26. Mia

I tense atthe possibility of being pregnant already. I knew what I was signing up for when I decided to have sex with Renowlf and agreed to become his queen. But the reality of what that means hadn't really hit me.

Until now.

Maybe it"s a little late to wonder about this, but am I really ready to be a mother? And not just any mother. A mother with a royal orc baby who is living in an alien world where an unknown number of my baby daddy"s subjects want me gone. Or dead.

Renowlf must sense my unease because he pulls me tighter against him, and I snuggle into his warmth. "What troubles you?" he asks.

"Everything between us is happening so fast," I admit. "I"m not sure I"m ready to have a baby."

"There is no one the gods trust more than you to provide our people with the future ruler they deserve, Mia, and you will not bear this responsibility alone. All who reside within the palace walls will help raise and protect our child."

His words send a shiver down my spine. Our baby won"t belong to just us, but an entire kingdom. I don"t know how I feel about that. Still, some of the tension in my body unwinds.

"Rest now," Renowlf tells me. "I am not done claiming you or marking you with my seed."

I smile against his chest, my eyelids growing heavy, then turn away from him so that his hard body spoons my backside.

I"m not sure how long I sleep, but I stir sometime later with Renowlf"s fingers strumming lazily over my clit and his rock-hard cock pressed firmly against my back. Not a bad way to be woken up.

Even though I"m a little sore, I want him inside of me again. So, I wiggle my ass against him. He gets the hint and notches his cock at my entrance, slowly seating himself, tip to root.

My breath catches from the delicious feel of his spikes dragging across my inner walls, at the sensation of his length filling me so completely, at my body"s ability to, somehow, accommodate his huge, alien size.

He fucks me then, his pace more controlled this time, his fingers never leaving my clit. I didn"t even know sex could be like this. I give myself over to the pleasure, coming hard and fast, my walls clamping around him as he finds his own release.

We still, his cock still half-hard inside of me, our slick bodies pressed together, skin against skin. "No one has ever made me feel the way you do," I whisper, realizing in that moment that I"m not just talking about the awesome orgasms.

Renowlf makes me feel wanted and worshiped, safe and secure. I think he makes me feel loved, but I catch myself. It seems too soon for that. So, I settle instead for thinking that he makes me feel…like a queen.

"As it should be," he replies. "The gods have brought us together. I will spend the rest of my days devoted to your happiness."

That makes me laugh. "You have an entire kingdom to run. I doubt my happiness will be at the top of your to-do list every day." Or any day.

"You are my all and everything, Mia. If forced to choose between you and the throne, there would be no contest."

"You would choose me?" I crane my neck to look at him and see his solemn nod. "That's crazy talk. Let's hope you're never in a position to make that choice."

"At times I wonder if that will be the only way to keep you safe."

This is the first time he"s hinted that keeping me safe might be a problem. "Fuck that noise. Being king is your birthright. If I really am your perfect genetic match and able to give you an heir, then we have to make your people understand how important I am to their future—and help them accept me as their queen."

He nuzzles my neck and cups my breasts in his warm hands. "They are not just my people. They are our people now." He"s hard again, and pumps his hips against my ass, sending semen from the last round dripping down my thighs.

That he's ready to go again blows my mind, but I"m not complaining, especially when he pinches my nipples just hard enough to send little shockwaves to my clit.

Pounding on the door to Renowlf"s quarters makes him growl. "Dolphus is in charge," he bellows so loud behind my head that my ears ring.

"I must speak with you, sire. It is urgent."

Renowlf tenses at the sound of Dolphus" muffled voice. "It better be urgent, or I will look for a new second," he mutters, angry at the interruption.

"What should I do?"

"Stay here," he says, getting out of bed. "I fully intend on finishing what we started."