His Virgin Mate(48)

True, we’d yet to leave the building. We knew nothing of Everis other than what I could see from my window or read about in their books. I hoped once Von claimed me, I’d see it. I wanted to see everything here. I wondered what the animals were like, and the trees? What did their flowers smell like? Was their grass green? Did they have orchards and farms on the planet or was it all grown on their moon? Did chefs here plant their own gardens? Did they even have chefs? Maybe they grew their food indoors, under grow lights like hydroponic farms back on Earth.

“And she’s not going to go to the challenge to pick up another guy,” Dani added. “It’s not like she’s trolling.”

I wasn’t. I didn’t want anyone else. I only wanted Von. I only wanted what he’d said he’d do to me after the challenge. Claim me, make me his completely. My nipples tightened and my pussy clenched in anticipation. I remembered how thick and big he was when he’d carefully slipped into my ass. I couldn’t wait to find out how fantastic he’d feel stretching me open and taking my virginity.

“She’s going to see her man get all hot and sweaty, fighting another alien for her. It’s chest thumping and basic Neanderthal behavior. I, for one, don’t miss out on that kind of testosterone-fest,” Dani added.

Dani did have a point. The idea of Von fighting someone else for me—me!—was actually pretty hot. Like ruined-panties hot.

“Fine, Von going all caveman makes her ovaries jump for joy,” Katie said, getting up to go refill her mug. “But he’s a bossy alien and shouldn’t tell her what she can or can’t do. That’s the main reason we should go. Let him boss you now and he’ll think he can boss you forever. You have to set the tone for the whole relationship now.”

I glanced at Dani, who looked elegant and perfect, even sprawled out on the couch next to me. She shrugged her dainty shoulders as she glanced my way. “She does have a point. I mean, if you’re to be with him forever and all that, you need to show him exactly who is going to be in charge of Alexa Lopez.”

“Me,” I said.

“You,” Katie added, settling back down and blowing on her hot drink before taking a sip. “My mother always said, start a relationship how you want it to go otherwise you’ll be picking dirty socks off the floor and falling into the toilet because the seat’s left up for the rest of your life.”

Von and I hadn’t gotten to the dirty socks part of our relationship. No, only hot oral action in a restaurant and anal sex on the second date. I got their point though. If I let Von walk all over me now, he’d do it for the rest of our lives. Sure, I’d let him protect me from real threats, but just watching him beat up Major Cosmo? I didn’t see the danger.

“You’ll both go with me, right? It’s not like I would go alone,” I said, glancing between them. They both nodded.

“We wouldn’t miss it. That major? He’s a creep. I’d love to see him get punched in the nose,” Dani added. For someone so small, she was pretty ruthless.

I stood up and both girls looked to me. “We’re going.”

Katie and Dani also stood, grinning.

“We’re going,” Katie repeated.

“Hell, yeah.”





Chapter Sixteen

Lexi



I thought the fight would be like a boxing match, in a ring with a referee. Gloves. Maybe even something like the ridiculous wrestling shows on TV but without the men in tights. This? This was insane.

It wasn’t within the walls of the Touchstone, but in an open courtyard below the hilltop. The three of us had followed the numbers of males who were headed to the fight. At first, we hadn’t known where to go, but we eavesdropped on multiple conversations so it wasn’t too tough to figure out that we were headed in the right direction.

Everian males lined the outer edges of the large space, probably half the size of a football field. Most of the men wore uniforms I was by now very familiar with in brown and navy. Those who weren’t in the military wore various colored pants and white shirts. Simple clothes but they did not hide the fact that Everian males were big. So much bigger than most Earth men. Like football linebacker big. And tall.

While we were waiting for Von and Major Cosmo to show up, the gathered men stared at us. Blatantly and openly, like we were the aliens and they couldn’t quite figure out what we were doing there.

We made our way up to the perimeter, marked by odd sticks placed in the ground about every ten or fifteen paces. I reached out to touch one of them but my hand met solid resistance, and I realized there was a force field around the area, but I wasn’t sure if it was designed to keep the combatants in or the rest of the yelling men out.