Chapter 36
Jacqueline moaned, hands scrambling for purchase on the stone as I gently thrust into her, holding myself back, basking in the slick walls that tightened reflexively around me every time I pushed deep.
When I took her mouth in a kiss she opened for me immediately and I sucked her tongue while she made whimpering sounds, arms wrapping around my shoulders.
That possessive instinct, the one I’d been fighting for weeks, the one that demanded I claim her, roared through me like wildfire.
I pulled back from the kiss and without pulling out, I flipped her onto her belly, enjoying it as her cunt stretched and moved as I changed positions.
I stretched myself across her back and she gasped as the stone scraped her nipples, as the angle allowed me to push deeper inside her tight sheath.
Still, I kept the rocking of my hips gentle, instead of punishing.
I wanted her to focus on every sensation, every push of me into her body.
Her orgasm was building, her body starting to clench and tighten under me.
I brushed her hair to the side, giving me access to her neck and shoulder.
“Tell me you’re mine.” I whispered, angling my hips a little so she cried out in pleasure as I ground even harder into the spot inside of her that made her see stars.
“Tell me you’re only mine. That you’ll stay with me.
” It was taking everything in me to deny myself, to go slow so she would savor every moment as my body slid over her in that agonizingly slow, deep rhythm.
“Are you also mine?” she whispered, and I could hear the longing in her voice.
There was no hesitation. “Yes.”
“Then I am yours. Every part of me.”
As soon as she said the words, I released the claiming come that would burn my mark inside of her and sank my fangs into her neck.
She screamed, shattering around my cock, tightening so much that the pleasure was overwhelming and my thrusts became fast and wild before I spilled inside her, my own orgasm tearing through me.
Our orgasms continued, lengthened by the mating claim, and by the time I slid my fangs from her neck and licked the blood that bubbled up, we’d both been unraveled by the intensity of our coupling.
Her soft gasps for air mixed with a little sob. “What was that?”
Her body still shuddered under me, her orgasm not releasing her yet.
I purred, pressing against her, letting her feel the rumble in my chest. Her body responded, the tension seeping from her, her cunt no longer holding my swelling shaft in a death grip, though my engorged length still held us together, keeping her bound to me.
“I claimed you. We mark our females inside.” Our mates.
“But that feeling… it was like you were pouring lava inside of me, but then all I could feel was waves of overwhelming pleasure.”
I nuzzled her neck, “it sealed you to me. You are mine.”
“Mmm.” She was so relaxed I thought she may fall asleep. “You’ll have to explain that to me later. For now, just hold me.”
“Always.”
We lay together, listening to the splash of the waterfall and the sounds of the vorilh.
It didn’t take long for me to become hard inside of her again.
She shifted, whimpering, and I didn’t know if she wanted more or was in pain, until new arousal slicked the walls of her cunt.
I circled my hips, pushing against her walls in a new way and she gasped and bucked her ass up, trying to get more of it.
I sat and gripped her hips, hauling her to her hands and knees. She pressed back against me, her dainty ass grinding into me as she tilted her pelvis up and down. Little whimpering sounds came from her as I thrust at different angles, circling my hips before pumping hard and then slowing again.
“Arrazyl.” she moaned, looking over her shoulder, her sheet of hair adding to the pure sexiness of her hooded eyes.
“You want more, dhysari? You want my cock punishing you hard?”
The stubborn woman pursed her lips and refused to respond.
I pulled all the way out and pressed against her entrance but didn’t penetrate.
When she tried to push back against me, I gripped her hips and held her away.
She made an enraged noise in her throat.
“Tell me you want my cock spreading your tender lips, to fuck you hard and deep.”
“Arrazyl.” she panted, straining to press back into me. I laughed. “You ass,” she growled, and I knew I’d won. “I want you to fuck me. As hard and as deep as you can.”
I leaned over her back and pressed my lips to the shell of her ear, “brace as hard as you can, because I’m going to stretch you beyond your limits.” She whimpered at my words, pressing her opening against my head.
I gave her no warning before I slammed into her. She cried out at the deep contact, “yes! Ah.”
By the time I wrung another two orgasms from her, she collapsed, face to the ground, ass in the air, the walls of her soaked cunt fluttering and clenching around me.
Finally, I allowed myself to come and lowered her to the stone, pulling her so she was on her side and I spooned her, my cock stuffed deep inside her.
I kissed her neck, enjoying the taste of her salty sweat. She was still out of breath, her heart racing.
Jacqueline turned her head and held my gaze. “I love you.”
A warmth settled in my chest. “I love you, Jacqueline.”
Hours may have passed as we lay together, dozing in bliss, but eventually we had to get up. I raised up and kissed Jacqueline’s shoulder. “Let’s go back.”
“Hmm?” She lifted her head and groaned. “I feel like a semi drove over me.”
I tilted my head. “What’s a semi?”
“It’s a huge mode of transportation.”
“So you’re saying you feel like your insides have been crushed?”
She laughed, then winced. “Maybe not crushed, but thoroughly bruised.”
“We’ll turn the heat up in the bathing pool and it will help you relax.”
“Mmm, will you always take care of me this well?” She tilted her head back to look at me.
