Forgotten (63 page)

Kate had already come several times while he
tasted her but she knew by now that was just a preview. The big
Kindred was more than capable of making her come over and over
again…she just wondered if she would have another one of those
long, multi-orgasms that he’d given her the other night when his
Beast was out. She had the feeling that if he kept touching her and
circling her clit while he thrust inside her, she was going to find
out.

“
Rone,” she gasped, riding
his cock. “Ah, God,
Rone—
that feels so good! So
right!”

“
Feels right to me too,
baby,” he groaned. “Gods, I love to take you to the Breeding
Chair—love to fuck you long and hard and deep and feel your sweet
pussy milking the cream out of me while I come in you again and
again…”

“
Come now,” Kate urged
him, knowing it wouldn’t be the end of their lovemaking but only
the beginning. “Fill me up, Rone—I
want
you to!”

“
Gods, baby, I can’t help
it…” With a low groan, he gave a particularly deep thrust as he
rocked up into her and she felt another hot, hard spurt of cum
bathing her inner pussy.

The intense pleasure brought her to the peak
again. Kate moaned as she felt her orgasm rip through her—a much
deeper orgasm this time, one that seemed to come from inside her,
right where she and the big Kindred were connected.

Then, to Kate’s surprise, she suddenly had
another sensation. It was the same feeling she’d had when Rone’s
Beast had been taking her from behind—the feeling that some part of
her inside had opened up and was sucking the head of the big
Kindred’s cock, begging for more of his seed.

“
Rone?” she asked, her
eyes flying wide as she stared at him. “Do…do you feel
that?”

His silver-blue eyes were wide as well—wide
with surprise.

“
Gods, I do!”

“
What…what is it?” Kate
panted. She looked down to where they were joined, almost expecting
to be able to see what was happening.

“
It’s your body—you’re
opening up for me,” Rone explained, his deep voice hoarse.
“You…you’re actually sucking the seed out of me, directly into your
womb.”

“
Ahh!” Kate gasped as the
deep, intense sensation continued. She was still coming, her inner
walls clenching around the big Kindred’s thick, invading shaft and
now she knew she was literally milking him, sucking as much of his
potent seed inside her as she could. That knowledge, coupled with
the pleasure seemed to be doing something inside her—something she
couldn’t explain or deny. She moaned louder, gripping hard at his
bare shoulders and biting her lip, trying to understand what was
happening.

The joining ceremony…the flowers…Emily
telling me to smell them…saying they were from Rageron…and the
Goddess…what the Goddess said to me before…what she told me before
I left the Sacred Grove…oh Goddess…oh my Goddess!

"Oh my Goddess!" she moaned out loud.

“
It’s all right,” Rone
assured her in a low growl. “It’s okay, baby, it’ll be over in a
minute.”

“
No…no, you don’t
understand.” Kate gripped the side of her head with one hand as a
dizzying rush of memories flooded her brain. “It’s not the
lovemaking—that's good,” she told Rone, panting. “Keep…keep
going!”

“
Couldn’t stop if I wanted
to,” he admitted gruffly. “We’re locked together down there, baby.
We won’t…won’t be able to separate until your pussy stops milking
the cum from my cock.
Gods.
” The last word was a groan
because he was still coming too, still overcome with the same
pleasure that was overcoming her.

“
All right…okay.” Kate
realized there was nothing she could do—nothing but spread her
thighs and give in to the intense sensations and the feeling of his
shaft spurting deep inside her. With a low moan, she ground down
against him, giving in to the pleasure and the flood of memories
that were washing over her at the same time.

The first time he ever asked me out…our
joining ceremony and how happy I was when he slipped the ring on my
finger…our honeymoon…the redwoods…the Grand Canyon…traveling all
over the Universe in the Finder…searching for Emily when she was
taken by Tragar…finally catching up to her…her joining ceremony on
Rageron…

And then it seemed she had come full circle,
right back to where she’d been when she first started remembering.
Just at that moment, the pleasure finally began to fade and she
felt her body letting go of Rone’s.

