"Black Fire"
part two
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color:black'>Chapter Six
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r:blr:black'>Renee would later try to describe to herself what she had felt in
that moment. Startled, yes. Surprised,
most definitely. But anger and desire were the two main components.
realizing sooner that he had been stalking her from the moment she had stepped
into the
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color:black'>And desire, because the feel of his body against hers for the
first time since the Spa, sent shuddthrothrough to her soul.
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color:black'>What was this thing between them? It wasn’t the feeling of being
safe and secure that she had always imagined she would feel towards the one
that she would spend the rest of her life with. This was intense, and
frightening, and wild.
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color:black'>Especially now, Renee noted wryly, seeing as he could just as
easily want to kill her, than to screw her.
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color:black'>Renee had a sudden flash back to their first moment spent on the
“You can reject it intellectually but you can't deny it.
You feel compulsion... on the cellular level.”
Renee raised her eyebrow at him. Hardly
able to believe the turn of this conversation. But granted
would never admit it…
“Oh, that. Yeah, I do feel that. It's like a spider on my
tongue, I can barely resist the urge to spit<”
Howlyn
continued as if not even aware of her statement. They began to
circle one another, like this was some sort of twisted dance.
“We are many times more sensitive than you humans in the
realm of senses. And I sense a slight… arousal in you... a desire you're not
even aware of consciously.”
Renee glared at him, “Well, then you don't need to get
too close; you should be able to…” Renee paused to slightly inhale
sarcastically, “ …smell my disgust from across the
room. Two species, two different planets... I just don’t think we’re a match.”
A small knowing smile flitted across Howlyn’s
mouth, “We did contribute some genes to your ancestors. So our bodies recognize
each other even if our minds do not. As I told you before, Renee, only the
strong survive, and humans - aren't strong enough.”
Renee had sent him a challenging smile in return. “We’ll
see…..”
color:black'>Renee had another flashback to when Professor Simon
“It makes me wonder if Howlyn
used genetic material from Franciscus’ body to create
evolved humans.”
Renee had raised an eyebrow at that. “It would be ironic
if a celibate monk had been the source for the human gene pool.”
“And doubly ironic,” Simon theorized, “If
somehow, the obsession - was related to deja-vu.”
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color:black'>The comment had hit her hard, and Renee had thought more about
what the Professor had said to her that evening, then she cared to admit.
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color:black'>Renee came back to the present. She currently had about 200
hundred pounds of very pissed off Atavus on top of
her. Not exactly how she had had it in mind.
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grip tightened to the point of pain on her twisted back forearm, and he hauled
her head back using her hair wrapped around his other wrist, to expose the
curve of her neck to him. Forcing her to remain in place.
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closer to her, intending to say something, when the smell of her pulse beckoned
to him. He tauntingly scraped his teeth over the pulse point below her ear.
Smiling as she flinched at the contact. Oh, how he had missed her fire!
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color:black'>Suddenly, he flipped her cleanly over on her back, his weight
settled firmly between her legs as he looked her straight in the eye.
express what she wanted, but he knew better. He could feel the heat through her
clothing where her feminine core was pressed up against him. He could smell her
desire. Knew she remembered what it had been like for them back at that…
title amusing.
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color:black'>He had spent every night since, trying to erase from his memory
the sound of her cries of ecstasy. The feel of her body
against his skin. The taste of her on his tongue… Not even
And he knew that that human male that Renee had hooked up with before his
death, hadn’t even come close to wiping the memory of his touch from her body
and soul.
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color:black'> He snarled silently at the thought of another touching her.
She sure seemed set on finding someone other than himself to try to mate
with, to try to ease that black fire that was only between the
thought a human would be able to experience.
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color:black'>But, what with Boone and then Michaels…Enough was enough. It was
time she got used to being only in his bed, where she belonged.
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color:black'>Renee felt his body press in on top of hers, and she barely
managed to stifle a moan. She felt that familiar desire that had haunted her
ever since the spa, stirring to life within her. Knew he could sense it...sense
her.
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color:black'>She knew it wouldn’t be long before he would also sense the
‘creation’ that had taken place the last time they had been together.
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color:black'>As if reading her thoughts, Howlyn
leaned in closer, inhaling her scent. He stilled suddenly, eyes going wide as
he picked up the flicker of Atavan/human life force
within her body. A hiss of realization escaped him as he looked down at her in shock.
