Chapter 28
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
It was a good thing I thought to reach between us and wrap a tight fist around the base of Aster’s cock because the minute my words registered, he arched beneath me like he was so turned on by my plan that just my words would get him off.
I gave him a minute to catch his breath, waiting for his permission to continue.
It would do us no good if I started before he was ready.
When he finally nodded in agreement, I started thrusting wildly, chasing my orgasm. It didn’t take much, only a few more rough thrusts and the sound of Aster’s moaning in the background for me to tip over the edge. It slammed into me like a tidal wave, leaving me breathless as I bucked through it.
“O-oh! I feel it! Enzo!” Aster cried, writhing beneath me.
I’d barely stopped twitching before Aster rolled us, putting himself on top of me.
He looked wild, his eyes wide and frantic as he pulled free of my cock and shifted.
I was so far gone, I barely opened my eyes to slits to watch as a tentacle slightly darker than the rest delved between my legs.
My head arched back as he breached me, a groan rattling my chest at the feeling of that tentacle slowly stretching me.
“Enzo, Enzo, you feel so good,” Aster moaned. His other tentacles were slowly wrapping around me, pinning my hips and spreading my legs wider. When Aster’s fingers laced with mine, pinning them to the bed, I actually felt myself start to harden again. Who knew I had a thing for being tied up?
Unlike the first time, Aster was in a hurry this round.
He went only slow enough to not hurt me, pushing that tentacle farther and farther into my body without stopping.
When those suckers started bumping over my rim, I sucked in a breath.
Then it was my turn to wail as they pushed inside me, vibrating my rim and bumping over my prostate.
It’d take more than a few minutes for me to be ready to come again, but that didn't make it any less amazing. If I thought he could hold out, I’d beg him to keep going until I came for a second time.
I didn’t ask, though. Aster was too far gone to stop now.
His babbles picked back up, his eyes clouded with lust and his mouth hanging open.
Seeing him so strung out made me clench around him and that seemed to be his tipping point.
With one last push inside me, he came with a shout, his back arching like he’d been electrocuted.
I hadn’t felt him come inside me the first time, and I definitely would have noticed if he had.
He flooded my insides like a fire hose, until it was dripping out of me before he even had a chance to pull out.
Being so thoroughly claimed by him made me moan, and I didn’t even care that the pillow that had somehow ended up beneath me was now soaked in cum.
Aster collapsed onto my chest, breathing hard.
I wrapped my arms around his shoulders to keep him there, waiting for my own heart rate to settle.
If sex was always that good with these aliens, it wouldn’t take more than a few weeks at most for half the planet to change their minds about not wanting the Krezikians to stay.
Or maybe it was just me. Because the thought of letting Aster go was too hard for me to swallow.
He was perfect for me, sweetly innocent with a hint of mischievousness to keep me on my toes.
He cared about his people and mine, doing everything in his power to make them all comfortable and happy.
And he was willing to rock the boat when he had to in order to get things done, like when he’d sent my little speech to the entire planet.
It’d paved the way for me to speak with the world leaders and changed the outcome of where we’d been headed.
I couldn’t ask for more than the brave and sweet alien wrapped around me.
Two days wasn’t nearly long enough to spend with Aster. I could have spent a month in that bed, just me and him, sharing stories and fucking in every position we could think of, but eventually, I had to get back to work and so did he.
I was making my first trip back to Earth today, and Aster refused to stay behind, no matter how many people suggested it.
Even I tried to convince him to stay behind.
There had been enough turmoil on the surface to make it unsafe for Krezikians to go anywhere without Rilphaer’s people protecting them.
But Aster pointed out he’d have security either way and that I needed a Krezikian with me to answer any questions people might have anyway so it might as well be him.
I considered getting Crow involved, surely he’d stop his younger brother from going somewhere unsafe, but Aster used that pout he’d learned against me, and I relented eventually.
“I will go as well,” Trevuk volunteered.
“No, you won’t,” Aster argued. “You will stay here. You are in charge of ship security, Trevuk. How can you protect the ship if you are on the surface? I will be fine.”
Trevuk growled in disapproval until Rilphaer himself spoke up. “I will be going, as will three of my best men. He will be safe with us.”
While he might have been willing to argue with Aster, Trevuk seemed to trust Rilphaer enough to acquiesce to him.
He nodded once, his expression grim, then stepped away from the transportation ship he’d been blocking us from boarding.
Knightley, who’d come to see us off, clapped him on the shoulder with a smirk, missing the soft look Trevuk shot him when he looked my way instead.
“You’re going to be close to home. Think you’ll pop in to see your family?”
