Page 23 of Joven's Bride
Chapter Twelve
The mating frenzy only began to subside on the ninth day, so Joven was able to leave Carly long enough for some face time with his crew. The journey back to Glasica was completely routine once they crossed back into Alliance space.
He had followed theStar Traveler’s journey back into Alliance where the other abductees picked up on Se’Nar were transferred to an Alliance Law Enforcement ship for return to their homeworlds.
“Well, look who is finally showing his face,” Kelbor teased.
Joven shrugged. The mating rituals of feline humanoids was well known to his crewmates. He wasn’t going to discuss it with them, nor did they expect it.
“Captain, why did we leave Crazell on Se’Nar?”
“Because I killed him.”
“But I thought he was your friend.” Kelbor frowned.
“Was,” Joven explained. “After Carly told me the things, he did to her, I wished his death had been slower.”
“He didn’t…”
“Rape her? No, but he choked her, then tormented her repeatedly with a Pican pain stick. It’s a non-lethal device for crowd control. It causes a great deal of pain,” Joven grimaced. “He hated females, especially sapien females. His mother was sapien, and he told me she beat him for the smallest infraction. She hated his father because he didn’t love her and never would. She wasn’tmeomee.”
“But all felines don’t findmeomees,and they mate and have children,” Kelbor said.
“This is true, but the failure rate in those relationships is high. Felines don’t love easily, except formeomee.When they do, and their lovemate rejects them, they are devastated. Crazell’s father probably didn’t want to risk it. But I don’t care what his reasons were. Carly was singled out, and he hurt her because he was bigger and stronger and she couldn’t fight back.”
“Bastard!” Kelbor growled. “The rest of his crew will be hard-pressed to come after us for revenge. We disabled his ship in orbit before we left. It will cost them plenty to replace their star drive.”
“I doubt that he meant enough to them for them to avenge him,” Joven said. “I doubt they liked him much.”
“Captain,Star Travelerconfirmed their itinerary. They still have cargo to deliver to Glasica so they will deliver your mate’s belongings when they shuttle down the cargo,” Thodai added as the conversation lulled.
“Carly will be glad to hear it,” Joven replied. “Thank you all for backing me on this.”
“There’s no way we wouldn’t, Captain,” said Thodai and Kelbor murmured in agreement. Joven could have pulled it off alone, but they made it easier by handling the ship and keeping it secure while he went to rescue Carly.
Joven nodded in acknowledgment and headed back to his quarters as he felt the pull to mate with Carly again. They all knew he would do the same for them.
Carly was coming from the bathroom fresh from the shower wearing only a smile as Joven came into their quarters. She walked up to him, slid her arms around his waist, and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around her and bent his head down to kiss her, first gently and then passionately.
He lifted her up, so her bare feet were on top of his booted ones, still kissing her, and walked her backward to the side of the bed. Joven could tell by the way she caressed him and rubbed her body against him that she wanted him as he wanted her.
When they ended the kiss, he urged her onto the bed on her hands and knees with her ass at the right level for him to take her from behind. Carly leaned forward and wiggled her buttocks seductively while he shrugged out of his jumpsuit.
He moved behind her without completely undressing and pressed the tip of his cock against her opening. She tried to back into him to get him inside her. Joven gripped her hips and pushed his cock into her in one slick move.
“Ah, Joven!” she crooned. Their coupling was as much a relief to her as it was to him.
“I know,meomee.”He punctuated that by pumping in and out of her, slowly at first and steadily faster and harder. He held her hips so he wouldn’t push her face first into the bed. He leaned over her as he felt his own orgasm building and reached around to massage her clit to bring her to the same level of arousal as he was.
Carly keen and sobbed her pleasure at being enthusiastically and thoroughly fucked by the man she loved. Although he came first, he made sure she reached her climax as well. He needed to feel her inner walls clamping down on his cock and milking him as he finished.
He stayed inside her as long as he could, massaging her breasts and kissing the back of her neck while her orgasm played out. Joven purred his satisfaction while Carly hummed and moaned softly.
A few minutes later, he pulled out of her and helped her off the bed to hold her in his arms again, kissing her tenderly. She opened for him, and their tongues did a slow dance, twirling around each other.
“I love you,meomee,” Joven said softly after the kiss ended.
Carly hugged him and whispered, “And I love you,meomee.
Their mating frenzy had waned in the following days, although they continued to mate once or twice a day. They still wanted each other frequently, but Joven and Carly were no longer experiencing a nearly constant state of arousal as they had when they first came together. For the next fifteen rotations that it took them to get to Glasica, they started joining the crew in the dining cabin for meals.
Thanks to the language chip she received before she left Earth, Carly was now fluent in the Alliance common language they all used. She could even read what once had looked like hieroglyphics to her.
Soul mated felines were not generally possessive of their mates, but cyborgs were. Logically, he was glad his team liked his wife, but he could also see the appreciative looks they gave her. Sometimes, he would growl softly when he felt they were a little too attentive. His crew understood and took no offense.
Even though they found her charming and attractive, they fully respected that she was Joven’s mate. If they didn’t, his men knew the violence Joven was capable of from their warrior days. While they hadn’t seen the viciousness of how he had killed Zaif Crazell, they could imagine.
