“You are safe now. They do not follow.”

She was speechless as she just stared into his eyes. They were the brightest color she’d ever seen that weren’t fake contacts. Working in a bar, she’d seen a hell of a lot of those in her ten years as a bartender, especially at Halloween or on Goth nights when some of the freakier clientele would dress up as vampires or werewolves. She instantly knew he wasn’t wearing contacts or makeup and that everything she was seeing was a hundred percent real. He was really an alien from another planet.

He stiffened, his body going rigid against hers when he broke their locked gazes to look over his shoulder again. A deep, scary growl made his chest vibrate against her smashed breasts as he spun around, putting her body firmly against the wall behind them, nearly crushing her between it and him. When she saw movement over his shoulder, her attention flew there, seeing three uniformed alien males rushing toward them.

“We are here to assist you, Hyvin Berrr. The males are still fighting and will not listen to reason. I have called for transport to take you and the female away.” Another growl sounded from Hyvin Berrr. He looked seriously pissed as he jerked his head in acknowledgement. “Go try to break it up and remind them that the winner doesn’t get the human. I’d dislike having to kill one of them if they won’t listen.” The three men instantly followed his orders and walked out of sight the way they had come. Slowly, the man who gripped Shanna turned his head, putting their faces inches apart since he held her high against his body, her feet dangling a good foot from the alley floor. Their gazes locked again.

“I am in total control so do not feel fear. You need to calm yourself.” Shanna arched her eyebrows. “You’re in control? Is that what you call having to run away from your own men? They are yours, right? You’re in charge of the uniformed guys?”

He frowned, his body shifted against her own firmly pinned tight to the wall and his large frame, and Shanna’s eyes widened. She could feel him all down the front of her body since if she got any closer she’d be a part of him. With them pressed hip to hip she couldn’t miss the feel of a definite large, hard object pressed against the vee of her thighs. The guy had a massive hard-on or he carried a weapon in the front of his pants.

She guessed it wasn’t a nightstick.

“Your scent of fear is very arousing,” his deep timbered voice was deceptively soft for such a rumbling tone. “Now that you are no longer there to tease them with your scent they will calm after they fight. I was referring to my own body I am in control of.” Shanna couldn’t help it. She moved her legs, rubbing against the hard press of the guy firmly tucked against her thighs. “You call that control?” Blue eyes narrowed. “If I wasn’t, I’d be inside you right now.” His gaze was searching as he stared into her eyes. “I never realized why human women were so appealing until now. Your scent is driving me to my limit of control.” A soft growl came from him, making his chest vibrate against hers once more. His free hand suddenly reached up to cup her cheek, pushing her blonde hair back to reveal the side of her face and neck. His fingers held her hair away. “Your skin looks so soft that I am curious what it would be like to touch where I wish. Don’t be alarmed. I will stay in control and not mount you.”

Heart pounding, Shanna just stared at him and swallowed hard. She had to admit he was attractive and with his hot, bared chest revealing a fine masculine body she could even admit she was sexually drawn to him. The fact that he was turned-on, pressed tight against her thighs, also made her realize he was big all over.

He closed his eyes, inhaling deeply, and then lowered his face, turning it enough to allow his nose to brush her neck. He took another deep breath as his nose softly teased the skin from her shoulder up to just under her ear. He growled again and adjusted his hips. He pressed that unmistakable bulge tighter against her thighs and pushed himself right into the space there under her pelvic bone. He wiggled a little tighter, moving his hips, and rubbed that firm bulge right against her clit.

The sensation had shock tearing through Shanna. She tried to grab at his shoulders but her hands were trapped in the material of the sleeves of his shirt so while she was able to grip him, it wasn’t skin to skin. His shoulders were so broad her hands barely curved around the thickness of them. He suddenly licked her right under her ear and Shanna gasped at the gesture. His hot, wet tongue was a little raspy in texture. He opened his mouth, kissing her there, letting sharp teeth gently scrape her throat to give her the most erotic sensation she’d ever experienced. Goosebumps instantly sprang up across her skin as his teeth, lips and tongue explored her throat.

He growled deeper, shifting his hips again, definitely rubbing against her clit as he rolled his hips enough to make Shanna bite back a moan at the pleasurable sensations of him rubbing against her nub and his mouth working on her throat. It had to be adrenaline but she suddenly was really turned-on. She gripped him tighter and her breathing quickened as he continued his slow hip-rolling movement that was definitely making her aware of him as a sexual male being who was playing hell with her libido.

If he kept doing it she knew she was going to come.

Sound penetrated her mind a second before the guy pinning her jerked his talented mouth from her neck. He snarled, nearly dropped her in his haste to get free, and put her on her feet before he released her completely. Shanna found herself still pinned between the big alien guy and the wall but now he wasn’t holding her up and she faced his broad golden back. Her knees were shaky and she was shocked at the sexual encounter they’d just shared.

“I claim her,” a man panted. “I won the challenge, Hyvin Berrr. Please hand over my woman.”

A terrifying snarl erupted from Hyvin Berrr. “She’s not your woman. I did not agree to a challenge and therefore there is no winner.” The other male snarled back in response. “Mine.”

The man in front of Shanna snarled deeper, louder, his entire huge body going taut, muscles seeming to swell up as Shanna stared up at his backside.

“Mine,” Hyvin Berrr practically roared.

Shock hit the other alien’s features as he took a step backward but then the shock turned into a frown quickly, his lips curving downward. He shook his black head, his dark eyes narrowing.