Cecelia smiled, her thoughts straying for a brief moment, wondering if that ‘one span’ would ever happen.She was meant to be leaving in a few days, to journey back to the Golden City to finish her treatment.Already at the thought, her chest ached a little.
“Yes, maybe one day,” she answered, giving her a smile she didn’t feel.
Levrix stood and shrugged her furs back on.She nodded to the flask and said, “Keep that and finish it.I will bring more tomorrow.We are expecting harsher winds soon, so it will keep you warm.”
“Thank you,” Cecelia said, standing, glad that she was able to stop by even if it was only for a short while.Near the door, she leaned forward and gave Levrix an impromptu hug.The Luxirian looked bewildered when she pulled away and Cecelia smiled, explaining, “Humans are huggers, especially with their friends.”
“We are…friends?” Levrix asked, slowly and softly, eyeing Cecelia with an expression she couldn’t decipher.
“Well, yes.I consider you a friend.Especially after you brought me that cinnamon berry,” she joked.
Levrix studied her for a little while longer, like she was caught off guard and she didn’t know how to act.Cecelia wondered if she’d made some sort of social mistake and reminded herself to ask Rixavox about it later.Hecertainly didn’t mind it whenever she hugged him.
Then, Levrix seemed to shake herself out of her stupor and jerked her head in a nod.“Tev.I am honored to be called your friend, Sessela.”
Cecelia relaxed slightly.“I’ll see you tomorrow?”
Levrix inclined her head as her answer and with one last look at Cecelia, she left, as quickly as she’d stopped in.
She sighed, shaking off the encounter, before returning to her book.She studied a few more of the symbols scrolled across the page and noted that it seemed Luxirians read up and down, as opposed from left to right.The pages felt buttery soft in her hand and she turned them gently, afraid she might accidentally tear one.
Rixavox found her like that when he returned from the command center for the day.She was so consumed in studying the symbols that she only realized he was there when he growled her name and sealed the front door closed before the wind could seep in.
Her belly warmed when she saw the intensity on his face, the way he stalked towards her, a grumbling purr filling the air.Like she was already trained, she felt arousal begin to consume her at that sound, reminding her of their time in theRilliraxthe night before and the way they couldn’t stop kissing and touching one another as they drifted off to sleep once they returned toVelraxa.
Cecelia gave a shocked squeak when he lifted her off the lounge and took long strides towards his bedroom.
“Miss me?” she teased, slightly breathless.
Rixavox’s grunt was his answer and she gave a small laugh.He set her down near the foot of the bed and promptly stripped off her shirt until she was completely naked.Like a male possessed, he made quick work of his own clothes, letting them pool on the ground, baring his body though she knew he would deny himself with her.Last night, in bed, she’d tried to touch him again, to bring him to orgasm.Again, he’d said something about not being in control of ‘it.’And again, he hadn’t answered her when she asked him what ‘it’ was.Then, he’d distracted her with his drugging kisses until she’d forgotten her own goddamn name.
Cecelia thought it would feel strange, being naked like this with someone she didn’t even know existed a little over a week ago.But it wasn’t strange.It felt…right, natural.Like they’d done this a million times before.
She furrowed her brow in confusion when Rixavox suddenly sprawled on the cushioned mattress, on his back, with his thick, ridged, mouthwatering cock jutting high into the air.He beckoned her with his fingertips.
“Come, female,” he rasped.“I wish to lick your cunt.”
Cecelia sucked in a sharp breath, wetness gushing against her thighs at his naughty words.“Like this?” she asked, eyeing his supine position.
“Tev,” he purred in that sinful voice.“Come here.”
Cecelia bit her lip, her eyes straying to that magnificent cock.She’d dreamed of it when she’d fallen asleep last night.In her mind’s eye, she envisioned straddling him in that position and slowly sinking down onto it.
She stifled a moan but then said, “Only if you let me touch you too.”
He was already shaking his head, even as a growl tore through his throat, his cock jumping at her words.Why did he deny himself something he obviously wanted?
“Female, I cannot—” he was beginning to say, but she cut him off with a jerk of her head and an arched brow.
With a confident smile that she hadn’t given in years, she asked softly, “You want to lick my pussy?”
His pupils flared.“Tev,” he hissed, his hips rocking up on the bed.
“And I want you to,” she replied.She’d never heard her voice so scratchy, so husky before in her life.Her eyes strayed to his cock again and she licked her bottom lip, making Rixavox groan.“ButIwant to touch you too.So if we’re going to do this, then it needs to be on equal terms.”
Rixavox blew out a harsh breath, a thin sheen of sweat dotting his chest despite the crispness of the air inside the house.
“Tev.Come,” he finally commanded.Cecelia felt the change that single word brought.Her heart jumped in her throat, excitement making her blood rush in her ears.And Rixavox?A strange intensity, a sudden focus radiated from him like heat, like he was about to fight the most difficult battle of his life.
