Page 4 of Vex & Suki (COSMIC CROWS MC #1)

W ith my arms wrapped tight around the hunky, delicious alien who has totally derailed my night, I watch as the landscape blows past us.

First, it was the lights of the city still burning bright in many businesses open at this time of night before we left the city behind, and the road is in darkness except for the beam of light from the bike’s headlight.

As we ride past Promis, the strip club owned by CCMC, I’m amazed to see the line out the door. I didn’t think strip clubs were that popular, but maybe things are different here. Making a mental note to speak to the girls so that we can check it out one day.

Then it hits me—it’s not safe for me to be seen out and about, which puts a bit of a dampener on my mood.

But that doesn’t last long, not with the vibration of Vex’s bike between my legs and the delicious spicy smell of him in my nose.

The vibrations and noise kind of surprise me.

I expected his bike to glide noiselessly like all the other transportation I’ve seen.

But this one sounds like the bikes they have in the interactive museums back home.

Vex slows down and I peer over his shoulder.

I’m surprised to see a fenced-in property with a gate that opens as we ride up.

Ahead is a log building similar to the log cabins back on Earth.

It seems to be entirely built from the timber of the trees that grow in vast forests on Malimoor.

It’s a lovely dark shade of purple. The colours on this planet amaze me.

I know there’s an ocean that could be reached by a day’s drive in motorised transportation, and Kragor had mentioned it’s a light pink colour.

I’d love to visit one day so I can see how different it is from the sea on Earth.

I’m a little disappointed that the ride’s over, although I can’t lie; I’m looking forward to seeing if Vex lives up to his promise of knowing his way around a woman’s body.

It’s been years since I trusted a man enough to let him in.

I’m trying not to think too hard about the fact that I’m breaking that seal with an alien, especially when I’d only met him a few hours ago.

Old me would be horrified, but the new me, the one that has survived on her wits…

well, that hussy doesn’t give two fucks about being careful.

For once, in her life she was going to be spontaneous and not live by rules.

I mean, why bother when living like that ended with me being kidnapped and on an alien planet, hiding away from everyone who may want to sell me.

Not once have I worried about that with Vex, maybe because as much as Kragor moans about his Pres, he also respects him, and I trust Kragor.

I’m brought from my musings when Vex taps my thigh and asks, concern in his deliciously gravelly voice that does amazing things to my clit, “You good, a stor ?”

Standing up on the slides, I lean my head over his shoulder so that I can see his eyes.

“I’m perfect, just taking in all the differences compared to Earth.

” Pressing my lips to his cheek, I kiss it but can’t stop there because I think it’s only fair that he feels a bit of what I’m feeling when it comes to him.

Nipping his ear between my teeth for a minute before I question him, “Well, are you going to make good on your promise?”

I let out a surprised, laughing squeak when a muscular arm circles my waist and pulls me around to his front. He cradles me to his chest, his teeth gleaming white in the dim light. “Oh, a ghrá, you’ve asked for it now.”

Stepping off his bike, he tosses me over his shoulder like I weigh nothing.

Which, let’s be real—I don’t. I like to bake, and I like to eat what I bake, so there’s definitely some junk in this trunk.

I’m impressed that he doesn’t even break stride as he jogs up the steps to the front door.

Chatter and laughter fill the air inside, but silence falls as he pushes the door open and enters.

“Hey, Pres, what you got? Some fresh punani? We could do with some; we’re bored with the ones we’ve got.”

Vex stiffens and lets out a low, guttural growl as he turns on whichever brother dared to speak.

The sound isn’t just noise—it rumbles through his entire body, resonating straight into my core.

A shiver runs through me at the raw, possessive edge in it.

Clenching my thighs together, I attempt to ease the ache his possessiveness has on my clit.

ME! An independent, take-no-shit woman. Swooning over a male being possessive.

This alien planet has me doing and feeling shit I’ve never felt before. Can’t lie, I don’t hate it.

I’m brought from my daydreaming when Vex stalks over to the idiot who had opened his mouth and put his foot in it…

all the way to the ankle. Not that the poor dude realised it.

I mean, I’m sure they speak like this all the time, or at least I assume so.

