As Inara named a surprisingly long list of suspects, I nodded and smiled and hoped like hell that she didn’t name me. Although, it would give me an excuse to tell her just how hot sex was with Galan. I was dying to tell someone – anyone – about my night with the sexy Draax. I’d never been one for kissing and telling but apparently amazing sex made me want to share all the details.
You can’t tell her. I know you like Inara, but you don’t know her that well and you have no idea if she would keep your secret or not. If she doesn’t and word gets to the king that Galan is having sex with you, Galan might get in trouble.
I sighed. There was no might about it. He would get in trouble. Maybe even lose his job in trouble, and I was absolutely not letting that happen. I couldn’t live with myself if I destroyed Galan’s life the way I seemed to destroy all of my loved ones’ lives.
Loved one? Now you love him?
I pushed aside my inner voice. No, I didn’t love him. That was ridiculous. Amazing sex wasn’t enough to make you fall in love with someone.
Was it?
* * *
Ellis
“I am impressed by you, small human.” Uzel dropped his arm around my shoulders before giving me a friendly poke in the ribs with his tail.
“Oh yeah? Why’s that?” I liked the young Draax. He’d been friendly and pleasant to me from the start and didn’t ignore me the way most of the other Draax in the docking bay did.
“When you first started, I did not think you would be capable of repairing the vehicles and ships,” Uzel said.
“Just because I’m a woman doesn’t mean I can only clean and cook,” I said. “Don’t be sexist, Uzel.”
“I know that. Before my mother married my father, she worked as an engineer on your planet,” Uzel said. “I am aware that women can do more than domestic duties. I meant in reference to how small you are.”
His tail poked my bicep. “You are stronger than you look.”
“Hell, yes, I am.” I flexed my arms until my biceps popped out. “Let me introduce you to Chaos,” I kissed my left bicep, “and Fear”, I kissed my right bicep. “These two ladies have helped me kick a lot of ass on the mean streets of Iowa.”
“You have a very strange sense of humour,” Uzel said.
“Thanks. I’m done for the day, are you?”
Uzel nodded. “Yes. Let us do the thing before we leave.”
I laughed. A few days ago, I had taught Uzel a handshake involving fist bumping, hand slapping, hip shaking and, in his case, tail flicking. He’d been obsessed with it ever since.
I held up both my fists and Uzel eagerly bumped them with his own before we whipped through the rest of the handshake. He was grinning and his tail was thumping happily on the floor by the time we finished.
“Thank you, small human,” he said.
“Try and call me Ellis, would you, Uzel?” I said. “For goodness sake, you have a human mom. Didn’t she teach you to call humans by their names or, I dunno, use contractions every once in a while?”
He shrugged. “She tried but I take after my father, she says. All of my friends have human mothers and none of us speak in the manner that humans do.”
“Seriously?” I said.
He waved to a few of the other Draax still in the bay as we left. “Yes. My mother says I did use contractions when she first taught me to speak, but I stopped using them by the time I started school. My friends were the same way.”
“That’s so weird,” I said. “How does it sound in Draax when I use a contraction?”
“The Draax word is altered in only a small way, but it is noticeable. Males rarely use the contractions, but females who are born to a human mother and a Draax father, often speak in contractions and are more prone to acting like human females. But, since very few females are born, it does not seem to matter much.”
“Wait, females aren’t being born on Draax?” I said. “But the king and queen have a daughter.”
“It was a very large celebration when she was born,” Uzel said. “I was not yet working at the castle, but the celebrations within the city went on for days. In fact, our entire province celebrated her birth for nearly a week. Queen Sabrina received so many gifts from the commoners that they filled an entire room. It took her nearly six moons to open all of them.”
“Wow,” I said. “That seems excessive.”
“Princess Jovie is the first female born royalty in close to a century,” Uzel said. “Our province will be the first province in Odias to have a ruling queen. We are lucky and blessed that Queen Sabrina grew a girl in her belly.”
