Rai

by Maia Starr

  I went to bed, getting as much sleep as I possibly could. The road ahead of me was going to be dangerous, and I was going to be alone. I needed to be alert on the long journey to Earth.

  The next day, I left my home planet and started on my mission to Earth. The journey to Earth went off without any problems. I entered Earth exactly in the area that we had planned. Then I went to an isolated area of Earth in order to pick up a human female mate. It was all part of the plan. Now I stood on my ship with this human female shouting at me. I had to admit that I was not expecting to find such a perfect human specimen for myself. Picking up a human female mate was just a necessity of the mission, but this human female was turning out to be exactly what I had been waiting for. I was turned on the moment that I saw her. My cock grew hard underneath my loincloth and I had to restrain myself from pulling her into my arms and planting a good hard kiss on her. There would be plenty of time for that later, if we survived. But I was very impressed by her and her ample body. I was not expecting to come upon on a human female that was practically naked. She wore a thin yellow cloth across her breasts and bottom, and nothing else. It was perfect because I was able to see exactly what I was getting in a new human mate. Her breasts were large and plump and barely concealed by the cloth. Her bottom was full and round with hips that would be perfect for giving birth to Draqua offspring. Her skin was tan and her brown hair was long and wet. Her entire body was wet, and it seemed that she was swimming in a pool of water only moments before. She was fiery and feisty just the way I liked a match to be. If I had more time I would seduce her and take her right there on Earth, but there was no time for that. Not now anyway. But I could not wait to push my cock into her warm center and watch her thick body jiggle with every movement as I fucked her. It would be worth the wait, I knew that for sure.

  “Yes, you are going to my planet, human female. We leave now,” I said to her.

  “No, I am not. And stop calling me human female. I don't like it,” she said.

  “Then what shall I call you?” I asked as I picked her up and planted her in a seat. She struggled in my arms.

  “My name is Maria, you alien brute! Don't handle me like this. Let me go!”

  I strapped her into the seat. I took a few steps back away from her. Then in a flash, I shifted out of dragon form. I looked at the human. Her mouth was wide open.

  “What the hell was that? What happened to your wings? What happened to your scales?” she asked.

  “I am a dragon shifter. This is my normal appearance. When I want to be a dragon, I shift into dragon form.”

  “That is unbelievable!” she said.

  I smiled. She was impressed, as she should be. I was a damn impressive creature. I was attractive, strong, and one hell of a warrior. There was much for her to be impressed with. Then I moved to the pilot chair and began to make the ship invisible again. I was ready to take off and start phase two of my mission.

  “You can't take me. This is wrong!” she shouted at me.

  “It is happening. You will listen to me. You will do what I say,” I said as I pushed the ignition. The ship went straight into the atmosphere of Earth.

  “Oh no!” she shouted.

  “Hold on,” I said to her.

  “I can't believe this is happening. This can't be happening. This can't be real. I am going to wake up from this weird dream anytime soon,” she said, talking to herself. I smiled as I listened to her. This was the normal reaction when we came to Earth to harvest human females for our breeding program. Human females had become a necessity on our planet. The females of our own species had become barren. There were only a few of them that could produce offspring, and we did not know why. Because of this, over the last few decades, we had searched for another species to interbreed with. That was when we found the humans. We had been secretly taking them from Earth for years and breeding with them, creating hybrid offspring of Draqua. I was one of those hybrids; my mother was a human and my father a full-blooded Draqua. The entire existence of our race relied on breeding with human females, but there were those that wanted to keep the Draqua blood pure. They opposed us breeding with the human females, and therefore we called them the opposition. They did everything they could to stop us from mixing with the human race and creating hybrids like myself. It had created years of war between us. It was something that we had to constantly gather intelligence on because they were always planning something, some form of attack. We had to stay on our toes, and on our wings. They were very dangerous to our very existence. Now, with the threat of Ephane and his plan, there was a sense of doom looming over our village. The king wanted action. He demanded that the warriors figure out what Ephane was up to and stop it.

  “I don't understand why you are doing this. I didn't ask for this,” Maria said.

  “Sometimes our fate is not in our hands. You must just go along with what life throws at you,” I said as I looked over my shoulder at her and smiled.

  “What kind of bullshit answer is that?” she yelled at me. I laughed. I liked her a lot. It was too bad that I was putting her in danger, but there was nothing that I could do about it. It was out of necessity. I would take care of her and make sure that nothing happened to her—at least nothing that she couldn't bounce back from.

  “Oh my God, is that space?” she yelled.

  In front of us out of the windshield, the purple of the night sky of Earth turned into complete black.

  “Yes, we have exited the atmosphere of Earth. We are in space. We are making a path for my home planet several galaxies away,” I said to her as I typed in the coordinates for my home planet of Kelon. The path would take us conveniently by a space station occupied by the opposition.

