24. Epilogue

Grihul

I don't like this.

This isn't going to end well...

I take a breath at the door of my home or say... My parent's home.

Is Mother going to be upset because I'm moving out? I love her, but... I squeeze Kendra's hand, even though my worry has nothing to do with her.

It would be better if the family could stay together. Even though Telke has moved out since he found Winnie as his mate, he still lives in the same city as my parents.

I grit my teeth. It can't be that bad. Mother will understand.

But... I haven't told either of them about switching jobs and the planned move. The family still thinks that I'm working my old job and single.

Mother would be happy to know that I've found my mate, right?

Kendra rubs the back of my hand. "Hey, is everything fine?"

I take a breath again and lift my chest. "Yes, everything's fine."

"You can tell me. Are your parents scary?"

"Other than being big beings and having four arms, they are fine."

She rolls her eyes. "Look, I've never been a fan of bigger beings, most of the bigger ones. It doesn't mean I'm scared of them. And you know that—"

I press a finger on her lips. I don't have time to argue with her, not when we're at the door and are expected to go inside already.

"Mother makes the best food."

"Then why are you worried?"

I... It is complicated and I'm not sure whether I should tell her at this moment.

She lifts her brows at me. "I can see through you."

"I know... I... I haven't told them I'm moving out and we're mates."

"Oh..."

I spread my upper arms to the side. "Look, I'm not ashamed of you or looking down on you or something like that. It's just... I don't know how to bring it up to them and haven't gotten a chance to."

She shrugs. "I get it. We're here and will be inside soon, so... Geez, maybe you should've told them."

"I... I think I mentioned that I'll bring a guest tonight, so... they know, right?"

She tilts her head to the side. "You probably haven't told them about your new job either."

I sigh. This is a big drawback with dating a police officer. She just seems to read my mind all the time. "Yeah... I haven't."

She says, "Let's go in. You've never been home a lot with your old job anyway. With the new one, you actually can visit more often."

I suppose she has a point. "Okay. We'll go in. You have to behave." I swallow when she glares at me. "I mean.... You understand, right?"

"I do. Just get going, big guy."

I pull out the keys and open the door. "Here we go."

The door opens to Mother preparing the table. She looks over and grins when her gaze lands on Kendra. "Welcome! I'm so happy to meet you."

Kendra gives a smile. The tension in her spikes. My heart races when I don't know what to say. Do they not like each other?

Kendra says, "Nice to meet you, I'm Kendra."

I gesture to my mother even though it should be obvious. "This is my mother, and my father is inside the kitchen, or somewhere." The scent of tasty roasted meat is in the air, so my guess won't be far off.

Mother spreads her arms and gives Kendra a hug. "Grihul should have told us about you long ago."

Kendra chuckles. "Maybe he's shy."

"He sure is. He has been like that since he was a kid."

I roll my eyes. "Mom..."

Mother pats my shoulder, her grin is so wide that I almost can't see her eyes. "Okay, okay. Why don't you show her your room and stuff while we get ready for dinner?"

Oh...

Mother heads to the kitchen, on the way, she says, "Kendra, I hope you'll enjoy the food. There will be more days we can spend together."

My heart skips a beat. I haven't told Mother that Kendra doesn't live on this planet. But Mother is already in the kitchen, so...

Kendra nudges me with her elbow. "Are we going to stand here like a statue until dinner is ready?"

"I..." I'm not ready to be in my room. "So, you see... I don't come here a lot, so there's nothing very special in my room."

"Your mother said you should show me around." She smirks. She's not going to stop until she gets things her way.

I shrug. "Fine, come with me."

At the stairs, she says, "It's not that bad."

Is she referring to the small talk with Mother? "Mother's the nice one."

"I hope your father isn't that tough."

"He's... I don't know about that."

"You don't seem to like your father a lot."

"Well... He's an interesting male. Just don't take what he says seriously and you'll be fine."

"That doesn't sound too interesting."

