The Bond That Heals Us (17 page)

Sara let her hand slide down the front of his body until she found his rock-hard erection straining through the front of his shorts. He was so big, she couldn’t stop the shiver of anticipation that shimmered through her, knowing how fully he filled her body.

“You’re not so bad yourself,” she said and chuckled when his cock twitched in her hand. “Do you plan on keeping me against the wall for two days or would you like to find the bed?”

Davin let out a low growl that seemed to echo deep inside her body. When she lifted her head to meet his eyes, they seemed to be glowing.

“Davin?”

His hand captured the back of her knee and pulled her leg up, opening her body to him. Sara felt her skirt slide down her leg, exposing her bare skin and giving him a perfect view of her soaked pussy. Not that he was looking anywhere but her eyes at the moment. Davin leaned in, pressing his powerful cock against her, with only the thin barrier of her panties and his shorts between them.

“Right…here.” He said the words with deliberate slowness, his hand flexing against her leg.

Before she had a chance to react, Davin used his other hand to pull at the thin fabric of her panties. The tearing of the cloth was an instant turn-on and Sara felt herself gush with anticipation. After several tugs, he ripped through one side and let the panties slip to the floor. With her now completely open to him, Davin took advantage and slid his fingers along her warm, inner thigh.

Sara couldn’t believe her body’s reaction to his touch. She was already wet again, another orgasm threatening to push through her body again.
Too soon.
As Davin’s fingers teased the curls of her pussy, Sara moved her hand inside his shorts so she could feel the hot length of his cock in her hand.

This time when she touched him, Davin closed his eyes and moaned his approval.

His groin thrust against the palm of her hand, mimicking what he wanted to do to her.

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And holy fuck if she didn’t want him inside her now. No, she needed to go slow. Enjoy each and every touch of his body. She had no time to waste.

Leaning in, Sara licked his earlobe and around the ridge of his ear. “I want to taste you.”

Davin pushed his fingers against the opening of her cunt, wetting them with her cream. When he brought them out, he licked every drop of her wetness from his fingers.

Sara sucked in a breath and couldn’t believe how erotic it was to watch him do that.

When he finished, he grinned at her. “Seemed only fair.”

He dropped her leg slowly to the floor but didn’t move his hand from her inner thigh, teasing her. Sara wasn’t about to let herself get distracted by his wicked hand.

Instead, she grabbed him by the arms and spun him around so his back was pressed against the wall. As they stopped moving, she reached in and licked his nipple.

“Fuck!”

“It’s only fair,” she chuckled and repeated the motion.

“You’re going to kill me.”

“You’ll enjoy it, then.”

Sara dropped to her knees in front of his black shorts. The material was form fitting, so his swollen cock was held tight against his body. Inhaling deeply, she enjoyed the rush of his scent as she gently pulled his shorts down.

His cock sprang free and Sara caught herself moaning. His balls were pulled tight against his body and she could see they were a dark gold color. With her head buzzing, she leaned in and ran her tongue along the bottom of his balls, enjoying the feel and taste of his hairless sac. She paid particular attention there, lapping up every inch of skin while ignoring his pulsating shaft. It wasn’t until she felt his hands come into her hair that she knew it was time to move on.

She ran her tongue up the length of his cock until she reached the tip. The satiny skin was amazing in her mouth, tasting like a bittersweet spice. Sara couldn’t stop, didn’t want to give up on the heady sensations that were running through her. Leaning forward, she took as much of his shaft into her mouth as she could manage while gently massaging his balls with her hand. Davin’s grip instantly tightened as his body shook.

He was so close, she could feel it.

“Sara…”

He tugged at her head, but she refused to move. Increasing the pressure of her fingers along his balls, she picked up the pace of her sucking. She wanted to taste him, all of him. Wanted to swallow the most intimate part of his body, his very essence and keep it with her forever.

“Sara, I can’t stop,” he said in a shallow gasp as his thighs began to twitch uncontrollably.

Rising up high on her knees, Sara began to stroke his shaft in time with her bobbing head. Somehow, his cock seemed to thicken in her mouth and Sara knew what was 109

about to happen. Davin roared as his hot cum flowed into her mouth with powerful spurts. Sara swallowed repeatedly, savoring the spicy taste of him until she’d licked him dry.

With a surprise rush of energy, Sara gasped when Davin picked her up and carried her over to the bed. He dropped her down on the mattress before reaching down and yanking her skirt all the way off.

“More,” he growled.

“We can wait. If you need to rest—”

“More.”

