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  “Mating to a Castian is more than sex, isn’t it?” she asked.

  “Normally, I would give you time to accept my essence before mating. Our bodies would grow to know one another. My mate needs to know I am the best choice for her. I must be the best at soothing her fears, making her feel safe. My mate must never fear me—the scent is too abhorrent. Please never fear me.”

  “You’ve never had sex before.”

  “On a basic level, I understand the need to join to procreate. But my must cycle is over. At least, I’m told our cycle is over. There weren’t enough females around me to experience must. The most important thing to me is you. Your well-being. Your happiness. You already let me in when you allowed our essence to join. Thank you for that.”

  “Your innocence is refreshing.”

  “It’s my honesty. I will never lie to you. I will also never be unfaithful. I was surprised to learn humans cheated on their mates.”

  “There is something to be said for Castians.”

  Raiden stroked the backs of his fingers across her forehead. He then seemed to notice her breasts and for some reason he frowned.

  Abri felt a little offended. “I know they’re not huge.”

  Raiden offered her a grin. “I am honored you feel insulted enough to be upset by my look; I can feel if I was any other male you wouldn’t care, it means we are joining, but your annoyance is misplaced. They are perfect breasts. I’m just sorry it will be four years before they serve a purpose.”

  “A purpose?”

  “To suckle a babe.”

  “Huh?”

  “I will not go into must for another four years. I’m sorry I can’t give you a child until then.”

  Now Abri frowned. “Are you saying even if I wanted to have sex with you, you can’t?”

  “I don’t really know for sure. Although my cock has noticed you.”

  Abri giggled. His cock was hard; it had poked its way around her pooled blanket and stood at attention. Raiden was just too sweet and innocent to resist. Abri wrapped her fingers around his long erection. Raiden groaned. Back and forth she stroked him. She could feel the dampness begin. This secretion was different. Abri felt her clit respond and she gasped. It appeared to her, his body was made to respond to anything she needed.

  Curious, Abri wiggled her way sideways and licked his shaft. No, she wasn’t mistaken. His taste swarmed straight from her tongue to her pussy. She wasn’t just damp anymore she was wet and aroused. Abri wanted more. She saw Raiden fist the sheets in his hands as her mouth settled onto his cock. Her lips closed over his warmth. Her tongue slid along his shaft and she swore he seeped into her.

  “Abri, am I supposed to do anything?” he asked in a tight voice.

  She released him for a second. “Touch me, anywhere you want to.”

  Raiden ran his large hands across her back to her rounded behind. His fingers squeezed and kneaded her soft skin. He was hairless, it was an interesting look for a man, and Abri licked his large round balls. She heard Raiden groan when her fingers played with him. Her mouth worked back over his cock. She couldn’t believe his fascinating taste. She couldn’t get enough of him and sucked him as deeply as she could.

  “Abri my cock loves this, but it seems to think there’s more.”

  Abri could have chuckled if she hadn’t been so full of him. Why was it all men seemed to think their dick was a separate entity? Was it? Did this being’s cock have a real mind of its own? Perhaps she should show him what sex was and after, they could get to know each other better. He had mentioned they had thousands of years. Abri reminded herself they had only just met. A few times Abri had boyfriends—not one made an impression. She’d only ever had a single one-night stand, and that was when she was younger. And drunk. Maybe Raiden’s essence was a drug. No matter, she didn’t care. Her tongue slid its way up and over him. Her fingers slid back and forth across his balls, and Raiden made a strange noise in the back of his throat.

  Deeper and deeper she drew him in until she couldn’t take anymore. She mouthed him faster in a steady rhythm. He was as hard as a rock yet she felt she was sucking satin. The taste in her mouth was as close to what she would describe as desire.

