Lost Among the Stars (Sky Riders) (17 page)

“Etor, you’re alive!” She bent down to kiss him. She finally let the tears fall without brushing them away.

“Of course I am alive, little one. Did you really think I would leave you so soon?” He caressed her cheek with his good hand.

Maggie couldn’t speak after seeing he was okay. She followed behind the medics as they directed the gurney into a private examination room. The medics left the room so she moved to stand next to Etor.

“I was so scared!”

“I’m sure you were,” Vulmar stated as he walked into the room. “There’s no telling where you might have ended up if I haven’t heard your friend’s call for help.” He sat down in the only chair in the room.

Crap! She didn’t want Etor to find out what had happened until he was in better shape. The look on his face told her there was no way she was going to get of it without telling the entire story.

“Do you have something to tell me?” The smile on his face was wiped away.
His eyes were already darkening as he stared at her and waited for her to talk.

“It’s not what you thing,” she started.

“Then please, do tell.”

Jonik walked into the room and interrupted the tension in the air. The three of them were silent as Jonik stopped and looked around the room. “Did I miss something?”

“Maggie was just about to tell my brother about how she ended up on my ship,” Vulmar said.

Etor instantly went into the Rage as thought
s about his brother stealing his mate while he was away filtered through his brain. He struggled to get up off the gurney but was held down by Jonik. “I don’t think so, my friend. Let her have a chance to explain.”

Etor nodded at her to talk. When she finally did talk she told him everything that had happened after he left the other morning. The only detail she left out was the one about the baby. She wanted to confirm it with Jonik before she said anything. The entire time she spoke she couldn’t take her eyes off Etor. It was as if he held some sort of a hold over her, she had nothing to hide. She didn’t do anything wrong. The Rage in his eyes began to fade as he took control of his anger when he heard what she and the other females had gone through.

When she finished she wasn’t sure what to do. Her heart beat wildly in her chest until Etor finally spoke up. “My love, I had no idea!”

She rushed over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. Their lips connected in a kiss with such force it surprised the other two men in the room.

Vulmar coughed to break up the couple making out in front of him. “Can you save it for later? Geez.”

She pulled away and laughed when she saw her brother-in-law roll his eyes at them.

“What’s the matter little brother? Can’t stand the heat? Ouch!”

“Sorry,” Jonik said, “Didn’t mean to hurt you.”

“Oh no brother, the heat is just fine. Actually, I am a bit jealous!” Vulmar roared with laughter, making Maggie blush then follow suit.

“Don’t even get any ideas, brother. This female is mine!” Etor reached out to hold her hand.

A knock on the door startled them as they were laughing. Kelly, Hunter, and Lexie all filed into the room.

“Hey, can we come in?” Hunter asked.

“If Etor doesn’t mind,” Maggie said.

“It’s fine.” He winced again as Jonik maneuvered his injured arm into a normal, natural position. “Come on, Doc, be nice!”

“Sorry again.” Jonik was concentrating on his work when he looked up to see the three females walking into the room. He froze instantly as his eyes landed on Lexie.

“You alright, doc,” Etor asked.

Jonik shook his head then continued setting the arm he was holding.

“Where’s Kharis?” Kelly asked unexpectedly.

“He should be here any moment. He wasn’t as bad off as this guy.” Jonik nodded.

Etor was obviously now in a better mood since kept up his teasing. “I thought you didn’t want anything to do with him.” His eyes twinkled at Kelly as she shifted from foot to foot.

“Umm…well…well I didn’t say I wanted anything to happen to him.” Kelly blushed several shades of red before she turned and left the room.

The room burst out laughing. “I think someone has a little crush on my brother,” Vulmar said as he laughed.

“I think so too,” Hunter replied. She moved closer to where Vulmar sat in order to get out of the way of the medic helping Jonik. She glanced down at the man who had rescued them. “I think she’s had a crush on him since we got here.” Unthinking, she touched Vulmar’s shoulder as she talked.

Maggie saw the look that came over Vulmar’s face when Hunter touched him. It was a look she had become very familiar with. She turned her attention to Etor who also noticed the small interaction between the two.

“Alright, I need everyone to step out while we sew his head up.” Jonik pointed to the door. “It won’t take long. I’ll be right back.”

The group moved out of the room to go sit in the chairs in the waiting area. Maggie decided this was her best opportunity to get Jonik to give her a pregnancy test.

