Chapter Thirteen

She watched as they started to clean up and leave the club. As far as she was concerned nothing new had really been learned.

“There is one thing we should be aware of.” Jasper took his time looking around the room before he stopped to stare at her. “Now that they are hunting aliens, everyone is invited. It’s no longer a white man’s club. If you’re willing to hunt for aliens, you can join. It can be anyone standing on the street male or female, white, or black, or other. Remember that no one is above suspicion.”

Wasn’t he a ball of sunshine. She stood and walked over to the bar.

“Are we drowning ourselves in booze?”

“No, but Ven is enjoying himself because everyone is making sure the soda is fine right now.”

Ven looked at her with a big smile on his face and glowing eyes. Yep, he was going to be a heartbreaker.

“What happens now? I can’t just stay here and hide.”

“That’s the problem with Alpha’s they always have to face danger.”

She looked at Enzo then decided not to pursue that line of thinking.

“Hi, I’m Cait, and this is Tristan, and we were hoping to be able to get some blood work and DNA from you.”

“Hi, Cait and Tristan. Why do you need blood work and DNA?”

“We’ve been working on a theory of why some people can cross the barrier and others cannot.”

“You want to prove that I’m an alien?” How could she have spent her whole life being human only to be told she was something else? She shook her head they were wrong she was as normal as the next person.

“No. I don’t believe your anything else besides human. I just want to be able to continue studying the blood of those able to cross the barrier.”

“Why not? Where do I have to go?”

“Stay seated I can get your blood here.”

“Really? Oh, wait, aliens.” She held her arm out and watched as Cait took out a kit and opened it. She was right giving the blood didn’t hurt.

“What about the DNA sample?”

“I collected it when I got the blood you’re all done.”

“Thanks.” Her eyes met hers before they slipped away and she focused on the bar.

“I know what it feels like to be hunted. To know death may be waiting for you around the corner.” Cait leaned over and hugged her before she headed for the door.

“I like her.” She placed her head on the bar.

“I promised you could replace my bed, buy a headboard as well a redecorate. I think we should go.”

“I…I like that idea.” She slid off the bar stool and stood with a half-smile on her face.

“I’ll see you later Deja. See you all later.” She walked over to Ven and gave him a hug.

He hugged her hard rocking her slightly. “When I was young they wanted to kill me because of what I was. My father and Declyn saved my life. I understand.”

The words got caught in her throat, all she could do was nod because she could feel the sincerity in every word he said. He let her go, and she followed Declyn out the club.

He didn’t say anything as they drove through the barrier or out the city until they were parked in a nice area with a stream running through it. He took her hand before he grabbed a cover from the back seat. They walked until they were close to the stream. He laid out the blanket and helped her sit down.

“I thought we were going shopping not that I’m complaining.”

“I wanted to spend some time with you where it was just the two of us.”

She scooted over towards him, and he met her in the middle placing his arms around her.

“Do you remember that conversation we had about whether I’m Alpha or not?”

“I do.”

“I think if I were Alpha I would have handled this situation better.”

“I think there is a misconception about what it means to be Alpha. Many times, we think the person who seems to be in charge, the loud mouth person is Alpha. When the real conflicts start, she is the person up front, but she’s not the Alpha. The Alpha is the one who promises to pick up her phone when her friend in need calls. She stands up to the bully while the others step back because she is called to take care of those around her. They’re her people, and she will be the one to stand in the gap.”

“My mom used to say that. Continue standing in the gap Fire it will serve you well.”

“Your mom is a smart female.”

“Was.”

“If you say so.”

“How is it that you know how to make me feel better?”

That’s what a mate was for, but she wasn’t ready for that truth yet.

“I want to kiss you.”

“What’s stopping you?”

He changed positions opening his legs and drawing her inside them before he lowered his head to place a kiss on her lips. It was gentle at first a slow exploration of her closed lips. A soft touch getting to know the silken feel of her skin. She sighed at the feel of his lips. The hardness covered by the softness that made her open with such abandon.

He pursued her taking advantage of the opening she gave him. His tongue slipped in caressing her tongue getting to know the silkiness of her mouth. He sucked on her tongue coaxing a moan from her. She dueled with him her tongue moving against his deepening the kiss.

He laid back pulling her on top of his body. She snuggled on top of him getting comfortable. She trailed down the side of his cheek placing kisses on him until she came to his neck. She stopped there to breathe in his scent. His hand went to her back holding her close before he flipped her.

Her eyes were glazed as she looked at him.

“I love the scent you give off. It’s sensual, it attracts me in a way I’ve never experienced before. It’s better than walking down the aisle in the mall with all the cologne for men.”

“Thank you Alpia. I find your scent just as appealing. It calls to me, drawing me closer to you.” He dragged his tongue down the side of her neck. Her eyes closed as her head moved to the side giving him better access.

A small growl fluttered against her neck making the lips of her pussy spasm with need.

“You’re making me hot.”

“I like the sound of that.”

