Theron Destiny (Brides of Theron) (16 page)

Zeb knew he was going to be much later getting home than expected. Not that it mattered anyway. Avery hadn’t spoken a single word to him in over a week. The mother ship was making final preparations to return to their home planet. The captain relied on him to help prepare the crew and the ship for departure. They needed to gather the needed supplies they did not already have on board the ship, which meant the warriors had to return to the planet’s surface. He hadn’t mentioned any of it to Avery yet, but of course, that was because they weren’t presently on speaking terms. Getting the ship ready for its departure and journey through the worm hole in space really wasn’t difficult. It was just time consuming.

As he walked through the door of his quarters, everything was the same as it was every night this past week. The main lights were off and the guide lights were casting their dim light along the walls. Just another night, he thought to himself as he entered the bedroom. Looking at the form curled up in the bed made him realize that despite all that had transpired between them this week, he still desired her. He wanted so badly to hold her tight against him and kiss those lips that were so soft, moist and sweet. What he wouldn’t give to feel those lips around his cock.

Stop it, he told himself. You are only torturing yourself. She doesn’t want you. Going into the bathroom, he took a quick shower to wash off the sweat from a hard day of physical labor. He got into the bed naked. He didn’t have to worry about Avery seeing his naked body.  She was fast asleep. They had been together now for over two weeks and they still hadn’t done anything more than kiss. He got into the bed and lay on his back staring up at the ceiling. He wanted so badly for things to work to without them. He didn’t want to see her putting herself back up for auction. He would not be able to stand to see her up there again with the chance that Lars could finally get his hands on her and there would be nothing he could do about it.  He was going to have to somehow get through to her and make her realize she was his mate.  He had told her how he felt about her.  Open himself up to her. He would have to think about it more in the morning. His eyes were getting heavy with sleep and he didn’t want to fight it anymore. Rolling onto his side with his back to Avery. He adjusted his pillow, pulled the covers up to his shoulders, and closed his eyes.

“NO! Leave me alone! Please don’t hurt me!” Zeb didn’t know what the hell was happening. Someone was screaming near him. “Get away!” The screaming continued when realized it was Avery next to him doing the screaming. He sat up quickly and grabbed her by the shoulders, “Avery, wake up.”

She fought against the hands that were holding her, “Please let me go! Don’t hurt me anymore.” She fought with all her might to get away from her attacker. With swinging hands and thrashing arms, she trying to hit anything on her attacker that she could reach.

“Avery! Wake up!” Zeb gave her body a hard shake to get her to wake up. “It’s ok.  Avery you’re safe. Please wake up!” He had her in his arms now and was gently cupping her face in his hand. “Wake up, Baby.”

Two eyes fluttered open to stare at the one who was holding her. “Zeb?”

“Yes, Baby it’s me. I’m right here. I won’t let anything happen to you.” He gazed back into her and gave her a smile. “You were having a nightmare. It scared the crap out me. You were screaming so loud, kicking and hitting me too.” He caressed her cheek as he spoke to her. He wiped away the tear that escaped from her eye. “I will take care of you. I promised you that. I would protect you to my last dying breath.” He continued to caress her cheek then moved down to her neck. Her skin was so soft. He loved the feel of it under his fingertips.

His eyes never left hers. He lowered his head until their lips touched. It was a light kiss, a taste. He pulled back to look into her eyes again. Her hand moved up to tenderly touch the side of his face, and then reach around to the back of his neck. She pulled on his head to come back down to her. This time the kiss was much deepened. She opened her mouth to let him in. His tongue darted into her mouth and twirled around hers. His hand slipped further down until it rested on her breast. He began to rub her breast. His thumb skimmed over the nipple sending waves of pleasure down to her toes.

