Robin O'Connor > Quotes

“love you, mate,” he said, his voice more gravelly than his normally already rough tones. Mate, there, he said it. The big one that assured me I hadn’t been imagining things, hoping for a bond that didn’t exist in his species. Then he confirmed it out loud, and any last worries fell away. “Hoxiam mate for life. You’re stuck with me now.”
― Robin O'Connor, Saved by the Alien Mercenary

“Good, so you’ll join me on the Vagabond after this?” I asked, wanting to be sure. When she nodded, relief flooded my body, and that relief quickly turned into heat. “Will you share sex with me? The real sex? Not just the sex without sex?” I was still stuck on that, what we’d shared hiding on the supply ship had been amazing, but I wanted to experience all of it with her.  She laughed, “Yeah, I’ll have sex with you, Akri.”
― Robin O'Connor, Logic Broken

“excitement pulse between my thighs. This guy was twisted into knots about me, that much was clear. I had never had a man respond to me that way, and it was utterly exhilarating. I felt precious, loved, and weirdly safe—like I could always count on this kind of response from him. Perhaps I could; perhaps a mate bond was more than a biological drive.”
― Robin O'Connor, Tempted by the Alien Mercenary