Prime Deliverance (Katieran Prime Series (Book Five)) (16 page)

“TarAK! What are you doing?” She ran to his side and tried pulling his arm away from AtOM.

“He touched you,” he growled with a deep voice.

She had never seen him like this. “He was comforting me. I was upset and crying.”

TarAK actually bared his teeth at the other male. AtOM paled as he struggled to breathe. “You made her cry?”

“Of course he didn’t. I had just seen my father and things didn’t go well. I started crying and AtOM was being my friend and comforting me. That’s all.”

TarAK loosened his grip on the other male as he lowered him to the ground. He turned to AriELa and breathed in her scent.
Mine
. He lifted her into his arms and carried her to his sleeping quarters. He was obsessed with needing to get her away from the other males.

“Let me go, TarAK!” She pushed at his arms and chest uselessly. He was in protective mode and was not going to be reasoned with. It was a scary sight. Males in the corridor jumped out of his way.

With his long legs it didn’t take long to reach the quarters he shared with another security liaison. When he entered the room, he looked at the other male. “Leave now!” he ordered him.

“Oh Kitana!” The other male practically leaped across the room to get out the door.

“Was that necessary?” AriELa asked as she was dumped on top of his bed.

“I plan to rip every piece of clothing from your body, then lick you from your toes to your eyelids. He needed to leave before that happened.”

Sexual images bombarded her as he described what he was going to do to her. Her breathing became heavy and she felt her lower lips quivering in need.

“Oh Goddess,” she whispered.

*****

ConEL wanted desperately to hold his daughter, but guilt ate away at him. She would never forgive him when she learned the truth. He could have escaped so many times over the years. He remained a prisoner to look after his mate and his son. When his mate died, a part of him died as well. His will for living was gone, but he continued for his son. He couldn’t leave him. AriELa would be devastated to know he chose his son over her.

AriELa, my Goddess she was so beautiful. Just like her mother. Except, she had
his
blue eyes. His son had his dead mate’s beautiful, green eyes. Tears no longer fell from his eyes. They had long ago dried up. Tears didn’t help anything. He could only pray to the Goddess KatieRI that whichever male claimed AriELa, they would give her the comfort and love that was no longer within him to give.

He worried about his son. What damage had the years of captivity done on someone so young. He was glad to know that AriELa would take him in. The young was safe with her.

A sound from his digital tablet alerted him that his query was found. It was time to make his enemies pay.

Chapter Eighteen

“Another male had his hands on you. I need to be inside of you.” He jerked out of the uniform top exposing his golden skin beneath.

AriELa licked her lips. She should say no. Make a dash to the door. At least stop watching him as he bared more skin.
Oh Goddess, he was perfect in every way.
She struggled to keep a coherent thought.
“
Why are you suddenly interested now? I have been pushed away so many times.”

“I ask for your forgiveness. I have been stubborn and less than confident that I could give you what you deserve. I am but a lowly Security Liaison and you are a Prima.” He paused to look at her with sad dark gray eyes.

“Did I ever treat you differently?” AriELa asked him angrily.

“No. You treat everyone with kindness and equality. It was my failing, my insecurity.”

“Do you still feel insecure? What if tomorrow you decide that I should be mating a Prime instead of you? Will you push me away again? I can’t take any more heartbreak,” her voice cracked with the release of her tears.

He bent down onto the bed and took her into his arms. “I am sorry more than words can express. I feel a deep love for you. I have since I was just a gangly kid and you followed me around. I only wanted what was best for you. You are my Goddess, my bond mate. I am lost every time I look into your blue eyes. I plan to worship every inch of you and show you how much I truly love you.”

She stopped crying and looked up into his dark eyes. “You love me?”

He wiped the tears from her face. He hoped to never cause her to cry again. But his father told him when he was younger that all mates fight at one time or another. He nodded. “I love you more than anything.”

“I love you, too,” she whispered.