“How many babies are girls on average?” I said.
“I do not know. You should speak with Bitta. He is fascinated with this sort of stuff and follows many studies on it. He has a website dedicated to predicting how many females may be born each year. He is,” he grinned at me, “what humans refer to as a nerd.”
I laughed. “I haven’t heard the word nerd in forever. Do you think it’s like one in five are females?”
Uzel shook his head. “No. If I had to hazard a guess, I would say more like one in a hundred babies born are female. I went to a large school in the city and did not have a single female classmate. Nor do my parents know any Draax who have female children. You humans have helped us escape extinction but unless more females are born on a regular basis, we will need to rely on your breeding females for years to come.”
We were almost to my apartment and Uzel gave me another poke with his tail. “This is where we part. Goodbye, human. I will see you tomorrow.”
“See you, Uzel.” I walked the short distance to my apartment and let myself in, closing the door behind me. It was almost dinner time and I wondered if I should join the other women and eat in the dining hall or wait around a few minutes and hope that Galan showed up and –
The knock on my door made me jump. I opened it, smiling at Galan when he stepped into my apartment and shut the door.
“Hey, how was your day?”
He didn’t reply. He didn’t look pissed off, but his tail was flicking back and forth in a decidedly agitated manner and he walked toward me like a big cat stalking its prey. I backed up until I felt the wall against my spine as Galan penned me in with his hands on either side of my head.
I wasn’t afraid. I was, weirdly, turned on, and all I could think about was how it had felt to ride Galan this morning. How thick and hard his cock was, the warmth of his mouth as he sucked on my nipples.
“What’s going on?” I said.
“I saw you with Uzel in the docking bay,” he said.
“Uh, yeah, I work with him.”
He leaned down and kissed my throat, his breath hot against my skin. “He touched you.”
“What?” I was finding it hard to concentrate what with the way Galan was now cupping my tits.
“He touched you,” Galan nipped my collarbone, “and you let him touch you.”
“It was just a handshake,” I said. “I’ve been teaching him a -”
“No. He put his arm around your shoulders.” Galan pulled my shirt over my head, his copper eyes darkening when he saw my erect nipples. “Did you like it when he touched you?”
“Is this that jealousy thing again? Because I told you, you have nothing to be… oh fuck, oh that feels…”
I arched into Galan’s mouth, threading my fingers through his thick dark hair as he sucked hard on first my left nipple and then my right. His hand was unbuttoning my pants and I didn’t object when he yanked them down my legs. In fact, I might have kicked them off eagerly and reached for his pants.
Before I could undo them, he had dropped to his knees in front of me. He kissed the top of my pussy before slinging my right leg over one broad shoulder and cupping my ass.
“Galan, I…”
Rational thought faded when Galan licked my pussy. I leaned back against the wall, balancing on one leg, my other heel digging into Galan’s back as he licked and sucked my throbbing clit.
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�Oh God, that’s so good,” I moaned. I clung to his head, squeezing his skull as I ground my pussy against his mouth. He squeezed my ass hard as he teased my clit with the tip of his tongue. It didn’t take long for me to climax, not with Galan’s hot tongue working me over in that absolutely perfect way he had. I clapped my hand over my mouth, muffling my scream of delight as I came all over Galan’s mouth.
He slid my leg off his shoulder and kept one hand on my hip as he stood. “Do not fall over, Ellis.”
“Yeah, okay, I won’t,” I mumbled. I propped my body against the wall, my noodle legs quaking and the last of my orgasm still shuddering its way through my body.
Through half-closed eyes, I watched as Galan quickly stripped before picking me up. I expected him to carry me to the bed and I gasped in surprise when he used his tail and left arm to lift me higher until my pussy pressed against his cock.
“Galan, what… ohhh. Oh fuck.”
