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  Breathing deeply, he took in more of her scent than he knew he should. The smart thing would be to separate, but he couldn’t without waking her. His other arm was pinned beneath her. When he stretched, trying to ease some space between them, she repositioned her leg forward just enough and his cock fell into perfect alignment. Kal closed his eyes. Moist heat from between her thighs teased his cock as if beckoning him to enter.

  A murmur escaped as she wiggled, pressing her ass tighter against him. He realized she was dreaming and it was sexual. The wonderful smell of female arousal caught and held his attention. The head of his cock brushed her damp feminine folds and nudged at her opening. Kal nuzzled her neck and whispered, “I want you.”

  He heard her reply on a soft groan, “Fuck me.”

  It wasn’t a completely conscious invitation since she was half asleep. It was something he knew he should resist but didn’t. It’d been way too long since he’d been with a woman. It didn’t matter she was a Paoni. Sex was sex. Gently, he slid his hand from her breast and angled his arm over her hip to reach her clit as he entered into her, slowly, giving her the chance to stretch to accommodate his healthy size. He didn’t want to hurt her so he didn’t push in far, just enough to ease her need. At least that was his intention at first, but she felt too good.

  Rocking his hips, he entered a little farther with each thrust, using her juices to coat him, gliding him deeper. Kal did circular motions with his fingertip to her clit and her legs opened, giving him easier access. It was all he needed to fill her with his cock. She was tightly wrapped around him, making it difficult for him to maintain control. Her moan of pleasure switched to a gasp of surprise. She tensed around him, locking him in place.

  “Don’t move,” he practically groaned against her ear and that’s when he knew she became fully awake.

  “What?” She jerked her upper body at an angle where she could see his face over her shoulder. Sleepy eyes stared at him. Desire mixed with duty swirled within them. “What the fuck, Hellion?”

  “Isn’t that what we’re doing here?”

  He read the guilt and indecision upon her face. “We shouldn’t. It’s against the rules.”

  “That’s not what you said a second ago when you wanted me to fuck you. Rules aren’t in play when it comes to sex.” He rolled his hips, gliding his cock back and forth. “Tell me you don’t want this and I’ll stop.”

  “I can’t say that. I don’t lie.” She parted her lips on a sigh and closed her eyes as pleasure took her for a moment. He was right. She wanted this as much as he did. She groaned when he swirled her taut bundle of nerves between his fingers as he increased his pace. She shifted, taking him in as far as he could possibly reach, bucking against him. Pounding into her, he feared he’d hurt her but couldn’t stop, she felt too good and it’d been way too damn long.

  He wrapped the arm underneath her up around her, capturing a breast in his palm. Tweaking her nipple while strumming her clit as he fucked her hard had the beautiful Paoni screaming as the orgasm rippled through her. Her inner muscles contracted, coaxing him to come, soaking him with her release. Not knowing if she were protected from pregnancy, he forced himself to pull out, shooting his seed between her thighs.

  Though he wanted nothing more than to lie there holding her, he denied himself the pleasure. Bad enough he’d fucked her, bathing in the heat of their coupling would only rub in the fact he couldn’t trust a woman. He refused to get emotionally attached to another one. Rolling on his back, he wished it hadn’t been so quick, but then again it had been over a century since he’d had sex. She lay on his arm curled away from him.

  “How did you end up in bed with me?”

  She sprang upright and shot off the bed, frantically tugging her robe around her tight while wiping him from her thighs with the sheet. She spun to face him. Her expression was unreadable. He couldn’t tell if she was angry at him or upset with herself, but she was doing her damnedest to control and hide any and all emotion. He knew that trick. Well-trained warrior—for a woman.

  “I had no intention of ending up in bed with you, Kallikrates Valerianus. Or should it be Sun Superior Valerianus or better yet, Lanius Valerianus?”

  He tensed hearing her call him by name. She knew who he was. Now he truly had no choice but to take her with him or kill her and since killing her wasn’t an option, she was going with him whether she liked it or not. Kal stretched then situated himself upright on the pillows against the headboard. After making himself more comfortable, he met her angry glare.

  “Lanius, really? Seems my reputation has taken a major downfall since my wrongful incarceration.” He folded his hands behind his head and watched her every move. “Didn’t know women were allowed to become warriors.”

  “I’m the first.” Her chin tilted, shoulders lifted, popping those perky breasts forward, and he couldn’t help but glance at them for a second. He didn’t miss the pride in her tone. “There are a few others in the classes that came behind me.”

  He nodded to his thigh where she’d stabbed him and rolled his shoulders. “You seem to be well-trained, for a woman.”

  Her eyes widened and pure anger lit her face as she sprang at him. Kal was quicker than she, caught her, flipped her on her back and pinned her to the mattress beneath him. It wasn’t a move he should have done. His thigh throbbed and it may have started to bleed again. He lowered nose-to-nose with her and stared directly into those heat-filled eyes.

  “You ready for another go, Paoni?” He ground his hips against hers, which was a wrong move. His cock hardened, definitely wanting a second round with the fiery female warrior.

  Red and blue lights flashed along the walls. A male voice gave a warning that could be heard throughout the house. “Shia, intruder warning. Warning. Warning.”

  “Get off me!”

  Kal rolled off her and immediately got to his feet. She wasted no time, bouncing from the bed and running into the living room. Kal grabbed the bed sheet, wrapped it around his waist and hobbled after her.

  “Wesley,” she spoke to the large VIS screen on the wall. “Show me the threat please.”

  “It is a Paoni task force forming about two hundred kilometers southeast.”

  An image of blue sky and clouds popped up. If you didn’t know what you were looking for, the vimanis would’ve been missed. They blended with the scenery.

  “De-cloak them.”

  “As you wish.”

  Instantly, six shiny round shapes appeared. Standard issue Paoni space transports. Kal couldn’t believe what he saw. A small squadron hovered as if awaiting orders. Dio stood in the kitchen doorway with a plate of food in hand. His mouth gaped and his eyes were wide with fear.

  “Can you tap into their VIS coms without them knowing, Wesley?”

  “As you wish.”

  Voices whispered through the speakers.

  “Shall we rush her?”

  “No. We don’t want to put her on the defensive. Let’s spread out and move in slow from multiple directions. She might detect one of us at a time but not all of us at once.”

  “What about the Hellions?”

  “We take them all at the same time.”

  “What makes you think she’s helping them?”

  “She’s a woman. Probably fell for their lies.”

  Shia had heard enough as she muted the com. Gangust had really gone too far. Somehow he had their regional Paoni squadron believing she was helping Hellions escape.

  “How’d he find me? I’ve got this place so well shielded satellites and VIS detect it as vacant land. There’s no way in hell he did this without help.” She was letting her anger show. Gangust had tried to follow her on multiple occasions but she’d lost him without much effort.

  Kal snorted. “Battle suits have homing devices.”

  She turned and stared at Kal. “I’m not an imbecile. I reprogrammed it. The only time it reads correctly is when I’m on a mission. Otherwise, it locates my position as somewhere off in the mi