Passionate Desire (7 page)

“We don’t know how far that ship is.” She didn’t have a problem with his demand. Anything to help those people. “What if it is only minutes away?”

He turned the sound back on. “Have you contacted the race?”

“Yes. They are two weeks out. Sir, if we don’t help them they could all die. Their ship was hit with a blast that is venting their atmosphere.” He sent the stats over to their ship. Heather put them up on the main screen. “They have about twelve hours of air left. If we head there at max speed we could be helping them in three hours and be back here in twelve.”

Storm kept his features clear but she knew he was feeling cornered. She touched his mind softly.
You can turn this so you won’t lose face. I’ve seen you do it.

“Doctor, it isn’t our normal procedure to help others, but we also can’t ignore people in need. We’ve been making strides to work with the people in this galaxy and this is our next step.” He reset their coordinates to take them to the ship in distress. “You are in charge of this. They are not to know any other ships are with you.”

“Of course.” He breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank you, sir.”

“You’re welcome.” He turned the screen off and looked at his mate. “The uniform?”

She gave him a sultry smile. “Thought you’d want to take it off me.”

****

Kuarto headed back to the truck. Placing his gear in the bed of his vehicle, he turned and waited for Toki. The way she worked with that girl while he was gone was wonderful. She joined him a few moments later. “Aswee?”

“I know, she wanted a name and that was all I could come with.”

He opened the passenger door for her. “Hope you don’t mind but the next stop is a bit tricky to get to so I’d rather drive.”

“That’s fine.” She climbed into the cab. “Maybe I could drive again later?”

“I should be able to arrange that as long as we can keep to the schedule I have set.” He started it up and headed toward the mountains that loomed ahead. “How did you know how to make the doll?”

“My uncle taught me.” She grabbed his arm. “I have an uncle.”

“Remember anything else?” Bits and pieces were coming to her so she should get her memory back, but he didn’t know what it would take for her to get everything to return.

“Um, no.” She watched the scenery whiz by. “The moment I realize I remember something it all goes away.”

“Don’t try so hard to remember next time. We’ll have to come up with a series of questions that might stimulate your memory more than shut everything down.”

“Where are we going anyway?”

“To the mines. This planet is rich in slyostica.”

“Never heard of that.”

“It’s a crystal used in most of Earth’s replicating technology.” He pointed to a small black hole in the side of the mountain. “We go in there and travel down several miles. You’re not afraid of small places are you?”

“Don’t know.” She watched as the hole grew bigger. “Guess I’ll find out pretty soon, won’t I?”

He grinned. “Sure will.” He steered the truck closer to cavern opening, working his way through the tight walls of the ravine that led to the cave he had to park the truck in.

His mind started to wander on him. Kuarto had to shake his head to get his focus back. Weird sensations began to overpower him. He felt strong desire flow though him. Crap. They were at it again and it was broad daylight for him.

He tried to fight it but found himself overwhelmed.

“Take the wheel.” Kuarto felt the beginning of her orgasm and he was in the middle of maneuvering his truck into the tight space of a ravine. He was losing touch with what he was doing because of them.

Toki looked at him. “What?”

“Now, do it now.” His eyes rolled up into the back of his head.

“What the –” She didn’t have time to react to anything else. Grabbing the steering wheel, she tried to level it back off so they wouldn’t hit a canyon wall.

Chapter 3

Storm stepped up to Heather. “Each time you challenge me like that I try to teach you not to do it in front of other people. Yet you never seem to learn.”

“Guess I’m just a little hard headed.” She watched him, noting his eyes were filled with desire for her.

“A little?” He walked behind her and brushed her hair away from her throat. “You’re as hardheaded as I am hard for you all the time.”

“Really? You sure you’re not just a little harder?” She reached back and rubbed her hand across his crotch. The uniform might hide what was there but she knew better.

“Woman.” His mouth just inches from her neck. His breath stirred the delicate hairs on her throat. “I guess I’ll just have to teach you another lesson in obedience.” He released the collar area of her uniform so he could nuzzle her throat like he loved to do. “You do seem to enjoy them.”

