by Belle Harper
“Elle, can I kiss you?” Marin asked from behind her. Her eyes found mine and she winked. She tipped her head back to Marin, he took her mouth with his in an upside-down kiss. I took advantage of the position and ran my hands under her body cloth. She called it a “T-ee,” but it was something that hid her breasts and I hated it. I wanted to see them always.
I pushed it up until they were exposed to me. My thumb brushed over one and I felt her body press towards me. I moved in and licked her pink nipple. It was so different to the rest of her coloring and I made sure to use my teeth just a little. She moaned and I knew I had the pressure just right.
Marin pulled away and took the chance to flip Elle, so now she was laying just as I had. I didn’t give her chance to speak as I removed all her cloth coverings and buried my face between her thighs, my tongue meeting her sweet center.
Her legs widened so I could taste her where she wanted me to, so I used my tongue and ran it slowly up her thigh to where she smelled so sweet. My mouth was so close that she could feel my breath on her pussy. I held her tight as I darted my tongue out to her clit and flicked it with the end of my tongue.
I smirked as I looked up at her, her hands now restrained with my hand as she squirmed under me, but I wanted to tease her as she’d teased me…
“Zur baby, please. God please…” She prayed to her human god. When she did this, I knew she was close to her climax.
I used my free hand to tease her entrance as I sucked on her clit. She called out over and over. My mate liked to express her pleasure with lots of words. But now that we were amongst the clan she would be heard by so many. So, I made sure to make her scream my name more.
My finger slipped into her wet heat, feeling her clench around it with need. Marin was beside me now and I knew he wanted to mate with her, he was just waiting on me.
But I wasn’t done, I needed her to call out more times, so all the males knew how much I pleased her. They wouldn’t challenge me for my mate.
“Zur, oh fuck. Yeah. I’m coming.” Her body bowed off the floor, and I held her tightly as I continued to suck and mate her with my finger. Until she was breathless, no words came from her mouth and she collapsed beneath me.
I let go of her, not that I wanted to, but I had to be fair to Marin. He wanted to give her pleasure with his cock and he had waited long enough.
He slipped between her legs, his body tense above her as she reached up wrapping her hands around his neck and her legs around his waist.
“Don’t go fast, give our mate a slow mating to start. Make her call out to her god again, wanting you to go faster. It will make her call out for all to hear how well you pleasure our mate.”
Elle moaned at my words, trying to pull Marin closer, his tails sweeping over her exposed skin. I could now hear the mating of the female Hadley, in the other part of the hut. And Elle looked up at me.
“You’re a tease, Zurcov. I will kick your butt later.” She chuckled because we both knew she loved it as much I we all did and wouldn’t ‘kick my butt’. Her strange saying.
I saw the moment Marin entered her with his cock, her eyes rolled back and she pulled on his hair, wanting more. But he did as I’d said, he went slow. Teasing her, working her up. As they kissed, I watch his movement become less fluid and jerkier. I realized he would not last long and she hadn’t climaxed again.
“You must go harder, Marin.” His body bucked hard against hers and she let out a gasp. Her breathing was more rapid now as his body took over, giving her the pleasure she needed, the pleasure she wanted. I watched as she threw her head back, her mouth open to call out but nothing happened. No sound came out. I worried that she was injured, but when she started to pant and I saw the hint of smile as she stroked Marin’s hair. I knew she was so happy that she was speechless.
When they both calmed down, I flopped beside her on the blankets from the other males. I could smell their scents, but I know Elle wouldn’t want to smell them. To see if there was a potential mate there. I knew she was my mate from scent, we had discussed this many times with Vetok. But we didn’t know why.
My Elle, so soft and sleepy now, my arms wrapped around her, as Marin’s arms were doing the same also.
“I need to pee.” She whispered. I wanted to help her go, there was a pot in the hut for this reason, no more outside for my mate. But before I could get her up, she made a soft snoring sound.
I looked over to Marin, he was also fast asleep and I smiled. Everything was just as it should be.
I never thought I would experience having a mate in my life, as a rejected male I was to live out my days without a clan… without my family. Now I had Elle and she would forever be mine. My family. She was going to make me a father.
If someone told me this, when I was cast from my clan, I would have said they were crazy. Those Aashi would have been cast out of the clan for the crazy thoughts alone. How could I find a mate and one who would bring my kits into this world? Kits for me and Marin to take care of. To show them how to be great warriors, takxe and to also have the same caring, beautiful nature of their mother. She will raise them, not like Aashi females who birth the kits then her mates take care of them. She told us all about what mothers on her home world do, and I couldn’t wait to see my amazing Elle with our kits.
But now, I have all these things. My mate brother Marin was someone I now called family, he was good to Elle, treated her better than a queen. She was better. She was kind, caring and free with her love to us.
My Elle, my heart.
Chapter Ten
Elle
There was nothing better than a bath, the water wasn’t hot or anything, but just being able to completely wash yourself was a good feeling.
“I heard you both last night,” Quinn winked at me and smiled at Hadley. We laughed. Yeah, I was loud, but I was pretty sure Hadley was right there along with me.
