Chapter 28 #2
She fell slowly to the ground as her limbs failed to keep her position.
When her ass hit the hard floor, her head rolled back, dropping her hood, revealing her silver hair for all to see.
Her hazy eyes kept closing as she moved her head side to side, confused with her surroundings.
Her hair shimmered in the club’s lights as the spots on her face glowed bright pink.
“What is wrong with her?” Qraniebi asked, his melodic voice laced with concern and confusion.
Kaede removed his blade and shoved Qraniebi out of the way into the nearby crowd.
Yells of protests didn’t mean a thing to him; everyone on the station knew who he was and what he was capable of.
He dared someone to start something with him.
Kaede didn’t care if Qraniebi tried to escape—he had drones aimed at him if he tried to run without being questioned.
“Where are you going?” she asked, confused as she searched for Qraniebi with her hands. “I need youuuuuuuuuu,” she said in English.
Kaede knelt and grabbed her wrist, bringing it to his lips, and took a bite.
Alarms blared in him when Selena didn’t flinch at his touch and was completely unresponsive to his bite. Her blood tasted impure, laced with something that did not match with her blood he had stored in his system.
Someone had drugged her.
He released her wrist and licked it, sealing his marks, and picked her up off the ground, his arms wrapped around her tightly as he cradled her in his arms.
Kaede cursed his luck. The one night he listened to Selena and put her wellbeing in another’s—five others’—hands, she was taken advantage of. Now he didn’t know what was in her system or who had put it there if Qraniebi was telling the truth about not being involved.
“If you wanted to dance with her, you could have told me,” Qraniebi muttered as he stood nearby, watching him.
Kaede ignored him and walked away, needing to get Selena out of the club and somewhere safe. He couldn’t port out without knowing what affect it would have on Selena with the unknown substance in her system, and the nearest safe location was the apartment he shared with his sisters.
“Don’t worry, Selena, I have you now. Everything will be all right,” Kaede whispered into Selena’s ear
She tried to grab his face but missed and caught his hair instead.
“Kaede… I need you,” she pleaded as she rubbed her face with his hair.
“Kaede! Wait!” B yelled behind him.
Kaede could see his sisters closing in on him on his radar, his drones easily confirming their locations. He turned around as soon as he exited the club onto the empty floor.
“You failed, B. Your team failed to protect Selena, and instead of doing your job, you allowed someone to drug her. Or was this some sick game to prove something?” He took a step toward B.
“Your trust in that feathered lovesick fool blinded you. If he is responsible, I will have the pleasure of slitting his throat in front of you. I will personally have his feathers made into a fan or perhaps a dress piece for Selena.”
Her eyes hardened. “Qran had nothing to do with it. He would never betray Prince Zirene. You know this.”
Kaede chuckled. “I also know the Quaww are waiting for Selena to slip up so they can claim she is too unstable to be in public. They want her—so much, they almost started a war.”
“Qran left the Quaww a long time ago, you know this.” She looked down at Selena’s form. “We are responsible for this. Let us find who is to blame and bring them to justice.”
Kaede glanced at all five of his sisters and pursed his lips in disappointment.
“I want a full report. Don’t fail Selena—or me—again. I won’t protect you from the Prince.” He turned to Kaica. “Take a sample of her blood and try to figure out an antidote. Hopefully, the others will catch who is responsible, and we can make them talk.”
Kaica nodded and took out a hidden syringe from her belt pouch. Kaede watched Selena’s reaction to Kaica taking a sample—once again, she seemed unfazed.
“Kaede… I need… I need,” she begged as she tried to rub her legs together.
Kaica backed away and secured the sample, watching Selena worriedly. “I will go to my lab on our ship and report any findings.”
Kaede nodded as he struggled to keep Selena from falling out of his arms.
“I am going to take her to my bedroom since it is the closest safe point and page her clanmates.” He gazed at B. “I will report to the Prince as well.”
B nodded. “I know… We will correct this and face our punishment.”
“I would say happy hunting, but this isn’t a joyful moment.” He stepped away from them. “Don’t fail me again, and if I find out you guys did this as a joke, be prepared for my wrath.” Kaede turned and left toward their shared apartment.
“Kaede… Kaede… I have a secret,” Selena murmured.
“And what is that?” he replied, trying to keep her coherent.
“I wonder… would you dance like… your cock?”
