i

back. My palms are clammy from nerves and I

, because he's running his mouth a

it only makes

asters, but I have no doubt about what they

er when he realized I'd

m safe

m their

That would be even more disastrous than agreeing I'm their mate. B

me all through the beautiful, opulent palace. Now we're in an emp

"You think you want me for your mate?" I look up at their handsome fac

s lean in my direct

t the being you want. I

says immediatel

hem advance on me. "Y-you don't even know me. You don't kno

time, even though he's usually the silen

observation. They're the last

deeply for the beings around you, regardless of their speci

ze locks on mine and he pins me with it,

." My voice

ad human friends, yes, but I've never

ow Tarren and his

al lips toward me until they hover just a whisper from my tem

rds-at the heat of his skin, so close to min

uttocks clench, as if to remind me of ho

ls down to my breasts, where my nipples protrude

capes my lips. I squeeze my quaking thighs

and away, he just grins. It's an impish smile, one that puts me at ease, despite the aud

an't stop the laugh in my throat. Stars, I never thought

ive smiles, like they're not s

ll force of his persuasive charm on me. "Mak

s like it's on fire. In fact, I cover my own ey

, blocking all the light out.

whistles-J

of fabric off your body and worship between those legs, you'd be

en holds my hand firmly over my eyes,

keeping. He adds it to the pile covering my eyes. "Don't move, Riya," he mur

pussy, like Ronan's mouthing it through the fa

ther I'm trying to g

you feel good, Riya?" Tha

the movement neithe

ough my tunic. They're stiffer th

rock my pelvis to meet Ronan's mouth. He

rying out. "Oh veck," he groans when

es his cousin because Ronan returns to using his tongue between m

ing one cheek as Ronan treats me to more flicks and licks that h

lf before, and I've been taken forcefully, but nothing in my li

es from Jax and I stiffen, my tumble into rel

. Only his warm breath t

n," I

rren's threat to spank me the previous planet rotation. Do these

the idea shouldn't

Jax's voice has the cool patienc

s, Zander might assign me to others. What's more, I've already given in. They know it. I know it

ike to orgasm with a male's mouth on m

g mine to my eyes. "You. I belong t

once. There are muttered c

x curses and says, "You make it good. Reward our little mate every way you know how."

my mouth. The thread of his stitches tickles my f

bud of my clitoris into his mouth. "Make her come,

t orgasms? Pleasure? Or just that my body will be

edges a thick finger into my opening and strokes my inne

ssing my dripping pussy to his mouth as he tongue

y mind lost as I catapult int

held up by more than one pair of str

s hip, the way a mother carries a child. "Let's get her to our

r

ce and her breath is quick, but her nipples still steeple the front of her tunic.

s we've worked our entire lives to accumulate. The Zandian mating ritua

Jax fishes through the bag, producing some of the sm

ment and anything else w

not allowed to mate her? Do you

oncerns are legitimate. But we've already decided it'

tters. "I'll f

a step back. To my dis

them into his hands. "Piercing won't hurt. We'

have the sense she's about ready to bolt f

rom spreading across my face.

elping glance. "Where would

s tug on a

. He brings the back of his index finger to brush over

ws. "I-I d

overdisk and settle her on my lap. Her body goes rigid at first, but gradually rela

exotic scent-earthy and sweet-fills my nostrils. My cock strains painfully agains

know you were mistreated before... badly. But you can trust us. I

once called a friend. But I'

her nipple. "It will give us pride to see you wearing our crystals." I'm already imagining her naked, bejeweled by us. I

as been bad. Extremely bad. Not just the shock sticks, but the..." she touches her eye again.

Riya's hair. "We will not harm you, little f

It's the same look she gave me in the medbay during the battl

h a box of items

uble?" J

and gene test prior to mating, but I told him we didn't give

ya blinking back tears. Alarm rocket

her chin. "You see, pretty g

and nods, squaring her shoul

free it from underneath her ass. "Lift up your arms," I command,

nd taut, the ripe buds of her nipples a warm pe

t to lo

he nipples until they stiffen even more. "I

sprays the same analgesic spray Riya used on me in the medbay over both

m of her belly

she made last time he was between her legs. He lifts a brow t

yes, but Riya's

head. I give a

cage her hands in her lap with one hand and wrap the other around her waist to ke

k of her earlobes. "You see?" He strokes his thumb

akes h

r me, Tarren." He in

cking p

er, lifting the protruding nipple in Jax's direction. Again, he's quick and deft with his movements,

his finger around the rim. "Top or bottom?" He's aski

r his most charming smile. I don't know how h

s a wobb

below the navel for Jax's gun. In jus

all of us in the question.

chuckles. "All right, sweet thing. That's enoug

l the times her choice has been taken away from her. It makes me sick

n't mean to sound so harsh. Jax flashes me a warning look

and I scent

lanet. We want to share the satisfaction of rebuilding and making a ho

soothe her. "We're going to help you get over your past." Ron

with us, you'll never be afra

seeing her diminished. It makes me swear anew to fin

to let us try to please her.