Page 52 of Golden Darkness
“No. The bane of the Terran existence. Tracking, bracing for the pain when you don’t get pregnant, counting the days to the next one, so you are prepared for it. In a twisted way, I have enjoyed the time without it.”
The gold started to swirl, and his kiss was intense. His lips teased hers apart.
He was walking, and she was returning the kiss, tangling her fingers in his hair and holding onto him.
She pulled her head away as he continued to their quarters. “Why are you so keen all of a sudden?”
He laughed. “I am always keen about being with you, but I have wanted a child with you since you first started talking with me. You simply accepted me as I was. No bowing, no scraping, and no fear.”
She leaned in and licked his ear. “The no clothes thing helped. I like your patterns.”
He opened the door to their quarters and pressed the intercom to the kitchen. “Six hours from now, bring a tray for Pet, and then every six hours until we call a halt.”
“Understood, Overlord. Iced fruit for Lady Pet?”
He chuckled. “Yes.”
His second call was to his new head-of-house, letting him know he would be out of communication for forty-eight hours.
With the household alerted to their preoccupation, Kethen carried her to the sleeping platform.
He set her on her feet and muttered, “Remove your clothing if you want to keep it.”
Janessa undid the clasps at the front of her top and slipped the fabric off her shoulders. She pulled off her boots one at a time and then opened the seal on her low-rise leggings. When she was naked in front of him, he looked her over.
She looked up at him and took in his massive shoulders and the restless motions of his wings. “So... still interested?”
Her time on his world had her working out when he was busy, and her muscles were coming in again. She felt like Janessa again, aside from the slutty wardrobe.
He growled, and his hands clenched and relaxed as he stared at her. Her gaze flicked to the bathroom, and he tensed. She grinned and darted toward the open door and was caught around the waist and gently lifted through the air and tucked against his chest. She lifted, reached backward, and locked her hands behind his neck. “So, that’s a yes?”
The growl was accompanied by his hands roaming around the wing claw and waking her skin.
He growled a low “yes” against her neck. He turned her in his arms, and his mouth stole all possible words.
It was the last word spoken for hours.
Janessa groaned and sat up. She watched Kethen approach her with the tray and grunted when she got into a stable sitting position. “Kethen, how long have we been... indisposed?”
He was focused as he took the canister of iced juice and brought it over to her. “We have been mating for a day and a half.”
She grunted and reached for the juice with shaking hands. He tutted and held the drink for her while he cradled the back of her head. Janessa had flashbacks to the first time she had realized he was actually there, and her body heated again.
When he lowered the cylinder and set it aside, he licked at her chin. “You have need again?”
She shook her head. “Want, not need. There’s a difference.”
He smiled. “You think you are strong enough to take what you want?”
“Absolutely not. A raging Hmrain growled and hummed me into a limp rag.”
He grinned. “Did he now?”
“Yes, I think I am up for something slower if you can help.”
His stellar eyes gleamed. “Yes, I can.”
She climbed into his lap and eased onto him carefully before lifting her face for his kiss. They kissed as he rocked her on his cock until the sun coming through the window had crossed the sky. Her arms were around his back. Each time she came, she drew her nails down hard. He shuddered, she shuddered, and eventually, she just pressed her forehead to his chest. Janessa smiled when he couldn’t see her. If any of their couplings caused a baby, that last one was the one she would bet on.