He slid his cock into my pussy with a slow measured thrust. Stuffed full, I clung to his shoulders, my forehead pressed against his, our breath mingling. He pressed a kiss against my mouth. “I have missed your tight pussy, Ellis.”
“You were just in her this morning,” I said.
He laughed and little tingles of pleasure flickered up my spine. “That is true, but it seems I cannot get enough of my little human’s pussy.”
“She can’t get enough of you either,” I moaned.
He pressed me up against the wall. “Put your legs around my waist.”
I wrapped my legs around him, clinging to him as he pumped in and out of me. He cupped my face and kissed my mouth again. “Did you enjoy it when Uzel touched you?”
“What?” The pleasure was already beginning to grow in my belly again. I didn’t know if it was the thickness of Galan’s cock or the way he fucked, but he was a magician at giving me an orgasm without even touching my clit, and I was here for it.
I squeezed around him, enjoying the sound of his harsh groan and the way it made him thrust hard into me. “Galan, stop talking and fuck me already.”
He kissed me again, nipping hard at my bottom lip. “Did you like it? Do you wish to have Uzel join us in fucking?”
I stared at him in complete shock. His body went still, and he studied my face. “Do you, Ellis?”
“No,” I said. “No, I don’t want that.”
“All right,” he said.
There definitely needed to be follow up questions, but apparently up until this point, the fucking had only taken up a portion of Galan’s concentration. Now, he was fully concentrating and, holy fuck, my desire to talk about whether Galan wanted a third to join us or not, was lost in a haze of pleasure so amazing, I wanted to live in it forever.
I closed my eyes and clung to Galan as he fucked me in a hard and steady rhythm. The pleasure grew, the sound of Galan’s low groans turned louder, and when his thrusts became erratic and uneven, I squeezed my pussy around his cock as hard as I could and kissed my way up his throat to his ear.
“I missed your big cock,” I whispered into his ear.
“Krono,” he muttered. “Ellis, do not talk about such things or I will not last much longer.”
“I thought about it all day.” I sucked on his earlobe then kissed just behind his ear. “I love how thick you are, how good it feels when you’re inside me and…. oh!”
He nearly flattened me against the wall with his thrusts, pounding into me until my climax washed over me in an unstoppable wave. My pussy squeezed him hard and he moaned my name before driving deep and holding me still against the wall. The hot warmth of his come filled my pussy and he made a few shuddering thrusts, muttering my name under his breath before burying his face in my neck.
I rubbed his back and squeezed his waist with my legs as he squeezed my thighs. He kissed my upper chest and eased out of me before lowering me to the ground. Before I could close my thighs, he reached between them and cupped my pussy.
I tried to pull his hand away, I was too sensitive for another orgasm, but he slid two fingers into my pussy. I watched in utter confusion when he pulled his fingers out and, without speaking, smeared his come across my tits and upper chest.
“What are you doing?” I said.
His face darkened with embarrassment, but it didn’t stop him from swiping his hand across my pussy again and wiping more of his come across my tits.
“Dude, seriously,” I said with a laugh. “Stop it. Now I’m definitely gonna have to shower before I go to the dining hall and I’m already starving.”
He lifted me up and carried me to my small bed, setting me down on it and crowding up behind me. He spooned me, cupping my now sticky breast and kissing the back of my shoulder. “I have food in my apartment, you can eat with me tonight.”
“Sure,” I said.
The bed was too small for the two of us, but I kind of liked it. Cuddling with Galan was my favourite part of sex with him – after the mind-altering orgasms, of course.
He kissed the back of my shoulder again before resting his head on the pillow behind mine. “How was your day?”
“If you think we’re just gonna talk about our day at work instead of the whole – hey, do you want a threesome with Uzel thing – you’re dead wrong, mister,” I said.
His low chuckle made me smile. “Most Draax enjoy threesomes.”
“I know that,” I said. “How, um, how many times have you participated in threesomes?”
“Many,” he said. “But not for a long time.”
