The Alien Prince's Captive (Celestial Mates) Read online

  I try to make eye contact, but his gaze is fixed between my legs. His broad chest rises with every breath, a few beads of sweat slipping down his impressive form.

  I’ve never seen a more perfect specimen in my life.

  He places the head of his cock against my entrance, and I shudder with pleasure. I can feel his heart beat through his cock, the rhythmic thump-thump-thump making my knees weak and my stomach flutter.

  I still can’t believe this is happening, even now, when Tau’s only a single thrust away from entering me. This big blue alien prince, this man with the power of a dragon inside of him, wants me. He’s already given me more pleasure than I thought possible with just his mouth — I can barely imagine what that cock of his can do.

  I anxiously wait for Tau to take me, but he seems to hesitate. He looks up at me, and I see his eyes are filled with animalistic lust… and anger.

  He roars loudly, and I can feel the deep vibrations right down to my core. Tau grabs my ankles from his shoulders and lowers them, and I feel wounded.

  Does he not want me?

  Am I not good enough for him?

  I sit up and, in my need, lunge for him, my nails scratching his chest.

  “What’s wrong?” I breathe.

  “You need rest,” he says. “I should not be doing this.”

  “What I need,” I answer, “is you.”

  Truer words have never been spoken. My entire being yearns for his touch, his embrace, his kiss, and yes, his cock.

  He frowns, and damn it, he looks even sexier doing that.

  “Are you sure?”

  I can’t help but laugh.

  “Yes, you sweet brute,” I say, wrapping my arms around his neck. “I’m absolutely, one hundred percent, completely sure.”

  I really am blessed. Tau’s not only powerful and drop-dead gorgeous, but he’s also got a kind, warm soul.

  We kiss. His cock surges with energy and presses against my entrance. I wrap one hand around his girth and feel his hardness, his power. The tips of my fingers can’t even touch one another.

  “Now fuck me, prince,” I whisper.

  This time, Tau doesn’t hesitate. He grabs my ass with both hands and effortlessly lifts me up, placing his cock right at the entrance of my dripping wet pussy.

  I kiss him, my tongue brushing against his bottom lip, as he lowers me down onto his thick, blue shaft. He spreads me apart, filling me more than any man has ever done, one thick inch at a time.

  Pain mixes with pleasure as I’m stretched. A wanton moan escapes my lips, and I have to clasp my hand over my mouth to keep myself from crying out his name.

  Tau sinks his fangs into my shoulder as he slides every last inch of his fantastic cock into me.

  I feel him perfectly. Every vein, every ridge, every inch of him I feel. Every movement of his hips causes wave after wave pleasure to radiate from my core to every last fiber of my being.

  This isn’t my first time, but it almost feels that way. Never has it ever felt like this.

  Tau is careful — at first. He lets me adjust to his immense size, his impressive girth, before giving me all he’s got. His fingers sink into my soft skin as he slams himself into me, not holding back, forcing every inch of himself inside of me.

  I’m completely helpless as he fucks me. My legs are wrapped around his waist, my arms around his neck, as he pounds me with that big, blue cock of his. There’s nothing I can do but throw my head back and let him conquer me, let him use me, let him fill me with his seed.

  He kisses me, pushing his tongue into my mouth, forcing my attention back to him.

  “You are mine,” he growls, accentuating every vowel with a thrust of his hips.

  “Yes,” I breathe, “yes! I am yours, Tau, now and forever!”

  I can feel his cock grow even bigger, and I know what that means. He’s ready to come.

  Inside of me.

  The thought fills me with a wicked thrill, and makes my heart skip a beat. I’ve never wanted anything more.

  “Do it,” I moan. “Fill me with your cum!”

  A flicker of doubt flashes across his chiseled face.

  “Not yet,” he growls, his voice low. “We’ve only just begun!”

  I want this feeling to last all night, but I also want to feel his hot cum fill me up. That last desire wins out.

