Chapter 31

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

KHORAHN

The scent of Vya's arousal was a problem for all of us. S'doifu couldn't keep up with the amount of secretion coming from Mtinash's ambal. Mtinash's shaft was starting to swell with the need for another breeding. And I was struggling not to lay Vya back on the cushion and lick her breeding slit until she begged me for the penetration I desperately wanted to provide.

When S'doifu reached down to stroke himself, Vya's arousal increased.

"I'll take Vya to the comms room and wait for you there," I said, standing.

Mtinash growled. "Selfish tuber."

I laughed and strode away. Vya looped her arms around my neck and rested her head against my chest.

"Is that normal?" she asked softly as we walked the path. "Public sex?"

"There are too few females for public breedings to be common. However, it is not unusual for a male to please his female in front of others if she requests it."

"Ah."

I could feel her concern, though.

"If you do not wish to be bred in front of others, you only need to speak your preference. Any male will honor it," I said, trying to reassure her.

"It's not that. Well, maybe it is a little. It's just so different from what I'm used to. Back home, sex is very private. Here, it seems a little more like an orgy. And it's a little scary because…well, I think because of where you found me. I don't want to be used like that again."

I held her closer. "Never," I vowed. "I will never allow another male to use you."

She kissed my neck, and I almost tripped.

"Are you okay?" she asked, looking up at me.

"After watching Mtinash breed, my own need is distracting. As is your mouth."

She smiled at me. "We'll take care of that when we get back to the ship."

Hope ignited inside of me, and my cock twitched in its demand to be set free. Luckily, I was familiar with Mtinash's floating paradise and found the comms center with very little thought.

He and S'doifu arrived a few prexels after us. S'doifu's pink eyes hungrily swept the space and locked on one of the males in the comms room. As Mtinash closed the distance between us, S'doifu walked over and spoke softly to the male.

"Would you like another scent-marking before attempting the communication with the Oebri?" Mtinash asked.

Vya frowned a little. "Can you explain the purpose of a scent-marking? Because either I'm not understanding it, or you think I'm some fragile flower that needs to be calmed down every five seconds." Her frown deepened, but her scent didn't change. "Actually, I don't think I want any more scent-markings. I think that's why I can't feel the way I should."

"Explain," Mtinash said. His tone and proximity drove Vya deeper into my arms. Her hands played with the material covering my back.

"Well, S'doifu's over there giving some guy a blow job, and I don't feel shocked. I'm thinking it, but not feeling it."

I glanced at S'doifu. He wasn't blowing on the male but suckling his breeding shaft greedily.

"I had the same non-reaction when watching you and Oaiu have sex. In my head, I was shocked, but I couldn't feel it. I couldn't feel the fear when Khorahn jumped from the ship either."

Mtinash glanced at me. "Jumped."

"Please refrain from saying more about that experience, my beautiful Vya. I consider Mtinash a friend and know he wouldn't betray me, but some details are secret."

"Okay, that's a perfect example. I should be worried. Suspicious even. But I don't feel any of that. All I feel is horny. All the time. That's it."

"Horny?" I echoed.

"Aroused."

I began to feel the concern she said she could not.

"Ah," Mtinash said with a growing smile. "If you seek pleasure, that is something I can provide. Oaiu would be happy to attest to that."

"No, I don't wish for pleasure. I wish for an answer. Why do you think I need another scent-marking before contacting the Oebri when I'm not feeling anything?"

"As you've discovered, the scent-marking helps keep a female calm. It's meant to help make the time spent while knotted with one of my kind less stressful. We learned generations ago that it can also serve as protection against the Oebri influence."

"Influence?" Vya asked.

"Yes. Their ability to control a female's mind," I said.

"If you do not wish to be a sex slave, I suggest you stay away from the Oebri unless you are bonded or well scent-marked by one of our kind," Mtinash added.

Her scent changed subtly. Under the mouthwatering arousal, I smelled fear.

Vya looked up at me, and I could see she was considering our words seriously.

"It's just a video call, right? Can they really influence me like that?"

"A comm is much safer than in person," I said.

"Okay. Then, I think I'm fine for now as far as scent-markings go and would like to try calling them."

Mtinash went over to the console and started typing.

"Can you stand in the lit circle, my beauty?" he asked, glancing back at Vya.

She went to the circle that appeared on the floor and waited.

"Are you ready?" Mtinash asked.

"I am."

The image of an Oebri male appeared before Vya, and she stumbled back a step in surprise. I caught her arm and hurried to steady her as the male's expression shifted from surprise to desire.

