She couldn’t argue with that. A dozen movies flashed in her mind with that exact scenario. “They probably would be terrified and launch missiles at you or something.”
“We’re aware.” He massaged her ass with his big hand.
It was distracting Lynn from the topic of conversation since he’d moved his fingers close to her pussy. She stared into his eyes. They were gorgeous and he was extremely handsome, despite being from another world. He was the most tempting man she’d ever met. He’d find Vhon and leave to go home. She’d never see him again.
“Sex works between our races, right?”
“Yes. I asked many questions and know how to please you.”
Lynn took a deep breath and blew it out. She had always dreamed about meeting a guy who swept her off her feet. Coto had done that to her when she’d been hurting from the ear implant. He was strong, seemed honorable, and she’d always wanted to have some kind of adventure. Life in Green Bend had always been extremely boring. Coto had promised to protect and even fight to keep her safe. She believed he’d do it and that was more than any other guy had ever offered to do for her.
“Fuck it,” she muttered and reached up, grabbing his face with both hands. “You only live once, right? Let’s go for it.”
His eyes widened, his surprise clear.
She closed her eyes and pulled his face lower until her lips brushed across his. He groaned and crushed his mouth over hers. She melted when he began kissing her in earnest. He seemed to know how to do it perfectly as his tongue mastered hers.
Lynn didn’t protest when he lifted her off her feet and hiked her up his chest. She spread her legs and wrapped them around his waist. He released her ass and hooked his forearm across the lower part of her bottom. She moaned when he adjusted her just enough so her clit and his rigid cock aligned against each other.
He slowly rocked his hips, rubbing her there with firm strokes. She had never before mimicked the motions of fucking while fully dressed, never understanding the point of it until that moment. It felt amazing and she squeezed her legs tighter around his hips.
Coto was the one to break the kiss. He buried his face against her throat and lightly bit her. The deep growl that rumbled out of him was sexy, showing her how much he was turned-on too.
“I want you so much,” he rasped.
“Don’t stop doing that,” she panted. “It feels so good.”
He listened, continuing to grind his cock against the seam of her pussy. Lynn moaned, released his face, and clutched at his muscular biceps. The material of her jacket, trapped between them, was a little rough against her beaded nipples but it even enhanced what he was making her feel.
“Yes,” she moaned.
He moved a little faster, almost as frantic as she felt. She sucked in a sharp breath and the climax struck hard, tearing through her. She cried out his name and then gasped when he suddenly dropped to his knees. She was thrown back onto the soft bedroll. He lifted up to put room between their bodies and she stared at his face. He tore his gaze away from hers to peer between them when he wiggled his hips, making it clear she needed to ease the grip of her legs around him. She did.
He reached between them and began to shove her panties down her legs. She drew her legs up to her chest to help until he’d cleared them of her ankles. He dropped them on the floor and she spread her legs, wrapping them around his hips. He slid his other hand out from under her ass and fumbled with the side of his leather Speedos. The strap gave way and he tore them out of the way to free his cock. She glanced down and openly gawked. Coto was large all over, the shaft thick, but the crown of his cock mushroomed.
He didn’t waste any time in easing forward until the tip of him rubbed against her sensitive clit. She arched her back and enjoyed the way he played with her. He teased the sensitive bundle of nerves with the crown of his cock over and over until she could barely stand it anymore. She arched her hips, clawing at his arms.
“Please? Now!”
He growled low. “I want you to want me as much as I desire you.”
“I do!” She was ready to reach between them to grip his shaft and guide it exactly where she wanted him to be. She felt empty inside, aching to have him fuck her.
He finally seemed convinced that she was ready when he slid the tip lower, right to the opening of her pussy. He pushed forward, entering her. Lynn adjusted her legs a little higher, gripping his waist instead of his hips as he bent forward, coming down on top of her. He pinned her down and entered further, making her take all of him.
She moaned loudly, enjoying the way they fit together. His cock was incredibly hard, stretching her vaginal walls in a way that sent pleasure shooting throughout her. He withdrew and she moaned louder. It felt even better. He paused, then drove in. She clutched at his arms and bit her lip in an attempt to muffle some of the sounds that wanted to come out of her in case he mistook them for pain.
Coto moved faster, driving in and out of her. He cupped her hips, holding her in place while he hammered her. The sounds of their heavy breathing and his growls filled her ears. He dug his hands under her ass and lifted her hips just slightly. The pleasure increased until she tensed—it almost hurt. The second climax slammed her unexpectedly and she yelled his name.
Coto snarled and suddenly pulled his cock out of her. He twisted his hips and his rigid shaft rubbed against the back of her thigh. Warm wetness spread across her skin. Coto practically collapsed on top of her but recovered fast and lifted up a few inches.
Lynn let her legs relax and slid them from his waist to hug the sides of his hips and thighs as he lifted to kneel on the floor. She opened her eyes, watching him while she recovered. Their gazes locked.
He looked at her in a way that no other man ever had. There was such depth of emotion revealed, as if she was the most important thing in the world to him. She released his arm and touched his cheek, stroking him. She wished he really felt that way.
“You are so beautiful, Lynn.”