She lay still as he stripped the rest of her clothing from her body, watching the intense expression on his face. His golden gaze flying over every inch of her skin, his fingers touching everywhere his eyes weren’t. Sara couldn’t stand it, her body shivering from the heat her body was producing. When he pushed her thighs wide apart and buried his face between her legs, she cried out.

“Tastes amazing.” He said the words against her clit and licked again, only slower.

“Davin.”

A final lick and he began to kiss his way up her body, across her belly, along the edge of her ribs, over the tips of her breasts until he reached her neck. She could feel his heavy cock was already growing stiff again as he humped her thigh. When his hot mouth reached her neck, she arched her back, giving him complete access. He opened his mouth and nipped at her shoulder, sending a jolt of electricity to her cunt. Her hips jerked in response, her hands clawing at his wide shoulders.

“With my people, sex is…frantic.” He nipped at her again. “I’ve been holding back.”

She shivered, remembering the few times they’d made love. If he’d been holding back, then she wanted to see everything.

“Don’t,” she whispered. “I want to be everything for you.”

His heavy head pressed against her shoulder. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

“You won’t.”

“You don’t know that.”

“You only gave me two days. I want to know everything, be everything for you.

Don’t…hold…back.”

Davin gripped her wrists and held them out to her sides. His body weight was supported on this knees and forearms. Without touching himself, he maneuvered his cock at the opening of her damp pussy but didn’t thrust forward. His gaze trapped hers and she suddenly felt a low burning deep in her belly. Unlike the warm buzzing last time, the heat began to pulse from the very center of her womb, jacking her arousal as high as it could go. Her heavy lids slid shut as her body melted with pleasure.

“I can feel you. Your whole body, inside and out. You’re so beautiful.” He thrust forward and swallowed her cry of pleasure with a deep kiss.

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The burning desire crept into every cell in her body. She could feel the heat as it moved along with her blood, bringing light to the dark parts of her body. Relaxing, she let the sensations fill her. The tingle combined with the steady thrusts of his cock in her cunt took Sara to new heights of pleasure. The simple act of breathing was arousing.

“
Joun talla
, you’re amazing.”

“Just…don’t stop.”

She relaxed even more, feeling the pulsing heat move through her chest and up into her neck. A million tiny invisible fingers caressed the skin of her back, touching her from her shoulders down to teasing the puckered entrance of her ass.

When she opened her eyes, she realized with a sudden jolt they weren’t working.

But the terrifying blackness was suddenly replaced with a crystal clear image of what she wanted Davin to do to her. His body slamming into hers from behind, her back pressed firmly against his chest. It wasn’t like any thought she’d had before, but rather like watching a vid screen. Sara sucked in a shuddering breath and arched up so hard against him that Davin cried out.

“My God, what is…what am I seeing?” she said as she clawed at his shoulders.

“Your desires. Is that what you want, Sara? You want me to fuck you from behind?”

Her blood pounded in her ears at the thought of him doing exactly that. “Oh yes.”

Davin was off her and pulling her to her knees in a heartbeat. She had to give her head a shake to clear the mental image of what he was about to do to her from her mind. It was then she realized he’d positioned their bodies so she could see their reflection in the long mirror on the opposite wall.

Her pale white skin and blonde hair were in stark contrast to Davin’s dark gold complexion and long brown strands that framed his face. She watched as he pushed her thighs apart so he could settle his long, thick cock at the entrance of her pussy. Sara couldn’t look away, memorizing every detail of how their bodies fit together. When he thrust deep inside her, Sara could see her body shudder, watched her nipples tighten even more and saw the dark blush as it spread from her face down her neck to cover her breasts.

Davin caught her gaze in the mirror and leaned down to whisper in her ear. “You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. You have nothing to be ashamed of.”

As if to drive his point home, he ground his groin to her, pushing into her pussy with hard, sure strokes. The rush of excitement at watching her body get thoroughly fucked was more than she could handle. His grip was firm as he pulled at her nipples.

,Pleasure mixed with pain, overwhelming and pushed her over the edge into oblivion.

Sara reached up and held on to Davin’s neck for dear life as the orgasm took over.

When she didn’t think she had anything left in her, Davin’s body shuddered as he cried out before he bit down on her neck again. His frantic thrusts as he came, and the now familiar sensation of his bite, sent another ripple of pleasure through her until there was nothing left.

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Unable to hold her body up any longer, Sara let Davin pull her body down to the bed. The air in his quarters was cool but felt nice on her sweat-slicked skin. She snuggled in close to his body and hoped this was only the beginning of their pleasure for the next two days. With her energy reserves quickly spent, Sara drifted off to sleep.

