“Custard?” he repeated slowly, frowning.
She was so excited that she squealed, making her mate startle.“It’s a dessert back on Earth,” she explained, scooping out more, wishing she had a spoon.“I mean, the taste is a little different, not as sweet, but it’s dessert!And I thought I’d never get that on this planet, given how you guys feel about sugar.”
“Sugar,” he repeated, shaking his head.“Female, sometimes I do not understand what you go on about.”
“Can you cut me open another?” she asked, batting her eyelashes.
Vaxa did one of his purring sighs, but his lips quirked.“You may have as many as you wish,luxiva.”
This mini-vacation was already off to a great start.She wondered what else she could try.Maybe an edible plant that tasted like a burger and fries?Or the juice from a fruit that tasted likecoffee?It was like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory there and she’d just found a golden ticket.
As she ate her second and then third custard pod, Vaxa showed her more of the Luxirian jungle.There was a strange continual creaking sound that seemed to echo and when she asked Vaxa whether there were bugs or mammals residing there, he said, “Yes, but they stay away from thelallarix.The sound is the…” He paused, his language implant trying to translate the words for him.“It’s the trees,” he finally said, pointing overhead.“They breathe.”
“The trees are breathing?That’s what that sound is?” she asked, incredulous.
“They live, just like you and I.Why would they not breathe?” he asked, face puzzled.
He had a point and Kate reached out to touch one trunk as they passed, rubbing her fingers over the moss.She swore that she felt it swell.
Kate could see why this place was considered sacred.There was a peace there, a sense of tranquility that she could already feel relax her.The baby was even calm, without the presence of his father’s hand, which was another little miracle in itself.
The jungle was also cooler than the Golden City.The trees were so thick that the suns’ light didn’t reach the jungle floor.Kate soaked up the cold while she could, liking the way it felt on her skin and flowed down her arms.While she’d become accustomed to the planet’s heat, thanks in part to her mate’s blood running through her veins, she still preferred the cold.She was used to Chicago’s winters, after all.
“I love it here,” she murmured to him, once they circled back to their hovercraft.
“I am glad,” he said, pulling her to him.They would need to start setting up their supplies soon, but for now, she savored her mate’s embrace.“I came here often, once I finished military training.”
“We’ll come often?” she asked, hopeful.
“Tev,” he murmured, brushing a soft kiss across her lips.“We will.”
Vaxa chose a spot close to the hovercraft to start setting up their camp.It was close to the silver pools, but far enough away that they would need to walk for a couple minutes to reach it.It felt very private and secluded, like they were the only two people on the entire planet.
She realized that this might be the last time that it was just the two of them before the baby was born.Even though it was selfish, she felt slightly melancholy at the thought even though she couldn’t wait until their baby was brought into the world.
Vaxa refused her help setting up, guiding her instead to a soft spot for her to rest.He opened another pod to keep her satisfied and she watched her mate as he went about making their camp.He’d brought a similar circular tent that they’d used for their mating ceremony, only much smaller, and it took him only a few moments to form it.Afterwards, he lined the inside with plush furs and cushions.
Kate watched the fine form of her mate, watched his huge muscles shift and flex with greedy eyes.By the time he was putting the finishing touches on their camp—piling a stock of wood and coal for their fire—her breasts ached and desire had bloomed deep within her.
Vaxa quickly realized this and grew distracted.He shot her a heated look, no doubt scenting her arousal even though she was several feet away.
“You lust for your male?” he purred, straightening.
“Very much so,” she whispered, her eyes running over him possessively.God, he made her want him.“Come here.”
Vaxa approached her and Kate went to her knees in the soft moss with little difficulty.She clutched his hips and untied his leather pants, his hardened cock springing forward.She smiled.She didn’t think she’d ever seen Vaxanotaroused to some extent.If he so much as suspected that she wanted to mate, he was ready in a second.
Vaxa tilted his head back, exposing his neck, a deep growl building in his chest as she leaned forward and wrapped her lips around him.She grasped his thick length just below her mouth and stroked him hard, up and down, up and down, as her tongue stroked his crown.
When she looked up the length of his body, his eyes were burning into her and she leaned back for air, drawing in ragged breaths, while continuing to tug and pump his shaft.
Her voice sounded smoky when she asked, “You like to watch me suck your cock, Vaxa?”
He purred so loudly his cock vibrated in her hands.“Tev, female.”
“Do you like it when I do this?” she murmured, leaning forward to lick his slit where his opalescent precum was glistening, teasing it with her tongue.
His back arched and he huffed out a breath.“Tev,” he hissed, eyes squeezed shut.
