Page 35 of Royal Alien Mate

He gripped her hips and thrust into her with abandon, pumping hard and deep, until at last her inner muscles contracted around his hardness. As she writhed underneath him, he came with a roar, spurting his seed into her tight depths. When he had emptied himself completely within her, his vision began to return, along with his senses.

He gathered Esmay in his arms and held her tight.

“Did I hurt you?”

“No.” She reached up to cup the side of his face. “Are you all right?”

“Me? I am fine. It is you I’m worried about. I used you.”

An amused look crossed her face. “Yes, but I am yours to use, King Vaath.” She grinned. “Just as you are mine.”

Relief filled him to see her in good spirits after he had all but attacked her. He sat on the bed and cradled her to his chest, caressing his hands through her hair and inspecting every little part of her body, just to ensure he hadn’t harmed her.

“You were incredible in the arena, Vaath.” She peered up at him, and her look of admiration caused his face to heat.

“The Gods spoke,” he replied. “I simply helped them serve justice.”

“And now you’ve eliminated the threat posed by the anti-Earthers. You’ve made Mars a safe place for human females. And now you are king.”

“And you are my queen. The Queen of Mars, and a human one at that.” He pressed a kiss to her forehead.

She expelled a quick breath. “I have no idea how to be a queen.”

“That’s not true,” he said. “You have a lot of ideas. You’ve spent nearly every day since your arrival talking my ear off—is that the proper human saying?—about the situation on Earth and the hardships that cause human females to become mail order brides.” He grinned down at her, his heart swelling with affection for this tiny female who had altered his life forever.

Her gaze turned hopeful. “And you’ll be willing to take my advice on matters of Earth and humans?”

“Wyvonus wasn’t entirely correct in his prediction,” Vaath said. “We’re not going to change the world—we’re going to changetwoworlds. MarsandEarth. Now come here, sunshine. I want to kiss my queen.”

Epilogue

Four years later…

Esmay smiledat the sight of her sisters running through a green meadow. The girls giggled as two small blue figures chased them around in circles.

“They’re all going to sleep well tonight,” Vaath said with a chuckle. He sat down next to Esmay on the front steps of the cabin, wrapping an arm around her as they both watched their twin sons hurry through the tall grass. Carmen and Lilly continued leading the boys in circles, determined not to be caught.

With a sigh of contentment, Esmay leaned against Vaath and placed a hand upon her swollen stomach. The baby growing inside her—just one baby this time—gave a vigorous kick that startled a gasp from her.

“Is my son kicking you again?” Vaath asked with a crooked smile.

“No, yourdaughteris kicking me again. We’re having a girl this time, I just know it.”

“We could ask the doctor if you—”

“Absolutely not. I want it to be a surprise.” She glared up at him. “And you’d better not ask the doctor, either. I’m serious.”

He lifted one hand in a show of mock surrender and grinned at her, and she couldn’t resist smiling when she saw his dimples. Even after four years of being mated to Vaath, she still loved those dimples of his. Their sons, Krakk and Naxx, had inherited this particular trait from Vaath, and as she resumed watching them chase her sisters around the meadow, her heart swelled with happiness.

A few minutes later, the screen door screeched open.

“Dinner’s ready!” Esmay’s mother called out. “Come and get it!”

Krakk and Naxx stopped for a moment, turned and looked at the cabin, then suddenly sprinted toward it. Apparently, food was more important than playing tag with Carmen and Lilly. Everyone laughed as the three-year-old boys rushed up the steps and flew past their grandmother.

“There must not be any food on Mars!” Esmay’s mother remarked as she headed back inside.

Vaath grasped Esmay’s hand and helped her to her feet. “Hungry, my sunshine?”

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