An expression that he was getting all too well used to
wearing around her.
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color:black'>Next thing Renee knew, Howlyn had hauled
her back up to her feet, and had her back pressed against the wall. A hand
encircled her throat firmly but applying hardly any pressure. Renee’s eyes
flickered with anger as she swung her arm down on top of his, breaking his
hold. She planted her boot firmly in Howlyn’s chest,
shoving him back hard about 15 feet.
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in a crouch, allowing her the space. A smile started to spread across his face.
He had chosen well when it came to her. No one haer ier inflamed him the way
she did.
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color:black'>Renee stood there watching him cautiously, breathing heavily.
Hands at her side, balled into fists. How many times had they stood like this?
Waiting for the other to make a move?
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color:black'>“You’re full of surprises, Howlyn.”
Renee remarked sarcastically. Watching him as one would watch a loosened tiger.
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straightened slowly, smiling at her in a way that made Renee want to swipe his
face off. He cocked his head at her in that way of his, the tip of his tongue
caught between his teeth, as if deep in thought. A light hiss
escaping his throat. It was when he was like this, that Renee started to
get concerned. She had seen that expression too many times to not know that he
was up to something.
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color:black'>“So are you, it would seem.” Howlyn
became still and serious suddenly, all amusement fleeing from his darkened
countenance. Renee’s jaw tightened, knowing that he had seen her cards, and her
game was finished.
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color:black'>“How long have you known you were carrying my child?”
feel his blood starting to heat. Did she not realize the danger she had placed
herself as well as his young in, by her games?
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color:black'> Renee answer was spoken through her clenched teeth. He was not
going to intimidate her! Her pistol lay more than twenty feet
remembered that she still have her energy knife hooked loosely at her waist,
just a few inches from her right hand.
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sudden step forward, but was rewarded when she brought that blade of hers up
and released. The red from its glow casting eerie shadows across Renee’s
tightened face.
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color:black'>“And just what, pray tell, do you plan to do with that?”
some sort of naughty child that needed adult supervision.
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color:black'>“Oh, I don’t know,” Renee shot back coldly. “Maybe this time I’ll
cut off the other hand… I’m figuring that since
your regenerative abilities are suffering right now, it might take awhile
before you grow another one.”
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her by laughing. Renee’s eyes narrowed.
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color:black'>“You would do that to the one who fathered your child?”
watched closely for a way in to her, without having to deal with that blade of
hers… rather nasty side effects.
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color:black'>“It would be a hell of a lot nicer than what you had Sandoval come
after me for!” Renee spat back, furious. She didn’t plan on forgetting that
stunt of his anytime soon. She really wanted to kill him for that!
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color:black'>“Oh that,” Howlyn shook is head
dismissively. “Do you really think that I would have told him he could have
you, if I hadn’t realized that you could kill him just as easily as you’ve been
killing Atavus and hybrids since the beginning of all
this?” Howlyn chuckled. “Oh no,
Renee. If I had wanted you dead, you would have been so a long time ago,
and we both know it.” Howlyn paused for a moment.
Letting those words register with her.
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color:black'>“Of course, if I had known you where carrying my offspring, I
would have come after you myself. But as it was, Sandoval was a pathetic
creature that had outlived his usefulness. Consider him… a present. Seeing as
how I knew you had been wanting the pleasure of
killing him for quite some time now.”
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color:black'>“It wouldn’t exactly call it a pleasure.” Renee growled back. She
hadn’t enjoyed killing Sandoval the way she would have thought, prior to
everything that she had already done leading up to his demise. She had seen and
done enough killing for two lifetimes.
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color:black'>“Call it what you what, it’s no matter. The point is…”
couldn’t kill you.”
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color:black'> Renee retorted humorlessly. Howlyn
acknowledged her words, as if she had paid him a compliment.
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color:black'>“I would expect nothing less from you.”
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color:black'>Silence filled the room, as Howlyn
studied Renee. She swallowed reflexively. Hardly daring to
blink.
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color:black'>Renee hadn’t been expecting that question. “What?”
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color:black'> Howlyn glanced at her still flat
stomach. “Male of femalspanspan> I could ascertain
that for myself, but seeing as you won’t let me come closer to you…”
this. Almost.
