Project: Adapt - Failure: A Space Fantasy Alien Romance (Book 4)

by Jade Waltz

  His body stiffened as his toned thighs began to quiver.

  I could almost feel his excitement, his desire, pulse through his cock. I was thrilled to know that I was pleasuring him—giving him what he had given me.

  Finding a smooth rhythm of stroking and sucking, I relaxed my throat as much as possible as I had learned with my Circuli mates’ appendages and took more of him inside.

  Kaede placed his hand on top of my head, stilling me.

  “May I?” His half-lidded eyes searched mine for an answer.

  Smiling as best I could with his cock in my mouth, I nodded slightly, permitting him to take control.

  Kaede grabbed the back of my head and gently pushed my head toward him, making me take him deeper into my mouth.

  “You don’t understand how good you feel, Selena,” he groaned. His voice was deeper and rougher than usual. “I’ve dreamt about this for such a long time.”

  Kaede only used just enough force to bob my head back and forth without choking me as he rocked his hips, thrusting his cock in and out of my mouth.

  The inferno in my veins burned, heightening my desire. I couldn’t help but picture what would soon come as he fucked me with power and control. My clit throbbed with arousal, and I rubbed my legs together, feeling slick moisture dripping from the juncture of my thighs.

  Kaede increased the speed and intensity of his thrusts, spearing my mouth over and over with his cock. I suspected he was getting close, so I increased my effort, sucking harder and working my hands faster while he fucked my mouth.

  Kaede’s body quivered as he drew in rapid breaths and moaned. Grabbing my head with both of his hands, he pushed my face forward until his crown met the back of my throat. Sheathing my lips as tightly as I could around his cock, I pumped my hands on the remaining part of his shaft. I felt his thickness shudder and swell a moment before he drenched my throat with his seed.

  He trembled as he watched me swallow. Panting, he dropped his hands from my head.

  “Selena,” he gasped, closing his eyes as he dropped his head back on the chair’s headrest. “What was that?”

  Leaving him no room to recover, I pushed myself off the ground and straddled him in his commander’s chair. He opened his eyes lazily, peering at me with languorous eyes as his strong hands gripped my hips. Threading his hair between my fingers, I yanked his head to the side and sank my fangs into his neck.

  A moan escaped his lips as I fed him a dose of my Bahzyl. His nails dug into my skin, but he didn’t fight me, accepting my offering.

  Pulling my fangs away, I licked his neck, sealing my fresh bite amongst his others. They were a signal to the universe that he was mine, claimed only by me.

  Wrapping my arms around his shoulders, I stared down at the male who had sacrificed it all to be with me. His eyes were wide open, fully alert, and black. I felt his shaft begin to harden once again between us.

  “What’s the meaning of this?”

  “You left me alone and in need of you to hide away on this bridge. I told you that I would ride out your mating phase with you, so you don’t get to run off.” I wiggled in his lap, spreading my wetness on his cock. “We are safe. Your siblings won’t let anything happen to us and the Oetsae on this ship are fully capable—from what you told me—of piloting us back to Destima. If you insist on returning to the bridge, then I will come here to make sure you ease the inferno in my veins.”

  “Is that a threat?” he growled as a smirk formed. “Or a demand?”

  “Both,” I purred and nipped his bottom lip. “As your Beacon, I command you to fuck me until we both see stars.”

  “I can’t disobey orders, can I?”

  Gripping my ass, he leaned me forward as I pressed against his shoulder. He removed one hand and I felt him rub his shaft gently against my nether lips. Teasing me, he dragged the head against my clit.

  “Kaede,” I moaned, clawing his back as hot flames of lust licked my body.

  “Patience, my queen.” He chuckled as he lined up his head. “I will give you what you desire.”

  Gripping my hips, he directed my body upright and allowed gravity to slowly seat me on his cock. My mouth dropped open as his arms wrapped around my back and his lips locked onto my breast.

