Chapter 16

Iwas so overwhelmed. A Farkhi's senses weren't as strong as a Theran and we had been keeping our distance. We couldn't tell she was experiencing her first Senso until she kissed the Tall Man and then flew off. We were trying to get her alone and then that awful man showed up. I tried to help her, but my father stopped me and wanted me to wait.

I thought the Spirus was a myth and when I found out she wasn't, I was expecting this all powerful being. Sorcha was just a girl my age who was trying to figure her shit out like I was. And she was absolutely stunning. I also wasn't expecting to meet her for the first time going through her Senso with no idea what was happening to her.

In a perfect world, this would have been explained to her and we wouldn't be strangers. I hated the way we did weddings. It was all arranged by what your animal was. A spy couldn't marry a warrior and so forth. Neptis, Oris, and I planned to change that. We were going to let people marry for love when we were king. My dad and Neptis's dad were at least giving us the illusion of choice. Oris's dad had already picked his wife and Oris couldn't stand her.

I was trying to put Sorcha at ease by explaining what was happening and cuddling her. She was adorable. She had all this power and cuddling made her uncomfortable.

"I think you're making fun of me because I don't know what's happening. That doesn't go there."

I ran my thumb over her bottom lip and told her it could go there. I gripped her arse and gave it a squeeze. I told her it could feel good going there, too, if I did it right. I let my hand brush her nipple as I went to stroke her waist. It was killing me being this close to her smelling like that, but I wasn't going to rush this. I wasn't treating her like the Spirus right now. I was treating her like any other girl mating for the first time.

Sorcha moaned when I stroked her waist. She might not have any idea what was happening to her and thought I was fucking with her when I explained, but she did have some instincts. And she was definitely an alpha because she rolled me like I wasn't one, too. I wasn't complaining because she was kissing me and grinding herself on my cock.

She kissed me lower and if she thought my cock shouldn't go inside her the way it was supposed to, I was guessing she had some opinions about it in her mouth. Turns out Sorcha just wanted to lick at my hips.

"I've only ever seen Frog without his shirt on, but I'm fascinated with this dip in your hips and how it disappears into your robes. I've wanted to lick it since I smelled you and I'm still not sure why."

This girl. I knew my father was a little worried the Spirus appeared in the form of a sheltered girl, but something told me she was going to figure things out just fine. I rolled her back and pinned her down. We had a few dominance issues to sort out. I knew she had more magic than me, so her submission would be a gift. I only needed it this time because she didn't know what she was doing.

Her eyes were gorgeous and unusual. She had one violet eye like the Tempris and one green eye like the Theran. Humans had green eyes, but not violet. They were also large and surrounded by thick lashes. The tribes viewed sex differently than humans did. The whole human concept of virginity was completely foreign to us. A woman's body changed because it was ready to. We smelled it or she told us. Putting your cock in her for the first time didn't change a damned thing about her, but human men sure seemed to think their cocks were magic like that.

The tribes didn't have the same hangups about sex that humans did. We did it because it was natural, felt good, and sometimes, our women needed it. Still, most of us were nervous the first time. I was terrified of doing it wrong and I was worried she'd think my cock looked weird.

That could still happen. I knew how to please her but she'd never seen one before. Oris and Neptis would let me know the fucking Spirus thought my cock was ugly until the day I died. Bastards.

"There are things I want to lick on you, too. Your clothes are in the way. Do you trust me?" I said, nibbling on her neck.

"I just met you and if this isn't going to go away on its own, I kind of have to," she moaned.

This one wasn't much for fancy words and platitudes. I thought she liked action and simple explanations the most. So, I slipped the top of her dress down and took her nipple in my mouth. She hissed and arched her back.

"There are two ways to do this, Sorcha. One is where I will enjoy myself and you'll probably be uncomfortable and bored, but this feeling will go away. Or you could submit to me and trust me, and I'll make it feel good."

"It feels good so far. But Belisarus always told me I was really shitty at submitting."

I growled and bit her nipple. Belisarus was beneath her. I knew he knew who she was. He couldn't have even demanded that from me, much less her.

"That's because you weren't meant to submit to anyone unless you chose to. If someone tries to force you, then they don't deserve it. Never lower your eyes to anyone, Sorcha. I'm not demanding it. I know it's a gift if you give it to me. You aren't just an alpha like me. You're much more powerful. I'm asking you to allow me to make this pleasurable."

I could tell when her resolve softened about this, and she decided to trust me. Her dress turned to ash and blew away in the wind. Sorcha even lowered her eyes to me. I didn't want that. I lifted her chin and made her look me in the eye.

"I mean it, Sorcha. Your eyes are fucking gorgeous. Never drop them to anyone. What are you going to wear now that you've burned your dress?"

It was odd. She wasn't the least bit shy about lying there naked underneath me. After the war, the humans on Nestran adopted the tribal bath houses, but unlike the tribes, they kept them separate for men and women except in Guttertown. I knew they didn't have that on Idric Island. People didn't just live there because they didn't like us. They thought the humans were too decadent, too. She wouldn't be used to this, but it didn't seem to bother her at all.

"Show me," she said.

That was all I needed to hear. I intended to make this special for her. It had nothing to do with her being the Spirus. I wasn't an idiot. There were inconsiderate assholes in the tribes, too. They would have mated her for bragging rights without a single care if she enjoyed it or not. She was still a girl who deserved to enjoy her first Senso.

The first thing I wanted to do was taste her. I'd been thinking about that the whole time I was explaining everything to her. It wasn't just the submission. She trusted me with this, and I intended to make it memorable.