  “No way. I never thought I would see this. This is unbelievable. It is absolutely beautiful. I can't believe this is real,” she said, and I could hear a bit of a tremor in her voice. I looked over my shoulder at her. There was a tear going down her cheek. I was touched by her emotion. The view of space was moving to her, that was promising. It meant that perhaps she would find the beauty of my planet moving as well. Deep in her heart it was obvious that she wanted to see something other than Earth, or it would not have moved her so.

  “Yes, space is dark and beautiful. You will see many things on the way to my planet. Things that you thought never existed in the universe. But when we get to my planet you will see just how beautiful it is. Nothing on Earth can compare, I know I have been to Earth many times.”

  She gasped. “What do you mean? You have been to Earth many times? Why? Why do you come to Earth?”

  “There is a lot to explain. There is time for me to explain later. For now, let us concentrate on safely leaving your solar system,” I said as I concentrated on the controls. I sent a message to Ravinn back on Kelon, letting him know the status of my mission. We had forty-eight hours before we would be in that dangerous zone.

  CHAPTER THREE

  MARIA COVALLOS

  What was I supposed to think of all this? He was a male alien that had told me I was going to breed with him. What do you do after you have been told that? I had lost all control of the situation, not that I was ever in control to begin with. What would Claudia think when she finally woke up and found that I was gone? Would I ever return to Earth? All of these questions were going around like crazy in my head. It was absolutely mind-blowing. But to top it off I was in this situation, practically naked. I was still in my damn yellow bikini with wet hair and bare feet.

  “Um, Mr. Alien guy, it is cold as hell on this spaceship,” I said. Not a sentence I ever thought I’d hear myself say.

  “You can call me Cerik,” he laughed.

  “Cerik, I am very cold. I'm practically naked.”

  He stood up from the pilot chair and walked toward me. He looked at me up and down and had a grin on his face. He was still absolutely gorgeous, even shifted out of his Dragon form.

  “I kind of like you like this. Wearing what you are wearing,” he said.

&nbs
p; “I bet you do. But I am cold and wet,” I said annoyed by the way he was looking at me. It was having an effect on my body. I felt myself becoming aroused. I could feel my nipples, which were already hard from the cold, but with his look, I felt like they were about to burst out of the material.

  “I have the clothing that the human females wear on my planet. I will grab it for you,” he said as he walked over to a wall and opened a panel.

  “Humans on your planet? How many humans are there? What the hell is going on?” I said feeling very confused.

  “You will learn in time what I mean,” he said as he handed me a folded blue fabric. I unfolded it. It was a long dress, but it was sheer. I looked at him. “Are you serious? This isn't clothing.”

  “On my planet it is.” He smiled as he placed soft sandals at my feet. He kneeled down in front of me. I sucked in a sharp breath of air. What was he doing? He grabbed my right foot in his hand.

  “Such small and delicate feet,” he said. His touch sent a fire through my foot up my leg. It was a very intimate thing to do. I knew I should kick him away, but for some reason I was enjoying it. I felt shameful that I was enjoying it. Then he grabbed the sandal and put it on my foot. Then he repeated the action on my left foot. He stood up and looked at me. He had that arrogant grin on his face again.

  “Maria, I am very impressed with your body. Touching you makes me hard,” he said.

  My eyes widened. “I don't care what it does. Don't touch me again without my permission.”

  He laughed. He moved to the wall panel and pulled out a thicker cloth and handed it to me. “That is to dry your hair. It is cold in space. But I will do what I can to warm the ship. If you want, later I am sure that I can warm your body in other ways too.”

  I knew exactly what he meant. Suddenly a vision of him lying on top of me with his strong body sent warmth through me. I had to shake the vision away from my mind.

  “No, that will not be necessary,” I said.

  “Maybe you will change your mind later,” he said.

  I grabbed the seat restraints and tried to unbuckle them. They were nothing like seat belts on Earth, and I was struggling.

  “Allow me. This is how you do it,” he said as he showed me how to take the belt off. He was leaning over me, and I could smell his manliness. It was very intoxicating. He was very close to me, and I could feel the heat radiating off of his body.

  “Now you are free to stand,” he said to me. He was standing very close to me. If I stood up, I would only be an inch from his body.

  “Can I have some room, please,” I said to him.

  “Yes, if you like. But there is no point in resisting me. We will be mates soon; you might as well become familiar with my body now. I see the way you look at me. I know you want to touch me. I know that you are curious,” he took a couple of steps back but was not giving me that much room at all.

  “I am not looking at you. I am not checking you out,” I lied.

  He laughed at me as though he knew that I was struggling through the lie. I stood up and was shaky for a moment. I had never been on a spaceship before. I pulled the sheer dress over my body. Surprisingly it was very warm, keeping my body heat in. Even though it was sheer, it felt better than wearing just my bikini. I took the other cloth and rubbed it through my wet hair, drying it off. I felt better now that I had shoes on, and clothes. I didn't feel as vulnerable.

