by K. D. Jones
She should stop him. Tell him no. Push him away. Hell, say no or something. But she couldn’t get herself to do it. She didn’t want to stop him. She had been thinking about this man for months. She wasn’t going to deny what she had been wanting all this time. Not when it was right here in front of her for the taking.
She ripped open his shirt baring his skin to her touch. Katierans’ body temperature was naturally warmer than humans. ConEL’s felt like a furnace. He had mostly smooth skin except for a strip of hair from his navel that disappeared into his pants. She had noticed that patch before and wicked thoughts of exploring where that path led entered her head.
ConEL cupped her panty-covered ass and frowned. He wanted no barrier between them. He ripped the scrap of thin cloth from her body throwing it to the ground. Oh Kitana! Her skin was so soft, so smooth. He massaged her firm globes in his hands and brought her closer against his arousal.
Lucy moaned. The friction of his pants and stiff cock against her soft flesh was making her lose her fucking mind. “ConEL!”
He reached down and rubbed her juices up and down teasing her pussy lips. He inserted a finger, then two more, pushing them in and out, faster and faster.
Lucy tried to push down harder on his fingers wanting and needing him deeper. She was going to come before she even got him naked. Oh hell no. She reached between them and found the hooks for his pants. She released them and shoved them down the best she could.
His hard long member popped free and right into her eager hands. When she clasped him, ConEL released a long, low, deep growl.
“Lucy.”
“In me now!” she ordered him as she lifted her leg higher and positioning him in the right spot.
ConEL thrust upward through her wet folds. It was tight and soft. She squeezed his cock—it felt so damn good. He was still standing, holding her with her legs wrapped around his waist and their bodies joined. Why had he denied himself this as long as he had? He should have went after her months ago.
Lucy adjusted to having herself impaled completely. He filled her up as no one ever had. Nothing had felt this wonderful, not even with her husband. She didn’t want to think about that. She only wanted to feel. He felt so good, so perfect, and so right.
She anchored herself pressing her feet against his ass and holding his wide shoulders with her hands. She moved herself on him. Up and down. Slowly at first, then she moved faster and harder. Oh, fuck yes!
“ConEL,” she whispered against his neck.
He had been trying to hold it together to let Lucy find a pace that worked best for her. He wanted to please her more than he wanted to please himself. Her needs would always come first for him. He had a fleeting thought that he had not even gotten her completely naked. He promised himself that he would rectify that mistake the next time.
He lowered them down to the sand until he was on his knees. He kept them connected but now he felt more secure in keeping her from injury. He grabbed her hips and helped her regain her pace and then he increased it. Oh Goddess. It was pure bliss.
Lucy felt something building up inside of her. The inner walls of her womb were tightening up. She was about to come. She just…needed…a little…more. ConEL bit in the spot where her neck and shoulder met, the extra spark she needed to send her over the edge.
“ConEL!” she yelled out her release.
ConEL continued to pump in and out of her at a faster rate. Then he pulled out all the way before he finally had his release. “Lucy!”
They held each other while their breathing slowly came to a more normal, even rate. Lucy rested her head on his shoulder. ConEL ran a hand back and forth across her back. He wished he had took the time to take her dress off completely so he could feel her smooth skin. He felt guilty for taking her like an animal instead of with the care and attention as every male should take a female.
“Lucy that was…”
“Hold that thought.” Beeps were sounding from her purse. Her comm link was going off. She had put it inside her purse while she had gone to the Evening Meal.
She lifted off him but both their bodies resisted it. She freed herself from him and dived to where she had dropped her purse and shoes, fiddling until she managed to get her comm link out.
“Lieutenant Daniels here.” She frowned, feeling a breeze blowing up her bare ass. Where the hell was her underwear? She looked up at ConEL who had his eyes glued to her exposed area. The look in his eyes told her he was not done with her. Not by a long shot.
“Sorry, sir, repeat that.” She pointed her finger at ConEL telling him no. He gave her a devilish smile that had her pussy getting wet all over again. Fuck! She turned away from him and concentrated.
“Lieutenant Daniels, you are to report to the operations room in ten minutes.”
“I’ll be there, sir.” She ended her communications and turned back to ConEL who had started pumping his cock in his hand. No man had ever looked sexier. All she wanted to do was to crawl over to him and make love to him again. But she couldn’t do that right now.
“I have to go.” She stood and grabbed her shoes and purse. She looked around for her absent underwear but it was too dark for her to see it. Fuck it!
ConEL was standing up righting his clothes. The look on his face made it clear he was not happy for the interruption. That frustrated look only made him even more appealing to her.
She scanned the area around them. She wished that she had the Katieran’s eyesight. It was too dark for her to tell if anyone else was around. Did they really just fuck out in public?
“Well, this was…nice.”
He frowned. “I want to go with you.”
She shook her head. “I have to report in to the Operations Room.”
“I’m…” he was about to say he was the Prime Commander and that he would take care of whatever was happening. However, he wasn’t Prime Commander anymore. He hasn’t been the Prime Commander in a long time. “I’m still a Prime and I am a warrior. I will go with you.”
