Defiance (8 page)

“She needs her family,
Laith
. And they need her. Can you imagine what her parents
must be feeling, knowing their daughter is lost?”

She saw
Laith’s
mouth flatten into a hard line. “Believe me when I say I know exactly how they
feel.”

“And my mother is feeling the same
thing right now, thinking I’m lost to her. When is this going end,
Laith
? You can’t keep kidnapping women. It’s wrong. Don’t
Xyrans
have any type of honor?”

His dark eyes flashed warningly. “We
are a ruthless race,
Jordan
.
We care about the battle, about wealth. We gather power through sex, which is
the reason why we deal in sex slaves.”

Jordan
’s heart broke, although she
quickly pushed the feeling aside. She’d known all along that nothing could come
of her attraction to these two men.

“Then I’m warning you, the first
chance I get I will escape and take
Rell
with me. I
would rather die than live the future you chose for me.”

She rose to leave, but he grabbed
her hand.
Jordan
tried pulling away, but he wouldn’t let her go.

“But I am no longer that type of
Xyran
,” he whispered.

She stopped struggling. “What?”

“There are … factions … within our
society that work to free slaves.” He stared at her intently.
“Secret factions.”

“Are you saying you’re part of
those factions?”

He shook his head. “No. What I am
about to tell you will change everything. I would be executed if anyone found
out.”

“Then why tell me?”

“Because I do not
want you to think badly of me, although I do not understand why.”

She studied his face, trying to
understand between the lines. Was he being honest? It was hard to believe since
he and David had abducted her for that very reason. Tentatively, she sat back
down.

“I may know of a way to get
Rell
back to
Alphan
space,” he
said.

“How?”

“You will have to trust me.”

“Do I have a choice?”

“Of course you have a choice, but
this ship is ill-equipped for any type of battle, and if I boldly fly us into
Alphan
space we’ll be brought down immediately. So I will
make a deal with you.”

She folded her arms and waited.

“I know someone who can smuggle
Rell
back to her people if…”

“If what?” she demanded.

“If David and I
can have you.”

Her eyes popped open wide. “What?”

“I believe you heard me.”

She surged to her feet and raised
her hand to slap him, but he caught her arm and yanked her until she fell off
her feet and into his lap. His arms went around her, trapping her like steel
bands. She tried to knee him, but her awkward position didn’t allow any
leverage.

“Calm down, you little
firecat
,” he muttered.

“Asshole!
I
should’ve known. You get one chance to do something nice and you’ve got to put
an ultimatum on it.”

His tongue flicked out and scraped
against her chin. “When I first tasted you, I thought there was something
unusual about you. David knew immediately, but I’ve been stubborn.
Until now.
Now I’m ready to admit it.”

“Oh yeah?
Admit
what?”

His nose nuzzled her neck and he
took a bit of skin between his teeth and sucked. The shock sent shivers down
her body and made her nipples bead. She shifted a little, which brought his
hardness in direct contact with her aching pussy.

“You are my mate,” he whispered in
her ear.

“W-what?”

“You, Jordan
Kuper
,
are my mate. And you are David’s mate. You belong to us.”

She shook her head and pulled away.
After a moment, he let her go. She stood, shaking, her mind racing with so many
things she wanted to say. A big part of her wanted to beat him up, but she
couldn’t force herself to turn around. Where was her anger? She’d always been
able to grasp it before because it burned right below the surface, so why
wasn’t she angry?

Laith’s
hands settled on her shoulders. “
Jordan
, I know you feel it.”

“I don’t feel anything.”

“Yes, you do.”

“I don’t
want
to feel anything,” she amended.

“I didn’t want a human to be my
mate, but I can smell you,” he murmured. “Taste you. You drive me up a wall,
and sometimes that’s a bad thing. But sometimes it’s exactly what I need. David
grounds me, supports me, but you keep me on my toes.”

“But what does this mean for me?
For us?”

“We want you. Say yes,
Jordan
.”

“There are
more issues than what I feel,” she whispered. “I left my mother back on Earth. And
I refuse to be a sex slave.”

“You would not
be a sex slave, Jordan. In public there would be requirements on how to act.
Xyran
society does not recognize humans as mates. But in
private you
would
be my mate. You
would be David’s wife. And you are more than a match for us. Say yes,
Jordan
.”

Laith
kissed the back of her neck and rubbed his cheek
against the sensitive skin, causing her gasp. She had never realized how
arousing her back could be.

But could she
follow her desire and give in? She’d spent her whole life fighting against
surrendering to anything, and it almost seemed like a betrayal if she did say
yes.

Perhaps he
understood how difficult it was for her to answer because he took control. She
distinctly heard the rustling of clothes and realized that
Laith
was disrobing. Her heart slammed forcefully in her chest as she realized the
implication of what was going to happen.

Oh God, she
was going to have sex.

Laith’s
hands slid around her, halting her panicked
thoughts. He cupped her breasts, filling his palms. She’d always been small and
often wondered if binding her chest so tightly as a blossoming girl had kept
her breasts on the slight side, but
Laith
didn’t seem
to mind as he massaged the plump mounds, teasing the nipples until she thrust
her chest out with a moan. His forked tongue snaked out and teased the skin on
her neck.

“Do you know
how much I want you, Jordan?” he asked seductively. He turned her head toward
him and leaned over to kiss her. His mouth formed a seal over hers as his
tongue slid against hers, causing another little moan to rumble through her
body.

Without
breaking the kiss, he turned her in his arms until she was pressed against him.
Something from his chest poked her in the chest, and she backed away to look
down. One crystal clear gemstone winked at her, and she traced over it lightly.

“What is
this?” she asked.

“A memory.”

