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  He hesitated. “It’s an ache that never stops.”

  She returned her focus back to his face. “You’ve never asked to enter me after that first day.”

  “There is no release for me yet, but soon it will be possible. I’m almost ready. I’m grateful the ship will dock with us soon. I’ve been afraid since last night that I’d hit the last cycle of my heat before they arrived.”

  “What happens when those women from your planet get here?”

  “I will sniff them, decide by instinct which one will do, and then she will be restrained in here.” A frown marred his lips. “Don’t worry. You’ll be put on a shuttle to be flown to a space port immediately after they arrive. You will be safe from me.”

  “Safe?”

  He dropped his gaze to the bedspread. “Yes.”

  “Cathian? Please look at me.”

  He had a grim expression when he stared at her. “I’m going to want you. You’re inside my blood, Nara. When the urge to release comes, it’s your body I’m going to want under me.”

  His answer stunned her, but then she warmed inside at the omission. “I could―”

  “No,” he cut her off. “You can’t.”

  “You don’t know what I was about to say.”

  “Were you going to offer to stay here with me to complete the cycle?”

  “Yes.”

  He moved on the bed, scooted off the end, and stood to his full height of six-foot-four. His muscles tensed as he faced her, the lines of them down his stomach rolling as he breathed. He took steps to close the distance between them. Nara tilted her chin up to keep their gazes connected.

  “Do you see how much bigger I am than you?”

  He was two of her, at least in body mass. “Yes.”

  “I will lose all control once I’m inside a female body, when I’m ready to release my seed. It’s the heat. I’ll…” He cleared his throat. “Do you know why they restrain the women? It must be that way for her safety. Males become aggressive if the females attempt to escape from them. Some have died by accident at the hands of a male if she tried to get away. I’ll fuck until my knees collapse and every drop of the seed my body has stored has been released inside a female.”

  Nara had no words. It sounded as barbaric as he’d once mentioned.

  His hand slowly reached up and cupped her cheek gently. “I’m afraid I’ll hurt you. Tryleskian females enjoy the rough sex, and there is a chemical inside male sperm that creates an aphrodisiac, one that makes the shot my crew gave you feel tame in comparison. That’s assuming your body reacts in the right way. It’s never been tested with humans. I checked.”

  She let that sink in. “You did? Why?”

  He glanced away before peering deeply into her eyes. “I wanted to know if it would be safe.”

  “You thought about asking me to finish your heat, didn’t you?”

  “Yes. I had hoped to discover success stories. That’s not what I found. It’s too dangerous, Nara. I won’t risk your life. Males never remember the height of their heat or what they do. The pain is too intense and the instincts too great. You’ll be dealing with…” Ae swallowed. “An out-of-control male bent on taking a woman until he collapses. It would be fucking, Nara. Not making love.”

  Just hearing Cathian saying that graphic word gave her a mental image of him entering her from behind, Nara tied down, and her body responded to that erotic image.

  She saw his nostrils flare and he softly purred.

  “You’re starting to torture me, Nara. I smell you—and I want.” He licked his lips. “Climb on the bed now.”

  Nara took off the towel and inched around the sexy male. She turned and sat on the edge of the mattress, spreading her thighs. Five days before, she’d have never done something so wantonly, but now she eagerly exposed her pussy to his view.

  Cathian dropped to his knees and reached for her thighs. She loved when he purred, the way he did as he lowered his face to inhale her turned-on scent.

  “Cathian?”

  He glanced up. “What, Nara?”

  “Can you enter me? I mean, just once? I want to feel you inside me.”

  He gaped at her. She could clearly identify his shock at her request.

  “I know you can’t come yet; I just want to know how it would feel.”

  He shook his head and straightened, staring into her eyes. “No. It will bring on the last cycle faster. I’m too close. The urge to be inside you grows stronger every day, and I wouldn’t trust myself this close to the end of my heat.”

  It hurt that he denied her. Instead, some faceless woman would know the sensation of Cathian fully taking her body.

  She lowered her chin, breaking eye contact, and lay back. She turned her head away to stare at the wall across the room, to make it impossible for her to see him.

  “I understand,” she whispered.

  He didn’t touch her. Seconds ticked by, the room unusually quiet.

  “Nara?”

  “What?”

  “I want to. If you knew how strong the urge is to bury my shaft deep inside you, you wouldn’t be disappointed.”

  It wasn’t sexual disappointment she felt. It was the pain of rejection. But she’d never admit that to him. “It’s okay.”

  Time passed and still she waited, but he didn’t touch her. Curiosity finally forced her to look at him.

  Cathian remained on his knees, watching her with an intense stare. He gripped her thighs, spread them wider—and then, to her surprise, moved his hips between her parted knees.

  His cock brushed her pussy and his hands curled around the backs of her thighs, lifting them up his body to his ribs. He tugged until her ass hung off the edge of the bed.

  “Just once, briefly,” he rasped. “For us both. I long to feel you with more than my tongue and fingers.”

  He shifted his hips into position and the blunt tip of his thick cock bumped against the slick entrance of her pussy. He pressed against her more, slowly stretching her vaginal walls as he entered. Nara gripped his wrists just for something to cling to as he slid into her deeper. Pleasure at feeling his cock rubbing sensitive nerves had her biting her lip hard to keep her from asking for more.

  Cathian’s beautiful eyes closed and his head tipped back as he fully seated himself inside her welcoming body. It was a very snug fit. Nara couldn’t look away from the pained expression that twisted his handsome features. Her hold on him tightened.

  “Are you all right?”

  “You’re very tight, so hot and wet,” he groaned. “I need to get out of you before I lose control.”

  She wiggled her ass, moving him inside her, and both of them moaned. His entire body tensed, his hold on her thighs tightened to near bruising, and then Nara did it again. She rolled her hips, loving the full, sensual feel of having his cock buried deep inside her pussy. She continued to move, fucking him slowly with the few inches his hold gave her to move against his strong body.

  Sweat beaded his brow and his eyes squeezed shut as he started to growl and pant. Nara bucked on his cock, moaning at the ecstasy even the limited motion gave her.

  “Nara, stop,” he rasped.

  “Please,” she whispered. “Just fuck me a little. Move.”

  He lowered his head and his exotic golden eyes opened. “You want to know what it would really be like? I could lose control—it could bring on the end of my heat.”

  “Please? I’m willing to risk it, Cathian.”

  “You don’t understand how rough I’ll get. I’m being extremely gentle with you right now…”

  “Please!” She held his stare, not looking away.

  He snarled and yanked his hips back, withdrawing from her body abruptly.

  Nara cried out in protest, ready to orgasm at that point. She didn’t have time to voice her feelings because his hands slid to her hips. Nara gasped as the strong male flipped her onto her stomach and pushed her forward against the edge of the bed, bending her over it.

  “You want me?”