“Almost as much as you enjoy teaching me.” She tried to turn so she could face him.

“Sorry, but you have no say in what happens. That’s part of your punishment.” He eased the seal of her suit down further to where he could see the soft tissue of her breasts rise and fall with each excited breath. “You will just stand there and take it like a woman. My woman.”

She could only lick her lips in anticipation.

His teeth grazed the soft tissue near her collar bone. “I want you to move to the chair.”

Heather didn’t want to move. Her body quivered in anticipation. Then he stopped. She looked up at him in confusion.

“Move to the chair and I will continue, but until then nothing.” She reached for him and he stepped out of the way. “I mean it.”

So he wanted to prove a point. She walked to the chair and straddled it. Feet planted firmly on either side. Then she planted her hands on her hips and turned back to give him another sultry look.

He was pleased by her movement, yet he hadn’t taken a step toward her. What was he waiting for? A sigh escaped her.

“Bored, my heart?”

“With you, never, just trying to figure out your strategy.” She stood there, proud and waiting. “You always have one when I overstep my boundaries.”

“True.” He did move closer then. “And you always seem to forget your place.”

“I never forget that.” He always fought these things even when he knew she was right.

“Then why do you question me when you know you shouldn’t?” He stepped up to her, his face inches from hers.

“Was I wrong to bring up the information I did?” He used these tactics on others and they were always frightened, but she knew he did it to show his frustration. Storm would never hurt her. “Do you truly believe we should have left those people to their own devices?”

“No.” He backed off a bit.

“Did I say anything while you spoke to the doctor?” At least he was admitting the truth now. “Did they see me touch you?”

“I doubt it.” He moved around her. “I have the cameras angled a certain way in case they were to try to contact us while we were engaged.”

“Then why the anger?” She marveled at how he thought of everything to make sure her modesty stayed intact. “Have I ever done anything to make you look bad in the eyes of any other Vespian? Haven’t I always been the good little mate who never questions her man? At least not in public. Why don’t you trust me to do what is right when it is right?”

“I do.” He moved close enough to touch her heart. “You make me feel things I have never thought possible. I fear that all you need to do is look at me a certain way and I will crumble at your feet and it won’t matter who sees.”

“Storm.” She touched his face, understanding his confusion and wishing she could erase it. “That is what love does to you. I know the word love doesn’t translate into Vespian very well but it is the only word I can come up with. It grips you hard and makes you realize that nothing matters more than the happiness of the one you care for. I gave up all I knew to be with you because of the love I have for you.”

“My father was always a strong man. I never saw any weakness in the way he dealt with my mother.” He still saw his feelings as a weakness. She needed to get him to see it wasn’t.

“Love makes you strong, not weak.” She unsealed his uniform so she could touch his heart. The heat of his chest penetrated her hand. “It just changes you so much you fear what is happening. And that is what drives your anger, fear.”

His golden eyes gazed into her soft violet ones. She could see the emotions at war with one another. He had been raised to always be in control, but so had she. She had learned to lock her feelings away after she had heard enough of the cruel things that were said to her because she was so different. That training came in handy now. She could talk to him without letting emotions get in the way. Hopefully, make him see love was a glorious thing, not something to fear.

“You have accepted everything so easily. How?” He used his other hand to touch her face. His fingers brushed her cheeks before they wrapped around the back of her neck.

“Because I don’t show my emotions. I keep it all locked up inside. That’s why I can put up with you so well.”

That brought a snort out of him. His other hand eased the seam of her uniform open all the way down. She mimicked his move.

“Would you have left your world if they hadn’t ordered you to?”

“Now that isn’t a fair question. I knew you maybe a day or two. The question is whether or not I planned on going back home once the treaty was signed.”

“Did you?” She saw that slight spark of fear enter his eyes when he asked that question.

“What do you think?” She had eased his uniform open enough that she could wrap her hand around his hard member. “Did I ever once say anything that would make you think I would want to leave you?”

