The more the images played, the faster her anger rose. She’d known he’d been afraid of kissing her and now she knew why. Something in his freaky alien genetics had just told him she wasn’t one of them. He couldn’t get off her or send her away fast enough. She’d felt her heart splintering from the sound of his gravelly voice commanding her to leave. He was ashamed.
Fire shot up the back of Tana’s neck and she leapt up from the ground. “Fuck him! He has a lot of god damned nerve telling me what I can or can’t do. This is his problem, not mine.”
Glancing down to her rumpled clothes and dirt-encrusted fingernails, Tana cringed. “Shit. It probably didn’t help that I look like death warmed over on top of it.” Looking to the left, she spotted the bag with all of his gifts, which just pissed her off more, and stomped over to get it. Grabbing up a kitchen knife, she hightailed it out of the camp and headed up river. She needed a bath and no one was going to stop her.
She’d gotten about two hundred yards up and gasped when she found the waterfall. It wasn’t very tall, but she’d fit perfectly underneath the gentle spray. She glanced around and realized this was as far as she could have traveled without needing help to scale the rocks. High shale and tree-lined walls surrounded the river past the start of the falls and beyond. They tapered down on this side of the split and gave her new bathing area a sense of enclosure and safety.
Happy with her discovery, she pulled out the little bag she’d fashioned to hold her bathing supplies and toothbrush. Scrambling out of her clothes, she dove into the water and was pleased to find it warm. She was under the spray and scrubbing her teeth in seconds. She moaned in ecstasy at the taste of fresh mint.
Minutes later, her hair was pristine and feeling the softest it’d been in months. It was moments like this that made her extremely happy that she’d let Mindy talk her into laser hair removal. Just the thought of how ridiculous her legs and underarms would have looked at this moment made her cringe. She winced at the thought of scraping a kitchen knife along her skin just to look presentable. If she ever got back to Earth, she was going to send her former friend a gift basket.
Squeaky clean, Tana pushed languidly out into the open water. Flipping over to her back, she paddled lazily around the pool and dreamed of the day she’d get off this godforsaken planet and away from that extremely confusing Insedi.
Long minutes drifted by and her anger began to dissipate. Why was she mad? It wasn’t his fault. They weren’t compatible and that was the bottom line. Hell, he was over three hundred years old. He needed a mate that could extend his life. Even if he had been interested, she didn’t want to think she’d caused his early death for being selfish. She felt sad at the thought of him with another woman. Whoever it was going to be, she immediately hated her.
Tana almost drowned herself when a deep, growly shout echoed around the enclosure and sent her skittering underwater. When she bobbed back up for air, she wiped her face and stared at an extremely pissed Lucien glaring at her from the edge of the water. His chest was heaving as if he’d been running at a fast clip and his fists were clenched at his side. A shiver went up her spine at the words slipping slowly out of clenched white teeth.
“You defied me. I told you not to leave.”
Whatever empathy she’d been having for his plight left in an instant. She was amazed at how fast he was able to shoot her blood pressure into the atmosphere.
“You’re not my boss. In fact, if I’m not mistaken, you assured me not too long ago that you’re not my boyfriend, my husband, my lover, or my friend. You’re just a big lug who thinks he can command everyone to do what he wants. Oh, and I’m certainly not one of your warriors. I answer to no one.” She swallowed hard when he didn’t budge, but she did see his eyes darken to a deeper green before narrowing into thin slits. That didn’t bode well.
“Get out of the water and come to me.”
Tana raised her brows. “You don’t listen too well, do you? I’m not going anywhere just because you said to do it.” She lifted her hand out of the water and flipped him off. She frowned when he sat on the ground and started pulling his boots off.
“What are you doing?”
“What does it look like I’m doing?”
“You better not get in this water. This is my place. I call dibs since I found it. Now leave.”
He didn’t say a word and continued to peel his socks off and tossed them to the side. When he stood back up and removed his sword and leather scabbard, she started back-paddling in the water.
“Stop, Lucien.”
“No.”
Her mouth unhinged when he peeled his black pants off and practically posed for the cover of Hunky Warrior Monthly in all his naked, beautiful glory. She swallowed a mouthful of water before she could control her arms again.
Tana’s mind flashed back to the Dar Kan shower and remembered how silky his skin had felt sliding across her palm. She’d gotten a cursory glance at his body before they’d been taken away, but nothing at this level. He’d released his hair, and the slow breeze caught the tail and whipped it gently to the side. Son of a bitch. The whole package was just too much to take, but she couldn’t pull her eyes away.
His cock was at full mast and she could see it glistening at the top. She realized too late that his big hand was wrapped around the base, as if holding the massive beast up for her inspection. The bulbous tip almost reached his bellybutton. He was huge. She tore her eyes away and watched his thigh and calf muscles harden as he walked slowly into the water. The long muscles running along the outside edge of his abs and extending down to his groin bunched and stretched as he moved closer.
When he extended his arms out and knifed fully into the water, Tana swiveled around and starting swimming as fast as she could to the other side. She hadn’t made two full strokes before he caught her around the waist and pulled her backward to his chest.
