3013: MATED (3013: The Series) (11 page)

“I think the bond your race
creates—”

“Your race as well,” Thorn
corrected her. “You are one of us now.”

“Yes, I am, aren’t I?” She smiled
at them. “I think the bond you created with me started when you came inside me
that first time. When I had sex with you and Galan—”

Xavier growled. “We made love to
our mate.”

She rolled her eyes. “I wasn’t
your mate yet. But you made me so when you filled me with your cum.”

“Aye, we filled you,” Xavier
growled, his glowing silver eyes burning even brighter as he remembered back to
that first time he took her. He was having trouble thinking as their mate
stroked his straining flesh. He was delighted at the pleasure she took from
touching him and Thorn, and he would always welcome her hands on him. Feeling
the enjoyment she took from having her hand on him had a rush sweeping through
him that brought him closer to the point of climax.

He had underestimated her talent
as an empath, and he didn’t know if she understood how that power had grown
when they had converted her. Instead of simply absorbing the emotions coming
from him and Thorn, she was merging those feelings with her own and sending them
back to them through their bond tenfold.

“We have never released our seed
into any other female we have taken over these long years before you,” Thorn
explained, his thought clouded with the need for release. He sucked his breath
in harshly as Alexis’ grip tightened on him.

“It’s bad form to speak of
sleeping with another woman when I have my hands on your junk,” she growled
viciously at Thorn, making him wince.

“I did not mean it like that, my
love.”

Logic told her it was true, but
she didn’t care. She was determined to make it so they couldn’t even think
about another woman while they were with her. She stroked them harder, moving
up and down their thick shafts with ruthless determination. “Your pleasure
belongs to me now,” she snarled.

“Aye, mate,” Xavier growled back.

“It does,” Thorn swore.

Primal need filled her now. She
wanted, needed to show them that they were hers just as she belonged to them.
In a shocking display of possession, she worked her hands back and forth faster
until she coaxed their climax from them so their hot seed shot onto her
stomach, coating her with their essence. They growled in unison as their cocks
swelled and both Xavier and Thorn palmed their own shafts around hers, helping
to milk every drop from them as they let her control their pleasure.

Emotions converged inside her and
she felt overloaded. Stars burst behind her eyes as she felt her own orgasm
rock her body, her clit pulsing with each spurt of their cum so they came
together in glorious release. The pearly liquid ran down her body, mixing with
the water pouring over her as shame struck. She pulled her hands away, but
before she could turn from them Xavier took her mouth in a brutal kiss.

“You have nothing to feel
shame for, little one. Our pleasure does belong to you and I have no issue with
you showing us whenever you wish,”
Xavier said through their bond.

She pulled away and leaned her
head on his broad chest. “I know, but I shouldn’t have done it like that…in
anger. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I keep acting like a bitch and I
can’t seem to control it.”

Thorn gently pulled her from
Xavier’s arms and wrapped her in his strong embrace. “Your emotions are
heightened by your empathic powers. I should have never mentioned other females
when we were sharing time together like this. We would have reacted the same
way if you had mentioned being with other males.”

As a growl tore from Xavier,
Thorn raised a brow. “See what I mean?”

Alexis laughed as she wrapped her
arms around Thorn’s waist, needing his warmth. Xavier turned off the water and
Thorn lifted her, carrying her from the shower. They dried her slowly, enjoying
the simple task as they explained how her empathic abilities would be difficult
to handle until she relearned how to control them again.

“I just don’t understand why I
got so mad,” she said with a huff of breath.

“Your dragon spirit is part of
you now. Your animal side will not allow any to come between you and your
mates,” Xavier said easily.

Oh, for the love of…

“Is this something else you
forgot to mention? Dragon spirit?”

“Aye, my love. As we are Dragon
Warriors, you now also possess the ability to shift into your dragon form,”
Thorn explained.

“This is also information I could
have used earlier!” Alexis tried slapped her palm against her forehead, only
Xavier caught her arm before she could make contact.

