Gabe's Destiny (Alien Mates Book Three) (17 page)

Gabe stood there watching the sea roll with the force of the storm that was hitting it. Looking down, she realized he wasn’t wearing shoes or much of anything. He was dressed in swim trunks and nothing else. He looked like he might walk into the sea at any moment and disappear under the waves forever.

“Gabe?” The wind took her voice long before it reached his ears.

“Gabe!” she tried again, screaming his name with everything she had. He turned around, his eyes finally seeing her.

“You’re overdressed.” He turned back around and ignored her as if she never reached out to him.

Darn males, she muttered to herself. Why is it when you try to help them you do crazy things, stupid things, idiotic things.

“Voyager!” she screamed in her mind. Gabe was who she wanted to scream at but he was too close to the edge, she’d get him later when he could take it.

“I know you’re listening. I need a swim suit, two pieces and you better not look!”

Laughter hot and masculine shot across her mind but when she looked down she was wearing a two-piece bikini. The top fit well with just a little fringe hanging from the bottom that added interest when she moved. The blue pattern was sexy on her and as far as these bottoms. Her ass looked great.

She was always for hiding behind a one-piece but she wasn’t hiding anymore.

Taking a deep breath, she made her way over the sand to stand beside Gabe.

“Am I dressed more appropriately?”

His eyes slowly roamed over her body changing from light blue to passion blue as he took in her curves.

“You look good, but who are you and why are you here.”

“Gabe. You know who I am.”

“I’m sorry maybe I’ve forgotten you. What’s your name?”

“Taya, I’m Taya Clark, we came to the trials together.”

“Taya, I would never go to the trials. I’m not destined to have a soul-bond. When Ry achieves happiness I will die.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s the deal I made. My life for his. I couldn’t take him suffering anymore. I would have done anything to get him home alive. I don’t regret it.”

“Then what do you regret?”

“I regret the woman with the soft grey eyes and the silky black hair.”

“You regret me?”

He turned to look at her again this time taking in the hair and the eyes.

“I guess so. I regret the time I won’t get to spend with you, all the things we won’t get to do, but I must keep my promise.”

“A promise made to whom? Did you promise the Sudir?”

“Never, they can’t be trusted. Remember that, Taya.”

She nodded in agreement. “Then who, Gabe. Who did you trade your life to for his?”

He shrugged. “I don’t know and I’m not sure it really matters now. Ry is safe and I will keep my side of the bargain.”

“No, Gabe no. I’ll trade places with you. I’ll die for you.” It should have been shouted loud in defiance of all that had happened. Instead she was on her knees, her arms around his waist as she sobbed her plea into the universe.”

The darkness was beginning to roll away as if dawn was approaching. She could see little rays of light moving over the horizon. The rain stopped falling and the thunder and lightning were moving off.

Gabe dropped to his knees beside her and pulled her close to his chest.

“Why Taya? Why would you sacrifice your life for mine?”

She looked up at him her eyes wet with the tears she was shedding.

“I love you, Gabe. I. Love. You.”

“How can you love me, Taya? Don’t you know what I did? My brother…” his voice broke, and then he straightened his back and told her about how Rylan was taken and tortured and how he wasn’t able to help him. He told her his shame both mental and physical and he waited for her rejection.

She just sat there staring at him. “Do you know the hardest thing to accept?”

He looked at her confused.

“When someone tells you you’re strong. Your life has been hell, no sunshine and part of it is your fault because you couldn’t forgive yourself, then someone who really knows nothing looks at you and calls you strong. Unbeknownst to you, they know more than you think. You’re strong, Gabe but so you’ll know I understand let me tell you about my life.”

She opened her mouth and started with how much she wanted to be a doctor and gave him every gritty detail she kept back. She told him the things she never told anyone including the cops who couldn’t help her.

Taya looked up to find him crying.

“Tell me, please. All I need is his name, last know location would be nice but I’ll get it done with a name.”