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color:black'>Renee paused a moment. She didn’t know what to expect from him if
she told him. Atavus didn’t have a thing for killing
their offspring if it was a female, did they?
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color:black'>“It’s a girl.” Renee spoke haltingly. Not sure of his response.
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nodded. A daughter. Granted he would have preferred a
son, but a female with Renee’s spirit would make a welcome addition to the
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color:black'>They could work on a son later, after she was born…
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color:black'>“I don’t need to ask if she’s alright, seeing as how her life force
is almost as healthy as her mother’s.”
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color:black'>If that was supposed to be a compliment, Renee didn’t know what to
make of it.
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color:black'>“I also don’t need to ask what I’m doing back on board the
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color:black'>“No, you don’t. Your Atavan ship has
been destroyed. The Taelon Mothership
is currently headed back to the Atavus
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threateningly at her words. Not at all happy with the change
of events.
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color:black'>“It’s over, Howlyn.” Renee glared back
at him. “You never could have won anyway. Despite your attempts, the hybrid
antidote wasn’t completely destroyed. It is currently being mass produced all
over the globe… It is estimated that within the year, all human hybrids will be
caught, cured, and released. All the ones onboard the Mothership
where relocated by Ra-jel, back on the surface where
they belong. You couldn’t win, Howlyn. Your species
was already weakened by remaining on Earth. If you had succeeded in remaining,
your species would have been destroyed. Don’t you see?” Renee was almost
pleading with him now to understand and acknowledge what she was saying. She
knew he didn’t want to hear it, but he had to. “The only way your species can
be saved and become strong again, is if you go home. You and the
remaining Atavus are all that is left of your kind,
and I’ve already watched the destruction of your two sub-species, to want to
see it again.”
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humorlessly, “This coming from the human that has done everything in her power
to destroy us!”
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color:black'>Renee tried not to wince at the sound of his yell echoing off the
walls of the
agitation, “That it is my daughter’s survival I’m talking about too! And
it was also me, that had all of your brethren in
stasis on board your ship, moved to the Mothership
for safekeeping, until we reach your home world. So don’t start with me on who
has been trying to destroy who’s species!”
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her in frustration. Everything that he had planned and waited for with
that Taelon had been right… Maybe what Renee was
telling him now was right, but that didn’t mean he had to be happy about it.
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color:black'>“What happened to Jaylis?”
going to be too happy if he found out that traitorous male was in control.
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him when he turned on Yulyn.” Renee answered
matter-of-factly.
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her, eye ridge raised slightly at the statement. Case in
point.
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color:black'>“Then who, pray tell, is in control of the Atavus
on board?”
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eyes rolling to the ceiling, as he took another step closer. “
That boy is not capable of ruling the Atavus.” Not
yet anyway. Howlyn still remembered that last
confrontation with his son. Despite everything, he couldn’t kill his own flesh
and blood, any more than he could kill the woman standing across from him.
against the humans. Even still, defiant against him.
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color:black'>“Oh, I don’t know.” Renee shot back. “He’s doing a pretty good job
for himself. If it wasn’t for him, your “Guardians” would still be on your
exploding ship and their pieces would be scattered all over the desert right
about now! He is one thing I can honestly say you’ve done right.”
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lightly at her in retaliation for the barb, before wryly admitting, “Other than
you, although I’m starting to wonder if that was such a good idea, in and of
itself.”
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color:black'>Renee smirked back at him. “Coming from you…” she grinned
challengingly at him, “…That’s a compliment.”
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color:black'>“Coming from me…” Howlyn agreed,
trailing off. Suddenly meeting her gaze straight on.
at her. Renee had only a split second to realize how he had positioned
them both - Her off balance, and him coming head on - before she felt the
impact of his body slam her fully into the wall,
knocking the breath from her lungs. More due to the feel of
his body against hers, than the wall behind her. Howlyn’s
gaze was on fire, as he quickly knocked the energy blade away from her grasp to
lay unceremoniously on the floor. He had
rather fed up with this game that they had been pursuing know for almost 3
million years! She was his mate, now and always. And it was about time she
accepted that!