  Slowly, his cock thrust into me with long, deep strokes, driving us both insane. I felt my body quivering as he alternated between sucking and lapping at my breasts. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I pressed closer to him.

  His hands ran along my back, leaving electric pulses coursing up my spine. My body writhed against him hungrily, eager for more.

  “Kaede… Please,” I begged, needing something more to tip me over the edge.

  Chuckling, he pulled his face away from my breast and moved to my neck as he gripped my ass, stilling my movement. Slowly, he licked a path from my collarbone to my earlobe, nipping me with his sharp teeth along the way.

  “Keep moaning my name, Selena,” Kaede ordered, whispering into my ear. “Tell the universe who has you right now.”

  “It’s you, Kaede,” I whined, rocking up and down on his lap, hoping to take his cock deeper. “Please…”

  A sudden stabbing pain erupted from my neck and a tsunami of molten lava coursed through my body. My eyes rolled to the back of my head as he did to me what I had done to him just moments before.

  Releasing my neck, he pulled his head away, licking my wound before he began thrusting again.

  Gripping his shoulder, I could feel my heart racing and my entire body tingling as he had his way with me straddling his lap. He kissed me, wet and deep, then adjusted the angle, fucking me harder.

  My pulse spiked, and I clenched around his textured thickness as I moaned against his lips. I felt as if I were losing my mind beneath the waves of raw lust washing over me. His aggressive rhythm and deep thrusts were driving me wild. My hips bucked into him, and his low groans sounded like he was right on the edge.

  His pounding grew deeper and faster, and I felt the sparkling tension gather in my core. His cock heated as he glided inside me, thickening with each plunge.

  Kaede growled into my mouth. He kissed me like he wanted to possess me, overtake me. Now, I wanted him to. I wanted to forget everything that had happened to me and live in the moment with him.

  His other hand slid into the hair at the nape of my neck, pulling me possessively against him.

  Kaede moaned into my mouth as he thrust his entire length deep and stood while still buried inside me. Wrapping my legs around him, I locked my feet behind his back and gripped his shoulders as he held me by my ass and carried me to the tinted window.

  When he pulled his mouth away, I stared in confusion. He untangled my limbs from his body and pressed me against the glass.

  “What—”

  “I am going to show you how stars are made.”

  Chapter Forty-One

  Selena

  Kaede guided my body, stretching my arms out wide and spreading my legs so that my breasts pressed against the window. Only a sheet of glass separated me from the vastness of space.

  I wondered what he was doing behind me.

  His hands grazed my waist and my hips, then he slipped his fingers between my legs, rubbing my soaked nether lips.

  “You wanted to see stars,” he chuckled as he slid two fingers inside me. “I will give you what you asked for.”

  Nibbling on my shoulder, he explored me with his fingers as he gently rocked his hardening cock between my ass cheeks.

  As soon as I lifted my hand from the glass, he paused his teasing.

  “You had your turn being in charge.” He nipped at my neck, his fangs dragging against my unbitten skin. “I suggest you place your hand back down or I won’t give you the release I know you crave.”

  Groaning, I obeyed, though I rocked my ass against his cock teasingly in hopes he would hurry up.

  Closing my eyes, I stared at the ceiling as I felt him slowly remove his fingers and place them on my clit. A heartbeat later, he pr
essed his hardness between my legs until his head parted my folds.

  Pulling back, he took hold of my hips and gently pressed inside. As soon as his crown breached me, he slammed in, making me blurt out a moan.

  The sensation took my breath away.

  Somehow, at this angle, his cock felt thicker and went deeper, hitting different spots. The feeling was mind-blowing as he pushed further than he had ever been inside me. He began thrusting deeper, controlling my pleasure as he cupped my breasts in his strong hands. He massaged my nipples between his fingers and thumbs, tweaking and gently pinching. All the while, his thrusts increased in urgency. He kissed my neck feverishly, then transitioned to little bites.

