Unmatched by Annalise Alexis

Author:Annalise Alexis [Alexis, Annalise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Ren

Jayla hisses as I run my tongue along the curve of her hip, lingering where the largest bruise has started to form. She arches her body, trying to get away, but I grip her thighs and force her to remain still long enough for me to heal her wounds.

There are so many. Atiri is lucky. If she had been male, I would have sliced off her head and worn it as a crown.

Desperate to touch Jayla, I carry her to an outcropping of ice further down the tunnel from where I met with the other males and have Ragar and Sol deliver our things. Tonight we will not sleep amongst our people.

They have disrespected her, shown her a side of my kind that I had hoped she would never see. My Life Giver was ruthless in her efforts to oust Jayla, and it has cost her everything. Her title, her place on my council, and if my mate had been critically wounded…I do not wish to think of what else I might have done.

“Hold still,” I demand, gently smacking her on the ass. “You insisted on fighting, now allow me to tend to you.” Jayla snuggles closer on the makeshift pallet I have arranged for her. She stops protesting the second my thumbs dig into the muscles of her neck. The slight moan that escapes her lips hardens my cock.

“I didn’t have a choice. You know that.”

“You did. But you are correct in assuming a challenge was inevitable.”

Her muscles tighten, and, for a moment, she holds her breath. “You should have told me. The baby requirement. I shouldn’t have had to find out about it from her.” Sorrow trickles down our bond.

“Childbirth has always been, and will always be, a focus of my people. Our numbers…we are dwindling. The inability to live freely and the stress of our constant battle for survival weighs on our females’ ability to carry a child. Fertility has always been one of our strengths, but we have lost more babes than I care to count over the last thirty birth cycles. The strain on my people is too great. I did not want to burden you with something that is not within your control.”

“Do you want them? Babies, I mean.” Her lip trembles, and without thought, I pull her to me and cup her cheek. She very rarely allows herself to appear vulnerable. And after watching her fall in the fight against Atiri, any space between us feels too great. The desire to possess her—mind, body, and soul—is unending.

“Since the moment I laid eyes on you.”

Already hard, my cock twitches at the sight of the swell of her breasts in the dim torch light. Her deep onyx hair—splayed out behind her—is so soft to the touch I cannot resist wrapping it around my fingers.

“What if something is…what if I can’t?” she asks. Rage and need build until I am ready to explode. My people have made her feel inadequate, made the goddess that lies before me doubt her worth, her capability.

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