He bent his head and took her lips in a gentle kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck as she kissed him back. He trailed kisses down her neck nibbling along the way. His hands worked fast at taking her simple one strap dress off. He leaned back to gaze at her completely naked. “So beautiful,” he growled with need.

One hand grasped one of her breasts and his mouth took her other nipple inside its deep warmth. He latched on it and sucked. AriELa moaned with pleasure. It felt so good. She ran her hands over his wide shoulders and across his back. She was aroused to the point it was almost painful.

“Please…” She needed him inside of her. It felt like forever since they had last been together.

He roughly unhooked his pants and shoved them down. There was no time. He needed inside his mate. He released her breasts and used his hands to spread her smooth thighs apart. He kissed her lips again as he massaged her feminine folds with his rough fingers. He slipped a finger inside and found her warm and wet. He moved his finger in and out of her. He added a second then a third. She grew even wetter. He wanted to taste her, but he didn’t think he could last that long. He positioned his staff at the entrance to her then paused.

“Do you accept me as your mate?” he asked with a growling voice.

“What?” She wasn’t sure she heard him right. She looked into his dark gray, beautiful eyes. Eyes shining down at her with all the love in his heart.

“Do you accept me as your mate?”

“Yes, TarAK, I accept you as my mate,” she said with tears coming down her face.

He plunged deeply to her core. He paused there, looking down into the face of the female of his dreams. “You are mine.” Then he began a slow, deliberate pace. He made sure he hit all the right places within her. She was so soft and delicate. He growled. He pulled out of her and flipped her onto her stomach.

“On your hands and knees, my love.”

She scrambled quickly to get into position. She needed him back inside her. She was feeling the build of a large release and she wanted it, needed it with a desperation. “Hurry, TarAK!”

He rubbed the round globes of her shapely ass. She was perfect in every way. His thighs brushed the back of hers and he put himself in position. He entered her slowly from behind.
Oh Goddess.
He got a deeper penetration in this position. He smoothed her long, dark hair to the side, baring her graceful neck.

“Faster! Harder!” AriELa moved back against him, trying to take more of him.

He reached down with his hand to tweak her. When he gently bit her shoulder, AriELa growled as she began to release. He had never heard of a female growling before and it turned him on big time. He started to drill into her harder, grounding her into the mattress. He felt the pressure building and running up his legs and centering in one place as he shot his seed into her womb. He kept releasing over and over. It was almost endless. When he was spent, he collapsed on the bed beside her and took her into his arms.

It took a few minutes for them to regain their breath. “That was amazing,” he said as he kissed to top of her head.

AriELa looked up into his face with a question in her eyes. “You released inside of me?”

“You agreed to accept me.”

“I know. I’m just…so happy.” Tears appeared in her eyes.

“My love, do not cry again. I cannot bare it.” He took her into his arms. Had he been too rough with her?
Kitana.
He was an inexperienced male and probably hurt her without knowing it.

“I’m happy, filled with so much joy that I cannot hold it within. Unfortunately my tears seem to be the outlet for my joy,” she reassured him.

“I did not hurt you?”

“You would never hurt me.”

He smiled and kissed her softly. “You make me lose control. I was afraid I would hurt you.”

They held each other for what seemed like hours. AriELa dreaded having to leave. She sat up and looked at him. “I need to go back to my sleeping quarters.”

He shot up grasping her to him. “No!”

“TarAK, I have a brother waiting for me. He needs me there with him. Especially since our father has shown no concern for either of us. We are all we have.”

“I understand, but you also have me. If you need me to help with your brother, I am happy to do that. After we have our official mating ceremony, he will become my brother, too.”

She looked at him in shock. “You want a mating ceremony?”

When he nodded, she smiled a beaming smile at him. “My brother and I are lucky to have you.” She threw her arms around him. He kissed her. One kiss turned into two. Two kisses turned into three. They were on their way to making love again, but AriELa remembered she had to check on her brother who still had no name.