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color:black'>Renee gasped as Howlyn quickly, deftly,
grabbed the sides of her thighs and hoisted them up around his waist. He
pressed into her further, pinning his arousal up against her heated core. Using
the wall behind them as leverage as he captured her in that position, legs open
to him, his hands came up to pin hers to wall beside her head. His face pressed
close to hers, as he grinded against her. Letting her feel how much he wanted
her. Letting her know how much he knew she wanted him. Not Boone or
Michaels, or any other of those human males she had hooked up with, but him.
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her eyes close and the moan escape her lips from the contact of him. It had
been too long for both of them. And she wasn’t going to deny him again!
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color:black'>Renee felt that black fire between them flare out of control, she
was burning up! The faded scar on her neck that had been left from his teeth
imbedded in her skin from the last time they had been together, burned and
throbbed hard. Begging for the feel of his mouth.
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tongue flicked out and over the seam of her lips. Renee’s own tongue darted out
if reflex to moisten the bottom. Coming into brief contact with his, tasting
him. Enough to send darts of fire through them both.
statement. Rocking slowly into her. Letting her know
where this encounter was headed.
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intensely, his face just a couple of inches away from hers. Her heart was
pounding. He held her completely open to him, and she knew that even if she
fought him, he wouldn’t her her get away. She could feel the heat of his body
pressing in on her from below. Felt him pressed up against the heated core of
her femininity. His body was hard, unyielding, curving into hers, and on fire.
the point of pain. She wasn’t going to get away from him again.
his mate there beside him… not Juda, and not another
hybrid female. Every night he had spent without Renee, he had promised to
himself that when he finally did have her back, he would make up for that lost
time thrice fold.
male.
expression for any sign of aggression on her part. He smiled, satisfied upon
seeing her desire reflecting strongly in her eyes, before he dropped his face
down to the curvature of her neck.
neck, nibbling and caressing. She pulled at her still-pinned wrists, but to no
avail. Howlyn had begun his hunt, and nothing she
said or did was going to stop him now.
neck, to travel lower, to the ridge of her collar bone, where he gently clasped
it in his teeth, applying a rather classic dominating technique when he rocked
into her again… Grinding himself
to burn a path down to between her thighs. Begging for
relief. She found herself rocking back up against him, much to his
delight.
approval, as he trailed even lower, to lave the exposed length of her cleavage
in between the low wide spread v-neck shape of her black top.
she arched her back into him as far as he would lat her. Her feet were still
off the ground, thighs wrapped around his waist. He was taking her weight
directly on top of his own throbbing need, and Renee could feel him pressing
upwards towards her. Unable to get any closer due to their
clothes in the way. The sexual frustration she was feeling as intense
and primal. She felt like clawing the skin from his back.
wouldn’t even let go of her hands. Howlyn was making
it quite clear from his body language that he was the one in control here. And
she would only receive it back when he was good and ready.
couldn’t stop the moan from escaping her lips, when he grasped the edge of her
top with his teeth and pulled it away. Then latching onto her
exposed breast. Sending darts of black fire shooting
through her. She could feel her core now throbbing with heat.
too keen on keeping this little game up anymore either. He was just as tightly
wound as Renee was.
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them above her head, his other hand quickly reached down between them, and
unzipping the waistband of her pants, quickly released the pressure seal on a
certain part of his exo-suit.
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wasn’t that many differences between their clothing after all, before he
swiftly impaled her hard and fast.
her. Felt her surrounding unused muscles stretch to accommodate him, as the
burning heat from that particular part of his anatomy hit her like a wave.
could. Taking things almost unbearably slow. Not this time. This time he was a
male on a mission.
he finally released her wrists to support both of their weights up against the
wall.
his exo-suit on his back, wishing that there was skin
there instead of that strange material. Although she would admit the sensation
of the only part of their bodies physically touching was were they were
connected, was a highly erotic experience.
as he continued to thrust into her. Harder and faster.
