Infiltration (Katieran Prime Series Book 11) (10 page)

Melody took him into her mouth and sucked. She used her hands to stroke him. She took him as far down her throat as she could. She sucked and hummed, getting rewarded with more of his delicious essence. She felt his hands in her hair and increased her rhythm.

“You must stop Melody. I won’t last.”

She didn’t waste time answering him. She bobbed her head up and down. This time, she was the one in control of him and she wasn’t letting up until she got everything she wanted from him.

“Goddess!” StrykER growled out as his semen shot out into her mouth.

She swallowed every last drop and kept stroking him until nothing else came out. She pulled back and looked up at him, pleased to see the worshipful glazed look he had on his face.

“How was that?”

“That was—amazing.” He shuffled to turn and sit on the bed next to her.

“I’ve never been that good at blow jobs, but I have to say I would do that anytime and anyplace.”

“As long as it is with me only,” he warned her.

She glanced up into his eyes. “Are you asking me to be exclusive with you?”

There was a pause while he thought about how to answer. “Yes, I am.”

She smiled at him. “Okay.”

“You’ll be mine?”

“I’m agreeing to date you, see where this leads. We still have things to learn about each other and we both have careers that mean something to us. I’m not going to ask you to give up doing what you do and I don’t expect that you would do that to me.”

“I would never ask you to give up singing.”

“Good. So we agree that we’re dating. What do we do now?”

He moved too quickly for her to stop him. He gently pushed her to her back on the bed and pulled her legs open. She locked eyes with him with confusion.

“StrykER?”

“It’s my turn, and I’m starving for you.”

Chapter 17

He lowered his head and stroked her flesh with his tongue. She had become aroused while pleasuring him and the taste of her made him growl with need. His cock was already hard for her. His people had a fast turn around time but there was just something about Melody that made him respond even more. It was like she was made for him.

He used his fingers to open her pussy lips wider. Her feminine spot they called a clit was beckoning his attention. He rubbed his thumb against that delicate spot and was rewarded with more of her juices. He lapped at her, making her moan.

StrykER built her need up until she was practically coming off the bed trying to get his tongue deeper. He wanted to be inside her when she came.

He moved up her body kissing and nibbling. He paused at her lovely breasts. There were small but fit her body perfectly. He wouldn’t change a thing. He sucked one nipple while teasing the other with his fingers.

“Please, StrykER. I need you.”

He released her flesh with a pop and moved up to kiss her. He could taste himself on her lips and wondered why she got such pleasure from his taste. All that mattered was that she agreed to be with him only. He would do everything to convince her that no one else would make her happy but him.

“Are you ready?” He had to make sure she was ready.
Please Goddess, let her be ready.

“Yes.”

He entered in one deep plunge. They both moaned in pleasure at the feel of becoming one. There was nothing else like it. He moved in her deeper and then pulled back only to return. Each stroke felt like coming home. It was the best feeling in the world and he never wanted it to end.

StrykER felt the tingling in his spine as it traveled through his whole body, focusing at his balls and tightening them up. He was going to release but he needed to give her pleasure. He lifted her leg up higher so that one of her legs was over his shoulder. That angle took him deeper inside and he was able to hit that inner spot that set her off.

“Yes!” Melody called out as she released.

He felt the spasms tighten against his cock and knew he was about to come. He moved harder and faster then pulled out, letting his seed hit her stomach and thighs. He wanted nothing more than to come inside her and claim her for his own. This wasn’t the right time yet, but now at least he could admit to himself that was what he wanted.

He turned so that they both lay on their sides. He kissed her forehead and pulled her against him. She was just so small; it made him feel even more protective.

“That was incredible.” Her voice sounded a little funny.

“Is there something wrong?”

“I’m just feeling—happy.”

“Then why does it sound like you’re about to cry?”

“Because I am.”

Tears started falling and he felt the most helpless he ever had in his life. He reached up to cup her cheek. “Did I hurt you?”

“No. Everything is perfect and I’m falling for you and my emotions are just so close to the surface.”

He loved her honesty. She never failed to amaze him. “I feel the same.”

“Really?” She wiped her tears away and looked up at him. There was such vulnerability there. He never wanted to cause her pain.

“Yes. I had to fight my instincts to claim you.”

“To claim me would mean you release inside me?”

“Yes and I wanted to claim your body, heart, and soul.”

“When we’re ready, I would love that.”

He pulled her as close to his own heart as he could. She was his, whether he claimed her fully or not. He wasn’t ever going to give her up.

*****

Several Hours Later

StrykER heard his comm link beep. He reached over to grab it and put it back on his ear. “This is Specialist StrykER.”

“Sir, Commander TylOR has requested that you come to command center immediately.”

“I’ll be there in five minutes.” He ended his communications. StrykER had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. Something was seriously wrong. He moved his legs over the side of the bed and stood up.