“Our mates are very good to us.” Hadley replied and I just laughed as I floated on my back. Then dunked my head under the water, scrubbing at my scalp. I popped back up, wiping the water from my face. I looked over and saw Marin and Zurcov standing beside Jaka and Vetok and wondered what they were protecting us from? The other males who watched their mates? I had no idea but I was glad they didn’t want to let me out of their sight.
“Yeah, I can tell they were. Mine are just as good. I guess you couldn’t hear me over the ‘oh god, oh god’,” Quinn mimicked an orgasm and I pounced at her laughing. I pushed her into the water and she came up, looking right at me she started to moan with that glint in her eye, she was good.
“Well, that was pretty good acting, how do we know you’re not faking?” Hadley teased her, splashing water.
She looked over to her mate then back to us. “I don’t need to fake… just like you both don’t either. The whole clan could hear you weren’t faking it from your hut last night.” Quinn slapped some water towards us and I couldn’t help but let out a huge laugh.
“I love this, I missed this. Just being carefree, not having to worry. I finally feel relaxed and happy.” Hadley sighed as she swam around us in a circle.
“I cannot agree more, as much as I loved our little camping trip, nothing is better than this feeling of being safe. I feel like I can finally breath.”
I held my hand on my belly. “Little bubba will be safe here.”
I had felt like I had been here forever, but this was only our second day here. Today’s bath was interesting when Luna told us there was no fucking in the bathing pool. I automatically looked to Quinn, thinking that there was definitely a story behind that warning. After yesterday I’d started to realize that she was very open with her sexuality. And last night I did hear her. Oh god did we all hear her and her mates, maybe there was a benefit to having more than two…
But to then find out it was Luna that was the one who had fucked her mate Daku in the bath pool, I just laughed. Because really? Not to be rude, but I was pretty sure all of us—well not Jessica— were bringing some kin
d of jizz into the water every morning from the sounds I was hearing all around the clan last night. Quinn especially.
But I thought it was better I not mention it while Jessica was in there with us. She was the only one who hadn’t taken a mate and while I was not one to shy away from sex talk, Jessica was uncomfortable with our mates here at the bathing pool. She also seemed uncomfortable with the fact we were all naked. She seemed to cover her body a lot, even though no males were paying any attention to her.
So, I didn’t want to upset her by making the statement that the whole bathing pool was full of water and jizz. And from the way Quinn mates, and how long she had been here before we came… it was a lot.
I was teasing Quinn now, I did a lured gesture with my hands that mimicked fucking and she pushed my shoulder until I fell back into the water.
“I need to talk to all of you,” Jessica spoke up. I stood and looked over to where she was standing, holding her breasts behind her crossed arms. Everyone stopped to listen. “It’s important and I think now… I’m ready.”
My eyes widened. Holy shit. What did she need to talk about? Those asshole guys better not have done anything more than talk smack to her. Or I would murder them all. I’d kill them on the spot.
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When we all sat down, my stomach was in knots, I reached out and held Jessica’s hand for a moment. Letting her know I was there for her. She took a deep breath and I could see the unshed tears in her eyes. My throat was thick, I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
“I know I have been rude and unkind to you all at times, especially on our way here. That’s not who I am, and it's not who I want to be. I'm sorry I've been so emotional, but the truth is, I did it for everyone's safety. At first it was to save myself and you all, and then to save K’Tem.” She took another breath.
K’Tem? The M’Mori guy from the spaceship. The nice one. Omg I knew it. I knew they had a thing going on. Hell, I remember Luna warning her once and she ignored her. I looked to Hadley and she gave me a knowing look. We had talked about it before.
“When we were at the government facility on Earth, I wanted out. I didn't want to be here. I asked Agent Booker to let me leave.”
What the hell? Jessica didn’t want to come here? She’d never told us that.
“He took me to a room which I assumed was the next step to being let off the crazy ride, but what I didn't expect to see was eleven other women. The women that had left before me.” Jessica choked back a sob.
What did she mean eleven other women, did she mean the ones from all the interviews… why were they there? They went home, that’s what Agent Booker had said, they’d left the program… oh… oh! My mouth dropped open. They weren’t going to leave. No one was going to leave until you were on that spaceship.
“What do you mean they were there, even Grace?” Luna asked.
I looked to Jessica and she nodded. I heard the gasps. Grace? No. Shit, she was so nice. What about the others, Katie, Sierra… oh god. Georgia!
“How come you didn't tell us until now?” Quinn seemed upset. I would have been too, but I could imagine why she didn’t. I wouldn’t want to scare a room full of women, who were already scared to begin with.
“Agent Booker threatened me if I told you. I saw the women in there and they were begging me to go back with you all, to get on that ship and get married. I was scared, he showed me his gun, it didn't matter if we signed an NDA. We weren't getting out of this, it was either marry an alien or….”
She started sobbing and I reached out, stroking her back. Holy shit, this had been a huge weight on her shoulders. This was so unfair of Booker, the whole fucked up way this all happened was messed up and unjust. When I’d applied, I had no job, was being evicted and it was all I could do to keep myself from being out on the street.