With a moan, she collapsed in his arms,
tears stinging her eyes.

“
Baby… are you all right?”
Rone sounded worried as he held her close to him.

Kate looked up at him with wet yes. “Rone,”
she whispered. “I remember.”

“
What?” he frowned and
stroked a strand of hair out of her face. “What are you talking
about? What do you remember?”

“
Everything.” Kate looked
up at him, her eyes filled with tears. “Oh, Rone, I remember
everything
. I’m
back!”

Chapter Thirty

Rone could scarcely believe it. It couldn’t
be true—after all this time, could she really have recovered her
memories? Could she—

“
Yes, it’s true!”
he heard her say.
“I
remember everything from our first kiss to sniffing those damn
flowers and blacking out.”

“
Our first kiss? You
really remember it?”

“
Of course! We were
walking in the woods, remember? And I stood on a tree stump and
asked you to come look at something.”
Kate
grinned.
“Then, when you were close
enough, I grabbed you and kissed you.”

“
Yes, you did! I remember
I wanted so badly to kiss you that whole day but I was afraid I
might hurt you or frighten you.”
He
laughed.
“And then you took matters into
your own hands and kissed me instead, my naughty little
Lalli.”

“
Call me that
again!”
Kate begged, pulling him closer.
She looked into his eyes.
“I’ve missed it
so much—being your Lalli.”

“
Lalli, Lalli, La—”
Rone broke off abruptly, staring at
her.

“
What? Why did you
stop?”
Kate demanded.

“
Kate…baby…listen to us.
Do you hear what we’re doing? How we’re communicating?”

“
What are you…oh!”
Her lovely green eyes grew wide. “Oh my God,
Rone,” she whispered, finally speaking aloud. “We’ve been
communicating mentally this whole time. And that means…”

“
Our bond,” he said
hoarsely. “It’s back. I don’t understand how but it’s back,
Kate!”

“
I think
I
understand.” Reaching
up, she ran her cool fingers through his hair, sending a shiver of
pleasure down his spine. “It’s because we finally made
love.”

“
But we did that the other
night—or rather, my Beast did,” Rone pointed out. “Why didn’t that
bring back your memories and our bond?”

“
Your Beast is part of you
but he
isn’t
the
part I had a bond with,” Kate said.

“
Gods…” He shook his head.
“Do you know, I actually thought that might be the reason—if there
was a reason—that my Beast was finally allowed to meet you? To…to
breed you? And then when I realized it hadn’t brought you back,
brought back our bond, that it was all for nothing…”

“
It wasn’t all for
nothing, honey,” Kate said softly. “No, look at me,” she said when
he closed his eyes, unable to bear the thought of how he’d hurt
her. “None of this was for nothing—it all had a
purpose.”

“
What purpose could there
be for me to…to use you like I did that night?” Rone asked. He
couldn’t help it, no matter how often she reassured him that he
hadn’t hurt her, he still had the memories of the Beast that seemed
to prove otherwise.

“
I had to meet your
Beast—I had to tame him and let him breed me,” Kate said. “Listen,
Rone, I told you I remembered everything and I have, but there’s
something else, something I didn’t get a chance to tell you before
I sniffed that damn bouquet of flowers and forgot
everything.”

“
What?” Rone asked but
that moment, the red sensor light mounted high on the wall of their
bedroom began blinking and a mechanical voice announced,
"
Urgent message. Urgent message from the
Mother Ship."

“
Looks like it’ll have to
wait a minute—we’d better get that.” Kate looked down to where they
were still joined. “Uh… we’re still stuck together. You think it’s
safe to disengage?”

“
I think so,” Rone said
cautiously. “I’m not coming anymore so you should be done, uh,
milking me.”

