New Species 04 Justice (21 page)

“Roll over. I want to curl against your back.”

She hated to release him but did as he’d asked. His arm slid under her head to

cushion it, the other arm wrapped around her waist and he dragged her flush against

his body until they were firmly spooned.

“I like this,” she admitted.

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“Are you cold? Should I cover us with the sheet?”

“It’s a nice night and you put off a lot of heat. I’m comfortable. Are you?”

“Very.” He breathed on her neck and nuzzled her bare shoulder. “I enjoy this.”

“Me too. That’s why I vote we do this again in the near future.”

His arm around her waist tensed. “It’s best for both of us if we don’t, Jessie. I don’t

trust myself with you. You make me go a little crazy from wanting you. I would scare

you if I let go of my inhibitions completely and acted on how you make me feel.”

She frowned, wishing he would give up his iron control. “I don’t want to fight with

you but you’re being way too protective. Nothing you’ve said so far is making me leery

unless there’s something else you’re not saying.”

“When I come inside you, I want to shout out. It was so hard to fight the urge this

time.”

“People make sounds when they have sex.” She grinned. “I make lots of them if

you’ll remember. I happen to like the ones you make.”

Jessie suddenly turned in his arms to twist onto her back and hooked her legs over

his curved thighs. Her palm found and caressed the side of his face before running her

fingernails through his hair to massage his scalp. A soft purr filled the room.

“Yeah. I like the sounds you make. That’s sexy to me. You have to see me

sometimes since I’m working and living at Homeland, right? I’m warning you now that

I’m not going to let this go, Justice. It would be another story if I didn’t believe that you were really attracted to me and that this could possibly go somewhere. That’s not the

case though. You’re spooked and it’s because you care, isn’t it?”

His body tensed and the purr deepened into a slight growl.

“Yeah. That’s what I thought.

“Jessie,” he rasped, “I’m sorry but this is the last night we can spend together. I

have a long list of reasons in my head besides the ones I’ve mentioned.”

She bit her lip and sighed. “You’re just upset right now. You’ll change your mind,

and when you do, you know where I am.”

“You would face danger being associated with me. We can’t do this again.”

She wiggled her ass against his thighs, could feel his cock respond by hardening,

growing thicker. She smiled into the darkness. His mouth might say one thing but his

body and hers were right in tune.

“Okay,” she said to placate him. He was a big ole worrier but she’d deal with that

later. Her immediate goal was to make love to him. Maybe after a few dozen times he’d

get over his me-big-strong-Species-you-fragile-human-woman bullshit. She managed

not to laugh at that analysis. “We’ll talk later.”

Her other hand opened on his belly. She wished he was flat on his back and she

could touch more of his body. She traced his bellybutton, dipped her fingers lower and

used her nails to lightly scratch him. Justice growled.

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She turned to her side, ground her ass against him and pressed her back to his chest

until no space remained between them. She loved the heat he put off. With his body

wrapped around hers and his arm firmly around her waist it had never felt more right

to be in someone’s arms.

She inhaled the wonderful scent that was Justice and listened to him purr.
I’m falling
in love
, she admitted.
Hard and fast
. The memory of skydiving flashed in her mind. The fear of stepping out of the plane had been overwhelming but she’d wanted to fly. She’d

taken the plunge then spread her arms and dived headfirst without hesitation. Justice

beat that experience any day and she wanted to take the plunge again. A broken heart

had to be a better risk to take than a chute not opening, and far less dangerous.

The twitch of the hard length of his cock that was trapped between them pulled her

away from her thoughts. The decision wasn’t difficult to make—it was that simple. She

ran her hand down to his hip, slid it back and cupped his firm ass. He purred before

softly cursing.

“Damn it, female. Stop doing that.”

She wiggled, suggestively rolled her hips and gripped his wrist. He didn’t resist

when she lifted it and laid it over her breast. Her hand slid up, covered the back of his and squeezed, forcing his fingers to close around the mound. Jessie ground her ass

against his now-straining cock, turned her head to expose her neck to his mouth and

licked her lips to wet them. Her body didn’t need any foreplay. She was primed to go

and ached to have him inside her again. The memory of his tongue doing wonderful

things to her clit and the way he’d felt fucking her was enough to take her there

already.

“Take me again,” she whispered. “I need you, Justice. Don’t deny me this.”

His hand massaged her breast without her help this time. “Damn it, Jessie.” His lips

brushed her exposed throat and his hips moved, rocking slowly against hers.

“Yes,” she moaned.

“Hold still. We’ll go slow.”

Jessie spread her thighs and refused to obey his order or to take it slow. He was too

careful, thought too damn much, and she wanted him to let go. She wanted the real

Justice, the man who growled and snarled, who wanted to get loud during sex. She

released the back of his hand, reached between her legs and wrapped her fingers

around his rigid shaft.

“Jessie,” he growled.

“Fuck me, baby. Hard, fast. Give it to me.”

She used her leg hooked over his thigh to tilt her hips, guided the crown of his cock

to rub along the seam of her pussy, rolled her hips as she found the right spot and used

the leverage she had to join them. The feel of being stretched, taken by him, spiked her

desire.

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Teeth suddenly gripped the top of her shoulder when Justice bit down on her skin

hard enough to send a jolt straight to her groin. He didn’t break the skin but it was a

fine line between pleasure and pain. Jessie moaned louder but the sharp points jerked

away as he released her with his fangs.

“Hold still,” he snarled.

“No.” She used her free hand to grab the arm pillowing her head to gain traction

and bucked her hips frantically, forcing him to move inside her. She increased the pace

and pulled with her hand on his ass to take his cock deeper. “Don’t torture me,” she

panted. “Forget slow.”

