Page 3 of Royal Mate

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G eneral Addan Natosi, Insuri Planetary Defense, Alpha Station

This was new. A female was on her knees beneath my desk. It was impossible not to get instantly hard at the way her blue gaze had been eyeing my cock like she was running hot, as if she needed to climb in my lap and use me for her pleasure.

She certainly wasn’t here to service me. It was my role as a male to service her. Unless this scenario was a fantasy of hers. Or perhaps she wished to take on a submissive role for once? A female’s burdens were heavy. They ruled the planet, governed, led learning institutions, places of business.

Perhaps this one wished to give over her thoughts to me. For me to carry any of her hefty responsibilities. My shoulders were broad. My muscles were sturdy enough to handle anything.

First, I had to know her intentions. I was instantly hard and ready for whatever her answer may be.

I pushed back with my feet, allowing my desk chair to shift to give her some room.

“Hello,” I murmured.

Her throat worked as she swallowed. “Hi.”

The one syllable was soft and the apprehension I heard in it matched the expression on her pretty face.

When she didn’t move from her hiding place, I crooked my finger and offered her a smile. “My lady, are you on your knees for a reason?”

Her blue eyes lowered to my cock again. She licked her lips and I felt that caress of her tongue in my balls. I stifled a groan.

“I… I–”

“You are drawn to my cock.”

Her eyes flared wide, as if my words were too bold. I only stated truth. She couldn’t seem to look away.

My hands slid up my thighs to the front of my uniform pants. The dark color did nothing to hide my desire. I took a deep breath, scented hers. “You wish to inspect it before you ride it?”

I pushed my chair back a little further, as if coaxing her out from under the desk, and perhaps of her shyness. I had never met an Insurian female so timid before. Usually, they were bold, brazen even, in slaking their lusts. If she wanted my cock, it would be in her hands, mouth or pussy right now.

Tentatively, she crawled forward so her head came out from beneath the desktop. Hair like fire caught the room light. Her features were delicate and soft, her bright blue eyes wide, her pale cheeks flushed pink. Perfect rosy lips accentuated the refined edge of her jaw. Without doubt, this female was of noble blood. Which would explain her boldness in being here.

“Who are you?” I didn’t much care what family she belonged to. She was beautiful and I had not been with a female in some time. I rarely left the building, too busy dealing with never-ending pirate attacks and other threats to our planet. The queen’s constant isolation of Insuri created problems I had not been able to overcome. Corruption was rampant and many of our soldiers had joined the pirate crews. Better pay and far fewer rules.

I reached down and rubbed her bottom lip with my thumb. Fuck, she was as soft as she looked.

“Paige. My name is Paige.” A deep inhale stretched her blindingly bright top–a color I’d never seen in a garment before–across her ample breasts. I imagined cupping them, sucking on them, tugging or even biting to slake her desire.

I had not heard the name. Perhaps she was not noble, but a commoner. Irrelevant. She was a female in need, and I was willing to provide whatever service she required.

I opened my pants and with each inch that spread, her eyes widened further and further. Reaching in, I grabbed the base and pulled my cock free. I couldn’t stop the sigh that slipped past my lips at the relief of no longer being confined.

“Wait!” she squeaked, her gaze shifting away. Then back. Then away. I was big. Plenty for her to study.

“This is an interesting fantasy, my lady,” I murmured. “Playing the shy virgin?”

She huffed and the corner of her mouth tipped. No woman over the age of nineteen was a virgin, having partaken in a cock-servicing then, if not well before, that time. Sex was a primal need for a female.

“You wish for me to be the dominant?” I asked. It was a first for me, however the idea was appealing. To see her apprehension mix with growing curiosity, then my cock altering her expression to bliss…

Gripping the base, there was no way I could resist stroking it from root to tip. A pearly gleam of seed oozed from the slit. I caught it with my thumb.

“I need your help,” she said.

“I know,” I agreed. “I will help you. Your pleasure is my–”

“Not with that. Although…”

“Although?” I prodded. Reaching out slowly and carefully, I returned my now seed-soaked thumb to her mouth and spread the liquid over her plush lower lip.

Her eyes fell closed and she whimpered.

Rushing footsteps pounded down the hallway outside my office. Her eyes shot open and she startled, retreating back beneath my desk.

Whoever was coming this way was in a hurry.