She wasn’t going to argue anymore. She was already going to be a few minutes late. “Fine.” She walked toward the Prime Building without looking back at him.
She could feel him as he easily caught up with her and kept pace. He made her feel so dainty walking beside his hulking figure. That was unusual for her. Her husband had complained about her height. He hated it whenever she wore heels. It wasn’t as if she could make herself shorter. ConEL and pretty much all the Katieran men were taller than she was. It was a different experience for her.
* * *
Chapter Ten
Prime Commander KydEL and Captain Jaxon were arguing. Their voices were so loud that Lucy could hear them from the hallway before they arrived.
“I don’t see why I can’t go?”
“We’ve discussed this Jaxon. We don’t know what is going on yet. The results are showing strange things. Until Syd and Kat figure it out, I am not letting you go anywhere.”
“Damn man!”
“Frustrating female!”
Lucy knocked on the door to get their attention before she entered. “Lieutenant Daniels reporting in.”
KydEL was about to speak when he noticed his Uncle ConEL was standing in the doorway behind Lucy. He had observed his uncle many times during training. They even sparred together a few times. ConEL had impressed him with how far he had come in so short a time. His Uncle had also been working hard to reach out to the rest of the family. He and Jaxon had shared several Meals with him. There were times that ConEL reminded him so much like his father. He was surprised to see him here though.
“Uncle ConEL,” Kyd greeted him.
ConEL nodded at his nephew. He saw the confused look on the other male’s face and wanted to explain why he was there. “I was with Lucy…Lieutenant Daniels when she received orders to come here. I…wanted to offer my assistance as well.” He felt so nervous.
“You know what, that’s a great idea,” Jaxon spoke up excitedly.
Kyd frowned at
her. “I don’t know.”
“Come on, Kyd. You’re going to make me remain behind all on my own to wait on the news while you travel to the Colony. It’s not fair.” Jaxon tried to sound tough, but Lucy could hear the worry in her voice. So could her mate KydEL.
KydEL grabbed her hand and squeezed it. He didn’t want to leave her either. Someone else would have to take his place. He turned his attention back to Lucy and ConEL.
“A Colonial transport is arriving tomorrow to take four Earth females. Two to Kiljor and the other two females to the Colony. The two females going to Kiljor are therapists who will help the Kiljorns in their recovery from their attack. Another therapist will be traveling to the Colony to help with one of the females the Morins had taken. She’s not doing well and Leader LarIS has requested assistance.”
“What about the fourth female? Is she a therapist, too?” asked Lucy.
Jaxon shook her head. “No. Do you remember the linguist, Dr. Lizzie Connell, that helped Kat teach the culture classes on the Transport?”
“Short woman with big blue eyes?”
“Yep. That’s here. She is going to the Colony because the woman needing assistance is deaf.”
“As in…she can’t hear anything? I thought those translator implants would fix that.”
KydEL shook his head. “Unfortunately, there are some things that are not easily fixed. She can hear some sounds but not all and with the trauma she went through, she has refused to work with her implants to improve her hearing abilities. Dr. Lizzie can do the silent language.”
“Silent language? What is that?” ConEL asked.
Jaxon laughed. “He means Sign Language. It’s a way to speak to people who cannot hear by using hand signals.”
Lucy frowned. She didn’t remember how many others had been taken for the Kiljorn Prime City to the Morin ship. She had been too busy making sure that AriELa, TarAK, ConEL, and TorEL all got to an escape pod.
“I didn’t realize there had been other Earth females taken from Kiljor when the Morins attacked.”
“There hadn’t been. This is a female that had been taken from the Katieran Transport months ago when the Morin Transport attacked and invaded.”
“I forgot about that. They have had her for this long?”
Jaxon nodded and looked Lucy in the eyes. They had a silent understanding about what might have been done to her. That’s why they needed the therapist. She suspected she knew what kind of trauma the poor woman suffered, too.
Kyd continued. “Lieutenant, I want to send you to escort the therapists. You have proven yourself worthy.” He turned to ConEL. “I was going to go as well to discuss the Tri-Alliance, but I am thinking of asking you, Uncle ConEL, to go in my place.” The Tri-Alliance was an alliance with the Katierans, the Kiljorns, and the Colonists. All three nations originated from Katiera, but divided when the Morins introduced the virus that nearly wiped out all of Katiera. The remaining survivors disagreed with what should be done and split off from the Katieran home world. Now they were planning to join forces against the Morins who have returned.
ConEL looked shocked that Kyd would give him such an important task. It showed a lot of faith in him. That or something serious must be going on with Jaxon that he would not want to leave his mate. He looked at his nephew’s mate. She was like Lucy, a female warrior. She seemed to be paler than usual. What was going on?
“I will be honored to go in your place, Prime Commander.”
KydEL nodded at his uncle then turned his attention to Lieutenant Daniels. “If you do not wish to go, I will assign someone else.”
“I’ll go.”
“Very good. The shuttle will be ready at dawn to take you both to the transport. If there is anyone you wish to say a goodbye to, I would suggest doing that now.”
“Yes, sir.” Lucy had no one to say goodbye to except for Jaxon.
