Page 26 of Taming the Alien Outlaw (Brides of the Bohnari #2)

Janik

I lie beside Olivia in her bed, holding her tightly in my arms, if only to reassure myself that she’s really safe and I’m not still back in the pit. Mak had been in here for a short time, but there isn’t enough room for the three of us, so I sent her out to the sofa.

“Have they finished rounding up the rebels?” Olivia lightly strokes my chest.

“Nearly.”

Surprisingly, Horek has kept me informed of all that’s been happening since after we rescued Olivia and the other females.

I’m not sure I wish to analyze why that is.

Between the guards that protect Preska, Toveeka, Noleska, and Santeeka, they were able to neutralize the threats Mohneek spoke of.

Most of the rebels between the four cities have been caught, although both she and Orvak slipped away undetected.

Bannik as well. They won’t be able to remain hidden for long, though.

Not with the entire planet searching for them.

“What will happen to the rebels that got caught?” Olivia asks.

“I don’t know. Before joining the rebellion, all of them held grievances against the prince that had nothing to do with a purported shortage of kanet powder.

That was only one more excuse for them to act on their hatred of him.

” I doubt Horek wants to avoid punishing them in some way, especially if there’s the slightest chance Mohneek and Orvak might be able to reassemble them to rise up again.

That is one thing I do not envy about the queen or the commander.

At least one good thing occurred today. Horek’s guards were able to locate the other ten females that had been separated from the rest and each one was returned to the dormitory unharmed. Their home still needs to be put back to rights, but at least most of the debris had been cleaned up.

“I feel terrible for the queen having to deal with all of this.” Olivia sighs. “She shouldn’t have to do it all alone.”

I’ve agreed to the tests that will determine if I am Barrik in truth, but now that the opportunity I’ve been fighting for my whole life is within my grasp, I find it’s not as satisfying as I thought it would be. The rage and hatred that has fueled me was brought to life by a lie.

“Horek will help her get through it.” He grew up with the knowledge that there’s was always a possibility he would have to rule one day. He’s been Alik’s best friend and confidante since they were younglings. If anyone can assist the queen to navigate these trying times, it’s him.

Olivia glances up at me. “What are you going to do if you really are Barrik?”

It is something I have tried not to think about since I discovered what Mohneek had done. “Barrik doesn’t exist anymore. I don’t know how to be anyone other than Janik.”

She pushes herself up to sitting. “A name doesn’t make a person. Whether you’re called Barrik or you’re called Janik, you’re still you . No one can take that away. You’re still going to be arrogant—sorry, confident. You’ll still care about your people. You’ll still have these sexy horns.”

As if to prove her point, Olivia reaches out and strokes one of them. A shudder of pure arousal slides down my spine.

“You are an evil female.”

She narrows her gaze and withdraws her touch. “I have a name.”

I tackle her onto her back and pin her hands above her head, lodging myself between the cradle of the her thighs.

The warmth of her cunt bleeds through our clothes and sears my hardening cock.

“Will you threaten my maleness again if I do not call you by your name, since you are obsessed with my cock?”

“I am not obsessed with your cock.” Olivia thrusts her pelvis upward and groans at the friction she causes. “Okay, maybe I’m a little obsessed with it.”

The fragrant scent of her cunt grows stronger. In an answer to it, the fire burning through my veins grows hotter. So hot, I worry I might not be able to control myself. Some of my concern must show on my face because she tugs her hand out from beneath my grip and caresses my cheek.

“What’s wrong?”

“I do not want to hurt you.”

She draws her head back slightly. “Why would you think you’re going to?”

Then I remember I am nothing like my father. In fact, I never really knew him. Not the real him anyway. The only knowledge I have of King Danik is what Mohneek fed to me, and none of it was real.

“Kiss me,” Olivia demands.

I blink away the memories and slowly grin. “My heart’s fire is a demanding female.”

“I’ll let you get away with saying female this one time,” she threatens, but there is a hint of laughter in how she says it.

