by A. G. Wilde
She melted against him, her body molding into his as he turned and laid her on the seat, their mouths locked, their tongues stroking over each other.
Suddenly, the pressure of the past few weeks came crashing down and all he could do was feel her, his gnora.
She was his.
And he was hers.
45
Ka’Cit’s lips crushed hers as if she was the oxygen he needed to breathe and Nia opened herself to him.
His hands were at the sides of her face in a gentle caress as his lips played with hers, and when she sighed into their kiss, he groaned and held her tighter.
Somehow, when he’d put her down, he’d settled between her legs and she could feel him throbbing there.
Luckily, the seat was long and wide enough to hold them both because she wasn’t sure she could wait till they arrived before things escalated.
She was mildly aware of him reaching toward the car’s controls and hitting something, but when the car began to slow down, she understood what he’d done.
They were stopping in the middle of the plains, in the dark, yet she didn’t feel a sliver of fear.
Because of him, she didn’t feel like a victim of her circumstances anymore. He’d given her a voice and with that voice, she’d found herself again.
This man.
Right at this moment, she’d never felt safer than here in his arms.
“Nee-ya,” he broke their kiss, “this isn’t the place…it’s not how I imagined claiming you.”
She smiled at that. She couldn’t help it.
“How did you imagine claiming me?”
He growled at her question and the sound was a sexy rumble she felt vibrate between them and go straight to her center.
“On my sleeping slab…in my home.”
“We can go there and do it again.”
“Again?”
“Yes, because I don’t think either of us can wait to do it now.”
Another growl left his lips as he dipped his head to her neck and inhaled deeply.
“My gnora,” he growled, and it was like a flower bloomed within her.
She knew that word.
She’d heard it said so many times at the Sanctuary.
It meant he was finally accepting this, accepting her, and until then, she hadn’t realized she’d been waiting to hear it.
“I can’t resist you. If you don’t stop me, I’m going to take you right here right now.”
“Then don’t resist…”
Even in the now-dim light coming from the hover car’s control panel, she could see his fangs flash as he growled.
Ka’Cit dipped his head and his lips captured hers in a bruising kiss. His tongue flicked against hers with feverish strokes before he pulled his lips away to plant kisses in a path down her neck.
His hands fumbled with her tunic even as she slipped her hands underneath his.
Ka’Cit growled at the contact before easing away from her without breaking the contact of his lips against her skin. The movement was enough to allow Nia to lift her arms, allowing him to take the tunic over her head.
Now topless, the cool breeze kissed her skin as Ka’Cit stared down at her.
“You’re gorgeous, ta’ii.”
The way he said it, it was like a man speaking while under a spell.
He seemed entranced and when he dipped his head to trace his tongue around her breast, Nia’s eyes rolled back in her head.
The feel of his warm tongue and the contrast of the cool breeze flowing over her nipples made her body tingle and she arched against him, her center pressing against his.
Something throbbed and pressed back against her, causing her to take her bottom lip into her mouth.
“I want to touch you too,” she managed to murmur but Ka’Cit shook his head as her hands fumbled with the clasp of his trousers.
“Not yet.” In one movement, he grabbed her hands and pinned them above her head. “Just the thought of touching you has me ready to spill. And I don’t want this moment to end.”
He ground his hips against her as if to make a point and his hardness pressed into her center.
He was right.
She could feel it throbbing and twitching even underneath the layer of clothing and the feel of it only heightened her own need.
Ka’Cit’s lips returned to her skin, trailing down from her breast straight to her hips.
He buried his face there, his nose in the V between her thighs, and inhaled her through her clothes.
“Nee-ya…” he groaned.
His hands gripped her thighs, his fingers slipping underneath the waist of her trousers before he pulled them down her legs, pulling her panties along with them.
She was finally bare before him and he growled again.
He dipped his head once more, his nose pressing into her clit and Nia fought not to tremble as shivers of pleasure shot through her.
“You’re mine,” he whispered against her clit before his tongue darted forward, dipping into her wetness before swiping up the valley between her lips and over the tight bundle of nerves.
“Mine,” he growled again as his tongue stroked her once more.
As Ka’Cit gripped her hips and pulled her farther into his mouth, Nia’s fingers threaded into his hair.
His tongue was wet, thick, and warm, and it was sending shock waves through her system.
He didn’t pause, he didn’t stop. He ate her like a man famished and Nia panted and writhed against him.
“Ka’Cit,” she breathed and his response was a moan against her, one that vibrated right through her.
He stroked against her, his tongue swirling and curling, and when he released her hips to reach up to her breasts, she knew she couldn’t take it anymore.
The twin peaks found themselves between his fingers as he played with them, pinching them gently as he lapped at her.
“Ka’Cittttt,” she moaned his name.
Her body felt like her bones were filled with sweet, sweet honey that was pooling within her bones to the point she was going to shatter.