Then he nibbled
his way to her ear and down her neck, and she soon forgot about the gem. He
leaned over her, kissing his way down her body as he loosened her shirt and peeled
it from her body. He nipped and licked all the way down, until he fell to his
knees in front of her, pushing his own pants down from her hips, exposing her
inch by inch to his gaze.

“What do
humans call this part of a female’s body?” he asked as his fingers slid through
the red curls that protected her most intimate part. “The hair down here
matches what’s on your head.”

“It’s called a
vagina,” she said breathlessly. “But human men like to call it a pussy.”

Jordan
’s hips
bucked as his fingers pushed past her lips to touch her slickness. Her heart
pounded with excitement. She couldn’t believe she was naked, in front of this
alien, getting ready to let him fuck her.

“Should I eat your
delicious pussy,
Jordan
?
I know David did. I tasted it upon his lips.”

“Oh God,” she
moaned. “Please. Oh please, lick me.”

With one hand
spreading her,
Laith’s
mouth descended. He licked his
way up and down, over and over, until she thought she would go out of her mind.
Her juices flowed, and he lapped them up like a cat licking cream. And then he
found the spot that cried for attention, the little bundle of nerves, and
sucked that into the hot vortex of his mouth. She jumped, cried out, and came
immediately. The white-hot fire that roared through her caused her to beg for
more even though she wasn’t quite sure what she was begging for.

“You are so
responsive,”
Laith
murmured, the lower half of his
face shining with her cream. “You are beautiful. Feel how much my staff wants
to be inside you.”

He stood and
took her hand, placing it right on his naked cock. Sure, growing up as a “boy”
she’d seen her fair share of penises, and for the most part a
Xyran
cock didn’t look any different. Except it was a lot
bigger than the ones she’d seen in passing and seemed to have a thicker base. How
was that ever supposed to fit inside her?

She wrapped
her hand around the shaft and began to pump. The boys at camp had talked about
how much they liked this, and
Laith
seemed to like it
just as much because he threw back his head and groaned. The skin flushed a
light rose color, and she could see veins lining the satin-like skin.

After a
moment, he stepped back, his black eyes glittering like jewels. He set her on
the edge of his chair and pulled her hips forward. Then he spread her legs wide
and knelt between them to kiss her inner thighs, working his way up until he
latched onto her pussy. Her body arched in pleasure as his tongue swept into
her channel, licking up and down. Just when she thought it couldn’t feel any
better, he pushed his middle finger into her. His index finger rubbed over her
clit, and her hips instinctively found the rhythm to mimic his hand, pumping in
and out. She went up in flames, crying as she convulsed in pleasure.

“Your pussy is
gripping my fingers so tight,”
Laith
said. “Are you
ready to take me deep into your body, Jordan?”

Jorden gazed
up at him, although it took considerable effort. Her second orgasm had her
floating on a cloud.

“I want you to
sink down on me,” he said as he picked her up.
“That way you
can regulate how quickly to take me.”

Now the
implication of what was about to happen had her body tensing up.
Laith
took over sitting down on the chair, and he had her
straddle his lap. He hooked his arms under her knees and held her up over his
waiting cock.

“Take me in
hand,
Jordan
.
Guide me into your heat.”

She did as he
instructed, unable to believe this was about to happen. He began to lower her,
and the tip slid up against her opening, resting there for a moment, the tip
now glistening with a mixture of her and his juices.
Jordan
felt his cock searching,
probing, and she took a deep breath.

She pushed
down as
Laith
pushed up, and for a moment, pain
overshadowed everything.
Laith’s
harsh breathing
filled the silence of the cockpit as he held still, allowing her to adjust to
the invasion. As she acclimated to the new sensation of being filled and
stretched,
Laith’s
hand cupped her breast and began to
rub the nipple, and she wasn’t sure if she liked both sensations of pain and
pleasure combined together. Tears leaked from her eyes.

“Take a deep
breath,”
Laith
murmured. “It’ll fade.”

“It hurts,”
she gasped.

“Come, deep
breath. Relax your muscles. That’s it, just breathe. The pain will fade.”

Jordan
did as
he
said,
little by little letting her body relax and
accept the huge shaft that stretched her. The pain eased somewhat, but she was
still a little uncomfortable.

Slowly,
Laith
pulled out, only to push back in again.

“Oh,” she
moaned. The discomfort seemed to melt at the startling sensation taking place
in her most intimate part. Her eyes flew open, and she saw him staring at her
in wonder and in lust. His hand left her breast to grab hold of her hips,
rocking her on his massive cock to piston in and out, hitting all the sweet
spots inside.

She felt strange, like she was
going to float up to the sky. She hadn’t thought she’d be able to come again
like she had when his mouth and fingers had touched her down there, but the
more
Laith
worked his cock in and out of her body the
more the coil inside her was wound.

“I think I’m going to come again,”
she said breathlessly.

“Yes,” he said, moving her hips
faster. His balls slapped against her ass, his cock easily sliding in and out
from the wetness pouring out of her.

“Ah!” she cried, and her pussy
rippled with another orgasm.
Laith
growled, and she
felt warmth coat her insides as he released inside her, just as something sharp
bit into her shoulders. She screamed at the unexpected burst of pain. His hips
pumped a few more times before he fell still and collapsed back into the chair.
She draped over his body, utterly drained.

Chapter Nine

In the aftermath of what he had
just shared with Jordan,
Laith’s
heart seemed to beat
with a new rhythm, and he was now uncomfortable about his previous plans for
her. Because he knew, without a doubt, he could never follow through with them
now. And although it meant letting go of his carefully organized scheme, he
realized it didn’t sting as much as he thought it would. All he had to do now
was
think
of a different path, one that didn’t
compromise his new values.