She pried at his arm, but it was a solid band of steel and wasn’t budging. He easily pulled them back to the opposite shore.
“Lucien, why are you doing this? You made it perfectly clear that you didn’t want anything to do with me back there.” He grunted next to her ear.
“You have no idea what you’re talking about. You scared the hell out of me when you weren’t at the camp. Now, you’re going to pay.”
“Pay? What do you mean?”
“If you’re going to act like a child, then I’ll treat you like a child.”
Tana felt a nervous shiver run across her skin. “You’re the one acting like a child.”
“Nope, I’m acting like a fully grown male that’s about to spank your ass for misbehaving.”
He had her up and out of the water before she could squeak out a protest. He dropped to the ground and swung her over his lap like she was a small doll. His forearm landed in the middle of her back and one massive thigh caught the back of both of hers. She was trapped.
“God damn it, Lucien. Let me up. This is ridiculous.”
She heard the sharp slap of his palm landing in the center of her right butt cheek long before she felt the result. When the sting shot like racing fire across her skin, she yelled out and pinched his leg.
“Stop!” As soon as the word left her mouth, she felt her eyes widen. A pleasant warmth had sunk into her skin and beat a direct path to her clit. What the hell?
“No.”
Again, his palm landed on her ass, but this time it was just slightly lower than the first one. Her butt rose in the air at the impact, as if it was chasing the source of the warmth. She’d be damned if she’d let him know that her libido was enjoying every minute of the paddling.
“Damn it, that hurt.” She inwardly grimaced that her protest wasn’t as strong as before.
“As it should. Now stay still or I’ll give you more.”
Since pinching wasn’t working she tried to twist and bite him, but his arm clamped harder down on her back.
When his hand landed on the left side, she squirmed in his lap and felt his c
ock graze across her stomach. She froze from the delicious sensation. His palm rubbed slowly across her smarting flesh and she felt the thick member kick against her belly. Fire shot into her groin and she was completely shocked by the long moan escaping her lips.
Lucien’s hand froze on her ass. She wiggled to get free but stopped as soon as his palm began moving across her tingling flesh. He tapped her just above the last blow. This time it wasn’t as strong, but it still sounded loud and burned. She bit her lip to stop her traitorous mouth, but another low groan drifted out.
She felt him kneading her flesh before his hand lifted away. He caught her with an open palm right at the point where her ass blended into the top of her thigh. She yelped and his voice drifted low and sensuous to her ears.
“Are you going to take off again without letting me know where you are, Tana? Tell me no and mean it, or this continues.”
She didn’t want the biting blows, but she wouldn’t mind the softness he’d shown for a few brief seconds.
“I promise not to.”
“Promise what?”
“That I won’t run off without telling you first.”
He surprised her with another stinging bite to the top of her right cheek. She bit her lip and didn’t yell this time. He massaged the flesh as if trying to push the sting back into her body.
“Are you going to let me protect you, mellis? You know that I can’t think straight if you’re in danger.” Her skin shivered at the silky words. He sounded almost sad that he was having to cause her pain. She relaxed against his muscles and dropped her palms to the ground.
“Yes, Lucien. You can protect me. And I’ll protect you.”
* * * *
Lucien watched his fingers drift across the lovely pink skin and wondered why he was even trying to fight the feelings he had for this beautiful, strong, and courageous female. It was tearing him up inside from having to spank her, but she’d scared him so badly he didn’t know what else to do. He’d almost dropped to his knees in relief when he’d found her footprints by the shoreline.
Now she was draped across his lap, completely still, and her luscious bottom was arched up and waiting for another blow. He’d heard her moan of pleasure and it had taken him by surprise. He was already hard as a rock from watching her breasts bobbing above the water when he’d arrived. She was so fucking beautiful. He wanted to touch her, but not to harm. He ran his palm over the strikes he’d made and couldn’t stop the words that left his mouth.
“Your skin is so pink, Tana. It’s very pretty.”
His traitorous fingers drifted down the seam of her ass and slipped inside her moist heat. Her back arched and he felt fire travel along his groin in answer. Her legs widened and he had to bite his lip to keep from shooting his seed across her belly. Swirling his fingers gently inside, he slipped out and pushed the copious fluid toward her clit. He groaned when a hardened bud met his flesh. She was as turned on as he was. He rubbed gently and bent close to her body. He tried to sound in control, but knew he was failing miserably when he felt the slight undulation of her hips.
“You’re sopping wet, mellis. Do you want me?” He had to lean closer to hear her.
“Yes, I’m on fire. I need you, Lucien.”
He slid his other hand up the curve of her back and tangled his fingers in her fiery mane. It had started to dry and felt like silk across his palm. He pushed two fingers inside her blistering sheath. Her hips rolled harder and he barely contained himself.
“Do you want to feel something inside you besides my fingers, baby? Will you let me put my body inside and love you right this time?”
Her words were carried on a husky groan.
“Ah, shit, Lucien. You can do anything to me and you’ll get no argument.”
He caressed her back and began pushing his fingers slowly in and out of her slick warmth.
“At the showers, you told me that we couldn’t take this any further. Why did you say that?”
“I was afraid.”
