by Cara Carnes
“What’s it like? The process of being sent away?” Rina wanted to know more and thought he was her only hope of it. She wouldn’t ask Kandos.
“I won’t lie—it isn’t pleasant. When you check in, they will be surprised. They are used to tagratises being brought in forcefully. You will be placed in a holding facility, much like the jail system of Ancient Earth. You will probably get your own private holding cell because of your connection to Kandos.” Rina shivered thinking of it.
“They will observe you in there for a while, probably at least an hour. At that point, you will see me again for the processing unless they decide I would be unable to be impartial. Either way, that is the worst part. Your body will be examined for sexual response to various stimuli. A battery of blood tests will be run, as well as some others. It takes a couple of hours normally.”
Rina allowed her mind to absorb and accept the information but refused to get emotional about it. “I’m glad he will have you to help him when I’m gone.” Rina hated thinking about it, but reality mandated that conversion was unavoidable. Even with immediate medical attention, it had never been prevented at less than fifty percent. Anyone found to be more than thirty-three percent tagratis had to be exiled. She would be forced to go to the retreat.
“It would be better if he had you,” he said. The statement brought tears to her eyes. Looking away, she wiped them away quickly. She hated crying, always remembered her brothers teasing her for being such a girl.
The soft click of the door startled Rina and she turned to see Kandos. His eyes darted between the two of them, silently assessing the situation. He said nothing as he walked over and put his arm around her. “Your chariot awaits.”
Chapter Two
She tasted better than the sweetest ambrosia and Kandos fully intended to savor her for as long as possible. The transport back to his place had been an agonizing hell. He had never considered a Cadari personal rover jet slow, but he did now. Rina’s playful hands had roamed over his body, taunting him of promised delights. Kandos wished now that he didn’t live quite so far away.
Kandos chose to reside at the farthest edge of the city, it was the closest he could get to his mother’s final resting place. She had always found the ancient folklore of their world intriguing. His father had used his position to have her remains scattered on the highest peak of Cadar. It was believed that the mother moon would take the spirit of those deserving into her care.
His memory of his mother was what he clung to when the atrocities of his position became too much to bear. That and the summers with the woman in his arms. Finally.
He captured her lips and sucked gently. He could spend an eternity holding her against him. The feel of her heated skin wreaked havoc with the raging erection her eager hands were determined to reach. He grabbed her wrists and pushed her hands behind her. If she didn’t stop touching him, he’d mount her and ride her hard.
Her growl died in his mouth as his tongue demanded entry. He laughed when she bit his lip. “Keep that up and I will strap you down on my bed.”
“As long as I get to do the same to you after.” Her playful tone did nothing to stop the flood of images in his mind. He had never envisioned Rina as playful in bed, but she definitely sounded up for it. He fully intended to explore everything possible with her.
“We have all night, Rina. Let’s take it slow and enjoy learning one another’s bodies at first. I want to memorize what every inch of you looks and tastes like.”
“I’m going to burn alive if I don’t feel your naked skin against mine.” The shimmering depths of silver saddened him, making him remember the topaz depths he used to get lost in so easily. The way they danced with glee when she teased him, and the way they sparkled when she was excited.
It took him years to learn that trick about her eyes and it had been discovered too late to be of any use now. Kissing her eyelids softly, he lifted and carried her into his private chamber. “Then I guess I need to cool you off, don’t I?”
He cursed when he heard her giggle in his ear, his eyes roamed over to the back portion of the room and landed on the canvas. Forgotten in the corner, it was his pitiful attempt at painting a horse, but clearly she found amusement in it. Cadari did not enjoy hobbies such as painting, typically choosing more technically challenging mental games of strategy. Each stroke of the brush had made him feel that much closer to Rina.
“I’ve never seen one,” he said. “I was trying to do it based on your descriptions.” Her stories of riding a horse on Ancient Earth when she was young had always amused him. He loved the whimsical sound of her voice as she remembered those times with such glee.
“It’s pretty good, really. You may just want to adjust the nose a bit. They don’t have one like we do and they aren’t that hairy.” Her hysterical laughter was contagious as he took her into the bathroom and set her on the counter.
“Big bad Kandos tried to paint a bunny rabbit. How cute. I wonder what my brothers would think of that.” The statement sobered his amusement quickly. Obsessed with the horse, he had forgotten completely about the other painting in the corner drying. A rabbit, whatever the hell that was.
Kandos found the wildlife of Ancient Earth fascinating, and had spent many summers watching Rina paint it. Cadar’s rough, crimson-rock geography and overabundance of minerals made it impossible to sustain an ecosystem like many worlds had. Technological advances, though, had enabled them to create a system that made the planet inhabitable and the air breathable by most off-worlders. Anyone visiting Cadar unable to handle the atmosphere was outfitted with a miniature air converter that re-created that being’s individual needs.
