Chapter 13

Chapter

Thirteen

LYRA

" W here are we going?" I laughed, gripping Droxan's hand tight as he led me down a winding stone staircase. "And why did you want me to wear this again?"

"You said humans swim in it," he told me, eyeing my red bikini as he looked at me over his shoulder.

"So we are going swimming?" I guessed. My face hurt from grinning so much. "You also said Luxirians swim naked."

" Tev ," he purred. "They do."

"So why do I have a feeling I'll also end up naked?" I teased.

"Because you will," he answered, his tone matter-of-fact.

Another laugh.

The stone staircase was slick and narrow, so Droxan was leading. He kicked off any branch or twig or leaf that littered the path, as if he needed to make sure it was entirely clear for me to step on it.

When we reached a tree that had fallen over in the storm, he swept me up in his arms and I squealed as he vaulted us over it, the muscles in his abdomen tensing, his arms tightening. Then he kept me in his arms, his skin warm against my side as he carried me bridal-style down the stairs.

"How are you feeling?" he asked me for the millionth time that day. I'd woken up in The Pleasure Pit, half-delirious from the plethora of orgasms the night before. My pussy was still tingling, even now, and sensitive. Though I still craved him. A lot . It was the most maddening thing and I'd never experienced anything quite like it.

"Very good," I told him, stroking a line down the middle of his bare chest. "But could do with another little pit stop."

He groaned. We'd already had one, not a few steps down the staircase, which led to the jungle ravine from his terrace. He'd pushed me back against a tree, dropped to his knees, tugged aside my bikini bottoms, and licked me to another knee-trembling orgasm right there and then.

It was freeing to realize no one around could hear us. I could be as loud as I wanted, screaming my pleasure out into Ullima, whereas back at my apartment on Wero, I'd had to muffle even my softer moans whenever I touched myself. Unless I wanted the neighbors to know what I was doing.

"We are almost there," he informed me.

I'd been thinking about last night all morning. A constant replay in my mind. And I knew what I wanted that day. I just wondered if Droxan would want the same thing.

"And where is there ?"

He waited to tell me though, his feet finally landing on the bottom step and I heard something through the thick canopy of blue and green trees. A rush. Like wind.

A gentle mist of water floated out from a clearing and when Droxan rounded a massive boulder that shielded our destination from view, I literally gasped.

"A waterfall!"

" Tev ," he murmured, letting me slide from his arms down his body as I laughed in delight. "You said you'd never seen one before. Not in person."

He was so incredibly thoughtful. I whirled in his arms, pressing a kiss to his lips.

"Thank you," I breathed. "This is wonderful!"

I flipped back around, walking towards the waterfall, craning my head back to look up at it in its entirety. The mist felt cool against my skin. The waterfall was so high and large that soon, my hair was entirely wet and my bikini was sticking to me.

But I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. The waterfall roared down into a massive lagoon with crystal clear water. I could see every last stone that littered the base of it, even as the waterfall rippled the water, making it lap like an ocean.

"We get to swim here?" I asked, excited.

Droxan came up next to me, his hands already going to the waistband of his pants. " Tev ."

He was naked in the next moment, his skin slick from the water, his dark hair going even inkier as he smoothed it back from his face, curling it around his horns.

"Do you like it?" he asked me.

"Love it," I corrected, eyeing him, grinning. His cock pulsed, the tip already wet with his pre-come, and I nearly dropped to my knees, like I was trained. "You want the bikini on or off?"

" On ," he rasped, running a hand over his horn when he got an eyeful of my tight, hardened nipples through the material. "For now."

Oh .

Droxan took my hand, tugging me inside the lagoon. The water was surprisingly warm and felt lovely. Blinking the mist from my eyes, I wrapped my arms around Droxan's shoulders, pressing my front into his as he waded us deeper.

When we were at the base of the waterfall, I cried out in delight when he dipped us in, as a constant stream of it fell over us.

He was grinning, wiping his hand over his eyes when we came out, and I wrapped my legs around his waist, trusting him to keep us from sinking.

Biting my lip, I felt his hard cock press against my pussy and watched the smile slowly die from his face, only to be replaced by desire and need. I recognized that look. I was certain it matched my own.

