Chapter Sixteen #2
Pulling my tail from her, I slowed my tongue, lapping up the fresh slick with slow strokes instead of the quick plunges I’d used before. When her leg gave out and she started to lean, I let her thigh slip from my shoulder and swept her into my arms as I stood.
For once my rethari didn’t protest as I carried her into the hot spring.
There was a ledge beneath the surface to rest on, but she was too short for her head to remain above the surface if I sat her there, so I settled on the stone shelf and arranged her in my lap, back against my chest, my hands over her belly to keep her against me.
My shaft still throbbed with need, trapped between the globes of her ass, but I let her rest against me as her breathing slowed towards normal once more.
I fully expected her to drift off like she had the previous night, but she surprised me when she twisted in my arms, staring into my eyes as she settled a knee on each side of my hips.
“It’s not fair that you’ve given me so many orgasms, but haven’t had any relief.”
My lips lifted, shaft twitching in agreement as I decided to challenge the little female I’d chosen.
“Then even the score.”
Her eyes narrowed, making my grin broaden. I’d realized Elaina was competitive, which was a bonus for me. I wasn’t going to complain if she thought she owed me a few sexual favors.
She took hold of me below the water without dropping her gaze, and it was a struggle to hide how it affected me. I couldn’t hold back my growl, but I managed not to show the way my heart stumbled and then began to race.
Her grip wasn’t the hesitant, meek hold I would have expected from an omega, but I should have realized by now that wasn’t really Elaina. She knew how to fake submission well enough, but it was calculated, a strategic ploy rather than her personality.
My shaft flexed within her grip and even if we hadn’t been in the pool, it would have been wet with my leaking seed. My knot was already bulging, threatening to expand the moment she applied pressure.
“So, what’s—”
The feel of her tight channel squeezing the tip of my shaft stole the words from me, and my hands moved on their own to grip her hips.
I didn’t know whether I was trying to stop her or pull her down faster, but it didn’t matter, because the moment I took hold of her she rose on her knees and let out her own growl.
“No. Hands on the edge.”
The tone she used had me narrowing my eyes, but I was desperate enough to feel her wrapped around me that I pried my fingers from her flesh and lifted them from the water. She glared until my palms were flat on the edge of the stone behind me, claws digging in to keep them there.
I ignored the way her lips twitched into a smirk, but her next words had me snarling.
“Good boy.”
It only lasted a moment before it choked off and became a groan. The little gasp she let out as she sank halfway down my shaft was satisfying, but when she lifted once more, another snarl attempted to break free.
My claws skittered across the stone as my hands curled. Preventing myself from taking hold of her once more was one of the hardest things I’d ever done.
I bared my teeth as she sank on me once more, torn between watching her expression and trying to look through the water to where we were joined. It was impossible to see more than a blur through the ripples her motions created, but I wanted to see my flesh disappearing inside her.
“Let me touch you.”
I had to speak through clenched teeth, my muscles coiled too tight to make it sound like anything less than the demand it was. Elaina’s pupils had grown larger than usual, and she was panting through parted lips, but she still shook her head and denied me.
“Keep your hands where they are.”
The breathy words should have carried no power, and yet they kept my hands on the lip of the pool instead of on her body where they should have been.
She lifted and sank again, taking me deeper and distracting me until my tail scraped against the ledge I sat on. Lips pulling into a grin, I moved it between us and pressed the tip against the pleasure button between her thighs.
“Wha—”
She started to pull away but I bucked my hips, thrusting deeper into her and knocking her forward against my chest. Her breasts pressed against me, hard nipples digging into my muscles as I leaned forward and ran my tongue up the side of her neck where I wanted to bite her.
“You only said hands.”
Her groan turned into a cry as I thrust up into her again. I still wasn’t fully seated, but her entrance finally pressed against the bulge at the base of my shaft.
“No knot.”
I froze when she gasped the command, frowning down at her.
Omegas craved an alpha’s knot, especially when they were in heat, and Elaina should have been close enough to want it.
She smelled as if she could tip into heat at any moment, so there was no reason for her to deny what her body had to be craving.
Unless she was scared of it.
I had to remind myself she was Human and this was her first time with an alpha. She was smaller than me, and Human male anatomy was likely smaller as well, so it wouldn’t be surprising if she feared my knot.
“I wouldn’t hurt you, Elaina. You can take it.”
Hands pressed to my chest, she sat back and shook her head. She had the look of someone ready to flee, but I wasn’t ready to let her run.
“No. No knot.”
Her voice was firm, the words clear, and I knew she meant it. If I went against her wishes, she’d never trust me, and it would cause issues when we bonded.
I dipped my head in a slow nod.
“Okay rethari. You’re in charge.”
I had laughed at the alphas who claimed their omega was the one in charge, but it made more sense now.
I might have been larger, stronger, but my instincts pushed me to do as she wished.
I still could have forced her, but I’d have had to fight myself as I did it, and I had no desire to lose the ease that had grown between us.
She was slow to relax and start moving again, but when I stayed still and let her set the pace, she became confident once more.
She had claimed it was unfair that I’d given her pleasure without taking any, and yet watching her use me was just as enjoyable as the sensations she caused as her tight channel moved up and down my shaft.
“Vael’ra. Rhae’ra.”
Stone dust gathered beneath my claws as I raked them along the edge, trying to hold on long enough for Elaina to reach her peak. My knot was throbbing, and I was growling with the effort it took to keep my seed from spilling.
“Rhae’ra, rethari. Sehl’ar.”
I couldn’t even concentrate enough to speak in Common, falling into Morraki, but I had a feeling Elaina liked it. Her core clenched around me, her movements growing jerky, and when she stiffened I couldn’t hold back any longer.
Taking hold of her hips, I pumped up into her. She shattered on the third thrust, crying out to the cavern as her back arched.
I followed a breath later, squeezing her hips as I forced myself not to slam my knot through her entrance. I wanted to lock it inside her, to seal my seed in her womb and fill her until she couldn’t hold any more, but I respected her wishes.
We were both gasping, hearts racing as she leaned against my chest. A gentle purr started before it cut off on a cough and she pretended like it had never happened.
Smiling to myself, I rested my cheek atop her head and breathed her in. She was nothing like I had expected when I decided to choose a Human omega, but everything about her was perfect. I couldn’t wait for her to go into heat so I could claim her as mine.
I just had to put her in danger first.
The rebels were bound to attempt another attack. They couldn’t let another Human arrive and do nothing about it. I could have kept her safely locked inside my quarters, but the plan to use her as bait was still a good one.
I just didn’t feel right about doing it anymore.