Soren's Bondmate by Mardi Maxwell Read Free Book Online

something else entirely? Something she was keeping from him?
    She'd admitted she was dying because she hadn't found a worthy mate. She'd also said he'd had the same problem. The cynic in him wondered what the odds were of two people with the same dire need finding each other at the last moment on a small planet in an unknown galaxy. He thought about it for a moment and decided they were infinitesimal.
    None of this made sense. How could his love for her make her strong? What would happen if he didn't care for her? Would she grow weak? Would she die? Was that the secret she was keeping from him? The more he sorted through the information the more improbable her story became although his rising need for her verified that a fever of some kind existed. What he wanted to know was had she given it to him as leverage to make him stay with her?
    He looked up and saw the reflection of a tall, heavily muscled stranger with short black hair and dark tattoos on either side of his head facing him. Reaching out, he touched the face. "Aqua," he said identifying the color of the eyes even though he couldn't see their color in the crude reflection. "The same color as—who?" The name clung to the tip of his tongue but refused to be spoken. Cursing, he turned and walked toward the cave. It was time to find her and force more information from her.
    Two units later Soren struggled to control the fever raging in his body while he continued to search for Skye. Frustrated and aroused he yelled her name, his voice a guttural roar that echoed off the hard walls of the chamber. When it faded away he heard a soft whimper coming from the shadows and stalked toward it with the intention of spanking her ass red for hiding from him for so long. His plan dissolved when he found her huddled and shivering on the stone floor surrounded by the same blue mist that covered his body. "Skye?" He lifted her into his arms.
    "So cold." She struggled to get the words out through chattering teeth.
    Soren tried to warm her by holding her closer to his chest while he carried her through the cave and into the bathing chamber. Once there he turned on the hot water and undressed her while the tub filled. He slid her into it then undressed and climbed in behind her. She turned in his arms, straddled his legs and pressed her shivering body against him. He splashed warm water over her back and reminded himself that she needed him to take care of her not make love to her. No matter what he did though she grew colder and he grew hotter until the air around them shimmered with heat waves.
    She stroked her hands over his shoulders, slid her hips closer to his and ground herself against his erection. "You feel so good."
    He scooted her back away from him. "Be still. I'm trying to help you."
    She shoved his hands away, lifted up and positioned herself at the head of his cock then lowered herself onto him. "This is helping." She gave a little wiggle and moaned.
    He swiped his hand over his forehead. "I'm burning up."
    She wrapped her hands around the back of his neck then leaned back and wiggled again, grinding her clit against him. "Oh, yes, this feels so good."
    Soren grasped her waist and jerked her against him then held her above him while he pumped up into her. Her eyes darkened and began to close.
    "No, keep your eyes open. I want to see you come for me."
    Skye widened her eyes for a nano-unit then seemed to lose the ability to keep them open and they began to close again. He stopped moving and held her above him with just the head of his cock inside her. She mewled with disappointment and tried to move.
    "Look at me, Skye."
    "Soren," she said, her eyes meeting his.
    "You're beautiful. Now, let me see your pleasure." He began to move again but this time he held her down on him and rocked up into her. Within moments he heard her moan and felt her tighten around him. "That's it. Come for me."
    She gasped his name and her pussy fluttered around him. He thrust into her, hard, and she