until I return.”
“No!” The woman said pushing back against Garrett with an angry frown. “I am going.”
Garrett looked fierce as he shook his head. “Like hell you are!” He growled out.
The woman smiled nastily as she pulled the laser pistol that had been at his waist up and leveled it at his chest. “Like ‘hell’ I am. That is my sister they took. I will not be denied.”
Cosmos ran his hand through his hair as he looked back and forth between Garrett and the woman then back down to where Teriff was exiting one of the attack skimmers. His breath exploded out of him as he realized exactly what it felt like to be in the middle of a Mexican standoff. He glanced at Terra who was watching with wide-eyed amusement as Garrett and the woman stared at each other.
“Fine!” Cosmos exploded as he looked back down at Teriff who was shooting daggers at him. He handed his helmet to the woman. “I don’t know what the fuck is going on but I am taking Terra with me right now. You two cover your asses or I’m going to be sending in Avery and her crew to come get you out and that is going to piss a LOT of men off,” he promised as he gripped the portable Gateway device tightly in one hand while he wrapped his other arm around Terra, pulling her against him.
In seconds, a shimmering doorway appeared. Cosmos glanced one more time at Teriff who started forward sharply when he saw the Gateway open between their worlds. His loud roar of rage echoed over the noise far below. Cosmos smiled wickedly before he gave a sharp nod to Teriff in acknowledgement of the challenge the warrior had just issued. Without a backward glance, he pulled Terra through the doorway with him.
Chapter 10
Cosmos paused on the other side of the Gateway, waiting for it to close. The moment it did, he pushed Terra back against the wall of his lab. His lips covered hers in a deep, desperate kiss of relief, hunger and need. His hands ran up under the thin T-shirt she wore until they reached her breasts. He groaned when he felt the unbound flesh. He cupped the heavy weights in the palms of his hands, stroking his thumbs over the taut nipples as he ran his lips along her jaw to her neck.
“If you want me to stop, you better tell me now,” he muttered hoarsely as he gently nipped her earlobe. “I am going to make love to you, Terra ‘Tag Krell Manok. I’m going to claim you as mine and no one, and I mean absolutely no one, is going to take you away from me again,” he vowed, pulling back to look down into her eyes.
Terra shuddered as need poured through her body, leaving her shaking. “You’re damn right no one will,” she whispered as she wrapped her arms around his neck. “I want you, Cosmos Raines – forever.”
Cosmos swept Terra up into his arms. He turned and headed toward the stairs leading to the upper level of the lab. He took them two at a time before heading to the set of double doors securing the room from the rest of the warehouse. He pulled Terra closer as she laid her head against his shoulder and turned her face into his neck.
“RITA, secure the warehouse. I don’t want anyone, and I mean anyone – alien or human – getting into it,” Cosmos ordered as he headed up the narrow stairway to the second level and his living quarters. “Have RITA2 give you updates on Garrett and Rico and have her help them any way she can,” he added as an afterthought.
“Don’t you worry, honey,” RITA replied with a sigh of contentment. “I’ll hold the fort while you claim your mate. My sis is informing Tresa and Tilly that you have Terra. Both of us are monitoring the Gateway so no one will get through without going through us.”
Cosmos pushed the door to his bedroom open with his shoulder and released the breath he was holding when he saw the tousled sheets on his king-size bed. His cock was hard as a stone as he thought about what was about to occur. He should have claimed her weeks ago regardless of his promise to her
“No!” The woman said pushing back against Garrett with an angry frown. “I am going.”
Garrett looked fierce as he shook his head. “Like hell you are!” He growled out.
The woman smiled nastily as she pulled the laser pistol that had been at his waist up and leveled it at his chest. “Like ‘hell’ I am. That is my sister they took. I will not be denied.”
Cosmos ran his hand through his hair as he looked back and forth between Garrett and the woman then back down to where Teriff was exiting one of the attack skimmers. His breath exploded out of him as he realized exactly what it felt like to be in the middle of a Mexican standoff. He glanced at Terra who was watching with wide-eyed amusement as Garrett and the woman stared at each other.
“Fine!” Cosmos exploded as he looked back down at Teriff who was shooting daggers at him. He handed his helmet to the woman. “I don’t know what the fuck is going on but I am taking Terra with me right now. You two cover your asses or I’m going to be sending in Avery and her crew to come get you out and that is going to piss a LOT of men off,” he promised as he gripped the portable Gateway device tightly in one hand while he wrapped his other arm around Terra, pulling her against him.
In seconds, a shimmering doorway appeared. Cosmos glanced one more time at Teriff who started forward sharply when he saw the Gateway open between their worlds. His loud roar of rage echoed over the noise far below. Cosmos smiled wickedly before he gave a sharp nod to Teriff in acknowledgement of the challenge the warrior had just issued. Without a backward glance, he pulled Terra through the doorway with him.
Chapter 10
Cosmos paused on the other side of the Gateway, waiting for it to close. The moment it did, he pushed Terra back against the wall of his lab. His lips covered hers in a deep, desperate kiss of relief, hunger and need. His hands ran up under the thin T-shirt she wore until they reached her breasts. He groaned when he felt the unbound flesh. He cupped the heavy weights in the palms of his hands, stroking his thumbs over the taut nipples as he ran his lips along her jaw to her neck.
“If you want me to stop, you better tell me now,” he muttered hoarsely as he gently nipped her earlobe. “I am going to make love to you, Terra ‘Tag Krell Manok. I’m going to claim you as mine and no one, and I mean absolutely no one, is going to take you away from me again,” he vowed, pulling back to look down into her eyes.
Terra shuddered as need poured through her body, leaving her shaking. “You’re damn right no one will,” she whispered as she wrapped her arms around his neck. “I want you, Cosmos Raines – forever.”
Cosmos swept Terra up into his arms. He turned and headed toward the stairs leading to the upper level of the lab. He took them two at a time before heading to the set of double doors securing the room from the rest of the warehouse. He pulled Terra closer as she laid her head against his shoulder and turned her face into his neck.
“RITA, secure the warehouse. I don’t want anyone, and I mean anyone – alien or human – getting into it,” Cosmos ordered as he headed up the narrow stairway to the second level and his living quarters. “Have RITA2 give you updates on Garrett and Rico and have her help them any way she can,” he added as an afterthought.
“Don’t you worry, honey,” RITA replied with a sigh of contentment. “I’ll hold the fort while you claim your mate. My sis is informing Tresa and Tilly that you have Terra. Both of us are monitoring the Gateway so no one will get through without going through us.”
Cosmos pushed the door to his bedroom open with his shoulder and released the breath he was holding when he saw the tousled sheets on his king-size bed. His cock was hard as a stone as he thought about what was about to occur. He should have claimed her weeks ago regardless of his promise to her
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