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just as sweet.
    The door to his quarters whispered open at his approach, and he carried her inside, heading straight for his bunk. Tumbling her onto it, Blade followed her down, his cock throbbing against the thin fabric of his skinpants. She grabbed the hem of his shirt and hauled it off over his head.
    She tossed the shirt aside without watching where it landed. She was too busy tracing her fingers delicately over the ridges of his ribs. She paused to flick her fingers over Blade’s erect brown nipples. He inhaled sharply in delight.
    Slipping one hand down his torso, she cupped the thick bulges of his balls. Blade’s dark head fell back as she caressed him through his skinpants. “Stellar Gods,” he groaned. “That feels incredible.”
    Elyn released his heavy balls and slowly traced one finger up the curving length of his cock. “ You’re incredible,” she breathed, staring with absorbed fascination at his cock. Grabbing his waistband, she hauled it down, freeing his cock to spill into her hands. Unable to resist, Elyn grabbed his cock and angled it up. Blade watched her, eyes glittering and hot as she leaned down and slid the thick shaft into her mouth.
    The head of his cock felt deliciously warm and slightly nubby in her mouth. She closed her lips over the head and suckled, enjoying the feel of him, the heat of his intense masculinity. The way he jolted against her with every pull.
    Big hands slid down to find her nipples, and tug and twist with a gentle ruthlessness that made her quiver.  Elyn moaned softly as her need intensified. She sucked harder, and he threaded one hand through her hair, gently urging her to take him deeper.
    So she did, engulfing half the big shaft in one sudden swoop that tore a gasp from his lips.
    “Elyn! Oh, Gods, Elyn!” The deep groan was impossibly arousing.
    She smiled around her mouthful of cock. The hand on her hair suddenly tightened, and he gently drew her off his shaft. “Blade, I’m not—”
    “Neither am I,” he growled, flipping her onto her back. He rose over her, seized both her ankles, and spread her ruthlessly wide. Releasing one leg, he grabbed his cock and aimed. His entry tore a gasp of delight from her lips.
    He started thrusting. Deep, grinding digs that made her toss her head back on the pillow.
    “Blade!”
    “Elyn,” he growled back, fucking her hard. Claiming her. The sensation of so much cock filling her so full sent rolling waves of delight through her body.
    He shafted her without mercy until an orgasm seized her in a wicked velvet trap that pulsed and gripped deep inside her. She tossed back her head and came. And came.
    And came.
    Somewhere above her head, he roared, an animal bellow of pleasure. He drove to his balls and held there, head flung back, every muscle of his big body in high relief. “Stellar Gods, Elyn!”
    “Yesssss,” she hissed. “Oh, yes!”
    * * * *
    The storm released them at last, and Blade collapsed on top of her, a hot, deliciously satisfying weight. He wrapped his arms around her, and rolled onto his back with a soft groan, taking her with him.
    Sprawled across him, Elyn panted, his softened cock still clasped inside her. Deliciously sated. Her hunger instantly ignited again when his hands found her head and guided her to the pounding vein in his throat. With a desperate moan, she bit him. Hot blood poured over her tongue.
    “Mine,” he growled.
    She could only growl back—an assent, a staking of her own claim. Delicious minutes passed as she fed, until she knew it was time to stop. Carefully, reluctantly, she eased her fangs from his throat and dropped her head to his chest.
    “I love you.” Blade said the words with a stark, simple honesty.
    Elyn froze, her gaze flying to his. “What?”
    “I love you.” He sounded utterly calm, but his eyes flickered, and he winced just slightly.
    She realized two things. The first was that he expected her to reject him. The second hit her in an explosion of joy that left no