Two guards came to a halt outside my door. I wheeled my chair forward to hide my cock from their view. Servicing a female, anytime and anywhere, was not uncommon, but perhaps not at my desk.

“Sir. You sent for us?” Faolan and Peadair stumbled into my office. The first stood at attention. He was a good soldier. The second moved as if intending to sit in one of the chairs across from my desk. I caught his gaze and shook my head. He froze, then moved to stand next to Faolan.

“What, exactly, is going on? What triggered the alarm?” I asked, adding authority to my tone.

“General, there was a breach in the transporter bay. A female arrived unscheduled and without an assigned escort.”

I flicked my eyes down for a moment, past my bare cock to see the female’s panicked gaze pinned to mine. I didn’t know why she was concerned about transporting. Females in high positions–government and commerce–traveled frequently.

“Did any of the warning systems detect weapons or illicit or illegal substances entering with this breach?”

“No, sir.” Faolan shook his head.

“Then why the fuck did you fire your weapon? Why is there a gigantic hole in the corridor wall?” I’d walked through shattered crystal on my way to my office. “And why did I just receive a report of damage to the transport control systems? I have to call in a tech team to fix it. They’ll be lucky to have it operational for our transport window tomorrow.” These idiots hadn’t just fired their weapons once. They’d wrecked the entire area.

Faolan looked straight ahead without responding. Which meant he wasn’t the one who’d discharged his weapon.

“Faolan, did you open fire?”

“No, General.”

I turned to the other idiot, ready to punch the smug look off his face. “Peadair, why did you open fire on an unarmed female?”

“I was following orders, General.” Peadair’s gaze met mine. Held. He was under the mistaken assumption that whatever he’d done was authorized.

“You shot at an Insuri female without cause?” I asked, my voice booming with the command I’d earned. Why would he fire upon this female? Even from the briefest glimpses of her, I knew instantly she was not a danger. I had no idea whose orders he was following. Not mine. If anyone at this facility issued that order, they were gone. I’d send them to the far reaches of the planet, to the smallest outpost I could find.

A small, feminine hand on my leg had my muscle flexing. What the fuck was this female doing? Was she still playing her game? Was she afraid? Or was she simply trying to distract me?

Both soldiers shifted uncomfortably. With their mid-level ranks indicated on their epaulets, they should know better.

“I have shoot-to-kill orders,” the brash one said.

“From whom?” I questioned with a frown. “Not me.”

“Queen Alienor.”

Of course, he did.

The mystery female’s hand slid higher, as if learning my thigh and distracting me. Then it moved higher still toward my–

“There was no transport plan and no one was at the pad to escort the new arrival,” he continued. “Per the queen’s orders, we are to assume any unscheduled arrival is either invader or pirate and act accordingly.”

“So, you shoot to kill an unarmed female?” I countered.

“The arrival was illegal,” he explained. “Queen Alienor’s orders are clear. The pirates have grown bold, General.”

Indeed, they were a problem. But how had the queen infiltrated this facility, my facility, and issued commands, to my soldiers, behind my back? The mention of Queen Alienor again had my cock waning, although not for long because the female’s hand settled over mine, which was still wrapped around the base.

Fuck me, I was going to come all over myself.

Think about the queen. The miserable shrew. She was not a pleasant woman and had driven Insuri toward dark times these past two decades. I could do nothing about her rule, but I was in charge of these two.

And, possibly, the woman between my thighs. I slid my hand away from the base of my cock and wrapped hers around me. She instantly began to stroke me, root to tip.

“Sir?” Faolan’s narrowed gaze darted repeatedly to his fellow guard. He looked like I felt, ready to shoot the asshole himself. No male with a shred of honor would shoot an unarmed female. “General? What are your orders?”

I realized I hadn’t said anything further, too distracted by the female and her newfound eagerness.

I cleared my throat. “As you can see, no one is in this office. I will contact you directly if I come across the female. Station guards at every door. If she has not left the building, she will eventually come to us.” I glared at Peadair. “Give me your weapon. Leave it here until I have had a chance to review the security footage.”

“Sir? General, I was following the queen’s orders. You can’t?—”

“I can. This is my command, my building. You will leave your weapon until I determine you can be trusted not to murder innocent females.” When he opened his mouth to protest again, I slammed my free hand down on top of my desk. “Leave your weapon or spend the night in the brig. Your choice.”