He was barely managing to keep from going almost completely feral on her, when
he felt the sharpness of her nails in the back of his neck… her cries panting
next to his ear. And he let lose. Renee wasn’t some fragile human female that
felt like she would break under his very palms. She was a highly trained
warrior with the body to prove it. It didn’t matter whethernot not she was
processes weren’t present here. Not with him. She was responding as an
was something that he couldn’t get enough of.
could feel her need for release, but at the same time, she felt that unfamiliar
tightening building up within her. It was the same as before… she couldn’t
explain it even though she had thought long and hard over it. He was able to
keep her from her release, which was something that was very hard for her to
understand. Something very much alien... Somehow, that bite that
even though she knew it was barbaric and considered abusive, that was what she
wanted now… More than anything. Hell, she wanted to
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and nipping on the hard pink nipple of her breast, enough to cause Renee to
almost scream out from the intensity of it. He was purposely taking her right
to the edge. Knowing that what she was feeling would continue to build and
build, making her believe that she would almost die from it before he allowed
her final climax. Knowing that only he could give it to her.
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color:black'>Renee suddenly showed a moment of aggressive domination, when she
sunk her hand deep into his mane, andled led his face up, bringing his mouth
away from her breast, and up to hers. Her tongue shot into his mouth to entice
him to kiss her back. He needed no such encouragement. Growling in reprimand at
her, he quickly took control of the situation. Grasping her hands, he pinned
them down low, beside her hips, his fingers quickly intertwining with hers,
clasping tightly. Holding her there on purpose.
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color:black'> Leaving his taste behind. He kiss was so
slow, that it was at odds with the fevered speed in which he
body upwards a few inches with every go.
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color:black'>Renee felt like she would explode at this point if something
didn’t give soon. “Damn it, Howlyn!” Her gasp
came out hoarsely against his mouth. Howlyn just
hissed back at her, reminding her that he was in control…not the other
way around.
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color:black'> Renee suddenly grasped his bottom lip in retaliation and bit
hard. The taste of his blood trickling into both of their
mouths.
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color:black'>That was the extent of Howlyn’s control
over his own demanding body.
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dropped his mouth down into the section of Renee’s neck where
scar of his love bite, and Renee felt his tongue stroke her there once, twice,
the heat from him like a brand, before he took the skin directly over it
between his teeth, and bit sharply.
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color:black'>Renee let out a shriek of her own at the explosion of sensation
flooding throughout her body. Howlyn growled back at
her as his trusts took on another whole extreme, as he buried himself in her
completely to the hilt. Grinding hard against her core in
order to drive her to climax.
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color:black'>Renee was already there. His grinding motions just intensified the
sensations as the world around her literally exploded. She couldn’t tell where
she left off and he began. That black fire between them exploded within her,
sending her straight to the stars.
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repercussions of her climax hit him hard. He turned loose of Renee’s wrists,
and releasing his cleaves, he grasped
her hips in both hands, careful not to cut her – positioned her – and held her
firmly as he thrust into her. Bringing her down sharply on
top of his upward movements. Sending her into another
climax as he found his. His trademarkan can class=SpellE>Atavan
hiss/shriek spilt the air and rang off the surrounding walls, as he joined her
on their race to the heavens.
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color:black'>Renee wrapped her arms securely around his neck and held on. Her
face pressed into his neck as she sagged against him. His
hold still firm on her waist. His body still imbedded deep within her,
as he waited for her to regain her composure as well as the ability to stand on
her own. A smile of satisfaction and male smugness, having pleasured his mate
so well, spread across his lips. The sound of Renee’s fast paced breaths
puffing in his ear. Her body not the least bit inclined to move away from him,
and his wasn’t the least bit inclined to allow it even if she did.
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color:black'>Renee quickly tried to regain her composure. Her mind was going a
mile a minute as she tried to figure out what to do next.
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color:black'>Yes, she was carrying Howlyn’s child,
and yes, she wanted to be his mate. She wanted to be able to spend every night
with him. Wanted to always feel this intensity between them.
And that was now a possibility because the
decision to go back to his home planet had already been made, even without his
consent.
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color:black'>But that was the problem. How did Renee know whether or not he was
going to try to pull something once he left the
She couldn’t risk him sabotaging this mission. Which she knew he was fully
capable of doing, if she let him leave.
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color:black'>She couldn’t take that kind of risk. When it meant that it could
endanger Liam, Yulyn, and her daughter. She knew how
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color:black'>Renee stirred slightly in his arms. Letting him
know that she wanted to be released. Howlyn
reluctantly pulled away from her. Their contact severed, as she slowly dropped
her legs down from around her waist.
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out a hand to tenderly push back a damp tendril of her hair from still slightly
flushece. ce. With is other hand, he rather arrogantly zipped up the front of
her pants. A sly, teasing expression in his eyes.