She didn’t know how long she was going to be able to hold on before—
Her orgasm ripped through her so hard, she let out a scream. Hands still fisted in his hair, Nia jerked against him as she tried to pull away.
It was too much. Too much pleasure. She couldn’t handle…
But Ka’Cit held her fast, his tongue sliding against her clit as he lapped at her juices and only when the tremors began to lessen in her body did his tongue slide from her cunt.
She was panting and limp as he rose up and stripped off his tunic. A second later, his trousers fell to the floor of the vehicle and then he was over her once more, skin to skin, Merssi to human.
Her chest was still heaving as he settled between her thighs and she wrapped her arms around him.
“Nee-ya,” he murmured again and his chest rumbled with her name as his cock jerked between them.
“Please,” she murmured.
She needed him. Needed to feel him. Needed him to make her complete.
His lips found hers as he settled his shaft between her inner lips. One hand found her nipple while the other caressed her cheek as his tongue stroked against hers.
And with each stroke of his tongue, the underside of his shaft drove through her lips, rubbing against the bundle of nerves and causing her to moan into his mouth.
Ka’Cit didn’t stop.
He held her close and when his lips finally broke from hers to settle over her nipple, she found herself crying out his name.
“Now, please…” she begged.
“Not yet, ta’ii,” he whispered against her nipple before taking it into his mouth once more.
This time, the climax made her arch against him, her eyes going blind from the pleasure.
It felt like an extension of the last one and her body shuddered in his arms. All she could do was cling to him for her body was suddenly boneless.
“Ka’Cit…” she b
egged and a growl rumbled from his chest as he reached down to take hold of the base of his cock.
“Nee-ya,” he whispered as his tip found her entrance.
“Nee-ya.” He cradled her head with one hand as he drove forward and Nia whimpered against him.
As he pulled back and drove forward again, her body shook, still in a state of climax and she realized, through some part of her mind that was still conscious, that he was staring down at her as he fucked her.
But this wasn’t any normal stare.
Even in the darkness she could see that he was looking at her like no man had ever looked at her before.
His strokes were long, deep, and hard and his gaze travelled over her face with each surge forward.
He was memorizing this moment. Committing it deep into his mind.
He was…worshipping her.
As he bent so his forehead rested against hers, Ka’Cit surged forward one last time before he stiffened, the base of his cock pulsing as his seed shot deep, deep inside her.
“Mine,” he whispered before his lips closed over hers once more.
46
They lay cuddling in the hover car for the rest of the night, and when morning broke, when the skies began to turn pink again and the sun hit their skin, Nia finally stirred.
There was a luxurious feeling in her body as she opened her eyes and she immediately knew why.
Ka’Cit’s body was draped alongside hers.
His blue skin seemed to glitter in the sunlight and she traced a finger down his pecs before her gaze rose to his face.
She should have known she wasn’t the only one conscious. He was watching her intently with a mixture of happiness and anxiety in his eyes.
“Good morning,” she whispered.
It felt good but she couldn’t believe they’d spent the night outside.
“It is a good morning.” His voice was guarded and Nia’s brows knitted a little.
“Is everything all right?” Her palm flattened against his chest and she felt his muscles jump underneath her hand.
“I…” His gaze searched hers and the moment he locked away his emotions was like a door closing in his eyes. “Would you like me to take you home now?”
What was it? What had happened between last night and now that she didn’t remember?
“Home?” Then she eased up enough to see over the hover car.
She almost jumped in fright.
Several wild cow-hippo animals they called oogas were standing by the hover car, watching them.
“Oh my God…how long have they been there?”
“Since early in the light cycle.”
“They aren’t dangerous, are they? I mean, the ones at the Sanctuary are pretty tame but these are wild ones.”
Ka’Cit shook his head but the look in his eyes hadn’t changed.
“Ka’Cit…is something wrong?”
He seemed to stiffen a little before, “Would you like me to take you home?”
Same question and it took a few moments before realization dawned.
“Do you want to take me home?” she leaned in to him and when he didn’t answer she rested her head against his chest.
“I haven’t changed my mind, Ka’Cit. I haven’t suddenly woken up to think I’ve made some mistake.”
A breath shuddered through him and he wrapped his arms around her.
“You can change your mind. I will understand.”
Nia snuggled closer to him and allowed a few seconds to pass where she just held him.
“It’s going to take some time, isn’t it?”
“Time? For what?”
“For you to believe that I want you.”
He didn’t answer but the slight tightening of his arms around her and when he buried his nose into her hair told her she was right.
“We should head to your place first. Get your hover car and return Riv’s.” Fuck. She hadn’t contacted them since last night.
“My house? You…you will come live with me?”
Her gaze met his then. “You don’t want me to?”
His gaze softened and she saw him let some of his guard down. “More than anything. But it’s…it’s not as nice as the Sanctuary. I don’t have animals or fields. I spend most of my time away from home shooting and breaking things. If you want to stay at the Sanct—”
She put a finger over his lips. “I saw your place, remember. It’s not what you have that I want. It’s you.”
