by Maia Starr
But we had lost her friend, and there was nothing that I could do. I saw the numbers that the Aeriwanas had. We were no match for them. But I knew where they had taken her: back to the building where this Commander Harkin was. I would have to ask the king for a return mission with greater numbers.
But I was in a rage. None of this would have happened if they would have listened to me. Instead, they disobeyed me, and now this happened.
But after I let some of my rage out by yelling at Alexandra, I felt bad and guilty about it. She had been through a lot. First, she had been stranded at sea on Earth. Then she had been abducted by strange aliens that she did not know existed until that moment. Now, she lost her friend. Maybe I came on a little too angry considering all of that. I would have to apologize. I would have to see that she would be all right, I needed her to be my mate, and the angrier I was with her, the further away she pushed me. I could not have that. I had to fix it.
CHAPTER NINE
ALEXANDRA
“Hold on; this jump is rough at first,” he said in a monotone voice.
“Jump?”
The ship bumped, and then we suddenly jumped into a very fast speed, as everything outside became a blur.
“Hyperspeed. Setting autopilot. You can unstrap now,” he said.
I unbuckled my seat belt and stood up. “I am going to check on the commander.”
I got up and grabbed water and cloth and moved into the sleeping room. Roan was still unconscious. I dipped the cloth in water and began to clean his wounds. I did not see anything deep like a stabbing, so it must have just been really hard blows that made him unconscious. As I worked on him, I could not stop the tears from flowing down my cheeks. This was all my fault. I had convinced Camilla to talk Roan into taking us into the village.
“Tell me what happened,” Ineq said, standing outside the door. I stood up and walked out to him.
“Like you said, it is my fault. I wanted to see the village,” I said.
“Yes, I know,” he narrowed his eyes at me. “But that is not what I speak of. Tell me the moment the Aeriwana came into the picture. Those are the ones that beat the commander and took Camilla,” he said.
I sighed. “We were sitting in a drinking place. There were many aliens and females. We drank Hiwa. Then the Aeriwana walked in the doorway, barely coming in. They looked at us specifically. Then out of nowhere, I had an urge to go to them. I didn’t want too. But I stood up and walked to them and Camilla did the same. Roan tried to stop us. But we kept going. We followed them outside, and that was when it got violent. Roan tried to stop us from going with them. Then more of them showed up. I saw one of them grab Camilla and carry her away. Then you showed up. You know the rest,” I said.
“Mind powers. The Aeriwana have the power of persuasion, or at least a few of them do. They used it on you and Camilla.”
“Mind powers! That is insane,” I said. “Oh God. Camilla. What will they do to her? How can we get her back?” I asked.
“I don’t know what they will do to her. I don’t think they will kill her. We need reinforcements to get her back. There were Aeriwana all over the market. They are planning something. There are more than I have ever seen there at one time. We have to plead to the king to allow a bigger force to go get her,” he said.
“I see. And if he says no?”
“Then it is all lost,” he said.
“Oh God,” I burst into tears. My poor friend.
“Alexandra,” Ineq said as he put his finger under my chin and lifted my face up. He wiped away tears from cheek.
“I apologize. What I said earlier. I should not have said that. It is not your fault. I left the commander in charge, not you.”
“But I got Camilla to persuade him to—”
“Shhh…” he said as he put his finger across my lips. I was trembling and felt so weak and vulnerable. Then he pressed his lips against mine and kissed me. I threw my arms around his neck, reaching up to him. I needed his strength right then and there, more than anything.
He held me tightly, and all I could do was cry in his arms. I was not expecting this softer side to him. I felt vulnerable, but also so completely turned on.
I looked up into his brown eyes as he looked at me.
I reached up on my tiptoes, and then I kissed him, and I wasn’t sure why. It felt like what I needed at that moment. He kissed me back and moaned. Then he picked me up into his long, strong arms and carried me to the sleeping room. He laid me down on the bed. He hovered above me, this massive alien being.
Ineq looked at me up and down, from head to toe. Then his hand ran down my leg. I gasped as he put my small foot in his hand and pulled off my sandal. Then he raised it toward him and leaned down. He placed a soft kiss on the bottom of it. My tears were coming to stop as I watched him and felt my body come alive. I wanted him. I wanted this alien creature to take me. I wanted him badly. Ineq slipped off the other sandal and then moved his massive body between my legs on the bed. I sucked in a sharp breath of air. I hungered for this, for him, this alien dragon shifter, and I felt like his very touch left a trail of fire on my skin as he touched me.
My body trembled with a quiver. I felt the heat of his body. I felt like I was in losing my virginity, and I guess I was in a way. I had never been with an alien before. I bit my lower lip trying to stop my lips from trembling so much. Ineq grinned at me. His dashing bright grin was gorgeous and yet so damn cocky. I think he knew that he was driving me wild.
