Rescued by the Alien Assassin: A Steamy Sci-fi Romance by Robin O'Connor

Author:Robin O'Connor [O'Connor, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princely Gates Publishing
Published: 2024-04-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Lexi

I was starting to understand Rurick a little better. He definitely had a very dented moral compass, but when he said that he’d never hurt me, I believed him. How could I not? After all he’d done for me? There was just this part of me that kept on insisting that I could believe him, I kept catching myself relaxing in his presence because it felt so right.

Crazy as it was, I was starting to believe in this Terafin mating bond thing. It was the only explanation. After being alone all year and struggling to make enough money just to survive and pay the bills… The temptation of finding this bond with someone was strong. I wanted to belong to this one person without a shred of doubt, and find that sense of home and family again.

That he’d caved on handing off those documents despite his own inclination not to made me realize that I might have far more power in this relationship than it looked at first glance. Then I shook my head when I realized I was already thinking of myself as being in a relationship with Rurick. I wondered what my father would think if he knew I was seeing a killer for hire, would he roll over in his grave? Would he think Rurick wasn’t good enough? Or would he not care as long as he treated me right?

I suspected I knew the answer. To make ends meet in our tiny household, my father hadn’t always worked the most savory of jobs either. I remembered seeing him come home late at night with blood on his knuckles more than once.

Rurick trapped my fingers against his chest, “Now that I’ve given in, how about we celebrate your little victory?” He made it sound like it was a great battle when all it had taken was an eyebrow raise in the end. He was a total pushover, and I intended to make sure he’d do the right thing more often if I felt it was necessary.

“Oh yeah, what kind of celebration did you have in mind?” I asked teasingly. I already knew where his mind had headed. With that luxurious, big bed right there taking up half the space in this small living area, it had been on my mind a lot too. I didn’t feel like resisting this lure. I was already with an assassin, what did it matter if things moved fast? Really fast, but boy had it been exciting and hot so far. If there was one thing I knew I could trust, it was that Rurick would deliver me pleasure.

He moved his hand along my wrist, two calloused fingertips sliding over the sensitive skin there and just beneath the cuff of my sleeve. “Why don’t I show you how a Terafin treats his mate?” he drawled huskily and he took a step, his foot ending between mine, his leg brushing my inner thighs. When he moved again I felt like he was maneuvering me like we were in a dance.

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