“Oh but this room is sacred. Whatever happens here remains between you and me for eternity.” He captured a tear with his thumb as it slid down her cheek.
She reached for his uniform and began undoing it. “I want to touch your skin. I’ve always wanted to touch it. I want to know how you taste too. I’ve spent many nights thinking about it.”
Visions of driving into her wet pussy and her biting and scratching him hammered their way straight to his cock. The image of those hot, full lips of hers wrapped around him undid whatever resolve he had to take it slow. Fantasies of that hot mouth sucking him had kept him up too many nights not to respond to that admission.
He tossed the top to his uniform aside as her eyes roamed over his body. His cock grew even larger under her scrutiny. Her eyes widened when they fell on the bulge in the front of his pants.
“You don’t get to see it until I see you,” he said. She grinned and slid the gown off. She hid the size of her tits well. He palmed them greedily, thankful that they were a nice handful.
“I saw them once, you know.”
“When?” Her surprised tone amused him.
“I came by to visit your brothers a couple of years ago and that prick you were dating was groping you. I wanted to take you over my knee and spank you for letting him touch you like that.” He pinched her nipples, wanting her to know who was touching her now.
Her audible gasp encouraged his fingers, which tweaked her nipples again. Kandos dipped his head and took one hard nub into his mouth and began sucking.
Her long blonde hair cascaded down onto the counter when she threw her head back. Heated flesh met his lips as he blazed a trail of kisses down the valley of her breasts until his mouth latched on to the other hard nub. The conversion had already heated her skin, and he knew even his mouth felt like a breath of cool air.
He pulled her forward so that his erection could nestle between her legs. The urge to drive into her hot wet slit overwhelmed him. He touched her and groaned.
“Your fingers feel so good.”
“Your pussy is so wet for me already. You’re going to feel so good wrapped around my cock.” He slid his fingers up and down her slit, hearing her soft moans. Moisture met his delving fingers.
Moving her body in time to the plunging of his fingers, she gasped when his thumb found her swollen cl
it and rubbed it. His mouth blazed a trail of kisses up her skin.
“Kandos, please. I want you inside me.” Her plea undid what was left of his resolve.
“My surprise will have to wait.” Long legs wrapped around his body, and he carried her to his bed. His pulse pounded, matching the raging need of his cock. The sensual sight of Rina naked, her arms at her sides and her legs parted slightly met his gaze.
Undoing his pants, he noticed her eyes seemed to sparkle with the intensity of her gaze. “It’s about time you removed those. I was beginning to think you were trying to hide something from me.”
As he slipped out of his pants, her audible gasp filled the quiet room as he looked down at her. “Is it not what you expected?” he asked.
Her gaze remained on his swollen cock while she scooted to the edge of the bed. “It’s going to feel so good inside me. I always wondered what it would look like.”
Winding his hands into her hair, he forced her gaze to his face. One more moment of her staring at his erection would result in him spilling his seed far too early. “And what were you expecting?”
“My brothers like to scare me with tales of some of the other alien creatures. I wasn’t about to ask them about yours.”
Kandos sucked in air and savored the moment when her hands wound around his cock and forgot how to breathe when she kissed the head of it softly. Her velvety soft lips took him into their depths, the heat of her mouth welcoming him in.
The urge to thrust himself fully into her overwhelmed him, but he continued to stand there and allow her to control the pace. Fantasies of Rina doing exactly this had plagued him for so long. Now she was here in his bed with her mouth wrapped around his cock.
He battled the raging need and the sting of jealousy as her mouth and hands worked their magic. The thought of her like this with another man plagued him. He plunged a little more into her mouth and his hands held her head firmly. Moans of pleasure filled the room when her hands massaged his balls.
“Oh fuck, Rina! I’m going to explode if you continue this.” Staring up at him, she took more of his cock into her mouth, controlling the pace and the depth herself. His hands roamed freely over her body.
Rolling her hard nipples between his fingers, he pinched them lightly when they responded to his touch. One firm suck followed by a lick of her tongue sent him over the edge and he surrendered to the need slamming into him.
Kandos tried to pull out when his cock swelled, but her whimpered protest drove him farther in. Her tongue licked the tip of him as he withdrew from her.
“Shit. How the hell did you learn to do that so well?” Jealousy welled up in him again, images of her sucking on other men filled his mind.
“It was good then? I haven’t had much real practice, I just read a lot.” He laughed at her open response. Rina always amazed him.
“Good doesn’t begin to describe it. Do you want to take a break?” The thought of stopping now killed him, but Rina deserved his respect. The primal urges coursing through him demanded they continue, but this was her night.
