New Species 04 Justice (39 page)

braced his arms to pin her tightly under him.

“My turn.”

Justice thrust into her fast and hard, not holding back anything and she wrapped

around him. Her legs hooked over his ass, her arms wound around his neck. Their

bodies moved together perfectly as he thrust inside her, hitting every nerve ending that

screamed for release. He drove into her deeper, more forcefully and adjusted his cock to

hit a spot that made her cry out his name.

Pleasure crashed through her as Justice moved faster and harder. She screamed his

name as the climax hit. Justice threw back his head and a roar tore from his throat. Their bodies jerked and locked together. Jessie relaxed as the last twinge of pleasure washed

through her and Justice’s body draped over hers.

“You’re my mate,” Justice whispered against her ear, brushing a kiss on her throat.

“Thank God,” she whispered back.

Justice chuckled. “There is one thing I would like to tell you.” He lifted his head to

make her look him.

“What is it?”

“We discovered it’s possible for us to have children when a human became

pregnant by one of our males. Their healthy, strong baby was born weeks ago.” He

cupped her face. “The baby is Species, has our facial traits and resembles his father. I

want to have a child with you. Will you think about it?”

Shock hit her—not that they could have kids, something that she already knew but

wasn’t supposed to, thanks to Breeze trusting her. It was the fact that Justice wanted to have a child with her. He’d gone from fighting them being together to asking her to be

the mother of his unborn children. It was a fast switch.

Justice rolled them on their sides, opened a little space between their bodies and

cupped her stomach. “I want you to swell with my child and I want you bound to me in

every way possible.” He stared deeply into her eyes. “I want to do everything to bind

you to me in every way. You make me happy.” He smiled. “You make my life

complete.”

Tears filled Jessie’s eyes. “You are so good with words.”

He frowned. “What does that mean?”

She laughed and wiped her tears away. “It means I’d love to have a baby with you

though I’d like to wait a year at least. I want time with you first and you need to take

more time off work before we have one. I want us to raise our child or children

together, not just me raising our baby while you’re gone at work.”

“I’m your mate. We’ll do everything together.”

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“Honey, you’re a workaholic.” She licked her lips. “My dad is one and he wasn’t

around for me much when I was a kid. My worst fear was growing up and marrying

someone like him. Ironic, isn’t it? You make him look downright lazy when it comes to

the hours you put in but I’m an adult. I get why you work so hard but kids don’t

understand how important your job is. They just feel abandoned and like they come in

second. Do you understand? You need to learn how to relax more before we become

parents.”

“I’m going to hand over some duties to the council and that will free up a lot of my

time. I can wait a year and you’ll see that we will have lots of time together. I can relax and you’re going to teach me how. I had no life but being the face of my people. That’s

all changed now, Jessie. I love them but you’re my number-one priority.” His gaze

narrowed. “You’re my mate. You come first before all others. I will step down in the

morning to show you how much you mean to me. I love you and you’re everything to

me.”

She knew he meant it and her love for him grew stronger. “I don’t want you to quit

but I do want you to work less hours. What you do is so important and I don’t want to

change who you are. You’re the man I want to be with. I just ask for more of your time.

Getting help from your council sounds ideal.”

He smiled. “Done. I would like to have more than one child. I would like to keep

you pregnant and I could do it.”

“We’ll talk numbers after we have our first one.”

He looked hopeful. “But at least two?”

“I love you with my entire heart and you make me happy too.” She grinned. “When

you’re not pissing me off but I still love you more than I want to kill you. You make my

life complete too.”

“I was told this next thing is good news. When I get you pregnant what is the worst

thing about being pregnant?”

“Getting fat.”

He laughed. “Second worst thing?”

“Morning sickness.”

“How about nine months of being pregnant?”

“Yeah. That sounds like a pain but it’s worth it.”

Justice suddenly rolled onto Jessie and pinned her under him. “It’s a Species baby

you will carry, Jessie. The first baby was born in twenty weeks, healthy and at full term.

We heal faster than you and we were designed different. It seems our babies develop

faster than yours do. The second human mother-to-be is experiencing the same

accelerated pregnancy. We think twenty weeks is the pregnancy length.” His gaze

searched hers. “Would you still carry my child?”

Jessie was stunned.
Five months
? Justice rolled away and sat up.

“It is too much, isn’t it? Are you afraid now to consider having my child?”

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Jessie rolled onto her side and propped her head on her bent arm. “No. I’m just

trying to process this news. It’s stunning.”

“Are you repulsed?”

“No. Never. I’d love to carry our baby inside me and it’s kind of cool. Hell, I could

almost have two of our children in the time it takes my kind to have one baby.”

He looked relieved. “So you are agreeing to have at least two. Good.”

She inched closer, reached out and rubbed his thigh. “So, any other surprises to

throw at me?”

“The doctors have helped Fury’s mate, Ellie, get pregnant. She had something

called a blocked tube but now they are having a baby. We’re planning to move them to

Reservation to hide that when she begins to show more. We can’t allow your people

find out yet. We don’t think they are ready to learn of us having children and are

worried they will react badly if they knew Species babies exist. Our child won’t be

alone.”

Jessie nodded. “We’re going to have to open a school for our children before they

are old enough to need one. We sure can’t send them to public schools outside the

gates. They’d be in too much danger.”

Justice covered her hand to hold it. “My mate is smart. What other things are you

thinking?”

“I’m thinking we will need to practice getting pregnant. We want to do it right.”

He glanced at her and growled. In seconds he had flipped her over and yanked her

to her hands and knees. He entered her gently, fucking her deeply and Jessie moaned.

