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by Guardian Of Paradise (lit)

  Kai never had figured out where the clothes went. As long as they were cleaned and hanging in the closet for the next usage, he didn’t really care. Which reminded him, he needed to teach Shana how to use the simulator in the morning. They didn’t have them on Earth, or she would have noticed the unit in the bedroom and would have made her own clothes instead of wearing his all of the time. It didn’t matter that she filled them out in all of the right places.

  Kai bowed down to the mat before stepping onto it. He kneeled down onto the mat, his hands braced on his knees for a few moments staring at the wall. Moments later he jumped onto his feet.

  The sound of feet slapping onto the mat could be heard throughout the quiet house. Kai stood with his legs braced apart, his arms stretched out in front of him. With quick movements of his hands, he sliced the air in front of him. He looked toward the opposite wall from where he stood. Kai looked over his shoulder as he did a back kick.

  His leg moved to execute a front snap kick without his foot touching the mat, and this was followed by a side kick. Then a back kick.

  Minutes passed into hours, Kai breathed heavily as he kneeled on the mat once more. Sweat covered his naked body when he suddenly heard a sound near the door. He didn’t have to look to know who stood there watching him. He closed his eyes tightly as he felt her energy walking toward him with slow uneasy steps.

  His body shook as Shana touched his sweat coated back.

  “Kai,” she whispered his name.

  He slowly opened his eyes and turned to face her. Kai tried to slow his fast breathing, but it was useless whenever she was around him. He inhaled her sweet essence into his being. Shana knelt beside him on the mat as she ran her hands down his back. He groaned and closed his eyes once more, feeling her touch deep inside of him.

  “Shana.” He groaned out her name as his body shivered. He reached out to her and tugged her to him, claiming her lips with his in a deep kiss that almost brought tears to her eyes.

  Shana shivered in delight as he held her to him. His hands slipped under the shirt and cupped her breasts in his palms as she pressed herself into his hands. She threw her head back as Kai rained kisses along her neck and chin. She cried out his name as he tore off her shirt. He tossed the shredded shirt over his shoulder. It landed with a swish in the corner of the room.

  The Robo cleaner came out and picked the shirt up off the floor.

  Stop this before it goes too far, Kai told himself as he felt Shana’s nails rake down his back, and he shivered at the feeling. He whispered her name along her neck as his tongue licked a soft spot that made her shiver with anticipation.

  “Kai.” Shana moaned out loud as she dug her nails into his lower back.

  He lowered Shana on the floor and covered her body with his. He felt his thick shaft along her thighs and he groaned at the feeling of her silky skin along his shaft. She lifted her hips up to his. Kai trailed small kissed down her neck and paused at the swell of her breasts. He kissed both swells before his lips closed over one of her nipples, gently sucking the tip until it hardened inside of his mouth. Then he moved to the other tip sucking it until it did the same, enjoying the taste of her on his tongue.

  Kai’s hands slid down her stomach and lowered until the palm of his hand touched the moist heat of her core.

  Shana tossed her head back until her neck arched. She moaned out loud as Kai trailed his tongue over her stomach, stopping when he pressed his lips at her moist heat.

  “Kai!” she cried out when he licked her moistness. Her hips bucked off the mat.

  He moaned and moved his tongue deeper inside of her. Shana reached down and grabbed onto his hair with her fists. He moved his index finger over her bud making her cry out longer and louder. Shana’s body began to convulse around his finger.

  Kai crawled up her body, pressing his hardness against her moist heat. Shana raised her hips up to his, feeling his shaft slick with her wetness.

  “Please!” Shana cried out heatedly, wrapping her arms and legs around his torso.

  Kai wrapped his arms around her. He turned over onto his back, looking up at her, his eyes glazed with heated passion and desire for her.

  This woman who was meant to be his--even if she was from Earth.