“Then I best do as she commands.” I lower my head and claim her lips with mine.

The kiss isn’t soft or tender. It is deep and full of need. Need for my mate. For Olivia. The only female for me. I don’t know what I’ve done to have earned the most perfect mate in existence, but I thank the gods for bringing her to Bohna.

I rock my hips and increase the friction between us. She moans and I capture the sound, swallowing it down and savoring the taste of her. Olivia’s pleasure is all mine. Her desire? Mine. Her orgasms? Mine. Before this night is over, everyone will know we belong to each other.

My kisses shift from her lips to her jaw. I nip at her flesh and dampness soaks through my pants. But it’s not mine.

“I wish to taste you.” I glide my mouth along the line of her neck.

“Taste away,” Olivia replies, breathless.

“Your clothes need to come off. You are wearing far too many of them.”

“So are you.”

I laugh. “Perhaps we should remedy that then.”

“Let’s.” Olivia pushes my shoulders and I move back so she is able to sit upright.

I should be doing the same, but I stop and watch as she raises her shirt up and over her head exposing some type of undergarment that continues to hide her lush breasts from my view. She lifts her gaze to mine and gestures with her chin.

“Start getting naked, buddy.”

“As my heart’s fire demands.” I, too, remove my shirt and since Olivia has tossed hers onto the floor, I do the same.

I quickly remove my pants, hoping to continue observing her disrobe, but she must be in as much of a hurry as I am to finally be skin to skin, because she is already fully bare before me.

Awestruck, I can only stare. Her breasts are pert with berry-colored tips that make my mouth water.

Are they as sweet as they appear? Her belly is slightly rounded.

An image of her fully swollen with my young fills my mind.

It is so clear and perfect that I can’t stop myself from covering her body with mine.

The feral way in which I capture her lips scares me, but I can’t stop.

I kiss her long and deep, thrusting my tongue within her mouth, mimicking the action my cock is desperate to take.

But I am able to maintain control enough that I savor Olivia like the perfect treat that she is.

Her nails dig shallow divots into my flesh. I enjoy the slight sting of pain it offers, and I will proudly wear any marks she might leave on me. Marks that show everyone that she has claimed me as hers.

“I changed my mind,” Olivia manages to say against my lips.

My whole body goes stiff at the rejection.

“Less tasting and more fucking.” Her command is clear as she thrusts her hips upward and locks her legs around my waist.

Relief floods me. “Whatever my mate desires she shall have.”

I line my cock up with her opening that is dripping with wetness and glide forward, filling her little by little until Olivia’s taken all of me.

“Holy shit, what is that I’m feeling?” Her eyes are wide and glassy. “It’s like these rubber spikes are hitting every spot inside me just perfectly. Damn it, why didn’t I get a better look?”

I thrust again and she swears. “Fuck me, do that again.”

Since I wish to do so more than anything, I comply. Again and again, gaining speed with each one. I stare down at Olivia whose eyes are closed and ecstasy is written all over her face. Pleasure that I am giving her.

Her heels dig into my lower back, and she urges me on. “Touch my clit.”

“Show me how.” I reach between us for the swollen piece of flesh at the top of her cunt.

She covers my fingers with hers and teaches me how she loves to be touched.

I memorize each moan she makes when I get it right so that I can play each one back whenever I choose.

More wetness spills from her soaking the bed beneath her, but Olivia is so lost to her pleasure she doesn’t appear to notice.

Soon her cheeks are flushed and her brow is damp with sweat.

Still, my punishing thrusts continue and I play with her clit, pushing her higher and higher toward her climax.

My fangs extend and I have to force myself not to give her my mating mark.

Not yet. Not until Olivia begs me to do so.

I need to taste her once more and I claim her lips with mine, taking care not to nick her and make her bleed.

“Come with me, now, my heart’s fire.” I thrust hard and deep and pinch her clit between my fingers.

Her back arches off the bed and she screams my name at the same time my seed floods her cunt.

My cock jerks as I continue filling her up until I’ve emptied it of every last drop that belongs to her.

