This is insane and wrong, a part of her mind whispered. He was a patient. He’s having unprotected sex with you. She moaned louder, close to coming. It’s okay, she reminded her conscience. New Species don’t carry sexual diseases and he can’t get me pregnant. Shut up!

He moved faster, put a little weight down on her until her ni**les brushed against his chest wall, and the added sensation sent her to the edge of coming hard. His teeth bit down and the faint sting of pain from his canines pushed her over. She turned her head and sealed her lips over her upraised arm to muffle the sound as she came. It was so intense it almost made her see stars.

880 released her neck, his hot breath and tongue gone, and he groaned loudly. She could feel his c**k swelling inside her as his movements slowed to sharp, rough thrusts. Warmth spread deep inside her pu**y as he came, locking inside her until he couldn’t move at all. The pressure was intense but it didn’t hurt. He shivered over her and another flood of his release shot inside her with noticeable vigor.

Her eyes opened as she turned her head, her lips and nose brushing his cheek where he’d buried his face against the mattress. He must have flipped his hair out of the way because the long strands fell across the other side of the bed against his side and rested against her arm. Her hold eased as her body relaxed.

He was breathing hard and finally he lifted his head. She couldn’t miss noticing he’d bitten into the mattress for some reason because part of the sheet was torn where it had caught on his canines when he’d yanked them loose. His brown eyes met hers. Alli couldn’t breathe as she waited to see how he’d react to what had happened between them.

“Am I causing you pain?”

She licked her lips to wet them. He’d whispered the words in a husky tone. She studied his gaze, not seeing regret in his stare but she wasn’t sure what he felt either. He was too good at hiding his emotions.

“No.”

“I swell at the base of my dick.”

“I know. I’ve heard that would happen.”

He blinked. “It will go down in a few minutes.”

“I know that too.”

His c**k flexed inside her and her vaginal muscles quivered from the aftereffects of cl**axing. His gaze narrowed as she softly moaned again.

“Why?”

“Why did I shiver? Body reaction. Sorry. I can’t help it any more than you can.”

Full lips twisted into a frown. “I’m not talking about that. Why this way?”

No, she inwardly whispered. Don’t regret this. I can’t take the guilt I’m going to feel. “What did you think would happen when you decided to perform o**l s*x on me?”

He lowered his body over her, used his elbows to hold his weight enough to prevent him from smothering her, but she was pinned under him. He stared at her face with a grim expression.

Shit. She closed her eyes. He regretted what they’d done and it hurt. What did you expect? He’s all messed up inside. He tried to call a halt to this but you locked around him like a drowning idiot intent on taking him down too. She pushed her voice of conscience back, knowing she needed to face the consequences.

“This isn’t natural.”

That statement stunned her enough for her eyes to pop open to gawp at him. “What?”

“This is wrong.”

Her hands shifted and she pushed on his chest, forgetting they were locked together. “Get off me then.”

“I can’t.”

She remembered then that his penis had locked inside her and looked anywhere but at him. With him on top of her and his chest so wide, her view was limited. She turned her head to stare at the closed door. It mocked her once again, knowing she never should have entered his room.

She had no one to blame but herself. He wasn’t responsible for his actions, probably was reeling from all he’d been through.

“I’m so sorry,” she got out, her throat wanting to close around the lump that formed there. “Let me go as soon as the swelling reduces and I’ll leave. This is totally my fault, 880.” She refused to look at him still. “You’re not to blame, okay? I want you to remember and know that. I take full responsibility.”

“I am no longer 880. I am Species and will be called Obsidian.” Anger darkened his eyes as they narrowed. “What do you mean by taking responsibility? What fault are you speaking of?”

Alli knew she gawked as her gaze focused on his face. It was just that the shocks kept coming one after another. She’s woken to him going down on her and they’d had sex. He regretted it and now he had taken a name. Her sluggish mind tried to catch up, working to think about the one he’d chosen.

“Obsidian?”

“Yes. Good.” Some of the tension left his features. “Call me that. No more numbers. Mercile no longer controls my life.”

Obsidian. She tried to think of the definition. A lot of Species preferred to take a name that had meaning to them. “Isn’t that a lava rock or something along those lines?”

He growled. “It fits me. I am burning inside and hardened by the life I was given. Darkness was taken as a name already. So were a lot of the names I wanted. This fits me. Do you question it?”

“It wasn’t an insult.” She hadn’t meant it that way. “You’re burning inside?”

“I feel rage.” His voice turned into a snarl. “Humans took my life away.”

“I didn’t,” she quickly reminded him, suddenly feeling very vulnerable and small pinned under him.