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color:black'>Renee’s eyes narrowed back at him, suppressing her own smile,
while slowly stepping past him. She started to walk away from him, glancing
back once to watch him cock his head to the side, watching her carefully.
His eyes alert, as he leaned his shoulder against the shadowed nook’s wall at
his side, where they had just made love. Her smell still
fresh on his body. He was between her and the exit, in case she had any
plans of trying to flee yet again.
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color:black'>Renee’s lips curved up at him before she turned back around again.
Glancing down at her legs. Yep,
still walking. It was amazing she could still move after something like
that. Her thighs still felt a little bit like jelly. Her system
still a bit shell-shocked. He was amazing, she’d give him that.
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color:black'>Pity she was going to have to lock him back up.
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Renee speculatively as she walked over to one of the corners of the
wide lounge situated there, and he watched the sway of her hips as she came up
beside it and sat down. Leaning back on her elbows to watch
him from across the room. The smile of a well-satisfied female spreading
across her lips as she beckoned him over with the tilt of her head.
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position against the wall, to stalk slowly over to her. Her position on the
lounge was seductive and beckoning as she watched him come closer.
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right in front of her. Gazing down at her as his hand reached out to cup the
side of her face. She rubbed her face up against his hand in a feline manner.
brushing erotically over his flesh.
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he leaned down to her, intending to claim those lips with his own. He could see
in his mind’s eye what it would be like to claim her again, here on that
strange lounge. Her underneath him as he watched her
expression as he moved within her. Eyes locked with hers as she climaxed
in his arms.
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color:black'>As his lips met hers with a fervor, he
felt himself harden. Sensed her own intensifying
arousal. This was the way it was among his kind who became life-bonded. The way
it would always be between them.
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color:black'>Renee had to check herself before allowing her body to take
control yet again. She had to do this. She had to. Even
her her body’s desire made her pay for it later.
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concerned when he felt Renee’s hands come slithering up his chest to encircle
the back of his neck, pressing him closer to her as he kissed her.
as most men drank of wine. It was a thirst that wouldn’t be satisfied any time
soon.
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color:black'>Renee’s body suddenly tensed, and
infamous planning of hers to the test. Using all her strength
to suddenly flip him over. Taking advantage of his
off-balance position to knock her shoulder into his stomach. Taking the
force of his strength and using it against him, as she affectively twisted in
mid air to grasp his arm and guide his body into it. Flipping him over and
haphazardly onto the lounge where she had been sitting just a second before.
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acknowledged briefly to himself that she was using strength that she had never
possessed before. Strength that wasn’t possible for a human female to exert
against an Atavus male. The oddity of that was
something he would study later. It was almost like… she had the strength of a
hybrid. Yet she wasn’t one.
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color:black'>Renee didn’t wait a split second more. She darted out of the
confinement pad she had led him into, and slammed the keys on the barely
noticeable console just a few feet away from the
lounge. A containment shield immediately fell intoce, as
face as a shrieked at her. She had done it again! These escapes of hers
were starting to get old.
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came to his feet. And stalked over to the screen.
Knowing he couldn’t get through it, but at least he would have the pleasure of
watching Renee back up nervously.
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color:black'>She didn’t. Instead she stood there. Eyes locked on his as she
fought to catch her breath. Desire was still beating at her body as she watched
the intensity of the emotiplayplaying across his face.
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color:black'>“I’m sorry, Howlyn. But I don’t have a
choice. I can’t risk you sabotaging this mission.”
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her words. Some of his fury vanishing as a steel core of determination lit
within him. Let’s see how long she could keep this up. He saw the way her eyes
were heated. He could sense through her body language that her need of him was
screaming at her to let him out. To let him bury himself yet
again within her body.
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color:black'>Renee watched cautiously as Howlyn
pressed up close to her. Only a couple of inches and force field between them.
She imagined she could feel the heat from his body, even though that wasn’t
possible through the shield.
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color:black'>“We’ll see, Renee. It’s going to be a long trip home.” He snarled
lightly at her. A mocking laugh exiting his mouth as
he watched her jaw clench.
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color:black'>“We’ll see how long it takes before your body starts to call for
mine. How long it takes before your nights become too desperate without me
there beside you, before you give in and come back to me. Before
you free me.” Howlyn’s words caused tremors to
race down Renee’s spine as she slowly stepped away from the force field. Eyes
locked on him the whole time.