“We can’t right now. Come with me to check on him.”

He grumbled, “I hate that you have to cover your beautiful body.”

She giggled as she sat up and looked around for her dress. “I could always walk around naked.”

He growled, “Not in front of other males.”

She bent down to give him a quick peck on the cheek. “Of course not. Being naked is only for you in private.”

How he loved this female. She was everything to him.

*****

ConEL made his way to the docking bay. He nodded at people as they passed him by. It hurt to see the pity in their eyes. He knew he was no longer the male he once was, but he still had some pride and honor left in him. Everything male in him demanded he hunt down his enemies and deliver justice for what had been done to his family.

He stopped and waited until there was no one around. Then he grabbed a flight suit and put it on. He entered the docking bay and climbed into the nearest warship. He entered an old code that still worked, firing up the engines. He didn’t hesitate. He signaled for the docking bay doors to open and then shot out of the transport.

*****

“Why did he have to wait outside my quarters the whole time?” TarAK asked with frustration as they walked back to AriELa’s quarters. The male in question, Lieutenant AtOM, followed at a few paces behind them.

“Shhh! AtOM can hear you. He was just doing his job.” She blushed at the realization that AtOM probably heard everything that they had done in TarAK’s quarters. However he was honorable enough to not say anything. AtOM was just doing his job by guarding her.

As they approached AriELa’s quarters, LanER looked at them with relief. “I am glad you are back, Prima. Your brother woke about an hour ago and has been asking for you. He is convinced that we did something to you.”

Just then the door slid open and her brother ran out and straight to her, clasping her around her waist. “The male wouldn’t tell me where you were. Are you okay? Did they hurt you?”

“I’m fine.” She hugged him closer and noticed that he was sniffing her. He scented TarAK on her. She felt him stiffen.

“TarAK and I are mated now.”

“Did he force you?”

TarAK growled a response, “Of course not. I would never force a female.”

Her brother refused to release her. “The Morins did, at least the ones that could function properly did.”

Oh Goddess, the things her brother must have been forced to witness.
She hugged him tighter to her.

TarAK knelt down so he was eye level with the little boy. “Katieran males treasure females and would never force one against their will. I have much love for AriELa and am overjoyed that she accepted me. It pleases me that you already feel protective over your sister. I will need you to train with me so you can help me protect her.”

“When can I start training?” the little boy asked, looking excited for the first time.

“As soon as we reach Katiera.” TarAK stood back up and kissed AriELa on the top of her head.

She had never been more proud of TarAK than she was at that moment.
Thank You,
she mouthed to him. He gave her a nod.

“I’m hungry. Let’s go see what we can find in the Meal Room.” They didn’t get far. The emergency lights began to flash and the alarm went off.

“What’s going on?” AriELa asked TarAK. He hit his Comm Link and started talking.

“By the fires of Kitana!” TarAK yelled over the Comm Link.

“TarAK?”

He ended communications on his Comm Link and turned to look at her with a worried expression.

She held her brother’s hand tightly. “It’s father, isn’t it?”

TarAK nodded his head. AriELa felt her heart squeeze and if not for her brother’s presence, she would have fallen to her knees.

“Prime ConEL has taken a warship,” TarAK told her as he gave instructions to the other two Lieutenants.

“Why did he do this? Where is he going?” AriELa asked all three males.

“I do not know. Once you and your brother are secure in the sleeping quarters, I will go to the Control Center and find out.”

“I want to go with you,” AriELa told him.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea. You need to remain here and watch over your brother.”

“I want to go, too,” the little boy spoke up.

“No. The both of you should remain in your quarters where you will be safe,” TarAK told them with authority.

AriELa looked down at her brother. Then they turned simultaneously and started to march off down the corridor leaving behind a growling TarAK, “AriELa!”

She didn’t turn around but held her brother’s hand and headed for the Commander Center. She could hear her cousin long before she saw him.

“Where is the blasted female now? Get her on her Comm Link!”