Kate smirked and did it again before licking up the sides.She loved to tease him like this.Once, shortly after their mating ceremony, she’d kept him on the edge of orgasm for ages.By the time she finally released his cock, he’d been so ravenous and uncontrolled that he’d been reduced to his Instinct, animalistic and wild.He’d thrown her down onto her hands and knees and fucked her from behind, possessively gripping her ass, until she was literally screaming with multiple orgasms…and even then he gave her no mercy.He’d fucked her until he’d exhausted every reserve of his strength.
She clenched her thighs together just thinking aboutthatparticular night and bent her head for more of him.She figured it was wise to not let him reach that point, considering her pregnancy…but she couldn’t say the same thing after the baby was born.Kate loved his intensity, his ferocity when it came to sex.It was electrifying.She always felt wanted and unbelievably sexy whenever they mated—even though she was beginning to feel a little self-conscious about her pregnant body—and Vaxa was a very thorough and unselfish lover.
Kate didn’t tease him for long, no matter how much she wanted to.Eventually, she let him take control and he pushed her down into the soft moss of this amazing Luxirian jungle and parted her thighs, before surging his cock inside.He fucked her until her moans and his grunts echoed around the clearing and until she’d raked her fingernails down every inch of his back, lost in her pleasure.
It was a beautiful start to their little vacation in this custard-filled paradise.
FIFTEEN
Vaxa’an waited until the moon was high in the sky to lead hisluxivainto thelallarix.
Much like the plains of theRavrax’tor, where they had performed their mating ceremony, thelallarixwas a place of the Fates that his sire and mother had stumbled upon by accident.It was a well-kept secret, known to only those in his family, and he wished to share its beauty with his mate.
With the moon gleaming overhead, the pools looked like they were filled with the purest of molten silver metals, but the warm water was crystal clear.The four pools were all interconnected but Vaxa chose the largest and deepest of them.With soft words, he asked for the blessing of the Fates before they entered and when a warm wind brushed their exposed skin, he knew they had accepted his prayer.
He guided his mate down into the pool and she smiled once her breasts were fully submerged.
“Cold?” he asked, pulling her into his body, resting her on his bent thighs under the water.His hands stroked a pattern over her belly, feeling a swell of love and affection for both mother and child.
“A little,” she said.“But in a good way.It’s always so warm on Luxiria.It feels soothing.”Her gaze grew a little distracted and she looked around them.“This feels like…”
“TheRavrax’tor?” he asked, knowing what she meant.The Fates’ presence was strong and he felt an inkling of their power.
“Yes,” she said, wonder alighting her eyes.“You know…I was never particularly religious or even spiritual back on Earth.But here…it’s hard not to be.”
“In Luxirian lore, there is said to be a spring that heals all ailments, that infuses strength into a Luxirian’s bones.It is said that this spring was where the Fates bathed and that their power remains in the water, even after so much time has passed.”
Kate looked down at the water and then back at him.“Is this that spring?”
“I believe so,” he said.“No one knew its location.It was lost to us over time.My mother and sire ventured here, on their way to one of the outposts.They stopped to rest when they saw the trees and they came upon theselallarix.”
“You never told anyone about them?” she asked, furrowing her brow.
Vaxa’an shrugged a shoulder, brushing back her long dark hair, feeling its silky length tickle his palms.The water trickled as he moved.“No.They remain a secret, only known to my family.Selfish, perhaps, but this place brings me closer to those that I lost.It is easier to remember them here.”He paused and then murmured, “I wish that you had known them.”
“I wish that too,” she whispered, as if afraid to break the tranquility of this place.He knew the feeling.
Vaxa’an leaned his forehead against hers and waded in the water, letting its power settle deep.He felt the baby move between them and he shut his eyes, imagining his impending role as sire, imagining hisluxivanursing their offspring, imagining watching him grow strong from her nourishment.
His Kat had confided in him about how she was orphaned as a child.The notion had been foreign to Vaxa’an, for he knew of no such occurrences among Luxirians.The possibility that one would abandon their young?Utterly impossible.He’d been outraged on her behalf, even though time had seemed to soften the hurt in her.
They were so in sync with one another because she seemed to be thinking of the same thing.She said softly, “What if I’m a terrible mother?What if, because I never really had one of my own, I won’t know what the hell I’m doing?”
He stroked her hair, trying to offer her comfort.“You will be a good mother,luxiva.Do not doubt this.It is natural to feel this way, but we all find our footing.”
She sighed.“I guess we will be there to help each other.”
“Yes, we will.I have never been a sire before either.”
She pulled away, raising a brow.“I should hope not,” she joked.
Vaxa’an grinned, liking the way she teased him.He liked everything that she did to him.It had only been a couple rotations since he’d fought for her, but he could not recall what his life had been before setting eyes on her.It must have been an empty, lonely place.
Kat wrapped her arms around his neck, letting him carry her weight, her lush thighs clasping his hips in a tight embrace.She brushed her fingers through his hair, smoothing them over his horns, and he let out a purring growl, his eyes sliding shut at the simplicity of his mate touching him.Her soft lips landed on his own and their tongues met, lightly at first before growing in intensity.He still remembered the first time she had taught him how to kiss, on his vessel in space, in the washing stall.After learning and discovering the innocent and yet wicked pleasure, he couldn’t fathom why Luxirians did not partake in it.Almost all of his advisors had questioned him about it, all of them having seen him kiss his mate at one point or another.They had all been intrigued, if not a little suspicious.
No doubt Rixavox and Cruxan had already tried it out on their various mating partners, he mused.
Kate pulled away slowly, her lips swollen and pink, just the way he liked to see them.Softly, she said, “Vaxa?”He grunted, hardly trusting his voice.“If the baby is a boy…”