She believed he meant it. “So are you.”
He chuckled. “I think something got lost in the translation but I believe you find me irresistible too.”
“I’ve never just jumped into bed with a guy before, so I would say so.”
He sobered, some of the shine in his eyes fading. “You don’t regret it, do you?”
She shook her head. “No.”
“I wanted to take more time with you but my need was too great.”
She could totally understand. That had been the best quickie she’d ever had. Coto was just too hot and sexy to resist. “I have no complaints.”
“I wanted to bound you to me but I pulled out. It was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. I’d claim you if you allowed it.”
She remembered what he’d said a bound was. “What does that have to do with you not coming inside me? That’s what we’re talking about, right?”
“It’s how we marry. We give our seed to the woman we wish to have children with. I want you to consider it, Lynn. I believe you’d like Zorn. I would love to tell you all about my planet. Other Earth women have come to call it home and they don’t regret going there.”
She was stunned, speechless.
“I know this is happening fast but consider it. I’d make you happy. I’m aware of some of the issues our two races have faced. Let me explain some of them for you and alleviate your concern. You’d be the only woman I’d touch or allow to touch me. I’d fight to the death to keep you safe. I will take another job that keeps me on Zorn at all times. I’d never leave you on the planet alone while I went into space. There are other women from your planet and you can see them often. They will become your friends. They are bound to the brothers of my heart.”
“What is a brother of the heart?” She felt safe asking that, not willing to address the whole marry-me-and-come-live-on-my-world-with-me subject.
“My parents died when I was young. Hyvin Berrr allowed me to move into his home and raised me with his s
ons. His bound refused to allow him to accept me as a full son. I’m of Hyvin Berrr’s heart and his sons are my brothers of my heart. They feel the same toward me.”
“Why wouldn’t she allow him to adopt you?”
He appeared confused. “Adopt?”
“To treat you as if you were a full son, I guess.”
“She felt I wasn’t worthy because we have no blood connection. Bloodlines were important to her and she thought it was an insult for me to even be raised with her sons, let alone to have their standing in our society. But Berrr refused to send me away. He was friends with my father. He wanted to keep me close and give me the best opportunities to become a strong, honorable warrior. He tells me often I have done him proud. That means a lot to me. I respect and admire Berrr.”
Lynn played with his hair. She liked that he could be so open about his life. He might be from another planet, but it seemed to her that his people and hers probably had a lot in common. “Is it scary to leave your world to go to others?”
He smiled. “Sometimes, but right now I’m grateful for visiting Earth.” He shifted his hold on her and used his fingers to spread her hair out on the soft pad of the bedroll, seeming to admire it. “I’d love to take you home with me, Lynn.” He leaned in closer, holding her gaze. “It might be frightening for you, but I’d keep you safe and happy. I’d like you to be my bound. Say yes.”
He wasn’t going to let it go. “We barely know each other.”
“You need more time.”
“Yes.”
“I understand.” He glanced at her mouth and tenderly kissed her. He pulled back. “We should leave here and track my crew. They left at least an hour before we woke.”
She remembered what Holion had said. “Why don’t we forget them and find your Vhon on our own? I know this area really well. They are probably wandering around blind. Didn’t you say you thought you were tracking Vhon when you were attacked?”
“Yes.” Coto slowly pulled away and gripped her arm, helping her to sit up. He stood, completely removing his leather Speedos. He held out his hand to her again. “Let’s get clean first.”
“The river is too far.”
He smiled. “Zorn technology. Trust me.”
He led her to one of the black packs, let her go and reached inside to pull out a packet. “Washcloth. I think that is the right term you would understand. The human bounds on Zorn work with our programmers to make communications smoother.”
He opened it and handed her a warm, wet piece of material. She studied it. It was really soft.
“Wipe over your skin to get clean.” He bent and removed a second one.
She had to admire the way that he seemed so comfortable with his nudity. It made her feel a little shy as she removed her jacket, doing what he did. He started at his face, moved slowly down his shoulders, then his chest to his stomach. She realized quickly that the cloth remained damp and seemed to absorb everything.
Coto avoided staring at Lynn. She seemed ill at ease with baring her body in front of him. He found it endearing. Earth women were shy about nudity. He’d break Lynn of that in time, until she preferred being undressed in his presence.
Some of his amusement faded. She hadn’t agreed to return to Zorn with him as his bound. Tough they had just met and didn’t know each other well, he wanted to keep her. He’d seen Rever make a mistake by bounding to the wrong woman. It had been corrected when he’d met his Brenda but the lesson was learned. Coto refused to believe Lynn hid a dark, deceitful heart. She was sweet, smart, and everything he could want in a woman he would have in his bed and spend the rest of his life with.
She wanted time to get to know him better. He would have little time for that. He’d sent a distress signal to Zorn when they’d engaged in battle with the Collis. The ships they used to avoid detection by Earth didn’t have many weapons. He estimated he had two days before help reached them, if the signal had been received. Otherwise, it could be a week before someone was sent to investigate why they hadn’t reported in.