* * * * *

Davin knew the moment Sara was asleep. It wasn’t because her body relaxed against his or even the deep, steady sound of her breathing. No, he knew because he’d been able to slip into her mind when they’d made love. And a connection like that was a hard one to break.

Pulling her even tighter against him, he tried to ignore the guilt that began to gnaw at the edges of his mind. Of all the people out there, Sara was the last one he wanted to hurt. And while she wouldn’t feel any ill effects from his invasion, he knew she would be angry.

But by
Maltil,
she had a beautiful mind. To actually see images like he had was rare.

The few times he’d entered another’s mind to help them heal, the mental pain and anguish had been black, cold, not a place he wanted to be again. Repairing another’s mind, the ability to fix the dark places in their soul, were gifts according to his people.

Not that Davin considered them such. So many of the healers in his cast wanted the gift, would do anything to be branded with the sacred tattoos on their hands that acknowledged the power. And he’d been the one
blessed
. The marks had burned as they’d been permanently inked onto his hands when he’d first displayed the ability. A fucking curse. One he’d been trying to run away from since he reached the age of maturity.

Now that he’d opened the barrier that kept his abilities back, there’d be no stopping it. The urge to help others would be overpowering and soon people would seek him out, begging him to assist. And after time, there’d be little left of him. His mind would be consumed by the darkness of others until he was a breathing shell.

Just like his mother had been.

Sara sighed and snuggled deep against his chest. He picked up a strand of her hair and twirled it around his finger. He couldn’t do that to her. She’d figure out what was going on and would want to try to save him. But she wouldn’t be able to and she’d die a little more every day she watched him fall apart.

At least his father had been cold enough, removed enough from his emotions that when his mother died, he’d considered it an honor. Fuck, he’d been proud of the fact his dead wife was a
Mise
—soul healer. That’s why Davin had run. He knew his father would push him to the same fate.

Well, fuck that.

He’d give Sara her two days and then he’d find a job that took his crew to the edges of the galaxy where he could fade away.

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Sara’s growling stomach was the first thing she heard when she returned to the land of the living. But moving was the very last thing she had on her mind. Davin’s arms as well at his heavenly scent were wrapped around her, better than the best blanket in the world. Being this close to him was a powerful temptation. His brown chest hair seemed even darker against his golden skin, giving him an exotic, definitely alien look.

God, she loved him.

The realization was painful, considering that he continued to push her away. For the life of her, she couldn’t figure out why. If she knew, there might be someway she could convince him it didn’t matter. She wanted him regardless of what problem he thought they had.

She was tired of being alone.

“We need to get some food into you, wild one. You’re going to need your strength.”

When he kissed the top of her head, she sighed. She reached in and kissed his chest, rubbing her nose against his skin as she did.

“Too bad we can’t get delivery. I really don’t want to move.”

“Delivery? You think I’d let anyone but me see you naked after what we just did?

I’d be forced to kill them. And I don’t think Haylie would approve.”

“Oh my god, poor Haylie. She’s pregnant and I’ve barely had time to run a scan on her and the baby. I need to get to med bay soon and look after her.”

The fact she’d forgotten, even for a moment, about Haylie made her feel guilty.

“I wouldn’t worry. Your friend is strong. I don’t think there is much out there she can’t handle.”

“True. And now that she’s bonded to Kamran, I don’t have to worry about her quite so much.”

Davin brushed her hair away from her face and placed a kiss on her temple. “You do that a lot.”

“What?”

“Worry about other people. It will kill you if you let it rule your life.”

Something about the way he said it made Sara cock her head back so she could look at his face. “Sounds like you’re speaking from experience.”

She felt him grind his teeth for a minute before he took a breath and forced his body to relax.

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“My mother was a healer, like me. She pushed herself too much, taking on everyone’s ills as her own. It was too much for her and she died.”

“I’m sorry,” she said and placed a kiss on his chin. “Were you very young?”

“I hadn’t reached the age of maturity. I’d spent my youth idolizing her and her death…hurt.”

“Both of my parents are alive and kicking back on Earth. But I haven’t seen them in years. We moved to Luna when I was a kid for my dad’s job and I stayed for medical school. Haylie was the first person I met.”

“Your parents must miss you.”

She shrugged. “When I got this posting, they were very proud. My dad had something to brag about and my mom knew I’d found a purpose. They’re older and were worried that I’d be left alone if anything ever happened to them. At least I’ve made a life for myself here.”

