I wrapped my legs tightly around him. My control was gone, stolen in his dominant display as he thrust into me over and over again.
“Yes!” I screamed, eagerly relenting to him. I pulled his head from my neck and bit his lip hard until I could taste the salty sweetness of his blood.
My body immediately began to feel stronger, more alive. My bite was his undoing. He buried his face in my neck, groaning as he came. Minutes passed before he stirred, lifting his gaze to mine. I moaned in contentment.
“I’m not done with you yet,” he offered with the seductive smirk I realized I was beginning to crave. He gave me another soul-deep kiss, my toes curling in renewed lust as we began to move again.
* * *
I knewthat hours had passed when he finally collapsed to the bed next to me, both of us sated beyond belief.
I was already regretting my vow that this would be the last time as his fingers traced my skin as we both laid their contentedly.
I wanted to stay in this little room forever. I had never felt so pacified or safe.
Right as I had that thought, the wall in front of us opened and Thane and Corran stepped through. I sat upright in the bed, pulling the covers up to my chin, surprised by their sudden appearance.
Derrial was slower to get up. He was like a cat who had just drank his fill of cream...he even had the same satisfied look.
“Really?” said Corran, lifting an eyebrow that displayed his obvious annoyance.
“What, mad you couldn’t watch?” said Derrial smugly.
A sudden heat filled Corran’s eyes, igniting my skin again. Evidently my little scientist was a voyeur.
Who would have thought?
“We need to get her back. I figured you would have lost track of time,” said Thane in a bored voice that didn’t match the way his eyes were dancing all over me possessively. “I didn’t think when you said that you were going to give her a break that it was going to include playtime.”
Derrial just shrugged, not looking apologetic in the least bit.
“I have to go back?” I asked, a hint of panic in my voice.
Corran looked at me apologetically. “Things are...complicated.”
I looked at Derrial now, feeling like I had every right to demand answers after what had just happened. “What’s complicated? Do they not believe you about me being the right subject for the tests?”
Derrial looked guilty all of a sudden.
“The Council hasn’t been as accepting as we hoped,” said Derrial reluctantly.
“Were we expecting them to be accepting?”
“We were hoping that they would let Corran do his experiments on his time table so that we could figure out a plan,” said Thane.
“What kind of time table do they want?” I asked, feeling a sense of dread washing away all the endorphins Derrial and I had just created.
“Their insistent that the experiments start immediately. While we were gone, there were no Vepar children born,” said Corran, sounding like he was almost trying to make excuses for the Council who didn’t seem to care if I was willing to be a surrogate or not.
“By experiments, you mean implanting me with a Vepar embryo,” I said softly, a knot forming in my chest.
Everyone in the room was silent. “How soon is “immediately,” I asked, wanting to gauge how much time I had to make my escape.
“Next week,” said Corran.
I sunk lower in the bed.
I felt Thane come and sit next to me.