His Virgin Mate(16)

“I wonder what they’re like?” Dani mused aloud. “The Hunters, I mean. We’ve only been here with these guard guys.” What had her dream been like, I wondered?

“Hunters,” Treva replied. “Hunters are honorable, protective. They will be very eager for you. I am not familiar with Earth males, but the males here today will be very dominant and extremely possessive.”

“A possessive, dominant guy?” the petite blonde asked with a sly grin. “When do we start?”

I glanced at Katie. Most of the girls in the room were as excited and ready as I. I could see it in their eyes, the way they were fidgeting and breathing just a little too fast.

There was a knock on the door and a male guard stuck his head in. “All is ready.”

“When does it start?” Treva repeated, then smiled broadly. “Right now.”



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Alexis



“Are you shitting me?” Katie whispered. “When Treva said eighty, I hadn’t really thought she meant eighty. There are only twelve of us.”

We were standing side by side in the middle of a huge room, Katie on my left. The huge room was a cross between an Earth wedding hall and Hogwarts dining room. The one thing neither of those places could claim was eighty hot men. Every single one of them was gorgeous and the testosterone in the room was worse than I imagined an NFL locker room might be after winning the championship.

I felt like prey, circled and eyed by a group of lethal predators just before they swooped in. All were warriors, I’d heard, men who’d fought the Hive and earned the right to an Interstellar Bride for his mate. Combine that with the mark and these males were well vetted.

Not only did they have to be courageous veterans still serving their planet, but they were all born with a mark that potentially matched their female. A mark that made the two lovers dream of each other. That made them hot and bothered.

I rubbed my thighs together, trying to dull the ache that had only grown since I woke up from my own dream this morning, sweaty and tangled in my nightgown. I’d shared some details with Katie and Dani, but I hadn’t told them that the garment had been up about my waist and my hand had been between my thighs. My pussy had been wet. Sticky even. Like right now.

“Do all guys on Everis look like this?” I leaned over and whispered the question to Dani, who stood on my right.

All of them were dressed in identical uniforms. They wore tan-colored pants and shirt with a darker jacket, a chocolate color, on top. Black boots came to below their knees. Just like on US uniforms, braids or stripes of color adorned their wrists or upper arms, indicating rank. Some had no stripes at all, some had one. A few had more. There were also little pins at the collar of their jacket. They were different, depending on the wearer, and I wondered what they signified.

A man in uniform was hot, but to make this bunch even more…virile, were the thigh holsters. None had guns in them, perhaps so they didn’t shoot each other when fighting over us—I envisioned a fight easily—but having their strong thighs delineated definitely worked for me.

“I have no idea, but my last date on Earth looked like PeeWee Herman in comparison to these guys,” Dani said. I couldn’t help but smile, thinking back on the dates I’d had. Dani totally called it. The boys I’d dated were weak shadows of men compared to these Hunters.

“I’m looking at eighty reasons why I’m glad I didn’t punch my V card back home,” Katie added.

I couldn’t help the snort that escaped, but I sobered quickly when two men came our way.

“Earth females,” the one with dark hair said. He had two stripes on his sleeve.

I nodded my head.

“Have you shared dreams with a marked mate?” He bowed low, taking my hand in his and placing a soft kiss on my fingers. “Or are you free to be worshipped by another?”

The man beside him had lighter hair and remained quiet. While he seemed content to stand before us, he wasn’t as eager. He must be the guy’s wingman, obviously convinced none of us were his mate.

“I’m sorry.” I pulled my hand free and he stood. “We’ve all been sharing dreams since we arrived.” I kind of felt bad for them, but I had to wonder, if they were so good looking, why didn’t they have Everian women climbing them like wild monkeys? I mean, if I didn’t have the mark, didn’t know there was one specific male here for me, I’d be working the hall.

“Terrible news.” He grinned, and I hoped he found his mate. He was charming and fun and hot enough to melt the polar ice caps. But he wasn’t mine, and we both knew it. “Should he fail to please you, I beg you to find me. I will lick your sweet cream until you no longer remember his name.”