For now, the only comfort he could offer her was a solution to her physical need.
“The ache will get worse as time goes on. You might want to open your mind to the possibility. My crew has many talents,” he went on persuasively, “and could show you a great deal of pleasure.”
Aria shook her head, but remembered how close she’d come to joining in with Casey and Darrick. She couldn’t believe she’d actually touched him. The memory of the taut, satin skin of his rigid cock under her fingertip washed through her mind. Her vaginal muscles twitched. She was only kidding herself if she thought she could resist the rapidly escalating need.
“I think you might need something to eat,” Tai said. “Come on.”
He took her hand and drew her to her feet. At his touch, heat shimmered up her arm, then quivered through her body. She’d never felt such an overwhelming awareness of another human being in her life.
But then, he wasn’t human.
She drew her hand away and followed him through a doorway to a dining table. He disappeared into another room and then reappeared with two plates of food and two glasses of wine. She ate, too distracted to taste anything.
“So, what is the name of your planet?” She sipped the wine, welcoming the warmth spreading through her.
“My planet is called Sa’oul. It’s over a hundred light years from Earth, but there is what your science fiction writers call a worm hole only a few days’ travel from here.” He lifted a fork full of food to his mouth.
She gazed at him. “You’ve read science fiction books from Earth?”
“Of course. We get to know a culture as best we can before we
visit. It is important for many reasons, but especially to help our new guests acclimatize more easily.”
New guests? Abductees was more like it.
His lips turned up in a grin. “Didn’t you think it odd that we speak your language?”
She stared at him. Actually, she hadn’t, and now she felt like a total idiot. But then, everything had been so surreal. Like a crazy dream.
“Oh, uh… So you learned English…with no accent?”
“Our bodies, including our vocal chords, are a little more flexible than yours.”
A shiver went through her. “So…you’re not exactly like us, then.”
Oh, God, she had to remember that no matter how much he looked like a man—even though an exceptional specimen of a man who made her heart drum faster—he was really an alien creature.
“Is this really what you look like or are you…uh, some kind of shape shifter?”
“This is my true appearance.” He smiled gently and placed his hand over hers. “Don’t worry, Aria. I’m really not that different from you.”
At his touch, heat flared through her, driving away the niggling fear that had begun in the pit of her stomach. Her gaze darted from his, but he’d probably seen the desire spark in her eyes. She drew her hand away. He cleared his throat and leaned back in his chair.
“So, tell me, if you were to consider being with one of my crew, which would it be?”
“It’s pointless to answer that question.”
He sipped his wine.
“So humor me.”
She stared at him and images of his crew showing her their talents danced through her mind. Thoughts of being kissed by Larson set her lips tingling. Her breasts followed at the thought of Baryn worshipping them. Terrien’s expert hip movements set her lower regions to shuddering and Darrick’s enormous member sent her curiosity spiraling out of control. Remembering everything they had to offer, she had no doubt at all whom she would choose.
Her gaze fixed on Captain Tai Gaman. It would be him.
Tai watched as her eyes glazed in lust. She was remembering her encounter with the crew. Jealousy twitched through him, but he pushed it aside.
He grinned and leaned forward.