Her hands had slid down to his chest. She could feel his well-muscled chest and his nipples. He had very little hair on his chest, but she knew that the hair started to thicken below his navel and further down to the place she had not seen before and now really wanted to see. His fingers searched for the buttons that kept her nightshirt closed. One by one, he pushed them through the slits in the fabric. When the last one was undone, his hand found its way back to her naked breast.  Her nipples were hard and peaked just waiting to be tasted. He massaged her breast as he deepened their kiss causing her to softly moan.

He broke their kiss but didn’t remove his hand from her breast when he told her in a deep husky voice, “I want you so much. Gods, I want to make you mine. From the moment I first touched your bruised and reddened cheek in the park, I wanted to make you mine, all mine. I want to be inside you.” He lowered her to the bed then lay down beside her. His hand traveled further down her body first to her stomach where he caressed her navel for a moment then continued moving downward. His hand slid under the waist band of her pajama bottoms noticing she wasn’t wearing any underwear. His hand was searching for the gold that it sought.

She moaned into his mouth as his hand found what it was looking for. He wanted to make her call out his name in pleasure. He wanted her legs wrapped around him as penetrated her, pounding into her. His fingers traced the outline of her most sensitive place causing her to become more aroused. It was like his fingers wanted to make the moment last, give her more pleasure, but he wanted more at the same time.

Finally he couldn’t resist any longer. He pushed two of his large fingers inside her making her moan even louder this time. His lips left hers only for a moment so that he could look at her to see how responsive she was to him.  He needed to remove the rest of her clothing.  He wanted to kiss every inch of her skin, to know all of her most intimate secrets.  His fingers slid out of her as he noticed she was wet and ready.  He grabbed at the waistband of the pants that were hindering his view. He quickly but carefully pulled them off as she raised her hips to help him. Now, they were both completely naked and able to fully appreciate one another.

She blushed when he didn’t return to kiss her lips immediately.  Instead he let his gaze linger over her voluptuous body. She tried to pull is attention back to her kisses.  He grabbed her hand and said with a hungry look in his eyes, “No, I want to see you. All of you. Your body is so beautiful and its mine.  Everyone on this ship will be able to tell that you are mine when I am done with you.” He leaned his body back into her and continued his exploration. This time his eyes locked onto hers as he sank his two fingers back into her hot, quivering flesh. The muscles tightened around his fingers. She arched her back to make him go deeper, but it wasn’t enough. She needed him inside her. She wanted to feel his cock slide deep into her. She wanted him to cum inside her, making her his mate forever.

“Please Zeb, I want you inside me.” His fingers were still moving in and out of her and the pleasure he was causing was building.  She needed to have him fill her fill her to her very core. His fingers slowed but his eyes never left hers. The slow movement of his fingers was sending small quivers up and down her spine until she thought she was going to explode around his fingers.

His fingers stopped their magical movement. His face lower closer to hers once again, “Are you sure, my little one, that you want this?” His lips brushed lightly across hers. His lower hand that had been a moment ago making her want to scream out, was now completely still and resting on the small triangle of curls that lay between her legs. “There is no going back once we are joined. You will be mine for the rest of our lives.” Zeb’s voice was barely a whisper but she heard it loud and clear. He wanted her forever and she had behaved so badly towards him the past week.

She brought her hand to his lips and slowly ran her thumb across his bottom lip and gave Zeb a slight smile, “Yes. I want this. I want you. I want to feel you inside of me. I… I…” she wasn’t quite sure what sure she wanted to say so instead of any more words, she pulled his head down until her lips were once again touching hers. She was going to show him how much she wanted him. Her lips parted and her tongue darted out to run across his lips. Zeb pulled in a sharp breath of air then took her mouth. His tongue danced with hers and ran along the white teeth that he longed to feel on his body.

Without releasing them from their kiss, Zeb pushed her thighs apart then lowered herself between them. He still hadn’t entered her but was lying chest to chest with her. He raised himself up onto his elbows and released mouth slowly, “I am going to make you mine, forever.” He positioned the tip of his cock at the opening of her cunt and pushed forward as slowly as he could. “Open your eyes Avery. I want to watch your eyes as I claim.” His husky voice brought her out of her trance she seemed to be in. Her eyes locked onto to his as he began to push further into her.