  “No, do it now,” I plead. “Fill me! Give me… give me a Thalanil baby!”

  I don’t know where that came from — it just rolled out of my mouth.

  And I can’t unsay it.

  Not that I’d want to — I meant every word of it.

  Every single syllable.

  My words drive Tau completely crazy. His eyes shimmer with lust, his fingers sink deeper into my skin, and he slams his cock back into me with renewed vigor. Our hips become a blur, and everything else fades to the background.

  There’s only me and him. This massive, drop-dead gorgeous blue alien, and me.

  My clit explodes with pleasure the same moment I feel him release himself inside of me. He growls my name as he comes, his warm load flooding me, his cock firing spurt after spurt of the delicious stuff right into my fertile womb.

  It’s too much for me to handle. My toes curl as I come again, even harder this time, every pump of his hips, every throb of his cock keeping me on the highest plateau, my orgasm stretched out for minutes.

  My vision turns to spots, and when it returns, I’m back in bed with Tau, his arms wrapped tightly around me.

  I’ve never felt more at home.

  10

  Tau

  Amelia’s warm, luscious body is draped around mine. Her hips are straddling mine, and my still hard cock is still inside of her.

  Her body was made for me.

  I lean down and kiss the top of her head and drink in her intoxicating scent. Our life together has only just started, but already I feel an unbreakable bond has been formed.

  She is truly my melethril.

  I make a mental note to thank Eldrin the next time I see him. Contacting Celestial Mates might have been the best idea the old man has ever had.

  Amelia looks up at me with those blue jewels of hers.

  “That was…”

  “Amazing,” I say.

  “Amazing doesn’t even begin to describe it. Spectacular. Fantastic. Otherworldly.”

  “I do my best,” I smirk.

  She props herself up on her elbows.

  “How… no, never mind.”

  “What? Go ahead, ask.”

  “No, it’s stupid,” she says.

  “Nothing you say could be stupid.”

  “Then you don’t know me very well,” she laughs. I love the sound of her voice. It’s so warm, so carefree, so happy. It’s clear she’s not from this world.

  I’ve been so consumed with the war, the struggle, the fight, that I’ve forgotten how to live in the moment. To enjoy the little things, the freedom I still have.

  Mating with Amelia has been the best moment of my life. For a brief second there was no royal lineage, no crown I have to live up to. No pressure.

  Just me and her, and seemingly unending waves of pleasure as I filled her with my seed.

  It’s clear she’s from a distant world.

  “Try me,” I say. “I want to know what’s on your mind.”

  Her cheeks burn as red as the sun.

  “I wanted to know how come you’re so good at… this,” she says. “Are you… you know… a player, or something?”

  I scrunch my nose. “I do not play, human,” I laugh. “You mean mating, yes?”

  “Yes,” she whispers, growing even redder.

  “I merely followed my instincts,” I say. “You are my only melethril.”

  “Hold up,” she says. “Are you saying I’m your first?”

  “Thalanil mate for life,” I say.

  Her mouth falls open.

  “I would not have given into my desire if I did not think we were created for one another, Amelia. Now, I�
��ve never been more certain of anything in my life. You are my mate, my destiny. Together, we will raise a family. My line will carry on.”

  “I-I,” she stammers. “I can’t believe that. You are too good for that.”

  “Flattery will get you nowhere,” I growl as I playfully smack her backside. I love the sound that it makes.

  She smiles, but I can sense a hint of doubt in there, too.

  “What’s the matter?”

  “Nothing,” she says. “It’s just… so much to take in, you know. I barely know you, and now you say we mate for life, and…”

  A knot in my stomach tightens.

  “Do you not feel the same way?” I growl, my lips suddenly dry. “Do you not feel the connection?”

  “N-no, it’s not that,” she says. “Please, believe me. I feel a lot of things right now.”

  “Good things?”

  She laughs. “Very good things. It’s just… a lot to take in, all at once.”