Sara hadn’t talked to her parents in over a month now and she suddenly missed them very much. She couldn’t imagine what it would be like to lose one of them now, let alone as a kid.

Her stomach chose that moment to let out another loud grumble. It was accompanied with a twinge of pain and she knew she wasn’t going to be able to ignore the sensation much longer.

“Food,” Davin said in a teasing voice. “My primal warrior instincts are kicking in.

My mate needs me to hunt for sustenance.”

Her giggle shook them both. “Well, this is one girl who can help with the gathering.

But it means we need to get up.”

“And get dressed. Remember the murder thing.”

“Yes, we don’t want to put Haylie to work. Though I think she’d enjoy it.”

When Davin released his grip on her, Sara rolled away from his body and instantly missed it. They’d get some food and eat on their way back here. She didn’t want to move from this bed for the rest of the day. Davin must have been thinking the same thing because when he met her eyes, they flared with lust.

“Just like a supply drop on Tannas. In and out before anyone knows we’re there.”

“And then back to bed?”

“We’ll bring supplies back with us.”

Sara shivered but made sure to grin back at him with as much desire as she felt at that moment. “I think I like that idea.”

They both dressed quickly, Sara enjoying the privilege of watching him choose his clothing. Who knew that simply watching him do such a simple thing would mean so much to her.

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He finished dressing, sliding his belt over his black, form-fitting pants and pulling a tight blue sleeveless shirt on. Only then did he turn to her and grin. “Doctor, might I have the honor of escorting you to lunch?”

He waited, holding out his arm while she stared at him. What the hell was she going to do when he left?

“The honor is all mine, Captain.”

They walked out together toward the bazaar, arms linked. It was strange, but she felt completely at ease at that moment. The parasite might have threatened to kill her, but in the end it had given her a great gift. As her thoughts drifted back to the mine, she found herself frowning.

“Did they ever figure out where I picked up that parasite? I’d hate for anyone else to catch it.”

As she said the word “parasite”, Davin tugged her arm a bit closer to his body.

“We’re not sure. But where it entered your body through a cut in your leg, it means they’ll have to keep a close eye on everyone. The medics who conducted the physicals on the miners didn’t detect any further infections but that doesn’t mean much. Mind you, it might have been bad luck that it happened to get into your system.”

“Let’s hope. Did you talk to Kamran about the men we heard talking?”

Davin stopped walking and looked at her. “It didn’t cross my mind to mention it.”

“They were obviously doing something illegal. Maybe even had something to do with the stocolran gel. Kamran should know.”

“At the time I was a bit preoccupied with you being sick. But I promise you I’ll let him know as soon as we get back to my room.” He gave her arm a tug. “Are we going to eat or do you want to interrogate me further, Doctor?”

“Sorry. I hate not knowing what’s going on.” She gave him a shy smile. “I’ve always been nosy.”

“And clumsy. Haylie and I shared some entertaining tales. She wasn’t at all surprised to hear you knocked me into the water.”

Sara felt a blush heat her face. “You didn’t tell her about what we did, did you?”

He gave her a wide grin. “We best get you some food.”

“Oh I hate you,” she muttered as she let him continue to lead her toward the bazaar. “She’ll never let me live that down.”

They continued their banter as they waited in line at one of the booths. One of the humans had set up a Luna Cuisine shop and Sara picked out several dishes she figured Davin would enjoy. All spicy with added kick. Sara didn’t wait for them to get back to his room before she started eating. So when Rachael found them in the hall, she had to swallow a large bite before she could answer.

“What’s up?” Sara managed after a minute of intense chewing.

Rachael looked between Davin and Sara, looking like she was about to ruin their day.

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“I know you’re still not fully recovered, hon, but I think we have a major problem.”

Sara’s hunger was instantly forgotten. “What’s wrong? Haylie?”

“No, she’s fine. But I think the miners aren’t. I re-ran some of the blood work the medics took two days ago. It’s contaminated.”

“The parasite?” Davin asked, clearly not happy about where this was going.

“I ran it twice. The parasites have doubled since the initial sample was taken. And it’s just not one or two of them. Everyone.”

“Oh my god,” she muttered.

“Show us.” Davin took Sara’s arm as they made their way to med bay.

* * * * *

When Sara lifted her face from the cell scanner, she bit back a curse. It was exactly what Rachael had said, the parasite was consuming the blood. And the more it ate, the faster the process.

“These men are going to be dead if we don’t do something,” she said as she turned around.

Kamran, Haylie and Sean were standing around all looking as if someone had died.

Which would soon be the case if they couldn’t figure out how to stop this.

