Dr. Christina Evans (MD)
I looked out over the murky green water pensively, the Pelin man standing silently beside me. He refused to tell me what we were doing here, and all I could think about was Jaize. He had promised to help me get Luke out if I helped to heal him, but I hadn’t. I didn’t know anything about the disease. And now, my little brother was doomed because of one man’s selfishness. How was I ever going to live with myself after this?
A loud whirring noise filled the sky, and I looked up, afraid and confused about what was going on. The Pelin hopped up and down excitedly, and I frowned as the huge craft landed on the sand beside me.
“Christina!”
My heart nearly burst, and tears sprang immediately to my eyes as Lucas wrapped his small arms around my neck and clung tightly to me.
“Your friend is so cool! He got me out of jail! We’re going home!!”
I looked at Jaize through the tears in my eyes, my entire body electrified by the handsome smile on his face.
“It’s true,” he reassured me, crossing the sand to help me to my feet. Apparently, I had collapsed as soon as Luke’s voice reached my ears. “But we have to move fast.”
“Are you coming?” I asked, turning to the kind little Pelin. He seemed surprised and looked at Jaize.
“Well?” he asked.
The Pelin ran onto the ship, as if afraid we were going to change our minds, and Jaize laughed.
“Come on. We don’t have much time.”
I boarded the ship, the same stealth craft that I had bumped my foot on before, and before I knew it, we were flying through space at the speed of light.
I held Luke tightly, and suddenly he touched my stomach.
“I’m going to be an uncle?!” he exclaimed.
I nodded. “Yes,” I said, kissing his forehead. “And you’re going to be the best uncle there ever was.”
***
Several hours later, Luke and the Pelin were sound asleep, and we landed safely on Earth, far away from the Zones or settlements. Jaize had packed us enough resources on the ship to last us for years to come, and we camped out in the darkness quietly.
We were alone in the bunker, Jaize sitting quietly across from me, gripping my hand tightly as if he were afraid I might disappear.
“I didn’t know if I would ever see you again,” he whispered. “I thought that because of my disease, succeeding at this would be a long shot.”
I held his hands to my lips and kissed them tenderly. I had heard him, somewhere in my sleeping mind, that morning, and I had woken up wishing dearly for him to be beside me.
“Please promise me you’ll never do anything so reckless again,” I whispered. “I don’t think the baby and I could take it if anything happened to you.”
I had been trying so hard to deny my feelings for Jaize that I had completely missed the part where I’d fallen head over heels in love with him. But now that he had risked everything he had ever known, including his own life, to bring my brother and me back to Earth safely, I knew there would never be another man I wanted more in my life than him.
“I’m really sorry, you know,” he said awkwardly, looking down at the ground. “For everything I put you through.”
I laughed quietly. “I’m sorry for that too. But it worked out. We should try to forget the bad and focus on creating more of the good.”
My eyes caught his, and our gazes lingered for a moment. Suddenly, rapid heat surged through my body, and our lips were touching. I kissed him passionately, his lips generating fire all throughout my body. I had never wanted a man so badly in my life. Now that all was said and done, and I knew exactly who he was, nothing had ever felt more right.
Jaize seemed to feel the same way, and I gasped as the urgent mound of his erection pressed against my thigh. We kissed languidly for a few more moments before he pulled away, his brow arched in concern.
“Is this safe? For the baby?”
I laughed and pulled him down to continue the kiss.
“Yes,” I whispered, my hands roaming the broad muscle of his chest and the soft skin of his face. “Don’t you dare stop.”
He grinned and lifted me easily, and I was shocked by his strength. He truly had made a miraculous recovery: one he attributed entirely to our baby.
Jaize stripped me quickly, his mouth settling over the sensitive ring of my nipple, and my back arched involuntarily as pleasure surged through me. I helped him to strip his clothes off and took in the deeply gratifying sight of his completely naked body. Men on Earth would kill to look the way a Verian man did naturally, and I relished in the firm muscles brushing against my skin and the impressive size of his member as it teased and caressed the hypersensitive nerve endings between my legs.
I sighed in bliss as Jaize buried his mouth against the nape of my neck and tasted my skin, his muscle swelling against me. I cried out softly as it entered me, suddenly and swiftly, and our bodies soon found the rhythm they needed to become one.
I closed my eyes, relishing every wave of pleasure that Jaize and his body took me on until I could hardly think anymore. All I could do was feel the distinct satisfaction of my climax building and building; the tension of release as Jaize continued to thrust deeply into my body, carrying me beyond the sweet sensation of pleasure and into the ocean of ecstasy.
“I love you,” Jaize whispered, his deep voice rumbling in my ear. I closed my eyes, my back arching as the words sent thrills down my spine. The small movement brought his member deeper inside of me and my body ever closer to my climax.
“I love you too,” I gasped, gripping Jaize’s muscular arms tightly as I braced myself for another powerful round of thrusting.
I shuddered beneath him as his body took on a power I had never experienced before. It shocked me deeply, and I had to bite my lip to keep from screaming out in rapture. Jaize hissed in pleasure as he submerged himself deeply inside of me, and suddenly I could feel the tension of our bodies give way to orgasm.
The sweet nectar of his longing filled me in a hot rush of ecstasy, and I quaked beneath him as my world opened up to new heights. A new swell of pleasure overwhelmed me as he emptied the last of himself inside of me in a final, fluid motion, and we collapsed on the bunk together, our chests heaving laboriously.
“Welcome home,” Jaize said, kissing my forehead. I hugged him tightly and lifted his hand to touch my belly for the first time.
“You too,” I whispered.
We fell asleep like that, both exhausted and excited for the new chapter of our lives that was about to unfold.