Kayleb by Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress

Author:Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress [Rudolph, Kate & Huntress, Starr]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alien romance, Sci Fi, science fiction romance, space alien romance, alien human romance, aliens, sci fi rom
Publisher: Kate Rudolph
Published: 2018-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

SHE’D LET HIM IN, BUT she hadn’t taken him back. Kayleb found a second bathroom and cleaned himself quickly while the shower ran upstairs. He was back in the kitchen before Tessa and decided to reheat the food so they wouldn’t suffer through a disgusting dinner of cool and congealed pasta.

Several minutes later she came back down, her skin a little red from the heat of the shower and hair still damp. Kayleb wanted to cross the room and kiss her before laying her down on the kitchen table and feasting on her rather than dinner. But there was a stiffness to her that lovemaking should have chased away. He caged his inner beast and forced himself to remain in place, even as his soul still sang from the harmony of their joining.

Had it been like that before? Memory teased the edge of his senses, but he couldn’t be sure. He didn’t know why he could recall the names of Tessa’s siblings, but it gave him hope, the same way the blush on her cheeks and the slight smile teasing her lips did.

This wouldn’t be their last night together. He just had to convince her of that. And this wasn’t a battle he could win by fighting it head on. Instead, he prepared two plates and sat them on the table so they were facing one another rather than sitting side by side. Tessa took the seat facing the window with a word of thanks and Kayleb took the other.

“You were uncomfortable,” he said. And from the way her head snapped up and her eyes widened, he realized he’d said the wrong thing. He held up a hand and shook his head a little frantically to keep her from getting the wrong idea. “With the police, I mean. Not—” he cut himself off. She sat on the edge of her seat, her body angled a little away from the table, ready to bolt. If he mentioned the mind-blowing sex, she’d run and he didn’t know if he could find her again.

That was a lie. He’d always find her.

But he was glad that he’d had the presence of mind to tidy up in the kitchen before she came back downstairs.

Tessa relaxed back into her chair and something loosened in Kayleb’s chest, momentary worry passing. “I don’t know why,” she finally admitted. “If Tam was really waiting for me...”

“You think they lied?”

She sighed and slumped back in her chair, flicking her spoon around in circles in her bowl. “Maybe? I don’t know. I just think she would have mentioned if she wanted me to go to the station.”

“Perhaps she didn’t think that you’d want to meet her?” Kayleb offered. “You said that your relationship was strained.”

Her eyes snapped to him once more and if she’d been Detyen, he knew they’d be glowing red. “I said that six months ago.”

Kayleb put his spoon down and traced his fingers along the grain of the wood table, unsure of how to respond. “Did you?” he finally asked.

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