Free Woman Bewitched by Tianna Xander Page A

nerve endings.
    Reaching down, he pulled her legs up. “Wrap your legs around my waist, love.”
    The new position changed the angle of his thrusts. His thick cock rubbed the sensitive nerve endings within her. She moaned, raising her hips to meet his every thrust.
    Over and over he rammed into her. Harder and harder he pushed until she screamed out another release and he growled with satisfaction above her. Warmth filled her as his thick cream filled her.
    Pressing his lips against her forehead, he sighed. “I can’t tell you how good that felt, or how good you make me feel.” He rolled off her, taking her with him, to tuck her beneath his arm. “As impossible as it sounds, I believe the Fates are right. You are my mate. It’s the only explanation for how I feel.”
    “How you feel?” she asked, her heart hammering against her ribs.
    He stroked her hair and kissed her forehead again. “I love you.”
    Smiling, she snuggled deeper into his embrace. “I think I love you, too.” Closing her eyes, she surrendered to sleep, trusting the Fates to watch over them both.

Chapter Seventeen
     
     
    “Are you ready to go?” Ga’briel asked when they entered the breakfast room. Every one of the defenders sat around the long table.
    “I didn’t realize everyone would be here.” Marti turned to Kyl and smiled.
    It was amazing how big his heart felt, not to mention how much it seemed to swell, every single time he glanced her way.
    “Go where?” Kyl asked as he took Marti’s hand and drew her to the head of the table where two empty seats awaited them.
    “Well,” Artu said as he threw Kyl a dirty look. “While you two were…otherwise engaged, the rest of us determined that we have a need to visit Katkari and free those who are held against their will.”
    “Even the Katkari women?” Marti asked as she sat on the edge of her chair.
    “Yes, Marti. Even the Katkari women,” Lena said with a smile.
    “As long as it is what they wish,” Artu added.
    “How will we go about freeing them?” Marti asked as the wait staff entered the room with large trays filled with food.
    “We will all take a holiday,” Artu said, giving his sister a look that told Kyl that the man’s plans excluded his sister. “No one will know we are defenders. We will stay a few days and then, after we learn the lay of the land, we will mount an attack to free the women. After which, we will place anyone who helps us in charge. It will most likely be rebels.”
    “Why the rebels and not the women?” Lena asked with a frown.
    “It just might come to that,” Ga’briel interjected. “However this ends, we must maintain at least a part time presence there once it’s over.”
    “You’ll have to. Otherwise the ruling class will kill them all and take over again once you’re gone. They have somehow brainwashed most of their guards to serve them until death. It’s what they do and all they do.” Marti stared down at the plate one of the servants sat in front of her. “I’ll never be able to eat all of this.” She glanced at Kyl. “This is more food than a slave gets all day.” She cleared her throat. “Sometimes two days.”
    Kyl clenched his fists. He couldn’t wait to get his hands on the people who mistreated his mate. He watched Marti, his temper flaring as he thought about what she’d been through.
    “We’ll have to be careful, though.” Marti said after taking a sip of her juice. “I have no idea how they stole my abilities.”
    “Yeah, and it wouldn’t do to have that happen to the rest of us.” Lena pushed her plate away. She looked a little green. Apparently, this world’s food didn’t agree with her.
    “You aren’t going, Marti,” Artu said in a voice that brooked no argument.
    “Yes, I am.” Marti glared at her brother. “You’ll need someone who knows who’s sympathetic to the slaves. You can’t trust just anyone, you know.”
    “She’s going to have to go, Artu.” Lena took Artu’s hand. “I