Chapter 23

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

KENZIE

T wo weeks since Kobrik was nearly killed, Gansig, the medic in charge of medical matters at the Zyanthan Embassy, finally cleared Kobrik to move into his own quarters. As his sholani, I'm allowed to stay with him.

The embassy liaison assigned us a huge suite with everything we need except food. But there's a computer console I use to communicate with the kitchen staff and Gansig if Kobrik needs medical assistance.

I haven't left Kobrik alone, except to shower and use the bathroom. He's been sleeping a lot but healing quickly. I still can't believe this handsome male is mine and that I ever hesitated in going with him to his world. All those excuses before, all my fears and worries, can't compete with the fear of losing him.

I leave the ensuite bathroom as quietly as I can so as not to wake him. After knotting my towel around me, I lean over him to snag the clothing I left on the bed. Without warning, Kobrik lifts me and swings me to sit on his lap.

"Put me down before you hurt yourself!"

"Drekk, Kenzie, we've been through this. You're as light as a feather."

Normally, I'd swoon hearing that, but not when he's still healing. "If you pop your stitches, Gansig will be on my ass about how I'm unfit to be your nurse."

"I don't have stitches."

"Stitches, glue, or whatever technology he used to knit your skin back together is not the point. You were shot in the chest. That's not a simple injury. And you had a belly wound."

"I feel fine."

In a maneuver I don't see coming, he tears the blanket away and flips me under him.

"Nearly peak condition," he adds.

"You're certainly energetic."

"I'm recovered enough to take you." Elbows on either side of me, he leans down to kiss me while he grinds his hips against mine. "I'm hard for you, sholani."

Yes, he is. Very hard indeed.

"You're supposed to be resting, not fucking."

"Fucking's more fun. I've waited weeks to claim you."

"Are you sure about this?" I ask.

He draws back slightly. "Are you unsure about me?"

I grab his horns and pull him down on me. "When I heard what happened to you, I wanted to climb into my bed, hide under the covers, and pretend I was having a bad dream." My hands slide up and down his horns, his face, his chest and arms because I still worry I'm dreaming, that he's not really here.

"I couldn't walk away from you, even if I'd wanted to. I had to do any and everything possible to make sure you survived. The alternative—you dying, Kobrik—" I swallow hard because it's still too raw, too recent, to talk about.

His hand caresses my face. "I will not die and leave you, my sholani. I have too much to look forward to. Loving you, watching your belly swell with our younglings, raising them, growing old with you, and everything in between. I wish to hold your hand as we explore your world. And to dip my toes in the Pacific Ocean and look for something called a shark to see if it truly has more teeth than a kuvak as Zirkov claims."

"That's the warrior who came for me when you got shot."

"I commed him when I knew I was in trouble. Zirkov is a fellow warrior and a male I trust to watch over you if anything happened to me."

I swat his shoulder lightly. "Don't ever do that again. Get shot, I mean. I can't lose you."

"I love you, sholani. I wish to claim you and seal our bond, but I hesitate to ask. I will not steal you from your home or do anything to cause you sadness."

"My apologies, big guy. I guess I wasn't clear. As long as I have you, I will be happy. Over the moon with happiness."

"Zyan is much farther than Earth's moon."

I smile. "Yes, it is. But we'll be together. That's what matters."

His face fills with hope. "Then you will leave Earth with me?"

"I love you, with all my heart. Where you go, I go," I say, meaning every word. I had nearly lost him. That made my choices very clear to me, erased all the doubt I've had.

"New world, new language, new culture." I take a deep breath. "It's still scary, but I'll figure it out. We will figure it out. Together."

A smile begins to form, but he restrains himself. The tension goes right to the tips of his horns which are twisting. "What about your work? You love what you do," he adds.

I love how he worries about me, but I don't want him to stress. "I have a plan, that starts with meeting the head of medicine on Zyan. I convinced Gansig to get me an introduction."

Kobrik's brow lifts. "Gansig is not a cooperative male."

"I think he gave in to be rid of me." I drove him crazy as I took over much of Kobrik's care while he was unconscious.

"I am impressed. And the purpose for this meeting?"

"To apply for medical training on Zyan. I want to learn zyanthan medicine so I can be a medic there."

Kobrik's face lights with excitement. "Zyan will benefit from your skills and heart. And I am honored that you would leave your planet and people for me."