She moved to sit on his lap and let her tears of happiness run down her cheeks. “I don’t need revenge, I needed freedom and I’ve found that here with you.

“Who’s that?” She pointed to the male who was standing on the edge of the sand.

“The one to whom I owe my life.” Gabe stood. “You’ve come to collect.”

He nodded. He stood around six five with intense blue eyes, short black hair and a scar on his right cheek.

Taya stood. “You can’t, please. I offer myself up instead of him.”

“Absolutely not. It’s me you want. I made the bargain and I will pay the price.”

“Then come.”

“I’m sorry, Taya. I never knew I would be able to fall in love. I love you, Taya. I think I have from the minute I saw you in the kitchen. I knew I was a goner when Zuhun tried to take you out and I refused to break that connection.”

Gabe took her in his arms and kissed her before letting her go and following the male who came for him.

“Sometimes Gabe, death isn’t what we think it will be.” A large sword appeared in his hand and he slammed it into Gabe’s chest, causing him to cry out. On top of Gabe’s cry came another tortured scream. His body danced on the end of the sword in pain until he began to divide in two.

“Hello, Xolon.”

Taya clutched her stomach and threw up as she saw the black shadow that unhitched itself from Gabe.

“Hiding in the essence of the Arbrin. That is low.”

“I know you! I know what you are. Let me live and I won’t tell anyone.”

The male laughed. “Die Xolon.”

A light so pure and bright began to poor over Xolon. Taya had to shade her eyes. When she was able to look up again, Xolon was gone and Gabe lay on the ground.

She rushed over to him and screamed as she threw her body on top of his crying.

“A little on the dramatic side do you not think?” Voyager was standing to the side watching her.

“Where’d you come from?”

“You would be surprised at the places I go.”

He walked over to Gabe and leaned down. “Just what I expected.”

Standing up, he wiped his hands off and turned around.

“What? What did you expect?” Her voice as frantic as she looked for any sign of life in Gabe.

He turned back to look at her. “You really do not know do you? He is not dead; all he needs is the kiss of his soul-bonded to revive him. I would caution you that soul-bonding is for life. So do not try kissing him if forever with him scares you.”

“Where are you going?” she asked as he walked off.

“To interfere with someone else’s life, of course.” He faded away as if he was never there.

Taya ran her hand over Gabe’s face tracing his lips as she looked at him. Maybe she was his soul-bonded. If she kissed him and he woke up they would be together forever. What if he didn’t wake up? What if she tried and the trials told her no? She would be alone forever without him. That would have been enough to stop her in the past, but she wasn’t the old Taya who ran from life. This Taya would take on anything that came her way including Michael and his band of thugs.

She leaned over and kissed him gently at first allowing her lips to simply caress his. Then she kissed him a little deeper, slipping her tongue into his mouth. She kissed until she realized he hadn’t moved. When she went to back away, a pair of strong arms encircled her drawing her in, wreaking havoc in her mouth. She sighed and gave in.

*~*~*~*

When she opened her eyes she was no longer in Gabe’s mind but back in her own body. She was lying in Gabe’s arms while his hand gently caressed her to wake her up.

“I was beginning to think sleeping beauty would never awaken.”

She smiled and stretched before her fingers snaked down to his thick cock and caught it in her hand.

“What are you doing?” His voice came out ragged as if he couldn’t quite push it out.

“According to Voyager, if I kiss you and you wake, then you’re my soul-bonded. That means I get to do anything I want to you and I’ve been dying to do this since almost day one.”

She pushed him back pulled his shirt over his head and unbuttoned his jeans and grinned with satisfaction as the zipper came down.

“Shouldn’t we go somewhere else? Get out of the trials?” He asked even as his cock rose to meet her.

“Uhuh,” she said, focusing on her prize. “Whatever you want.”

She flicked his belly button with the tip of a finger then she flicked the head of his cock with her tongue.

“This is good. Right here is really good.” He wrapped her black hair in his hand. He had never seen anything more beautiful than her hair being held in his hand.