“I will do my best to never take you for granted.” I pulled my pants on and handed her clothes to her.
She was stiff when she got to her feet and put her pants on.
There was deep satisfaction knowing I had fucked her so thoroughly, but I would also immediately get Vuldrex to bring her a sweet with golsberry to ease her discomfort.
“Do you wish for a pregnancy prevention supplement?”
Her eyes grew wide. “I know it’s a possibility, but in nature different species aren’t usually able to breed.”
“Nature’s different here.”
“Yes, I would like to take that. Goodness knows I’m not ready for any more big changes in my life.”
“I will let Junyv know to bring a sweet with jairoot to you weekly.”
“Thank you.”
I scooped her up and we flew home. I was surprised at how late it was. We’d mated and slept well into the evening.
Vuldrex seemed to materialize the moment we landed. “Vorazyr, your brother has arrived early.”
“Where is he?” I set Jacqueline down but kept an arm around her waist.
“In the West guest suite. Shall I have him come to your office?”
“Yes.” Vuldrex disappeared, and I turned to my female. “I have work to attend to, soak in the pool and eat. I will try to come see you later.”
She gripped my arm. “He’s here to go with you to get the female and baby back?”
“Yes.”
An expression that I couldn’t read crossed her face. “When do you leave?”
I hesitated. I didn’t want her to worry. But I wouldn’t conceal things from her anymore. “The day after tomorrow.”
“You have to be careful. They have so much tech that could hurt you. Rifles, grenades, and who knows what else the Consortium hasn’t revealed to the inhabitants of the planets they’re supposed to protect and serve.” her tone was sharp with bitterness.
“I will be, dhysari.” I smiled, wanting to relieve her stress. “No puny human is going to take me out.”
She rolled her eyes and gave me a close-lipped smile.
“Rest now, dhysari.” I left her to go see my brother.
Luuciyn hadn’t changed a bit. Earrings dangling from his right ear—which I always told him would someday get torn off in a fight—and enough attitude for a contingent of vorpyr.
“Get your feet off my desk, you uncouth animal.”
With the same mischievous grin that drove our mother mad, he got to his feet. “Arrazyl, nice to see you’ve lightened up.”
We bumped wings.
“You need to be kept humble and besides Thyra, I’m the only one who would dare to yell at you. Unless you’ve found a mate?”
He laughed, “I’ve mated a great deal but I haven’t taken a mate. No desire to, and I doubt I ever will.”
I handed him a glass of spirits. “You’d be surprised at how quickly you change your mind when you find the right one.”
His eyebrows flew up. “Do you have something to tell me?”
I snorted, “not right now. Come, look at these plans and then go to bed, it’s late.”
“You can’t dodge the question for long, brother.” He joined me at the desk and we went over what I’d put together. He made some suggestions, always the one to consult for strategy, and I added them.
“When will the king of death get here?”
“Do you really need to use one of those ridiculous nicknames?”
He flicked a wing. “I don’t need to, but it irritates you, so I like to.”
Despite his strong-willed, sardonic nature, he had a quick wit and was a brilliant strategist, so I didn’t order him to focus. When the time came to fight, he would wind up on top, as he always did.
“Late tomorrow or the day after.”
“I know he’s also bringing a contingent. Have you decided on a contingent or more of your own warriors?”
“I plan to bring one. We will be prepared for a head-to-head fight, but my preference is to sneak in under their radar. We don’t want her to get caught in the crossfire or killed because we’re there.”
His eyebrows rose. “My big brother, the battle monster, is suggesting we sneak?”
My wings twitched. “I don’t have to like it, it just has to work.”
“Indeed. I think it’s a good plan.”
“I want you and half your contingent here.” I pointed a claw at the raised hologram of the facility we’d be attacking.
“And Zyroth here with half of his. Then the rest of yours and his, as well as a full contingent of mine, will be back here, far enough to avoid discovery but close enough to come in to back us up should we engage. I will take five of my best and go in. There is an opening in this roof here. It’s likely meant for maintenance and is my first entrance plan.
We are less likely to be spotted coming from high above and dropping straight down to the roof. ”
“Do you really think either I or Zyroth will allow you to go in while we wait on the sidelines? We’re Vorazyr, Arrazyl, that’s not going to happen.”
“It would be best for you two to wait. I don’t know what we will find inside.”
“That’s exactly why you need the two of us.”
I rubbed a horn as I took in my brother. He was all lean muscle, with what seemed like a permanent smirk on his face. “I ask that you reconsider. As your brother.”
“You wish for me to not go in because I’m your brother and it’s dangerous? We’re no longer children, Arrazyl.”
“That doesn’t make dragging you into the heart of danger easier.”
He flashed a vicious smile. “You couldn’t drag me anywhere. I’m going, end of discussion.”
I knew I wouldn’t be able to convince the stubborn male, so I let it go. “Did you eat?”
“Yes, Vuldrex brought me a meal as soon as I got here. Where were you, anyway?”
“I had something important to attend to.”
He lit a smoke. “I can smell her on you. But since when is rutting more important than your brother?” He flopped into a chair and smiled with a glint in his eyes that was all too familiar and made me brace.
“I think it’s time you tell me about this female who supposedly has changed your mind about taking a mate. ”