Star People Legacy Smith, T.L. (e book free reading .TXT) 📖

I let out a cry and he thrust deeper. My whole body rose to meet his and he groaned as my insides tightened around him, but he didn’t stop. Not even as an orgasm tore through me.

He leaned over me, shifting our bodies, but only so he could kiss me. His hands released my hips, not that it mattered with my legs clamped around him. His fingers untangled mine from the sheets, intertwining them with his.

Our mouths muffled the groans from both of us. When he finally reached his own orgasm, I’d had at least three. He rested on his elbows, our bodies still one as he brushed a strand of hair from my face. “You’re glowing.”

I laughed. “Thanks.”

“No, babe, you’re glowing again.” He reached up over the bed and turned off the light.

The room went dark, except around me. “Oh, great.” Breathing was still too raspy to say anything more.

“Well, you’re not dreaming and no one’s threatening you, so I’m glad to see good emotions inspire this look too.” He smirked.

“Guess so.” I managed a smile and a little squirm of my hips.

“Stop!” He pinned me down again. He kissed my neck right below my ear. “You go moving around and I won’t be able to help myself.”

“Not a persuasive argument.”

Casey’s fingers stroked my cheek. “I shouldn’t have been so rough. I was… possessed.” His lips returned to that spot on my neck. “You’re finally mine, heart and soul.”

“And Spirit, apparently.”

We clung to each other until our bodies were calm again, only shifting around to let me breathe. Casey ran his fingers along my leg where I had it laced with his. “You’re almost faded out again.”

“When this is over, you can light me up all you want.” I nestled my head into his shoulder. “I’m tired… and tomorrow…”

“Tomorrow we have to figure out what to do next.” He pulled the blanket over us, keeping me in his arms.

I wanted to sleep, but apprehension crept in over the ecstasy. Casey covered my absence. My family would all be here. Lutz gave me his blessing to avenge him. So we were going to hunt down this Maxa’xak. It was our duty, an obligation passed down through the generations. What if we failed? What if we won? What would happen to us?

Maybe Casey had a reason to be afraid. I had serious doubts things would magically return to normal.

The questions kept me from real sleep, only achieving an odd numbness as I drifted on that edge. Not asleep enough to miss the light on the phone as it flickered an advance warning of an incoming call. I nudged Casey as it started to actually ring.

He answered it, sounding as groggy as I felt. “Yeah.” A string of monosyllable responses followed before he hung up. “We’re going to have visitors.” He swung his legs out of bed, pulling on his pants and t-shirt. “So much for you getting some sleep.”

“Let me straighten up a bit.” I crawled out of bed, heading to the bathroom. I’d gone to bed with damp hair and it was tossed and tangled now. I managed to comb it out, braid and tie it off. Casey brought me shorts and a t-shirt, my less than romantic sleepwear.

Someone knocked. Casey peeked out the window, then opened the door. Daniel came in, followed by four more people. I only knew one of them. “Yazzie?”

She stood among the group of Cocopah. “Capt. Castle.” She bowed her head. “We are here to do the bidding of the Star People.”

I looked to Daniel. “They will retrieve your friend. Then take him to their village until this is over.”

“I can’t… we can’t send other people up there.”

“It is better we do this, so the evil Spirit will not know you still exist.” Yazzie stepped forward. “We have valid reasons to be in the mountains, and the means.”

“They have a helicopter.” Daniel nodded to Casey.

“And we have range clearance to retrieve plants necessary for our… rituals.” Yazzie pointed to other men in her group. “We do it all the time, so the enemy will not suspect us.”

“They’ll suspect a missing body.”

Casey shrugged. “It could be played in our favor. The sooner they get there, the less likely they’ll discover there aren’t two bodies.”

“We can make it look like we retrieved two.” Yazzie confidently raised her chin.

“I don’t know…”

“It is necessary. His Spirit is still connected to his body and his body is vulnerable.”

Daniel stepped closer, gazing down at me. “It will give us time and putting your friend into cool storage will mislead investigators on the time of his death.”

We couldn’t leave him out there. Decomp would be rapid once the sun came up and Casey had just reported him as alive and well with the tribe. I had no choice but to agree. Their pilot pulled up a map and I point out the cliffs. He knew the spot and could get the helicopter in close enough. Flying low, the enemy might not even know they were there, until it was too late.

The plan in place, Yazzie assured me again that they knew what they were doing. I told her of the coyotes and to take them a bag of jerky. I got some strange looks from the men, but Yazzie gave me a nod, urging them to leave.

CHAPTER

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Daniel remained. “You need to gather up your stuff. We’re moving.”

“Where?” I took a step backwards. “Shouldn’t I be keeping a low profile?”

“Relax. We’re not going to the mountains.” Daniel glared at me. “Did you get any sleep?” He didn’t need an answer. Casey was blushing vividly. “We need someplace we can gather without drawing attention.”

“And where’s that? We don’t know how far their reach is. They had someone on base.”

“Maybe, but they can’t be everywhere.” Casey picked up his uniform shirt. “When do we move and to where? I need to swing by the office and check in.”

“You’re going to work?” I clamped my lips together when I heard my voice come out