“You are dismissed. Prime ConEL, may I speak with you privately for a moment?”
“Of course.” ConEL followed KydEL out into the hallway. The door was slid closed behind them.
As soon as they were out of the room, Lucy turned her questions on Jaxon. “What is going on here? Why are you so upset?”
Jaxon shook her head denying anything was wrong but Lucy interrupted. “Don’t tell me nothing is wrong. I have known you for years. Tell me.”
Jaxon sighed. “I might be…pregnant.”
“That’s great!” Lucy said excitedly. But she was confused when Jaxon looked away. “What are you not telling me?”
“The tests are not coming back clear. It’s strange. One minute the medical scope readings say I’m pregnant, then the next they say inconclusive. What the hell does inconclusive even mean?”
Jaxon had yelled a little, but Lucy knew it wasn’t directed at her. Jaxon was feeling helpless and she didn’t like that feeling at all. Lucy could relate to that. She liked to be in control of things, too. She worried about her friend.
“What are the medics going to do about it?”
“We have to wait. Kat had already requested Medic JadEN to bring back two fertility experts on the next transport. They should arrive in about two more weeks.”
“What does Dr. Morris believe is going on?”
“She thinks it could be multiple births but the readings aren’t right. It doesn’t match Cassie’s twin pregnancy. However, since it is a mixed race, they feel it’s still a little early to tell. If I am pregnant, I am only a few weeks along.”
Lucy sat down beside her. “You’re worried.”
Jaxon didn’t say anything. She just nodded her head. The emotion was there, but Jaxon fought to keep in control.
Lucy reached out and squeezed her hand. “Let me know if there is anything that I can do.”
“Look after ConEL for us.”
“I will protect him with my life. It is my duty.”
Jaxon nudged her with her shoulder. “Come on, girl. It’s me. I know something is going on between you and the Prime. Have you checked out his man parts yet?”
“Jaxon! You are awful!”
“You haven’t denied it.”
Lucy glanced at the closed door and blushed. She nodded her head.
“I knew it! I knew something was going on between the two of you. He would constantly ask me about you and you would constantly ask about him while you were on Southside. I knew something had to be going on.”
“We didn’t do anything until tonight. We just couldn’t help ourselves. It was spontaneous. It was probably a one-time thing so don’t say anything to the Prime Commander.”
Jaxon snorted as she laughed. “Oh, honey, he probably knew the moment you two walked into the room. He could smell the two of you all over each other.”
“Just fucking great,” Lucy grumbled.
*****
“I am sorry to hear about what is happening with your mate. I know you must be worried.” ConEL was shocked to learn about the medical problems that Jaxon was experiencing.
“We hope to have some news soon. But …”
“But?”
Kyd ran a hand through his dark hair. “Kat and Syd talked to me separately about it. It’s possible that if she is breeding, her body may be rejecting the young.”
“Kitana! Can our people ever get past these effects caused by that infernal virus?”
“Kat says this happens sometimes on Earth, too. She says that if something is going wrong with the young, Jaxon’s body will remove an object that is unhealthy to her body.”
“They didn’t tell her this to keep her from worrying more?”
“Yes, but I think her not knowing is making it worse.”
“You must tell her the truth. You can deal with whatever happens together, but you must have honesty.”
Kyd nodded. “I think you are right.”
ConEL reached out slowly and gripped Kyd’s shoulder squeezing it in a comforting way. It was his first physical contact he shared with any family member other than his daughter. Even his son still kept
to himself. “I am here for you.”
“Thanks, Uncle.”
They were silent for a moment. ConEL released his shoulder. Kyd then changed the topic.
“So, what is going on between you and Lieutenant Daniels?”
* * *
Chapter Eleven
ConEL and Lucy walked to the lifts silently. Once the doors closed, ConEL grabbed her pulling her into his arms. Their lips met with a mutual frenzy. Lucy knew she should stop him, but she couldn’t make herself pull away.
He sucked her bottom lip into his mouth causing her to moan with desire. When the door opened for her floor, she was too caught up in pressing her body against his to notice. The doors closed again.
It took a minute or two before either one of them pulled away. ConEL had one hand on her breast and one hand on her ass. He squeezed her and rubbed himself against her.
“I want you again,” he growled, nibbling on her lips.
“Really, it’s hard to tell,” she teased him.
He sighed. “I need to spend some time with my family before I leave. I want them to know why I am going.”
She nodded. “I understand. I have to pack. Did Prime Commander KydEL say how long we would be gone?” She had been so worried about Jaxon that she forgot to ask him.
“Two or three weeks. He wasn’t sure. We’ll stop at Kiljor before heading to the Colony.”
She hit the button to open the door. “I’ll see you in the morning then.”
He pulled her back for one more kiss before letting her go. ConEL wanted nothing more than to follow her back to her suite and get those clothes off her.
He went back down to the lower level. He had to take the other lift to get to the Prime floor. ConEL was given full access to the Prime floor on the eight level, but he still remained in the suite assigned to him and the other warriors. Prima SandELa had offered to help him re-open his old suite, the one he had shared with his mate, MariELa, and AriELa. However, he could not go back there yet. He might not ever feel ready to go back there.