Chapter 4
KARM
When I returned to the cavern, there weren’t many Montikaans lingering in the entryway, just a few males who were coming back from patrolling the borders of our lands.
They aimed curious glances in my direction before they headed to the large common area, likely to inform our people that there might be a celebration tonight.
If Brenna turned on all fours and offered me the use of her mating hole, I would roar loud enough to shake the cavern walls when I mounted her for the first time.
The mating call was always cause for celebration among my people, and my heart resounded with joy as I tightened my hold on the sleeping human female.
I carried Brenna into my private alcove, pushing aside the woven, grass curtain as I entered.
She stirred in my arms and blinked up at me.
My heart constricted in my chest. Mine. My female.
She had agreed to belong to me. Agreed to become my lifemate.
I vowed to cherish her until the end of my days.
“I must’ve fallen asleep,” she said, glancing around my abode. “Have we reached your people’s cavern?”
“Yes.” I placed her on a chair I’d recently swiped from an abandoned human cabin, then set her backpack on the floor.
I knelt before her and tugged on her boots.
“We are in my private alcove, though I will show you around the larger cavern tomorrow morning. Let me help you get undressed. You will soon overheat if you stay in these clothes much longer.” As I removed her boots, her socks came off with them, and I was stunned by the smallness of her feet.
Her toes were so delicate and tiny, I couldn’t help but stroke them.
She giggled and jerked her feet away from my touch.
“That tickles,” she said, and I noticed the color of her face was darkening, a pink hue clinging to her cheeks.
Beautiful. I could scarcely fathom the level of her beauty.
My shaft thickened as I beheld her loveliness and delved a hand into her blonde locks.
The glowing sun-moss that covered the cavern walls bathed her in radiant hues of gold, illuminating her splendor.
After setting her boots aside, I reached for the fastening of her snowsuit, pulling it open with a sharp snapping sound.
Her breath caught in her throat, and the scent of her feminine need soon reached my nose.
Aroused. My sweet Brenna was becoming aroused, and I hadn’t even finished undressing her yet.
Hope echoed through me as I realized she wanted me as much as I wanted her.
“So,” she said, her blush deepening, “how exactly do we go about this?”
Confusion rippled through me. “Go about this? I am not certain I understand your meaning.”
A smile tugged at her lips. “Um, I mean how do we… mate? Is there anything I should know ahead of time? Any specific rituals, or maybe vows we need to recite to one another beforehand?”
I gestured at the bed. “Once you are ready to accept me, sweet Brenna, all you must do is turn on all fours and offer me the use of your mating hole. I will claim you from behind, and when I first mount you, I will release the mating call. It’s a signal to my people that we are joining as lifemates.
To hear a mating call in my tribe is a cause for great merriment, and you will hear the sounds of celebration echoing in the cavern long into the night as my people rejoice in our union. ”
Her only response to this information was a slight widening of her eyes and a softly murmured, “Oh my.”
I stroked her hair for a while, then pushed the snowsuit off her shoulders. She was wearing a thick sweater, and probably another layer under that as well.
I wanted to rip her clothing off quickly so I could glimpse her nudity, but I didn’t wish to frighten her or ruin her clothing, so I took a deep, calming breath and endeavored to take my time.
“You’re right,” she said. “It is warm in here.” She reached out to hover a hand over the sun-moss covered wall. “Wow, is this where the warmth is coming from?”
“Yes, the sun-moss keeps our cavern warm. You can sometimes find it growing inside fallen tree trunks on the mountain too. You can often find pokklam berries growing in the light of sun-moss, and we grow and harvest large quantities of the delicious golden berries here in our cavern.” Thinking she might be hungry after her long journey, I hurried to the other side of my alcove and retrieved a basket of pokklam berries.
I knelt in front of her and offered her the food.
She peered at the berries with curiosity but finally picked one up and popped it into her mouth. Her eyes went wide with pleasure as she chewed. “Wow, these are really good. Thank you, Karm.”
“Eat as many as you like. Are you very hungry? I also have nuts and I would be happy to cook you a fish.”
“I’m just a little hungry,” she said with a smile. “A few more berries ought to satisfy me. I don’t want to eat a large meal before…” Her voice trailed off, but I caught her meaning. She didn’t want to eat a large meal before we mated.
We shared the berries for a while longer, a comfortable silence falling between us.
Once we’d eaten our fill, I set the basket aside and resumed undressing her.
She assisted me in removing her snowsuit, as well as the pants and sweater she was wearing underneath.
At last, she rose to her feet, standing before me in a thin, tightly fitted shirt and pants that I suspected were more like human undergarments.
I also saw the outline of even more garments under this layer, smaller coverings that seemed to shield her breasts and nether region.
I settled on the floor near the bed and pulled her closer, guiding her to sit on my lap. Circling my arms around her, I pressed my lips to hers and savored the taste of her. Mine. My sweet Brenna. My female for all time.