The small hand wrapped around my cock squeezed. Stroked. I had to get these idiots out of here. Now. I looked at Faolan as his companion reluctantly laid his rifle flat across the top of my desk and stepped back. “You have orders from me not to shoot. Any soldier who fires on an unarmed female will be disobeying a direct order. Spread the word. You are not to use your weapons again.”

“Yes, General.” They nodded at the order. If someone armed and dangerous really had transported unannounced, my soldiers were expected to shoot to kill. However, the only thing dangerous about the woman who was stroking my cock was the way my body responded.

“Peadair, I will make a note of your use of a weapon on an unarmed Insuri female.”

Sweat began to dot my brow as I felt my orgasm brewing at the base of my spine.

“Yes, sir,” they said in unison, even though I was speaking to the overzealous one. The one whose allegiance clearly rested with the queen. The gleam in his eye was dark and seething, but he said no more. Turning on their heels, they left, their heavy footfall indicating they followed my orders, heading in the direction of the soldiers’ operational center on the other side of the base. No one would be asleep. Not with that infernal alarm blaring for so long.

With one hand wrapped around my cock and the other on my knee, the female pushed my chair back. I was large and could easily stop her, but why should I? If she wanted my cock, I would not deny her. She crawled out from beneath the desk and knelt before me, her lips inches from my hard length.

“I don’t know why, but I need this,” she breathed, eyeing my cock like a precious gift she’d been denied. “You. God, your cock is so big.” She stroked me, root to tip with a bold twist. “I’ve never been a fan of giving BJs but I want to taste you.” She licked her lips.

“It is I who taste, my lady.” With her hands on me, I didn’t want to talk about anything but pleasuring her, but I was the general here. I needed answers. “Perhaps we should talk about your transport and your reason for returning to Insuri without a security escort?”

Her gaze flicked up to meet mine. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes filled with arousal and need. Fuck. I’d never had a female look at me in such a manner. My cock jumped in her small hand as the scent of her arousal reached the special receptors in the back of my throat, driving me to the edge of control, making me need to taste her.

“You wish to talk about that right now?” she wondered. “I have my hand on your cock, which is insane, because you’re you and I’m me.” She began to squirm, and I watched as she licked her lips again. “My pussy’s dripping. I can’t believe I’m telling you this.”

My hips bucked involuntarily at the velvety words. I cleared my throat. “The soldiers on patrol will remain by the entry doors for the remainder of their shift. We are alone. Come out further from beneath my desk.”

“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” she whispered. “I can’t believe I’m manhandling a cock. I need to think about the transport and what happened. It’s got to be a dream.”

“No dream, my lady. I assure you, every inch of my cock is real.” I studied her. Her breath escaped in little pants, her heat, potent. Her need, tangible. “If I didn’t know better, I’d think you’ve been activated? Am I your Resonant? Is this a claiming? Or do you simply require pleasure?”

“Claiming?” she countered, her gaze flicking up to meet mine, then back to my cock. “No. What are you talking about?”

Decades of practice made it easy to hide a level of disappointment that shocked me. I had never wanted to be claimed by a female. Once the Resonance period was activated, the energies of our bodies aligning would drive both male and female mad with lust. I’d heard of females whose Resonance had been activated, they’d claimed their mates, and the chaos of the mating periods lasted weeks before their bodies returned to equilibrium, before they could be in the same room without wanting to tear the clothing from one another and fuck until they were unconscious.

I’d never wanted to be that out of control, that desperate for the touch of another. Seemed a massive inconvenience. I had work to do.

However, it was every unmated male’s duty to pleasure a female in need, unless he had good reason to deny her. I had no reason to deny the beautiful creature kneeling between my legs. “Tell me what you need, female.”

“You. I want you to fuck me because I can’t think straight. I think it’s from the transport. My body is totally out of control. I need your cock inside me. I need to come. What do you say to that?”

I had never heard of transport arousing a female. However, she’d just been shot at and chased through the building. That was a lot of excitement, and this female appeared to thrive on a bit of danger. “I say you’re wearing too many clothes.”

For a moment, I thought they were stupid words because her hand lifted from my cock. But then she grabbed the hem of her bright shirt and pulled it off, tossing it to the floor beside us.