3013: CLAIMED (7 page)

He nodded slowly. “All right.”

“First, I want to say thank you for coming to me when you knew I was in trouble. I know it’s been a long time since we’ve actually spent time together.”

Sully shook his head. He placed his hands on his knees as if to stop himself from reaching out to her. “It doesn’t matter how long it’s been, Serra. You matter to us. You always have, and you always will. You don’t have to thank me for that.”

She blew out a slow breath. “Still, I want you to know that it means a lot to me. I’ve always been able to depend on you, and it was…difficult for me not to be able to come to you before this.”

His face grew hard, and she could see the anger flash in his light-brown eyes. “That wasn’t your fault. Your mother will pay for what she did to you.”

“She will,” she agreed. “Even though we have years to make up for, we’re bonded now. I have to tell you that Arik showed me his memories of you. Of both you and Jax.”

“He told us. I don’t have any problems with that. Neither does Jax.” Sully paused for a moment before he spoke again. “I guess now is a good time to confess something to you, too. While you were sleeping we had a look at your data unit. We read the letters you wrote us.”

“You…” Confusion flickered through her, and it increased when his voice hardened.

“Serra, we never got those letters. If we knew you wanted us too, we would have come for you long before now.”

“But, I sent them. I thought you were angry with me when you stopped writing—”

“We never got them,” he said adamantly. “We never knew. When we found the letters we had a tech look at your unit and we found a block had been placed on it.”

“That’s impossible. I would have known if—”

“Only if you had been looking for it. The block was buried deep, and wouldn’t have been caught on a normal scan. Serra, your mother had someone tamper with your unit in order to bounce any communications you tried to send us.” He paused again. “We found it also blocked your communications with your fathers as well.”

She opened her mouth to protest, then stopped herself. Stars, would her mother’s treachery ever end? It all made a horrible sort of sense and she couldn’t deny that her mother would have done it to ensure Serra was kept isolated. Pushing her feelings on that aside, she simply said, “Of course she did.”

“Come here, hummingbird,” he said, reaching out to grip her hands in his to stop her fingers from tapping against the side of her legs. He pulled her closer, so she was standing between his legs.

“I’m sorry, I’m nervous. I’ve never been in this type of situation. Obviously,” she added with a little laugh. “I’m happy you claimed me, though.”

His face lit up with a wicked grin that stole her breath. “I’m pretty damn happy we claimed you, too. You must be starving. They said you’d need to eat and rest a lot for the next few days. I brought you some—”

She placed her hands on his shoulders to stop him. “I know we have a lot of things to talk about, and I am hungry, but there is something else I want before we get to that.”

“Okay…”

Serra worried her lip with her teeth, trying to figure out how to say what she wanted to him. He noticed her hesitation, and gave her an encouraging smile. “Honey, you don’t have to filter yourself with me. Just say whatever it is you want to say.”

“I want to have sex.”

Archer froze and simply blinked at her. Well, hell. He hadn’t been expecting that. Blood surged from his head, straight down to his cock, leaving him feeling a little lightheaded. “Well, that was pretty fucking blunt.”

She frowned. “You said not to filter it.”

He laughed at that, but the lust heating his blood making it hard to think. Archer sobered, trying to pay attention to the conversation instead of ripping that fucking robe off her and throwing her down on the bed. “Hummingbird, I love your kind of unfiltered, but I don’t want to rush you—”

“I think I’ve waited long enough. But here’s the thing. I want both you and Jax, it’s just that…”

“Honey, trust me when I say that Jax and I both want you. So much we pretty much can’t see straight, but you’re a virgin. We’re not some assholes that are going to jump you for your first damn time. We each want our own time with you, to show you how special you are to us before both of us join you in here. We can take this at whatever pace you need. We have a lifetime of loving you together.”

Serra relaxed a little at that. She did want to be with Jax and Sully, but the thought of being with both of them her first time had been slightly daunting. “I’m glad. From what I’ve heard from other claimed women, men tend to think it’s normal to just rush into the whole ménage thing.”

