LYEL: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance (Mail-Order Brides of Crakair Book 6) by Ava Ross

Author:Ava Ross [Ross, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-22T16:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

Isi

As they slid down the cliff, Isi reached out and snagged a root sticking out of the wall. She was ripped from Lyel’s back but held onto the root to break their fall. He tumbled farther but grabbed onto her ankle before plunging to the bottom.

Close! She’d come very close to losing him.

“You okay?” she asked, her breathing jerky. The strain on her body was immense. He was no puny, five-footer, but a big, tall alien. She wouldn’t be able to hold him for long.

“Yes. Are you o…key. Is that a word, okey?”

She released a rough laugh. “Only if you use it with dokey.”

“I do not know what a dokey is. Or an okey. But I am all right. I see a fang projecting from the cliff face directly below me and will let go and drop down to it. Dokey okey?”

“Dokey okey.” She swiped the tears of relief from her eyes and sniffed. What if he kept falling? Losing him would’ve—

He let go of her ankle, and she watched as he slid down the wall, easily latching onto the fang. Pulling himself up onto it—something she could never do in gym class or anywhere else—he balanced on the projection, lifting his arms toward her. “Let go and join me, mate.”

“Mate, huh?” Her smile made it clear she teased.

“Mate.” Pure satisfaction rang in his voice. “We are going to be friends with many benefits.”

Her skin shouldn’t tingle. Not here in this dangerous place. But there it was. Love came at you no matter where you might be. It didn’t wait for the perfect opportunity. And that’s what this was, love. She’d never been a fan of insta-anything except her instapot, but how could she not fall for Lyel? When she fled Earth, she hadn’t expected to meet someone special, but Lyel was everything she could ever hope for in a guy. A mate. LOL. Who would’ve thought she’d end up falling for an alien?

“Let’s renegotiate our deal when we reach the bottom and have finished kicking unknown creature butts, dokey okey?” she said.

“Dokey okey.”

“I’m letting go now.” She closed her eyes and released the branch. Her body glided down the surface, into Lyel’s waiting arms.

“I have you,” he said gruffly against her throat. He nipped her skin, and her tingles went haywire, zipping around inside her like tiny lightning bolts.

“You do have me.” Man, did he ever. Now wasn’t the time for sharing her feelings, but she could take a second for a quick kiss, right?

Wrapping her arms around his shoulders and her legs around his waist, she placed her lips on his. He groaned and pulled her against him, secure, safe, and set aflame. His tongue teased across the seam of her lips, and she opened, letting him in. She clung, taking all he had to give.

When she lifted her head, he bared his fangs. “Isi.” The satisfaction in his voice made her want to cling to him forever. And she would, sorta. She’d hold on as long as he wanted her.

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