He finished cleaning up and withdrew a shirt from his pack, unfolding it. “Here, Lynn, wear this.” It bothered him that the other men could see so much of her in just that torn jacket of hers. The crew had been without women since they’d left Zorn and Lynn had a beautiful body. He’d kill anyone who tried to take what was his, and that was her.
She accepted it. “Thank you.”
He located sleeping shorts and offered her those too. “They will be large on you but will cover more.” He strode over to one of the sleeping blankets and used his shara to slice off a long strip. Returning to her and dropping to his knees, he used it to make a belt to hold up the loose shorts. He liked having a reason to touch her and she allowed it.
He glanced at her feet. “We should return to the river to cover your feet.”
“I have a plan.”
He looked up at her, resisting the urge to pull her back into his arms. He’d enjoy nothing better than stripping her bare and taking her back to the sleeping mat. He resisted. He’d shown her they were sexually compatible, but he’d learned enough about Earth women to know they wanted more than sex from a male.
“What?”
“We’re going to Avery’s. His daughter and I are friends. She keeps clothes and stuff there for when she visits him every Christmas. We’re about the same size. I’m also going to borrow a gun from him. I don’t want to run into those coyotes again without one.”
“I can protect you.”
She smiled. “I know, but I like to protect myself. Welcome to Earth. I’m your equal here. Deal with that.”
He chuckled. She was tiny but he wouldn’t point that out to her. Berrr’s female was fierce. Coto wouldn’t underestimate Lynn. She had tracked and found him in the woods when he’d been wounded. It was a skill he admired. “Fine. You said he is blind?”
“Yes. I won’t mention anything about you. Just stay outside while I go in and he won’t know anything. I’m going to tell him I lost my stuff in the river and tell him about the aggressive coyotes on his property. He’ll lend me clothes and a weapon. He’s a nice man.”
“Let’s go.”
She glanced around inside the tent. “Should we take down the camp?”
“No. This is our home base. We might be here for days. It should be safe.”
Coto stood, hating to put distance between them. He dressed in his uniform and geared up on weapons, just packing enough food to last them for the day. He offered her a breakfast bar. “Eat while we walk. Do you know where this Avery is?”
“Yes.”
“Lead and I will follow you.” He glanced down at her feet. “Should I carry you?”
She grinned. “I’m good. The ground is pretty soft but I’ll give a shout out if that changes.”
He wouldn’t force her to leave her planet with him but he’d do everything in his power to convince her to go home with him. He was determined to keep his Lynn.
Chapter Five
Lynn raised her hand and stepped behind a tree. Something was off. The cabin door was closed, the curtains drawn. Nothing looked out of place though. She studied it, trying to put her finger on what was wrong. Coto pressed against her back, one of his gloved hands curling around her hip.
“What is it?” He spoke softly.
It hit her. “There’s no smoke coming from the chimney and the porch lights are still on.”
“It’s not a cold morning. Why would he light a fire if it wasn’t for warmth?”
“It’s Avery. He always has a fire going. He likes the sound and smell of burning wood. He even keeps one going at night when he sleeps. He’s a weird guy. Old school and set in his ways. He’s also cheap. He wouldn’t leave those lights on unless it was nighttime. He’d figure it would run up his electricity bill.”
“Do you believe the dogs attacked him while he was outside?”
She winced. “I hope not. I’m going to go to the door. You stay back. I’ll find out what is going on.”
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bsp; He tightened his hold. “No. It could be dangerous.”
“The door is closed. Animals can’t get inside. Just hang back. I’m going to check it out.”
“I don’t like this.”
She didn’t either, but she pried his fingers off her hip and stepped out from behind the tree. She approached the front of the cabin and hated the way the porch steps creaked when she put weight on them. The cabin was quiet. She listened before lifting her fist and knocking.
“Avery? It’s Lynn Reynolds.”
There was no sound and the door didn’t open. She gripped the handle and twisted, not surprised to find it unlocked. It would have surprised her if it had been. She eased open the door. The lights in the main living area were on. She left the door open after entering.
“Avery? It’s Lynn Reynolds,” she called louder. “Are you okay?”
She spotted broken glass near the kitchen table. She guessed it used to be a coffee mug. She crept forward and froze. Fear hit when she saw a pair of booted feet peeking from around the corner.
“COTO!” She had no qualms about yelling for him.
She rushed forward, staring down at Avery. She didn’t need to touch him to know he was dead. He was face-up and dried blood had pooled on the hardwood floor next to his throat. She looked away. His eyes were open and his throat had been slashed.
Coto rushed into the house and she looked at him. He had his weapons in hand, looking ferocious. Tears filled her eyes but she blinked them back. “He’s been murdered.”
Coto stormed forward and took in the scene. “No dog did that.”
“I know.” She refused to look at Avery again. It was going to devastate his daughter when she learned of her father’s death. “Would Vhon do this?”
He sheathed one of his blades and quickly approached the hallway that led to the two small bedrooms and bathroom at the back of the cabin. “There’s no honor in killing a harmless blind man. This is the work of the Collis. Some of them did survive.”
He disappeared down the hall. Lynn glanced at the phone on the wall, tempted to call for help. Coto returned. “They aren’t here but all the doors are open, as if they were searching for Vhon.”