Chapter Fourteen

Tanner

It was important to Binja that both of them squeezed into the shower. They fit, barely, standing with their bodies pressed together. Hot water streamed down, filling the bathroom with mist. Creating their own little world.

He held her tight against him. Not moving, simply holding on. Just as he'd done throughout the night when she cried more tears than she believed possible. Her heart and soul ached for her sister. Ached to see her, touch her. Protect her.

Binja bent his head over her, sheltering her eyes and mouth from the water.

She stood there and let the heat and pounding water take away the sorrow. In its place, determination built. A dark, deadly resolve filled the reservoir hollowed out by her tears. Tanner let that anger build for a second, then she buried it for later. There was a time for war… and a time for love.

Being in the military had taught her to hold on to the bits of time between battles and make the most of them. Tanny never had a man she wanted to call her own. Someone who was more than a Friday night date and who held her when her world spun out of control.

Here she was in a hot shower—something she hadn't enjoyed during all the months since being kidnapped—standing skin-to-skin with a very sexy alien who wanted her for his mate. It was time she enjoyed what fate had given her.

Tanny shifted just enough to raise one arm. Then she trailed her fingers over Binja's skin. It always surprised her how warm his dark gray flesh was... and so very soft. She followed the contours of his muscles—mesmerized by his pecs. Tracing the bands on his arms with her fingers, she leaned closer and breathed in.

His scent thrilled her. It was spicy, dark, and decadent. Reminding her of some of her favorite fragrances on Earth, created from essential oils like amber and patchouli. The heat in the shower intensified his aroma, and it affected her like a potent aphrodisiac. She wanted to wallow in it. In him. Pulling his scent deep into her lungs, she shuddered. Needing more.

Shifting closer, she stuck out her tongue to taste his flesh. And felt him shudder. His deep groan made her grin. He curled his much taller body around her. Putting a finger under her chin, he tilted her head back and leaned down to capture her lips. And she draped her arms around his neck and tugged him to her, silently demanding more.

The kiss undid her. Tanny melted and opened for Binja. Enjoying the embrace for long moments. Their tongues played and her heart raced. She let the focus of her world narrow to the man in her arms.

Her body blossomed when his hand came up and cupped her breast. She pressed her slick flesh into him, desperate for more. She ached for this touch. Moaned and shifted, pressing her breast into his palm. Her eyes went wide when she looked down to where his silver skin met her pale flesh. The sight made her shudder. Tanny rasped out, "Please touch me," she begged.

The light feather of his thumb over her nipple made her want more. Tilting her head back, putting one hand in his hair, she tugged him closer. Tanny's eyelashes dropped, and she sighed with delight when he bent his head down and laved her breast.

Tanny squirmed in his arms. The tight confines of the shower restricted their movement. So, her mate shifted his mating marks, and the bands discovered erogenous zones she didn't know she had. The living tattoos pulsed, vibrated, and teased her from both the inside and out. Shuddering, she put her hands on his chest and pushed him away from her breast. Needing something more.

The few inches of space he created between them allowed her to enjoy the sight of water running over Binja's body. Her man had a rugged, dangerous appeal. Her gaze and the tips of her fingers slowly trailed over his face, down his chest, to his stomach. A dusting of dark hair started just below his belly button and tempted her eyes to follow the trail down to his thick cock. The shaft jutted fiercely from the coarse, dark hair and his heavy ballsac hung just below. His cock bounced and expanded even more as she wrapped her fingers around his flesh.

The deep skin tone of his shaft appeared flushed with blood and heat. Droplets of water teased his length and a dark blue vein pulsed under her touch. She noticed the mating bands shift and move over the surface. Tanny shuddered, remembering what those bands felt like when he was inside her. She licked her lips in anticipation.

She glanced up to see his brown eyes open and studying her as she slowly worked her way down his body. She did a little creative maneuvering before dropping to her knees. Using both hands, she wrapped her fingers around him and brought his magnificent flesh to her lips. The knobbed head glistened with a drop of clear fluid. Sticking her tongue out, she took her first taste of his essence. Binja tasted as he smelled, all spicy male and so addicting.