“For women that are used to having two lovers at once, I can see that. But it’s important to us for you to know that we will always put your needs first. If Jax and I both took you this first time, we could give you pleasure. More than you’ve ever experienced before, but it would also be selfish of us to rush you into that.”

She silently agreed. Still, she didn’t want him thinking she was completely innocent. “I may technically be a virgin, but it’s not like I’ve never experimented before.”

His brow rose. “I hope you mean with that little toy we found in your bags, and not with other men.”

Damn, she’d forgotten they had unpacked for her. She jerked her chin up and looked him dead in the eyes. “I’ve never been able to be close to men, but yes, my vibrator helps me sleep at night.”

“Stars, I love how you speak your mind, woman. You won’t need your toy anymore. We’ll take care of your needs from now on.”

She arched a brow. “Will you?”

“Oh yeah, we definitely will.” He leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. Serra sighed, letting the pleasure burn through her as he placed his hands on her hips to pull her closer. She wound her arms around his neck when he took the kiss deeper, and let out a soft sigh as their tongues dueled in a passionate play of pleasure. She loved the taste of him, loved the feel his hard body pressed against her.

But it wasn’t enough.

She pulled back, breathing hard as she looked into his eyes. “That was my second kiss.”

“Do you know how hot it makes me to know that no one else has touched those pretty lips of yours?”

Smiling a little, she rubbed his shoulders nervously. “Well, it was my second kiss that I actually wanted. One of my old guards tried to kiss me, but—” She let out a startled yelp when his hands dug into her hips in a punishing hold.

“Sorry.”

“Don’t worry. I reported the officer, and he was taken off my detail a few hours later.” She shot him a mocking glance. “You wouldn’t have had anything to do with that, would you?”

He tried for an innocent expression. “Not me. That was all Jax. Officer Gainer is now stationed at the penal colony on Mars.”

That made her laugh. “I bet he is. I knew you two had something to do with his transfer, but I don’t want to think about that right now.”

“What do you want?”

“I want to see you.”

Archer slowly stood up, his body brushing against hers as he did. He felt captivated by her. He wanted to take things slow, but he was already having trouble holding onto his control. He jerked his shirt off, baring his chest to her and her light-green eyes watched him with rapt fascination. From anyone else, that look might seem almost clinical, but he knew her. The more interested in something she was, the more intensely she studied it.

And at the moment her entire focus was on him.

She reached up as if to trace the hard lines of the muscles on his abdomen, but she paused before she made contact.

“Touch me.” His voice was a command and a plea all at once. He had to hold back a groan when she did as he’d demanded, and her hands softly began to stroke over his skin. His body felt hot, tight with tension, and his cock felt so hard it could have burst through the fabric of his pants. Needing the relief, he unfastened the tie on his pants and let them drop to the floor, allowing his engorged shaft the freedom to jut out.

Serra hissed out a breath as her eyes widened. “Wow.”

He choked back a laugh as he lifted his legs out of the pants and kicked them off to the side. “Real is better than any toy.”

Amusement sparkled in her light-green eyes. “Really? My vibrator pulses and expands. Can you really do better than that?”

He let out a growl as he lifted her and took her down onto the bed, covering her body with his. He began to tickle her, making her shriek with laughter. As she struggled beneath him, the belt of her robe came lose, and the fabric parted, exposing her breasts.

They were both breathing hard as Archer cupped one of her breasts in his hand so her nipple poked at the center of his palm. “You are lovely, Serra. More than I even dreamed.”

“I never knew lovemaking could be fun.”

“It can be anything we want it to be. It can be soft and gentle, or it can be rough and desperate. Nothing is wrong when it comes to how we touch one another.”

Serra felt her skin flush under his heated gaze as she parted the robe so it was fully open, exposing her body to him. “Show me. Show me how it can be.”

He gently lifted her enough to completely remove the robe and his cock pulsed as he saw the bare mound of her pussy.

“So soft,” he murmured as his fingers stroked over her bare skin. She jerked in surprised, but he caught her gasp in his mouth as he kissed her again. His cock was already hard and throbbing to the point of pain, but he wanted to make this good for her.