Kaede almost tripped. He shook his head, lost for words as he tried to will his body to not respond to her. Now wasn’t the time to have urges.
“You know? Would you fuck me? Hard? Gentle?” she asked as she looked up at him, her eyes filled with a clouded lust. “Would you fuck me now? Please? I need you.”
Relief flooded him when their apartment door opened as he stepped to it.
He cursed. Why weren’t her nestmates responding to his messages? He brought up their drone’s feeds. They were sleeping, nestled together in Selena’s nestbed.
Kaede walked into his bedroom and placed Selena onto his bed. As he tried to pull away, she wouldn’t let go of his hair.
“Selena. Can I have my hair back?”
“Kaede. Why am I so hot?”
He scanned her body with his visor. Her temperature was well above normal.
“Someone drugged you. You aren’t feeling well,” he explained.
“I would feel better if you took care of me,” she said, rubbing her legs together.
“What do you mean?” Kaede asked, afraid to hear the answer. He could smell her arousal in the air and didn’t want to believe what she had been asking him to do this whole time.
“I need to be filled. I need you, Kaede,” she said, yanking his hair.
Kaede fell forward and caught himself before his body crushed her. She used his position to her advantage, wrapping her arms around his head, and bit his neck. He hissed and rolled away, feeling Selena’s fangs ripping away.
“What was that for?” he yelled, getting onto his feet and stepping away from the bed. He could feel his manhood breaking from its sheath as his body temperature rose along with his senses.
“You bit me. I wanted to bite you.” She licked her lips. “Don’t you want me now?”
Kaede shook his head and walked into his bathroom. He needed to get away from her. He didn’t want this—not when she was drugged and didn’t know what she was asking. The Fates were cruel to send her begging for him in this state.
The door slammed shut.
Kaede could feel his core temperature rise as his cock pressed painfully against his armored leggings. He closed his eyes and took in deep breaths, but each one filled his lungs with her needy scent, driving his unknown instincts to take over.
He launched himself to the door and started banging on it.
Selena was on the other side—needing him, wanting him—and he was trapped, unable to capture his prey and satisfy her completely.
“Kaede! Why did you run from me?”
Kaede stopped and watched his drones’ feeds, breathing heavily.
Selena’s cape was on the floor as she was struggling to take off the matching spacesuit his sisters had given her.
After a while, she finally succeeded and fell onto his bed, panting.
Her long silver hair framed her, making her look like a shining star in the darkness that was his black blanket.
Her dark blue-green eyes were unfocused as she trailed her hairless body with her hands.
“Kaede… Why?” she asked, her voice filled with both sadness and confusion.
He growled.
They both needed their release. Why couldn’t they do it together?
He shook his head, and he collapsed his suit, tossing it onto the counter.
No. He would not take advantage of her. He was better than that.
If she wanted him, she would have him when they both weren’t under someone else’s influence and impaired by aphrodisiacs coursing through their veins.
He was better than Prince Zirene. If she wanted to take him, he would allow her but only with a clear mind and no outside pressure.
But he couldn’t ignore his throbbing manhood that refused to go away.
A groan sounded on the other side of the bathroom door. Her scent got heavier in the air.
Kaede closed his eyes and hissed, banging his head against the door.
Selena was on his bed with one hand pinching one of her perky nipples and the other fingering herself. He got weak in the knees from the display and collapsed to the floor, his back hitting the bathroom door.
“Kaede…” she moaned.
Unable to resist, he grabbed his cock—for the first time—feeling it throbbing in his hand as he watched her masturbating on his bed, picturing himself pleasuring her.
His cock jumped as shimmery fluid burst all over it.
Grunting, he used the liquid as a lubricant, feeling how smooth his hand felt as it rubbed up and down his bumps.
Selena whimpered as she sped up.
Kaede matched her pace, wanting to be where her hands were, to be in her, filling her.
He envied her nestmates and knew if he was a part of her clan, he could pleasure her every night. The thought of being with her every night brought him back into a frenzy.
Selena’s noises picked up, her body shaking as a puddle of wetness formed beneath her.
The scent of her release hit him, triggering his own as his golden seed sprayed his bathroom floor. His deep breaths were like poison, each one fueling his need more.
If only he could…
He growled in frustration and looked down at his still throbbing cock.
A sigh escaped his lips as he grabbed it once more.
It was going to be a long night.