Using my inner muscles, I squeezed his cock over and over again until he groaned, his kissing becoming wild. Desperate. Uncontrolled. I tried to tell him what I was feeling with my hands and mouth, but something had happened to me. I was broken, every shield I’d built around my heart tumbling to ruin like rocks in a landslide. I was shaking. Tears ran from the corners of my eyes, and I had no idea where they came from. It was like my body was crying for me.
Kass shifted his hips, and I moaned in encouragement but didn’t let go of the kiss. Where we’d both been out of control the first time, this was slow. Deliberate. Full of emotion and longing and contentment.
This was not me. I did not believe in fairy tales, true love, finding the One, and soul mates. I’d watched my parents grow to hate one another, keeping me trapped in their house because they were staying together—for me. My colleagues, one after another, came home after a trip abroad or a long mission to find a coldly worded note or an empty closet and divorce papers. Love was a lie created by chemicals in the brain designed to drive human beings to procreate.
But fuck me, the lie felt so good. I wanted to believe this was real, that Kass adored me, needed me, loved me.
He wrapped his hand around the back of my neck and held me in place. I blinked up into those dark eyes, completely in his thrall. He could ask me for anything right now, and I’d want to give it to him.
“I can feel you thinking, my Mia.”
I denied nothing but didn’t lay my soul bare at his feet, either. Silence was often the best answer. With a lingering kiss, he moved his other hand between us, his thumb moving closer and closer to my clit.
“No more thinking.” He placed a soft kiss on each eyelid before pulling me forward so his lips hovered above my ear. “I’m going to make you come now, love. Again and again until you beg me to stop.”
I scoffed. I couldn’t help the reaction. “That’ll be never.”
He tugged on my earlobe with his lips. “I do love a challenge.”
I squirmed at the tone of his voice and blushed because I’d never been so wild for someone before. I’d never been this insatiable. Sex was sex. An orgasm made me relax, but with Kass, it was so much more. And I couldn’t get enough.
When we landed and walked down the ramp just over an hour later, my knees were shaky and I still had not regained control of my breathing. I had to be a mess. Flushed. Swollen lips. Glazed eyes. But I realized, with no small bit of satisfaction, that Kass hadn’t even bothered to run his fingers through his hair. As well fucked as I looked, he looked like he’d literally just rolled out of bed.
Unrepentant. No apologies or excuses or shame.
Vintis and Arria walked to us with huge smiles on their faces. “How’d the ship do?”
“There was a glitch for a few seconds. Whole system. Screens went blank, then everything seemed to be normal,” I said.
Arria frowned. “I’ll get on that. Track every line and connection personally.”
“Thank you.”
Vintis was watching Kass. “You have any trouble, sir?”
Kass looked down at me, then back to the ship with a considering look on his face. “No. But I do have some interior modifications I’d like to discuss with you.”
Arria giggled and I realized Kass intended to make sure the next time we had sex on the ship, it was more comfortable.
With a grin that was pure happiness, Arria pointed to the outer landing bay where the rest of the Resolution’s ships were kept. “You better get going. The general has been pacing for almost an hour.”
Great.
Kass squeezed my hand, and we walked shoulder to shoulder into the main landing bay. Everyone there, from mechanics to cleaning crews, turned our way and clapped. A few whistled, and everyone was grinning.
And it wasn’t because we’d hacked into the Dark Fleet system and collected the data.
No, it was because I’d sat on a comms button with my bare ass and broadcast a live porno. I slowed my steps, realizing it was possible it had been heard by all of Velerion and its bases around the universe.
That would be bad. How many bases or whatever did Velerion have, exactly?
“How far do our ship comms go?” I asked Kass.
“They are on a closed frequency to the Resolution.”
I sighed with relief as Kass tugged me close. “No one will doubt our bond now, my Mia. Relax. We’re good.”
I rolled my eyes. “Based on the response, I’d say we were better than good.”
He laughed and wrapped his arm around me, then kissed the top of my head. He led me through the throng, accepting some ribbing and innuendo good-naturedly. I smiled and while I was embarrassed, I was also proud.
Everyone knew we were pair bonded now. Everyone knew it was a good match. Kass was happy, and I wasn’t ashamed of us.
Damn proud.