"Treasured female, how can I assist you?" he asked.

Vya stared at him as her hand gripped mine and held tight. I could scent a hint of distress under her growing desire.

"My name is Vya Chu. I was taken from Earth and made to bathe—" She glanced at me. "What are they called again?"

"Wsoau," I said.

She looked back at the male.

"I was taken and forced to bathe Wsoau. If I didn't, they shocked me."

"Who is with you, precious female?" the Oebri asked.

"The man who saved me from them. I was blind and couldn't see when he found me. I'd been shocked too many times. The other women with me were already dead."

The rage I'd felt when I'd found Vya resurfaced.

"I want to go home. My real home. On my planet. If I return, will I be able to live there again?" Vya asked directly, giving him no chance to lie through evasion.

The Oebri glanced down, likely searching for her information.

"Vya Chu. I see that your parents reported your disappearance. They are waiting for news of your return." When he looked up, his gaze was filled with hunger. "Tell me where you are, and I will retrieve you."

"I did not ask for you to come get me. I asked if I'll be allowed to live on Earth again if I return."

"That is not something I can answer. However, I can escort you to the Senwar station, and we can discuss it with those on the station who can answer it."

"No, thank you," she said. "I will find my own way home."

"Beauty, I can provide you with seven systems dresses more intricate than the one you now wear. You will never want for anything. I will worship you in ways you've never?—"

The Oebri disappeared.

Vya turned and wrapped her arms around me.

"You were right," she said softly. "I could feel him. The desire and the need."

She shook her head, rubbing her face against my covering. Behind her, the male withdrew from S'doifu's mouth and turned the pleasure male around.

I picked Vya up, and she surprised me by wrapping her legs around my waist. My hand immediately went to support her rounded flank. I felt her breath catch and inhaled the heavy scent of her arousal.

The male eased his shaft into S'doifu's backside. The pleasure male groaned and arched.

"Would you care to return to my gardens to calm her?" Mtinash asked, understanding in his gaze as he stared at my hand.

"I believe Vya would feel more comfortable if we returned to our ship."

Mtinash smiled, but there was no warmth in it. "Do you believe she belongs to you?"

"In return for your help obtaining the translator, I will share the location of the void station where I saw another human female," I said. "She wore a systems' dress and was protected by a group of station males. I don't believe she is there by choice, which is why I reported her presence to the nearest Helix station. However, we both know they're unlikely to send their own to a void station. She was likely taken by whoever they sent. I will send the void station's coordinates from my ship."

Mtinash stared at me for several prexels then nodded once.

"How much chit do you want for the translator?" I asked.

He sighed heavily and waved away the offer. "It is my pleasure to provide for a female. I only hope she remembers me in the future."

Vya lifted her head and glanced back at Mtinash. She squeaked when she saw S'doifu being pleasure-mated and quickly hid her face against my neck again.

Mtinash glanced at S'doifu, and his friend then motioned us to the exit. It seemed that public breeding truly did shock Vya.

With Mtinash's escort, we made our way to the ship while I caressed Vya's flank and listened to her breathing grow more erratic.

"If you wish to breed before you leave, I can show you to?—"

"No," Vya said quickly.

Mtinash's hungry gaze slid over her side.

"You are a light-blessed tuber," he said under his breath to me. "I would give everything I've gained to have a female cling to me the way she clings to you."

I brushed a soothing hand down her back and tried not to feel the way her sheath rubbed my weeping ambal.

"If you're unable to return to your homeworld, Vya, I hope you'll choose to grace my paradise with your presence again," Mtinash said when we stopped in the docking bay.

Vya nodded without looking up. I glanced at the supplies waiting outside the ship and nodded to my friend.

"Thank you, Mtinash, and good hunting."

"And you," he said, "I'll await the coordinates."

I watched him leave.

"Vya, my treasured female. I need to load the supplies. Can you wait inside the ship?"

She unwound herself from my body, and I watched her swaying backside as she walked up the ramp to the bay door I'd opened remotely. Once she was inside, I worked quickly to carry the fuel cells inside.

The halo-flash the bay door closed behind me, I sent the coordinates to Mtinash and sent our next destination.

Vya sat on a cargo crate and watched me secure everything.

When I held out my arms to her, she quickly came to me, and I carried her deeper into the ship as we left the planet's orbit.

"Would you like a steam bath?" I asked.

"Sure."

The moment the door opened, the scent of her arousal spiked again.

"Maybe this wasn't a good idea," she said. "I think we need to talk first."