  I nod. “I understand. We’ve barely had a chance to talk. Your body drives me too crazy for that.” I run my hands up her naked curves, enjoying the sensation of my fingertips grazing across her soft, warm skin.

  “Yeah, it’s almost like we skipped the first three dates and went right to the good stuff,” she blushes. “Not that I mind.” She sits up straight and pushes her ass back, and the last few inches of my still-hard cock slides back into her pussy. “I don’t mind one single bit…”

  I flex my cock, and her eyes go wide before a wide smile spreads across her face. “You’re way too good at this,” she says again. “At this rate, I’ll never get to really know you. We’ll just spend all our time mating.”

  “I’m okay with that,” I laugh. The thought of spending the rest of eternity coupled like this is one I can fully get behind. “Though, I do want to know you, inside and out, my melethril. I want to know exactly what I can do to make you the happiest woman in this world, and all the others.”

  “You’re doing a bang-up job at that, at the moment,” she smirks.

  “What do you know about our world?” I ask. “What did the Celestial Mates tell you?”

  She frowns. “So it actually was that strange e-mail that brought me here, huh? Emma’s never going to believe this, I swear.”

  “Emma?”

  “My sister,” she explains. “And before you ask, an e-mail is… well.. I don’t even know how to begin explaining it. Let’s just say Celestial Mates didn’t tell me a damn thing. They tricked me, more or less.”

  Anger surges through my body. My mate, tricked? Unacceptable!

  “So you didn’t ask to be here?” I ask.

  “Sorta? Let me explain.”

  I listen breathlessly as my mate tells me of her world, and of her troubles. While she may not face the constant struggle for life and death with the Qroqs like us Thalanil, I understand that she had problems of her own. I do not fully understand some of the words she uses, but her righteous anger at the betrayal of her former mate and best friend is something universal.

  “What a traitor,” I growl when she describes the moment she learned of their cheating. “When I meet this Jake, I will crush him!”

  “Please don’t,” she says. “With your strength, you’ll probably kill him.”

  “Any man who hurts you deserves death,” I growl.

  She runs her hands through my hair, her fingers tracing my horns.

  “I love it when you get possessive like that,” she says. “But please don’t actually kill anyone, though. That would be problematic, to say the least.”

  “I can’t make any promises,” I answer truthfully. “My dragon demands justice, and he can be… persuasive.”

  She shakes her head in disbelief. “I still can’t believe you can shift into a dragon. That will take some getting used to. But, now that we’re talking about Earth… when can we travel back?”

  “What do you mean?”

  She looks around at my wooden hut. “Don’t get me wrong, this place is cozy and all, but there’s some things I can’t go without. Running water, for one. Oh yeah, and my sister. I can’t wait to see her face when you meet her.”

  My brow furrows. “I do not understand… you are my melethril. Your place is at my side. You will bear my heir. The Thalanil line continues with you.”

  “What, so you expect me to stay here? With you? Forever?”

  “I mate for life. I told you that.”

  She slides off my waist, stands up, and puts her robe back on.

  “This is not what I signed up for,” she says, distraught. She strides towards the door and turns back at me in the opening. “I’m not your mate. I’m your captive!”

  11

  Amelia

  What on Earth have I gotten myself into?

  I stride across the wooden walkways in disbelief. This entire village is made out of wood, built right above a swamp, the massive trees around us shielding the entire town from the sky. In any other circumstance I would have been impressed by the natural beauty of it all, but not right now.

  Not now that I know Tau expects me to stay in this world forever.

  This is not what I signed up for. Yes, this is certainly a romance out of this world, as the Celestial Mates e-mail promised, but it’s a little more than that.

  This is not some summer fling. This is a life of bearing alien babies.

  I don’t know if I’m quite ready for that. Even though, in the heat of the moment, I did ask him to put a Thalanil baby inside of me.

  And he did explode inside of me.

  And it did feel better than I ever dared to imagine.

