Chapter 21
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Gemma
Isaunter into the engine room clad in my lacy black babydoll nightdress that just covers my ass, leaving my luscious thighs on display.
The bustier also very provocatively lifts and displays my cleavage in a manner that has Luna staring at my breasts, her tentacles making not so subtle grabby motions the moment I enter the room.
Score one for me.
This is my first time in Luna’s special domain.
I’ve only walked by this place a few times, so stepping inside feels like I’m entering a private enclave.
The first thing that hits me is the steady hum of the engine itself, and the air carries a faint industrial scent I’d associate with machinery yet is different from what I’m used to on Earth.
The temperature is warm and cozy, courtesy of the massive floor-to-ceiling cylindrical engine that looks like something out of a sci-fi nerd’s fantasies.
The space itself veers more toward being utilitarian, but I can see signs of Luna everywhere.
It’s clean and tidy, and all of her tools and gadgets are neatly organized in a clear, multi-tiered, heavy-duty storage case at the far end of the room.
On the wall opposite the engine, there’s a Christmas-themed countdown calendar and a few digital picture frames that display rotating slide shows of what appear to be some of her intergalactic adventures since joining her friends on the Sleigh Belle.
I close and lock the door behind me, then stroll toward a still staring Luna with plenty of sway to my hips.
She licks her lips and can’t tear her gaze off me.
I’m pleased to see that I’m not the only one dressed to seduce for our little rendezvous.
She followed my instructions and put on those sexy black canvas overalls, but she opted to go completely topless underneath them—and fuck if that isn’t even sexier than what I had imagined.
Her tentacles start gesticulating wildly as she looks me up and down, her eyes gleaming with appreciation.
“How come I haven’t seen this little number until now?”
I bat my eyelashes. “I was saving it for a special occasion.”
She snaps out of her momentary stupor—understandable since I am fine as fuck—and one of her tentacles reaches out to land on my lower back and pull me toward her.
They’re super-talented appendages, I must say.
“I know I kind of dragged you here, so I want to make sure I’m not getting ahead of myself. Do you want this as much as I do?” I ask in all seriousness.
My hormones did get the better of me so I’m not one hundred percent sure if Luna’s as revved up as I am. After all, she had a pretty draining but positive reunion with her parents.
“If you don’t, that’s totally okay,” I hasten to add. “I won’t be offended. Lust momentarily superseded logic in my brain.”
She pulls me closer until our bodies are pressed against each other.
“Hell yeah, I want this. Today was amazing for so many reasons, but the meetup with my parents went even better than I could have imagined, and I’m feeling good about rebuilding our relationship going forward.
It’s like a weight’s been lifted, you know?
Also, the fact that they approved of you too made me happy beyond words and willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
” She narrows her eyes. “In fact, if they hadn’t approved of you, that would have been the end of things with them for good. ”
My heart skips a nervous beat, and I heave a mental sigh of relief. Thank Thekmis her parents actually used their heads and hearts.
“I don’t want to come between you and them,” I say gently.
She wraps both of her arms around my neck while a tentacle circles around my waist, giving me what is now my favorite form of hugging.
“I hear what you’re saying, babe, but like you told them when we video-conferenced—we’re a package deal now, they can’t accept one and not the other. Not gonna happen. You’re it for me, Gemma Taylor, and nothing and no one will tear us down or tear us apart,” Luna declares.
Well, damn.
I swallow thickly. “Somehow, you always know what to say even before I realize what I need to hear. You’re fucking awesome.”
She waggles her green eyebrows and winks. “It’s a gift.”
I throw my head back and laugh. “I love you so damn hard.” I dive in for a passionate kiss, only stopping when Luna’s dazed and breathing hard. “I also want to make love with you right here and right now. What do you say?”
Luna’s eyes flare with desire. “I’m all in, babe. Tell me what you want.”
“I thought you’d never ask.” I trace a playful finger along her collarbone.
“Hmmm. Let me think. Ah, I know—I want you to use a few of your tentacles to hold me up against the wall so you can tentacle-fuck me with another one and use your hand to massage my clit. In other words, I want you to make me come so hard I can’t walk afterward. ”
I swear I see sparks coming from Luna’s eyes at that.
“You know how I love a competitive challenge! You’re on.”
An instant later, two of her tentacles lift me off the ground and press my back against an empty segment of the wall, leaving me breathless.
“That was fast,” I gasp, unable to hide how much I liked that little maneuver.
Luna gives me a smug grin. “I see no point in waiting. I’m all about getting down to business.”
The two tentacles hold me aloft, while two more snake out to pin my thighs wide open against the wall. My pussy throbs with need and I already can’t wait to feel her tentacle inside me and her fingers working my clit at the same time.
Picking up the pace, I use one of my hands to untie the few clasps holding this outfit together and it falls open, bearing my naked body to Luna’s hungry gaze.
“Fuck me,” she breathes. “Warn a girl, would you?”
It’s my turn to say, “I didn’t see any point in waiting. I’m all about getting down to business, darling.”
“So. Damn. Sassy,” she whispers in an admiring tone.
Splayed open and vulnerable to her, I gasp when she lifts me high enough up the wall that her face is in direct alignment with my already quivering-with-excitement pussy. With Luna, I won’t hold anything back. I don’t want to. It’s a liberating feeling.
“You’re so beautiful,” she purrs.
My inner channel clenches in anticipation. Much to my pleasure, Luna wastes no time and plunges in like a starving woman, her mouth tasting and exploring every square inch of me.
“Yes!” I cry as she licks me into a frenzy.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I’m already gushing with desire. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m dripping onto the floor with it.
No one, and I mean no one, has ever been able to get me this hot and bothered in my entire life.
In the blink of an eye, I’m shaking all over and so near to coming that I can almost taste it. So, of course, that’s when Luna tears her talented mouth away from my pulsing core and lowers me down the wall until we’re at eye level again.
Evil temptress, thy name is Luna!
“Noooo,” I whine pitifully. “I was so fucking close.”
She licks her lips and leers at me. “Don’t worry, sweetheart. That was but an appetizer, if you will. The main course is gonna be even better, I promise.”
I have no time to issue an appropriate comeback because her mouth swoops in and sucks on my left breast while her right hand goes to work massaging the sensitive tissue around my clit. That’s a surefire way to get my engine running.
You know it’s true love when you’re already making nerdy engine jokes inspired by your mechanical engineer girlfriend.
Round and around she goes, rubbing in all the places my nerve endings are begging for and then following that up with a teasing, gentle swipe of a fingertip over the very sensitive head of my clit.
In a few short days, she’s become a virtuoso who’s mastered how to pleasure my body better than any other lover has.
Okay, Thekmis, I’m seriously starting to think you’re real. And also, maybe a lesbian. Praise be!
I’m tingling all over when the slick tip of one of her free tentacles begins stroking around my entrance the way I like it.
The slowly increasing pressure and friction has me trying to buck my hips forward, wanting more, but the tentacles restraining me against the wall leave me unable to move them.
It’s super fucking hot, but also a bit frustrating.
Just when I’m about to bitch at her to get the fuck on with it, her lubricated appendage stops teasing and enters me in a smooth glide.
“Ahhh!”
“That’s right, gorgeous. I’ve got you,” Luna croons.
Another one of her amazing appendages—holy fuck, having eight is really damn convenient—gets in on the action and circles around my right breast, squeezing in time with the tentacle moving inside me.
“Ohmyfuckinggod.”
“You like that?” Luna asks, then swirls her tongue around my areola, making the nipple harden, and sucks on it with gusto.
“Sweet motherfucking hell, I do!”