Her tongue came out and circled the head of his cock. He groaned lifting his hips just a little to encourage her. When her tongue licked up the underside of his cock, they moaned together.

“I never did this of my own free will before.” Her mouth opened and she took as much as she could down her throat before she began to bob her head up and down.

He let out a series of words telling how good she was making him feel. He carefully controlled her head making sure she didn’t choke trying to take too much of him at one time.

“Taya, I’m not strong. If you keep this up I’m going to blow in your mouth. Sweetness, I’m serious. You will have Gabe all over your tongue, flowing down your mouth and seeping out your lips.”

She moaned around his cock and redoubled her efforts.

Gabe surrendered as he rubbed her silky hair between his fingers. She wants us, his Matra whispered in his head. He was as surprised as the Arbrin. To have someone want them not because of their fame or the last song they wrote or even because they were the in thing. To be wanted for himself. His heart expanded even as his cock twitched.

Her pink lips wrapped around his cock was making him crazy; he wanted to flip her over and dive between her thighs but he also wanted her to explore the power she had.

His hips punched in the air as the feel of her lips made his control slip. The grip on her hair tightened even as he tried not to surge up. A deep guttural moan left his lips. Pleasure hit from the base of his spine the pleasure of her hot, wet, willing mouth on him not only made him want to erupt but it touched his heart. The fact that she would care enough to take him into her mouth and love him touched him like no other action ever had.

“Taya,” her name came out in a prolonged sound. A plea for completeness.

She looked up letting his cock slip out her mouth. “I want it all.” She licked those sinfully pink lips. “Give it to me.”

Wrapping her lips around him once again, she worked his cock. Sucking and pulling, allowing her fingers to play with his balls. She sucked him so hard he stiffened then started pumping up against his will. One huge cry left his lips followed by his sweet nectar. It hit her tongue making her suck harder, trying to consume every drop.

His hand clutched her head even as she continued to work his cock. His moans of pleasure and the look of joy on his face made her heart beat faster. Mine was all she could think until he finally relaxed and she brought her head up using her tongue to find any drops trying to escape her greedy mouth.

It took all he had to reach up and pull her down next to him. Tucking her at his side, he nuzzled her neck.

“I need a few minutes to recover. I’ve never felt anything that good in my life then it’s your turn.”

She sighed and snuggled deep into his side, the fighting for his life catching up with her. She closed her eyes and was asleep before she knew it.

*~*~*~*

She woke to Gabe’s hand over her mouth. The look in those blue eyes told her all she needed to know. With a slight shake of her head, he let her go and silently commanded her to get up. They looked for any discarded clothes and dressed quickly as the shadows around them seemed to move.

The sunlight they fell asleep to was now gone. All she could see was deep shadows and she knew something evil was lurking in them. What she didn’t know was who it was after, her or Gabe. Not that it mattered because now that they found each other she wasn’t ready to let him go. Honestly, she would never be ready to let him go.

He motioned for her to follow him. He moved on silent feet, must be the whole alien gig he had going on. She did her best to be quiet; maybe he would give her lessons later.

The land changed as they walked, it became more of an uphill battle as if the very landscape was working against them.

She shook her head and thought how much easier this would be if she actually was the runner her doctor tried to make her into. With a swift kick to that thought, she concentrated on putting one foot in front of the other. Speed walking was her thing and she wasn’t going to be upset that she didn’t like running or hiking up hills.

She took a quick look behind her and screamed. She knew that apparition from her dreams. It had haunted her since the night she was abused. It always seemed so real. Her fear was that one day it would kill her. Her feet took off at a run.

Gabe was right behind her picking her up at the waist. Her feet were still running but she wasn’t going anywhere.

“We have to get out of here, Gabe. I don’t know what that is but we have to get away from it.”

His hand ran up and down her back trying to calm her down.

“Taya, we have to face it. No matter what this is we have to defeat it in order to have the life we both want together.”