He would make her his mate.

Her chest heaved as Si-Moon studied him. In one fluid motion, she tore her tunic off her body. The light gleamed against her flawless skin. The valley of her chest. The dip of her small waist. The heat that lay hidden between her thighs.

Zar licked his lips that tasted of her essence and pressed a button to release his pants.

Nineteen

Simone

Her back hitthe wall with every thrust and she wrapped her arms around Zar’s neck, holding on for dear life while trying her best not to make any noise. Simone’s heart crashed into her ribs as the alien spoke a rough, guttural refrain in her ear.

She had no idea what he was saying, but it sounded important. It sounded final.

He kept staring at her as he said the words, like she should be able to interpret them. Like she should consent to them.

So she did.

And then she suffered for it.

He punished her.

He rewarded her.

He broke her and made her new.

Zar held nothing back, pumping at a speed that would have driven her up a wall if he wasn’t already thrusting her against one.

Pleasure exploded through her body, tearing a moan out of her that she couldn’t control. Zar slanted her a dark look and Simone clamped her lips together, trying to remember to be quiet.

Quiet.

Silent.

But she’d never felt anything like this.

Like him.

Her body had never been shaken like this. Pleased like this. Aroused like this.

White lights exploded behind her eyes and she bit down hard on Zar’s shoulder to empty the scream balling in her throat. It got muffled by his thick blue skin and he only grunted slightly, pinning her flatter against the wall like she was some kind of human trophy.

Her breath escaped unsteady and rattled. Her thighs loosened from around his waist, but he didn’t set her down.

Instead, Zar slipped his hands down her thighs, hooking her beneath her knees. Keeping himself inside her, he pressed sweet, gentle kisses over her face. She lifted her head and accepted them all like a flower soaking in the sunshine.

Simone’s fingers rasped over his back and into his hair. She massaged his scalp, smiling when the alien made a low, pleased sound in his throat.

Zar rubbed her cheek. “Si-Moon.”

It sounded like he was praising her. For what? Taking him to the hilt? Or doing so without screaming too loudly.

To be honest, she had barely kept herself from falling apart. At first, Simone had been too shocked to scream. The alien, as gentle as he’d tried to be, was far too much for her body to handle. And when he started to move…

Pain and pleasure had knifed through her, pounding into her body with such vehemence, she was sure she would die. Just sprawl out on the cave floor and expire.

No. It wouldn’t be the crazy lion aliens that did her in. It wouldn’t be the evil aliens who locked her in a dungeon. It wouldn’t be the acid rain that melted her skin off and turned her bones to syrup.

It’d be the sexy alien warrior who did it. Whose heated touches and hungry, wild kisses finally stole this human’s life right out of her hands.