"Lyra," he murmured and I only tightened my legs around him. Leaning forward, I kissed him, hearing his roughened groan when I immediately sought his tongue.

"I love kissing you," I breathed to him, before sucking on the tip briefly. "I wish I could do it forever."

He purred.

Realizing that we were the only two beings on this entire planet wasn't the only freeing thing about this place. Droxan felt freeing too. I felt like I could be myself. I felt like I could be honest with him about what I wanted, my crazy desire for him, my need .

Well, not honest about everything , came the stray thought.

That thought had me pulling back, sighing.

"What is it?" he asked, confused why I'd stopped, his voice going deep and husky after our kiss. The mist from the waterfall continued to float all around us. I felt like we were in our own little world. In a way, we were. Shielded. Safe.

"I want to have sex with you," I told him.

Droxan stiffened. His cock gave a bob of agreement. " Tev ?"

Not once had he pushed it, giving me time to make that decision, which I appreciated.

"But…" I trailed off. "There's something you should know first."

His brow furrowed. Immediate concern crossed his features, which only made my lips quirk up.

"It's nothing bad," I assured him…though truthfully, I didn't quite know how he would feel about it. "It's just that…well, you know how I told you that I took the Starlight United cruise because I wanted one last vacation before everything would change?"

" Tev ," he said slowly, his arms tightening around me. "I remember."

"It's because I've been getting fertility treatments on a colony near Wero," I told him, getting the words out in a rush.

His brow lowered even more, the confusion still evident on his face.

"In preparation for a child," I finished. "A baby."

His pupils went black. Every muscle in his body seemed to tense but I had the impression that it was in anticipation . Which was…interesting.

" Tev ?" he rumbled.

"The appointment I had later this week? It was going to be the insemination stage of the process," I said.

His nostrils flared. Then he went still for a very different reason. "The insemination stage?"

I nodded, hesitantly. "From a donor."

"A donor," he repeated.

"Yes."

His breath whistled through him.

Hurriedly, I said, "I've been getting pre-treatment injections to make me, uh, more fertile. All in anticipation for the sperm donor. But now, that appointment is obviously not happening since I, um, crashed here. But I just thought that you should know. That if we have sex, we will need to be careful and use protection, since I'm…"

" Fertile ," he rasped.

My face heated. "Yes."

I couldn't get a read on him. He'd gone strangely still, his eyes flickering back and forth between mine.

"I've just always wanted a child," I found myself telling him. "I've dreamed of a child for so long. I thought that I'd get lucky, maybe meet someone compatible, a life partner who wanted the same things that I did. But it never happened. Having a child after a certain age can be risky for humans and so I started saving. I've saved up for years for the treatments, just in case. Then suddenly, I had enough credits even though I still hadn't found someone I wanted to start a family with. So I decided to book the treatments. To choose a donor. To get pregnant and raise a child on my own. I didn't want to wait for someone that might not come along."

The story spilled from me the longer he was staring. He still had an unreadable look on his face. A part of me couldn't tell if I'd just ruined everything between us.

Well, no shit, I couldn't help but think. You just told the guy that you're super primed to have a baby and you just met him .

Only…I felt safe telling him this. Droxan was different. He was unlike any male I'd ever met before.

"It doesn't have to change anything," I told him quietly, squeezing the tight ball of his shoulder, wiping the water that dripped into my eyes with my other hand. "I just thought you should know so that we can be careful. But I really want to have sex with you. If you want that too."

A gruff sound wound up his throat.

"Unless you don't?" I asked, disappointment and embarrassment threading through my belly. "Because I'll understand if you?—"

I felt a tug underneath me and I watched him toss away the bottoms of my bikini with wide eyes. Floating away towards the bank, pushed by the waterfall waves.

He'd ripped them from me .

Then a startled moan rang out across the lagoon because suddenly his fingers were between my legs and he was rolling and pressing the pad of his wide thumb against my sensitive clit.

" Droxan ."

"You think I haven't vraxing ached to get inside you?" he growled. "To get inside this slick, hot cunt and feel you come around my cock?"

