Chapter 14 Ror’k
I lifted my Dottie’s arms gently, helping her hold them high enough for the cleansing light to pass over her body. Her skin felt chilled from the outside air, and her muscles still trembled from her ordeal.
A sense of relief settled through me now that she was safely on my shuttle. The sight of her facing off against the centicreep with nothing but a red, metal canister had set off something in me I’d never experienced before.
Normally, instincts would demand that I stay and fight the abomination. Xarc’n warriors were created to hunt the scourge. It was the only reason we existed. But the moment I saw Dottie in danger, my priorities changed. Instinct demanded that I bring her to safety above all else.
It also demanded I remove any traces of the scourge and its fungus, along with the lingering scent of strange males from her body. I wanted her to smell like me and no one else. Just me, mingled with her natural sweetness.
The decontaminator beeped, and the cleansing light swept back over our bodies in slow arcs.
“Close your eyes,” I instructed as the scent of ozone filled the stall.
The light wasn’t harmful to Xarc’n warriors’ retinas, but I wanted to be extra careful.
She closed her eyes, and after a few long moments, she began to relax. She was breathing more steadily now, and her body was shaking less furiously.
As the light passed over us yet again, I finally began to notice the way it tingled against my skin.
It was a good feeling, one I associated with the satisfaction of a successful hunt.
It was something I’d experienced thousands of times before.
But this time, it was different. This time, I wasn’t in here alone.
Dottie stood in my arms, her head tilted and lightly leaning against my shoulder.
Awe and awareness struck me as I realized she trusted me implicitly to take care of her.
Her shoulders were relaxed now, despite the scrapes and bruises she’d sustained.
She trusted me to care for her, and I’d never had anyone trust me like this before.
It was worth more than any victory against the scourge.
It wasn’t just her trust and closeness either.
She was naked, and so was I. I’d held her away for the first pass of the light, but she was now pressed up against me, soft and pliant.
The air shifted as the cycle continued, and a warm current joined the tingling lights brushing against our skin.
All it took was for the light to pass over my crotch, and my cock was suddenly as hard as iron.
She gasped at the change, her eyes popping open. I wasn’t the only one who was aware of our nakedness and closeness now.
I froze, waiting for her reaction. Xarc’n warriors were differently shaped from her kind. I worried she’d be disgusted and push me away,
But she didn’t. Instead, the air in the stall filled with the sweet scent of her desire. She closed her eyes again, but moved her hands down my body to my chest, then over my abs, until they brushed the tip of my cock.
Krux!
I bit back a groan as she wrapped a hand around my girth. She opened her eyes again, this time looking down at my length.
“Oh! So it is shaped like that.”
She bit her bottom lip as she touched me, her hands sliding over the hard ridges at the thickest parts of each section before tightening down on the narrower portions.
I groaned at the pleasure of her touch. The tingling down my spine had me holding my breath as I struggled for control. A rough groan tore out of my chest, and I clenched my hands into tight fists at my sides because if I touched her now, we weren’t making it out of the stall.
She had no idea what she did to me, or how close I was to losing it completely.
The decontaminator signaled the end of its cycle, the sharp sound cutting through my haze and giving me temporary respite.
I pushed open the stall and Dottie gasped, falling backward, but I caught her before she could fall too far.
Her body fit against mine so perfectly. All except where my cock strained against her belly.
She wrapped her arms around me and went on her tiptoes. Thinking she wanted me to carry her, I reached down. But the moment I lifted her, she buried her face into my neck, and her legs came to wrap around me. She inhaled deeply, then let out a soft moan.
The rumbling that had filled the stall now turned into deep, rolling thunder.
I hauled Dottie against me, devouring her lips as I carried her out of the stall and toward my sleeping nook.
Every step brought our bodies together, and her short torso meant my cock nudged teasingly at her slit with every step.
I released her onto the soft surface, then crawled onto the bed and over her, caging her tiny body in mine.
She looked up at me, her eyes wide but with none of the hesitation I’d expected.