"That sounds like it is what it is."

"Okay..."

We are at the second floor when one of the doors opens. Out comes Vatok. I thought he was at work. He nods at me, then turns his gaze onto Kendra. "Hi..."

I say, "This is Vatok, my brother. This is Kendra, my mate."

Vatok says, "I see. Nice to meet you." He shakes Kendra's hand. "Hopefully, there won't be too many arms for you at the dinner table."

Kendra chuckles. "I hope dinner isn't a free fight, otherwise, I won't get any food."

I say, "I'll give you food if that's the case, but lucky you, we are well-civilized ones."

Vatok says, "That translates to we are limited to using one set of eating utensils, so there won't be fighting."

I say, "By the way, Vatok is traffic police."

Kendra's eyes light up. "Oh, wow! Sounds like the perfect job for you."

Vatok smiles. "Because of the arms? I suppose so."

Kendra says, "I'm also police in my city. I work more in the front line."

"Oh, I see." That's what Vatok says, but he seems unconvinced.

Kendra lifts her brows at him. "I mean, yeah, a human can do that too."

I say, "She'll kick your balls if you don't listen to her."

Kendra laughs while Vatok snorts a laugh. He says, "I'm just surprised. That's not a common career for humans."

She nods. "You're right. But I've decided to prove the big guys wrong."

"I don't doubt you."

I ask, "Vatok, I thought you were at work?"

He shakes his head. "You're back home tonight, so I'm here."

We fist bump each other and Vatok continues his way to the stairs to do whatever he set out to do.

Kendra watches Vatok's back as he slowly disappears out of our sight. "More police in the house."

"Yeah, becoming traffic police has always been his thing since he was young. Maybe have to do with how we, the kids, always fight each other."

"How many brothers do you have?"

"Including me, there are six kids in the house."

She stares at me with wide eyes.

I shrug. "Surprised? Kot'olls always have big families."

"It does surprise me. Imagine all the fights at the table."

"I'm not sure whether everyone will be at the table together this evening. Sometimes, we have different schedules."

"It must be hard. But imagine when you were all kids and running around. Guess you really needed a traffic police."

I wrap my arms around her and hold her to my chest. "Maybe we'll have a lot of kids in the future."

She laughs and hugs me back. "Then you'll be staying home to take care of all of them. Imagine all the hands that will be grabbing things."

"They will be beautiful like you."

She takes a breath. "You bet. They will be smart like me."

"Yeah, yeah." I roll my eyes, but the warmth in my stomach grows. "I think they will be better off smart like me, but I guess they can learn stuff after they are born."

She chuckles. She is going to say something when someone clears his throat behind me. I turn around to find Father watching us with two arms folded and two resting on his waist.

I squeeze a smile. "Father, this is Kendra."

"Yet another human. Come on... Can't you just find a— Ouch!" He spins around to find Mother there. He rubs his arm, grunting something under his breath.

Mother has a polite smile on her face, but she shoots Father a death glare. "Kendra looks to be great with Grihul. The meat is almost ready, let's prepare it for the table." She takes Father's hand and drags him to the stairs.

Father still seems to be ready to say something more. But he looks between Kendra and Mother, and eventually heads to the stairs himself.

I sigh. "You know what I mean, no?"

"Yeah. Your mother is nice."

"She is. Here, my room is over there."

My room is... nothing special. Just a room with a bed and desk.

She walks around, seemingly finding everything interesting. I fold my arms as she checks out the photos on the wall which have been there for longer than I can remember.

She chuckles as she points at one of the photos. "Is that you? You were so cute."

A surge of heat rushes to my cheeks. I stand between her and the wall. "Stop looking at that. It's not like that."

"You just don't want to be cute, huh?" She squeezes my arms and soon hugs me instead. "Somehow, I just want to hold you."

I wrap my arms around her. "Same. Maybe dinner at home can be skipped."

She chuckles and sends jitters down my arms. I want to do something, but I know better than getting started with my lust. Dinner is going to be ready in no time.

