Page 33 of Married to the Beast

He gathered her into his arms and carried her from the study into the bed chamber as though she were a sleepy child.

“Good girl,” he murmured again, as he tucked her between the silky sheets and covers. “Just relax now.”

“But wait—aren’t you coming to bed with me?” Aleena looked up at him with sleepy but pleading eyes.

“In just a moment, baby,” he promised. “Just need to go to the fresher first.”

“Well…all right. But don’t be long, my Bear,” she murmured.

“I won’t, baby,” he promised. “You just relax—I’ll be back soon.”

And then he left her, already drifting into sleep with a smile on her face.

Her new husband might not have changed the color of her eyes, but he had certainly given her a night to remember.

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BEAR

Bear barely made it to the fresher before he was popping open the magno tabs on his trousers to release his aching shaft. Gods, he’d been so tempted to take her! To spread her thighs and shove his aching cock deep in that wet, tight, willing little pussy!

Somehow he had resisted the temptation but now he couldn’t wait any longer—hehadto have a release.

Gripping his shaft in his left hand, he brought his right to his nose and mouth. He inhaled deeply, drawing Aleena’s sweet, feminine fragrance into his lungs and then he slipped his middle finger—the one he’d had deep in her pussy—into his mouth.

Her salty-sweet flavor exploded across his tongue and he pumped his shaft rapidly with his other hand. Gods, he couldn’t help wishing he was pumping in her pussy right now—filling her sweet little cunt with his cum! Just the thought of that—of knotting her and breeding her—brought on his own orgasm.

With a low roar, he fisted his shaft tightly and felt it swell and throb in his hand. A moment later he was shooting jet after jet of creamy cum, his balls aching from the force of his ejaculation.

Bear leaned his forearm against the wall and laid his head against his arm. He felt almost dizzy from the orgasm, which was the first he’d had in over five years.

He groaned to himself unhappily. Gods, how he wanted the little female lying in his bed just a few rooms away! And yet he knew he could never have her! This was as close as he could get to taking her—and it was already a lot closer than he should have gotten, he reminded himself grimly.

You need to keep a tighter rein on yourself, Bearick!a little voice in his head lectured.You nearly gave in and took her tonight. You need to avoid this kind of situation in the future—the kind where you’re tempted to take her and break your vow!

Right—that was what he would do—he would avoid being intimate with her again. In fact, he wasn’t even going to sleep in the same bed with her tonight, Bear told himself firmly as he cleaned up and tucked his shaft back into his trousers. Surely she was asleep by now and she wouldn’t even notice.

He would slip into the sleep chamber and change into his sleep bottoms very quietly and then he would spend the night in another one of the huge bedrooms the mansion offered. In the morning, he would make some excuse about having gotten up to work before Aleena woke and she would never be the wiser.

Yes—that was the plan. Feeling determined to carry it out and sleep by himself, Bear left the fresher and made his way quietly back into the sleep chamber.

Everything was going well—Aleena appeared to be sleeping soundly on her side. She had kicked off the covers and was lying in the middle of the bed, bathed in moonlight.

Bear tried not to look at her. He slipped out of his clothing noiselessly and put on the long, silky loose trousers he always slept in. He was just about to sneak out of the room again and find someplace else to sleep when his new bride rolled over and her eyes opened.

“Bear? My Lord Husband?” she murmured sleepily and held out a hand to him. “Come to bed.”

Bear froze in his tracks. He’d been just about to slip out the door but he couldn’t leave now—he had no good reason why he wanted to sleep away from her.

“Please?” Aleena said again, reaching for him. She looked so beautiful in the light of Karpsian Sigma’s two moons, which were shining through the window and making her bronze skin look silver. Her long hair was a tousle of loose waves spread across the pillow in silky profusion and her full curves were hugged by the tiny night dress she still wore. Her large breasts were spilling out the top, since she hadn’t bothered to retie it and her round, juicy bottom was bare. Both parts of her anatomy almost seemed to bebeggingfor his hands to touch and squeeze and caress.

Bear groaned to himself—Gods, she was lovely! Why couldn’t she have kept sleeping so he could sneak out?

“I…I should do some more work,” he said in a low, hoarse voice.

“No work tonight!” Aleena’s voice came out sleepy and imperious—clearly she had lost some of her shyness with him after the things they’d done together. “This is our Joining night—it’s bad luck if we don’t sleep in each other’s arms!”

Bear gave a deep sigh. Well…maybe he could lay down with her until she fell asleep and then he could get up and go sleep elsewhere.

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