Tanny felt Binja's groan vibrate through his body and she grinned just before she took as much of him into her mouth as she could manage. Then she tightened the grip of her hand and stroked upward, her fingers meeting her lips with each movement.

Groaning in ecstasy, Binja spread his legs a few inches apart. As much as the cramped space in the shower allowed. He leaned forward, bracing his hands on the wall in front of him, and looked down, meeting her gaze. Water sprayed over them both, running in rivulets down the length of his body before sliding over Tanny.

Closing her eyes, she focused on the task at hand. Focused on the feel of him in her mouth, on the rhythm of his body as he responded to her movements. As Tanny pleasured Binja, the mating bands pulsed inside her. The faster she bobbed over her silver man's flesh, the more the bands increased their pace. The tighter she squeezed his shaft, the more pressure the bands added to her clit. It was a sensual cycle that spiraled ever higher.

BinjaOB

Legs shaking, it took everything he had to hold himself upright when Tanny slipped her lips over the head of his cock and sucked his shaft inside the heat of her mouth. Running her hand up from the base, she brought her mouth and fist together in the middle. The combined compression on his shaft soared through every cell in his body, as did her slow, pumping rhythm. When she added a teasing swirl of her tongue, Binja thought he'd lose his mind.

Looking down, he watched her head bob. Saw glistening lips slide up and down his straining flesh. The sight of her pink tongue darting out to tease the small slit in his blood-engorged crown made him grit his teeth.

"Tanny!" The single word burst from his soul.

He used his back to keep the spray from getting in her face. When she brought her other hand up to cup his balls, squeezing gently, he couldn't take anymore. "Enough," he growled.

Reaching down, he lifted his startled mate to her feet and pulled her into his arms, kissing her hungrily. He inserted his hand between their slippery bodies to palm her breast, pinching the nipple between his thumb and finger. There wasn't enough room in the shower to love her as he wanted.

Moaning, she shifted against him. Drawing back, Binja slapped off the water and lifted Tanny out of the small shower tube. Turning her in his arms, he walked out of the tiny bathroom and guided her to the bed, placing her hands on the edge of the mattress. Now Tanny's ass tempted. Pulling her hips back, Binja used his knees to open her stance. Taking his shaft in hand, he pressed forward, gliding inside her slick passage.

Tanny's mouth had taken him to the edge. As his mating bands had teased his mate close to the same precipice. Binja plunged forward, rocking in and out of her clasping channel. He reveled in her keening cries and gasped demands for him to go faster, harder. He felt the bands throttle his cock so that he couldn't release, and at the same time they swelled in order to create the perfect shape to stimulate his woman beyond her imagining. Binja kept up the driving tempo until he thought he'd go insane from his body's demand for release.

Leaning over Tanny's back, he wrapped his arm around her waist and smoothed his hand down her stomach. Now he could delve between her folds and stroke the tight bud of her clit. Dropping his head, he nuzzled the side of her neck with his lips and tongue. Felt her body tense in readiness for her orgasm. He reconnected their minds, as he would every time they had sex. The longer they were together, the more they would need to tie their souls and hearts together. Now that her lifespan matched his, she would be with him forever.

"Go with me, love," Binja demanded. He rode Tanny's first climax and pushed her to another. When she shattered a second time, he pumped his cock furiously and allowed his body to explode.

When it was done, they collapsed in a tangled heap of arms and legs… struggling to breathe and bring their heartbeats under control.

She giggled underneath him. "It just gets better and better, doesn't it?"

Binja snorted. "Yes, it does." He shifted, carefully rolling off his mate before he crushed her. "We need a bigger room and a bigger shower."

"Something to look forward to. What is this?" Tanny asked, holding up a pile of material.

"When my brother Brode met his mate, she had no clothing. While he and the captain rescued her, several of the brothers went to the market. I think they bought every piece of clothing they thought a female would like. And since they hadn't seen Casey, they didn't know what size they needed, so they purchased a wide range of outfits. My brothers' mates picked a few of the items they thought might fit you."

Tanner grinned. "That was sweet. But honey, I've seen your brothers' mates. I'm several inches taller than any of them. I hope I got the tall clothes."