Page 6 of Vex & Suki (COSMIC CROWS MC #1)

S taring down at the creamy expanse of Suki’s body, sprawled starfish-style across my bed, all bare skin except for the sheet that clung to her hips and breasts, barring her sweetness from my gaze.

She’s sleeping deeply, face relaxed, breasts rising gently with each inhale, which I hope will lower the sheet hiding her jewels from my view.

My cocks twitch. Last night, the appearance of my second coileach had taken me by surprise. Usually, they stayed hidden deep within us and only appeared for our mates.

That it had unfurled and attached itself to Suki, bringing her additional pleasure, had me realising that our mutual attraction was so much more.

She’s mine now and I’m hers; there’ll never be another for me. I’ll have to find a way to break it to her that she’s stuck with me for life.

Pushing hard against my rampant cocks attempting to claw back some semblance of control, only to have them jerk against my palm at the memory of Suki last night taking me into her mouth.

I’d been stunned at first, but it had felt fecking amazing.

This wasn’t an action that the women on my planet did voluntarily without some form of repayment.

That she’d seemed to enjoy it sends a shiver down my spine at the memory.

My human’s everything I didn’t know I needed. I’ll work on making it safe for her to stay here. First, I’ll claim her, giving her club protection and then we’ll tackle the authorities or better yet, I’ll completely bypass them and have Zar sort it for me.

The President of the Revolute Vultures has a network of underground contacts that we only dream of having. It’s one of the many reasons I’m happy he’s an ally.

Suki moves in the bed, the sheet finally giving way to gravity and falling aside so that her breasts are now bare to my gaze.

My mouth waters, and I’m contemplating disrobing, joining her in bed and waking her up like I originally planned until I’d got a notification from the gate that we have a visitor.

A soft knock on my door makes up my mind for me.

Slowly, I drag the sheet up Suki’s body, a little pissed that I’m having to cover every delectable inch, but there’s no way whoever’s at the door is going to see even a small sliver of my mate’s creamy deliciousness.

That’s all mine to taste, savour, and love.

Walking back to the door, I open it a crack, surprised to find Vorn pacing the hallway and not one of our prospects.

Stepping out into the hallway, I pull the door closed behind me. “What’s going on?”

Vorn whirls around, running a hand agitatedly through his hair, “You need to get to the common room and make sure you bring your female with. There’s a very angry warrior female spitting nails and looking to eviscerate someone if she doesn’t get her eyes on her sisters within the next ten zeen.

She’s already warned that she’s going to start kicking asses if they’re even a minute late. ”

I’m confused. Why would Vena think her sisters were here? I’m assuming it’s Vena, although the other one, Val, looked like she could hold her own.

“Wait,” I order as he goes to walk away. “Where are her sisters?”

“Huh, apparently you weren’t the only one that brought a female home last night,” he informs me and storms away.

“Tell her we’ll be there soon,” I shout after him.

“I can hear you,” a female voice shouts back, then demands, “I want to see my sisters.”

A familiar chuckle rings out, and I grumble when I recognise it, “Fecking Kragor, shit-stirring,” I continue to grumble as I open the door to find Suki awake and sadly still covered up by the sheet.

“What’s all the shouting?”

“Your sister and fecking Kragor,” I inform her, slamming my hands down on my hips and glaring.

Suki giggles, and my ire calms down. She sits up, holding the sheet to her chest, her dark curls tumbling down her back, totally oblivious to the gorgeous picture she makes and how good she looks in my bed. Every inch of her sex-rumpled goodness is calling to me.

I’m wondering if we can get away with ignoring her family and spending the next day in bed.

There’s still so much I want to do to her body.

All those soft, delicious curves that need to be explored in minute detail.

I’m brought back to the moment by her snapping her fingers at me to get my attention.

If it wasn’t for the amusement in her eyes, along with the soft smile on her face, I may have been annoyed, but I’m finding that there isn’t much she does that annoys me.

“Give me five minutes to get dressed, and I’ll be out to calm the two of them down,” Suki tells me when she has my attention. “If you have a kitchen, I’ll cook breakfast for your brothers as an apology for the early morning wake-up.”

My grumpiness is instantly whisked away by the sheer kindness and care Suki has for those around her.

“You don’t have to feed this unruly lot, milseán .”

“Oh, I know,” she sniggers playfully. “But I’ve found most are in better moods if they have food in their bellies.

Now shoo,” she waves her hands at me, chasing me out the room.

It’s cute as feck. “Vex,” she huffs, “are you even listening to me? Leave so I can get dressed. I don’t trust you not to have me back in bed the minute these covers are off, and with the way you use those cocks, I wouldn’t need much persuading. ”

Stalking over to her, I lean over, my fists on the bed, taking her mouth in a quick, hard kiss. “I’ll leave you, milseán , but only because I have to find out which of my brothers brought your sisters back here last night.”

“What!” Suki shrieks, making my ears ring as she pushes me away. “Go, go. I’ve got to get dressed.”

Swinging her legs out of bed, she wraps the sheet around her and walks to the cleaning closet, trailing it behind her like a train. When she shuts the door on me, I know I have to get to the common room. Because I have a feeling that Vena won’t have any qualms about taking on a room full of bikers.

Vena is standing, arms crossed, weapons strapped to her body. She’s tense as feck, and I’m wondering how to de-escalate this when Kragor says, his eyes flicking to the corridor behind me,

“I don’t see my girls, Pres.” He makes a show of looking at his timekeeper and smirking at me in amusement. “Only five zeen left.”