It’s the type of idiotic thing a man on Earth would say and then wonder why women steer clear of him.

I have to admit, as much as I love that he can carry me around like I’m light as a feather, Vex is going to have to put me down—because hanging upside down like this is starting to make me feel a little lightheaded.

Lifting my hand to tap his firm butt that I so badly want to take a nice bite out of. I mean, it’s right there after all. All that yummy roundness, right in front of me, ready to sink my teeth into.

So, I do just that as he growls possessively, “She’s mine!” Although his possessive growl is kind of ruined with the high-pitched ending when my teeth sink into his butt.

“What the feck, Suki?” he rumbles, moving me from his shoulder to his arms, cradling me against his chest. Ignoring the gasps of surprise from his men when my hood flies back off my face and they catch sight of the human their Pres is holding in his arms.

Shrugging, I tell him in a perfectly serious tone, “You can’t have your ass in my face and not expect me to bite it. It’s literally the best ass I’ve ever seen. Plus, I was getting lightheaded, and it seemed the best way to get your attention.”

Vex gapes at me for a minute, mouth parted in shock, then he surprises me by throwing his head back and roaring out a deep belly laugh. I find myself smiling as he laughs. From the surprised look on his men’s faces, they’re just as shocked.

“Ah, a ghrá, you are a delightful surprise,” he grins at me before turning to his men.

“We’ll discuss Suki being here tomorrow in Church.

I’m trusting that none of you mention her being here to anyone outside the club.

If any of the brothers have any whores here, make sure they’re gone by tomorrow morning.

” He glares at one brother. “You and I will have a conversation tomorrow about how we treat females.”

The male nods, looking decidedly green at the threat, making me wonder what will happen during this conversation. But then Vex is stomping off again to echoes of “Yes, Pres,” following us as he turns on his heel and stalks towards a corridor lined with doors.

“Only my most trusted brothers are in the rooms along here—the ones I started the MC with. I’ll introduce you to them tomorrow,” he informs me, unlocking a door, walking through, and depositing me on my feet at the foot of an enormous bed.

Interested, I look around, taking it all in.

The bed looks soft as a cloud, but there’s no décor as such.

Just what I’m assuming is a wardrobe and another door to what I’m hoping is a cleansing unit.

Turning back to him, I decide in for a penny in for a pound and leap into his arms. He automatically catches me, his big hands firm as they cup my ass. It’s impressive he didn’t even take a step back as I tossed my weight at him.

“Well, now that’s better,” I tell him.

He raises an eyebrow at me in query.

“Easier for me to do this,” I explain. Then, there’s no more talking as I fuse my lips to his.

He stills beneath my lips for a minute and then he’s all in.

Taking possession of my mouth, one hand keeping me firmly gripped to him and the other in my hair, tugging slightly, tilting my head for easier access.

He takes over, deepening the kiss as he turns and presses my back against the door.

The kiss is hot. As his tongue strokes over mine in a slow dance, need fills me and I whimper, my fingers digging into his neck.

It’s not a rushed kiss, but I feel it in every fibre of my being as heat thrums through me. My panties are about ready to combust.

‘Holy fuck,’ who’d have thought that I’d have to get kidnapped and end up on another planet to find a man that could kiss like this?

We break apart, both breathless, and I wonder what he sees when he looks at me. I know my cheeks are flushed and my lips feel swollen from the intensity of our kiss.

“Wow,” I breathe. “You sure do know how to kiss. I’m hoping that’s not all you can do?”

He growls at me, muttering a ferocious “Woman.”

Any normal female would be scared by the look on his face. I’m guessing I’m not normal because all I can do is laugh as he turns and tosses me on the bed, then comes over me, bracing himself on his arms and running his nose up my neck towards my ear.

“Never expected you when I walked into the tavern tonight, milseán , can’t say I’m unhappy about it, though.”

My heart fills with something… not sure it was love, as I only met the man two hours ago, but it was definitely something special. Although, according to my grandparents, they’d known from the start that they were meant to be together.

Who was I to argue with fate?

Wanting to break the seriousness that has settled over us, I tease, “Me either. Now I don’t know about you, but I recall an arrogant male promising me he knew his way around a woman’s body, but so far all you’ve done is talk.”