  Yet, there’s so much back for me on Earth…

  …Or is there?

  I mean, there’s Emma… though she lives in Australia now. So how often am I really going to see her? And I’d be perfectly happy with never seeing Jake and Melissa ever again, but still… talk about making a commitment!

  I’m lost in my thoughts as I wonder across the village. Everywhere I go the Thalanil people stare at me. They bow their head as I pass, greeting me with Your Highness.

  I never asked for this.

  I never wanted to be alien royalty.

  A young Thalanil girl walks up to me. She is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, with her pointy ears, and slender body, her dress still a few sizes too big for her.

  “Hi there, I’m Celaena!”

  “Hi,” I say. “I’m Amelia.”

  “Are you our new princess?”

  Man, kids can be direct!

  “Maybe,” I say.

  She crunches her nose. Her long blonde hair is done up in two braids, and it’s too adorable for words. When I have a Thalanil kid, will he or she look like Celaena? If so, perhaps I ought to reconsider…

  “Mama said you are our new princess. That you’ll marry Tau!”

  “Err, it’s complicated?” I try, but she’s having none of it.

  “Do you not like Tau?”

  “I do!” I say quickly. “I like him very much.”

  “So why don’t you marry him? That’s what I’d do! But mama says I’m too young.”

  She pouts, putting her small balled-up fists in her sides.

  “It’s just that I’m very new to this place,” I try to explain, “I have to settle in.”

  The young girl nods. “I understand. I don’t like moving either. I couldn’t sleep when we moved here, until Mama made me this,” she says, holding up a knitted teddy in the shape of a dragon. “This is Fenrir, and he keeps me safe.”

  “What a brave dragon!”

  She nods, hugging the toy to her chest. “Mama says we have to move because of the Qroqs.”

  “How many times have you moved?”

  Celaena looks down at her fingers. She frowns as she struggles with counting.

  “One… two… three times!” she says. “Mama says that Tau is going to stop the Qroq, and we can go back home!”

  “I’m sure your mom is right,” I say.

  This entire con
versation is tugging at my heartstrings. How can I turn my back on Tau, or the Thalanil people? They are hunted, enslaved, murdered, and all the people have put their faith in my mate… and I just stormed out of his bedroom in a huff.

  Here, I can make a difference.

  I can help save an entire people.

  What’s back for me on Earth? A minimum wage job and a beat-up car. No, wait, I got fired, and a dragon melted my car, so there’s not even that. Mom passed away, and dad hasn’t been around since Emma and I were young. I’ll miss my big sister, but she has a life of her own now, all the way in Australia.

  She’ll survive. She’s always been the tough, independent one.

  As the young girl runs back to her mom, I can’t help but smile. Celaena doesn’t know it yet, but she just changed the course of my life, and perhaps even the entire Thalanil people.

  I just hope all of my babies are as cute and wise as her.

  12

  Tau

  I turn myself over in bed, angry. Fuming.

  This is not how I expected to spend the first day with my melethril.

  I’ve got a half a mind to storm into Eldrin’s home and give him an earful, but I don’t want to see anyone but Amelia right now. Yes, Bodakin might have found me a perfect mate, but if what she says is true, and I have no reason to doubt her, she did not fully realize what she was signing up for.

  The Celestial Mates tricked her — and me.

  For I am faced with an impossible decision.

  I can keep Amelia by my side against her will, keep her from the world she has always known, from her family and friends, and force her to bear me children. She will grow to resent me, and we will both be miserable.

  Or, I can let her go, force Eldrin or Bodakin to open a gate back to her world, and kiss my perfect mate goodbye — forever. My dragon will not survive being separated from her, and the saknar, the feral rage will take me and drive me to madness. I can either follow her to Earth, and abandon my people, or stay and lose myself.

  A devil’s dilemma.

  I am no closer to figuring out a solution when the door to my hut bursts open. One of my men stands in the doorway.