We remain locked together, because I don’t want any of it to escape.

If I am lucky, it will take root this first time.

“You took me so well, mate.”

Olivia only sighs in reply, but it’s one of pure satisfaction. We lay like this a few ticks longer before I roll us to the side and tuck her in close to me. I kiss the top of her head.

“That was pretty amazing,” she finally says. “No gloating, though.”

“Tonight there will be no gloating, but tomorrow is a different day.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

She shivers, and I pull the blankets over us. Neither of us speak for several moments.

“Since this is a night of no gloating I’m going to say something that I just know I’m going to regret.”

Olivia sounds so aggrieved, I can’t help but laugh. “What is it?”

She sighs. “You weren’t wrong about having a huge dick.”

I blink. Not that I don’t enjoy the compliment, but I’m confused. “What do you mean?”

She lifts her gaze to mine and glares. “Are you seriously going to make me stroke your already inflated ego when you know fully well what I’m talking about?”

I laugh. “No, truly, I don’t understand. I have never mentioned the size of my cock to you. Although, I would say it is average for a Bohnari. But I like the fact you think it’s huge.”

“Fine.” She huffs. “Remember the day you kidnapped me?”

“How could I forget? It was one of the smartest things I ever did.”

Olivia pokes my chest. “Anyway. You were going on about all the things to like about you. You’re handsome, your horns are great, blah, blah, blah. Then you announced you also had a huge dick, although I certainly had no interest in hearing it at the time.”

For several ticks I’m silent, and then I can’t stop the laughter from exploding out of me. She groans and attempts to push away from me, but I tighten my hold, doing my best to slow my laughing. It takes a few more ticks before I’m finally able to get myself under control.

“Did you actually hear me say dick?”

Olivia’s brows scrunch together. “What?”

“If I recall, you covered your ears and spoke in some weird human language before I finished speaking. After this, you told me you didn’t want to hear about it. But I can assure you, it was not my cock I was referring to.”

“You’re just saying that because you don’t want me to be right.”

I grin broadly. “If that is what you believe, then I will let you.”

Olivia cocks her head and narrows her gaze. “I really don’t like you sometimes.”

“Yes, you have said that.” She neither means it nor do I believe it.

“Fine. If it wasn’t your dick you were going to say was huge, then what was it, huh?”

“I was merely mentioning that I also have a huge heart.”

Her laughter joins mine, and she playfully smacks my chest, directly over where that heart lies. “Oh my god. You are such an asshole.”

“But, I am an asshole you love.”

Olivia grows serious and gently strokes over the same place she lovingly abused only a few ticks prior. “I don’t know how it’s possible, but…yeah, I do.”

This is not the time for joking or baiting her. It is a time to rejoice in the fact that we found each other when it should have otherwise been impossible. “Fate is never wrong. The fire of my heart is only for you. It is only right, then, that I, too, am the fire of your heart.”

Olivia smiles up at me. “You know humans don’t have heart’s fires or anything like that, right?”

“And yet, you came to a planet that wasn’t your own in order to become a bride to another species and of every Bohnari that resides here, we crossed paths with one another. The spark came to life that day in the market square.”

“You’re not going to gloat if I say you’re probably right, are you?” She grumbles. “Because that’s sort of my thing.”

“On my honor, I will not gloat.” I lay my hand over my heart. “This time. But only because it is the night of no gloating, remember?”

Olivia narrows her gaze. “Did I mention I really don’t like you?”

I smile broadly at her. “That is because you love me.”

Slowly, she returns my smile. “I do love you.”

“Perhaps you can remind me in another way and when you are finished, it will be my turn to remind you. It is quite possible I will need another reminder after that as well. In fact, we both might need reminding all night long.”

Olivia chuckles. “I hope you can keep up.”

“There is only one way to find out.” Before morning comes, I will make sure she never forgets that even when she doesn’t like me, she will always love me. And I will always love her. My beautiful heart’s fire.

Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed Olivia and Janik’s story!