I– There’s something you need to know.”

  She looked stricken, as if he was about to tell her he actually had some obscure sexually transmitted disease from across the universe or something similarly horrible.

  Did he really have to tell her? Maybe he could just fake experience…

  “Okay. Just tell me,” she said, deciding for him.

  “I haven’t done this before.”

  “Slept with an Alliance spy?” she asked, unfazed. “Yeah, well, I’ve never fucked a pirate either.” She pulled her panties all the way off, revealing a neat triangle of dark hair between her legs.

  Xeegan swallowed, his tongue feeling thick. “No, I’ve never had sex,” he said in a voice that sounded nothing like him.

  “Oh.” She blinked at him, looking a little surprised. “That would explain the confusion with the bra. Okay,” she said with an air of finality, suddenly grabbing hold of his cock. Xeegan gasped. She twirled a finger around the precum-soaked head. Currents of pleasure followed her finger, and Xeegan moaned. He fought the urge to simply thrust into her hand.

  “Okay?” he asked throatily, wanting to make sure.

  “Just relax and follow my lead,” Kira said, continuing to stroke his cock. “It’s not rocket science.”

  Xeegan closed his eyes. Alright then. They were doing this.

  She suddenly let go of his cock, and Xeegan groaned. When she shifted her hips and guided his cock inside of her – inch by torturous inch – he nearly saw stars. She began to slowly move her hips up and down on his length, riding him.

  The feeling was incredible. She was so tight around him, so warm and soft. Xeegan’s hands fisted at his sides and he bit his tongue, nearly drawing blood.

  Kira moaned above him and he could feel her tightness contract around his cock.

  “I’m not hurting you, am I?” he asked, a shred of concern in his voice. It felt like he was filling her up to her limits.

  Kira laughed. “No way. You have any idea how fucking hot you are? I’m so damn wet.”

  Xeegan grinned. In that case, he wasn’t going to hold back. He grabbed her hips and pulled her down on him, hard. He pressed her against him as she began to move faster, thrusting along with her movements. He shut his eyes, his lips parted in pleasure.

  “Hey,” she said, slowing down her movements after a while. He opened his eyes and looked into her purple irises. “I want you to fuck me from behind.”

  Behind? How exactly…

  No need to think too hard about it, he told himself, not wasting a moment to comply with her request. Kira dug her knees into the blankets, holding onto the bedframe with both hands, her round ass high up in the air. The sight of her presenting herself to him like this made him mad with lust.

  He quickly positioned himself behind her, and with an animalistic groan, he pushed back into her with a sharp thrust. Kira moaned beneath him as he stretched her to her limits. Her tight sheath wrapped around him pleasurably, and he grabbed hold of her hips again and began to thrust.

  “Yeah, just like that,” she moaned, her voice wavering in pleasure. It took him a moment to get his thrusts in sync with the movements of her hips, but soon his rhythm became more natural.

  Kira’s toes curled as he hit something deep within her over and over and she let out a gasp with each thrust.

  “Harder,” she moaned.

  Xeegan had been holding back, not using his full strength, but was he being too gentle with her? Apparently, she didn’t need him to be careful.

  Eagerly, he picked up his pace and force. Tension grew in his cock and Kira started to breathe faster, also reaching some kind of peak of pleasure.

  “Rub my clit,” she breathed, looking over her shoulder.

  He slowed his thrusts, trying to remember the little he knew about the mechanics of sex and human anatomy. Clit… He had heard the word, but he had no idea where it was.

  “Oh, yeah, right. Virgin,” she said in a teasing voice. “Here.”

  She straightened and grabbed his hand that had been on her hip. She positioned him so his index and middle finger were together, and pressed them against the top of her slit. She swirled the tips of his fingers around a hard bud.

  “Feel that? Just rub right there while you fuck me.”

  Instead of bending back over, she stayed like she was, up on her knees with her back pressed against his chest. Xeegan adjusted his hips so his cock was at the right angle and roughly moved his fingers against her clit while he began to fuck her again, his free arm bent around her torso to keep her against him.

  The new position allo
wed Xeegan to kiss her neck, and as his teeth grazed along her skin, Kira shivered in his arms. His own breathing and thrusts began to quicken at the feeling of having her so close against him, completely enveloping her.

  “Oh yeah,” she moaned, pressing the back of her head against his shoulder. “Oh–” Her breath caught in her throat as she began to contract around Xeegan. She slipped from his grasp and fell to the bed, off of his cock. On her back, she ran a finger up and down her core, basking in her pleasure.

  Xeegan watched her, intrigued.

  So that’s what it looked like when a female came.

  Following suit, Xeegan began to jack himself off between her legs. It took just seconds for him to reach his climax. Pleasure unlike anything he’d ever felt took over his entire body, traveling from his cock to the tips of his fingers and toes. Ropes of cum spilled over her stomach and thighs, and his vision blacked out as he came.

  When his senses returned to him, he saw Kira smiling up at him, her cheeks flushed. He collapsed down on the mattress beside her.

  Why hadn’t they done this sooner?

  * * *

  Xeegan looked at the beautiful female beside him. They had cleaned up, had another drink, and come back to bed. Kira was on her side, her short black hair a mess, and a little smile on her lips that hadn’t left since they had fucked.

  He could still barely believe it. He had never had sex before, not even got close. He hadn’t seen the point of it – until now. If he wasn’t worried about tiring Kira out, he would do it all over again.

  She had seemed so fragile and weak until now. She was tiny, even for a human, but when she was on top of him, he would have done anything she asked. He had, he realized.

  “What are you thinking about?” she asked in a teasing tone, tracing a finger on his chest.

  “What we just did,” he answered honestly.

  “I know,” she said with a laugh. “You’re looking at my tits.”

  Xeegan hadn’t even realized he was looking down and not at her eyes. Apparently, it was going to be hard to get sex off his mind now that he knew how much fun it was.