“Umm…Jonik, may I speak with for just a second?” Maybe it wasn’t such a good time after all. Jonik frowned at her as she stopped him.

“Can it wait?” he asked.

Yes, she definitely should have waited. “I’ll ask you later.” She turned away from him to go sit by the others, but felt a hand stop her.

“I apologize, Maggie. I shouldn’t have spoken to you that way.”

She tried to smile but failed. “It’s ok.”

“What did you need to speak with me about?”

Here it goes. She had no choice but to ask now. “Do you…do you have a way to tell if someone is pregnant?” She watched for his reaction and the one she was expecting.

Jonik
’s eyebrows drew in as he looked down at her. “Pregnancy test? Who needs a…” It hit him at that point. “You?”

She nodded. A smile spread across the medics face from ear to ear.

“Come this way,” he told her.

She followed him quickly into a small alcove where he pulled out a tiny needle.

“I just need a tiny bit of your blood and I can tell you.” He held out his hand for hers which she nervously put in his. He was so gentle with the needle she didn’t feel a thing. He pushed on her index finger to get the drop of blood he needed.

She watched as he let the drop fall into a tube then placed the tube in a machine that she had no idea how it worked. Ten seconds later the machine beeped and Jonik looked at the results. She held her breath as she waited.

Jonik turned back around and smiled at her. “Well, you are going to have the first Qeteran/Human baby.”

It sank in slowly. She was going to have a baby. Etor’s baby! “You’re sure?”

“I’m positive.”

Chapter 19

Etor couldn’t wait to get the hell out of the medical unit. He was tired of being poked and prodded by every medic that came into his room. Jonik forced him to stay in Vulmar’s ship’s medic
al unit to monitor him. He felt fine but understood how concerned his old friend had to be to keep him there. Head trauma was nothing to fool with and could kill a person before one knew it.

Jonik had to shave a small portion of his hair on the back on his head in order
to seal the wound caused by one of the numerous chairs that had sailed towards him and Thallan when his ship tilted. Thallan was in worse shape than he was because of the control panel that landed on top of him. Kharis was lucky to escape with only the gash on his face which he complained about.

He was supposed to be dis
charged soon and wondered where Maggie was. Jonik had asked her to take him down to the surface then directly home. Just because he was being let go didn’t mean he was clear to return to his work. Kharis had left the day before after tormenting Kelly to the point of her storming out of the medical until. He could understand and sympathize with his brother when it came to the female. Kharis had known the moment Kelly stepped off his ship that she was his true life mate. He also was sure Vulmar had found his by the way he looked at Hunter every time she was near him. What were the chances that all three of them found their true life mates? The gods would surely be smiling down at them if it were true.

“Ready to go?”

Maggie’s voice drug out him of his daydream. “More than ready! Let’s go.”

It felt wonderful to walk out the medic
al unit. He and his men had a close call with the Lephusans. If Vulmar hadn’t shown up when he did he fully believed he would be dead right now. Whatever weapon Ruehar had it was powerful enough to bring down the Arabis’ shields.

They boarded the shuttle heading down to the surface.
Hunter and Lexie were already on board waiting to return to the surface too. He noticed Kelly wasn’t on board so he asked Maggie about it.

“Where’s Kelly?”

“She went down to the surface yesterday after Kharis pissed her off. She wanted some time alone, so we told her to go ahead without us.”

“Wait a minute. You let Kelly go down without someone to escort her to the house?” he asked.

“Yes, why? Rhaegos is there. He’s been badgering me about when you were coming back.”

“By the gods! I forgot all about Rhaegos! Was he hurt during the battle?” He would never forgive himself if his beloved dragon friend had been injured and he was not there to console the beast.

“No, not really. Just a few scratches. Your brothers’ dragons are fine too.”

The shuttle came to life then eased out of the docking bay. The view from the shuttle was incredible. The debris from the battle had either floated away or had been cleared away. Qetera looked like its normal self as it sat suspended in the blackness of space. The ride to the surface took approximately twenty minutes. As the shuttle prepared to land Etor saw Rhaegos waiting. He breathed a sigh of relief at seeing the beast and knowing for himself that the dragon was fine.

He approached his dragon friend and reached out to touch him. Rhaegos lowered his big head and closed his eyes as Etor ran his hand over the dragon’s snout. Without warning, the dragon’s long tongue whipped out of its mouth and gave Etor a long, wet lick up his entire face.