  Raiden’s cock was large and she tasted the first drip of cum on her tongue. He tasted better than any man she had met. It was a strange sensation, but for some reason, he tasted like her favorite candy. Could his body scent so much of her? Reluctantly, Abri released him and lay back onto the bed. The blanket was on the floor. Raiden looked drunk with desire. Abri was noticing how big he was. When he bent over her Abri felt his chest. He was as hard as steel. Harder—steel could be bent and broken, Raiden couldn’t be.

  “Raiden? You may be too heavy.”

  “To what?”

  “To lay on me. Maybe we could…”

  The moment she said this, Raiden’s look brightened as though he was given a marvelous idea. He stretched out over top of her. For a second Abri couldn’t breathe. Good God, he’s even heavier than he looks. Her exhale of breath on a large whoosh had Raiden pulling his weight onto his arms and knees. A massive thigh pushed her legs apart. Raiden’s cock pressed against her pussy. When his dampness met hers it was like a shockwave passed through her.

  “This is where we join, isn’t it?” Raiden said on a gasp of air. “Your insides are so compelling. My essence has claimed you, but I feel the need to enter you more physically.”

  “Yes, but be very careful…”

  Abri gripped Raiden’s arms when he thrust himself inside her. He was larger than any man she had ever had, and it had been well over a year since Abri had last had sex. She cried out. For a second she thought she wouldn’t be able to take him, yet his secretions made her slippery. It was more than that he was inside of her. Raiden was part of her. His glistening chest rubbed against her breasts as he moved. His arms that supported his weight were pressed up against her, filling her skin with droplets of himself.

  When Abri gazed into Raiden’s face, he looked so intense. His head cocked to the side, and Abri knew he was listening to her needs. When she moaned, Raiden’s breath expelled. When she lifted her legs higher to wrap around his waist his hand was already guiding her behind higher. She could feel each of his fingers as they gripped her ass. He was so strong and yet so gentle. His touch filled her with need. Her ass was having a love affair with his sensual hand.

  “This is how we should have mated,” Raiden mumbled. “This is the first time. You were marked but not fully claimed. I need to fix this so it’s a real mating.”

  Abri cried out when she was flipped onto her belly. Raiden grasped her around the waist. He pumped harder and faster until Abri could barely breathe. When sharp fangs settled into her throat Abri knew this was what Raiden would have done to mark her. She was supposed to be marked as they joined both body and essence. His secretions were like a code book of explanation. He was sorry he had forced her to mate and yet he wasn’t sorry she was his. Abri felt it all.

  Her entire body relaxed to accept him. His power was surreal. She could feel him hammering against her hips. A muscular arm held her in place. Raiden had said she must never fear him—she didn’t. She understood the magnitude of his strength. She had never met a man with so much power.

  With his essence inside of her, surrounding her, Abri felt wave after wave wash over her as her orgasms buckled her arms. Her cheek settled against the bed as she gave herself to him. It was beautiful and so animalistic. Her eyes fluttered closed as Raiden roared his release. He stayed over her for long moments, caressing her bottom and back.

  Fangs slid into her neck once more and Raiden lowered her further onto the bed, stretching her legs into a more comfortable position. His mouth was warm and the liquid he expelled into her veins turned her to mush. Abri couldn’t have moved if someone had screamed ‘fire.’ Raiden cuddled up to her back, molding his body to hers.

  “To trust someone completely you have to completely put yourself into their hands,” Raiden whispered i
nto her left ear. “You are in my care forever. There is no one more important to me than you.”

  Abri was at the mercy of the world. She couldn’t move. She could feel Raiden. His hands still roamed over her body in a soothing gesture. Abri had never felt so helpless—and she had never felt safer in her entire life.

  Chapter 6

  Raiden was uncomfortably hard. He was watching Abri sleep. The urge to join with her again was overwhelming, but he had induced her slumber. He wouldn’t be so callous as to take her while she lay helpless. A big part of mating was trust. If you were to be together for thousands of years, you had to learn to curb your desires until your female was ready. She would be ready soon enough and Raiden satisfied himself by simply gazing at her perfection.