She pats my chest. "We can wait."

"I'll try."

With her, it's always tough.

***

I sit on the spinning chair in my room, letting out a breath. "This is food."

Kendra chuckles and sits on my lap. She has been doing that more and more, which I like. But for now, maybe it's because I'm sitting on the only chair.

I point at my bed. "You can sit there too."

She leans back on me. My stuffed stomach is squashed, and it doesn't feel the best. But her soft body is tempting, like always. "Your family makes great food."

"Did you have enough? I hope we didn't finish everything before you could get a thing."

Father gave her a share like he gave everyone, but I wasn't sure whether she managed to get more. As the best mate ever, I kept an eye on her. She had food on her plate all the time, so I suppose she had enough? I gave her some food until she said she had enough, so she did have enough, right?

She chuckles. "Come on, it's hard to not have enough when everyone wanted to give me more."

"Maybe everyone thought you needed help when all you got are two hands."

She laughs and smacks my chest. "All of us have a fork and spoon, it's not that different. Not to mention, I don't need as much food as you guys."

I lick my lips, still enjoying the food in my memory. "Good, good."

"Your family is fine with you moving to my place. I told you so."

"Yeah... I think you have a point."

"I have a lot more than a single point."

"Yes, my perfect mate."

I adjust how she sits on my lap so I can sniff her hair. She smells like honey, which I love. "You just love to be right."

She chuckles. "I just love to mess with you. Now that you told them, you don't have to keep worrying."

I stroke her thigh and land my hands on her waist. "Yes, that. I think they just want me to visit more."

"You're going to visit them more anyway. With the food, I bet you love home. No wonder you didn't like the food your old job provided."

"The current company doesn't provide me with anything."

"Because you only drive in the city now."

"That's because my mate needs me in the city all the time."

"Ha, keep blaming it on me."

I nibble on her shoulder. She has no idea how much I love her.

It is weird. I never wanted to be with someone before we met, but once we met, I wanted to stay with her. The more time we spend together, the harder it is for me to even leave her for a short while. Maybe we just drive well together.

She gets off my lap and I miss her warmth at once. "Time for bed."

"I've just done eating."

"Oh..."

Now, it feels like she's hiding something from me... Interesting.

***

"Wake up."

I open my eyes to the darkness around me. "Huh?"

Is it morning already? It feels like I've just fallen asleep.

Kendra's face shows up in front of me. I grin as I see her. There's no better thing to do than waking up to her.

I shiver when she runs her hand over my cock. Now that I wake up some more... She straddles me and lies on my body, which is rare for her. "Getting horny?"

I move my hand to hug her, but something cold stings, and my arms are locked behind me. "Huh?" I move again, but something is holding my arms.

Kendra smirks. This must be her prank.

I move my other two arms, but they are also locked up. "What does this mean?"

She runs her finger along my chest. "That you were so fast asleep that you were completely oblivious? For some time, I thought you were just playing along."

"I don't get it."

I gasp when she strokes my cock again. Her soft and tiny hand is a tease. I want her already, but... "Wait... Is this a comeback after I locked your hands last time?"

She fishes for my cock and pulls it out of my pants. "Took you long enough. You bet I'll have something to punish a naughty kot'oll."

My heart races with a heat surging to my stomach. I'm so hard that it hurts. She is here to torture me...

She runs her finger along my cock, going along the band. "You're so hard, so thick." She holds my rod, stroking it. Her small hand can't even hold me completely. But she keeps moving her hand up and down my cock.

I take a breath. My arms move despite knowing I can't free them. I squirm with my cock burning so hot that I need something more than her hand. "Stop being a tease."

She rolls her eyes and tickles my balls. "When you teased me, you had fun."

I did enjoy myself, but... "It's cheating when you use something to hold me down, a chain or something."

She smirks so proudly that I want to grab her and shove my cock into her mouth. I'm dangerous and she should know that.