Justice thrust into her slowly and steadily until she nearly came. He paused when she

was right on the edge.

She turned her head. “Don’t stop.”

“You have complaints? I need practice?”

He suddenly thrust in hard and fast, curled around her back and his teeth gripped

her shoulder. One of his hands left the bed and his finger strummed her clit.

Jessie came screaming and Justice roared his own pleasure from behind her. They

collapsed on the bed side by side, still connected and Jessie laughed once she caught her breath. Sometimes him not understanding what she was trying to say wouldn’t be a bad

thing. He’d mistaken her joke for a complaint. Justice nipped her shoulder and she

jerked from the jolt of pleasure. It sent a pulse straight to her clit, reminding her how sensitive it currently was.

His teeth released her. “How was that?”

She turned her head to look into his smug gaze. “It’s a human joke. Sorry. I love the

way you take me, Justice. You don’t do a thing wrong. It’s just a saying. It means we

should have lots more sex so they say to “practice getting pregnant” as a joke.”

He chuckled. “I see.”

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“But I’ll be sure to say that again. When I do could you forget you know what it

really means? I liked this a hell of a lot.”

“So you want a lot more sex?”

“I always want you.”

He grinned. “We were designed for endurance and strength. Do you know what

else?”

“You’re wildly handsome and have the best body I’ve ever seen in my entire life

and it makes me want to drool when you take off your clothes?”

He kissed her. “Besides that.”

“What?”

“Our recovery time. You want more sex?” He moved inside her slowly. “Did you

ever wonder why I always pull out of you after sex? I don’t soften if I’m inside you. As

long as I’m in you I can go for hours.”

Jessie moaned.

“This time we’re going slow.”

She shook her head. “That’s torture.”

Justice secured her there while he kept moving inside her. His other hand roamed

her belly, her breasts and played with her nipples.

“You’re going to love it. I’m going to keep moving in you slowly and steadily while

I touch you all over. It’s another talent of mine.”

“You’re going to kill me.”

“No. I’m just giving you what you want.”

“Faster.”

“You’re so impatient.” His hand left her breast to roam down her stomach and he

used his legs to spread her thighs wider apart, pinning them open to touch her exposed

clit with taps of his fingertip. “Slow and steady, Jessie.”

Jessie almost climaxed from the sensation of the gentle beat that he tattooed over

the bundle of nerves. He thrust in slowly, keeping time as he played with her body.

“Do you really love me, Jessie?”

“Yes!”

He stopped tapping on her, his hand twisted and his finger and thumb pinched her

clit gently, tugging a little and rubbed. He drove into her steadily but shifted his hips, thrusting into her deeper. In seconds Jessie was screaming his name as she came. Justice

threw his head back, arched his spine and roared as he came, filling her with his warm

release.

Long minutes later Jessie opened her eyes and twisted her head to smile at Justice.

“Maybe slow is nice.”

“Nice?” He grinned and arched his eyebrows. “That was just nice?”

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“That was amazing.”

Justice slowly withdrew from her body and rolled them to their sides, spooning

against her back. “I don’t want to make you sore. I’ll amaze you more later when

you’ve had some rest.”

“I love you.”

Justice kissed the curve of her shoulder. “I love you too, Jessie. Go to sleep. I want

to hold you all night.” He reached back and managed to turn off the light on the

nightstand.

Jessie curled into him and closed her eyes. She was marrying Justice and he said she

was his mate. The sensation of being in his arms, in his bed, was the most right thing

she’d ever felt.

Justice heard Jessie’s breathing change and knew his mate slept. He pulled her a

little tighter against his body, curved his legs to draw her closer and breathed in her

alluring feminine scent. She was his forever and he wasn’t alone anymore. She was his

other half, the softer side he’d never have without her and also his biggest weakness.

He searched his feelings, worried he might resent having that new flaw in his

formerly impenetrable armor but instead only felt a sense of peace. There would be hell

to pay in the morning when he had to deal with the fallout of publically claiming her

but none of that mattered. Jessie was worth taking on the world if that’s what it came

down to.

Her father would be upset, probably withdraw his support but he’d find a way to

handle that. He’d make sure she remained safe. He’d protect her at all costs and if the

danger became too great, he’d step down from his position. They could move to

Reservation inside the Wild Zone near Valiant and Tammy. Construction was

progressing on his home by the lake, intended as a retreat from the pressures of his life but it could become their full-time home. He’d have his own personal army of near-feral Species to help him keep all danger away from his mate.

He pictured leaving his suits behind for a loincloth, something that some of the

males there had reverted to, and grinned. He could possibly talk Jessie into wearing

little. They could play all day and all he’d have to concentrate on would be loving her.

Things suddenly didn’t seem so grim when he pictured their future.

He relaxed and closed his eyes, holding her tightly and knew one way or another it

would work out. He wouldn’t accept anything less. He had Jessie and that was all that

mattered.

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Justice awoke to a strange, faint noise, something unfamiliar, and opened his eyes.

Jessie remained tucked securely in front of him, their bodies still pressed tightly

together and she breathed slowly and steadily, sleeping. Whatever had disturbed his

sleep hadn’t been her. He listened, putting his senses on alert and picked up the sound

of a vehicle approaching.

He turned his head, glanced at the clock and realized there were a few hours before

the sun rose. No one should be driving near his home at that time. Security patrolled

the grounds but stayed far from his house the way he’d ordered them to do after he’d

chewed them out for invading his privacy every time he roared. He carefully eased his

hold on his mate and slid from the bed without waking her.