" Oh ," I breathed, feeling him slide a thick finger all the way inside me, right up to his knuckle. I clenched around the digit, beginning to rock against him. Relieved that he wasn't afraid about the treatments. "More," I pleaded.

My hands were already reaching between us, desperate to grip that thick cock. I knew every inch of it now, knew where his ridges were, where he was most sensitive, how sucking on the spot below the head made his eyes roll back.

"We need to talk though, luxiva ," he groaned, his voice guttural, "because I don't have protection here. I haven't needed any for three vraxing years. You think I expected a beautiful female to fall out of the sky, one who makes me this crazed ?"

He…he hadn't had sex for three years?

My stomach sank with realization.

No, no, no .

"Pull out then," I pleaded. "Please, Droxan. Just pull out. I trust you."

He groaned again but my words sparked heat . He wanted that. He wanted to fuck me bare.

"Not to be dramatic or anything," I started, digging my fingers into his shoulders when I rocked my hips, the hot length of his cock sliding against my naked pussy, "but if we don't have sex today, I might not survive it."

He didn't laugh.

"You'll cancel the vraxing appointment," he told me, his voice oddly still . " Tev ? I'll patch you through the coms myself. Whatever it takes."

"What?" I whispered, my eyes wide.

He reached between us, taking his cock in hand, and my head lolled around my shoulders when he pressed the tip of it to my entrance.

" Yes ," I moaned, wiggling. " Please ."

"No donor will ever get close to this cunt, tev ? It's mine," he growled. "You'll cancel the appointment. No other male will touch you."

Oh .

Gods.

Was he jealous ?

And why did that thought spark such a thrill down my spine?

"That's…that's not how it was going to work. I don't have sex with the donor," I told him regardless, nearly crying out in frustration when he took his cock away. "It's done in a lab! I just have to choose the donor. They have…they have pictures. Descriptions . Gods, Droxan, will you just fuck me already ?"

His nostrils had flared as I explained.

" No. Vraxing. Donors ," he said again, the words clipped. " Tev ?"

"Yes," I finally hissed. "It doesn't matter anyways, I'm here . I'm going to miss the appointment."

"And thank the Fates for that," he growled, pressing that cock into me again.

"More," I whispered, my eyes going half-lidded at the heat of him. "I like that you're a little jealous. Does that make me a bad person?"

He let out another curse. He began to walk towards the edge of the lagoon and every step made the tip of his cock press into me more. " More than a little jealous," he amended.

His expression wasn't quite a glare. It was more like relief mingled with desperation. Jealousy. It was an addicting feeling. I'd never expected him to be so possessive but I liked it.

I moaned. Then his cock left me as he dragged us from the lagoon and threw me back onto the flat bank, littered with wet leaves, as mist floated down on us.

"No other male but me," he snarled, crawling over my body. "You're vraxing mine, Lyra. Do you understand that?"

My pussy clenched at the demand I heard in his voice. In response, I tugged up my bikini top, tossing it away so that I was lying naked back on the bank.

"Say it," he ordered.

"Yours," I cried out when he kneeled between my thighs, wrapping my legs around his waist. "I'm yours, Droxan."

The words only stoked the embers. It was foreplay almost as intense as the act itself. It lit us both on fire.

" Tev , you are," he agreed with a dark, deep voice and then he was slamming into me.

My eyes closed, my back arched, as the stretching fill of him nearly made me orgasm immediately.

Big, big, big , I thought wildly. Too big and so right !

"More!" I cried out.

"Fates," he groaned, dragging out the word, as he buried himself deep into my pussy, as far as he could possibly go. I spasmed around him, clenching, pulling.

" Gods ," I breathed. Droxan lowered himself over me before taking my lips in a wild kiss. He poured his frustration, his need, his jealousy into that kiss. His awe. I felt how much he desired me, craved me in that single moment, feeling him so deep inside that he became a part of me.

And I kissed him back with the same fervor.

Between my thighs, I felt his hips tilt back. His cock dragged against my walls, the delicious slide of his retreat, making my eyes roll back in my head and my scalp tingle.

And when he pushed back into me? With a teeth-clattering thrust that had me seeing stars?

I screamed in pleasure, feeling the prick of my orgasm come on fast and hard.