His throat moved and he smiled a little.
“We should get going. And,” she looked around them, “we should clean their car too.”
Ka’Cit spun with her in his arms, pinning her beneath him.
“You’re really serious about this…about me.”
Nia chuckled. “Yes. I am.”
His gaze warmed a little and he glanced around the vehicle.
“Yes, we should clean it. But…”
“But what?”
“Not before I show you how much you mean to me one more time.”
Nia leaned against him as the autopilot took the hover car across the plain.
He was absentmindedly twisting a finger in her locks as he looked down at her.
There was a silly smile on her face, which he was sure his own face mirrored.
This was what bliss felt like.
It was a feeling he didn’t want to end.
Dipping his head, he inhaled her scent as he looked out over the plain.
The main structure of his farm was coming up ahead and as they approached, he stiffened underneath her.
There was a dark shuttle hovering over his land, one that was a specific make only a certain subsection of beings used.
The Tasqals.
They’d sent more Hedgeruds to his residence.
His arms closed around Nee-ya as he sat upright.
“They’re here,” he said.
That’s when she lifted her head in confusion and then alarm filled her gaze.
“Maybe they found the bodies in that club…” She glanced at him before reaching for the blaster she’d carried.
Up to this point, it had been lying on the floor of the hover car untouched.
“But they can’t do anything, right? I’m registered now.”
“That doesn’t stop them from trying.” Disengaging the autopilot, he took control of the vehicle and brought it to a stop outside the barrier to his home.
Nee-ya made to exit the vehicle when his hand rested on her shoulder, causing her to pause.
“Let me.”
She opened her mouth as if to protest but didn’t.
Maybe it was the look in his eyes. He didn’t know, but he was phekking tired of dealing with the Hedgeruds.
Time for them to go and leave him the phek alone.
The blaster slipped from her fingers as he took it from her and hopped from the vehicle.
By now, the Hedgeruds had noticed his arrival and the ones on the ground drew their weapons.
Three of them. Probably more in the vessel.
“He has the hoo-man!”
“Get her and kill him. We don’t need him anymore.”
Ka’Cit sighed and raised his hands, letting the blaster dangle from his fingertips.
That seemed to confuse them and they paused.
Good, he’d gotten their attention.
As the energy barrier around his property stopped zinging and he walked through, he glanced back at Nee-ya.
She was watching with wide eyes, but she didn’t seem afraid.
“I have a deal for you,” he said when he was close enough to the Hedgeruds for them to hear.
They glanced at each other before the one in front snorted and began to laugh.
“A deal? You think you can make a deal with us?”
Ka’Cit waited for them to finish and after a few moments, the laughter died as they glanced at each other, their gazes flicking nervously to him.
“You see that?” Ka’Cit jerked his head in the direction of the
bodies of their dead comrades.
He’d taken down three before he’d realized that if he killed them all they would send a whole horde out to find Nee-ya.
So he’d let them capture him…but now…now she was here…she was his…and she was going to be safe.
The Hedgeruds’ eyes darted to the bodies.
“What about them?”
He’d always been surprised at the lack of remorse these beings had.
That’s why they were the perfect soldiers.
Ka’Cit gestured toward the dead Hedgeruds.
“I can guarantee you, if you even so much as look in my female’s direction, you’ll end up like that.”
They glanced at each other, their yellow gazes becoming filled with mirth, before they looked back at him.
“You’ve mated the hoo-man? You fool.” The Hedgerud in front looked down the path and at Nee-ya in the hover car. “She is property of the High Tas—.”
The blast was silent but it hit its mark.
Straight in the head.
The Hedgerud fell to his knees before he toppled over.
The other two glanced at each other as they pointed their weapons at him.
“Two against one, idiot,” one of them said.
Ka’Cit couldn’t help it. He chuckled.
“Do I look like I care?”
They glanced at the weapons then at each other again.
“I dare you to fire. You’ll be dead before you pull the trigger.”
They were clearly contemplating it, and it was apparent when they made their decision.
One guard’s finger flexed on the trigger and Ka’Cit fired, launching himself in the air as he did.
Shock showed on the face of the remaining guard as he raised his gaze and his weapon, ready to fire too.
But Ka’Cit was already falling through the air and he landed in a perfect spot—right in the guard’s chest.
The guard hadn’t expected it and the shot from his blaster went into the air as he fell backward.
Ka’Cit dug his claws into the male’s neck as he positioned the muzzle of his weapon into the guard’s snout.
“Don’t be stupid like your friends,” he said. “Now, about that deal.”
The guard nodded.
“You see that human you want so much? She’s registered. She has the tattoo to prove it. You can’t touch her.” He stood and pulled the guard to his feet. “So you’re going to take your comrades and you’re going to go back to your master. She’s protected under Directive Exhashimor. She is free. And she is mine.”
