“Fuck yes,” Poppy whispered, getting an eyeful of what hewas preparing to plunge into her. “Have I told you how much I love your body?”she asked huskily, running one hand down his abs and smoothing her finger downhis member that was poised at her body.
“You can tell me more. Later. Right now I want you too muchto talk.” With that he leaned his weight forward and allowed his cock to fillher one inch at a time.
Once he was fully inside her, their eyes locked as if theyeach understood how perfect this particular moment was.
“I will never get enough of you, my little flower.”
“Ditto,” Poppy said softly with a smile that turned to agasp. She arched her back as he started thrusting.
Still on his knees, he kept hold of her legs while he pumpedinto her over and over again. Not being able to reach his body easily, Poppyreclined and gripped her hands into the sheets under their straining bodies. Asher knuckles tightened on the fabric, she knew she was close again. Wheaton’sclenched jaw was now coated with beads of sweat. Letting go of the sheets,Poppy reached down between her legs to finger her still-hard clit. Wheaton musthave felt her move, because when his eyes saw her hand, he groaned and startedthrusting even harder into the cradle of her hips.
“Let me.” He pushed her hand away and pinched her clit witha sharp flick of his fingers. As if he had his own personal switch to her body,she immediately detonated. Under her straining, open legs, she felt his thighstighten as he pumped hard into her sheath. Groaning out loud, his body stayedtense for a few more moments while Poppy tried to catch her breath.
“I will never get tired of this.” His voice was hoarse with passion,and Poppy smiled at him through sleepy but satisfied eyes.
“That’s a good thing.” Reaching up to tug Wheaton down, shecuddled him a second before turning over to wiggle back into the curve of hisbody. As they lay there, damp with the passion they were unable to control, shetraced the muscle on the forearm that was around her waist.
“What happens now?” she asked quietly.
“We will be happy, Poppy.”
Smacking his arm, she said, “I know that, you goof. I meant,what happens with everything else?”
Pulling her back into place, he settled his chin on the topof her head. “We will try to have Demascus brought before the Council to facecharges. We wait for our baby to be born. We keep you safe.” As if those werethe easiest things to do, he didn’t pause with his answer.
“What about calling more brides? That’s been ruined for somany warriors.” Poppy couldn’t help but feel bad for the men who wouldn’t havea chance to find their mates. She’d made friends with some of them and couldn’timagine them being alone until they fixed whatever Demascus had done to thecomputer system.
“Actually, before Demascus installed the virus, we hadalready pulled fifty more matches from the system.” Leaning down to kiss herhair, he paused. “Depending on what he was able to upload it could take sometime for us to fix the damage that he has done. The virus he installed hasmanaged to infiltrate so many parts of the system. Our first step will be tosee how far it was able to reach before we can estimate the length of time wewill be without new bridal matches. One of the system engineers believes thatDemascus may have uploaded the virus earlier than expected. We will not knowfor sure, but he may have been the cause of the system matching me with Hannah.We suspect he may have infected the system first to set up false matches andcause the Council to doubt our alliance with Earth. When that did not work, hewent to more extreme measures.”
“What an asshole. I hope they can get it all sorted out. Ifeel so bad for all the warriors still waiting for their chances at getting abride.” Closing her eyes, she suddenly felt everything catch up with her.Yawning widely, Poppy snuggled closer and murmured, “Night, babe.”
Feeling him nuzzle her ear, Poppy smiled when she heard himwhisper, “Sleep well, little flower.”
Epilogue
“E.T. phone home… E.T. phone home.”
“That’s still not funny, Pixie.” Poppy stuck her tongue outat the video monitor that showed her sister’s smiling face.
“Oh c’mon, it is totally funny.” Wiggling her eyebrows backat Poppy, she gave her a pointed look. “How is my future alien niece or nephew?And tell me again why Wheaton didn’t want to know the sex of the baby?”
“He or she is perfectly fine and you can blame it onwatching too many movies. Apparently he wants the full ‘surprise’ experience.Tamin and Rodin have been sworn to secrecy to anyone and everyone who tries toweasel it out of them.” She rubbed her stomach and leaned back so Pixie couldget a glimpse of her rounded belly. She smiled. “By the way, it is so nice tosee your ugly mug again. I was getting really tired of just hearing yourvoice.”
Pixie grinned back. “I know. Being able to see and talk toyou makes a big difference. Almost like we aren’t too far apart. Oh and let mesee that ring now!”
Waving her hand in front of the screen, Poppy showed Pixiethe ring Wheaton had put there not too long ago. After Pixie’s appropriate“oohs” and “aahhs” Poppy laughed at her sister and gestured for them to moveon.
“So, what’s been happening in your neck of the woods?” Poppyasked. Keeping one hand on her stomach, she realized it had become a habit torub her baby belly. It weirded her out when other people touched her stomachbut she was always comforted when she was able to massage the rounded-out area.
“Well…a lot actually,” Pixie answered. The seriousness onPixie’s face caused Poppy to worry for a moment.
While Squadron One had gone to the Phaeton Prime for a fewshort weeks, they
