Chapter 10
Warrin frowned as Elora ran away. The door zipped shut, and he started to run after her, only to pause halfway.
He glanced down at himself. Fresh from the shower, he hadn’t gotten dressed yet, and his cock was rock hard.
Seeing her blush profusely as her breath caught in her throat had incited his desires.
He’d also detected the scent of her arousal just before she’d fled.
Had his little mountain flower run due to embarrassment.
.. or fear? He hoped it was the former, and he didn’t mind that she’d walked in on him.
If he’d cared about privacy, he would’ve programmed his door to remain shut unless he was the one to approach it.
But he hadn’t programmed his door to remain shut because he wanted to be as accessible to the sweet human as possible.
He wanted her to be able to find him whenever she wished.
With a growl, he rushed to the closet and withdrew a clean warrior’s uniform.
He donned the black outfit quickly and didn’t bother with socks or shoes.
He also didn’t tuck the shirt into his pants.
Informally clothed, but no longer naked, he bolted into the corridor and headed straight for Elora’s quarters.
But she wasn’t there.
He growled again and ran his hands through his damp hair. Perhaps she was scared. Was she hiding from him?
“Computer, locate the human female,” he called out.
“There is a human female on the bridge.”
He ran through the corridors to the bridge, where he found Elora seated in the co-pilot’s seat. She spun to look at him. Her eyes were still wide, and a dark blush still stained her cheeks. Her breaths came rapid and shaky. And that delicious scent—the smell of her arousal—was stronger than ever.
“Little sarr’ahh,” he said, slowly approaching her. He knelt at her side, took her hands in his, and gave her a comforting look. “Why did you run from me?”
“Because you were stark naked!” she blurted in Galactic Common, then she switched to English to utter a few nonsensical phrases that he supposed were human idioms. “Bare as a badger’s bum. Zero-thread count. Naked as a jaybird at a quilting bee. Oh, God, I’m rambling.”
“Yes, I was naked,” he said calmly. “I’d just taken a shower, and I was about to get dressed when you stopped by for a visit. I wish you hadn’t run away. I don’t mind you seeing me naked.”
“Well, I-I didn’t expect to see you naked until we mated.
” She drew in a long breath, and some of the alarm finally left her eyes.
She studied him with a thoughtful expression.
“I hope I didn’t offend you when I ran away, Warrin.
I was just very surprised, and then you started to become…
large and hard. Your manhood is much bigger than I anticipated, and that startled me too.
I-I’m nervous that…” Her words trailed off, and she blushed an even deeper pink.
“You are nervous that what?” His gaze collided with hers, and he stared at her unblinkingly, wishing he could read her mind. “Tell me what troubles you, sweet sarr’ahh, so I can make it better.”
She licked her lips and squirmed in the chair. The scent of her excitement spiraled in the air, a bouquet of pungent but sweet femininity.
“Your cock,” she finally whispered.
Realization crashed over him. His cock. Of course. Yesterday, she’d mentioned being nervous about his size. She probably feared their first time together would be painful.
He brought one of her hands to his lips and kissed the back of it. Then he straightened and became lost in her pretty dark eyes. Soulful eyes.
“Yesterday, when I thought our mating was imminent, I promised that I would be gentle with you. I still intend to treat you gently, little sarr’ahh, when I take you to bed for the first time.
I will make sure you are prepared to accept my cock.
Before I claim you, I will test your readiness to accept my male appendage. ”
“Test my… readiness?” She blinked slowly.
“Yes. I will check to see how wet you are before I drive my cock inside you. I also believe it would be wise if I feasted on you first—if I lapped at your clit with my tongue until you climaxed at least once. It is my understanding that human females become very slick when their clit is touched and even wetter when they climax. I read a guide about it.”
Her eyebrows rose, and she no longer appeared so nervous. “Well, I am glad you don’t just plan to ram it into me without any preparation.”
“The guide also states that human females like vibrations on their clits, so you can rest assured that I will make my tongue vibrate as I’m lapping at you.
I want you to be ready and properly aching for me, Elora.
I want you to enjoy our first mating. I want to bring you pleasure.
” As he explained his planned technique, he was rewarded with the increasing scent of the slickness between her thighs.
“I was looking for you,” she said. “When I barged into your room and saw you naked. I was on my way to tell you that I was ready to be claimed.” She lifted her chin, and her eyes flashed with determination. She looked fierce and beautiful, and his scrotum tingled as his cock swelled long and thick.
He tightened his hold on her hand. Hope rose within him, as well as a surge of passion. “Are you certain, Elora?”
“Yes, I’m certain.” She lifted her chin higher. “Take me back to your quarters. Please. I want this. I want you—as my mate.”
With a lust-fueled growl, he swept her into his arms and carried her into the corridor.
He rushed toward his quarters, holding the little human close and occasionally nuzzling his nose to hers.
He also kept breathing deeply of her scent—soaking up the honeyed essence of her budding arousal.
Fluxx, she smelled delicious. He walked faster.
At last, he reached his quarters. He brought her inside and placed her down upon the bed. But before he could kiss her, the lights began flashing blue—a signal that another vessel was trying to establish communication.
The Rennsha was cloaked, and only the most sophisticated Vaxxlian cruiser should be able to locate him and attempt a video comm call. He checked the information display on his wrist comm and didn’t recognize the signature of the other ship, but he was able to confirm it wasn’t a Vaxxlian cruiser.
It was a human hovercraft—one that was quickly approaching the mountain where he’d hidden his ship between the boulders.
“What’s wrong?” Elora asked, sitting up. The flushed glow was already leaving her face, and though he still smelled her arousal, it was muted somewhat, and a cold sensation brushed his nostrils—her growing fear.
“A human ship is hailing us,” he said. “They are approaching our location. I must answer soon, and I would prefer to do it from the bridge.” He didn’t admit to Elora that it would be easier to deploy weapons from the pilot’s seat, but it was the reason he didn’t want to answer from his wrist comm or the video comm in his quarters.
“Can I come with you?” she asked, standing up. “Please?”
He started to say no, only to hesitate when a crestfallen look entered her eyes.
His instincts were to coddle her. He wanted to take care of any threats they faced on his own, without her ever learning of the true scope of the danger.
But perhaps that wasn’t a healthy way to protect his female—with secrets causing cracks between them, threatening to dismantle the trust he was trying to build with her.
“Yes,” he said at last, holding out his hand. “Come with me.”