“Feck off, Kragor,” I growl, taking a seat on the bar stool next to him and taking the mug of kafe the prospect hands me.

Taking a deep swallow of the nectar, I turn to Vena and assure her , “Your sisters will be here shortly. Suki is in the cleansing chamber. Why are you so worried? No harm will come to my mate while she’s here. ”

Tension seeps from her stiffly held shoulders, and she unfolds her arms. Walking towards me, she takes a seat on the stool next to me. “Your mate?”

Dipping my head, “My mate. I promise, she’ll be looked after here. I’m going to get the paperwork organised so that she can stay once I explain what being mated to me will mean, that is. Plus, as my Ol’ Lady, she’ll have all our protection.”

Her sister, now appeased, I turn to Kragor.

Any other brother and I’d have had him in the ring in the basement for a couple of rounds, but he’d been there for us while we were growing up.

And when our parents hadn’t cared or been there for us, we’d always known his house was open.

He’d loved his daughter, and she’d loved Vorn, which meant she was ours until she wasn’t anymore.

“Kragor,” I growl, eyebrow raised.

He looks at me for a minute, then grins sheepishly but unrepentantly, holding up his hands as if in appeasement, “She’s my girl. I had to make sure you were going to treat her with the respect she deserves.”

“When have I ever not treated a female with respect?” I demand, my ire raised that he’s called my character into judgment.

Kragor rubs a hand tiredly over his face, then he turns his gaze to me, “Never. It’s just Suki… well, she’s special. I knew she’d be safe with you, but for the first time since Istes left us for the stars, I’ve felt alive again.”

I understand. We’ve all missed her, none as much as Vorn and Kragor, but Istes’ passing left a void in all our lives.

“I understand,” I tell him, clapping him on the shoulder and shaking him slightly as Suki comes rushing into the common room, a wide smile on her face, as she throws her arms first around Vena and then Kragor in greeting, assuring them she’s just fine.

What makes it all the better is that when she’s greeted them, she immediately stands between my spread legs and settles back against my chest. Taking my cup of kafe , she takes a sip and grimaces, sticking her tongue out as she hands the mug back to me.

Stating disgustedly, “Ugh, bitter.”

Chuckling with amusement, I kiss her temple.

Vena is watching us but seems to be content at seeing her sister whole and happy.

The brothers are slowly emerging from their rooms, and when Stron and Lyra enter holding hands, Suki immediately moves to them.

Grabbing Lyra’s hand, she pulls her away from Stron, making him growl.

I’m about to lose my temper when Lyra slaps him in the chest with the back of her hand. Turning her head, she glares at him.

“You do not growl at my sister. Mate or not, I’ll eviscerate you.”

Next to me, Vena’s and Kragor’s shoulders shake as they silently laugh at the look of shock on his face.

“Oops, sorry,” Suki apologises. “I should have explained instead of pulling Lyra away like that. It’s for a good reason, though, I promise. I said we’d cook breakfast.”

Stron looks ashamed in the face of her sincere apology. “My apologies, Suki.”

“No worries,” she chirps. “If you show us to the kitchen, we’ll get started.”

“I’ll take you,” I tell her, stepping down from my stool. I walk towards my mate and take her hand, leading her down the hall towards the kitchens. Pushing open the doors, I’m pleased to see it’s not looking too bad. But from the looks on the females’ faces, it’s not good.

“Again,” a lyrical voice says from behind us.

Turning towards the doorway, I see what can only be another of Suki’s sisters.

This one—clearly royalty from the nearby planet of Lumeria.

Only the royal family there had white hair while all its other inhabitants had varying shades of purple.

That she’s comfortable enfolded in Brak’s arms surprises me.

While he’s one of the best males that I know, he’s also not the easiest to get to know, and there’s very little softness about him.

He tends to be clipped and short, even with those he cares about.

I’m brought back to the moment when she moves and starts rolling her sleeves up. Wondering what she was doing, I turn to Suki and notice that she and Lyra are doing the same.

“What’s going on?” I demand to know.

“Cleaning,” my mate says as if I should know.

“Cleaning what?”

Suki rolls her eyes at me. Cheeky!

She waves her hand around the kitchen. “We’re cleaning the kitchen so that Lyra and I can cook breakfast. I’m not working in this filth.”

Brak and I exchange looks; neither of us can see what they mean by filth. Shrugging, I tell her, “I’ll send the prospects in.”

Suki’s hands hit her hips, and she tilts her head to look at me with just the right amount of cheekiness that I want to pick her up, take her back to bed, and explore how she likes getting her delectable ass smacked.

It’s obvious she’s not thinking the same thoughts as me when she demands to know, “Did they clean this?”

I nod.

“Well, best you send them back in here and we’ll show them what cleaning is,” Suki informs me. Slapping her hands on my chest, she starts pushing me out of the kitchen. Well, she tries to, but she’s half my size, so she only ends up letting out a feisty little grunt.

Tilting her head up, she glares at me, then orders, pointing her arm towards the main common room area, “Out.”

Brak chuckles, and I turn my head, narrowing my eyes at him. He swallows his laugh, but I can see he’s amused.

When he’s got himself under control, only then do I turn to my irate human mate and sweep her up in my arms, kissing her breathless before putting her back on her feet.

“I’ll send them in. If you need any products to make breakfast, give them a list and they can go and get it for you.”

“Okay,” she agrees, nodding a little bemusedly. It seems I’ve inadvertently found the way to keep my mate happy.

Slapping Brak on the shoulder so he’ll put Luna down, we walk out of the kitchen to order the prospects in to help our mates.