“No.” He tilted his head back and closed his eyes at the contact. “But you weren’t given much choice.”

“That’s because I chose to stay.”

He opened his eyes as he studied her face. She never kept anything from him, especially now that they could share parts of their thoughts. Their bond grew stronger every day and soon he’d be able to access anything he wanted.

He pulled her face to his and captured her mouth, his tongue pressing for entrance which she gave gladly. His need to dominate was so strong she could taste it in his kiss. Her uniform gone, his hands traveled up and down her body, touching and playing in all the right places to bring her arousal to a white hot flame.

Her body quaked with need and her hand shook just trying to remove his uniform. She couldn’t do it with the same quick precision he did.

He picked her up, cradling her to his chest. Storm moved to the command chair and sat down. From the way his leg muscle moved she was sure his foot pressed a metal pedal. A slight hiss of air and he grinned down at her. Gently, he laid her on the footrest which had now risen to be level with the seat. The back of the chair slid down and back, giving Storm a comfortable place to kneel.

He lifted her legs so he was in between them, then surged into her. The angles built into the chair put her hips at just the right spot. She didn’t need to angle herself to allow him better penetration. He went in deep and her body shook.

“Storm.” It was all she could say before everything shattered around her. Wow, that didn’t take long. That white hot flame consumed her, burning away everything but the joy of her release. Her body gripped him, causing delicious shivers to race through his blood as he continued to move in and out of her. Another wave started to hit her with his movements. She arched against him as this one crested and carried her away.

He pumped faster, his breath coming out in harsh gasps. “My heart.” And he lost control. He pushed into her deeper and faster, his legs jerking a little as his orgasm grabbed him and sent him soaring. He lay on top of her, his heart beating hard. He placed soft kisses on her eyes, her cheeks then took her lips with his in a long leisurely kiss. “We’re taking this chair home with us.”

She laughed, a deep throaty laugh that had him getting hard again. “You sure it’s the chair and not the mind sharing?”

“Oh, the mind sharing has something to do with it.” He nibbled on her throat. “But this chair made everything fit perfectly. Even now, I’m at an angle so I don’t have to break contact for me to play with certain parts of your body I couldn’t reach before.”

“You calling me short again?” She gave him a mock glare. “I could start calling you giant man.”

He pushed himself up on his elbows and grinned. “I like that. Everyone will know how large I am.”

“Not what I meant.” His mouth closed on one peak and brought an “Oh” out of her.

“See?” He licked it, watching it pebble up under his ministrations. “Before I had to leave the warmth of your body to pay homage to your breasts.”

“I think I do,” she said, her voice slightly breathless. She was beginning to like the chair too.

****

“Why didn’t you tell me you had a medical condition?” Toki yelled at his unconscious form. Fear gripped her as she struggled to maneuver the truck. She cringed as she scraped the left wall. He wasn’t going to be happy about that. “Damn it, wake up! I can’t do this alone.”

He started to come to, although still dazed for a few seconds. The moment he saw a large rock formation looming ahead and the fact they were heading right for it, he jerked the wheel to the right and moved the truck out of the way.

“Pull over,” she shouted at him over the noise of the engine.

“What?”

“Pull over.” She pulled the wheel enough to get him to find a safe place and stop.

“What is wrong with you?” He glared at her.

“With me?” She grabbed his hand and placed it over her heart. “You feel that? That’s a heart beating in fear. Why didn’t you tell me you had a medical condition that could incapacitate you at any moment?”

“I wish it was that easy.” He turned the engine off. He stared out at the rocky horizon. “I have suddenly picked up some sort of mind meld.”

“How would that cause you to black out the way you did? Your eyes rolled up into the back of your head. Scared me half to death.”

“The meld only happens when the couple’s being intimate. Right at the moment they have an orgasm I’m invited to attend. Can’t fight it. Believe me, I’ve tried. Most of the time it happens early to late evening so there is no real danger. I’m assuming it has something to do with their planet’s cycle. It’s never happened this early.”