Chapter 14

JASLYNN

Alrik and I were both paralysed in shock, and I could not make out his features in the darkness. His body weight was pinning me down while his hand continued to rest against my exposed skin.

"Alrik, get off," I yelled as the swelling bulge in his jeans throbbed on my thigh.

"Get of?" he said as his brows furrowed.

I moaned in shame as the dual meaning of my demand flashed through my mind, "Not that get off. The "get your ass up and go" off.

He seemed to still be in his passionate world, so obviously all the blood in his head had flown down south. Nevertheless, he stood up from my body and knelt next to me while I tried to glance around the completely dark bridge.

"What caused the power outage? Are we being attacked? Alrik stood up and lowered his voice. I pulled my wand from my pocket and mumbled a spell to myself so that a ball of light would appear at the end of it.

The door crashed open and four balls of light floated around, lighting the faces of the rest of the crew as I stood up and pointed the light towards the engine.

"What happened?" you ask. "Are you alright?" Miles walked over and grabbed my hand.

I choked out, "I'm fne, Miles," as Alrik put his palm on the naked part of my back where my shirt had lifted. Simply taken off guard by the engine blowing. And surprised by Alrik's irrational possessiveness.

I don't know how Miles managed to miss Alrik's hand, but thankfully he nodded and let me leave. I finally went into captain mode at that point and realised I had to order inspections across the ship.

"Allan, Miles, and Darlene, you three examine the crankcase. Review the bedplate, Sawyer and Kevin. If there was a problem with the engines, an alarm ought to have sounded, therefore Alrik and I shall check the tanks and alarm system.

I moved my head so I could see Alrik out of the corner of my eye as others of the group headed off to do the inspections and asked, "Shall we?"

He arched his brow and nodded, saying, "After you."

After checking the alarms for ten minutes and having Alrik's erection brush against my ass more frequently than I would have liked, I turned to sneer at him. He leant over to check the areas above my head that I couldn't reach while his arms were on each side of my head.

"Why are you still so hard?"

Despite the fact that he appeared surprised by my query, he asked, "Why am I still hard? Never before has a woman asked me that.

"Yeah? They probably want to know why you are so stubborn, not hard.

"Believe it or not, I cannot control my dick," he said as he rolled his eyes and turned back to the sirens. I don't have dog-like control over it.

Never did I say to control it. Simply said, I'm wondering why you're so difficult even after the situation has passed.

"The situation is finished, huh?" He chuckled, lowering his head so I could see the depths of his greying eyes.

I forced a hard swallow while pretending I was unaware of the proximity of our bodies to one another and the scorching hunger that was blazing inside of me. We were both extremely horny, which I could either put down to our mate bond or the fact that neither of us had had any action in decades.

You may think that the moment is over and done with, but being crammed into this small space where I can feel every one of your soft curves grinding against mine and smell the heady fragrance of your arousal has me aching to shove you against the wall of this ship and satisfy you in ways your pretty little head couldn't imagine possible.

Now, he was not the only one who was clearly excited. I was certain that they were glowing pink and that my cheeks were burning. Not to mention, my thin shirt was showing off the firm tips pleading for his attention. The widening grin on his face convinced me that he was aware of their presence.

"Are we feeling frustrated, Ms. Beaumont?" he asked, leaning in further more while keeping his arms remained above my head.

He kissed my earlobe and shifted to the crook of my neck to drink in my aroma as I unintentionally whimpered.

He said in a raspy undertone, "You are lethal to any warm-blooded male, a frecracker personality with a body carved to perfection by the Moon Goddess herself."

My chest was racing from my heartbeat. Alrik believed that I was seductive, but he was unaware of his own seductive charms when he wasn't acting like a jerk. He was the only man I had ever met to have my heart racing. He rendered me so out of breath that my heart would almost stop beating.

Even though I wanted to join in on the thoughts that were going through his head, I knew I had to intervene before things escalated. We were facing an emergency.

We need to complete the ship's inspections, I murmured, trailing off as he almost purred against my skin.

He growled, his hands slipping to my shoulders, blazing a path across my breasts, over the curvature of my waist and hips, and back to his rough grip on my ass. "I would much rather do a thorough inspection of something else," he said.

I couldn't decide whether to push him away or run my hands through his hair, which was tickling my cheek.

Am I disturbing you?

The group has finished testing the engine, Alrik said as he lifted his head so that Miles could see Alrik's hands on my ass. The world appears to be in order.

I slowly pushed Alrik away and took a few deep breaths to help me come out of the happy cloud we were both in.

"Miles, thank you. I slyly told him to depart, "We'll join you in the bridge in a bit to discuss the idea.

He hesitantly nodded before making his way back behind the door.

We need to get a handle on our hormones, I muttered as I turned to face Alrik, who was furiously squeezing the bridge of his nose.

He said, "I know, but you simply keep playing with my thoughts. I don't typically neglect my responsibilities, but being close to you has me acting like a dog in the heat.

My mind began to wonder after hearing what he said, "Do I go through the heat cycle even if I'm not a werewolf?"

I think so, he said as he cocked his head down at me. No matter what species you are, you are supernatural. However, you won't feel it until I mark you.

It should be enjoyable. I've always wanted to have excessive hormones.

He motioned towards the door and added, "We should leave before Mills returns."

  "Miles," I amended with a chuckle, "You may not like him but don't stoop to that level."

"Tartarus is the only level I'm at. Nothing is lower than that. So I'm free to call him whatever I choose.

"Alrik!"

He casually shrugged and made his way towards the door. I rolled my eyes and went back to the bridge where the people were huddled in conversation.

We didn't find any problems everywhere, which is quite weird, I said as I saw all of their worried faces turn to me. However, we won't have much time till we figure out what occurred because we'll be stuck here. I'll have to travel to the island in the lifeboat.

But isn't that far away? "Where is the island?" questioned Darlene, raising an eyebrow.

I would travel four to four nautical miles. Even though it would take me a while to get there, it would be faster than having to wait for the ship to be fixed.

Miles went forwards and said, "I'll go with you. It's too dangerous for you to walk by yourself.

Alrik caught my sight out of the corner of my eye, and I realised that no matter what, I could not allow Miles and Alrik to remain together. One day or another, they would kill one another.

Miles, I sincerely appreciate your offer, but you're the best ship engineer, I said with a gentle smile. If you stayed behind and assisted the others in figuring out what went wrong, it would make more sense.

"Right. Of course," he said, clearing his throat before halting abruptly.

I'll accompany you, Alrik said as he turned to face me. In any case, we need to talk about a few things privately.

I nodded despite my head being filled with questions.

"Very well, then."