I’d considered it when they told me I’d be headed for New York City, where the United Nations was already gathered and waiting for us. And Aster looked downright eager at the idea. Chuckling, I lifted a shoulder.
“If we’ve got time, sure. My ma has been up my ass about coming to see her a lot longer than all this going on. At least if I swing by, she might let it go for–”
“A week?” Knightley finished with a knowing grin. He’d known me long enough to have experienced my mom’s exuberance when it came to her kids. She even showed up with treats for the whole squadron once when I convinced her to fly out and see the base I was living at.
Rolling my eyes, I flipped him the bird, tugging Aster toward the ship. “For that, I’m not bringing you back any food.”
Knightley’s face fell. “Hey, wait. Don’t go that far. Your mom’s food is the best. You don’t mean that, right? Rossi?”
Chuckling to myself, I ignored him and found a seat inside the transport ship. Aster sat beside me, head cocked as we both buckled in. “Do you truly intend to not bring Travis back any food?”
I snorted and shook my head. “If we do get the chance to see my family, I’ll bring him something. I’m just messing with him.”
“Ah.” Aster nodded sagely. “I know this term. Messing with is joking, correct? You are teasing him.”
Grinning, I leaned close enough to smack a kiss against his lips. “Your translator is working well. Good job.”
He preened at my praise, chattering about how we could make a visit with my family work, despite our busy schedule. I knew it’d be a long shot, but I appreciated how hard he was trying.
Since Aster’s ship was in the atmosphere and not in space, it wasn’t nearly as jarring to get where we were going.
We did travel faster than any human planes could, but it didn’t feel like it.
We made it from LA to NYC in an hour instead of the usual six, which was nice.
With this kind of technology, it would make visiting my family a lot easier.
There was a team of human security waiting for us when we landed just outside the city limits.
We took a van into the city proper, since nothing else would fit Rilphaer and his friends, and arrived right on time for our first meeting.
Aster reassured me that I was only there as a trustworthy face to answer questions and wouldn’t be required to make any important decisions, but that didn’t make it any less nerve wracking stepping into a room stuffed with world leaders.
I still didn’t feel like I belonged there.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing. I knew it wouldn’t be.
There were several countries that didn’t want the Krezikians anywhere near their borders, and they were willing to put up a fight to keep it that way.
The Krezikians were willing to steer clear for now, but eventually, they needed to go everywhere to make sure the earth was healthy.
I made the suggestion to keep the technology and information sharing to a minimum with those countries until they were willing to cooperate, and Aster agreed, but it got me a lot of dirty looks once Aster informed the world leaders about that particular plan.
I shrugged it off. If they weren’t willing to work with us, why should we work with them?
While Aster was going over their current findings on the health of the planet, I pondered when I started considering myself part of the Krezikians.
I didn’t even argue with it anymore. I felt like I belonged on that ship.
Everyone I’d worked with was welcoming and accepting, and no one sneered or gave me dirty looks like I got here.
Even before the aliens showed up, I was often an outcast amongst certain groups.
There were homophobes and bigots in the military and outside of it, and if I even mentioned my dating life, I’d get comments or snide remarks.
It was lucky I wasn’t outwardly different, or I felt like I’d never get a break from it all.
The Krezikians didn’t have that kind of issue.
Same sex relationships were just par for the course.
There were all kinds of relationships out there.
No one bothered to judge based on something as paltry as sexual preference.
One of Rilphaer’s people appeared at my side, keeping their voice low. “Some of the talk is concerning,” he murmured. “I worry for your safety, Enzo Rozzee. Please return to our main group.”
I’d stepped back to give Aster room to talk, but apparently too far for their comfort. While heading back to the main group, I asked under my breath, “What talk?”
“Some speak of you as a traitor to humanity. They have mentioned taking you out. I do not understand this term. Taking you out where?”
Pressing my lips together, I debated not answering. It would only make them more suspicious. But they were there for my protection against things exactly like this. It was better for them to know.
“It’s a saying for killing someone.”
They straightened abruptly, their head snapping around to look in the direction of the people who’d spoken before.
I wasn’t nearly as tall as they were, so I didn't know exactly who had said it, but the group of world leaders who weren’t happy about the Krezikian intervention were all clustered in one area.
Whoever it was, they were in that group.
“Don’t engage just yet,” I told them. “Sometimes humans complain like that without having any actual intention of taking action. We’ll keep an eye out, but it’d only cause trouble if we confronted them now.”
They hesitated for a long moment before nodding once. “I agree, Enzo Rozzee. We will remain vigilant for now.”
“Just Enzo is fine,” I chuckled. Somehow, everyone picked up on Aster’s pronunciation of my last name and stuck with it. I didn’t hate it, to be honest. It was funny.