“Hey!”
“You will remain hidden until we reach our rooms. We will remain on the station until the repairs are complete on Styx’s ship.”
“Are you serious? I have to hide? For how long?” I peeked out from under the blanket to find him staring down into my face with those dark, dangerous eyes. My pussy went hot and tight, and my breathing hitched. God, he was lethal to my libido. He was big and dangerous and scary, and Iwantedhim.
“One or two days. Should anyone see you with me on this station, you will have a price on your head simply because you are mine.”
“What about on Rogue 5?” I asked.
His grin would have terrified me if he weren’t mine. “Here we must abide by Coalition law. On Rogue 5, we are the law. If anyone tries to harm you, they will be eliminated.”
“Eliminated? As in you would kill them?”
“Hunt. Torture. Kill. I protect what is mine.” He shrugged as if the threat were commonplace.
Holy shit. My entire body reacted with a visceral gut punch of lust that made me tremble. Who was I? Why did his vow make me want to tear his clothes off with a primal scream of power? What was happening to me?
I had no idea. All I knew was he woke me up, made me feel powerful and safe and protected in a way I never had been before. He was big and scary and fucking gorgeous.
A ninety-eight percent match? Hell, yeah. I didn’t care what I had to do now.
He was mine, and I was keeping him.
4
Cormac
My cock ached for her as I carried her through the transport station to one of Styx legion’s private rooms. The legion had purchased designated quarters on the station so we could install our own security, and so we always had somewhere to go during our frequent trade runs.
As an Enforcer, I rarely left Rogue 5. No doubt my presence on the station had already caused a stir. The last time I’d come to Transport Station Zenith had been to hunt down and kill a merchant who had put a price on my brother’s head. I terminated the idiot and all four assassins who had agreed to take the job.
No one threatened Styx legion and survived.
As I carried my new mate through the doorway into the safety of Styx quarters, I realized the ferocity of my duty to protect my legion paled in comparison to myneedto protecther.
And yet, there had to have been a mistake. This female could not be mine. There was no possibility of our match being nearly perfect. She was small, too small. Fragile. Breakable. And too innocent as well, if the perfection of her face was to be believed. Not one line or scar marred the smooth beauty of her skin. And her eyes? Clear blue pools that had threatened to drop me to my knees. Her hair was like glimmering golden starlight. She was a delicate goddess, and I a monster.
I’d wanted to kill two honorable Prillons simply for being near her.
I never lost control like that.
Never.
This human was dangerous. My brother’s mate had calmed him, not enraged him. Since mating to Harper, both my brother and Blade were calmer, more content. They smiled more often. Even laughed once in a while.
So why did the presence of this female make me so agitated I wanted to pound my fist into a wall until I was bloody?
‘Hunt. Torture. Kill. I protect what is mine.’
I had spoken the truth and watched her eyes become round with shock. She had trembled with fear in my arms.
How was I going to touch her, fuck her, claim her, if I terrified her?
Gods be damned, she was so small she would break if I took her the way instinct demanded. The thought did nothing to calm my eager cock nor wipe the images of pounding into her pussy from my mind.
Fuck. She was trembling again. My mate was afraid, and all I had done was hold her.
I stood just inside the room, frozen in place as I contemplated what to do next. We would be staying in Styx and Blade’s private quarters, the furniture large and soft and covered with pillows. I knew the bedroom to be equally decadent, with a large bed and bathing area large enough for Styx, Blade and their mate, Harper.