“Ugh! Really Rhaegos?” He wiped his face with his good arm. “I love you too.” He patted Rhaegos’ snout again.

Behind him he could hear Maggie giggling. He turned to look at her then started to laugh along with her. The two most important things in his life were standing right by him. A surge of pride coursed through him when he realized the gods and goddesses had truly blessed him.

“Let’s go home,” he said.

Rhaegos dropped down low when he heard Etor.
Care for a ride?

Before he could even answer Maggie was trying to climb onto the dragon’s back. “Help me up Etor!”

How could he resist the look of joy on his mate’s face? She obviously loved Rhaegos almost as much as he did, so there was no way he would deny her the chance to ride the gigantic beast.

Come on old friend, help your mate up onto my back! 

He laughed as he lifted Maggie up by the waist and sat her gently on the provided harness seat. His getting up was going to be another matter. With only one good arm to pull himself up with he was more likely to slid off on the opposite side. He stood for several seconds pondering the best way to attempt getting on when he suddenly felt Rhaegos’ tail lightly tap his foot.

If I can be of any assistance
, Rhaegos puffed out a big cloud of smoke and waited for him to step onto his tail. When he did Rhaegos lifted his tail until he was even with Maggie. He slid his leg over the harness and positioned himself in a secure spot.

“Alright Rhaegos. Take us home!”

The dragon bent his knees low then jumped high into the air. His long wings stretched out to flap a few times as they rose above the city. From their vantage point, Etor was able to see the damage done to his city.

Several of the larger building were collapsed or barely standing. A fire still burned in the area that was once the market. He would
make sure that the fire was put out immediately when he arrived at his home. He was happy to see that the people of his city were already in the process of cleaning out the debris and preparing to rebuild.

His people’s devotion to him and his family left him with a feeling he couldn’t explain. Pride? Happiness? He didn’t know, but what he did know was this was the exact reason why he defended his planet and her inhabitants so fiercely. There was nothing he wouldn’t do to protect all of it and now that he had a mate, he had even more of a reason to fight for it.

As Rhaegos soared through the lavender sky, he wrapped his arm around Maggie’s waist. He spread his fingers out over her belly and rubbed the delicate skin beneath the clothing she wore. He bent forward to place a kiss on her neck then spoke into her ear.

“One day I hope to plant my seed in your belly and see you grow with my child.” He nuzzled her neck and the sensitive skin behind her ear.

“Well, my dear husband, your wish has already come true.”

He froze at her words. He turned her head so he could see her face. “Truly?”

Her smile set his heart on fire. She nodded her head quickly a couple of times. “Yes, truly! Jonik confirmed it for me.”

He was so happy that he nearly slid off Rhaegos’ back. He roared as loud as he could as the thought of being a father consumed him.

Ah, I see she told you!
Rhaegos chuckled as he dipped low to land near their home.

“You knew!” he stated to the dragon.

I knew from the moment it happened, but I am bound to keep the secret until the time came for your mate to reveal her news.
Rhaegos landed softly on the grass near the doors that led to their room.
I have some business I need to attend to, but I will hear you if you call for me.

“Where are you going,” Maggie asked after Etor set her firmly on the ground.

My kind has lost several of our best fighters. My father has asked that I come to help attend to the fallen
. Rhaegos lower his head in sorrow.

Etor was stunned to hear about the other dragons. Ruehar’s battle never should have reached the surface of his world. To lose one dragon was a great sorrow, but numerous ones?

“I will come with you,” he said.

No, you must remain here with your mate. This is something the dragons need to do in private. I will return when the deed is done.

“Be careful, Rhaegos. I will miss you while you are away,” Maggie reached for the head that was lowered to her. Her small hand rubbed the dragon’s cheek before she leaned in and placed a kiss on it.

He felt no jealousy as he watched his mate. She had accepted the great beast with no questions asked. He thought back to the first day she had seen Rhaegos and
how terrified she had been. But, she quickly took to the dragon. She had been amazed when she saw him in his normal size and was delighted. Her friend on the other hand was scared out of her mind.

What did the days ahead of him have in store? Was his planet truly free of the Lephusans? He doubted it. Would the gods see fit to let them live in peace? Only time would tell. For the time being he would rebuild his city and raise his child that grew in his mate’s belly.

