Bad Boy Beast: Interstellar BridesĀ® Program: The Beasts - 8, page 13
“Mine, Kai. You’re mine.”
14
Larkspur
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Kai carried me to our quarters like a man on a mission, completely ignoring every greeting or question thrown at us along the way.
I didn’t mind. After having that thing inside my head, I needed to feel something else, anything else. I needed my mate to make me feel alive. Safe. Not alone.
The curse of the Nexus unit’s mental touch was a feeling of complete and total isolation, of being locked inside my own mind, trapped behind a door I could not open while he controlled my body, my movements, and forced thoughts into my head I knew were not mine, but could not stop.
He transformed as he walked. By the time the door to our private quarters slid closed and locked behind us, I wasn’t facing Kai, the Atlan male. No, I was dealing with an enraged, volatile beast.
He settled me on my feet and stripped me immediately, not being gentle or shy about it. When I stood completely naked, I half expected him to pounce. Instead, his massive hands roamed every exposed inch of my skin. Was he looking for injuries? The Nexus unit was inside my head, not shooting me with a blaster.
“Kai, I’m not hurt. I’m fine.”
“Mate. Mine. Nexus.”
“Yes. He’s gone now. We’re okay. We’re both okay.” I had no idea what was going on in my mate’s head, but whatever it was couldn’t be good. He’d been captured by one of those things. Tortured. Now that I’d felt the strength of the Nexus’s mind, awe filled me that Kai had been able to survive at all. My big, strong beast. My Atlan mate. Not only had the Nexus unit tormented him mentally, but performed painful surgeries, integrated physical body to enhance the Hive’s control.
“Mine. Now.” The beast’s cock was long and hard, dripping with pre-cum. My body responded instantly, the wet heat between my legs made me squirm.
“Yes. I need you inside me.” I needed my mate to fill me up and replace the feeling of the Nexus unit’s invasion.
I reached for the beast’s shirt hem. He took the hint and removed all his clothes faster than I’d ever seen him move.
“Mine.” Kai’s beast lifted me, both hands under my ass as he carried me to the wall in our living room. The moment my back made contact with the cool material, his cock slid inside me in one slow, smooth thrust.
“Yes.” I wrapped my legs around his hips and arched my back, taking all of him, sending him deep, as deep inside me as I could get him.
Neither of us were in the mood for slow or gentle. “Arms up.”
I obeyed the command and lifted my hands above my head. As I knew he would, Kai’s huge hand wrapped around my wrist as he held me in place. My breasts bounced with every powerful thrust of his hips. All I could think was more. Harder. Faster.
The words tumbled over my lips. The beast groaned, driving into my body like he was possessed, out of control. His cock stretched me wide, the friction drove a wail from my throat as my pussy exploded into spasms around his hard length. He fucked me through my orgasm, drew it out, sent me into another before I’d recovered from the first.
The second time he followed me over, his cock rippled inside me as he filled me with his seed, his claim, his possession.
He owned me, body and soul and I was okay with that because he was mine.
“Mine, Kai. You’re mine. Forever.”
His beast shuddered and transformed, cock still inside me as the male I loved reappeared before my eyes. He groaned, his length sliding in and out of me, still hard and ready. “Gods, female, I love you. You saved me back there. You saved all of us.”
“No.” I didn’t want to talk about the Nexus unit or what we would have to do next. I didn’t want to think about the medical tests Helion said he wanted. I had no idea why the Nexus unit seemed obsessed with me. “Don’t talk about him. Tell me you love me again. Say it again.”
“I love you, mate. I vow to you the Nexus unit will never touch you. Never hurt you. I give you my word. We will figure this out. Helion’s an ass but he has the best minds in the galaxy working for him and I would die before I allow that fucker anywhere near you. Do you understand?”
“Yes.” Yes, I did. Completely. We were caught up in war with a terrifying, powerful enemy. But Kai was mine and I was his. Whatever came our way, we’d face it together. He would never abandon me or cheat on me. He would love me until the day he died. That was what I understood, and that was enough.
I used my inner muscles to squeeze his cock. Again, and again, until he groaned.
“Was the beast too rough?” Kai asked, but didn’t release my arms which were still locked over my head. “Did I hurt you? He was out of control. Seeing that thing—"
“No.” I interrupted. Neither one of us needed to think about Nexus 5 right now. “He was perfect. You’re perfect.” I leaned forward and kissed his chest. God, he tasted good. Smelled good. Everything about him made me want him more. “I love you. I can’t believe you found me, but I’m glad you did.”
“As am I, mate.” He shifted his hips, made us both moan. “You came for the beast, female.”
“Twice.” I grinned.
“Then you shall come three times for me.”
I gasped as he lifted me away from the wall. He carried me to our bedroom and proceeded to make sure I obeyed his command.
Epilogue
Warlord Kai, Atlan Capital City, Six Weeks Later…
* * *
“I look ridiculous.” I stood patiently as my beautiful, perfect female fussed over the traditional tunic and pants I wore. A nearly microscopic weave of precious metals in gold, copper and silver created a replica of ancient Atlan battle armor. Thousands of years old, the style was reserved for sacred ceremonies and only worn by those of us who served the Fleet. My family’s traditional crest covered the chest and back, the intricate points and swirls an exact match for the design on Larkspur’s mating cuffs.
Her soft brown hair was piled on top of her head in a way that made her neck and jaw look delicate and feminine. The theater specialists had applied dramatic make-up they assured us both would accentuate my mate’s beauty under the lights. She looked vibrant and powerful. She looked ethereal, too beautiful to be real.