  During the night, he had been privy to her frightening dreams. He had sat beside her in the shuttle, holding her hand, while it spun out of control and crashed. The explosion had rocked the craft. It was unpleasant to say the least. Witnessing the death of her parents had been hard on his mate. It stirred memories of his own parents’ demise. One moment his mother had been kissing his cheeks, the next she was lying on the ground unmoving.

  It was hard to witness his mate’s suffering. Now that he knew what Abri had experienced, he vowed she would never again have that dream. The memory of being able to offer her sanctuary was enlightening. Raiden could take her anywhere into his dreams. The idea was startling to them both. Abri had been incredulous when she wandered amidst mammoths and other holograms created from images of earth. There was nothing on Bagron that could harm her.

  Abri stretched then settled. She lay on her back, legs spread—open invitation—and Raiden gritted his teeth. Her round globes caught his attention. They were fascinating, really. High and round, full. Raiden traced his finger across her nipples and smiled when they puckered. His own chest sported no such things, although oddly enough, the human males had them. It was a mystery to Raiden. Men didn’t nurse their children. What was their purpose on males?

  When Castians hit their must cycle to procreate, they had either a female cycle or a male cycle. Human males basically had the same thing as they were the ones who chose the sex of their offspring. Except at any given time they had either—or. Raiden had learned not all human females carried at the same time on Earth. Another oddity.

  When Abri yawned, Raiden had an urge to settle his cock past her lips. The feeling it provoked almost drove him wild. He’d had no idea a female would do that. He wondered what else they could do together. Memories stirred to the surface. A Castian needed to arouse his mate; he needed to be the best at pleasuring her. It was why his secretions were so in tune to her needs. It’s what kept mates faithful—understanding their wants.

  Abri wasn’t in love with him—he scented it. For a human female, mating and joining were complicated. Through scent memory, Raiden remembered even his species would join for pleasure. A mating didn’t always take place—especially if the male was repelled through a foul female scent gland. Raiden loved Abri; she was a part of him. It was up to him to prove himself worthy of her love. It would take time. They had all the time in the world. Through joining, he did understand she felt close to him. Humans were such complex oddities. Raiden felt lucky he was able to learn to understand the human mind.

  “See, they are more than just for babies,” Abri’s teasing words jerked him back to what he was doing. Absently Raiden had been drawing circles around her breasts and nipples.

  “They are beautiful.”

  “Taste one.”

  Raiden was startled with the idea. He was too old to nurse. But the idea was interesting. Raiden moved closer. Abri lay back with her eyes closed. Raiden flicked out his tongue to touch her nipple. Abri smiled. Encouraged, he then nuzzled her bud with his lips. When he met with no resistance Raiden felt brazen. He latched his mouth over a breast and sucked hard. His tongue played with her blossom, it’s what it looked like to him. Raiden’s eyes rose in a surprised thought. He released her.

  “This bud doesn’t open—does it?”

  Abri looked at him in confusion for a second. “Not like a flower, no. If ever I have a baby I will produce milk that will flow to feed the baby.”

  “Must there be a babe for there to be milk?”

  “Most of the time, but not always.”

  “Why?”

  “Why would I need to produce milk for no reason?”

  “Good point.”

  The object of his curiosity was only inches from his lips. Raiden suckled her again. His other hand squeezed and kneaded her other breast. He never knew a female would feel so soft.

  “How is it you know nothing about females at all?”

  “They were all killed. Animals, bugs. Anything female was destroyed four hundred years ago. Poisoned. The elders of our planet made no female holograms, thinking it would be cruel to taunt the warriors with something they would never have. We have only just introduced female holograms into the fold.”

  “Are there many human females on this planet?”

  “Some. Most have been mated to keep them safe. Our warriors are honorable men but a must cycle can do strange things to even those who would normally never harm anything vulnerable.”

  “This must cycle, is it over?”

  Abri’s voice was tight. Raiden scented fear. “You know what must is?”

  “Yes.”

