He reluctantly pulled back as she became limp in his arms. He slid his left hand over her ass as his right hand moved up to the center of her back, holding her locked to him. Relaxing back against the pillows, he continued to release his seed deep into her. Her body answered by squeezing his cock inside her, as if greedily sucking every last drop from him.
“I love you, my Jesse,” he whispered, softly.
“I love you too, Hunter,” Jesse murmured. “Forever.”
“Forever, my Amate,” he repeated. “Forever.”
Chapter 26
“Jesse!” Taylor yelled. “I’m going to go torture Saber. I’ll be back later.”
Jesse turned when she heard Hunter’s deep, melodious laughter fill the air. She shook her head and rose up from where she was checking on a new batch of plants she had planted. She walked over to the blanket spread out under the large shade trees.
“You know we’re lucky he hasn’t strangled her yet,” Jesse said as she sat down on the blanket next to Hunter. “Didn’t he contact you yesterday about her coming over?”
“And the day before and the day before and the day before,” Hunter acknowledged. “It is good for him. He cannot withdraw if she is there and he is having to call me all the time.”
A whimper next to them drew their attention to the small body beginning to wake from his nap. Lyon’s little eyes opened and he blinked several times before he whimpered again and rolled onto his stomach.
At seven months old, he was sitting up and crawling. He had his father’s yellow-gold eyes and facial features but Jesse’s dark brown hair. He turned his head and stared up at Jesse for a moment, blinking. A wide, toothless grin and a stream of drool lit up his face as he pushed up onto his knees and crawled over to her.
“I think someone is hungry,” Jesse laughed, scooping their son up into her arms and rubbing her nose along his chubby cheek. “I’ll take him inside to feed him.”
“Feed him out here,” Hunter requested in a husky voice. “I love watching you.”
Jesse smiled and opened her tunic. Lyon greedily latched onto her and sighed. Jesse leaned back against Hunter as he sat behind her to give her support. He rested his chin on her shoulder and watched as their son fed.
It had been over a year since they returned home. Hunter was almost back to his old self. He still had a slight problem with tingling in his legs at times but he worked out each day to strengthen his muscles. Saber had come home almost six months ago. It had been touch and go for months. He had spent much of the time before he came home in rehabilitation.
Since his return, Saber was a different man. Hunter said it was as if his friend was trying to hide from the world. Hunter explained that Saber still needed a cane to walk with but that he should eventually be able to walk without it.
Taylor had taken it upon herself to try to cheer him up. Personally, Jesse thought her sister was doing a better job of driving the poor guy nuts but at almost eighteen now, Jesse was just thankful Taylor continued to be Taylor.
The biggest loss everyone was dealing with was Dagger. The loss had hit both Hunter and Saber hard. She had learned that the three of them had been as close as brothers.
Jesse worried the most about Jordan. Her sister was almost twenty now. She seldom did anything that didn’t involve studying or research. She spent hours each day locked away in the lower library that she had taken over as her own. Shana had tried to draw her sister out but except for excursions to the market or to the local archive in town, Jordan preferred to be alone.
“He is hungry,” Hunter commented as Jesse transferred Lyon to her other breast. “He will grow to be strong.”
“Just like his father and grandfather?” Jesse laughed, looking tenderly down as Lyon curled his tiny hand into a fist. “He is incredible.”
Hunter pressed a kiss to the side of Jesse’s neck. “Just as incredible as his mother.”
“How are things going back on Earth?” Jesse asked hesitantly.
Hunter stilled for a moment before releasing a sigh. “As well as can be expected. Your people are a very stubborn species. There are pockets of resistance scattered around your planet. Between the Alliance, the Trivator warriors still there and your planet’s ruling governments most have been brought under control. My older brother Razor has been appointed to the council to oversee our troops that remain.”
“Humans have been fighting each other for thousands of years,” Jesse reflected. “If the Alliance can accomplish getting them to stop in less time, more power to them.”
“Jesse?”
Jesse glanced up as Jordan came down the steps leading from the lower library. She gently pulled Lyon who was just playing by now away from her breast and handed him to Hunter while she buttoned her top. She stood up at the same time as Hunter did, Lyon against his shoulder.
Jordan smiled when Lyon’s loud burp filled the air. Her eyes moved back to Jesse’s as she bit her lip. She held a tablet in her hand.
“What is it, Jordan?” Jesse asked in concern when she saw that Jordan was pale and trembling slightly. “Are you alright?”