“What’s going on?” Melody sat up pulling the sheet up to cover her beautiful breasts.

“I need to go meet with Commander TylOR.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know.” As he pulled on his pants he looked over at her and saw a worried expression on her face. Was she worried about him? No one had worried about him in a long time.

“When will you be back?”

“I don’t know. I’ll have your security liaison give you a comm link so that you can contact me if you need me.”

“Should I remain here or can I tour the transport?”

He would have preferred her to remain in his bed, but he really didn’t know how long he would be gone. “You can go anywhere you like as long as you keep your security detail with you.”

“Do you think it’s necessary to have security?”

“Yes. OrIN has been recruiting followers from all three nations including Kiljorn. There could be sympathizers on board that might attack you on his orders.”

She nodded her agreement but he could tell she didn’t like it. He sat down on the edge of the bed and gently cupped her face. “I don’t want anything to happen to you. I was protective of you before I met you and now that I know you, it would devastate me if you were hurt.”

She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. It was really the first time that she had initiated anything with him. He loved how passionate she was and his body instantly responded to her touch and taste. He had never been more tempted to not do his duty.

“I have to go.” He whispered against her lips.

“I know. I just want to keep you here in bed with me.” She nibbled on his chin.

He growled. “I’ll come back as soon as I can and we can go straight back to bed.”

“Okay.” She released him.

Nothing was more difficult in his life than having to get up and leave her there. “Stay with your security.”

“I promise I will. Stay safe, StrykER.”

He left before he found himself back in her arms again. He walked swiftly to the lift to take him to the upper level where the command center was located.

*****

Melody laid her head back on the pillow and inhaled his scent. No man had ever smelled this delicious. Now that she had a taste of him, she knew she was addicted. This was unproductive. She was used to doing stuff, not lazing around in bed waiting for her man to come back.

She got up and reached for the shirt she had on yesterday. What she wouldn’t give for her guitar right now. What was she going to do? A knock on her door had her jumping a little. She hadn’t expected anyone. Maybe it was the security liaison.

Opening the door she found Ava standing next to the guy who had delivered their food earlier.

“Hi. I brought you more clothes that should hopefully fit you better.”

“Thank you. Come in.” She moved to the side to let Ava enter. She looked up at the warrior standing guard, who was trying hard not to look at her.

“I’m Melody Song Abrams.”

“I’m Lieutenant Mayer. I’ll be your security liaison while on board.”

“Nice to meet you.” She didn’t reach to shake his hand worried that he might take it as a sign of interest. “I was hoping to get out and tour the transport ship in just a little bit.”

“I’ll be waiting here for you when you are ready.”

“Thank you Lieutenant.” She went inside to get dressed. She was looking forward to seeing the differences between the Katieran transports and the Kiljorn transports. So far, they’d looked very similar.

She smiled at Ava and took the clothes from her hands. “Thank you so much. I just didn’t feel comfortable with the idea of walking around in nothing but StrykER’s shirt.”

Ava giggled. “That would probably cause major problems. None of the warriors would get any work done.”

“Not to mention StrykER would have a major cow and probably fight everyone.”

“He seems to really care about you. I mean, he demanded that you would stay with him.”

“He did?”

“Yep. TylOR was going to assign you your own quarters but StrykER refused to have you taken from him. He acts like TylOR and AshOR, possessive of their mates.”

“We haven’t mated though. We need more time to get to know each other.”

“Take my word for it, it won’t take him long. These guys will fight tooth and nail to keep you because a mate is the greatest gift their Goddess bestows upon them. You will be the most precious thing in his life and he won’t take a chance of another male claiming you for theirs.”

“I wouldn’t want any other man but StrykER.”

Ava smiled and nodded her head. “Then when he asks to mate, say yes. Don’t fight it. You won’t regret it.”

Chapter 18

As soon as he entered the command center, he knew something serious was going on. He waited for Commander TylOR to acknowledge his presence. 

“Sit, StrykER.”

He took a seat just as the door opened and Commander AshOR came into the room. He fought the urge to growl at the male. There was no way he would ever be on friendly terms with the commander. He couldn’t help but send out feelers to see if the male was thinking about Melody.

Images of the blonde named Ava were filtering through AshOR’s mind. He quickly ended the connection. It eased something inside him a little that AshOR was completely devoted to his mate.

“There are three mining communities in this area but we believe we know which one the Purists are hiding on.”

“You’re planning to go to the luna surface in hopes of catching OrIN?”

“I do. We have the element of surprise because they don’t know we’re this far out.”

“Why
are
you in this area?”

“We were investigating communication relays that were suspicious. We thought that they might be Morins. Then we realized it had to be you.”

“So you’re just going to go down without contacting the mining community leader first? That could be dangerous. OrIN’s monitoring things. As soon as he gets a glimpse of our people, he’ll make a run for it and there’s no telling what he’ll do to get away. That male is not quite right in the head.”

