Page 19 of Raven Blackwood (Cyborg Guardians #2)

Hannah

When I finished pleasuring him, Raven picked me up under the arms and held me against him so we were chest to chest. Kissing me fiercely, he dominated my mouth with his wicked tongue. I wrapped my arms and legs around him, letting him take control and basking in it.

I had been with him long enough to know that he would give me everything I needed.

It was a celebration of both our victory and our discovery of each other.

I was amazed at how quickly we had fallen in love, perhaps because once I learned that we were a match, I had mentally prepared myself to love this man, and it wasn’t hard.

While he was kissing me, he walked us over to the bed and tipped us onto it. We continued kissing, and I ran my hands over his smooth skin and through his hair wherever I could reach. I enjoyed every moment of his presence in my arms while I basked in his hands and lips exploring my flesh .

Raven seemed to have made it his mission to kiss every part of my body.

He also liked to tease me by taking his time working his way to my aching nipples that begged for his mouth on them.

He sucked each of them at length, giving me my first orgasm, and that was only the beginning.

That took the edge off as he worked his way down to my pussy.

By then, I was dripping for him, and he took his time to lap my juices before his tongue found my clit. He licked and sucked.

I came so hard that I stuck my fist against my mouth to keep from screaming. I didn’t want Grace and Zach to think Raven was hurting me. I wasn’t hurting at all. He nursed me through a series of orgasmic contractions, and it was pure ecstasy.

When I had quieted, he laid his head on my belly and hugged me for a time; then, he crawled back up to lie over me. Raven kissed me, his lips tasting of me, a testament to his skill.

By then, Raven was ready for some serious breeding. He took me long and hard. I loved every minute of it. He took me on my back, then he turned me over and took me from behind. It was exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. And when we finished, Raven carried me to the bathroom for a shower.

After a two-hour nap, Raven brought me breakfast in bed, even though it was actually lunchtime.

I had just finished pulling on my shirt as he entered the room. The heated look he gave me made me blush because I knew he was thinking about the sex we’d had earlier.

“I heard you moving around, and I thought you’d be hungry by now,” he said, setting a tray on the bedside table.

“Oh, that was so sweet of you, but you didn’t have to do that.”

“I love doing things for you, my mate. We can go back out to the kitchen and sit at the table if you wish.”

“I think that’s a good idea. There’s no place to sit in here except for the bed.”

Raven picked up the tray and carried it back to the kitchen table, setting the plate of scrambled eggs and silverware on the table along with a cup of coffee. “Go ahead and sit down. I’m just going to grab a cup of coffee, and I’ll join you.”

I took a bite, not knowing what to expect, but they were good. “Mm. These are good. I didn’t know you could cook, too.”

He sat down across from me and grinned. “I can do a whole lot of things you don’t know about yet,” he teased, taking a sip of his coffee and watching me as though I were the most fascinating thing he’d ever seen.

“Is this thing really over with Jenkins and his horde?” I ask between bites.

“They’re gone for good. In a matter of days, they will be shipped off-world to the prison planet.

The displaced ranchers have all left and returned to their farms.” He paused.

“And I didn’t have a chance to tell you I have been made Protector of the Medicine Bow region.

I contacted the Enclave to send an adviser to help Brislow residents form a new government. ”

“With Jenkins gone, there shouldn’t be that much for you to do here,” I said.

“Maybe not as a law enforcer, but there’s more than enough to keep me busy. First on the agenda, I'd like to build a house of our own. Zach said we could build it here on the ranch, or if you’d rather, we can find a vacant property to build our home on.”

“I think you read my mind. I remember thinking, as we missed so much of our alone time, I wish we had our own house. But I don’t think we should go elsewhere. We have over two thousand acres here, and we barely use thirty anymore because we have to do everything by hand,” I told him.

“Not for much longer. We can acquire a machine that can perform both planting and harvesting, and we can install a small, modular reactor to power the town and the surrounding ranches, bringing back some conveniences to the community.

“I came here to be your mate and help you manage your ranch so that we can build a future for the family we will have someday when we’re ready. With Jenkins and his crew gone, we can now concentrate on our future.”

By then, I had nearly finished eating, but my heart was as full as my stomach.

Raven turned out to be everything I had dreamed of in a mate.

