“Oh…” She glanced over as Orik returns with what he called serpents but what our scientists were calling eels. She watches him with far too much interest, as though she is thinking about choosing him.
While Orik tends the meat, Sunif gets up. He stretches and glances at me. With the fire light behind him, his hair gleams golden, and the outline of his body is clear through the shirt. He drops a filled water skin at my feet and then disappears into the shadows.
I figure he is using the tree is much the same way I did.
But after a bit, he hasn’t come back. Orik doesn’t seem worried, or maybe he hasn’t noticed because he’s too busy turning the eels, so they don’t burn. I’m sure burned eel is going to taste worse than cooked eel—not that I can imagine eating either, but with nothing else to eat, I don’t have any other options. It’s eel or starve.
I take a sip of water and contemplate what it would feel like to starve for a few seconds. There are faster ways to die, like being eaten.
I glance in the direction Sunif left it. I don’t even like him, but I’m worried that he’s been eaten. We’d have heard something, though…wouldn’t we?
Bridget has stretched out on the blanket and is staring up at the stars as if she doesn’t have a care in the world. How is she so at ease? So untroubled?
I fiddle with the water skin. It’s made of animal, but I can’t figure out how and I don’t really care. Sunif still hasn’t returned. I don’t know what I’m going to do, but I should do something.
I stand up, catching Orik’s attention, and point at the tree.
“Dinner is almost ready. If you see Sunif, tell him.”
“Can’t you zap him?” I touch my head to indicate that I’m talking about his kam.
“He’s out of range, but I can sense him.”
“Fine. Where is he?” I’m regretting my decision already, as I don’t want to be running around the woods in the dark.
Orik indicates the direction with a cocking of his fist. They never point, as that indicates an attack.
I follow the line of his arm with my gaze. With a sigh, I leave the firelight. I want to call out, but Sunif told me off for shouting because it will attract animals. I step cautiously into the dark, but I keep glancing behind me to make sure that I can see the firelight through the trees.
I step past another tree and the fire seems far away. Three more steps and then I’ll turn back, and I’ll tell Orik I couldn’t find him. I count the steps in my head, but as I’m about to turn, I see a flash of blue.
My heart hammers against my ribs as I walk toward him. His name is on my tongue, but I can’t say anything as I move closer. He’s barely moving. One hand is on the tree, and his head is bowed, his hair hiding his face. I take another three steps and I see what his other hand is doing.
The illuminated marking on his hand slide through the shadows as he strokes his dick.
And I don’t think I’ll be able to move even if something runs up and bites me. I can’t look away. I’m transfixed by the play of shadows and skin and the glow of his markings with each slow stroke. His dick is huge, it fills his hand and his glow reveals the bumps along the top.
His thumb rubs over the head and then his hand slides down to the base.
He lets out a groan, as if he’s about to die. Cum splashes over his hand and onto the ground. His shoulders lift with each breath. His hand is still wrapped around his cock.
I shouldn’t have seen any of that.
Heat floods my cheeks, and then the rest of my body, and I step back. A twig snaps.
Sunif looks up and his hot gaze lands on me.
5
Sunif
Iwas aware she was close, possibly watching, but I was unable to stop. I felt the rut rising and tried to ease it, so it would lessen. That she saw me pleasuring myself, only added to my enjoyment. The rush of pleasure is coursing through my body, making my markings glow. If the glow doesn’t fade, then it will be obvious to all that I am in rut.
If I hadn’t been so close to her today, then maybe it wouldn’t have started. Not today anyway. But it would’ve happened because I have been through it before. Being around women is making the need to mate rise—not something I expected when we first grabbed them. Though after seeing Edilk’s reaction, I knew I was not going to be able to avoid it. Usually I can give myself release without lighting up the night.
Her heat beat quickens.
I tuck my meq into my pants and tie them up. Mia still hasn’t moved.