AshOR snorted. “You can say that again.”

TylOR ran a hand over his bald head. “We have no choice. We need to take out the threat and reclaim our mining community. He’s already caused considerable damage.”

“What about the warships and the possibly of him having a transport ship somewhere?”

StrykER couldn’t help but feel like this was a mistake, but it wasn’t his call. “I volunteer to go with the team to the surface.”

TylOR shook his head. “They will recognize you.”

“Good, most of them fear me. My abilities might also be of help. If any of the Purists are thinking of attacking, I might be able to pick that up from them.” If he could save lives by using his abilities, it was a gift from the Goddess just like Melody believed. She had faith in him.

“Very well. You and Commander AshOR will lead a team down to the surface. Find the underground hideout, get control and take OrIN and his direct subordinates into custody.”

“What of Commander MarIK? I ask that we show leniency to him since he helped me rescue Melody.”

“That’s not for us to decide. The three nations will have to form a joint council to rule over the Purists and their transgressions. I’ll put in the report what he did to assist your escape, and you can testify on his behalf. That’s the best I can offer at this time.”

StrykER didn’t like the idea of someone who helped him being treated the same as OrIN, but it reinforced even more that he needed to be the one to go with them when they reclaimed the luna.

“When do we leave?”

“Three hours. OrIN has been sending out warships scouting and looking for you. They have not found us and we are using another luna to help camouflage our transport. As soon as the warships head back to refuel, we’ll send your team and a few extra shuttles for prisoners.”

“Sir, have all the transports been accounted for?”

TylOR looked at him with concern. “Two transports in the last two months were sent for repairs, one of them is missing.”

“Kitana!” AshOR spoke out loud.

“AshOR, I need you to take control over the mining community. Find out who there can be trusted. Those who are a risk need to be taken into custody.”

StrykER stood up and left. He had a few hours before he had to leave and he wanted to spend those with Melody.

“Wait a moment, Specialist StrykER. I would like to speak with you,” AshOR called out.

AshOR was the last person he wanted to talk to but they both were going on this mission and they need to work together. He waited for AshOR to catch up to him.

“If this is about Melody—”

“It’s not. I have my mate and from the looks of things, she is yours. I care about her, though, so if you ever hurt her, I’ll beat the crap out of you.”

“Understood.”

“Good. What I needed to speak to you about are the followers. I don’t know what I’m walking into. Is the entire mining community compromised?”

“When I was there, I picked up information that the community members were not the original backers. OrIN showed up with his warriors and threatened the leader. He used the underground tunnels to build his headquarters and controlled everything that came and left from the luna. He used funds that the community would have gotten from their mineral supplies to fund his campaign. Many of those living there are just as much victims and hostages as Melody was.”

AshOR sighed. “I’ll talk to Leader LarIS and ask him to put his say in the council and to remain open to helping those who are innocent.”

StrykER was surprised to hear that the male from the Colony would be so willing to help. It made him curious. “Why would you do that?”

“I met a Morin who was hunting me not long ago. As he was dying, he got real talkative. It made me realize that there were some people who weren’t given choices. They had to follow their leaders whether they agreed or not. It just resonated with me for some reason. There was no saving that male or those he followed, but if there’s a way to save people from being punished for something that was beyond their control.”

“I appreciate it. I need to go find Melody.”

“Try the meal room. My mate took her some clothes and was going to share the next meal with her. I have to go find my team to prepare them. See you in a few hours.”

StrykER hit his comm link but Melody’s assigned one wasn’t answering. He tried to contact Lieutenant MayER.”

“Sir?”

“Where is Melody?”

“She is in the meal room, singing.”

He couldn’t help but smile. Of course she would be. Singing was a huge part of her. “I’ll be there in five minutes.”

*****

Melody couldn’t resist. She had just finished eating when she borrowed Ava’s digital tablet. She was able to upload a musical program that would let her create sounds of a drum, guitar, and a piano. It was just enough to allow her to set a background rhythm.

Ava insisted she sang something for everyone at the table. Before she knew it, they had arranged a chair on top of a table for her to sit on and crowds of warriors surrounded her to watch. She sang a few of her old songs and then her new ones.

When she finished singing her most recent work about the Katieran nation, she looked up to find everyone staring at her. Ava was wiping tears from her cheeks and if she wasn’t mistaken, the warriors had glistening eyes. Then Ava started clapping. It was clear that the warriors were confused but they quickly caught on and began to clap as well.

She felt emotional from so many coming together and joining them. This was why she sang. It made her tear up herself. She looked over to the entrance and locked eyes with StrykER. She felt a magnetic pull toward him. They were connected in some way.

She watched as he walked through the crowd and stopped at the edge of the table. He lifted his arms and she went to him without a second thought. She wrapped her arms around his neck.