She gave a small laugh as her hands traveled up and down his back looking to slip underneath the shirt he was wearing. Her fingers teased him.

“Keep that up, and you’ll get more than you bargained for.” He growled that in her ear as a shiver went through his body.

“Promises, promises.” Her smile gave away the pleasure she was feeling and the way her eyes sparkled told him she was feeling free.

“I like promises.” He gave her a small bite on her shoulder before he kissed down to her chest and over to the base of her neck. He licked at the pulse there feeling how her heart was racing.

“Is this all for me?”

She nodded enjoying the way his voice touched her nerves and raced through her body. She felt like she had been waiting for him forever and when he touched her or spoke to her, it was like she was welcoming him home.

“Why do I feel like I know you?” Her voice was low and sensual.

“Because you do. I feel the same way. As if we were always connected but lost each other and have spent our lives looking for the other.”

She nodded in agreement even as the practical parts of her mind told her it was impossible. Only dreamers believed in things like that, and she was as practical as they came.

He kissed down her body until her cami met him. “I want to strip you naked, but I won’t chance someone walking up and gazing at your beautiful body.”

“You sound jealous.”

He looked at her, his green eyes blazing. “I don’t want to share you. Why would I share the female who holds my heart in her hands?”

Her heart beat even faster as she blinked her eyes real fast. She could fall for him.

You’re lying to yourself.

Yep, and you hate liars.

You’re falling for him.

You may have already fallen for him.

Look at how we are responding to him.

They were right. She was falling for him, but she couldn’t let him know that. Not with someone out to kill her.

“You humble me.” She meant every word that she said. No one had ever treated her like he was treating her.

He pushed her cami up along with the cups of her bra and took a nipple into his mouth sucking it hard. A high-pitched cry of pleasure came from her lips. He bit her nipple, and her head rocked from side to side with intense pleasure-pain. He repeated it on her other nipple, and her hands gripped his hair holding him close demanding he do it again.

Sounds of pleasure came from her that she tried to keep low to keep from drawing unnecessary attention to them.

“Every sound you make strikes my body like lightening making me harder for you, hotter for you.” His voice was low and guttural hitting her right in her pussy making her weep with need.

Her hands stroked his scalp not wanting to let go of his hair as they convulsed. He moved kissing down her body worshipping her with his mouth and hands

“I love your skin, it’s soft and smooth, and so sensitive. Look how you jump when I kiss or lick you. It’s like pure pleasure when I place soft bites on you, the sounds you make drive me crazy.”

She tried to make coherent words, but they were lost in the sensations he was rousing in her body. It wasn’t like she didn’t know this could happen but it never happened to her like this before. She had heard about it, women whispered about finding the right man that loved you to the point that you couldn’t think straight, but she thought it was a dream. Something they talked about as wishful thinking. Now she knew better.

Declyn was taking her to places she’d never been before. Her skin was on fire for him. Each time he touched her he put out the fire giving her a temporary relief before he drove the blaze even higher. Her hips were thrusting upwards looking for that moment of perfect nirvana when he would push her over the edge. Her stomach was demanding his sweet touch one more time as he licked her and gave her gentle bites that made her so sensitive that when he ran his hands over her flesh incoherent words come from her lips.

He was moving further down, and she wanted to weep with joy even as she kept thrusting her hips upward not wanting to miss the ultimate prize. If he stopped now, she would have to hurt him. When his hands went to the button on her jeans her breath caught in her throat. Yes, yes, please yes.

He unsnapped and then unzipped. She raised her hips. There might have been a time when she would have thought about this, told herself it was too soon, but not with Declyn. He felt different, they had already gone through too much together. He pulled her jeans down and stopped pressing her hips back to the ground.

His hand came up and traced her panties. She waited to see if he would be disappointed she was wearing bikini panties instead of a thong. When he buried his nose in her panties her thought of what she was wearing disappeared.

“Declyn?” He caught her panties in his teeth and began pulling them down.

Her breath caught in her throat he knew how to make her feel like a queen. His tongue came out and licked her before he caught her clit and sucked it.

The harder he sucked, the harder her body convulsed. He stopped and looked up at her.

“Am I doing it right? I learned that this small button exists to give the female pleasure.”

“You’re doing it just right.” Her voice was hoarse with desire.

The smile on his face made the butterflies in her stomach run amok. He lowered his head taking her clit between his teeth he bit down just enough to cause her body to rock with an orgasm that made her scream to the top of her lungs.

Her hands grasped his shoulders as she felt intense pleasure rock her. She found herself visiting all the places she drew from her dreams. She stood on the black sands of the beach she drew and watched the natives swim as pleasure worked its way through her body. She swam through space until she stood shoulder to shoulder with her mother who introduced her to her mate. A tear of happiness and one of sadness left her eyes as her soul was pulled back to her body where Declyn was licking her pussy his fingers were delving deep. Before she could say anything, he drove her over the edge one more time.

She screamed in pleasure as once again she journeyed to a planet she was sure didn’t exist.