“Don’t tell me I’ve already worn big bad Kandos out. All those stories I’ve heard spread across the galaxies about your sexual conquests must be false.” The humor in her voice amused him and he felt warmth rise to his cheeks.
Kandos had heard most of the rumors spread in the gossip circles of the planets he frequented and found them intriguing. Most had truth behind them but had been stretched beyond belief. So many women claimed a night of passion with him that the sheer number made it an impossibility.
“Not everything you hear is true. I would be hard pressed to remember a single name other than yours at this moment. I’m far from done with you. We haven’t even begun.” Pushing her down on the bed, he straddled her and traced her lips with his tongue.
Covering her body with his, he slid his hands down her soft, creamy thighs. Warm heat from her wet pussy greeted him when he rubbed against her. Lush, full lips met his and her body writhed upward to meet his.
Moving his lips down her skin, he paused to pay homage to her breasts once more. His hands slid between them and found her clit. “I want to taste you, Rina.”
Feminine cries of delight filled the room as his mouth continued its steady course to her heated core. Repositioning himself over her, he unwound her legs and spread them wide on the bed under him. Spread out on his bed, she was the most delectable feast imaginable.
“Be a good girl and keep your hands above your head. It’s my turn to play.” Massaging his way down her legs, he watched her writhe on the bed, trying to position her body where she wanted his touch.
Kandos kissed her bare stomach, licking his way down a little farther. When he approached her heated center, she gasped. Erratic breathing told him he was close to taking her over the edge. He darted his tongue across her hips as he kissed and massaged his way down to her knees. She whimpered when he passed her wet pussy and he laughed softly.
“Patience, Rina. I waited a long time for my chance and I intend to savor every morsel.” His hands stroked and massaged the backs of her thighs and knees. His mouth sucked and licked the skin of her inner thighs. Never had a woman’s skin tasted so good, and the softness contradicted the raging need growing between his legs.
The responsiveness her body had to his every touch and her heated skin slid against his as she positioned herself under him. She responded to every touch as if it awoke a fire within her. Her skin heated to every touch and taste. He ran a finger against her wet slit and she writhed off the bed. He had spent many nights with women of many species, and had never seen a woman meet his hunger so easily.
“Your skin is so soft. I could spend all night tasting and licking your sweet little body.” He parted her pussy lips massaging slowly as he did. “You are so wet for me.”
He glided his tongue over her pussy and she writhed up to meet it. She moaned when he continued tasting her pussy. He plunged two fingers into her wet slit and groaned. “You are so tight. Do you think you can handle my cock inside you?”
“Fuck yes! Please, Kandos.” Hands raked through his hair when he sucked her clit into his mouth. She tasted like sweet nectar, and no sound compared to Rina’s voice calling his name. He sucked harder, the desire to make her come became paramount. He pumped his fingers in and out of her pussy, urging her over the edge.
His eyes roamed over her body. He continued pumping her pussy with his fingers, his mouth working greedily on her clit. He removed his fingers from her and heard her whimper. He pushed them slowly into her ass as his tongue darted into her cunt. Massaging her clit with his thumb, he worked the fingers in unison to his probing tongue.
Her screams of ecstasy filled the room as her body convulsed around him. He watched her come hard for him. He smiled down at her and moved up on the bed.
“Wow,” she said.
He laughed, hearing the awe in her voice. “I take it you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed it.”
“That was the first time anyone has…” The words died off, as she looked away, a blush staining her cheeks. Pride filled Kandos as he smiled down at her, along with possessiveness. She was his.
“I’m glad I am the first to taste you. I loved watching and feeling you orgasm. It will be even better when you are filled with my cock.” Her smile amazed him as he touched the aquamarine stone. “Is it helping you?”
She nodded and touched her hand to his. “I can feel a sense of calm entering me where it touches my skin. It’s hard to describe. I never believed the legends of this thing, you know.”
Rubbing the pad of his thumb across the stone, he averted his eyes from hers. Seeing those gray depths was more painful than a Zacori blade slamming into his heart. “I didn’t either until it could save you.”
He was never much of a cuddler and Rina’s body edging closer to his and nestling against his was awkward at first. Typically, this was when he’d leave since his sexual encounters were never more than a few hours. But with her, it seemed right.
The urge to wrap his arms around her and bring her body closer to his surprised him.
“So how did your people decide to re-create the aquamarine stone if you didn’t believe in its usefulness?”
“I never said all the Cadari didn’t believe. In reality most of them do and we have seen significant improvement when the stones are used. I just never put much thought into it. My job was to bring them in and prevent the Zacori from converting anyone else.” He doubted the job would ever be the same. Looking at all those converted people would remind him of her.
“It must be hard to see all those people’s lives destroyed. I don’t know how you do it every day.” Hugging her closer to him, he had no idea how he’d manage knowing she was a tagratis and at the retreat.