Rhaegos jumped into the air and rose quickly out of sight. The pair stood there watching until the dragon was out of sight.

“Come, little one. I have something in store for you.” He smiled at her wickedly.

She raised one eyebrow at his command, “Oh really? And what might that be?”

He jerked her into his arms and covered her mouth with his. There was no forcing his way into her delicious mouth. She readily opened for him and kissed him back with as much fever as he kissed her. His hand found its way to the curve of her breast. He could feel her nipple was already puckered and hard, waiting for his caress. She sighed into his mouth as he ran a thumb over the delicate bud. He released her mouth.

“I suggest we take this inside or everyone in the city will see me take my wife right here out in the open.” He scooped her up into his arms and walked to their rooms, not even worrying about his arm.

He didn’
t even notice the mess that still lay on the floor from the Lephusans breaking into their home. Glass crunched under his feet. A cool breeze was coming in through the broken doors and filled the entire room. He glanced around the room then moved to the bedroom where he could lock them in and not fear that someone would see his mate’s glorious body.

Unceremoniously, he tossed her onto the bed then stripped out of his clothes
, wincing as his arm protested his recent activity. His cock was already hard and jutted out as soon as he released it from the confines of the pants that had become too tight. He fisted his cock a couple of times as he trained his eyes on Maggie. Her eyes were wide as she stared at his cock. Unconsciously, she ran her tongue over her lips which only succeeded in making him harder.

“I cannot wait any longer, my love. I have to sink my cock into your pussy. I need to feel you wrapped around me as we take our pleasure.”

Maggie moved off the bed and shed her clothing. She stood before him completely naked, waiting for him. “I want you too. I want to feel you move inside me.” She took his hand and led him to the edge of the bed. “Sit.”

Etor obeyed her command. He sat on the edge of their bed wondering what she was about to do. When she kneeled in between his massive thighs, he sucked in a sharp breath when he realized what she was about to do. Her tongue darted out to lap up the drop of pre-cum that seeped from his cock. He was transfixed as he watched his cock disappear into her mouth. Her hot, wet mouth felt wonderful on hi
s hard cock. She moved up and down along his cock as one of her hands cupped his balls.

By the gods, he wasn’t going to last long if she kept this up. She quickened her pace as she sucked hard on him. He could feel his release coming to surface as she continued to suck and lick his cock. She let go of his cock with a pop then began to torture the tip by swirling her tongue around the head. Every now and then her tongue flicked across the top whi
ch made him jump.

She smiled wickedly up at him as she covered his cock again with her mouth. It was such an erotic sight that he came immediately. His seed spurted into her mouth as wave after wave of pure pleasur
e traveled through him. His violet eyes never left her face she watched him until his orgasm was complete. His chest heaved and his hands shook as she licked him clean then stood up.

Her naked breasts bounced as she took a step closer to him and he could see the wetness between her thighs as
it traveled down her legs. She was more than ready for him and now was the time to sink into her depths. With his good arm he pulled her close until she was directly between his trembling thighs.  He took her mouth in a kiss that left them both breathless. She moved as his tongue swept through her mouth gathering her taste. Her legs straddled his waist as her pussy hovered above his thick cock.

She broke away from his kiss and said in husky, desired filled voice, “I love you.”

He let her take the lead. She reached for his cock and guided it to the entrance of her pussy. When she was satisfied the tip was breaching her entrance, she let her body slide down the full length of him until he was buried to the hilt inside her. She threw her head back and let out a moan so loud he was sure the entire house heard it. He wasn’t so innocent either as he felt the muscles of her pussy grab hold of his throbbing shaft, cradling it in its warmth.

Her small figure started t
o bounce up and down on him. His cock withdrew until just the tip was left in before she sank back down as hard as she could.

“By the gods, your pussy feels so good. I will never get enough of it!” He used his good arm to help her move above him. It wasn’t long before his balls drew up tight
ly against his shaft. At the same time he could feel her juices flowing as she became even wetter and hotter. He wanted her to seek her pleasure before he released again. Just when he thought he wouldn’t be able to last much longer, her muscles clenched down on him and squeezed as she came hard. Her cries of pleasure set off his own release. His seed spilled deep inside her until he was drained. He supported her with his arm as she fell limply against him as the last of her tremors coursed through her.