Lokmi looked vulnerable in his
misery. Somehow, the open contrition made him more appealing than ever.
Wondering if she was having her own blindly stupid moment, Hope placed her hand
on his and squeezed. “I think you Kalquorians are more like us than different.
I’d like to test that theory, if you don’t mind.”
With that, she leaned in and
placed a tentative kiss on the surprised Imdiko’s lips.
Hope had never kissed a man. She’d
regarded rebellion and romance as an impossible mix. She’d seen her parents
kiss, had chanced upon them doing so passionately, but it was not something she
knew how to do.
Lokmi knew. After a moment’s
frozen amazement, he kissed her back. His soft lips firmed beneath hers. His
arms gathered around her, pulling her in close, right onto his lap. She gasped
to feel him against her, so firm even where there was no protective armor.
When her lips parted, Lokmi’s
tongue flickered between them. He was tasting her. Enthralled by the sensation,
Hope tasted back. Their tongues twined together in a serpentine dance that left
her breathless.
Kissing was glorious. Hope decided
she had been missing out.
The intimacy of the act, sharing
herself in such an unguarded fashion, had another effect. Hope’s sex felt warm
and melting, like rock in a volcano turning to lava. Pleasure she’d only known
from touching herself flared to life, craving more of the delicious experience.
Forgetting the original motive that had made her question Lokmi about clans and
given her the chance to kiss him, Hope moaned and moved against the man,
delighting in his physicality. Her breasts were small, but they were soft, and
she gloried in the difference between them and the granite strength of the
Kalquorian.
Lokmi suddenly pulled back,
breaking the kiss. He stared at her. The cat-slit pupils had widened until his
purple irises were nearly eclipsed. In a breathy voice, he asked, “What is this
all about?”
“You don’t like me?” Hope’s voice
was more plaintive than she had intended. Definitely not a sexy voice. Almost
whiny with want, because she desperately wanted to keep kissing him.
Oh yeah, I had another reason to seduce him too.
Lokmi suspicious look told her
that plot was in danger of being discovered. “I like you. I most certainly do.
But this level of interest is rather sudden for a repressed Earther.”
“Maybe I’m too curious to be
repressed.”
“Maybe you want something from me.
And I’m not talking about sex either.”
Hope knew she’d been caught. There
was no point in pretending otherwise, not with a man as smart as this one. She
huffed in dismay. “Okay. I kissed you because I want to guarantee you’ll give
me that phase device for Charity. She’s in danger, Lokmi.”
He scowled, but not at her ruse. “Did
Copeland bother her again?”
“No, but it’s coming. I know it
is.”
He gave her an understanding
smile. “Hope, I vow to get you and your father and sister phase devices. That’s
why I came here tonight, to make sure they’d operate perfectly and keep you
safe. You don’t have to throw yourself at me.”
Hope tried to ignore the jolt of
disappointment. “Okay. I didn’t know what I was doing anyway.”
She thought he picked up on her
tone, because his expression gentled. He stroked her cheek. “Did you like kissing
me?”
She was embarrassed, but it didn’t
occur to her to not answer. “I…yes. I didn’t know kissing felt like that. You
seem to know what you’re doing.”
“I’ve had a little practice.” His
grin was bright, then it became a more dangerous look. “I don’t suppose you’d
like to practice? Work on those seductress skills?”
The teasing tone made her scowl,
but her pussy warmed again. She was wet as well, damn him. “What if I did?” she
challenged.
“I’m always in favor of a person
improving herself. I’d be pleased to help you, of course.” He took her hand and
pressed it to his groin. Hope gasped to feel how swollen and hard he was there.
“Do you feel how pleased I am, Hope?”
There was only one way to answer
such a question. She crushed her lips against his.
Releasing late June 2017
So good!
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