Daughters of Lyra: Heart of a Mercenary by Felicity Heaton

matched hers. His
length throbbed inside her, spilling his seed.

    The only sound Kosen made
was a strangled sob.

    “ Wow,” Miali
said and sighed against his chest, waiting for the scattered pieces
of herself to fall back into place and the room to stop
spinning.

    “ Wha—”

    She managed to gain
control of her limbs enough to shift herself around so she could
see Kosen. He was staring at the ceiling, pale and trembling, his
eyes unfocused.

    “ What was
that?” she breathed, still panting to catch her breath. “Besides
incredible?”

    He nodded and his gaze
fell to her. His pupils widened and narrowed, as though trying to
focus.

    “ There’s a lot
of you,” he said with a drunken grin and went to touch her cheek
but missed by several inches. “Which one is you?”

    Her mother was right.
Dazkaran females did climax in ways that sent males of other
species out of their minds.

    She took hold of his hand
and pressed it to his cheek. “Right here.”

    He smiled and blinked a
few times before passing out. She pulled herself up and smiled down
at him. Perhaps she should have warned him but then she hadn’t
known if she had picked up that trait of her mother’s
species.

    Slumping next to him, she
closed her eyes, snuggled against his arm and waited for him to
come around.

    Hours passed but
eventually Kosen muttered something about the cold and stirred. She
reached over and pulled the blanket across them.

    When he opened his eyes,
he still looked a little dazed.

    Miali pressed a kiss to
his lips and then smiled at him as she brushed the flattened messy
strands of his hair from his forehead.

    “ Better?” she
whispered, concerned about the amount of time it was taking him to
recover. She hadn’t expected it to take this long.

    He nodded. “Incredible. A
Dazkaran trait?”

    She nodded in response and
continued to smile. “You asked me a question.”

    He frowned. “I did? I
did... lost it there for a moment.”

    She laughed as he blinked
as though he was still trying to clear his head.

    “ Will you? It
doesn’t have to be now. Just someday?” His arms went around her,
holding her against him.

    The feel of his bare body
against hers made her ache to have him inside her again but he
didn’t look up to an encore. At least not yet. There was still a
long way to go before they reached the Nebula-Lyra II.

    “ Will I
what?”

    “ Marry me... a
worthless Minervan who doesn’t deserve you?”

    She frowned this time and
stroked his forehead, her eyes never leaving his. He smiled up at
her and it held such hope that her heart warmed.

    “ A heroic
Minervan, the only man in the universe for me, the man who saved
me.” Dipping her head, she held her mouth bare centimetres from his
and whispered, “Yes.”

    He craned his neck towards
her and she kissed him, her lips caressing his in the lightest of
touches. It warmed her through until she was constantly smiling
against his mouth. He pulled her on top of him, turning that warmth
to fire as his body pressed into hers.

    She would have to work on
his sense of self-worth but she had the perfect solution to that
problem. She rubbed her hips against his and he groaned and kissed
her harder. His teeth caught her tongue and this time the pain
didn’t shock her. It only added to the thrill of loving
him.

    For now, she would stay on
the Nebula-Lyra II and perform her ambassador duties from there,
greeting dignitaries and visiting planets where the vessel
stopped.

    She would stay where she
was safe and with the man that she loved. She’d had enough of the
adventure of deep space. It was time for a different, more pleasant
adventure.

    She squealed as Kosen
rolled her over, nestling himself between her thighs, and kissed
her harder.

    The adventure of falling
in love.

    The
End

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    About the
author
    Felicity Heaton
is a great believer in love at first sight and the romantic ideal.
Having grown up reading extensively, she developed a deep love