Janus' Conquest (17 page)

A deep chuckle shook his chest. “No, you are not meek. But I admit to liking that discovery.”

He stroked the side of her neck before walking towards the sleeping room. He stopped in the doorway to look back at her. Invitation shimmered in his eyes and her feet followed him instantly. He left the lights off as he opened his pants and draped them over a chair. His weapons belt hung from his hand as he stepped closer to the bed.

There was a slight clink as he laid it on the bedside table. He considered her for a moment. “Yet you have illustrated one error to me.”

Fay stepped farther into the room as his comment surprised her. “And that was?”

“I did believe I wanted true submission.” He rolled onto the bed and stretched out his huge frame. His cock was erect and thrusting up from his body as he relaxed on his side, propping one elbow on the bed, his head resting in his hand. He patted the surface of the bed next to his body. “In fact, I enjoy your spirit when you let it free.”

She shook her head at the contrariness of them both. But a little shiver of anticipation moved over her skin as he waited for her. The way power shifted between them was addictive. It deepened their relationship because he did not demand control every time they came together. That was something she could embrace.

“Hmm…but can you take my orders?”

She rubbed her hands over her bare breasts and down her belly in a slow motion. A grin flashed his teeth at her as he watched her touch herself.

“Depends on the order.”

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She laughed because somehow, she got the idea that telling him to sleep in the outer room wouldn’t meet with compliance. No, the hard cock thrust towards her said otherwise. But there were still so many things she might demand from him. Moving towards the bed, she cupped her breasts and watched the way his eyes settled on her hands.

“Stay.”

Janus enjoyed the way she spoke the single word. A naughty smile turned her lips up and it was by far the most attractive thing he’d ever seen on a female. The pure willingness to engage him both physically and mentally. His feelings for her were far past control now that he was uncovering all of the details that explained why he’d been drawn to her. The stubborn determination to refuse him was in fact part of a woman he was falling deeply in love with.

He didn’t answer her but rolled onto his back, letting his head rest on the pillows at the top of the bed. Fingering her nipples, she climbed up onto the bed at the foot and leaned over his feet. Moving her hands to his legs, she slid her hands slowly up to his knees and then on to his thick thighs. The teasing light died in his eyes as she neared his belly and rigid cock.

“If you move, I won’t fuck you.”

Fay lifted a single finger and traced the underside of his cock. “Payback is fair. I believe you ordered me to stand in place, now it is my turn.” Her finger went back down to the base of his erection. “Stay.”

“As you wish.”

He growled out the words and his face tightened with anticipation. Her own body was shivering with excitement as she leaned forward to lick his cock. A harsh breath caught between his teeth as she trailed her tongue all around the width of hard flesh before sucking the head into her mouth. His hips gave a jerk and she pulled her mouth away. A low curse rolled out of his mouth before he shot her a look full of challenge.

“You must obey, Janus.”

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“Then you must do the fucking.”

A shiver shook her body as anticipation ran through her. It was a completely wicked idea and one that made her lick her lower lip. Her hands grasped his cock and he groaned as she fingered the spot under the head. Leaning back over his body, she sucked it back between her lips and teased the slit with her tongue.

“I am your willing servant.”

His voice was harsh with male enjoyment. Relaxing her jaw, she moved her head up and down on his length in a teasing motion of the one he’d challenged her to perform. Her clit throbbed with need as she tasted the first drops of his seed. But the idea of riding him was too powerful to ignore for long. Rising up on her thighs she placed each knee on either side of his hips. The head of his cock stroked the wet folds of her flesh as Janus’ gaze burned into hers.

“Lower your body onto my cock.”

His voice rasped with harsh need but he held his body still as he watched her hover over his erection. Letting her weight down slowly, she watched his face as she took his length into her body. Hunger blazed in his eyes as his fingers tightened into fists on the pillow beneath his head. Pleasure filled her as her pussy sheathed his cock.

“Brace your hands on my chest.”

She was already leaning forward before recalling that she was commanding him. It didn’t matter. Her hands pressed down onto his hard chest and her breasts hung free.

His gaze moved to her nipples for a moment before he groaned and shot a hard look back at her face.

“Fuck me.”

His voice was hard with demand and it excited her as much as waiting for his touch had when she was bent over. Raising her body she complied and a little whimper left her lips as her position allowed his cock to slide along her clit. It wasn’t the hard pressure that resulted from being pressed down beneath his weight but a teasing stroke of hard flesh along her little clit.

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“Down.”

She pressed her body back onto his cock and he growled softly in approval. “Now fuck me.”

There was no teasing left in her. She licked her lower lip as she moved up and down over his body, controlling their pace as she felt each stroke send pleasure up into her pussy. Her pace increased as the pleasure tightened. The bed rocked with her effort as a climax began to twist up into her womb. Janus lost his battle to remain in place and his hands closed around her hips as she moaned with rapture. He worked her through the next few strokes and his seed spurted up into her womb. The walls of her pussy clasped his cock as his seed filled her, milking it from his body and holding it within hers.

Every muscle she had began to tremble as the pleasure receded into ripples. Her head lowered onto his chest and the sound of his heartbeat filled her head. Their breath mingled in little pants as she slipped down to the bed surface next to him. His hands moved in soothing motions over her back as he cradled her next to his length.

Contentment settled around them. Janus listened to the sound of her even breathing long after she had fallen asleep. Holding her was a sweet gift he was enjoying. Long after the passion was spent, he found the little mutters she made in her sleep delightful.

His bed was no longer merely a place where he rested—with Fay in it, it was a sanctuary. The place where his soul was at peace because love filled it.

Threading his fingers through her hair, he stared at her face. Tomorrow, he would battle her stubborn defiance again and the day after and the one after that too. As long as it took to convince her that she belonged to him.