But she was real. Very real. And she was mine. That reality settled into my heart, body and soul over the last few weeks and calmed my beast in a way I’d never dreamed possible.
“You look gorgeous, mate.” She stepped in close and tugged on the crease in the sleeve, making sure my mating cuffs were clearly on display. She need not have worried. I asked the tailor to shorten the sleeves for exactly the same reason. When a kind, compassionate, loving female deemed a male worthy, fucking right I was going to make sure everyone, on every planet, knew Larkspur had chosen me. Claimed me. Blessed me. “How many people are going to be watching you again?”
I chuckled. My mate seemed more nervous than I. “I do not know. The few who still sing the old songs have not been performing much, and none of them travel to the battlegroups since my parents’ deaths.”
“That’s sad.” She held my hands in hers and looked up at me with love shining in her eyes. “I’m glad we’re going to fix that. Your voice is too beautiful not to share.”
“You honor me, mate.”
“Besides, I really want to see a spaceship.”
“Your courage and heart never fail to humble me, mate.”
She blushed, the pink in her cheeks making me want to kiss her. However, if I started now, I wouldn’t want to stop. “I can’t believe you’re really mine. This seems like a dream.” She held our joined hands out to the sides and looked down at her own shimmering, metallic, traditional gown. “I feel like a princess in this dress.”
“You are a queen, my love. My queen.” I gave in and kissed her, lightly, because I could not resist. “Later, I will get on my knees and worship you properly.” I would devour her, feast on her wet heat until she begged me to stop, until she lost count of the number of orgasms I’d given her. Only then would I fill her with my cock, make her mine again. And again.
Mine. The beast shoved an image of our mate with her back against the wall as he fucked her, her soft cries of pleasure driving him to the brink of control.
Yes. You will have your turn pleasuring our female. Behave. I do not want to perform with a hard cock aching in these fucking pants.
The beast chuckled inside my mind, completely lacking in guilt or remorse.
Larkspur’s pink cheeks brightened to rosy red, as if she could read my mind. “Behave! People can hear you.” She glanced around at the stage hands and others scuttling around checking the broadcast, audio and whatever else they had to do in this massive theater. “How many? You didn’t answer my question.”
“Fewer than we will see on Battleship Zakar next month.” In truth, I had no idea how many people might hear, or see, this live performance. I could, however, guess based on what I’d been told in rehearsal yesterday.
“Kai.”
“I am not sure. I was told my family’s return to the stage has created a buzz. Our name is well known throughout the Coalition of Planets. I was also told there is much nostalgia to see the son rise to take his father’s place, especially after the tragic way my parents died.”
“Kai. How many?” She squeezed my hands and looked over her shoulder, past the curtains and onto the stage, where a cushioned seat that looked like a throne had been placed for her. A warlord always sang to his mate, if he could. As I was newly mated, her presence on stage was anticipated and expected. I could not wait to show her off to the entire galaxy, to sing to her, to follow the path my father, and grandfather before him, both walked proudly.
Mine!
My smile was instant and so full of joy I didn’t know how to contain it. Yes, beast. She is ours.
“Warlord Kai. My lady. This way, please. It is time.” A young male bowed at the waist before leading the way onto the stage where I gently settled my mate on her throne a few steps away from the marker they’d placed on the floor where they wished me to stand.
Larkspur took her seat and I bent down for one last kiss. When her hands cupped my face, I couldn’t help myself, I lingered.
“Kai? Are you sure I look okay in this? I’m not very tall, not compared to the women around here.”
She was correct. Most Atlan females towered over my petite mate. I did not care. “You are beautiful. Perfect. Everyone will love you as I do.”
She sighed. “Okay. I know you have to say that, but I’m going to run with it and pretend it’s true. Otherwise, I am going to have a nervous breakdown sitting up here in front of millions of aliens.”
I chuckled. “Billions, mate. Hundreds of billions on over two hundred worlds.”
“Wait. What?”
Grin on my face, I backed away and took my place on the floor marker as the announcer’s voice filled the theater. There were a few thousand seated here, but the Coalition Fleet’s broadcast system would send this performance, in real time, over their entire system. The inhabitants of more than two hundred and sixty planets would hear the ancient songs sung by my family line for the first time in almost twenty years.
They were ready.
So was I, ready to forgive my parents and let go of my childhood pain. A beast could not survive without his mate. The only other instinct that could compete with that need was protecting a child. Now I didn’t just logically understand my father’s choices, I honored them. He served his people, loved his mate and protected his child. What more could life ask from a worthy male? That was, in essence, all there was.
The curtains parted and a roaring, cheering crowd stretched as far as I could see. I glanced over at Larkspur to find her wiping a sentimental tear from her cheek.
Gods be damned, I loved that female.
I launched into the first song, the oldest, a song about leaving innocence behind to go to war, about honor and battle and protecting home.
I could have heard a female’s sigh from the back of the theater when I finished. Heavy, poignant silence hovered in the air thick enough to cut with a knife. Many females in the audience wiped tears from their eyes. Larkspur beamed with pride as I faced my people, and my legacy, with open arms.
“My friends, let us sing together in the old way.” I signaled the musicians and raised my voice. Larkspur’s sweet voice joined me first, listening to hours of my practice had taught her all the songs. Seconds later, twenty thousand Atlans were on their feet, their voices raised in tribute to thousands of generations gone, and thousands of generations to come.
Tears streaked my cheeks as life, and love, filled every cell, as the broken pieces inside me were made whole, as I sang for my family, my people, my future.
As I sang for my mate.
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