Everyone was hugging each other, I couldn’t stop the tears and sobs. Marin came to me, stroking my face and trying his best to console me. But it was impossible. I needed this, I was mourning the loss of my friends. I might not have known them long, but they were my friends none the less.
I watched as Luna’s mate brought her food, and just sat there, his tail wrapped around her wrist as she cried.
There was an endless supply of food and comfort. Even Zurcov asked if Jessica was okay and if she needed something which made her cry more. That scared him and he moved away and stood with Vetok as they all tried to understand what went wrong.
Those eleven women… wherever you are, I hope you are safe.
Chapter Eleven
Sanza
My home, my world. Destroyed in sheer moments. My mate, my beautiful mate was killed alongside my younger brother and mother many seasons ago. I had mourned for them, and now it was time for revenge.
The M’Mori would die for this, I would make them suffer as I had. They believed we were lesser, that we were nothing but slaves to them. A body to haul the rocks on this hot planet. But they didn’t know us, not really. We might look like easy targets; we didn’t possess the same weapons they did which made the fight uneven.
If they fought fair, hand-to-hand combat, we could kill them in an instant. They hide behind weapons, but without them they were nothing more than scales and teeth. I could end one in a matter of seconds if I got close enough.
I had heard whispers, after I was stolen by the M’Mori and dumped on their spacecraft, of Zalli warriors being transported to the gladiator rings. Once they were done with me here, they would ship me off to fight in a ring, to the death.
There was no way out of this. The prisoners had told me many stories of the corrupt governments on the way to Aarzyn. That nothing could stop the M’Mori from what they were doing. My people were dying, there would be none of us left soon. My mate… my Raina.
We had only been together weeks before they came down into my village, captured all the warriors and killed all who remained. I was away, hunting for a beast known as Frab. I’d wanted to return with it. Prove myself a worthy mate, instead I’d returned to horror.
My family all dead.
When we’d arrived on this foreign world, I had noticed that the only Zalli they had taken were blue and green. There was only one tribe of green and I feared they had taken them all. But Zada —a green Zalli warrior— told me that they were captured when they went to a neighbouring blue tribe. That as far as they knew, their tribe was safe.
I hoped they were for their sake.
“Move.” One of the M’Mori guards shouted out in Zalli as they opened the cages. We had been given nothing more than a bucket to collect our waste and food scraps for weeks. I was weak but not that weak. I could kill him.
As soon as I was passing the guard I turned on him, rushing him, but I wasn’t quick enough. Another guard slammed one of those power sticks into my back and I dropped to my knees. I let out a guttural call, as pain pumped through my body. As soon as he took it away the other pressed his to my throat. I could feel it burning my flesh. But I held still. I wanted to show him, he could use his power sticks on me, but I wouldn’t be beaten.
The fight was within me, and it could never be taken away.
“I will not stand around here to be shipped off to another world to fight. I will not be a slave. I was born free and that is how I will die.” I told the Sycal male— Yai— beside me working in the mine. He had fur covering most of his body, it was dirty, and matted. He was a prisoner come to work here, thinking it would be better than the prison planet Xurdo. He was wrong.
He spoke my language, not overly well but I could converse with him. It was very unusual for someone to have learnt the language of the Zalli, but he said he’d studied some when he was in school. He had wanted to visit our planet one day. It was a beautiful place. I’d never admired it’s beauty as much as I did now that I didn’t see it.
At least here on this plant I could escape. I could be free… I would be free. I moved closer to the line of trees. I had seen M’Mori wander in there. Eating foods I had never seen before. I was le
ft starving every day, but here the M’Mori were well fed and loved to watch us suffer.
“No, Sanza. Find… kill you.” He pointed to the tracking device that had been fitted to my ankle while I was on the space craft.
I reached down and took one of the rocks we were mining and hit the tracker over and over. Yai was worried the sound would alert one of the M’Mori, but I didn’t care. What could they do? Kill me? They were already going to do that after I had completed my work here. Why wait? Why mine these rocks that power the craft that take mothers, children, mates… I wouldn’t fuel their crafts. I wouldn’t continue this madness. I would leave today.
“No… no.” Yai tried to tell me. He pointed at the others. I understood what he was saying. He didn’t have the Zalli words for it, but I knew he was telling me, that if it was so easy to just bash the tracker with a rock, all the slaves and prisoners would be doing it.
I shook my head, the tracker would stay, but how far were they willing to chase me. When I saw the guard leave, I dashed for the trees. It was now or never. And I ran. I ran faster than I ever had in my life.
Chapter Twelve
Sanza
It had been two days and I wasn’t getting anywhere with my escape. I had yet to come across any of the natives here and I was growing weaker. I stopped to drink from the red pool of water. It was safe, it was the same color they had given us when I’d first arrived.
I continued to walk in what felt like circles, the purple of the trees and grass looking the same as the last. The trees were large and most of the branches were too high for me to reach. I tried to climb one but I struggled to get grip and move further up the tree. I had never had to climb trees before and I was worried I would fall.