Justice made a scary sound—a deep, vicious snarl—and his teeth clamped down on

her shoulder again. The feel of his bite didn’t hurt but it amped her passion higher.

Pleasure shot through her body and his hand gripped her hip in a tight hold. She

thought he might use his grip to still her hips but she was never happier to be wrong.

Justice drove his cock into her deeply, his hips rocked faster and pounded against

her ass hard enough to shake the bed and slam the headboard into the wall. Jessie

couldn’t think. She was too caught up in ecstasy and the erotic feel of him keeping hold

of her shoulder with his teeth. He didn’t slow, didn’t stop and her muscles tightened in

anticipation of the pending climax.

Justice drove into her over and over—fast, hard, deep. He angled his dick a little, hit

a spot that made her see stars and he seemed to know it. He kept dragging the crown of

his cock against it, not going as deep as before and that did it. Jessie threw her head

back against his shoulder and came hard. Her lips parted and she barely registered that

she’d screamed.

His teeth tore away from her skin, the hold on her hip tightened and he followed

her over. Hot jets of semen filled her. She could feel every drop as her vaginal muscles

milked him. A thunderous roar nearly deafened her, her ear too close to his mouth.

They panted in the aftermath, his hold on her eased and his fingers massaged her

hip. Jessie wanted to laugh but couldn’t muster the strength. That was the Justice she’d

wanted to see. Her hearing might not ever be the same in that ear but it was worth it.

She grinned.

A hot, wet tongue licked her shoulder and she opened her eyes to stare into the

dark room. He was so sweet. First he was rubbing the slightly sore spot from where

he’d kept hold of her and now he was using his mouth to soothe the area he’d clamped

his teeth over. It was a bit weird but not unpleasant. She could get used to it.

“That was the best sex ever,” she murmured. “I like you licking me but if you want

to take requests for locations where I’d enjoy that tongue more, just let me know.”

He stopped lapping her skin and his breathing had slowed. “I’m cleaning your

wound. Damn it, Jessie, this is why we can’t be together. It was the best sex ever but

I’ve hurt you.”

“What wound?” She turned her head but couldn’t see a thing.

“I bit into your shoulder.” He sounded sad. “I’m sorry, honey. Doesn’t it hurt?”

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“No. It can’t be too bad. Don’t worry about it.” She could live with a little love bite.

She’d enjoyed it.

He tensed. “Don’t worry about it? I bit you, damn it. I drew blood.”

Loud alarms sounded in the distance and Justice cursed.

“It’s okay,” she murmured, a little surprised that she was bleeding but it didn’t

hurt. “It’s probably just a car alarm.”

“It’s not.” He withdrew his still-hard cock from her body and rolled her onto her

stomach to free his arm from under her head so quickly that she gasped. The bed

moved as his weight left it. “They heard us at the security gate.”

Light blinded her when he turned on the lamp on the nightstand. She waited for

her vision to adjust. She could only stare as Justice jerked his boxers up his hips, bent and came up with his belongings clutched in his hand.

Anger radiated off him. “Jump into the shower right now or they’ll smell me all

over you.”

Jessie sat up. “I don’t care if someone knows.”

“I do. Don’t allow them into your room when they come to the door or they’ll smell

me in here too. Tell them you were in the shower and didn’t hear anything when they

ask you questions. Move it, damn it. You have about three minutes or less before they

arrive. They have master keys to all the homes and will come in if you don’t get the

door.”

He walked to her window and yanked it open. Jessie watched him in astonishment

while he shoved at the screen with an elbow to force it out of the way and stepped over

the windowsill. He reached back inside, pulled the window closed and pushed the

screen back into place hard enough that it made the window rattle. He stepped away

from the window and disappeared into the darkness. Her mind shifted into gear.

“Damn it,” Jessie hissed, nearly falling out of the bed in her haste to rush to the

bathroom. She tried real hard not to feel hurt.

Oh, it hurts so don’t bother to deny it
. It was clear he didn’t want anyone to know about them. Was he embarrassed by her? She flipped on the light, lunged for the

shower stall and didn’t bother to adjust the temperature as she stepped under the

strong spray of icy water.

“Son of a bitch,” she hissed, grabbed the bottle of body wash and dumped out

nearly half of it to rub furiously on her skin. “Men! I can’t believe this. What an ass.”

She paused, wondering why she was doing what he’d asked. He might have a

problem with people knowing they’d slept together but she didn’t. The cold water beat

down on her, she shivered and cursed again.

A burning sensation made her wince and she twisted her head enough to locate the

source. Red from the noticeable bite marks mingled with the water. She could see the

punctures from his fangs and a red outline of his front, flatter teeth. She turned her

shoulder into the water, washed off the soap irritating it and the burning stopped.

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Maybe that’s why he didn’t want anyone to know they’d slept together. Justice

North, the mighty face of New Species, had lost his composure enough to sink his teeth

into one human. The press would run with a story that big, make it in to some kind of

nasty, twisted scenario the way they usually did and there would be hell to pay.

“Shit!” She turned off the water, stepped out and grabbed a towel to dry off as fast

as possible.

A bottle of perfume she’d unpacked sat on the counter and caught her attention.

She never worn the stuff, her father had handed it to the checker while they’d been

paying for her new clothes. Maybe it wasn’t as useless as she’d thought. New Species

hated artificial smells and it would mask Justice’s scent. She dropped the towel,

grabbed the box and tore it open as she rushed into her bedroom.

She gagged a little as she heavily sprayed the floral perfume into the air around her,

closed her eyes and stepped into it so it misted down her body. She couldn’t get her

bandage wet and the Species had amazing noses. They might pick something up from

her hair but now they’d just pick up the scent of gardenias.

“Yuk. If that doesn’t mask his scent, nothing will.”

She tossed the bottle on the bed, quickly dressed in the clothes she’d taken off