I wanted nothing more than to build a life with him and have a family.

Now that he’d rid our town of the criminal element, we could begin looking toward the future.

“What chores do we still have left?” I asked, getting up from the table and carrying my plate and cup to the sink to wash them.”

Raven got up from his chair and followed me with his cup.

“I did the chores while you were sleeping because Zach and Grace were busy with the baby and catching up on their rest.” He set his cup in the sink as I began washing my plate.

“When you finish, let’s go outside and take a look around to see where we might like to build our house,” he added .

Raven

It was a gorgeous day for a walk. Although not too hot, the sun shone brightly in the blue sky overhead.

We walked the sprawling fields, scouting for the perfect spot to build our home.

Ultimately, Hannah chose our site, a place where she wanted the house to be nestled between a stand of tall pines on a gentle slope overlooking the sprawling, overgrown fields.

It was only a few hundred yards from the original family home, but it would give both our families the privacy we needed and keep us close enough to visit when we wanted to.

We loved the view of the mountains in the distance, their jagged peaks softened by the haze of early morning light. “Right here,” Hannah said with certainty, her hand holding my arm. “This is where I want to live with you.”

“Then here it is.” I grinned and took her into my arms to celebrate with a kiss.

I knew just the kind of house we could build that would last and blend in perfectly with the environment.

But my thoughts quickly turned to breeding as one kiss led to another.

Then we were making love in the grass where our house would stand.

We were so happy and devoted to each other that we couldn’t resist kissing and touching every chance we got.

“I’ll see how soon they can send a team to get started.

Once they begin, it should only take a few days to complete, as most of the process is automated,” I told her as we still lay entwined naked in the grass.

We would have a house of our own, but home from the beginning was where we could be together.

Three weeks later, the team arrived from Chicago to build our house.

The team consisted of two humans, six androids, and one massive piece of machinery.

We had picked the floor plan from an online catalog.

The builders brought a large inflatable mold and then covered it with the framework of steel rods over which they poured aerated concrete.

They completed the house in four days, but we couldn’t move in because we had no furniture, not even a bed.

Hannah had thought she wanted to wait until the house was finished to choose how to furnish it. Since there were few factories out west, we ordered our new furniture to be shipped in from a factory in Chicago.

Most of my job entailed checking in on the various ranchers and towns to ensure everyone was doing okay.

The assignment suited me well because it kept me with Hannah, and I could be home every night.

The ranchers and the townsfolk were grateful for my intervention against Jenkins, especially those displaced by him.

Everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when I reported a few weeks later that the Federation had transported them all to Penta Prison.

With that threat gone, they could rebuild their lives without fear. They held an election a month later and elected Tom Barrows mayor. The Enclave sent an adviser, Miriam Henry, who assisted them in nominating and electing a town council and establishing their charter.

I stopped by to see Koha’vek and Ava a few days after moving into our house.

They had settled into their secluded life and seemed contented with their relationship.

Since the Mesaarkan was living on Earth covertly, I helped him out with supplies when they needed them.

I didn’t know how things would turn out for them, but I decided that I would not be the one to reveal his presence.

The war was over, and Koha’vek’s presence was no longer causing harm to anyone. I thanked him for his help with Jenkins’s gang that day. I saw no reason to separate him from the woman he loved. I was still researching how best to help them.

My friends from the team in Gretchen would all think I had gone soft, and maybe I had, in a way. I liked to believe that it was because I had found my own true love in Hannah.

I almost lost her when Jenkins took her. I did not wish to inflict such pain on another human. In time, I hoped perhaps Koha’vek and Ava could live here openly in peace.

We moved into the house well before the end of summer. It was a sturdy one-story structure with a wide front porch facing the mountains. We had built extra rooms in anticipation of having a family someday.

The night after we moved in, Hannah and I stood on the porch wrapped in each other’s arms as we looked out over the land. The air was crisp, and the sky was glimmering with stars.

“You know, when that darn cow stepped on my comm tablet before I could even reply to your video, I thought I would never get to meet you. I’m sure glad you showed up when you did. Because being mated to my cyborg genetic mate is even better than promised. I love you, Raven Blackwood.”

“I love you too, Hannah,” I said, my voice rough with emotion. “More than I ever thought I could love anything.”