He needed to make this special.

Shifting lower, he captured the nipple of her right breast in his mouth, tugging lightly at the peak with his teeth.

“Stars, that feels good,” she moaned.

He hummed as he suckled her, then switched to the other nipple, moving his hand down to her core so he could stroke his fingertips over the silken folds of her pussy that were already wet with her juices.

“Spread for me, hummingbird. Open these beautiful legs for me so I can show you how good I can make you feel,” he whispered.

Serra didn’t hesitate as she spread her legs wide for him. Anticipation surged through him, making his mouth water as he and he saw the glistening flesh of her bare pussy. He settled his body between her parted thighs, and trailed a finger softly over her slit, coating the digit with her dew.

“Do you know what I’m going to do to you, Serra?” he asked as he moved his finger up, circling her clit with a whisper of a touch. “First, I’m going to suck this little bud while I fuck you with my fingers…”

“I’m close already,” she warned breathlessly as she shifted her legs wider as if in invitation.

“Good. You’re going to come, and come hard so that you soak me with your juice, then I’m going to fill you with my cock. Do you want that, Serra?”

“God, yes. I want you. Want you filling me. Want you—ah!”

Serra cried out as he went to work, his lips closing tight around her clit as he pushed two fingers inside her tight, hot hole. She lost her mind as the pleasure swamped her. The hard bundle of nerves pulsed as he sucked on it, drawing her closer to her release. He seemed to worship her flesh, licking and sucking while his fingered stroked in and out of her with a steady rhythm. The power he had over her was amazing. Her brain was usually a constant haze of information, but when Sully touched her, there was nothing but him.

Nothing but them.

The tremors began in her belly, muscles tightening, then seemed to shatter out as she climaxed. She felt him slide lower so he could push his tongue deep, collecting her release and drinking it down as the waves of ecstasy rolled though her. It felt like she had shattered into a million tiny pieces, and the only thing holding her together was him.

Archer let out a low growl as the taste of her exploded on his tongue. She was the perfect combination of sweet and salty, and the flavor of her just made him want more. His hands moved to her thighs, holding her open as her body bucked against him. He wanted her to scream his name, to tell him that she was his. He needed her as desperate for him as he was for her, and he damn well wouldn’t stop until he got what he wanted. The sounds of her moans were like the sweetest music, making him determined to drive her up again.

“Sully!”

Her back bowed and arched as she came again, this time her entire body shook as the shockwaves pulsed through her. Not giving her any time to recover, he moved over her, pushing her thighs wider. His cock was a steel-hard spike, and with one hard shove, he surged inside of her, sliding deep so they were one.

“You okay?” he asked, his breath coming in pants.

“Better than okay. I can feel you throbbing inside of me. Sully, I never knew…”

He groaned as he saw the tears sparkling in her eyes. He leaned down and captured her lips with his, kissing her lightly as he fought to hold himself still. “Please don’t cry, hummingbird.”

“It’s so right. It feels so right to be with you like this,” she whispered, eyes bright with emotion. “Make love with me, Sully. Make me yours.”

“You are mine,” he whispered as he pulled out, then surged forward, shoving the entire length of his cock deep inside her again. He captured her passionate scream with his mouth, stroking his tongue deep as he began to move inside her.

Serra’s legs lifted, one to wrap around his waist while the other hooked behind his knee. She wanted them skin to skin, to feel his corded muscles against her as he drove inside her over and over again. This was a claiming. Of body and soul. Her hips lifted, meeting his every thrust and her fingers dug into his back, holding on as they moved together.

“My sweet, sweet, Serra. You are so fucking beautiful.”

“More. Give me more, Sully.”

The sound of her plea had need taking over.

Archer braced his knees on the bed so he could pound inside of her tight, hot pussy. His mouth trailed down her throat, teeth nipping lightly across her neck. He could feel the frantic beat of her pulse under her skin, and it thrilled him. White hot pleasure surged through his body each time he drove into her. The feel of her body welcoming him set his own on fire. When her head fell to the side and her eyes closed, it had him snarling.