She chuckles and moves closer, it is by now that I find out she's pantless. "Grihul, you should know better than messing with me, thinking that I'm not going to do something."

I gasp when she rubs her pussy against my cock. She's soaking wet, so hot, and so tempting.

I ask, "Please? It hurts..."

"Is my pussy hurting you? Are you complaining?"

"No." I stare at her. If she dares to pull this to me, I'm not letting it slide just like that. Next time, I'm going to—

She taps my forehead. This may be the only time she gets to do that. She won't even reach me if we're standing. "What are you thinking about? Planning a revenge already? I can keep you cuffed for as long as I want to."

I roll my eyes at that. "We're at my home, come on."

She huffs. "Just play along, big brain."

My cock twitches. Maybe I like this. "Just give me that tight pussy already."

"You are supposed to ask nicely."

"Please? Kendra, my favorite being in the whole universe."

She laughs. "You're at least entertaining."

She aims my cock at her entrance, slowly moving her way. "Hm... This thick thing here..."

"Is too large for you?" I want to hold her and fuck her myself, but with my arms locked, I'm not going to be doing a great job at that. She surely cheated.

"That's what you'd love to think." She takes in my tip. Her tight pussy squeezes against me, sucking my cock so hard that she can make me come in no time. But I'm not letting that happen until I'm done enjoying her.

She gasps as she lowers her juicy ass. I grit my teeth, fighting to resist the urge to ask for more. That is the point of this and I'm not making it easy on her.

She holds my cheek and moves her ass, taking my cock in and out of her pussy. I still don't understand how my cock can fit into that tiny body, but it somehow works. Now that we've been together longer, she seems to get even better at this.

"Mm... Your pussy is perfect, so hot, so wet."

She takes a breath, picking up speed. "Shut up."

"Do I scream your name, regardless?"

She covers my mouth and glances at the door. "Shut up"

I turn my face to the side. "You could have planned for your revenge the other day."

"But I didn't want to."

I huff. "You're always wild."

When she isn't paying attention, I thrust up at her, ramming deep into her. She moans, almost falling off me.

She smacks my chest. "How dare you... Hey!"

I go at her, she grabs onto me barely holding up. "Oh, don't worry. With that tight pussy and how deep I'm inside you, you'll be fine."

She smacks me harder, but I keep moving and she can't even fight back.

"Kendra, you may think you can ride me and make me beg, but I'll remain undefeated."

She gasps even harder. "Just shut up already!"

Her pussy squeezes hard on my cock and her whole body shudders.

"Come harder for me." I chuckle. "So much for riding me and thinking you'll win."

"I fucking hate you!" She rocks her ass, taking me harder. Her pussy makes it hard to hold back. I want to come inside her already and burn her with my cum. She surely loves that.

Another surge of heat grows and wraps around my cock. I adjust my ass and aim even better at her. She came so hard that she can't get off me, and...

I say, "I like this little game, try harder next time."

She shudders again, coming again on my cock. "Fuck..."

"I'm going to fuck you so hard next time. That'll be what you get for doing this to me."

She moans some more when I come inside her, filling that naughty pussy with my cum. "Grihul... Fuck..."

"Can't even come up with words, huh?" I shiver when there's numb pain in my wrist. Maybe I tried a bit too hard too.

She rolls off me, finally getting out of reach for my cock. "I hate you. You really think you're golden with that cock."

"You're the one who have to get better at cock-riding, or say, kot'oll riding."

She snuggles to my chest. I roll around to enjoy her soft body pressed against me even though she doesn't seem to have any intention of uncuffing me.

She purrs at my chest. "Maybe, but you're going to remain my hug pillow for the night." She pulls the blanket, covering both of us. "I still don't know why I want you."

I wink. "You can't have enough of me."

"So do you."

"Maybe you're right."

She leans closer, kissing my lips. I wish I could hug her, but apparently, she needs something to show off how she has control over me. I guess I'm letting her.

For now.