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BEAR

Bear barely made it to the fresher before he was popping open the magno tabs on his trousers to release his aching shaft. Gods, he’d been so tempted to take her! To spread her thighs and shove his aching cock deep in that wet, tight, willing little pussy!

Somehow he had resisted the temptation but now he couldn’t wait any longer—he had to have a release.

Gripping his shaft in his left hand, he brought his right to his nose and mouth. He inhaled deeply, drawing Aleena’s sweet, feminine fragrance into his lungs and then he slipped his middle finger—the one he’d had deep in her pussy—into his mouth.

Her salty-sweet flavor exploded across his tongue and he pumped his shaft rapidly with his other hand. Gods, he couldn’t help wishing he was pumping in her pussy right now—filling her sweet little cunt with his cum! Just the thought of that—of knotting her and breeding her—brought on his own orgasm.

With a low roar, he fisted his shaft tightly and felt it swell and throb in his hand. A moment later he was shooting jet after jet of creamy cum, his balls aching from the force of his ejaculation.

Bear leaned his forearm against the wall and laid his head against his arm. He felt almost dizzy from the orgasm, which was the first he’d had in over five years.

He groaned to himself unhappily. Gods, how he wanted the little female lying in his bed just a few rooms away! And yet he knew he could never have her! This was as close as he could get to taking her—and it was already a lot closer than he should have gotten, he reminded himself grimly.

You need to keep a tighter rein on yourself, Bearick! a little voice in his head lectured. You nearly gave in and took her tonight. You need to avoid this kind of situation in the future—the kind where you’re tempted to take her and break your vow!

Right—that was what he would do—he would avoid being intimate with her again. In fact, he wasn’t even going to sleep in the same bed with her tonight, Bear told himself firmly as he cleaned up and tucked his shaft back into his trousers. Surely she was asleep by now and she wouldn’t even notice.

He would slip into the sleep chamber and change into his sleep bottoms very quietly and then he would spend the night in another one of the huge bedrooms the mansion offered. In the morning, he would make some excuse about having gotten up to work before Aleena woke and she would never be the wiser.

Yes—that was the plan. Feeling determined to carry it out and sleep by himself, Bear left the fresher and made his way quietly back into the sleep chamber.

Everything was going well—Aleena appeared to be sleeping soundly on her side. She had kicked off the covers and was lying in the middle of the bed, bathed in moonlight.

Bear tried not to look at her. He slipped out of his clothing noiselessly and put on the long, silky loose trousers he always slept in. He was just about to sneak out of the room again and find someplace else to sleep when his new bride rolled over and her eyes opened.

“Bear? My Lord Husband?” she murmured sleepily and held out a hand to him. “Come to bed.”

Bear froze in his tracks. He’d been just about to slip out the door but he couldn’t leave now—he had no good reason why he wanted to sleep away from her.

“Please?” Aleena said again, reaching for him. She looked so beautiful in the light of Karpsian Sigma’s two moons, which were shining through the window and making her bronze skin look silver. Her long hair was a tousle of loose waves spread across the pillow in silky profusion and her full curves were hugged by the tiny night dress she still wore. Her large breasts were spilling out the top, since she hadn’t bothered to retie it and her round, juicy bottom was bare. Both parts of her anatomy almost seemed to be begging for his hands to touch and squeeze and caress.

Bear groaned to himself—Gods, she was lovely! Why couldn’t she have kept sleeping so he could sneak out?

“I…I should do some more work,” he said in a low, hoarse voice.

“No work tonight!” Aleena’s voice came out sleepy and imperious—clearly she had lost some of her shyness with him after the things they’d done together. “This is our Joining night—it’s bad luck if we don’t sleep in each other’s arms!”

Bear gave a deep sigh. Well…maybe he could lay down with her until she fell asleep and then he could get up and go sleep elsewhere.

It was the only solution he could think of, so he nodded and said,

“Of course, baby. I’m coming to bed.”

He slipped into the large sleeping platform beside Aleena and rearranged the covers. He told himself he wasn’t going to touch her, but she obviously had other ideas. She flowed into his arms, plastering herself against his side and pillowing her head on his chest.

It was just the way his mate, Zelia, used to sleep with him and Bear felt a twinge of guilt…followed by a rush of tenderness. Aleena was so small and so perfect in his arms. The way she laid her head on his chest so trustingly made his heart squeeze tight in his chest.

“ Mmm , my Bear,” she murmured drowsily, snuggling closer. “You’re so big and strong…feels so good to be close to you.…”

Bear sighed and put an arm around her. If he was being honest, he had to admit it felt good to hold her in his arms. He had missed this—having a female to hold and cuddle with at night. For the past five years his bed had been empty…lonely…cold… And now Aleena was here, warming his side and pressing her sweet, soft body against him.

It was a wonderful feeling. It was like the curvy little Elite had woken a part of his heart that had died—or at least, that had been deeply asleep.

But it wasn’t just his heart that had woken, Bear admitted to himself. His body responded to her as well. Despite the intense orgasm he’d had just a few minutes before, his shaft was hard all over again as he felt the soft curves of her breasts pressing against his side.

Ignore it! he told himself sternly. Just wait until she goes to sleep and then slip out of bed.

Doing his best to take his own advice, he closed his eyes and tried to relax and ignore his throbbing cock.

He hadn’t had a hard-on in years before today, other than morning wood. But now his shaft seemed determined to make up for it by being as hard as stone and making it nearly impossible to rest!

Bear gritted his teeth and made up his mind to ignore it. He wasn’t going to do anything else with Aleena and he wasn’t going to think about the things they had just done together either. He wasn’t going to remember sucking her tight nipples or fingering her wet little pussy or watching her come so hard for him while she writhed in his lap…

Gods, this is torture!

But there was nothing he could do about it. He just had to lay there and hope that Aleena went to sleep soon so he could leave.

It was a long and restless night.