Free The Stars For Valentine’s Day (The Journeyman's Way) by Trinity Blacio Page A

inside him. Their connection in place, Knight groaned, feeling everything his mate did. “No, you have never failed, but this mission is more important than any other.”
    Saber leaned over his body, his clawed fingers next to Knight’s. He scraped his fangs over his dark skin, avoiding his hidden ducts. Saber took a deep breath, his nose against his neck, drawing in the mating scent his kind released.
    Where Saber’s skin was striped, like the hybrid cat he was, Knight’s was dark as the space around them except for his palms that were the color humans called gray.
    “We will learn all their customs before we reach this planet—their sexual desires and any other pleasures our woman would enjoy. She’ll want for nothing, and we’ll pleasure her to the point that her past lovers will be but a distant memory,” Knight growled.
    Saber rose up grabbing his hips pounding into him at the same time the sex toy next to their platform came to life and latched onto Knight’s voyflen .
    “Saber,” Knight snapped, hitting the sex bot and shoving it away from his body. Only to have Raven scare the crap out of him when he reached under and grabbed onto him. The cyborg always had a habit of showing up out of nowhere.
    “Allow me,” Raven said. His larger-than-normal fingers squeezed and pumped him. “We have a message coming in. We can’t wait for your release, and you need to let it go.” Raven’s calm tone held an order.
    Not giving him the time to choose, Raven sent an electrical impulse into his voyflen and Knight’s seed shot out, spilling onto the platform and over Raven’s hand while Saber’s warm seed filled his ass. Avoiding the mess he had made, Knight dropped sideways into the pile of covers and glared at Raven as Saber fell next to him. “That wasn’t needed.”
    Raven turned and moved towards the doorway, never asking anything for himself. “Yes it was. Now you’ll be able to think clearly when Bane calls.
    Knight jumped off the bed and strolled out to the instrument panel, clicking on the link to Bane. “Yes, plakill .”
    “Your woman is in the vicinity of what is called Kansas City—that is all the fates would give. You will have to track her from there. Unless your other can find her.” Bane grumbled and Knight grinned and glanced over at Raven who shook his head.
    “I’m afraid when it comes to personal matters I’m blank.” Raven turned and left the control room.
     
    ***
     
    Saber joined Knight in the control room again, giving him his Journeyman’s protective suit. “I take it she is still refusing to see you? How long has it been, weeks?”
    “If Earth women are as difficult as this one is, you will have your job cut out for you. Already Wolf is ready to storm in there and capture our woman. I’ve held him back for now. We sure don’t need her sisters coming after our men.” Bane grumbled about his partner.
    “They wouldn’t dare! We’ll be family,” Wolf yelled right before the connection cut.
    Knight moved to his seat as they entered the zero. For the next three hours, no communication would travel through this hole. He checked the instrument panels and everything was in place. Soon they would be nearing Earth. It was time to learn the rest of their customs.
    Saber took his seat next to him at the control panel and connected to the hard drive, as did he. “Earth,” Knight ordered and waited but two seconds before the information poured into their minds.
     
    ***
     
    Shantel Brooks bent down and tried to work out the kink in her back. After cutting out and making over fifty paper hearts for her best friend’s classes, she was tired and depressed. Valentine’s Day was coming up once more and here she was, alone again. At thirty, Shantel was ready to give up on love. Maybe she could just go for a quick fuck with a one-night stand. If only she could find someone who preferred a little padding on a woman.
    She glanced out of the living-room window and shivered, closing the