Enticed by the Alien Warrior (Warriors of Agron #8) - Hope Hart Page 0,3

night sky, the kind of deep, unfathomable blue that makes it difficult to look away. Full black brows frame those eyes, contrasting with the wild blue. His dark hair matches the brows, curling around his shoulders and bringing out the glow of his skin in a way that makes him look like a fallen angel.

The first time I saw him, my breath caught in my throat. The second time, I almost lost the ability to speak a full sentence. Now I feel a blush begin to rise, and I step back, my stomach twisting.

I don’t understand what happens to my body when this guy is around. I’m never affected by men. At least, not in this way.

“How are you settling in?” he asks, and I almost shiver at his low voice.

“Fine, thank you. The rooms are beautiful.”

He glances around the sitting room as if he’s never seen it before but immediately returns his attention to my face.

I squirm under his regard. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Surprise flashes across his face. “You’re beautiful,” he says. “Why wouldn’t I enjoy looking at you?”

Disappointment burns in my belly, even as I attempt a smile. I don’t know what I was expecting. This guy doesn’t know me, doesn’t know anything about me. So why would I hope he was interested in more than just the face I happened to be born with?

“I’ve upset you.”

“No.” Just confirmed my expectations.

“Don’t lie to me.”

I change the subject instead. “Is there something I can help you with?”

“Yes,” he says. “I want to tumble you.”

Arix

Vivian’s mouth drops open in a way that makes me imagine her swallowing my cock, and I force my attention elsewhere. I stride toward the window, gazing down at the gardens below as I give her the moment she obviously needs to recover.

“Excuse me?” Her voice is strangled, and I glance over my shoulder, pleased to find her face flushed, even if her eyes are narrowed in a way that suggests she’s thinking about doing me harm.

“I didn’t realize humans were so hard of hearing,” I say, just so I can see her eyes blaze. For some reason, watching this female lose her composure makes me harder than I’ve ever been in my life.

“I heard you,” she snaps. “I just thought maybe you had some kind of brain fart and didn’t actually mean to say that to me.”

I give her my most charming grin. She doesn’t seem impressed. “I never say things I don’t mean. Life is too short.”

“Uh-huh. And what makes you think I’d want to ‘tumble’ you?”

I turn my back to the window and raise one eyebrow. Perhaps she hasn’t properly examined me. I open my arms wide so she can appreciate every inch of my body, sending her a wink as she snorts in disdain.

She curls her lip at me, and it takes every drop of my self-control not to stride across the room and plunder her mouth.

It’s not just her beauty that makes me almost desperate to tumble this female. It’s the fire I can see burning within her. The fire she keeps carefully banked, hidden away where she thinks no one can see it.

But I can.

I have no doubt that beneath her cool exterior is a female who burns with passion.

She pretends indifference. “You’re hot. So what?”

I smile at her, and her lip twitches. Aha! She does find me charming.

“No other warrior has claimed you, lovely.”

Something I can’t place flashes across her face. “What exactly are you implying?”

“Nothing. I’m telling you that you were meant to be mine. For as long as you’re on this planet and while you’re organizing your trip home,” I clarify, so she’ll understand I have no intention of claiming her long-term.

“Uh-huh,” she says again, and my abs tighten. Something about the way this female pretends to be unimpressed with me makes me want to bend her over and make her scream my name. “Look, I appreciate the offer,” she says, as if she’s refusing another course at dinner, “but I’m not really on the lookout for a ‘tumble.’”

“And that’s entirely why you need one,” I tell her. “You have a lot to do if you’re going to get off this planet. You’ll think more clearly after a few nights in my bed.”

She blinks. “Did you just offer to fuck the focus into me?”

I shrug. “If you’re going to leave this planet, don’t you want to experience all it has to offer?”

“Now you’re making it sound like your cock is the eighth wonder