“Jeanie?”

“Okay. I keep thinking about those FBI agents, okay? It’s kind of intimidating, thinking they want to take me. Where I come from, well, they get what they want.”

“We don’t care what they think.”

“I know.” She straightened, totally bare. “It just kind of freaked me out. Why don’t you come distract me?” Her arms lifted as she reached out to him.

True was across the bathroom in a heartbeat, lifting Jeanie against his body until their faces were level. “I should call Justice and ask him to arrest the human so he can’t use other ways to try to get you away from me. It’s obvious he’s the one who lied to the government males.”

“No. We need to find the other New Species first, True,” Jeanie reminded him.

“It’s not worth your constant fear, Jeanie.”

She bit her lip. “I have lived with far worse than this, True. This isn’t even that bad. At least I haven’t been shot this time,” she joked.

True growled. “No one will get that close to you.”

“It was a joke. I know that. I’m safe with you.”

He sniffed at her, that sweet scent detectable. “I keep scenting your fear and it’s driving me insane. I can’t stand to know you’re afraid. Every instinct I have is howling at me to protect you. It makes me crazy. You shouldn’t have to live with fear.”

She hugged him tighter around his shoulders and lifted her legs, wrapping them around his waist. “We need to let this ride, True. It’s too important to try to find the other New Species. I’m going to be fine.”

He kissed her forehead. “I want to protect you and make sure you’re no longer afraid.”

“I know. And I want your people found and saved. It’s worth the fear I’m experiencing until this is over.”

“I am not so sure. You were hurt to save my life and then you were shot protecting our people. You have done more than enough for Species. You deserve to be happy most of all, Jeanie.”

“I have you.” She nuzzled his throat with her lips, brushing a kiss there. “I’ve never been happier in my life.” She looked up at him. “Do you want to know what would make me ecstatic?”

“Name it and it’s yours.”

“Carry me into the bedroom. The bath can wait.”

He just turned and walked into the bedroom. Jeanie jerked her head toward the bed. “Over there. Make love to me. I’ll touch you to make you forget your anger and you can totally distract me from my fear.”

He sat on the bed with her on his lap. “I like this plan.”

“Less talking and more touching.”

He growled and reached up, tangling his fingers in her hair to pull her lips closer to his. She opened up to him as he kissed her. He barely noticed when she unwrapped her legs from his waist until she gave him a sudden push that took him off guard. He landed on his back on the mattress, staring up at her in surprise.

Jeanie lifted up, bracing her hands on his chest to adjust her legs to straddle his lap while she grinned at him. “Stay just like that.”

One eyebrow arched in question but he held still as his mate lowered down his body until her ass rested over the top of his thighs. She straightened up and reached for the front of his pants, unfastening them.

“You wish to undress me?”

“You could say that.” Her gaze darted up and held his, a gleam of humor in her eyes. “I’m going to play with you this time.”

He liked it when she was mischievous. “You want to touch me until my control breaks?”

She chuckled. “You like to dominate me in the bedroom so I’m turning the tables on you.”

He lifted his hips, taking her with him, to help when she got his pants open and indicated she wanted to shove them down enough to free his stiff dick from the confines of the material. He watched her smile as she studied his sex. He was pleased that she liked the sight of him bare.

“Put your hands behind your head and keep them there.”

He hesitated but did it. Some males had talked about sex with humans and how they asked for strange things. “I can’t touch you if I do that.”

“That’s the point for right now. I’m going to do the touching.”

She gripped the bottom of his shirt and shoved it up. He arched his back to help her. She stopped when he was bare up to his ni**les and he growled when she bent forward, her tongue tracing the rounded tip of the left one. Her breath was warm, her mouth heaven when it closed over his nipple and he closed his eyes as she sucked. Her bottom teeth gently raked over the straining tip that instantly responded. His dick was trapped between their bodies and it twitched from the anticipation of what was to come.

Her open palms slid over his abdomen, the caress lowering until one of her hands wrapped around the girth of his shaft. He growled louder and his h*ps ground against her.

Jeanie released his nipple and blew air over it. He opened his eyes, staring at her while she smiled at him. “You like that?”

He just nodded, unable to speak at that moment.

“I think you’ll love this then.”

She wiggled a little lower, her mouth kissing over his ribs. Her tongue darted out to lick him in a few places and his hands fisted above his head. He wanted to touch her so bad. The urge was nearly impossible to resist but he remembered she wanted him to keep his hands up.

He wanted to roll her over by the time she reached his lower belly. He wanted to f**k his mate. He kept watching her, loving how she held his gaze, almost as if she watched him to gauge his reactions. She wasn’t fearful when a snarl burst forth as she lowered her lips and placed a wet kiss on his pelvic bone so close to his dick that he could feel her hot breath fan over it.