  My mind turned into a hazy mush of desire as I pressed my cheek against the cool glass wall. The chill countered the fire within my body as Kaede pushed me to new limits.

  Kaede sheathed himself and paused for a moment before gathering my hands and holding them above my head as his other hand snaked around my waist and found my clit. He plastered his hard muscular chest against my back and pressed forward, pinning my breasts against the glass.

  I stood there, my body soaked with sweat and desire as his powerful frame commanded me.

  I trusted Kaede with my heart and my life—this moment proved how much.

  A whimper escaped my lips as Kaede lazily circled my clit and nibbled on my earlobe. My body instinctively jerked in response, driving his cock into me and earning a chuckle from my mate, who held my hands above my head.

  “Behave and I will show you your stars soon,” he whispered in my ear. His voice was husky with lust and almost unrecognizable.

  My pussy clenched desperately, wanting the release I had been denied since I had woken, but I dared not move.

  Slowly, he continued circling my clit as he dragged his cock in and out.

  “The only thing I want you to think about, Selena, is how you feel at this very moment,” Kaede ordered between kisses along my shoulder. “Nothing else matters but what’s happening between you and me. Can you do that?”

  “Yes,” I moaned, my face hot and body flushed, the window’s cool touch only adding to my arousal.

  Kaede growled and fucked me harder, his rhythm and strength increasing until his sweat dripped onto me. He drove his fingers between mine, grabbing me tighter than I thought possible. His fingers on my clit pressed harder and swirled faster, driving me to new heights.

  He licked and nibbled and sucked at my flesh, tasting me.

  “Selena,” he muttered between kisses. “Open your eyes, my star.”

  Confused, I obeyed, peering through the window into the abyss of space.

  “Do you see all those stars passing by?” he asked, timing his thrusts with each sentence. “There isn’t a thing in this universe that shines brighter than you. You are my greatest treasure. By taking me in as your mate and sealing my spot in your constellation, you have given me the greatest honor I could ever ask for.

  “I will kill for you. I will die for you. Nothing matters in this life except for you.

  “Shine bright, my star. Blind me with your brilliance so we may burn out together in oblivion.”

  Explosions burst before my eyes as I screamed and spasmed underneath him, my whole body molten from the waves of pleasure that wracked me.

  He didn’t stop. He didn’t even slow.

  He fucked me relentlessly as he growled with a dark, feral lust, chasing his release. Slamming me against the glass, he drenched my insides with his seed while he nipped his new mark on my neck.

  My legs buckled.

  Stars were the last thing I saw before darkness took me.

  Chapter Forty-Two

  Kaede

  Somehow, they had survived over two weeks of his mating heat.

  Kaede was thankful that they had burned through the cycle the night before they arrived on Destima. He wouldn’t need to battle his instincts along with whatever was waiting for him at home.

  There was only one task left—contact Z.

  Kaede had been avoiding the male for his entire mission. A part of him didn’t want to admit to failing his master every single time he reported. Since he had found Selena, he also didn’t want to explain why he was mated to her.

  Perhaps he was a coward, running from his past mistakes and decisions, but he had never been able to spend time alone with Selena until now. While they had passengers aboard the Abyss, they had been able to grow closer on a deeper level as they traveled back to Destima.

  < REI. CONTACT Z. >

  < CONFIRMED. >

  Kaede stood at attention as he waited to meet the male he considered the closest thing to a father figure—who was now not only his master but also his clan brother.

  A proud, darkly striped Aldawi male sat before him on the vidscreen in his new Sovereign chair. Leaning on his armrest, the royal pinned him with pitch-black eyes.

  “Agent K reporting for duty.”

  “You are ninety-one days late on your report,” he spat.

  Kaede knew that if he were standing before him, Z would have thrown his aura at him with full force. Though he wondered if being mated to Selena would now render him unaffected by his power like her other mates.

  “That was necessary in order to succeed in my mission, sir.”