I tried to cool my need. Touching her made it hard to think. I ached to have her, but before she stole my ability to think again, I had to tell her how I felt. I had to get her to promise never to put herself in danger again. I didn’t think my old heart could take it.
“I could’ve lost you. Never do that again.” I buried my face into her neck, and she automatically turned her head, making room for my horns.
“Do what? Get kidnapped?” She sounded breathy, but amused. “Okay, I’ll just tell them no next time.”
Her hands moved to my horns, stroking them lightly before grabbing them. I felt the touch go straight to my cock. She was trying to distract me. But I could also play this game.
I growled and rolled my hips so that my hardened length rubbed at the junction between her legs, making her inhale sharply. “I mean putting yourself into danger. They saw you run for Alice, getting yourself caught. Never do that again.”
She bristled, and her nails dug into my arm. “I’ll do whatever is right. I’d never leave a friend behind.”
“That’s admirable, my brave female. But you cannot help anyone if you are gone.”
She released my horns and her face crumpled, breaking my damn heart. “I’m sorry you had to come rescue me.” She tried ineffectively to shove me away as the scent of her desire for me soured ever so slightly.
“No! Never say that.” I cupped her face, forcing her to look at me. “I’ll always come for you.”
“You will?” She reached up to remove her glasses from her face, folded them, and tucked them into the corner of my sleeping nook.
“Yes.” My voice was rough with the combination of the fear I’d had for her then, and the need I felt now. “But promise me you’ll try not to make me chase you into danger again.”
“Okay. I promise.”
“Good.” I dragged my thumb along her cheek, unable to stop myself from touching her. “And now that I’ve caught you… again. What is my prize this time?”
Lust blossomed between us, intoxicating and sweet. The twinkle was back in her eyes as she pulled me so close that her breath tickled my ear.
“Anything you want,” she whispered.
Krux!
“What about you?”
“I want you to make me forget the dangers outside.”
My mouth crashed down onto hers, all my control gone. Her lips parted for me, so soft and eager, and a deep growl rumbled out of me as our tongues met. She tasted wild and sweet and completely addictive. She was everything I craved, and she was right here offering herself to me.
Her hands roamed my body, touching, kneading, and squeezing like she couldn’t get enough, like she truly needed me. I wanted to give her everything and anything she wanted.
I slid my hands down her body, enjoying the softness of her flesh.
She may not be as well-muscled as some of the younger females, but she was so soft, and I loved every inch of it, especially the contrast between our bodies.
Her hands were moving too, over the hard planes of my body and down to my cock.
By the time my fingers found the tight bundle of nerves over her sex that was rumored to give human females pleasure, her hands were on my cock again, moving up and down my length and squeezing each section.
I snarled at the intense feeling and clenched my jaw, worried that I wouldn’t last long enough to take her. I rubbed her clit faster, and wetness started to soak my hand. Her juices coated my fingers, and I plunged a thick digit into her. She gasped and bucked her hips, her hand stilling.
Good. I clawed back some of my control, but just barely.
I pulled out and drove two fingers into her depths.
She was so hot and wet and tight, and my cock envied my fingers.
I wanted to fuck her now, fast and hard.
I fucked her with my fingers, so fucking glad that our claws were retractable and our fingers completely smooth when we wanted them to be.
I couldn’t imagine being unable to pleasure her like this because of my claws.
“Fuck. You are so beautiful.”
Dottie was so reactive, her lips open and eyes closed, tossing her head from side to side.
I leaned in and caught the tip of a nipple in my mouth, and she arched her back.
After several long pulls, I kissed my way down her body until my mouth covered her clit.
I lapped at her, over and over, still fucking her with my fingers.
“Ror’k!”
The sound of my name on her lips was the best music I’d ever heard.
Her hands tightened on my horns, and her hips bucked hard. Again and again, she rode my fingers and face like she owned them. Then her thighs were clenching over my horns, and the channel did the same to my fingers.
She was panting as I crawled up to cage her with my body.
“You’re mine, Dottie. All mine.”
She kissed me hard, and I knew she tasted herself on my tongue. Her legs came to wrap around my hips.
Krux! I needed to be inside her. I needed to be inside her now.