“
That’s never happened
before,” Kate pointed out as she carefully disengaged. “I mean,
we’ve spent too many nights in the Breeding Chair to count but
other than the night I tamed your Beast, I’ve never had that,
uh,
sensation.
That feeling that I was actually sort of
sucking
you in.”

“
No,” Rone agreed. “No,
it’s never happened to us but I
have
heard of it happening to other
bonded couples. Usually when a female is taming a male’s Beast.
I’ve never heard of it happening otherwise though. I—”

“
Urgent message from the
Mother Ship,”
interrupted the mechanical
voice of the ship’s alarm again.

“
Come on.” Kate went to
her dresser and pulled out a long pink silk robe that tied with a
white sash. “Get some trousers on,” she said as she pulled it on.
“I’ll go see what they want.”

“
All right.” But for a
moment Rone just watched her. His mate—his beautiful, sweet,
perfect
Lalli
was
back. After so many days and nights of yearning for her, it was
hard to believe—he was almost afraid it might be a dream. Then he
heard Kate out in the control portion of the ship
saying,

“
Okay, I’m coming, I’m
coming—keep your pants on!”

She really is back,
he thought and for a moment tears stung his
eyes.
Thank you, Goddess. Thank you for
sending my mate back to me!

* * * * *

“
Hello? Hello, can you
hear me?” The face peering anxiously into the viewscreen was
Sophie’s and right beside her was her twin, Liv. Kate was surprised
at how glad she was to see them both.

“
Hey you guys,” she said,
smiling at them as she hit the switch that allowed them to see her.
“What’s going on?”

“
Oh, Kate! Oh thank
goodness!” Sophie looked relieved. “We’re so glad you’re still on
board the Finder and not back on Earth yet!”

“
We would have had a heck
of a time tracking you down,” Liv put in. “And the news we have,
well—it can’t wait.”

“
I’ve got news too.” Kate
was brimming with excitement, dying to share the news of her
recovered memory and her renewed bond but Liv and Sophie looked so
serious she decided she’d better hear what they had to say first.
“Hey, what is it?” she asked, looking at the two of them
uncertainly. “You look pretty upset—both of you.”

“
It’s just…well, the news
we have is kind of
delicate.”
Sophie bit her lip. “You see, after Sylvan drew
blood from you I convinced him to run an extra test. Because of
what you said about being so upset and that time of the month and
everything and, well…”

“
Well, what?” Kate asked,
bewildered. “What test are you talking about?”

“
Look.” Liv held something
up to the viewscreen so Kate could see it. “I know you don’t know
what this is—”

“
A flower.” Kate’s voice
was suddenly tight. “It…it’s a blue flower.”

“
Right,” Liv said. “Now
this is going to sound crazy but when you take a test—a pregnancy
test—up here, you get one of three results. A pink flower means a
girl, a white flower means you’re not pregnant. And a blue flower
means—”

“
A boy! A son—I’m going to
have a son! Rone’s son!” Kate exclaimed, unable to hold back
anymore. And then she burst into tears.

“
Oh, no!” Sophie looked
upset. “Oh, Liv—we’ve made her cry! Oh, Kate, we’re so
sorry!”

“
Look, hon, we know this
is kind of awkward news, especially with the two of you splitting
up and everything,” Liv said, staring at her anxiously. “So if
you’d like to come back to the Mother Ship so we can talk about it
and find a place for you to stay…”

“
Because you can stay up
here with us,” Sophie put in earnestly. “And we’ll introduce you to
everyone. Liv and I will be with you every step of the way.
We—”

“
Kate isn’t going
anywhere.” Suddenly Rone was standing right behind her, his big
hands on her shoulders. “She’s staying aboard the Finder with
me.”

“
I’m sorry…” Kate sniffed
and somehow managed to get a grip on herself. “I’m not…not crying
because I’m upset. I’m crying because I’m so surprised and happy.
And Rone and I
aren’t
splitting up.”