  Shana looked down at him, a puzzled look on her face, unsure of what he wanted her to do in this position. Kai grinned up at her. He placed his hands at her waist, straddling her over his hips. She braced her knees on both sides of him, unsure what to do next. She saw Kai place his hand around his shaft, positioning himself for her. Shana suddenly understood and cried out as she lowered herself over his shaft, groaning as he filled her with his thickened manhood.

  She moaned as she felt him enter her. She lowered her hands above his shoulders as Kai’s hand tightened on her waist and he raised himself off the floor lunging into her. His eyes closed and his neck arched. Kai inhaled a deep breath and let it out in a rush of air.

  He took one hand from her waist and placed it behind her head lowering her lips to his for a deep kiss as his other hand gently raised her and lowered her.

  Shana quickly figured out that this is the way to move. She began to move without his help. Her thighs tightened around his waist as she pulled her lips away from his. She raised herself over Kai and watched his eyes close and his face tighten as his hands gripped harder around her waist.

  “Shana.” Kai cried her name. He slowly opened his eyes and gazed up at her as he pumped into her while he stilled her movements. He felt her inner muscles quiver around him. She fell forward, covering him with her sweat soaked body. He covered her lips with his as she cried out her climax, taking her release inside of him as he continued to pump into her--until he spilled himself deep inside of her.

  ~ * ~

  “I will not believe that Shana is dead,” Mikla said out loud to the one other person inside of her bedroom.

  “You can’t go and find her. Let someone else do it,” a male voice said that belonged to her mate, Gregor.

  “I have to see for myself.” Mikla placed her hand over his stopping the caress on her extended stomach. She gasped as she felt the baby kick inside of her.

  “What of the babe? You are at the end of the last term. I do not want my child born on some foreign planet,” Gregor stressed as he rose from the bed and tugged on his trousers, his back to his mate.

  “I need to find out what happened to her. I don’t believe what the President reported. I know Shana. She would have escaped the ship before it blew up in space. I have known her since we were children. She is a good pilot.” Mikla sat up on the bed while she gazed longingly at Gregor’s back.

  He stood there so tense that she crawled to the other side of the bed and placed a gentle hand on the bronzed back. She smoothed her hand up and down his back.

  “You need to understand. I have to find out what happened to her.”

  Gregor turned to look at her. “Then find someone else to look for Shana. You need to stay close to the hospital until our child is born.” He gazed into her eyes. “I don’t want anything to happen to either you or the babe.”

  Mikla glanced away from him. She knew that he was right. Even though they had the best technology in birthing rooms across the galaxy and complications were rare if nonexistent, births could still go wrong where both mother and child could die.

  “You’re right. I’ll find someone that I can trust to find what really happened to Shana.” She spoke softly as she wrapped her arms around her mate. “I want to help her if she is indeed in trouble or hurt. Or both.” Mikla looked up into Gregor’s eyes. Her breath caught at the tender look that he gave her. She reached up and pressed her lips against his.

  Six

  It was the middle of the night. Kai held Shana in his arms. His thumb caressed her arm in circles, and he placed tender kisses along her neck as the air cooled them after a night of heated passion that was spent.

  Shana turned over onto her back and looked up at him. It was time for her to questio
n him. She sat up on her arm and gazed down at him.

  “How did we meet?”

  Kai stiffened, his thumb stopped making the small circles on her. He inhaled sharply at her question. It was so sudden--he wasn’t prepared for her to ask these questions.

  Kai moved his arms from under her as raised himself on his hand.

  “Why do you want to know how we met?” Kai answered her question with his own.

  “I want to remember. I need to remember my past. It’s all a total blank to me,” Shana answered as she slid her legs to the side of the bed and stood up. She reached down to pick up the discarded shirt and slid her arms into the sleeves. She quickly buttoned the shirt, while her back was facing Kai. She raked her fingers through her hair before she turned to face him.

  He sat up in the bed and watched her dress as thoughts of what to tell her went through his mind. He raked his fingers through his hair as blood rushed through his veins. Sweat broke out again, just thinking about what he was going to say. What should I tell her? he asked himself.

