The Instinct purred inside him, quickening his blood, preparing his body to mate.But Vaxa’an knew he needed to calm his female.She’d been frightened before he left her and that knowledge didn’t sit well with him.
He was eager to speak with her, to find out whether the language implant was accurate enough to communicate.The Krevorags weren’t known for their thoroughness.Vaxa’an counted his blessings that the language had been uploaded at all.
“What are you called, female?” he asked, his mouth forming syllables and sounds that were foreign to him.
His female’s soft mouth parted and he felt a surge of heat light up his already coursing blood.He took a step towards her unconsciously, his Instinct pushing him to be as near as possible.
“You—you,” she started, her eyes darting to the closed door behind him.“You know English?How…”
“I had your mother tongue implanted.I will be able to communicate to you from now on, as will my crew.”
Vaxa’an took another step closer and she sprung up off his—nowtheir—sleeping platform and flattened herself against the wall.His furs completely swamped her body, but Vaxa’an watched the outline of her generous breasts heave against the warm material.
Vaxa’an’s mouth flattened into a frown, but he made an effort to soften his voice, approaching her like she was a skittishprivixi.Her body emitted a pleasant heat, like the twin stars of his Luxiria, warming him.He resisted the urge, theneed, to press his skin against hers, to mark her with his scent so all other males would know she washisand his alone.
“Do not fear me, female,” he soothed, his hands reaching out slowly to her bare arms.Her small fists were white, clutching the blanket to her breasts.The moment his fingertips brushed her skin, he groaned, his lids sliding shut at the pleasure of it, the simplicity and rightness of touching hisluxiva.She grew startled, jumping, preparing to bolt away from him.
His Instinct reacted quickly.
Vaxa’an clutched her to him, growling, and she struggled against him.Too late, he sensed the fear coming off her.He’d scared her.Again.
“Be still,luxiva,” he said softly, at war with his Instinct.The Instinct wanted to make her submit to him, to push her down on the bed and thoroughly claim his mate, the Fates be damned.Vaxa’an wanted to see her face scrunched up in pleasure, wanted to release himself deep inside her and fill her to the brim with his seed.“I will not harm you.”
She continued to struggle, pushing at his chest.Once more, he realized how tiny, how fragile, she was.He could subdue her with one hand and little effort.
But she did not give in and a part of him rejoiced that she was stubborn and determined to get away.
“My little fighter,” he purred, feeling a well of pride.He searched for the right word in her language.“I promise on my honor I will not harm you.”
“Aren’t I yoursex slavenow?” she hissed, terror and anger creating a strange glint in her eyes he did not like.“Isn’t that why you fought inthatplace?”
“Sex slave?” he asked, brows furrowing.Her words translated into similar ones in his own language.Sex slave?The idea did have some appeal.Vaxa’an imagined her willing and enthusiastic for all of his advances.He imagined fucking her whenever he wanted,howeverhe wanted.But ‘sex slave’ implied submission.And while his Instinct liked the idea of a submissive Breeder, Vaxa’an vastly preferred a mate that kept him guessing.“Where did you learn this?”
She pushed against him harder.Vaxa’an quickly grew distracted when her grip on the furs loosened and her large, firm, rounded breasts popped out.Her nipples were a dusky pink and his mouth watered looking at them, wanting to suck the beaded tips into his mouth and never let go.Back in the Pit, he’d seen her entire body and he would never grow tired of looking at her.His cock throbbed in agreement.
“Luxiva, you will not be my sex slave.You will be much more.”
She stilled for a brief moment.“What doesthatmean?”He wondered briefly if the language implant didn’t translate properly.He was just about to ask, but then she cried out, “I just want to go home.Please, just take me home.”
Vaxa’an clenched his jaw, his teeth clicking together.For all of his pride, it hadn’t occurred to him that she wouldwantto leave him.Did she not realize that she was hisluxiva?She was more than a Breeder.She was his life long mate.They would be blood bonded, if the Fates blessed them.She would bear him offspring.They would form a family unit.She would rule over an entire species with him.
“You wish to leave me?” he asked, still incredulous.
“I don’tknowyou,” she exclaimed, her eyes brightening in the way they had before the strange liquid had leaked from them earlier.Her struggles ceased.“I woke up, chained and naked, on a strangeplanet.Do you realize that where I’m from, aliens are just sciencefiction?They’re not real!Or at least no one had discovered them yet.I-I have no idea what’s happening.I have no idea why I was kidnapped from my home and taken to that awful place where you…where I saw youmurderthat alien.”
Vaxa’an’s temples throbbed, trying to keep up with her fast words and process them at the same time.Aliens?That was her word for him, for every strange being she’d encountered so far.Yes, he’d known that Earth was a relatively new discovery, but he thought the planet would’ve at least beenawareof other species by now.
His chest tightened when he realized how stressful, how terrifying this must be for her.He wanted to shield and protect her from it, but she must know that he wouldneverlet her go.
“Murder?” he asked, his brow bones pinching together, the scales on his forearms bristling at the idea.‘Murder’ was one of the worst crimes a human could commit on her planet.But he wasn’t human.There was no honor in murder.“Every ‘alien’ that enters into the Pit knows there is risk.It is sacrifice.I would take that Nusseer’s life over and over again if it meant I had you.You should feel proud to have such a strong male.I can protect you.”
“That’s crazy!You killed him and then you kidnapped me as your—as yourprize!I’m nothing more than a possession to you, aren’t I?” she snapped, her bottom lip trembling slightly.
Vaxa’an growled, pulling her against him more.He’d be lying if he said her fight didn’t arouse him.His cock wept, some of his opalescent seed escaping the tip.
“You are my mate,” he rasped.“And I will be yours.I am as much your possession as you are mine.”
“I don’t understand,” she said, shaking her head, blinking her eyes.“I don’t want to be anyone’smate.Please, just take me home.This has all been some horrible, horrible mistake.”