He increased the rhythm and pressed against her moist walls until he found the spongy flesh close behind her clit. She couldn’t speak for several moments.
“Tell me why, Tana.”
She panted out her fear. “My birth control is wearing off. I could get pregnant. This is no place for a baby.” She dipped her head lower and grunted as he extended his index finger and began brushing across her clit with each inward stroke.
“I wish you would have confided in me, sweetness. I could have told you that Insedi mates determine if a child will be conceived. You are safe with me. I know that on Earth, there is fear of diseases for those that wish to couple. The Insedi do not carry those, nor can we transmit them.” He smiled at her muffled words.
“Fuck. I knew you weren’t real. I’m in a god damn coma.”
Lucien knew she was ready for him when her fluids dripped liberally down his fingers. He lifted them to his mouth and licked away her essence.
“Gods, you taste divine.”
She swiveled on his lap and quickly straddled his hips. He looked into her eyes and knew he was about to embark on something that might tear his heart into a thousand pieces, but he didn’t care. He wanted in her. If it was the only way to feel any part of her essence, he would take it.
Chapter 22
Falling backward to the cool ground, Lucien grasped his cock and lifted it upward. “Rise to your knees and slowly bring yourself down on me, sweetness. I want to watch as I enter your body.”
He groaned when Tana bit her lip and rose high above him. She reached back and grabbed his knees to steady herself. Gently, she lowered onto his aching flesh and he cried out as her moist walls engulfed the tip. She glided up and down several times as he inched his way inside. She was excruciatingly tight, but he knew he could fit her. This just felt right.
“That’s it, my lovely. I’m going to rub your sweet little bud again. I want your juices flowing freely around me. I need to be inside you.” Her head lolled back and he could feel her hair tickling along his thighs.
“Umm, Lucien. Keep talking to me. You’re so fucking sexy. I’m already so close.”
He slipped his thumb across her distended clit and started a steady caress that pushed her to the barest limit, if the trembling of her legs was any indication.
“That’s it, mea amor. I’m disappearing inside you. When you lift I can see your sweet juices coating my flesh. Good. Good. Push down. Again. Slowly roll your hips. That’s it. Perfect. Almost there.”
He reached up with his free hand and tweaked her right nipple. She immediately cried out, slung her body forward, and impaled him. Grunting at the excruciating pleasure, Lucien lost his mind.
He rolled them over and spread her legs wide before pushing his way back inside. She wrapped her legs around his hips, and he began a steady pace of fucking her right. Over and over he ran his hardened flesh against her clit and scraped his chest across her heaving breasts. Digging his elbows and knees into the soft earth, he rode her hard while whispering hoarsely against her ear.
“Feel me, Tana. That’s me inside of you. Nothing between us but our flesh. That’s it, baby. I feel you gripping me. Your walls are rippling along my cock. You’re going to come for me soon. I can feel it. Yes, ride my groin. Find your pleasure, mellis.”
Tana flung her head back and cried out. Her short nails raked along his back. Every scrape or caress across his skin pulled his nut sac higher.
“Lucien! God damn. You feel so good. Harder…harder I’m coming…I’m coming…I’m coming…fuck!”
As soon as her walls fisted tightly against his flesh, he pulled out and flipped her to her hands and knees and drove hard inside. He clamped onto her hips and grunted and strained as he watched his cock slide in and out of her glistening pussy. He was mesmerized at the sight and lost to the feeling of her flesh milking hard to coax his seed. Faster he moved until the inevitable occurred. He slumped over her back and watched through blurred vision as his mating necklace dangled over
her shoulder and caressed the side of her cheek. He was lost.
Lucien felt his core energy exploding forth at the same time cum ripped from his balls and shot into her body. He fought the intrusion of the entity trying to connect with its mate and focused on the excruciating pleasure erupting across every inch of his skin. He heard her cry out as a second orgasm slammed into her body and she lost control of her arms and legs. He caught her around the waist and held her hips up as he continued to empty himself inside her. It was never ending. One stream after another pelted her insides as he rained kisses across her back and shoulders. He felt his muscles cramping to stay aloft and not crush her. Quickly, he rolled to his side and pulled her with him. He wanted to stay inside her moist heat and never leave. Over and over, he rolled his hips and enjoyed the feel of her silky skin moving across his as he rubbed her thighs and cupped a breast. All too soon, he had no energy to demand anything else from her.
They lay spooned together and panting for breath for many long minutes. His sated cock finally softened inside her, yet he was loath to leave. He felt her inhale deeply and release it on a rush of breath.
“Damn, Lucien. I should piss you off every chance I get.”
He couldn’t help the bark of laughter leaping from his throat. “No. That was for being so good there at the end.”
Tana reached back and slipped her hand in between their bodies. He felt her rubbing her spanked flesh. “I bet my ass is going to be red for a week. Lucien?”
“Yes, sweetness?”
“Where did you learn to do that?”
“You’ll need to be more specific.”
She chuckled and slapped him on the hip.
“To spank like that. I’ve heard it can be very erotic and now I know why.”
“That’s the first time I’ve ever laid a hand upon a female’s ass. You’re the only one that’s ever pushed me to that point.”
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