“Do not strike yourself!” he
growled down at her.

“I wasn’t going to hurt myself,”
she growled back, jerking her arm from him then she threw both of her hands in
the air. “And I just realized I’m growling now, too! You guys really suck at
sharing information!”

Xavier suddenly laughed. “You are
a delight to me, mate. As we have never mated before, there is much to
learn…for all of us.”

She smiled. “I guess you’re
right.”

They got dressed and walked into
the living room of the suite where Galan and Brydan were sitting waiting for
her. She loved how she immediately had all her mates attention as if they
couldn’t wait to see her.

“It is because we cannot,” Galan
said as he rose from his seat to kiss her.

Shit, she would have to remember
that mind reading thing now.

Galan chuckled against her lips
then she was pulled away and swept up into Brydan’s embrace. He growled as his
mouth crushed down on hers and she opened for him immediately, allowing his
tongue to delve deep.

“I have not come in my pants
since I was a youngling,” Brydan growled as he set her back on her feet.

“You…what?” Her eyes widened as
her gaze dropped down to look at the bulge in his pants. All four of the males
had dressed in their standard black leather pants and she could see that
Brydan’s impressive erection was still swollen within the confines of his pants.

“Aye, I am still hard and aching
for you, Lexie. And you will soon see to it for real and not just with your
mind next time,” Brydan said.

Galan took possession of her
again and sat down at the table with her in his lap. “Your bond with us is
strong, sweetling. When you were pleasuring our brothers our minds were
connected and you fed us your passion so it felt as if you were stroking us as
well.”

“Oh wow,” Alexis breathed out.
Obviously, Thorn and Xavier were right about her powers being out of control.
She would have to relearn how to control her gifts, but how cool was it that
she could make her mates come in another room simply from sharing her own
pleasure with them? It was amazing. But making Brydan and Galan come in their
pants…she should feel bad about that, shouldn’t she?

Galan leaned down and nipped at
her ear with his teeth making her shudder. “You seem to enjoy the power you
have over us, mate. Perhaps we need to show you how we control your pleasure as
well.”

Alexis’ desire to have Galan show
her exactly what he was talking about was halted as Thorn, Brydan and Xavier
sat down at the table with them. “Nay, not yet. Our mate needs to eat and then
we need to start our journey,” Thorn warned.

Brydan growled with impatience
then settle himself as he leaned forward to pick up a strawberry and held it to
her lips. She took his offering and moaned as the fresh flavor burst over her
taste buds. Suddenly realizing how hungry she was, she looked at the platters
of food covering the table with greedy eyes.

“You did not eat last night and
we worked you hard last eve,” Galan said as he lifted a piece of roasted
chicken to her lips.

“You need to eat more,” Brydan
agreed.

Alexis felt herself blush at his
reference as she chewed. “I didn’t realize how hungry I was until I saw all
this food. This isn’t exactly breakfast fare though.”

“I believe we ordered enough,”
Galan said with a gleam of amusement in his eyes. “We need to keep up our
strength now that we have a mate to please.”

Brydan and Galan had laid out a
feast while she had been busy with Thorn and Xavier in the shower. The Alliance
had made sure to house several restaurants in the lower levels of the building
that provided delivery service to any visitors staying in the suites. The food
provided by the establishments were top-quality, and there was a wide selection
that would cater to an assortment of tastes of the visiting aliens.

From the mass amount of food laid
out on the table, Galan and Brydan had apparently ordered something from each
of the restaurants. There were large platters of several different types of
meats, freshly baked bread, cheese and other delicacies on the table. Off to
the side there was even a tray of flaky pastries that looked so good they made
Alexis’ mouth water.

She watched with sheer amazement
as Xavier, Thorn, Galan and Brydan began to devour the food, with Brydan and
Galan taking turns feeding her. It felt decadent to have her mates feed her,
but she simply let herself enjoy the meal being provided for her and consumed
enough to sate her hunger. When she told them she was full all four males
frowned at her then proceeded to finish off the rest of the food.

