Chapter Ten

Jabari was silent as she packed. “I’ll have to make arrangements with my landlord. So, he knows what is happening.”

He nodded and waited until she was done. They walked out with him carrying her bags. Piper was standing by her door.

“I need you to call me tomorrow, so I know you made it safely. When you come back, we’ll go out, and I’ll introduce you to Quinn. You’ll like her.”

“You always try to make things better. This isn’t going to get better. Don’t worry I can’t wait to meet your friend and to have more time to hang out with you. Take care of yourself.”

“I will.” They hugged each other.

“Sisters forever, in life and death.” They whispered to each other before Brandi pulled away.

She turned away and went to stand by Jabari as he pressed the button on the elevator. One last wave and the doors closed. She pressed against the wall and shoved her hand into her mouth. How do you say goodbye to your best friend?

Jabari pulled her to him and let her cry. When the elevator opened, he stopped it and held her until she pulled herself together and was ready to walk out.

He watched as she got in the car feeling helpless. There was so much he could do, but he couldn’t fix this. Instead, he took a blanket and placed it on her. The smile in her bright brown eyes made him feel better for a moment.

He got in and started the car driving out of the underground parking lot. They drove in silence. He was reliving a time in his life when he was helpless. It broke him, but Brandi dying was going to destroy him. He could see the train coming at him, and there was nothing to do but watch as he was pulled under the tracks.

“You’re so quiet it's scaring me.”

He turned to look at her. Those brown eyes that already owned his heart were shrouded in doubt. What could he say to her? Was there anything to make the news they had received easier to swallow? How could he tell her the hell it was to be left alive when the one you cared about was no longer there? He couldn’t there was no saying those words.

Then there was the guilt he felt. He tamped everything down and looked for what humans called idle chit-chat. Failing that, he would tell her a different truth.

“When I first saw you, I was stunned.”

“It was the very first time I ever came to see Quinn.”

“I never expected you to be so beautiful. The next time I saw you, you ran.”

“You can be a little forceful.”

“By then I was sure of a few things.”

“What?”

“I knew you were my mate.”

“What?”

The stunned look on her face made him show her his fangs. When he snapped them, she came out of the daze she was in.

“You keep that up, and I will have my canine teeth filed into fangs.”

She tilted that stubborn chin at him and her eyes were blazing. The more he thought about her having small fangs, the harder he got. Her eyes went down to his lap, and she licked her lips. His hands clutched the wheel tighter as the thought of her hand resting on his lap teased him.

Would her fingers trace the line of his zipper?

“It’s getting hot in here.”

He turned on the AC, they both needed it.

“I always tried to be the good kid. Especially after the names I got called. I was sure that if I worked hard and did everything the way I was supposed to I’d be rewarded in the end. Note to self, fairy tales don’t always come true.”

He could have told her that there was always a price to be paid. That it didn’t matter what gifts you had or who you were there were battles you weren’t going to win. The faces of his brothers went through his memories. They often haunted him in his sleep reminding him of what he lost.

“What if I don’t want to be good anymore? Instead, I just want to live, knowing I can’t do everything right.”

Her hand moved to the side of his leg, and he watched every movement of her fingers. She moved so slowly that he knew she was waiting for him to stop her or make a disparaging remark.

“I thought after you spent the night with me; you would leave or.”

Or? He watched her fingers they were so close to his erection she had to be able to feel the heat through his jeans.

“Or call me names.”

Goddess? Beautiful female of desire? My defender?

“I’ve been called nasty names before. I thought because you touched me, tasted me, you might not respect me.”

He tasted heaven. How could he not respect her or want her again?

Her fingers pressed against the ridge of his erection drawing a hiss of pleasure from him.

“You like that.” Her voice was lilting with happiness.

How could she ever doubt that he would like her fingers on his cock?

“I shouldn’t do this because you’re driving.”

“I’m Created.” Did he just say that aloud?

She tried to take him in her hand and squeeze. Forgetting the stupid words, he just said. He found a secluded place to pull over.

“I’m not driving now.”

“I can see that.” Her hands were working his belt trying to get it undone. She gave a laugh when the belt buckle came loose.

He slid the button out of the hole leaving the zipper to her.

She undid her seatbelt before she leaned over and took the tab of his zipper between her fingers.

He played with the idea of undoing his seat belt. The freedom to move when she touched him would be overwhelming. The thought of her taking him into her hot little mouth was almost his undoing, and that’s why he left the seatbelt on. It would remind him not to get too rough. His defender needed gentleness whether she wanted it or not.

He could hear each tooth in the zipper become undone as she pulled the tab down. Her hands opened his pants to be confronted by his boxers.

“Now I know that you’re a boxer male and not a brief kind of male.”

Briefs weren’t meant for males like him. He discovered that soon after he arrived on earth.

Her hands were pulling down his boxers, and he was trying to take apart an engine and put it back together. That’s what he learned on earth to keep his cool when in a situation like this with his mate. When he first heard that males on this planet did this, he thought they were crazy. Now he bowed to their wisdom when it came to human women.

“You’re too far away. Come back to me.” She stroked her soft fingers over his aching cock.

He was back with a vengeance. She looked up and smiled.

“There you are.” She leaned over and licked his cock.

Pleasure shot through his cock and up his spine. His hands went to her hair as he bit back a growl. He needed her to do that again. To put her hot mouth on his cock and take him deeper. It took every bit of discipline he learned over his lifetime to unclench his hand from her hair and sit back. His defender needed gentleness.

“This is the kind of thing I won’t stand for Jabari. I need you to be here all the way with me.” She took his cock out and squeezed.

Pleasure and pain engulfed him. The shock of it made him roar. She bent her head and took him into her mouth. The rush of heat made his hips thrust up. The pleasure of her lips sealed tightly around him as she sucked was undoing him. His hands found her hair as she sucked harder.

The sucking motion made his hips move in time with her mouth. He could feel the sensation travel through his cock and touch his balls making them want to draw up. His head tilted back as his eyes closed. The pleasure she was giving him was traveling through his body.

His other hand came down to stroke her shoulders.

“Brandi.” He whispered her name. He was in awe at how such a small female could hold him captive in the palm of her hand. It was more than her wicked lips and tongue giving him pleasure. It was the look in her eyes. How she allowed him to enter her world. The way she had slept on his chest so trustingly.

His mate had the power to destroy him, but she also made him powerful. Her hand went down to cup him making his breath catch in his mouth as she played with his balls.

“You’re so beautiful.” She told him when she came up for air.

He looked down at her. Her bright eyes were shining, and her lips were glowing from sucking him. She dropped her head and took him deep into her mouth sucking hard as her hand stroked up and down his shaft. She came up and just engulfed the head. Her tongue found the sensitive spot under the edge of the tip. She stroked it and his hips moved of their own accord driving his cock deeper into her mouth as she sucked on him.

Her hand went to the base of his cock and pressed upward as she squeezed him and sucked. He roared as his hips went wild and fire shot down his spine into his balls.

He erupted like a volcano as pictures of his time with Brandi were seared into his head. How could he lose her?