  Tell her the truth, his mind screamed at him.

  No! his alter ego screamed back.

  Shana looked at him with questioning eyes. He gave her a gentle smile. “We met on Ornus Six--” He started to say as she sat down next to him on the bed. Kai took her in his arms once more. Her back leaned against his front. Her bottom pressed against his groin. He could feel himself hardening again. “--You were there on business.”

  “What kind of business was I in?” she asked him, turning her head to look into his eyes.

  “Government.” At least that part was the truth.

  “What kind of government business?” Shana asked as she sat up straight. She turned to face him. Her gaze held his as she waited for the answer to the question that had been bothering her since the day that she woke up and couldn’t remember anything at all.

  “I don’t know. You never told me what that was.” That was all that he was going to tell her. Kai claimed her lips with his as his arms went around her, bringing her closer to him. His mind screamed out to him to stop this madness before it went deeper than it already was.

  Too late... his heart cried out sadly. I am already in too deep. I have developed feelings for this woman who holds me in the palm of her hands. I just hope that she forgives me when she regains her memory.

  He pulled his lips from hers, looking deeply into her eyes. “We met and fell in love. We’ve spent an entire year making plans for our wedding.”

  He sighed as he took her lips in a deep kiss as brought her closer to him. He adjusted her legs around him and claimed her in one deep lunge of his hips. His hands slid down and cupped her stomach in the palm of his hands. He was hoping that a miracle would take place. One that would bind them together, for the rest of their lives.

  ~ * ~

  “You want this man eliminated?” she asked and looked up at the president. “May I ask why?”

  “No. You may not.”

  She nodded her head and continued to read the file. “I’ll do it.” Her final parting words floated back as she walked out of the office. “My ship is ready for take off as we speak. I am always prepared.”

  ~ * ~

  Morning had come too soon. Shana rose from the bed and stretched her arms over her head and groaned as her back popped in several places. She quickly dressed in another shirt, then found a note from Kai:

  I had to leave on business. I’ll be home later this evening. I’ll be thinking of you throughout the day.

  She smiled and tucked the note in the shirt pocket. What can I do with myself today? she thought cheerfully, as she brushed her hair and twisted a braid along her nape. She picked the leather scrap and tied the end with it. She gave herself a long look in the mirror. With a skip in her walk, Shana left the bedroom that had became theirs in a few short days. She passed the Bot on her way down the hallway. Shana smiled at it. She was in a good mood.

  The doorbell rang indicating a visitor.

  The Bot was already at the door letting the visitor into the house. Shana paused as she watched a woman enter into the home. The dark-haired woman stopped, surprised, and looked over at Shana. Her brown eyes roamed over her.

  “Who are you?” the dark-haired woman asked in a demanding voice.

  “I am Shana. May I ask who are?” Shana asked the woman. She placed her hands on her hips as she waited for an answer.

  “Sonya. What are you doing in Kai’s home?” Sonya asked her as she marched over to Shana and stood in front of her. Sonya’s hands rested on her hips. Brown eyes were squinted at Shana in disgust.

  “I live here. I am married to Kai.” Shana responded in a soft voice, not wanting this woman riled her. Her heart was racing inside of her chest. Kai? What is the woman to Kai?

  “Married?” Sonya gasped she took a step back. She quickly composed herself. She walked around Shana as she glanced over her shoulder at the woman who could destroy everything that she had planned. “Kai never mentioned that he was married. He would have told me.” Sona spoke harshly. She turned away from Shana. Sonya took a few steps away from her and quickly scanned the living room. All of this could be mine, Sonya thought to herself.

  Sonya took in a few deep, shuddering breaths, then let them out slowly trying to gain control of herself. Everything that she had hoped to gain was within her grasp, now it was no longer there. She mentally cursed herself for letting Kai go that night last week. She had come to his house hoping to get another try about becoming his wife and co-ruler of this planet. Then this woman came and took everything away from her.