"Not for you. For us." I kiss him which rekindles that unavoidable desire to have him inside me. I reach down and stroke both cocks, which are as hard as can be. My fingers glide over the slick tip of his lower cock. "You need to wait for me," I joke.

"That is frem," he explains as he spreads my legs and rips the towel from me. "Frem eases the entry for my pleasure cock."

"Human women self-lubricate," I explain. "If you can arouse me."

"Is that a challenge?"

"Always."

With a smile that melts my heart, he draws a nipple into his mouth.

"Perfect," I say, slightly breathless as he plays with me.

His upper cock, the mating one, slides through my folds. My hips grind against him, teasing him, until he nudges at my entrance, then slides in a half inch. Shivers of anticipation climb my spine and my pussy throbs with need.

Kobrik withdraws, a grin filling his face. Contrary to his words earlier, he's in no rush. He's playing with me.

"Don't make me beg," I say.

"Did you think I would thrust into you like a rutting animal?"

"I sort of hoped you would," I confess. I've been waiting a long time for this, and every part of me has been on edge since the night he got shot. "I need you inside me, Kobrik. So I know you're alive and I'm not dreaming."

"Ah, my sholani, I would never let you suffer."

Like a silken rod, his cock slides into my pussy, filling me completely. When he begins to move, it's as if it's my first time. Damn, strike that. Better. Nothing compares. He's gentle and strong and makes my heart race. We find a rhythm together without any words between us.

This was meant to be. We are meant to be.

He thrusts, long and slow, and I savor every moment as his body presses into mine. His eyes never leave me.

"The word love is inadequate," I say as his thrusts increase. When his lips brush mine and he captures my mouth, the taste of him launches me into the stratosphere. I explode, squeezing his cock so hard, that I see the strain in his face to hold on.

"Let yourself go," I say while running my hands down his muscular back.

"Not yet. Not until you're ready."

"Ready for what?"

"To take my pleasure cock."

"I'm ready for all you have."

His mouth lands between my breasts, where he leaves a trail of kisses down to my pussy. When his head disappears between my legs, I grab onto his horns for dear life. The love of my life brings me to orgasm… twice!

I'm seeing stars as he slides off the bed, pulls me to the edge, and lifts my legs onto his shoulder.

"Now you are ready," he announces as the wet tip of a cock presses against my back door.

The silky-smooth tip slides in slowly. The frem coats me, leaving a tingling behind, but not enough to keep me from feeling him slide inside.

Correction. Both cocks slide into me, front and back. And those bumps on his pleasure cock… OMG, I feel every one of them.

"Ready, sholani?"

"To fuck with both at the same time?"

"Much more, my sweet Kenzie. Are you ready for a lifetime together? To bond with me is to commit to a life filled with more than sex. You are my future, the female I've dreamed about but never could truly envision until I'd met you. Now you are here with me and all the possibilities await us."

"Are you going to fuck me or what?"

"Only if you promise to claim me back."

"Aji kali faztov, miz sholan," I say, loud and clear.

He stands there, stunned .

"You are and always will be a part of me," he repeats my words, but in English. "How do you know the sacred vow?"

"I did a lot of reading all those hours you were unconscious. I wanted to be ready for when you recovered, so we could start our life together."

His horns lift higher than I've ever seen, making himself appear larger than life, the epitome of a zyanthan warrior. All I see is warmth, love, and the sweetest male I've ever known.

"Aji kali faztov, miz sholani," he says the ritual words. With fervor, pride, and joy.

Both cocks slide into me in tandem, rocking slowly until I match his rhythm. Then we're moving as one. Fast and deep, as our hearts and souls slowly become one.

My body's alive with his every touch. I'm hyper aware of every sensation, from the stroke of his cocks and how his breath cascades over my chest to those stunning blue eyes that never leave me.

Never in my wildest fantasies could I have imagined the connection I'd have with another person.

I'm not a virgin. I've had sex before. But this is my first-time making love. My first-time being loved. My first-time understanding love.

And sacrifice.

My sholan, the sweet big blue alien with the heart of gold, will do anything for me, as I will for him.

Without question.

Without fear.

Without regret.

We belong to one another, and no one can tear us apart.

We fit together like a lock and key. Made only for each another.

Loving one another and working as one, we will open the door to a new and brighter future. For both of us.

Together…