Chapter 6
Killian
My mate clung to me, she filled my mind with her taste and scent.
It was easy to forget where we were and let this passion sweep us away, but I couldn’t slack on my duties, especially not when it came to protecting her.
I’d known that we’d explode once we collided, and we were ready to combust right this instant, like the planned fireworks later tonight.
Daria threw herself into anything she did wholeheartedly.
It was obvious in her anger when she discovered I’d stolen what she was after, it was obvious in her kiss, too.
I tried to keep my senses open to danger, but when she threw her leg around my hip, I lost that battle for a long, pleasurable moment.
Picking her up, I spun us until she was pinned to the nearest wall, and our hips collided.
Her moan was music to my ears when my aching cock pressed against her core.
So trusting, she clung with her legs around my hips, and her arms around my neck.
I felt the brush of her pretty breasts against my chest and was ready to plunge my hands into the sweeping neckline to claim them.
“Killian! Are you there, brother? I’ve got extra intel.” Callum’s voice jarred me from the haze of lust that had descended on us, a very unwelcome reminder of the danger we were in.
I lifted my head, only barely managing to disengage the kiss.
Daria’s pink mouth tilted eagerly toward my face, it was almost too much of a temptation.
Determined to get back on track, so I could spend forever kissing that mouth when she was safe, I thumbed the hidden switch on my hand and engaged my com device. “I’m listening, Callum. What is it?”
My voice was rough with a growl I couldn’t mask, and Callum’s startled silence made it clear he’d noticed. “We picked up chatter that a rogue CIA operative is after the same data.” His words made me grin, meeting Daria’s confused expression.
“Rogue CIA operative? You don’t say…” I trailed off when Daria went pale and stiff in my arms. I didn’t let her go, keeping her pinned to my chest. “Don’t worry about it, Callum, I’ve got it handled.” I thumbed off my com again and ignored my handler’s spluttering and demands for more information.
“You’ve got it handled?” Daria spat angrily at me.
“What are you trying to do? Win the award for the biggest asshole of the year? You even got my name wrong!” Her words made me want to laugh, a smile pulling at my lips before I could stop the impulse.
She had every reason to be upset, but once she heard the full story, I was certain she’d be on my side; she was my mate.
“I do,” I said, and I lifted her higher in my arms. Despite a hint of initial resistance, she melted when I gently brushed her mouth with mine.
“And I know your name, Daria. Tally is an endearment.” It was more than a simple word of affection, it meant everything; soulmate, wife, lover, beloved.
It was a word of great importance in my language, and she’d soon learn that.
“Now, little spy, are you going to tell me what you’re up to?
It seems to me that we’re after the same thing and that we should work together.
” I was inclined to press my hips forward and remind her that I wanted to do more with her than work.
A moment ago, she was ready to fuck me right there, against the wall, and my cock was painfully reminding me of that fact.
I didn’t back away, savoring her nearness, even if it was a little torturous at the same time.
Her deep brown eyes flashed with anger, but the nibble on her lip made it clear she was trying to hold back.
The gears in her head started spinning and at the same time, she started sliding her hands over my chest in a gentle caress.
I knew what she was doing, and I didn’t stop her when she slipped the pin with the data chip from my pocket in a practiced stealthy move.
I had uploaded the data to Callum as soon as I’d left the party’s noise and the crowd of prying eyes.
She could have the chip, I already had what was on it.
“The data chip,” I said out loud and she froze for a fraction of a second, the move so slight the untrained eye would have missed it.
“You can have it,” I added quietly. “Though I doubt you’ll get out of this museum with it, not without my help. ”
“Why?” she asked, opening her palm between us to show me she held it. Good girl, there was no reason to hide the theft if I was willing to give it to her anyway. And I was willing, very willing.
“Because I want to know what the Dragnell and the Praxidar want on your planet just as bad as you do, darling. Because I think if an alliance should be formed, ours would be the one that deserves the light of day.”
The Terafin were advanced, but we were just a small nation in the Alpha Quadrant.
The Dragnell and the Praxidar were our biggest threats, and we’d heard far too many rumblings that they were looking to expand.
My government didn’t want them to expand to Earth.
Such a populated planet would provide endless bodies to start a war.
One we might very well lose, and at Earth’s cost.
She relaxed in my grip, her expression turning thoughtful rather than suspicious or mutinous. “So you’re the good alien? And you’re here to help? I’m supposed to believe that?” Her dubious tone made me want to smile again, and this one I didn’t restrain.
“I am one of the good guys. I’ll prove it.”