His delicious manly scent filled my senses as he pressed his body on mine. I felt my thighs twitch with the anticipation of what was to come. I was looking forward to it.
Ineq kissed my lips. I instinctively wrapped my legs around his waist and felt his hard cock rub against my panties. I liked the way he was rubbing me. He had made it a point to align his hard cock perfectly with my clit. He was making my body tremble with this one movement. I felt explosions going off between my thighs as I filled with desire.
I sighed in ecstasy. Ineq pulled at my panties and yanked them off.
“I want to taste you again, Alexandra. I cannot stop thinking about how you tasted when I licked you,” he said as he moved lower on my body.
He pushed up the skirt of my dress to my waist. I sat up and lifted my arms. He pulled the dress off over my head and threw it. My breasts fell loose. I was now naked on the bed.
“You are so fucking sexy, Alexandra. I want to lick your hard nipples.” He lunged down and took one in his mouth, then the other. I moaned.
His strong long fingers massaged me while he licked and sucked on my hard nipples.
“Oh yes. That feels so good,” I moaned. I ran my hands up and down his toned forearms. They were toned and firm. His body was like a warrior, and I longed to see it completely naked, without the loincloth. I could feel his strength. He moved further and further down.
Then his lips were on my slick wet center. “Oh yes. Oh God, yes,” I whispered. I already felt the tiny pulsing begin to fire up for his wonderful licking. I gasped as his long tongue pushed inside of me. I was squirming under him on the bed as he licked.
I pushed my fingers into his dark black hair, twisting it. I was about to explode. Then his tongue moved to my clit and pressed, then flicking side to side.
“Oh, I’m cumming! I’m cumming!” I shouted as I exploded and released. I could not control my ragged breathing as I gasped for air and tremored. After a few moments of Ineq licking me slowly as I tried to calm myself, he kissed up my body. He kissed up my belly and on my breasts. Having him lick my nipples while my orgasm was still running through me was delicious. I indulged my senses and my curiosity of his alien body as I ran my hands up and down his strong, muscular torso. I could feel the ridges of his hard abs.
I pushed my hand into the cloth, trying to figure out how to get it off. I yanked at it. I heard laughter escape his mouth. “Let me.” He worked on the cloth and then pulled it off. I was astounded at the sight of him. His cock was thick and long. His
arms were thick and strong. Damn, he was perfect. His long, thick, muscular legs and perfect hips were a lot to take in. I felt even more aroused as I stared at his cock as it stood straight out. He was hard and ready for me, and I was ready for him. I wanted his cock inside of me, but I also wanted to touch it and lick it. He moved toward me, ready to mount me.
“Wait, don’t do that. Not yet,” I said.
“What? Are you going to leave me like you did earlier?” he asked.
“No. I am staying right here. It is my turn though,” I placed a palm on his chest and pushed him back.
He looked at me confused until I sat on the edge of the bed. Then I grabbed his cock in my hands and rubbed up and down. I allowed my fingers to delicately move over the ridges of the tip. He moaned loudly.
I wanted to please him just as he pleased me. He grabbed my hair in his hands, and I licked him up and down. He was so hard.
“Damn. Yes,” he whispered. He groaned as I played with him. After a few minutes, he stopped me.
“Stop. I want to be inside of you,” he said as he gently pushed me onto my back.
Then he climbed on top of me. The tip of his thick cock pressed against my wet center and slipped in. I moaned. He pushed himself deep inside of me. I licked his strong chest as he was so tall that it was what was aligned with my face.
“You’re so petite. I don’t want to crush you,” he whispered. He moved slower and gentler as he said it.
It turned me on and made me feel more like a woman than ever before.
“I want you,” I whispered. He groaned as I said the words. Then he moved faster. He pounded me. This felt so good. I once again felt that familiar feeling. “I’m cumming. I’m cumming again.”
“Mmmm,” he moaned.
Then I exploded into bliss. Ineq kept moving, faster and faster. He fucked me hard and then slow and then hard again. Then after a few more minutes, I felt his forearms tense. I ran my hands up them, feeling every single muscle tense up. Then he groaned. I felt him release. His warmth flowed inside of me.
CHAPTER TEN
CAPTAIN INEQ SHUN
I sat in the pilot’s chair We were approaching Kelon. Alexandra sat beside me silently. She had said very little since we came out of the bedroom. I think she was confused by the encounter. I, on the other hand, was very happy. Being with her was unlike any feeling I had ever had before. I had experienced human females in my time, for fun, but nothing was like this. I think it was because I knew that she was the one, the one destined to be my mate forever, that made it different. Previously the human females I had been with were the ones on Kelon that were there for the warriors to have fun with until they found a mate. This was very different and brought a lot of emotion and hunger inside of me for this human female named Alexandra. But she sat there silent; she was probably worried about her friend, as she should be. As soon as I could, we would try to get her back; I would do it for her. I would do it for Alexandra.