  “So this is it? You are just going to abduct me from Earth and force me to be your mate? That is what I am to expect?” I said, putting my hands on my hips.

  “You can expect an adventure,” he said as he smiled and move to another area of the ship. A wall panel opened and there were shelves of water and food.

  “Get some nourishment. All of this is safe for a human to eat and drink. Help yourself. I mean to check on the flight path and console,” he said as he moved back to the pilot chair and went to work. I was very thirsty. All the drinking of the night and shouting had made me dehydrated and my throat hoarse. I opened a jug and smelled it. It was water. I drank from it. It was the most delicious and refreshing water I had ever had in my life. It tasted pure and clean. I looked at the food, not knowing what to eat. I was hungry after drinking so much. I grabbed what look like fruit and bit into it. It was very crisp and good. It reminded me of a mango, only better. I leaned against the wall and looked at Cerik. He was unlike any male I had ever met. He was very arrogant and confident, but for some reason, I found it charming. I knew that I should not, but I could not help myself. I did not want to admit that his desire for my body type made me want him. I wanted this alien, and I knew that it was wrong. I hated him for taking me from Earth and for being so damn conceited. But at the same time, my body was very attracted to him. It was as though my mind harbored hate for him and my body had lust for him. It was a very confusing and complex feeling. I was beginning to feel very tired even though there was an enormous amount of adrenaline rushing through me. How could I sleep when I was with an alien on an alien ship? But the long heat of the desert day, plus swimming, plus the outing to the dancehall had only added to the exhaustion of finding out that aliens did exist, and then being abducted by one. It was a lot to take in and I was beginning to feel heavy and fatigued.

  “Cerik?” I said, moving to the windshield. The dark beauty of space was impossible to fathom. It was awe-inspiring.

  “Yes, Maria?” he asked.

  “I want to make it very clear that I hate you. I am not your friend. I am not going to be your mate. But since I am stuck with you until I somehow get back to Earth, I just want to make my rules very clear.”

  “What rules?” he asked as though he was in complete disbelief that I would even say such a thing.

  “My rules are that you do not touch me without my permission. When we arrived on your planet, you will take me to whomever is in charge. I am sure that you are not in charge of an entire planet or you wouldn't be going to Earth alone. You will take me to whomever is in charge, and I will ask to be taken back to Earth. Until then, we are not friends. I hate you for all purposes because you have taken me without my permission.”

  “Those rules are ridiculous,” he said with a laugh.

  “Laugh if you want to, but those are my rules. Also, I am very tired. I need to sleep. You will not touch me while I sleep,” I said to him.

  “That I can help you with,” he said and stood up from the chair. He was very tall, and every time he stood it shocked me, as though seeing him for the first time. His big clunky boots that had weapons strapped to them made a sound as he walked to the very back of the spaceship. I followed him. He opened a panel, and a cushioned bench came down.

  “Here you are, Maria,” he said to me.

  I did not feel the need to say thank you. I was never going to say thank you to him. He was my enemy. He was an alien that abducted me, taking me from my home and my life. He was a jerk, and I was only going to put up with his presence as long as I had to. I climbed onto the bed and laid down. I heard a soft moan come from Cerik as he stood there watching me. I suddenly felt my body respond to him once more. I hated my body for that. His moan was sexy and deep and stirred something within me. It felt good to be looked at in this way, especially after the insults that I experienced hours before. It wasthe complete opposite experience to have this extremely attractive male look at me with desire.

  “Don't you have work to do? Shouldn't you be watching where we are headed? I don't want to crash before I can get to whomever is in charge,” I said in my most angry tone.

  He grinned at me again. I knew that my anger was having the opposite effect. It was actually turning him on. He found it amusing. That only made me angrier, damn it.

  Cerik finally peeled his eyes away from me and moved to the front of the ship again. He took a seat in the pilot chair and began to fiddle with buttons and levers. I stared at him, watching him to make sure he did not come back over to me. But my eyes were beginning to close. I struggled to keep awake. Before I knew it, I w
as in a very deep sleep.

  When I opened my eyes, I looked up at a stark white ceiling. I forgot where I was. It took me a minute to fully wake up and then panic hit me. Shit, I was on a spaceship with an alien! I rolled onto my side and looked toward the windshield of the ship. Cerik Was still in the seat. I wondered how long I had slept? I had no concept of time. Did he sleep at all? I sat up and looked around. Everything looked the same. I put my feet on the ground and then stood up and stretched. I walked to the windshield area and sat in a seat next to him. He looked over at me and then back at his work.

  “How long was I asleep?” I asked him.

  “A long time. A full night almost,” he said.

  “Did you sleep?” I asked.

  He turned to me and smiled. “Are you concerned with my well-being? You are concerned if I get enough rest? You like me; admit it.”

  I rolled my eyes at him. “I am only asking because you are doing the driving. You need to be alert to fly this ship, don't you?” I asked. I did not want to admit to him that I was concerned. I did not want to like him.