“By the gods Avery, you are so tight and wet.” Little by little he pushed forward then withdrew almost to the point of completely leaving her. She drew her legs up so that he would be able to go as deep as he possibly could. Each push of his cock elicited a moan that escaped her lips. “I need to be all the way in you. I need to feel you wrapped around my entire cock.” He continued to watch her face and waited for her reply. The only reply she was able to give him was a smile as her hands made their way down over his chest and around his back. She reached for his ass and dug her fingers into the perfectly shaped globes, pushing them closer to her pussy.

Zeb had withdrawn slightly as he had spoken those words that set her on fire, more than she already was. He leaned forward and recaptured her lips and drove his cock in all the way to her womb. She let out a loud moan of pleasure that he captures in his own mouth. He wasn’t going to be able to last much longer. The feel of her slick walls gripping his cock was more that he could take. He released mouth once again as the tension of his orgasm began to peak.

Avery wasn’t sure she had never felt pleasure like this before in her life. He filled her so completely, to the point where it was almost painful. But the pleasure superseded the pain. The fire that he had been stroking was now a burning blaze that kept getting hotter and hotter. If she didn’t have release soon she was sure she would burn up in the fire.

She pulled her knees back as far as she could just as Zeb drove forward again. “Cum for Avery. I want to feel you cum around my dick.” The force of his thrust was just what she needed to be sent over the edge that she had been balancing on. She screamed loud and held onto Zeb’s ass for dear life. His pace quickened and upon hearing Avery’s screams of pleasure, his balls drew closer to the base of his cock and his cock hardened even more. The orgasm that overtook his sense was nothing he had ever felt before. He roared out his release while his seed saturated the walls of Avery’s womb.

As they both slowly came back down and turned to their senses Zeb rolled to his side bringing his new mate with him. They were still connected and their breathing was returning to normal. Avery laid her head on Zeb’s chest and listened to his heart pumping as fast as hers was pumping. Her hand moved in small circles over his chest until eventually stilling.

“You are mine now forever, little earthling. I will take care of you and protect you until my dying breath.” His hand skimmed across her back, causing goose bumps to appear on her back and arms. He pulled the covers up so that both of them were covered. He kissed the top of her head when he heard her let out a sigh. Her hand stilled its movement. Her breathing had slowed to the point where Zeb could let that she had drifted off to sleep.

He lay there for a while and listened to the sounds of his mate as she slept. The room had remained dark for the most part while he had made love to her. Now the soft glow of the stars outside the ship’s window illuminated the room enough that he could look down into face that was lying on his chest. A smile played at the corners of her mouth and her lips were slightly parted. Gods how he wanted to taste those lips again already. He wanted to explore her whole body and taste every inch of her including her honey that was drying on his cock.

For now though, their relationship had taken a positive leap forward. After two long weeks of having her scent everywhere in his quarters and his mind constantly thinking about her, she was finally his. He had finally won her trust and hopefully her heart. He would let her sleep and in the morning he would bring her around the ship to show the others that she now belonged to him as his mate. He would make it known to every living soul on the ship that if anyone tried to harm her in any way he would kill them. No questions asked.

Chapter 16

Avery awoke in the morning wrapped up in a cocoon. She was lying on her side with her butt tucked back against a hard wall of flesh. A huge bare arm was wrapped around her waist holding her tight while a muscled leg was draped over one of hers. She could feel a soft breeze of air as the wall behind her exhaled. She opened her eyes and turned her head slightly to see the man behind her. Eyes partially open stared at her while a sexy as hell smile greeted her eyes.

“Good morning. How do you feel?” Zeb’s hand made its way up to grasp her chin turning it a bit more so that he could capture those lips that had tasted so good last night. Placing a soft kiss on her lips then drawing back, he brushed his thumb across where he had just kissed her lips.