much." He breathed the words into her ear, delighted when she shivered.
"It's only been a few hours." Her girlish giggle made his dick quiver.
"Too long. I'm a starving man."
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He crowded her back toward the small bed on which she obviously slept. He examined it over her shoulder for a quick moment. It was too small for what he had in mind, but he'd make do. He pushed down on her shoulders until she was sitting before him on the edge of her little bed.
Her little hands traced the ridge of flesh that twitched under his pants.
"Is this normal? As a healer in training, I've been taught that men aren't usually this…um…potent."
Zeke shrugged. "It's normal for me. At least when it comes to you, Angel."
He would have said more, but a knock on the hatch interrupted. Angela shot up from the bed and went to answer the door, just cracking it so she could talk with whomever was on the other side. He heard soft, feminine voices, and a moment later she shut the door and returned to him.
Pulling her again into his arms, he nuzzled her ear. "Let's go out to my ship. I've got a big, comfortable bed in my cabin, and no one can intrude on us there once I put the shield up."
Her expression teased as she looked up at him slyly. "Okay, but we can't be seen. I'm supposed to be studying and they'll never let me live it down if they knew you and I were…well…um…"
"Fornicating?" He placed a nibbling kiss on her neck as she chuckled. "Fucking like bunnies?" His kisses trailed lower, pausing to look deeply into her eyes. "Making love?"
She blushed and hid her face in the curve of his neck, her arms tightening as her lips trembled against the skin just above his collar.
"Would it be so bad if they knew we were together?" he asked softly. Startlingly, her answer meant more than he would have imagined just a few days before. No woman had ever had such a strong claim on his emotions. "Do I embarrass you?"
That sounded way too vulnerable, but he couldn't call the words back. He brazened it out, glad when her eyes lifted and her soft palms caressed his stubbled cheeks.
"Never, Ezekiel. I just…" she seemed to search for the right words. "I've never felt this way before." His heart soared. "I just want to keep it to myself—to ourselves—for a little while. I want to savor it. Savor this. Savor you." She kissed him sweetly on the mouth, a light brushing of the lips. "Do you truly mind?"
"Not when you put it like that." He bent to sweep a light kiss across her luscious lips. "I think I can get us to the ship without being seen. I like a challenge." He growled and bit her earlobe playfully, making her laugh. "Let's go."
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Zeke was on her as soon as he set the shield. Within moments they were both naked and panting on the deck inside the main hatch. He couldn't even wait to get to his cabin, that's how strong the hunger for her gripped him. She was a need deep inside, a thirst that would never be quenched. Zeke slid home, his hard body on top of her this time. His eyes followed her every move, her every emotion as it crossed her lovely face, riding hard but slow, in and out.
He took his time now that he was where he wanted most to be in the universe. Where he belonged.
"Do you feel what you do to me, baby?" Angela moaned softly and closed her eyes, but he wouldn't allow it. He wanted her to know who was fucking her, who was part of her. "Look at me, Angel. Open your eyes."
Her eyes flickered open and she gasped, going stiff beneath him as her hands came up to cover her breasts and her eyes fixed in fright on something over his shoulder.
Instantly alert, Zeke looked back and cursed.
"Dammit, Mike. Give us a minute here, will you?" He would not stop now. He couldn't.
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"I thought you said no one could bother us once the shield was set." Angela was tense beneath him as he continued to move in her. Mike's appearance had probably killed a bit of the mood for her, he realized, slowing to give her time to