Authors: Misty Kayn

Alien Fae Mate (8 page)

Sixteen

M
y eyes snapped open
.

Above me, the dark cloud lifted and disappeared, allowing the moonlit sky and the choppers’ lights to pierce through. I squinted at the bright lights, my vision sharper than before. Titan’s hands were wrapped around me, his mouth at my neck. He kept whispering my name. I didn’t think he knew I was back. He’d been holding a cold, dead body. I lifted my arms and threw them around him.

“Hey,” I said.

He lifted his head, and our black eyes locked. His blinked, mine smiled.

“Fuck,” he said and picked me up to move me away from the railing. First, he inspected my body. It looked the same except for my eyes and ears. Titan nodded in approval. Under my palms, he allowed his shoulders to slump. He’d worried about me. “I’m happy that’s over,” he said. “Lost a hundred years of my life. How do you feel?”

I patted his shoulder, because sexy monsters needed comfort too. “I’ve never felt more alive. I see miles away, I hear the cars on the bridge, and I feel…
snaga,
I believe. I think I could run around this entire city and not tire. We, the fae, are alive.”

A smile spread over his lips. “And mated. I am mated,” he said. I believed Titan spoke more to himself than to me, and so I said nothing in turn. He hated the mating season, had thought it would never happen for him, had thought he’d never mate while all other males came and went to and from Earth. And now that he saw me alive and well, he needed a minute to come to terms with his new life.

He looked around at the world that had watched every second of our coupling. Just when I thought he’d profess eternal love for me and I to him so that we could lock lips in a sweet kiss, Titan said, “We need to say hello downstairs, and then we’re going on vacation. I’ll take you around your planet a bit, then we’ll head to Great Britain, get some great rain, and I’ll buy you some knickers. You with me, little?”

“Yes, Titan.” I said.

He pecked my lips and tucked a stray hair behind my pointy ear. Not waiting for my reply, he leapt on the railing, and extended his hand behind him. I took it and leapt up, light as a feather.

Below, the fae and the humans crowded in the streets. Cameras flashed everywhere, recording our naked bodies forever. Above, the news choppers circled, more crossing above the San Francisco Bridge. I waved at the TV reporter who’d, only three days ago, announced the mating season. I hoped she found her happily ever after, because I’d sure found mine. Next to Titan, I felt as if I owned the universe. “I’m on top of the world,” I said.

Titan crouched and roared. It was a sound somewhere between an eagle’s screech and a dragon roar, not that dragons existed. Or maybe they did and we just didn’t know about them. The fae roared back, returning his call while the humans cheered and hooted. When the crowds grew silent, I felt I had to do the same, so I too crouched and roared. It was a sound a chicken made when chased by a toddler. Below, people stood and stared.

“Fae females can’t roar,” I concluded.

Wild-eyed, Titan looked a bit stupefied, but then he pinched his lips and snorted in an attempt to hide laughter.

“Whatever,” I said. So mature.

“No, baby, it’s fine. We’ll practice.” He hopped off and took me with him.

As we walked back to our quarters, I said, “Do I have a title, something cool like Titania?”

“Rain,” he said.

“Just Rain?”

“It feeds nature, doesn’t it? Without it, nothing survives.”

“Not even the Titan of the Dark Fae?” I asked.

“Not even me, and that’s our truth.”

About the Author

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! Thank you for reading Alien Fae Mate. I’m a misfit lucky enough to share a home with Husband and small children who enjoy my brand of crazy. I specialize in writing novellas about brave women and creating unique worlds with scary monsters who must have their mates. Besides writing, I love humor, kink, romance with dark themes, and happy endings. I’d love to write about Apple and Dohan. Their story will be free via my
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