been.
“Did you take your situation public with loud arguments?” Jarritt‟s mouth moved
down her neck.
She drew in a shuddering breath and tipped her head to the side. “I‟m a stranger
here. There was no one I could go to, talk to, or who would even help me. If I‟d been at
home, I‟d have friends I could go to. While my mother‟s dead, there is an older woman
I could have gone to as well. I wouldn‟t have felt trapped and alone as I did here.”
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“The young women do go to talk to older females, but they soon find out the truth
if they don‟t know it. A claiming is unavoidable.” His head lifted and he looked into her
eyes.
She saw unswerving determination in his eyes. She didn‟t know about the way
things were done elsewhere or with other people. With Jarritt, she believed that a
claiming just might be unavoidable, simply because he wouldn‟t give up until he got
what he wanted. The idea sent a hungry thrill through her as well as scared her right
down to her toes.
He watched her for a few more moments, satisfaction burning in his eyes. Still
holding her, he stood. Her feet slid along his legs and their bodies aligned. His hands
moved down her body and cupped her buttocks. As he rocked her against him, she felt
his hard thick shaft nudging against her. Anticipation sent a spurt of excitement
shooting through her. Hot moisture coated the lips of her pussy and moistened the
crotch of her pants.
“Give me a kiss. I have to go to the landing port and I‟ve been waiting for the feel of
your lips.” Jarritt didn‟t move to close the small distance between their mouths.
She leaned in to him. Her lips brushed against his and she slowly closed her eyes.
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Rebecca Airies
Chapter Eight
Lisia walked through the buildings. She felt a little restless and really needed some
time alone. A run through the forest, even in human form sounded like heaven. She
knew it wasn‟t going to happen. After being stopped two times in the last six days, she
knew that Jarritt had given orders. She wasn‟t confined to the city. She just had to have
an escort to leave. That made her angry. She didn‟t need to be followed around by some
guard. She couldn‟t leave the planet without getting access to a spaceship and that
would be impossible without at least one person seeing her. He knew none of the men
would let her leave the planet, but that wasn‟t changing his stance. Just thinking about
it infuriated her.
For the past few days, she‟d been busy. The last of the refugees had left and things
were finally getting back to normal. Lisia kicked at a stone near the toe of her boots. She
hadn‟t found any way out of the claim. At least, not one that left her honor and pride
intact. He wasn‟t going to suddenly decide that he didn‟t want her for a mate.
She looked over to the forest beyond one of the marrohls . The leafy green forest
seemed to call to her. The fact that she couldn‟t go into it only made the desire to run
even stronger. She knew that she wouldn‟t even get to the rear of the building before a
man stopped her.
A shadow moved among the bushes. She frowned and narrowed her eyes at the
area, watching carefully. Nothing moved. That raised her inner alarms more than the
first sighting of movement. A small animal might freeze for a moment if they thought
they heard something, but they would move again.
She took a step forward, determined to find out just what was in those bushes. One
of Jarritt‟s men seemed to appear at her side. When she saw the dark-haired man step
up beside her, she tensed and very nearly screamed. Her heart slammed in her chest
and she lifted her hand pressing it lightly above the pounding organ.
“Can I accompany you somewhere, Lisia?” Arik asked.
“No, I thought I saw something just beyond the bushes. I was just going to look,”
she said.
He looked at the bushes and then back at her. She could tell he didn‟t
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