Elex is kissing Telilah while Relion takes her from Tera’s arms, and Tera takes Kenny’s hand for the short walk. I kiss my granddaughter, hug Relion, and then hug Tera and Kenny.

“Have fun,” Tera whispers into my ear and I stiffen when Kenny giggles on the other side.

It suddenly occurs to me that Elex and I will be alone. It seemed so natural that it hadn’t occurred to me that this was planned.

Elex curls a tentacle around my waist as he ruffles Kenny’s bacon-flavored hair. As we wave them off, Elex stands behind me, pulling my body back into his.

“Uween!” Kenny screams at our neighbor’s house. “Ima goin’ to Terr’s house tonight! I see you tomorrow!”

I gasp at his bullhorn voice but Elex just chuckles. “Alone now, my love. And I have you in my arms. What would you like to do?” He buries his face in my neck.

I take too long to answer.

“You can tell me no,my mate. But I know what I would like to do.” He presses kisses to the throbbing pulse in my neck.

Those two little words. Desire pools in my belly for him, thick and heady and needy.

I don’t answer him, but I don’t need to. I turn in his arms and start to unbutton his shirt, right there on the porch.

But he wants consent and covers my hands with his. “Yes, Christina?”

“Yes.” I lunge for him, my hands seeking to touch the hard muscled lines of his body, my lips aching for the pressure of his kiss. “Elex…”

“I know, my love. I know.” He presses his mouth to me and his tongue sweeps against mine. Somehow, he’s maneuvering us both inside and managing to close the door behind him, then picks me up, bridal style.

My hands are roving over his chest, his shoulders, his neck. His muscles, his beautifully hardsculptedmuscles, twitch beneath my touch and I like to imagine that it’s me alone that can pull this reaction.

“What do you want?” he whispers. “What can I give you?”

He gives me everything. It’s I who cannot give him anything. “I just want you,” I whisper.

“I want you too,” he says, his hand fingering my nipple and gently squeezing. I suck in a breath at the sensation. His words sound so much more meaningful.

He carries me into our bedroom and spreads me onto the bed, untying the sundress until it drops onto the floor next to us. His eyes are rapt on my body, studying every curve, every goosebump that ripples, with irreverent attention.

His gaze trails over my breasts, my puckered nipples, my waist. When he gets to my sex, his eyes sharpen and stare.

“My beautiful mate.” His words are so reverent, I almost believe them. I want to desperately believe them. “Open for me.”

I bend my knees and let me legs drop open, feeling the pull of my pussy as it unfurls. He groans and the sound is raw and primal.

“I’veachedfor you,” he rasps. “Long, sleepless nights on a planet with just me fucking my bedsheets.”

I’m so glad to know that he never found anyone else.

His mouth immediately latches onto my nipple, sucking my flesh into the wet warmth, rhythmically using pressing sucks until I squirm at the deep pulls that feel like they’re turning me inside out with need. When he releases my nipple with a pop, I arch my back and twist until he takes the other one. He smiles as he bends to kiss its twin.

My whole body is on fire. It floods my veins, traveling down to my limbs, but especially down to my core. I drip with need for him and when his fingers delicately part my folds, he hisses at the instant slickness he must feel because his tentacles part, hisnevraslides open, and his cock immediately extrudes.

He grips his shiny, dark purple cock, the head bulging and tight. Slowly he strokes it, the sensitive bulges of his cock darkening. His nostrils flare as if he can smell my instant heated arousal.

“One taste,” he says, his nostrils flaring, as he bends his head while keeping his gaze on me.

A strangled cry tears from my throat as his warm, wet tongue licks up my entire slit. My toes curl and I clutch the bedsheets at the wonderful, wicked sensation.

I love this. I love this man.

A rough groan rumbles from his throat. “Need this. I need to have you come on my tongue, need to know I can please you.”