The reason was simple—he already belonged to her. Love was not a Hunter emotion but it was tangled so deeply into his soul, he knew it would never be banished.

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that left him humble in the face of it. But he would never let it go because he was a Hunter and that determination had sustained him through every trial in his life.

Fay would be the greatest reward he had ever sought.

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“Your father is waiting at the visitors’ section for us.”

“You gained approval for a visit?” Fay sighed. She had been denied any contact with her sire in spite of begging the Hunters on duty for even a tiny slot of time. She had been given only excuses of it being for her own welfare that she was prevented from listening to a convict who would no doubt try to convince her to follow him into prison life.

“I was surprised to get it, so we should not be late. Yet it was important that I attempt to face your sire to declare my intentions. I would not disrespect him.” Janus grasped her hand as she chewed on her lower lip.

“What are you worrying about?”

“What?”

Janus lifted an eyebrow at her. “You’re biting your lip.”

He knew her habits already. A little sigh left her lips. They really had been circling each other far longer than she wanted to admit. She knew many of his expressions as well. “I’m not worried, just thinking.”

His face said he didn’t believe her. They moved through the Hunter sphere quickly and Janus pressed her hand onto his forearm as they walked. It was a clear declaration of possession. A few eyebrows rose as they passed his fellow Hunters. Her pride rose in the face of the public display. He did not have to face her father. The fact that he did endeared him to her. He was also proud of their relationship and that made her love him. When so many turned their backs on her, the walk towards the visitors’ section became the most treasured thing Janus ever had or could gift her with. There was no item on the planet that could be more valuable than his joy at having her on his arm in full view of everyone who mattered in his life.

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The visitors’ section was a heavily guarded area. Uniformed Hunters screened anyone who entered. It was a tube connected to the penal sphere with heavy doors on either end. Most visitations were for legal council, taking care of the details of selling off property of a convict since they were incarcerated. Very few family members braved the stigma to visit with the convicted.

Her father’s eyes went straight to the hold Janus had on her hand and stayed there for a long moment, absorbing the reality that she was not the chaste daughter he’d left behind. Heat colored her cheeks before her father stiffened and drew his eyes up to meet Janus’. They stared at one another for a long moment.

Her father looked straight at her and Fay felt her spine snap stiff. “I approve.”

He shifted his eyes towards Janus for a moment. “You have my permission to pledge with my daughter.”

Edric turned and left before either Fay or Janus answered him. There was still authority in his stature as he crossed the visitors’ section and left. Fay took a step after him but Janus held her back. He leaned close to her ear as his hand covered hers.

Imprisoning her unless she wanted to flail like some distraught child.

“Allow your sire to maintain his pride.” Turning her face up, she stared into Janus’

determined stare. “I do not believe in his guilt but there is something working here that is by his design.”

Frustration gripped her so hard she wanted to snarl. She jerked on her hand instead and Janus glared at her. He released her hand but moved his body a half-step to block the path towards her father and the penal sphere.

Turning around, Fay set her feet towards the Hunter sphere. Escape pounded through her brain but you couldn’t run away from your emotions. No, she had to face herself.

Janus grabbed her arm when she turned towards her father’s dwelling out of habit.

He pulled her about to face him. “You will not return to that dwelling, Fay. Even your father has told you that now.”

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“He doesn’t have the right to tell me who to pledge with.”

Janus cursed under his breath. It wasn’t a pleasant sound. The hands gripping her forearms tightened as his temper exceeded his control. A moment later he hooked one arm and pulled her down the path towards his dwelling. Anger radiated from him but it only bounced off the conflict raging inside her. Janus pulled her through the door and spun her away from the exit as he placed his body firmly in front of it.

The look of anger on his face only fueled her temper. “I refuse to be a gift to anyone, even from my father.”

Her words produced an immediate reaction. Dark temper flared though his eyes right before she was flipped up and over his shoulder. Janus kept going and tossed her into the center of his bed. She bounced in a tangle of fabric and limbs. A shriek got caught inside her robe as Janus hooked his fingers into it and yanked it off her body.

“I don’t need your father to give you to me.” His fingers opened his uniform and bared his body with amazing speed. Fay rose onto her knees but he was between her and the door as he finished disrobing. Warning flashed from his eyes as he flexed his fingers. “I brought you to heel, Fay, and you will pledge with me.”

Janus tackled her, pinning her body in the center of his bed. All of the strength that she’d known was trained into his body was suddenly felt as he pressed his knee between her thighs and spread her wide. Each wrist was caught and pulled up above her head as he pressed his wide chest flat against her to keep her prisoner beneath him.

“I have never spent months on end waiting for any female, my sweet.” He ground out the endearment in warning. “You mistake my actions as insignificant and that is a mistake.”

It was. She knew it, but she wasn’t completely repentant. A ripple of excitement went through her and it banished the doubt that had prompted her to question his sincerity. She couldn’t deny the spark of enjoyment that flared up in the face of being captured. Suspicion flickered in his eyes for a moment as his lips pressed into a hard line.

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“But maybe there is a part of you that needs to be convinced.” A shiver shook her frame and he felt it through his chest. A flicker of determination crossed his eyes as his fingers tightened on her wrists. “It will be my pleasure.”

“Janus…”

Her words trailed off as he lifted his body off hers. One of his knees landed on the outside of her spread thighs and he rose over her body. With both his knees planted on either side of her hips, he used his grip on her wrists to pull her farther up the bed. He pushed her hands through the decorative ironwork headboard as she heard the green wristbands chirp in recognition of his Hunter authority. Any Hunter could use the wristband to restrain her simply by pressing his fingers against them.