“Who did you have threesomes with?”
“Usually with Quill before he mated, but also with Krey,” Galan said.
“Oh, right, of course. That makes sense.” I craned my head to stare at him. “Do you want to do a threesome with me?”
He studied my face. “Do you?”
“I asked you first,” I said.
He squeezed my breast. “I want to please you. If being with me and another Draax pleases you, then I will arrange for another to join us. Would you be open to it being Krey instead of Uzel? Uzel is young and most likely has never mated. It would not be wise to have him join us for his first time.”
“I don’t want a threesome at all.” My voice was too loud, and I took a deep breath. “I’m, uh, I’m not trying to be difficult, but I’m not into the idea of having sex with two guys at the same time. I’m sorry.”
“Do not be sorry,” he said. “If that is not what you want, we will not do it.”
“But if you want it, then -”
“I want to please you, remember?” he said. “I am happy with it only being us, little human.”
“You sure?”
“Yes.”
“Okay good.” I relaxed against him, stroking his arm that was around me with the tips of my fingers. “Honestly, even if I did want a threesome, you’d never convince Krey or any other Draax to sleep with me. They all think I’m ukana.”
“Too young?” Galan said. “Why would they think you are too young? You are in your twenties.”
“No, I said ukana,” I replied. “It means ugly, not too young.”
“It does not,” Galan said. “Ukana means too young.”
The blood roared in my ears and I felt too hot and then too cold. Through numb lips, I said, “Are you sure?”
“Of course I am. It is my language, is it not?” Galan said. “Ukana means too young.”
All that blood roaring in my ears was now draining away and when I sat up and twisted my upper body to stare at Galan, I was immediately lightheaded.
“Too young,” I whispered. “It means too young. Oh my God.”
Alarm crossed Galan’s face and he sat up, grabbing my upper arms when I swayed on the bed. “Ellis? What is wrong?”
Chapter Fifteen
Galan
I stared worriedly at Ellis. I had never seen a human’s face so completely drained of blood before. “Sadora, take a deep breath.”
She didn’t move and I cupped her face. “Breathe, sadora.”
/> She hitched in a breath and then another, her face still the colour of muldeva sand, and her slender body quivering.
I propped her up against the wall and squeezed her hand. “Stay here.”
I slid off the bed, grabbed a bottle of gallberry juice and returned to her. “Drink, sadora.”
She drank a few swallows of juice and I breathed a sigh of relief when some of her colour returned to her face. “Tell me what is wrong.”
“Are you positive that ukana means too young?” she said in a timid voice that sounded nothing like her normal speaking voice.
“Yes,” I said.
Her bottom lip was trembling, and her eyes were watering like she was about to cry. That sent what almost felt like panic rushing through me. I had never seen Ellis even close to crying, not even when she found out she had cancer. What in Krono’s name was happening?
“Sadora, please,” I said when she remained silent. “Tell me why you are upset.”
She took another deep breath and drank some more juice before pulling the quilt up around her body. I sat next to her on the bed, leaning back against the wall and resting my hand on her thigh. Not having to look directly at me, seemed to help her hesitancy because she said, “I have – had – a sister. Her name was Esther and she was a few years younger than me. She was sweet and lovely and… good. She wasn’t like me, you know? Even as a kid, I was difficult and a pain in the ass and I caused my parents a lot of grief. But Esther, she was special. Everyone loved her. She was so kind to everyone. It didn’t matter what your social class was, Esther treated you the same.”
I squeezed her thigh when she lapsed into silence. “What happened to her?”
“When she was twelve, she got bone cancer.” She laughed bitterly. “We all seem to get cancer at some point, don’t we?”
“Yes,” I said.
“Inara says it’s worse with the lowers. The doctors and the government keep saying the cancer isn’t because of the atmosphere but Inara says the numbers prove that it is. Anyway, my family were actually middle class but only a step above lower, you know?”
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