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

His head descended till his face was buried against her neck and he inhaled deeply.

Behind them, Ka’Cit’s shoulders sank.

“Was looking forward to zapping them to oblivion,” he murmured to himself before letting out a sigh.

As his head turned toward them, he seemed to freeze and watch them for a few seconds.

“See you in the next few months or so. Link me if they return.”

He didn’t wait for a reply. He was hopping into his hovercar and heading toward the barrier.

Lauren stiffened. “Won’t the barrier kill him?”

Riv lifted his head and watched Ka’Cit go. “The phekker has some device that disables it.”

Lauren turned her eyes to him. “Shouldn’t you be concerned about that?”

Riv shrugged. “It’s Ka’Cit. He’s harmless.”

Right.

He sure seemed so.

Glancing around the grounds, she searched for the familiar black form of Grot.

As if he knew what she was looking for, Riv turned her toward him instead.

“He’ll cocoon for a few days. Heal. You won’t know he’d been injured.”

“Cocoon?”

“Cocoon.”

Before she could ask any more questions, Riv lifted her into his arms and marched toward the house and straight to his room, sliding the door shut behind him.

“All I can think about right now is you. All I can think about is the fact that they wanted to take you away from me.” He turned, pressing her against the wall. “I don’t want to feel that ever again. I don’t want to ever be alone again.”

Lauren threaded her hands into his hair. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“All I want to do…” Riv pressed farther into her and she felt his arousal throbbing against her leg “…is take you here. Right here, right now. I want to be reminded that you’re mine…because you are mine. I’m not letting you leave.”

She was about to make a joke about her having never wanted to leave when Riv’s mouth crashed into hers, his hands gripping her hips as he lifted her to cradle his waist.

“My La-rehn,” he groaned as he ground himself into her.

“Riv,” she breathed, her body set afire by the feel of his need.

Riv paused to let her slip to the ground so she could shimmy out of her trousers, and as soon as the garment fell, he spun her so she was facing the wall.

A sound of surprise left her lips. She could feel the heat of his erection against her.

Hard, hot, long it pressed into her, promising her of pleasure to come.

“La-rehn?” His fingers found her clit and she moaned an answer. “Every cell in my being is screaming that I claim you.” He paused, the only sound being her breath coming in short gasps as he circled her bud with his finger.

“I need to feel you clasping me with that hot cunt of yours. Need to feel you surround me.”

Lauren’s eyes rolled back.

His sheer need for her was stimulating her own desire.

As his cock found her entrance, Lauren bit her lip, waiting for that sweet, sweet moment when his head popped past her resistance and he settled deep within her.

She was already wet, wet enough to take him, and she reached behind to grip on to him as she heard the clasp of his trousers release.

With a strong surge forward, Riv seated himself deep, a low groan rumbling through his chest as he leaned against her, plastering her against the wall.

Gripping her breasts, he took the lobe of her ear into his mouth as he withdrew then slammed into her again.

“You’re mine,” he whispered. “Mine to keep. Mine to take,” he grunted as he thrust deep, the proclamation searing into her thoughts.

She could feel her orgasm building and she bit down hard on her lip as his tempo increased.

“You’re mine, La-rehn,” Riv whispered.

Turning her head, Lauren looked at him through glossy eyes. “And you’re mine.”

Her own proclamation seemed to hit him by surprise because he paused and she was sure she felt him harden even more within her.

“You’re mine too, Riv. I proclaim you as my own,” she clarified.

His vision seemed to change, becoming so intense she couldn’t break his gaze even when he began to barrel into her hard.

Her eyes rolled back as her orgasm turned her cunt into wet, dripping honey and as his own orgasm rocked him, they cried out at the same time, collapsing against the wall.

It took a few moments for her to recover and Lauren let her body sag against his.

Riv breathed into her hair, inhaling deeply as he fought to calm down.

“Phek,” he muttered. “Did I hurt you?”

He was still pulsing within her and it made a lazy smile spread across her face.

“Not enough, gnora,” she replied and Riv froze.

“Gnora?”

Lauren blinked. Did she say it wrong?

“Isn’t that how it’s pronounced?”

Riv’s intense gaze met hers. “How did you learn that word?”

“I heard you say it and now I know what it means.”

“And now that you know what it means?” He was studying her for her reaction as if he wasn’t sure how she was going to respond.

He was still so hesitant, still doubting himself and what he meant to her.

She found it lovable.

Leaning back into him, she planted a kiss on his neck.

“Soul mate.”

“You think I’m your soul mate?” He blinked, still searching her face.

“I don’t think so. I know it. I can feel it deep down. I wasn’t taken away from my home on Earth for nothing. My whole purpose was to be here, right now, with you.”

Riv swallowed hard, pulling her closer to him as he buried his head into her hair.

They stood like that for a few moments before a breath shuddered through him.

“I think I love you,” he said.

Lauren smiled.

She’d waited ages to hear those three words, but not just from anyone. She was happy she was hearing it from him.

“I love you, too, Riv.”

“Let’s go to bed.”

“Let’s.”

Epilogue

Two weeks later

Life on the Sanctuary seemed to have gone right back to normal.

The umus whistle-wheaked like maniacs every day, wanting to be fed.

Grot went off hunting, disappearing for hours, but returned every night to sleep at the foot