  Raiden kissed his way down her body. He wasn’t worried about her fear, it was minimal. He could control it. His essence seeped into her warm flesh each time his lips touched her. The lower he went, the harder a certain scent flowed. He was soon filled with her. Between her thighs, where his organ had gone, was a delicacy to his flaring nostrils. He cast a quick glance at her face to see what she would do.

  His fingers touched her. Except for an intake of breath, she didn’t move. Another bud caught his eye. This was for him alone—he scented it. He wondered if he could taste this…Raiden moved closer; before he even knew what was happening his mouth, closed over his bud. This was the very essence of a female. In that moment, he knew her better than he had before. She was more vulnerable even without his bite in this position.

  Soon, Abri was thrashing beneath him as he plundered her insides with his tongue. His fingers dipped inside her to encourage her flow of secretions. Her moaning and whimpers urged him deeper as he feasted between her thighs. Raiden had never tasted anything as good. He felt her hands in his hair tugging him higher. She wanted him inside of her—he felt it. Her back arched and his aching cock forced him to rise over her. He was already slick with his essence. When he plunged into her heat, she cried out and accepted every inch.

  Abri’s hands gripped his arms. Her hips moved to meet his thrusts. She was eager for him. Long legs wrapped around his middle. Raiden made certain his body was pressed to her, on every bare inch he could cover. He wanted to be filled with her; he wanted to fill her. His essence seeped into her skin as fast as she could take it. Raiden scented her emotions. There was no fear, no worry, only him. Raiden was her only thought.

  “Please take me harder,” she begged.

  Raiden was already pounding within her. When he pulled most of his cock out and slammed himself back in, she cried out when his body shook her to her core. He felt her pain and something more. Pain and pleasure. She liked to feel his strength—but not too much. Raiden was hundreds of pounds heavier than she was. Raiden’s power compared to hers was so much more. He was a warrior and she was a female. A tiny little human.

  With his weight holding her in place, Raiden gave her what she wanted. His one hand fisted within her hair pulling her throat closer to his fangs. He didn’t need to bite her. He wasn’t in must, and his organ wasn’t growing so big she would be unable to take him unless completely relaxed. But, he wanted her harder.

  Raiden sunk his fangs into her throat. He controlled the potency of his drug. She cried out, her body shuddered. She relaxed under him and Raiden moved faster. He could hear her little whimpers. He scented s
he was enjoying him—his power. Raiden plunged and retreated while an intoxicating smell came to his nose. Warm wetness between her thighs washed into his cock repeatedly. Raiden couldn’t get enough of the taste that filled him all the way to his mouth.

  Abri cried out and once more he sunk his fangs into her. He wasn’t finished—he thought he could go on forever. When his cock exploded his essence into her, Raiden continued to take her. He scented her exhaustion and now her worry. She wasn’t in pain—his bite wouldn’t allow that to happen. But Raiden had lost control. She was so small, and beautiful and his mate. Harder, faster he moved. His body seemed to search for something.

  It happened suddenly. Raiden had no control over it. His armor crashed around them both. His body became fused to Abri’s. He could no longer pound his body into her delicate softness. Raiden gasped in huge amounts of air until his armor regulated his breathing. Raiden dropped his head onto the bed. Abri was curled tight to him.

  Raiden felt engulfed in his shield. Did his armor know something he didn’t?

  “Raiden, you’re a very virile man, but if you don’t stop, I won’t be able to walk today—or maybe even next week.”

  Oh.

  “I’m sorry. I thought you liked what I did.”

  “Yes, for the first few minutes—not fifteen. I need to rest.”

  His armor gave a little leeway and Raiden slipped from her warm wetness. They lay quietly for a few moments while Raiden’s armor monitored both of them. Raiden could feel the system check. He could feel his heart slow its pace and wondered if his armor went up for her sake or his. Perhaps both.

  “I’ll be more careful next time,” he promised.

  “I’m not hurt. I’m not complaining. I’m just kinda wowed out.”

  “Wowed is a good thing?”