Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO

HAVOK

W e have the house to ourselves for another two hours. Time enough to give my sholani the attention she needs before my mission. I wasn’t pleased to receive another mission so soon. Three days between missions is not enough time to spend with my mate and younglings, but I will make the most of the time we have.

My sholani returns from our bedroom wearing a piece of clothing that barely covers her. And where it does cover her, mainly the lower portion of her breasts and her pussy, is rather sheer. I see every delightful curve of her body. But there’s something about the red fabric, the way it wraps over her breasts so tightly that makes me hard the second I see her.

“I’m Santa’s helper,” Jade announces as she twirls in the little red outfit.

To this day, I am still awed that my mate chose me. She is beautiful, smart, and a fighter. She fought for our Little Citrus, the children at the Center for Eeshone, and then me, when I was sure she deserved better than a broken warrior, an eeshone at that, who could give her little in this life.

Her hand cups my cheek. “You’re lost in thought again about the past, aren’t you?”

I draw her hand to my mouth and kiss her palm. “Yes.”

“You still believe you’re unworthy of me, after all this time, my sholan?”

I nod, my eyes taking in every lush inch of her.

Mine. My female. Despite my insecurities, I won’t let anyone touch her. She is and always will be mine to protect, mine to love.

I crash my mouth to hers, a reminder to both of us that we are heartmates and no one and nothing can ever come between us.

Her warm body writhes beneath me as I lower her onto the soft kuvak rug, a mating gift from my crewmates. This is not the first time I’ve taken my female on this rug, nor will it be the last.

“If you wish to wear this garment again, remove it now, sholani,” I say as I find a nipple and suck, right through the fabric.

Her back arches, pressing her breast up to me, an offering. Drekk, I’m so drekking hard I have to press against the rug to contain myself.

“Don’t rip it off, Havok. It was a gift from McKenna.”

“You’re my gift,” I say with a growl of frustration, knowing I can’t rip this fabric and thrust into her this very second. I’m beyond hard. After two months away, three days home hasn’t been enough. “I need you, Jade. Need to be inside you.”

“Christmas presents are to be opened slowly,” she says, purring when I switch to the other breast. “Savored.”

I cannot go slowly, not when she’s spread out practically naked before me, tempting me with more than her body, but her words.

I yank the fabric down at the top, freeing her breasts where I run my lips over each mound, then move my way up to her face again. “You wouldn’t lie to me, would you, sholani?”

“There’s intent and there’s reality,” she said with a teasing lilt.

My hand skims over the smooth fabric, down to the thin piece of fabric covering my female’s core. With a single finger, I hook and slide the fabric to the side. “Because you favor this garment, I will spare it, but it will not be easy.”

I wedge between her thighs, her legs opening wide for me, inviting me to admire the glorious view. I slide a finger through her. “Wet, for me. Very wet.”

“I need to wear this Christmas morning for Santa so he may unwrap me fully.”

“Santa?” For a moment I worry he’s a real person, but I know the lore from her world. He’s a myth created for the children to bring them joy.

She props herself up on her elbows and nods to the bag a few feet away on the floor. “I asked McKenna to make a Santa costume for you. So you can play Santa for the kids.” She waggles her eyebrows. “And then you can play Santa for me.”

I know that look. My cocks know that look.

“Tell me what that entails,” I say before I take a long languid lick through her slick.

“Oooh. That’s good. Talk... later.”

“But I enjoy hearing your voice. You talk while I explore.” Another well-placed lick to which she arches her back.

“Santa decides if I’ve been naughty or nice. If nice—” She stops talking when I suck on her clit. I chuckle, enjoying this little game. I lift my mouth. “If you stop, I stop.”

“Don’t you dare!”

“Then keep talking. Tell me what happens to a female who’s been naughty. Does Santa tie her up?” I swear that question makes her wetter.

“If he wishes. He can use many forms of punishment. And I’ve been naughty, Santa.”

Apparently, I’ve been promoted to Santa a week early. I chuckle and blow against her delicate skin. She squirms beneath me. That is a new reaction. We’ve been mated for five years, and still I have so much to learn about my sholani. Perhaps one day, I’ll learn why the gods favor me so. For now, my female requires my attention.

I press my face into her pussy and shake. She shrieks, already close to her peak. She’s stopped talking, but her hands… Krike. They’ve gripped me by the horns, right over my pleasure centers.

Primal needs stir within me, stirring me beyond safe level as she lifts her hips and presses her core against my already hard cocks.

When I impale her with my tongue, she tugs at my hair. “Fuck me, sholan.”

Drekk, I can’t resist her plea. I never could. I climb her body, my pleasure cock coats her back hole with frem as I slide against her.

Her beautiful chest rises and falls beneath me as she gazes at me with heavy, dark blue eyes. “Both,” she demands.

I thrust my mating cock into her pussy and she arches, her breasts beautiful mountains rising high in the air. I lap at one as I wait for her body to adjust to both cocks. Then I rock my hips slowly as I kiss the base of her neck, chin, cheeks, and eyes. “I love you, my sholani.”

“Kiss me. And never stop.”

I increase my pace, eager to help her find her peak, but mostly because there is no place I’d rather be than inside my female where I can gaze at her and forget the outside world.

She throws her head back, exposing the graceful column of her throat. Her walls squeeze me tight and we come together. I capture her mouth as I release inside her and soon her body relaxes, giving way beneath mine. But that soulful kiss doesn’t end as we lose ourselves in one another.

This is my heaven, being with my Jade, my sholani, my lover, my heartmate.