  “It was bad enough that I had to learn about Selena’s rescue through our dreamscape. Then the Fab Five started sending your journey’s updates in their reports. Explain yourself.”

  “I have no explanation other than that I was working for the greater good of the Aldawi Empire and my selfish desires,” he replied honestly. “I did what you wanted me to do—return Selena to you at any cost. The cost was for me to get a chance to work out our relationship. I have never requested time off or leniency since you’ve rescued me, but I believe I have earned it.

  “If I had to report to you every day to you and the Fab Five, I would never have had the time to explore our relationship and our future. Especially after learning what awaits her when she arrives tomorrow.

  “For the next few months to a year, maybe more, Selena will never leave her nestmates’ sides in fear of what might happen if she wavers for even a second. I have been working with her to alleviate her fear of being alone in a shower, which is something that you, as her mate, need to know. Our female is damaged, but not broken, and she needs all the time we can give her to overcome her fears.

  “So be mad at me, discipline me if you have to. I was only doing what I was told—rescuing your Nova and protecting her the best that I could. Now that we are officially mates, I can extend that care to her heart, as well. I will continue to be the best guard in your empire, but now we are mated to the same female, I will be your clan brother, as well.”

  Zirene stared at him in silence. Without REI’s timestamp on their feed, he would’ve thought that his vidscreen had frozen.

  “You make valid points,” he grumbled. “I have been working you and your siblings too hard. I hoped allowing Agent B and K to work alongside their mates would help create some relief, but instead of working with your mate, you are now working for her. It will take some time for me to get used to the idea. However, having you as a clan brother may be a gift in disguise. Just… don’t fail me again.”

  “I swear it, to both of you.”

  Chapter Forty-Three

  Selena

  Kaede invited all passengers onto the bridge to watch the Abyss enter the Lunkai Sol System and fly toward Destima. Excitement filled me as we passed the capital planet, and my watery violet moon came into view.

  Home.

  Over the course of the week, I could feel my golden threads to my nestmates strengthen, becoming thicker and more visible the closer we got. Yet no matter what I did, I couldn’t get anyone to answer.

  I had figured we were still too far apart, but now we were almost in orbit and I still couldn’t sense them. Frantically, I reached for the threads, tugging like I always did when I wanted their attention.

  Once a
gain, I could feel no response.

  “Kaede!” I cried, turning to my mate in his commander chair. “I can’t feel my mates. Why won’t they respond?”

  “Everything is fine, Selena,” he replied, refusing to look at me. “But I need you to buckle up.”

  “What are you hiding, Kaede?” I hissed. “What happened to my mates?”

  “I can try to help you reach for them,” Celyze offered, his gaze flickering between the two of us. “It should be—”

  “Everyone needs to buckle up so I can land,” Kaede ordered.

  Glaring at my newest mate, I stormed off the bridge and into the cargo bay, buckling myself into the wall harness. The others followed me and did the same, except for Zyxel, who tangled his tail in some netting Kaede had provided for lift-offs and landings.

  “You still can’t reach them?” Ryzen ventured, his voice carrying from across the room. His glowing emerald eyes held mine as I tried to reach out once more and failed.

  Shaking my head, I sobbed, “I can’t.”

  The vessel shook as we entered the atmosphere.

  Grabbing on to the handlebars, I closed my eyes and tried to reach out yet again, pulling as hard as I could on my restraints until tears streamed down my face.

  A loud pop echoed within my mind, filling me a wave of emotions that weren’t mine.

  “Hello?” I mentally yelled out, hoping that my distance had only muted our ability to communicate. The foreign emotions’ intensity weighed, drowning out my own. It wasn’t the normal comforting that I had always received from my mates.

  “Why won’t anyone respond?”

  The Abyss jerked to a stop. I threw my harness off and slammed my hand on the ramp control. The ramp lowered at an agonizingly slow pace. I shook with frustration as I waited for it to complete its descent.