“Hi.”

He kissed her right there in front of everyone. When he pulled back she couldn’t formulate any words. He smiled at her as he carried her out of the meal room. Everyone else faded in the background; she only had eyes for him.

“Where are you taking me?”

“Back to bed.”

She was fine with that. She nuzzled his neck. God he smelled so good. She licked and then gently bit him without drawing blood. He stumbled a little, growling with need.

“You’re tempting my control. I am trying to get you to our quarters before I take you.”

Melody loved that she could make him lose some of his tightly wound control. It made her want to push his limits to see if she could break that control. What would he do? She didn’t worry that he would hurt her. He never would.

“I don’t want to wait.” She licked and bit him again.

She felt the rumbling in his chest and knew he was close to breaking. He swiftly walked to the end of the corridor and opened a door. The room they entered was dark at first, and then the computer sensors registered a presence and turned the lights on automatically. She was able to see they were in some kind of storage closet. Shelves lined the walls with blankets, towels and pillows. Clothing was also folded neatly and organized.

“Computer dim lights twenty percent and secure the door.” StrykER set her on her feet.

The lights dimmed and she heard the click of the door locking. “You’ve got me all alone, now what?”

“Take your clothes off.” He told her as he quickly removed his uniform and kicked off his boots.

She stood there watching him reveal more and more of his skin. He was truly a gorgeous man; big and strong with no fat on him anywhere.

“Melody, remove your clothes or I’ll tear them off to get to you.”

She smiled. “I’m tempted to let you. It’s hot to have your clothes ripped off in the throws of passion. But, since I don’t have a lot of clothes to spare, I’ll remove them.”

Now it was her turn to be watched and she had to admit, she kind of liked it. She moved her movements slower and really ramped up the sexy. She was rewarded when she heard his breathing growing heavier. She turned her back to him and bent over as she removed her pants. She wore no underwear so her ass was bare.

Her only warning was a rumbling growl then his hands were on her waist lifting her and turning her to face the wall.

“Put your hands on the wall and bend over slightly.”

She did what he told her to do, so ready to feel him inside her. She could feel her arousal leaking from her pussy. He hadn’t really touched her yet but she was already fully aroused.

“StrykER?”

She felt his fingers reaching between them, testing her entrance. “You are so wet. Is that all for me?”

“Yes.”

“I want to taste you, but you’ve pushed me past my limits. I need inside you more than I need air to breath.”

She felt the exact same way. “Please, I need you too.”

StrykER rubbed his hand down her spine then patted her rounded ass. She felt his tip at her entrance teasing but not fully penetrating. She let out what sounded like a growl that only made him chuckle.

He entered her slowly, pushing until he was all the way in. She moaned at the pleasure of being filled. Then he moved out, only to return with a forceful thrust. It sent sparks all the way through her entire body.

“Oh God, yes!” She pushed against him trying to get as much of him in her as possible. Sweat was beading on her brow.

StrykER was still fighting for control but the way she pushed against the wall was preventing that. She felt him wrap an arm around her, lifting her up and away from the wall. He held her completely as he took her over and over. Her arms were restrained but she didn’t care. It amped up her passion.

“Yes…yes…oh, StrykER.” She was about to come. He bit her shoulder and it was all she needed to scream out her pleasure. Then the most amazing thing happened. She felt him release inside her. His semen was warm and felt good. She felt herself about to orgasm again.

“StrykER!”

“Mate! My mate!” StrykER moaned grounding her down on him. Once his semen slowed down, he moved them to lean his back against the wall. He raised her up and his cock popped free. He held her against his chest trying to get their breathing under control. Then was when it dawned on her what he had done.

“You claimed me didn’t you?” she asked, but without anger in her voice.

“Yes. You have been mine since the moment we met. I was trying to give you the time you needed to want me in return. I don’t regret it.”

She turned to look up in his eyes. “I don’t regret it either. You’re mine, too.”

“Come, let’s get dressed and go back to our quarters. I only have a few hours before I have to leave.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’ll tell you when we’re alone.”

She looked around the closet. “We are alone.”

He pointed his thumb at the door. “We’ve gathered a small crowd out there.”

She felt heat rise to her cheeks, realizing that they had been really loud. She quickly dressed. Taking a deep breath and releasing it, she plastered a smile on her face as StrykER opened the door and exited first. She grabbed something off one of the shelves and followed him.

She saw the warrior faces look confused and a little envious. She held up a towel. “Excellent linen closet. One of the best I’ve ever seen.”

StrykER shook his head in humor and smiled at her. They held hands as they walked past the small crowd and heard chuckles from the other warriors. She would have been more embarrassed, but StrykER wrapped his arm around her shoulders pulling her close. It didn’t matter what anyone else thought. She was StrykER’s mate and he was hers, which was all that mattered.