The Bond That Consumes Us by Christine D'Abo Read Free Book Online

full, larger than most of the other human women he knew. Di machachta he’d had to concentrate so he didn’t stare at them and how they pressed against the tight-fitting shirt she’d worn. He’d been forced to push away thoughts of how they’d fill his hands if he were to touch them.
    By the goddess, how was he supposed to concentrate on catching a killer when there were so many distractions? He may be a Briel Protectorate, but he wasn’t infallible. It had been years since he’d had the pleasure of a woman in his bed. Hadn’t really thought too long on it—not since Calantha had died.
    When he closed his eyes, it wasn’t his mate’s eyes he saw staring back at him, but Fallon’s green gaze. That wasn’t even the correct color—they were more gray than green. Not that it mattered because the real beauty was what he saw when he looked deep into them.
    Fallon had a beautiful soul.
    His cock twitched when the image of her walking naked into the room, her long auburn hair spilling over her shoulders to partially conceal her breasts, filled his thoughts. He could practically see her looking up at him with those eyes, a faint blush covering her cheeks. Taber’s hand itched, and the overwhelming desire to reach down and stroke his shaft was almost enough to beat past his Protectorate discipline. He fought it, just like he fought every other impulse he’d had over the last twenty cycles to grant himself a small measure of peace.
    No matter how much he may be infatuated with the human bartender, it wasn’t worth dishonoring the memory of his mate.
    He couldn’t be bonded with another woman. Unlike when Kamran and Haylie met, there wasn’t a chance of his going mad with lust for this woman. He’d had his one chance at happiness, one chance at a family taken away from him. Like others before him, he was forced to live the rest of his life in solace. Something Calantha would have preferred had she still been alive.
    Pushing those thoughts away, he closed his eyes and tucked his hands under his head and stretched onto his back on the bed. His body ached from having stood for so long yesterday. His cock ached from having stood by Fallon for so long. What made matters worse was the fact she seemed to be attracted to him.
    What was it about her that caught his attention?
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    Other human women on Eurus had expressed an interest in him, but he’d never reacted like this. His cock had lain dormant and he’d had no trouble sleeping. Not like now.
    Taber let out the breath he’d been holding in a long hiss. Images of Fallon refused to leave his mind. He could see her crawling naked between his legs on her hands and knees. Her unbound hair caressing the skin of his thighs as she slowly inched her way up to his cock. Fallon would smile, her small, pink tongue darting out to lick his sac, teasing the sensitive flesh before she licked a long trail up his shaft.
    It was too much. More aroused than he’d been in years, Taber couldn’t hold out any longer. He pulled his hand out from behind his head, reached down and cupped his sac. Squeezing, he moved up to the base of his shaft and pulled his cock in a smooth jerk.
    Fallon’s mouth would be hot. She’d take his tip into her mouth and suck hard, her tongue busy teasing the swollen head. Her full breasts would sway and bounce against his thighs and balls, her hard nipples sending shivers of need through his body.
    Taber increased the tempo of his strokes, wetting his shaft with spit to make his hand slide more smoothly over the skin. He wouldn’t let her suck him for long. Not when he could bury his cock into her sweet body. Feel her muscles contract around his shaft when he’d pull on her nipples, suck them hard into his mouth.
    He knew she would do the things to him Calantha never would. The things that had made her block him from her mind during sex, refusing to talk to him about when they were alone.
    The Fallon of his dreams would let him tie her to the bed. Her body