“We are approaching Kelon. I am going to take her out of hyperspeed now,” I said out loud.
“We are? Oh good. The sooner we arrived, the sooner you can get your king to let you get Camilla.”
“Yes, my thoughts exactly. As soon as we arrive, I will show you to a place where you can rest. We have many guest homes for newly arrived humans to get acclimated to the planet. There will be one for you where you can bathe and call it your home until…”
“Until what?” she said looking at me.
“Until we are wed, and you are officially my wife,” I said with a smile.
She gasped. “Wife? What?”
Clang! Clank! The sounds came from the back of the ship.
“It must be the commander. He is awake. I forgot that I had him still strapped in so that he didn't get hurt if the ship banked.”
We both got up from our seats and went to the sleeping room. The commander was awake but groggy.
“I am so glad to see you conscious again, my friend,” I said unstrapping the straps. Alexandra poured a cup of water and handed it to him. He drank it greedily.
“Camilla. Where is she?” I looked at Alexandra.
“Captain?”
“I could not save her,” I said. He immediately sat up. But he was dizzy and laid back down immediately. “What? Where is she? Let me know; I will go look for her,” he said.
“We left hours ago. We are arriving on Kelon in half an hour.”
“You left her? Why? How could you do that? Let me go; I will go find her on my own,” he spoke wildly.
“I had no choice. We were outnumbered by the Aeriwanas. We would all be in their possession right now if I had not left. At least this way we can regroup on Kelon and gather a bigger force. We can go get her with more numbers,” I said trying to reason with him. He struggled to get out of bed. He was very angry.
“No, you are not fit to stand. You took a beating. I thought you were going to die. Wait a few more minutes, and you will be in the hands of a healer. If you want to rescue your Camilla, then you must be strong and healed.”
He lay back frustrated. He did not like hearing that I was right about it.
“She will never forgive me,” he said.
“I know how you feel. I feel the same way, trust me. I am very worried about my friend, she is like a sister to me,” Alexandra said to him giving him more water. He looked at her and knew that she must be feeling just as worried as he was and found some solace in that.
“I just took the ship out of hyperspeed. I need to get back to the chair and bring us in. Alexandra will help you, but don't get out of bed. I don't think you understand how badly wounded you are. You are still in shock,” I said as I left the room. I went back to the chair and quickly made the preparations for landing. I opened a radio communication.
“This is Captain Ineq Shun. I am entering Kelon in twenty minutes. I have a wounded warrior on board. He needs healer attention immediately. Prepare for our arrival,” I said.
“Yes, Captain. Arrangements will be made immediately,” the response said.
I steered the ship toward the blue and green planet, my home.
“Oh, my. Is that it? Is that Kelon?” Alexandra said behind me.
“Yes, is it not beautiful?”
“Yes, it is. It looks a lot like Earth, only bluer.”
“Yes, it is a water planet. We live on a series of islands. We are water creatures. You will see.”
“Hurry, the commander passed out again. He does need attention,” she said, taking a seat next to me.
“I have made the arrangements for the healers to be at the landing port when we arrive. He will be seen immediately.”
“Good, I am ready to see it. I am ready to see this place you want me to call home,” she said.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
ALEXANDRA
“That's it? That is your home?” I said as the ship flew low over the ocean toward an island paradise in the distance.
“Yes, that is our village. This is my home,” Ineq said.
“I can see why you love it. It is absolutely beautiful. The colors are vibrant, and the plants are big and lush. I cannot believe how tall the trees are. What is that in the trees?”
“Those are homes. We have small cottages in the trees. We are creatures that can fly, remember? Those are bridges that link the homes to each other in the trees.”
“That is amazing. It is like a fairy village up high in the trees. What else?”
“Down below is the main area of the village. There are communal kitchens, and that is where all of the Draqua gather to eat and be together. Most of the activity takes place on the ground. In the trees is for sleeping, and homes. The grounds are for the market, kitchens, and of course our warriors’ military installations. We will be landing at a port inside the installation. You will see. You will have a lot of time to see all of this. There are pristine white sand beaches all around the island with crystal-clear blue water.”
“Yes, I can see that from here. It is beautiful,” I sa
id looking down at the beautiful white beaches as we came closer to the shore. It was a tropical paradise. This was like a destination on Earth that people went to for vacation, but these aliens lived here year-round. This was their home, and it was astounding. I could not wait to look around. But first things first: the commander and Camilla.
The ship landed just as Ineq said, in an area where there were many warriors. I was amazed to see so many roaming around in their loincloths. In the sky, a few were flying around. I thought I saw objects flying that looked bigger, but I didn't get a good look. I was concerned about the commander. I unbuckled my belt and went immediately to the back. I heard the door open and commotion set in.