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serious as he watched the battle of emotion play across her face. “You can’t
fight it forever, Renee.” He spoke softly. Knowing she could hear him. “The
more my body takes yours, the more intense your desire will become. You won’t
be able to control it for very long. Not when your mind knows I’m not far away.
You can go back to your quarters. Back to your empty bed, and pretend that I’m
not more than just a few corridors away from you, but your body will sense my
closeness.” Howlyn’s facial structure darkened.
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me just as much as I want you.”
seconds to get out of the
imploded in on her. The truth of his words echoed straight through to her core
as she turned and ran from the room. She exited
the Bay without so much as looking back, even though she could feel his eyes
burning like a brand against her back.
watched her leave, and silence surrounded him. He stepped away from the screen
and sat back down on the lounge. One booted foot resting up on the lounge as he
leaned back and closed his eyes.
into place. She set the lock using one of her access codes. She didn’t want
anyone to go in there just yet. And she didn’t want anyone coming out.
She could feel some of her muscles trembling from the adrenaline of her escape…
And her recent intercourse with Howlyn.
acknowledged to herself. Shaking her head from side to side.
how she had already been satisfied once in the last thirty minutes. She
couldn’t believe her response to him. Didn’t understand it.
Didn’t understand him, and not really sure she wanted to.
Was she never going to be able to get near him, without the desire to…?
that she needed to put as much space between herself and the
as possible. She headed towards the directions of her quarters. As soon as she
got there, she would contact Liam and explain to him what had happened.
blonde hairs gently clung to the surface of her skin and the fine layer of
moisture there. The ship was still warm even after being brought down a few
degrees to make it easier on the humans on board, while at the same time not
too cool for Yulyn.
reason why she felt so warm. It was like every nerve ending in her body kept
getting hotter and hotter. She knew that Howlyn hadn’t
been too far off the bat when he had said all those things to her in the
between them, and it main purpose was to inflame both of them.
becoming more intense. It was like her body was taking Howlyn’s
words to heart.
can’t fight it for, Rr, Renee. The more my body takes yours, the more intense
your desire will become. You won’t be able to control it for very long. Not
when your mind knows I’m not far away. You can go back to your quarters. Back
to your empty bed, and pretend that I’m not more than just a few corridors away
from you, but your body will sense my closeness. Wanting me
just as much as I want you.”
color:black'>Renee groaned. Those words spoken in that silken tongue of his
haunted the inside of her mind. Her stubbornness flared to the surface.
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color:black'>She would not give in to him yet! She would keep him contained for
the next ten days even if it killed her!
homeworld, then she’d figure out what to do. She knew
that seeing as how he knew about their baby, he wouldn’t let her leave the
remaining there daunting, she didn’t think she had much of a choice. Her
daughter deserved to grow up among her own kind, in a place where she could
survive without becoming some lab experiment, which is exactly what would
happen if Renee took her back home.
the keypad for admittance.
in. It had been one of the rooms where important Earth guests would stay at
when they came up to discuss heaven-knew-what kind of things with the
human’s enjoyment. The bed was large and plush. Sheer silver curtains hung down
surrounding it. Giving it really the only feminine touch
within the whole room.
once you got past the bed. Renee had placed her things from her apartment
rather haphazardly around the room, but was to tired
too worry with them now. She just wanted to take a shower, and then go to bed
for the next week or so. Even if she slept through the whole trip, it was fine
witr. Sr. She couldn’t even remember a time where she had had more than four or
five hours at a time.
through the com-link. Renee jumped a little and glared back at him.
continued to glare at him as she rubbed one of her ears. She rarely ever saw
Liam get very pissed off, but when he was….
color:black'>To say that Liam was shocked would have been an understatement.
What Renee had done made absolutely no sense to him whatsoever. This had been
her enemy #1, and she had willingly brought his body on board. He
couldn’t understand what drove her to do that. Never mind the fact that there
was always the possibility of him regenerating enough to reawaken.
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color:black'>This species just didn’t seem to know when to stay dead.
kind of a risk?”
time as any to finally let him know the truth.
She voiced softly. Eyes closing so she couldn’t see his reaction.
