Riv's Sanctuary: A Sci-fi Alien Romance by A.G. Wilde (best books to read TXT) 📕

Riv seemed to think something was strange about that but all she could feel was happiness that the guards wouldn’t be returning.

Now, with that out of the way, Riv seemed to relax and when his eyes focused on hers, there was such heat there, she felt her entire body respond.

There was nothing to be said.

She could see it all in his eyes.

“What are you doing?” She knew exactly what he was doing and a needle-like thrill went up her spine as soon as he’d brought her to his room, anticipation flooding through her veins.

“Something I should have done a long time ago.”

He didn’t stop walking till he was standing above his bed. Resting her down, he leaned over her on his arms.

He wasn’t even looking at her body, his gaze was focused on hers, but it felt as if he was stripping her bare.

As his gaze fell to her lips, Riv bent, his mouth hovering over hers.

“This,” he groaned, his lips locking with hers. His kiss was slow, soft, tentative, as if he didn’t want to move too fast and ruin the moment.

But she could feel the tension building between them. The restraint was too much.

What had seemed like it was going to be slow and steady suddenly exploded into a bomb of emotions.

The pressure of his lips against hers intensified as his tongue slipped into her mouth. His hands were suddenly in her hair, moving down her cheek, her neck, and tangling into her tunic.

A moan escaped her, vibrating against his lips and she received a resultant groan.

Riv’s large hand came to hold her head by her chin, the other hand tangled into her hair as his tongue rubbed against hers.

His lips were so velvety, so inviting, just kissing him was making that space between her legs moist and aching as if it needed to be filled with more than promises. She wanted the real thing.

Riv broke the kiss, his lips hovering over hers as both of their chests heaved with exertion, and his green gaze captured hers.

There was so much want there, a shudder went through her belly and erupted between her thighs.

He held her prisoner with his eyes as his hand left her chin.

With deliberate movements, he lifted his hand so she could see.

His four fingers wiggled a little before his claws suddenly protracted, slicing the air. Long and dark, she could hear when they extended and she jerked a little.

Riv studied her.

“Do they scare you?”

She stared at his hand before answering.

“As long as you aren’t planning on slicing me in half, no.”

Riv blinked, his gaze becoming more intense, and her breath caught a little in her throat.

“There is something I’d like to slice with them,” he murmured.

Without another word, he hooked a finger in the neck of her tunic and ripped it in half with one movement.

That shouldn’t have made a throb go straight to her core. It should alarm her.

Instead, it made her pulse increase just enough for her breaths to come deep. Her chest heaved as the fabric fell to the sides revealing her chest and Lauren held back a gasp at his pure ferocity.

As her skin was revealed, Riv tilted his head a little, his gaze becoming more heated as it raked over her.

His finger hovered over her bra next and Lauren’s eyes widened.

As she grabbed his hand, his surprised gaze met hers.

He searched her face, the heat in his gaze slowly dying.

“You wish for me to not go further?”

“Oh, please do continue, but…don’t rip that. It’s the only one I have. It’s almost dead after wearing it for a complete year—I washed it, of course—but I don’t want you to rip it. It’s one of the most valuable things for a human on this planet.”

Riv looked down at the bra, his brows furrowing slightly.

Extending a finger, he retracted his claws and pulled the cup down. She watched his nostrils flare as her breasts were exposed.

“Why do you cover such beautiful teats with this useless garment?”

She didn’t know if it was a question or if he even knew he asked her something because the way he was looking at her breasts seemed as if he wasn’t aware of anything else.

She could feel her skin tingle underneath his gaze.

As she eased up to slip out of the ripped tunic and remove her bra, he didn’t stop staring and when she eased back down, his eyes fell to her trousers.

He raised a hand to rip those, too, claws protracting again, and Lauren chuckled.

“No. Don’t rip those, either. Let me remove them.”

Riv made a sound in his throat as if it was a great inconvenience but he retracted his claws and allowed her to wriggle out of the clothing.

Naked, Lauren bit her lip as she looked up at him.

She hadn’t been naked before a guy in so long, she’d forgotten how self-conscious she could feel doing it for the first time.

Would he like what he saw?

Would he want her as much as she was dying for him?

But when her gaze rose to Riv’s face, his gaze was filled with such devotion, she felt worshiped and her heart fluttered happily in her chest.

No one had ever looked at her like that before.

Riv was looking at her as if she was a goddess—as if he was the luckiest man to get to behold her in her naked form.

“La-rehn,” he growled, dipping his head once more to take her lips as he crawled over her, bracing himself on his arms.

A deep rumble echoed from his chest as he eased off her to stare at her breasts.

He was looking at them for such a long moment she wanted to squirm. But his gaze was so lustful that her nipples grew hard underneath his scrutiny.

“You’re phekking beautiful…” he murmured, reaching forward and clasping each breast underneath his palm. “These,” he growled. “So soft but firm when I squeeze them.” He shook them and his gaze grew even hotter. “They jiggle.”

She didn’t know how to respond.

She’d have thought that would