While they ate, her mates had
told her about all the exotic planets they had visited over their long years of
travel. They spoke of far off worlds where only animals roamed. They told her
of a planet where female warriors ruled and they’d had to escape from being
captured as breeders by using their magic. There were planets where hostile
enemies laid in wait, wanting nothing to do with visitors. There were also
various worlds of shifters, of other magical beings that didn’t travel the
stars yet. It still amazed her that she would be able to see those locations
with her own eyes soon. Thinking about that reminded her of something Thorn
said earlier.

“Thorn?”

Immediately she had his full
attention. “Aye, my love?”

“You mentioned a journey earlier.
Were you, or I should say, are we going to be leaving Earth soon?”

Thorn smiled at her. “Nay, mate.
We will stay here long enough for you to settle what you need before we leave.
I was speaking of our need to journey to open land soon.”

“We need to let our dragons
free,” Xavier added. “We always take the opportunity when we are on a planet’s
surface to roam the land in our dragon forms since we cannot do so on board our
ship.”

Alexis’ eyes brightened with
interest. She couldn’t wait to see them in their dragon forms. “There is a
place I would love to take you guys. It’s called Crystal Cove. There is a large
clearing and a waterfall. I’ve only been there a few times when I patrolled the
area when I was in still in the Academy.  It’s absolutely beautiful, but it’s
near the border of the badlands so it could be dangerous.”

Brydan snorted at that then his
eyes narrowed. “Do you honestly think we would ever let any harm come to you?”

Through their bond she could feel
that she had offended all of them with her warning. That wasn’t her intention
at all. Warning them of the dangers had simply been her first reaction at the
thought of venturing so close to the badlands. The Alliance didn’t have a
stronghold in certain areas outside of the major cities and it was more
difficult to regulate what went on there. Due to that, the badlands were a
haven for rebels and others who didn’t believe in living by Alliance rules and
regulations. Alexis relaxed in Galan’s arms, known full well that her four
mates would never let anything happen to her. She smiled. “Of course not. I
apologize for even suggesting such a thing.”

“You find this amusing, mate?”
Xavier growled, even as his eyes glowed bright with amusement.

“I don’t know what you are
talking about,” she teased. “Let me call into my commander and have him clear a
flight path for us. I wouldn’t want any soldiers taking shots at us when they
see us flying overhead.”

After Galan reluctantly released
her, she got up and went to grab her wrist unit from the bedroom where she’d
left it. “I can’t wait to ride a dragon through the skies,” she called out over
her shoulder with a laugh.

“We would be happy to have you
ride one of us, mate,” Thorn said. “But why would you want to do that when you
could fly yourself?”

She stumbled over her own feet as
she spun around to gape at them. Well, hell, she had completely forgotten about
that part of the change. Alexis couldn’t imagine being able to shape-shift into
another form, and the mere thought was both exhilarating and terrifying. “Umm,
yeah. Forget I said that.”

Inside the bedroom she found that
one of her mates had picked up her dress and wrist unit where they had been
left on the floor. The dress now lay draped over a chair and the write unit had
been carefully placed on her dresser. It made her smile to see how they had
taken care of her things when she had been beyond thinking about it last night
when they had taken her to bed.

Attaching the wrist unit she
logged in and brought up the screen to place a call then hesitated. Remembering
that she now had glowing eyes, she ordered, “Video off. Contact Commander
Spartan, audio only.”

“Spartan.”

“Commander—” she said as soon as
he answered and wasn’t surprised when he cut her off.

“What the hell happened last
night, Lex? And why the fuck is your video off? Are you in trouble? Is
something wrong?”

She couldn’t help but smile as he
barked out his questions and knew the harsh rasp of his voice was only because
he was worried about her. Once you were under Jax Spartan’s protection he took
it very seriously. “I’m fine, Jax.”

“I do not like the way he is
speaking to you,” Xavier growled from the doorway.