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248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 24, 2015
My khui is an idiot. It must be. Why else would it ignore the women of my clan and the moment we enter the den of the dirty, ragged humans, it begins to bleat in my chest like a quill beast? Or that it chose the frailest of the sick humans to select as my mate?
“If you come again,” I warn him, “It’s all right. But I’ll try and be gentle with you.” I give him a wink as the look on his face turns incredulous.
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— forced the other against their will to take a khui
— kidnapped the other away from her friends
— insists on impregnating her even though she's not sure about it
— doesn't give much of a choice or say because "it's decided"
— touches her in her sleep??
— as Liz says "Raahosh isn't exactly Mr. Boundaries"
— ridicules Liz for talking too much
— "You belong to me, female."
— proclaims that if Liz doesn't satisfy his khui, it'll "stop asking and start demanding" (SA 😻)
— doesn't inform Liz that women carry alien pregnancies for 3 YEARS
— first time they have penetrative sex he just thrusts into her no preamble
“You are everything to me, Liz,” I say softly. “My world. My heart.”
“Is that a declaration of love?” she asks sleepily, her voice muffled by my chest.
I nod. My people normally do not declare love boldly, but I love Liz. She is mine and I am hers. “I love you, Liz.”
I clasp his ankle to stop him, and he gazes down at me with those narrow, blade-sharp eyes that seem to hide all emotion. "You misunderstand me," I say. I don't know why it matters to me that I don't hurt him, but it does. "I think it's obvious that you're scarred. You're missing a horn. But I didn't say it was unattractive." I lick my lips. "I kind of like it."
“My lips caress his, slow and sensual. He freezes against me, his big hands down along my sides, his body looming over mine, and he’s stiff and unyielding. So I continue to coax him with my mouth. “This is how you kiss, big guy,” I murmur between pecks of my mouth against his, letting my lips caress the hard line of his mouth.
“Just trust me, baby.” She raises our linked fingers to her lips and kisses my knuckles like I kissed hers. “But give me a few days, all right? You have to take care of yourself for my sake. You have to sleep, and eat. I want my mate to live.”
“Not your mate,” she yawns. “Last night was just for funsies.” Then she grabs the furs and pulls them back over her.
“Dammit, don’t make me feel sorry for you.”
He grunts and savagely cuts another bit of meat off the kill, then chews it, the expression on his face bitter. “I do not want your pity, woman.”
“Yeah, I thought so.” I gesture at the cave mouth. “So now I’m going to go out and catch us breakfast. You can sit in here and like, beat your chest like a caveman or something.”
— expertly braids her hair
— makes her own bow and arrows
— brainfully uses her last arrow to threaten the baby metlak rather than using it on just one out of the many adult metlaks attacking her
— saves Raahosh from metlaks
— carries Raahosh's unconcious body back to their cave
— nurtures Raahosh back to health
— while he's recovering for all of 9 days, she does the hunting and makes more gear
— after Raahosh is exiled, she pulls strings to get him back
— scares all the other men in the cave away so they can have their cute lil reunion fuck
“I’m going to make you come,” I tell him, dragging my nails down one thigh lightly. “And then I’m going to take my time with you. All right?”
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"I will give her anything she asks for. Anything. Everything."
"Now I see why Georgie was totally cool with Vektal claiming her as his mate. If he's anything like Raahosh, he dicked the brains right out of her."
"The fact that he was a big ol' virgin tells me that with the few ladies in the tribe, they weren't exactly banging down his door for his dick."
"You are everything to me Liz. My world. My heart."