Sorcha tensed, but she didn't question me as I kissed my way to what I wanted. Fuck. She tasted divine as I lapped at her clit. And Sorcha was wonderfully responsive. She cried out and ground herself into my tongue. I eased my finger inside her to prepare her for my cock. When she was ready, I added another and curled them to massage that ball of nerves inside her.

Damn. She had a mouth on her. She cursed like Oris if you got a few drinks in him. Oris only cursed because his father hated it. Sorcha was cursing because she felt good. She was pretty creative at it, too.

It got hot, but not unbearable when she shattered on my tongue. We were both sweating from the heat when she collapsed on the grass.

"Fuck. Was that supposed to happen? I think you broke me, you arsehole. That was amazing."

I chuckled.

"That was an orgasm and it should happen every time. If it doesn't, he's an inconsiderate arsehole and shouldn't have gone anywhere near an alpha if he has no skills. You should probably burn all his body hair off. Also, in about ten minutes, that afterglow is going to wear off and your Senso is going to come raging back. I'm going to give you another one when that happens."

"That could kill me, but I'd die happy. Show me."

I rolled on my back and guided her on top of me. She briefly panicked, so I pulled her down for a kiss. I stroked her cheek with my thumb.

"Relax. I don't know what you like because you don't know what you like. I don't want to hurt you either. This time, you get to be in charge. It's mostly instinct. Slide down my cock and do what you want to do to me."

"You'd let me?"

I chuckled. I didn't know how much about tribe dynamics Belisarus had taught her since he didn't bother teaching her anything else. If she hadn't figured out I was a prince yet, she would be able to feel I was also an alpha. She seemed surprised I was letting her ride me, but if she hadn't been the Spirus, she would have been my equal. Even if she wasn't an alpha, I would have done this anyway because I wasn't an idiot.

"This is how you learn, love. Take what you need."

She was beautiful when she bit her lip. She hadn't been hiding her hair and eyes around her group because they already knew and she probably wouldn't see another human this far out. The tribes already knew the Tempris hid that, and I was pretty sure I knew why she was taking this route.

Her red hair was falling around my face like a curtain. I loved it since we hadn't seen it in so long. The humans had been trying to replicate it, but they hadn't gotten it right. It was the color of flames. I ran my fingers through it and it was so soft.

Sorcha pulled herself back and awkwardly gripped my cock as she tried to slide down. I let out a little growl as she worked her way down. She was wet and tight. Maybe I was imagining it, but she was hotter than any other woman I'd been with. I mean, the weather was about to change, so it was getting cooler out, but we were both sweating.

She sighed when I was fully seated inside her. I gripped her hips because of how good she felt.

"I feel like I need to move."

"Do what your instincts tell you."

So, she did. She started out a little awkwardly, but she soon found her rhythm. Sorcha flung her head back and just rode me. She was magnificent. She was never shy with me, but she got over her uncertainty pretty quickly. And fuck! I either had to hold on to her for dear life or sit up and contribute.

I'd been concerned about her enjoying this and wasn't all that sure I was going to have a great time since she didn't know the first thing about mating. I was wrong. She had the passion and instincts of all four elements. Once Sorcha stopped thinking too hard and let her body do what it wanted, I was having trouble controlling myself.

I sat up because I wanted more of me touching her. Sorcha didn't blink. She just adjusted and kept riding my cock. I buried my face in her neck and clamped my teeth on her shoulder. Not enough to break the skin, even though I really wanted to. That would be reserved for my wife, and I wasn't going to take that choice from her. The Tarks and Therans were already going to be mad that I did this, but if I also marked her as my wife, there would be infighting among the tribes, and we needed to be worried about the humans. I just felt like when she married, it should be up to her.

"Am I supposed to bite you?" she cried. "I want to."

Interesting. We bit our partners to show we were married, but there was never this primal urge to do it like I was feeling and I was pretty sure she was, too. There were a lot of stories about how things used to be before the humans came and we fought a long war, but that was a really long time ago.

No one knew what was true and what wasn't. Oris managed to find something in the Theran library that a long time ago, there was someone out there we were meant to be with. He brought it to his dad. We all brought it to our dads. They said it was a myth and even if it wasn't, we had to do what was best for the tribes for when the humans came for us again.

"I want to bite you, too, but we can't. It'll mean we're practically married. The other tribes will be furious because they don't know about you yet."

I don't think she heard any of that except that we couldn't bite each other. Especially since shortly after I said it, she scratched my back as she fluttered around my cock as she came. She came hard, too. I was finally able to let go and follow her.

I held her for a minute, but the Tall Man was right, and she'd already made her desires known. She didn't want a child, and she probably wasn't ready for one. I shifted her and grabbed the root I needed.

"Chew on this. I've been told it taste like fennel, but it'll keep you from getting pregnant."

"Thanks," she said, nuzzling my neck. "You still smell good, but that feeling has gone away, and I didn't know I could feel like that. When I get back to Idric, I'll always remember this. Can we sit like this for a while?"

I held her and let her have this. She couldn't go back to Idric. Our parents would never let her, and I didn't think Esylle would either. I didn't know what the whole biting thing meant, but I didn't want her to leave. Even if she wasn't so important, she couldn't go back. She would have her Senso once a year now. She'd go feral if she didn't mate.

But I didn't say anything and let her have this. When my dad told the rest of the tribes about her, everyone would be telling her what to do.

I wasn't going to do that to her.