  Sonya became jealous. She turned back to Shana. “If you are his wife, then why did he come to visit me last night?”

  “That is impossible since he was with me. All night long. If you are looking to rile me with your insinuations, I suggest that you use a different approach with the correct information next time.” Shana drew each word out, letting the words sink into this woman who, for some reason, seemed to feel she had some sort of claim on Kai. Which puzzled Shana even more as she frowned and a crease appeared in the middle of her forehead while she considered it.

  If Kai and I were planning to get married, then why was he seeing this woman? Shana asked herself as she watched Sonya turn on her heel in a huff and quickly leave the house.

  Shana looked down at the Bot and shrugged her shoulders. The Bot turned on its wheels and the lights were blinking rapidly, then the Bot turned and rolled down the hallway. She figured that the Bot wanted her to follow it.

  She stepped back into the bedroom that she shared with Kai. The Bot rolled over to the panel on the wall that Shana had noticed a few times since she had arrived here. The Bot punched in some keys and waited.

  A moment later, clothes appeared inside the panel. The Bot turned back to Shana and beeped a couple of times. Shana approached slowly, unsure what to expect as the Bot turned to the clothes then back to Shana. Then back to the clothes.

  “I think that I understand that those are for me.” Shana gave a short laugh, then looked down at the Bot. “Why didn’t Kai show me how to use this?” Shana pointed to the panel. “Why was he letting me wear these shirts if I could have made my own clothes?” Shana asked in a puzzled voice. She shook her head slowly.

  Shana reached out into the panel and scooped up the black leggings and blue thigh length shirt that felt like silk in her hands. How do I know what silk feels like if I had never felt this material before? she asked herself, then gasped out aloud. She looked down at the Bot, “I just had a memory!” she cried out happily. She spun around clutching the clothes to her chest. She remembered shopping in a market and coming across a vendor that was selling nighttime garments. Shana had touched a nightshirt with her fingertips, feeling the silky texture. She had sighed because she couldn’t afford the high price.

  Shana stopped spinning and grabbed onto the nightstand. “If we had machines that could produce clothing, then why the vendors?” Shana asked herself with confusion.


  She walked over to the bed and sat down. The clothing dropped to her lap. “Nothing makes sense. If I could only remember.” Shana looked down at the clothing in her lap “First that woman, Sonya, comes here saying that she has a relationship with Kai. But he told me that he had been making plans to marry me for the past year.”

  Shana stood up and tossed the clothes onto the bed. Her hands dropped to her side and she began to pace the length of the bedroom. Beeps sounded at her side and Shana glanced down at the Bot.

  “Are you trying to tell me something?” Shana asked with a frown. “That is another thing. Why hasn’t he put a chip in me to communicate with you?” She threw her hands in the air and walked over to the bed as she shrugged out of the clothes that she was wearing. She tugged on the leggings and the shirt that the Bot had made for her.

  “I need some air,” Shana muttered as she tugged on her shoes and stormed out of the bedroom. “I need to do some thinking. Nothing is making sense to me at all.” Shana walked at a brisk pace down the hallway and out the front door. She scanned the yard and her eyes lit on a small white hovercraft. Shana marched over to the craft and glanced in through the window. “I think I know how to drive this thing,” she muttered under her breath and climbed inside the craft.

  The keys were already in the ignition. Shana reached over and turned the key. The hovercraft started with a low purr. Shana smiled slightly as she lifted the handle off the floor. The hovercraft slowly lifted from the ground. Shana looked over at the house. The Bot stood there watching her with its lights flashing and making beeping sounds. It spun on its wheels and rolled back into the house.

  Shana couldn’t help but smile as she imagined the Bot calling Kai and telling him that she was stealing his hovercraft. Shana didn’t care at the moment. As long as she got away from the house for a while. She needed the time to think things through--everything was happening to her way too fast for her peace of mind.