Finally he spoke up. “You slept with him?”
hair. “I can’t explain it to you, Liam. I don’t even understand it myself.
never stopped fighting him. The fact that he is currently locked up in the
trailed off, unsure as to how to continue.
sigh and nodded his head tiredly. “Then I guess we’ll just have to make our… “
whatever statement he was going to make next.
get some sleep. You look like hell.”
gust as she laughed back at him. Relieved. She smiled
her assent, before turning off the com-link.
silk nightgowns and crawled wearily into the bed. Giving the
computer the command to turn the internal lights off. The light from the
stars whizzing by her window were light enough for her to see around her room.
was in her room. The moment her head hit the pillow, she was asleep.
going to be as peaceful as she had been hoping.
in the middle of the night, she felt a momentary surge of panic. Her body was
on fire. Her nightgown sticking to her skin almost
unbearably. She lay still with the sound of her heart beating in her
ears, as she tried to wrap her mind rather unsuccessfully around what she was
feeling. This was not the first time she had been awakened in the night by her
desire to be with Howlyn, but this time, the
intensity of her arousal was almost frightening.
herself rubbing her body along the material, wanting to feel every inch of her
skin touching it. She rolled seductively, stretched, came up on her hands and
knees to push her derriere up into the air. All the while she throbbed and
burned and nothing she did gave her any relief.
waited for her. Wanted her. Was
desperate for her. The feeling was strong, overwhelming, as if she could
feel his savage hunger beating at her in her mind. His eyes
caressing every inch of her body.
the same hunger for Howlyn that she had for the last
couple of months, but she was actually now feeling his.
black fire between them was burning hard within her, and she couldn’t find
relief, no matter what she did.
on the path she wanted him to take. She cupped the weight of her breasts in her
hands. Massaging. She needed to feel him touching her.
Her skin was hot and flushed, her body aching for release.
curves incased in silk. Her hands following the lines of her
body. Her thighs felt smooth, her hips rounded. She ached for him to
come to her, to touch her skin and find every secret place on her body. Her
long hair fell across her like a silken cloak, strands sliding over her breasts
and back as she moved. Caressing shoulders and the surface of
her neck.
reaction, her blood to thicken and her breath to grow labored.
sob welling up. She didn’t know what he had done to her. She had no way of
fully understanding it. Humans just didn’t go through something like this… it
was human hormones times a thousand. She felt like fire was licking along her
flesh, and imagining it was Howlyn instead wasn’t
helping.
bout of lovemaking. She wasn’t going to find relief anywhere else but with him.
And only him.
wanted the feel of his teeth there. She wanted…
call over the speaker in her room. Thankfully, he’s com-link was audio only.
slightly. Hoping that Liam wouldn’t be able to tell that
something was wrong. Her voice was hoarse and barely recognizable. She
briefly rubbed her hand over her face. Perspiration coated her body. She
soothed her hair back from her damp forehead as she shifted her weight on the
bed up to her hands as she sat up. Wincing slightly.
Wondering wha the the hell would have Liam contacting her
this late…
was that maybe Howlyn had gotten loose. But something
told her that she would have already figured that out long before Liam did.
That is, if Howlyn was going through anything like
what she was…
we’ve got trouble. I need you dressed and on the Command Deck as quickly as
possible.”
question was cut off when the ship suddenly jolted out of ID Space. A sharp
blast hit the side of the ship hard, and cleanly knocked Renee off the bed. She
landed hard. Smacking the breath from her body, as she saw flashes of what
appeared to be weapons fire lighting up outside her window. The whole side of
the ship seemed to grumble at the interference.
Liam?!” Renee yelled out, pushing herself back up to her feet.
grab for a pair of her clothes. Throwing on the pair of pants she had been
wearing before, and grapping her black spaghetti top
and throwing it on. Knowing it was somewhat cleaner than the last bit clotclothing she had been wearing. Looking around desperately for
her boots.
to have stumbled into a Jaridian ship. I’m trying to
hail them, but they aren’t exactly listening at the moment!”
of course.” Renee muttered. Pulling on her boots as
she walked towards the exit of her room.
before racing out of her room. Her past ‘discomfort’ forgotten as the familiar
battle adrenaline took over, and she once again felt her blood start to heat.
Only this time, from being one very pissed off human female mother to be.