“I want to run a full workup on you, Sean.” She brought over a needle and motioned for him to sit on the bed. “Have you felt anything odd? Dizzy?”

Sean sat down and rolled up his sleeve. “Nothing. I feel the same as the day I went in there.”

“So why the hell did it affect Sara so quickly?” Haylie blew out a breath. “You’d think we’d have seen a pile of cases before now.”

“Depends on the source,” Kamran said and looped an arm around Haylie’s waist.

“Maybe Sara went somewhere in the mine that Sean hadn’t. Came into contact with it there.”

“Or came into contact with someone,” Sean muttered.

Sara’s gaze flew to his when she recognized what he was implying. “Davin has nothing to do with this.”

“He’s an alien. There could be something about his body chemistry that started this.”

“It’s not me,” Davin said as he strode into the room.

Sara saw that he had his gloves back on covering the tattoos on his hands. He was dressed much as he had been on the day he crashed, except now his hair was tied back at the nape of his neck.

“He’s right,” Sara said as she finished drawing blood from Sean’s arm. “We ran tests on Davin. The parasite hasn’t appeared in his system at all. Which is odd because we were in most of the same places together.”

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“I have a natural immunity to most diseases. I doubt it found my blood tasty.”

Davin walked over to Sara and stood close without touching. She felt her body instantly react, a painful reminder that he’d be leaving as soon as Kamran lifted the quarantine.

“Sit here a minute until I check this out.” She patted Sean on the knee.

“I’m all yours, Doc,” Sean said on a sigh.

Walking over to the cell scanner, Sara tried to push away the torrent of emotions that had built up in her. Just seeing Davin, knowing that their relationship was about to fall apart was killing her. She silently cursed when her hands shook as she placed several drops of blood on the glass slide and pressed it into the scanner.

“This will only take a minute.”

Kamran walked over to one of the chairs, Haylie in tow, and sat down. He pulled her into his lap despite her weak protest struggles. Sara heard her friend’s contented sigh as she dropped her head to her husband’s shoulder.

“This is going to take a minute,” she said on impulse. “Haylie, why don’t I run a quick scan on you since you’re here? Just to see how things are progressing.”

“I’m fine,” Haylie shrugged. “I’ve just been a little tired.”

“Humor your doctor. Now get your ass in the other room so I can run my tests.”

Haylie rolled her eyes. “I hate physicals.”

“Too bad. Move your ass, Chief.”

Kamran chuckled and gave her a little push to get her going. “Never argue with your doctor.”

The two women went into the side room and Sara pointed at a small bed. “Up you go.”

“Did I mention you are as bad as Kamran?” Haylie sighed and hopped up.

“And lucky for you that I am. I want to make sure this little one is going to be okay.

Lie down.”

Haylie swung her legs around and settled her head on the thin pillow. For no reason, she let out a giggle before she managed to get things under control.

“Tell that husband of yours to behave.”

“Oh believe me, I’ve tried.” Haylie took a deep breath, closed her eyes and seemed to go into a little trance. When she opened them a minute later, she looked at Sara and smiled. “There. I’ve bought us a little privacy.”

Sara smiled, shaking her head. “Nice trick.”

“When you’re sharing head space with another person, you have to learn to put a little wall up.” Haylie reached over and squeezed Sara’s hand. “I figured from the look on your face there was more to this than you wanting to check out the baby. Am I right?”

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The sudden sting of emotion as it bit the back of her throat and burned her eyes was almost too much for Sara to hold back. A quick look over her shoulder and she caught Davin talking quietly to Kamran and Sean. She pulled the privacy curtain blocking him from sight.

“What’s wrong, hon?” Haylie said sitting up. “Did he do something?”

Sara turned back and smiled as a single tear rolled down her cheek. “He’s leaving tomorrow. As soon as his ship is ready and Kamran lifts the quarantine order.”

“Oh sweetie. Come here.”

Haylie wrapped Sara in a hug and she couldn’t stop the tears. Silently they poured out of her and onto Haylie’s uniform. After a minute she pulled back, wiping the tears from her face.

“Sorry,” she said in a choked whisper.

“For what? I think you’re allowed to be a little emotional.” Haylie shook her head.

“But I doubt he’ll be out of here tomorrow. Not until you can figure out how this parasite is spreading. Kamran won’t risk it getting passed on to another colony.”

“So it takes another day or two. Maybe a week. He’ll leave as soon as he can.” Sara turned and picked up the medical scanner, running it over Haylie’s body. After a minute it chirped, indicating everything was fine with both Haylie and the baby. “At least you didn’t catch it.”