Page 14 of Klora (Mates of the Mylos #6)
CHAPTER 14
ADRIAN
If there had been any remaining doubt in my mind that I found the spicy food loving, snarky alien attractive, it fled the moment his hand accidentally brushed across my dick while looking me deep in the eyes. He must have felt my burgeoning arousal from his touch because the next thing I knew, he’d sprung away as if he’d been bitten by a snake. Well, he had, sort of. A trouser snake.
And now I sound like a skeezy horn dog, I told myself silently, wishing for something, anything, to remove his focus on my inappropriate physical response. I wasn’t his mate and therefore he probably found what had just happened even more awkward than I did. I mean, everyone knew the Mylos did not date. They found their mates and settled down, the end. Not even a whisper about if they jacked off or not or if they even got hard until they met their - oh my goodness. Okay. So yeah, they obviously did get hard before that, judging by the bulge he was now sporting in his pants. I glanced away, thankful when the Lieutenant Commander said, “Let’s go!” and led us out.
A hotel employee greeted us outside, and Sachuu began talking to him, something about checking in and hotel keys. I was too mesmerized by the gorgeousness all around me. Holy crap, we really had flown from New York to Honolulu in practically no time at all. I closed my eyes, enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun on my face, the scent of the ocean salt laden air, and the feeling of the warm, tropical breeze playing with my hair. It was hard to believe that just two hours ago, I was locked in a bathroom with an alien fourth grader, waiting for an employee to respond to the medical emergency alarm we’d triggered.
The sound of water had me opening my eyes and I spied the prettiest damned rock pool fountain I’d ever seen. It was edged with what looked like local lava rock and had native plantings of ferns and palms around it. The entrance to the lobby was pretty damned fancy too, its elegance easily telegraphing ‘luxury resort’.
“Come on,” Klora said, holding up our room key in one hand. “Stay close. We want people to think you’re my mate and just happen to look like the guy they glimpsed on TV.”
“I don’t think I can afford this,” I told him, hating the sound of panic in my voice. Why now? I’d kept pretty cool all through the earlier ordeal and now I was freaking out over a room bill I might not even be on the hook for.
He slid his arm around my waist, pulling me to him, and a woman getting out of her car to go inside saw us and smiled. He decided to play it up, pressing his nose behind my ear. “Don’t worry. We’re the ones paying.”
My cock twitched, hardening further. Damn it, he did that on purpose, didn’t he, in retaliation for me turning him on, after he got Little Mac awake to begin with. Two could play that game. I turned my head and pecked him on the lips. “Thanks, honey bunch. You know how it is on a teacher’s salary. It’s so good to have a guy who can treat me like this.”
He froze mid step and I was pretty sure I heard both Sachuu and the hotel employee trying to hide the fact that they were laughing. Good. Served him right. He surely would know that spot was often an erogenous zone. Just the feel of his warm breath against my skin there had been electric.
Oh shit. What if he was a cuddler? I’d end up with a stiffy all night. I'd have to try to hide it. Oh my God! I didn’t have anything to sleep in! I wasn’t even wearing undies under these nasty old sweats they’d made me change into. I had to find a way to rectify that, stat.
“Baby cakes,” I continued sweetly as we swept into the sumptuous lobby. “Is there a shop where we can buy me some things to wear, seeing as we forgot our luggage?”
His eyes narrowed but he smiled brightly back at me, his fangs peeking out, and why was I thinking about how those would feel grazing my nipples and nipping along my neck?
“There is,” the hotel concierge replied. “There’s the Rainbow Market and an ABC store.”
“You want to go now, light of my life?” Klora asked, piling it on even thicker with his voice now positively dripping with syrup.
“Are they newly mated and that’s why he was a target?” the concierge asked Sachuu, who simply laughed.
“Yes, please. Everyone’s staring at me in these rags," I pouted, jutting my lower lip out.
He stared at it fixedly and for a moment, I thought he was going to bite it in retaliation to me acting like a brat right back at him. Instead, he licked his lips, his hand on my waist tightening.
“Yeah, let’s do that. Something to wear tonight, and tomorrow, and then we can go shopping for something you can wear to the wedding and stuff.”
“It’s smart casual beach wear or Mylos uniform,” Sachuu said helpfully before snagging the bags of leftover tacos, trash, and bottles of water from him. “I’ll take these up. You can come get them when you return.”
Klora dropped his arm from around my waist, stuffing our room key into his uniform pocket before lacing our fingers together. “Thank you, sir. We’ll be back as soon as we can so my sweetie pie here can shower and change while I order him something to eat that doesn’t upset his delicate constitution.”
I snorted. He really could be an ass, but I had the feeling that he was just a generally playful, if not sometimes snarky, kind of guy.
“The Rainbow YMarket is here,” the concierge said, pulling out a brochure that had a map of the resort.
“Thank you,” I said and the guy smiled at me before hurrying off to help another guest.
“I suppose you’ll need underwear, sleepwear, shorts, a shirt, and some sandals,” Klora listed off.
“And if possible a hat, sun block, and a cheap pair of sunglasses.”
“Cheap ones will just fall apart,” he replied disapprovingly.
“I can’t afford -”
“Crime Victims Fund, alright? And part of the whole protective custody package. All expenses paid.”
My mouth snapped shut. Well, okay then. If their accountant later decided we’d spent too much, it would be on him then, not me. I’d happily take what was given.