We did not linger there. What would be the point? We came for answers and if the only person who had them was unwilling, then we were just wasting our time.
Holey’s eyes were shiny with unshed tears. Had she yet discovered what we saw in the forest, or was Kahina keeping her in the dark too?
Axon stopped at the door and looked back at Kahina and Holey. “Please. I must know the truth.” he pleaded.
“I’ve told you the truth,” Kahina said through gritted teeth.
Axon hung his head in defeat, then held the door open for me. We walked out together. The sun was getting low in the sky. The long shadows of the trees greeted us as we stepped out into the forest.
“I trusted her,” Axon whispered. “I’d expected to feel heartbroken over the truth that our history was a lie. I hadn’t expected to feel heartbroken because the priestess that I grew up trusting would refuse to speak to me at all. This…this feels hallow.” He rested his palm over his heart as if he could physically ease the pain he felt inside.
“You were hoping for closure, and yet received none,” I supplied.
“Yeah,” he sighed. “I don’t know how to move forward from here. How do I forge ahead without any answers?”
“Kahina didn’t give us any answers, but she still told us a lot.” I hedged.
Axon furrowed his brows, “What do you mean?”
“Sometimes you have to find your answers in what is left unspoken. If your people didn’t come here on that ship, then who did? Wouldn’t she have told usabout those people to prove her point? The fact that she just wanted to shut the conversation down tells me that we already know the truth.”
“Right, I hadn’t thought of that.” Axon nodded his head.
A bird hooted in the distance, which reminded Axon of where we were and the danger we were in.
“Get on my back and I’ll find us some shelter.”
“Do you think we can make it back to the cave we used last night before it gets dark?” I asked as Axon shifted and I climbed onto his back.
“No, we’ll have to find somewhere closer. There’s a set of caves beyond the stone wall that protects the valley. We can stay there for the night.”
Once again, Axon moved swiftly on silent feet, but this time the rubbing of his textured hard spider body had a pleasant effect on me.
I looked up through the tree branches and saw how big and full the moon was tonight. We had to be close to the full moon. Sometimes I’d feel aroused for a solid few days instead of just my normal one day a month, and I think this might be one of those times.
With each silent gallop, my sex rubbed against Axon in the best way possible. I could feel my neck and chest getting warm and I longed to reach out and run my finger along my mate’s back. His muscles rippled and he moved with all the grace and ease of a trained gymnast or ballet dancer.
We emerged from the forest and to our right was the rock wall that Axon had referred to. We mustbe getting close to the cave. He picked up his speed, causing my lower half to rub against his body even more than before.
Axon’s perfectly ruffled hair blew in the wind and I longed to run my fingers through it. I longed to touch and be touched. I even pictured the reality of what it was that I wanted, us lying naked on the furs, our bodies intertwined as one, flesh against flesh, and instead of being turned off, my arousal only grew.
I kept picturing what it would be like to lie with Axon in this way, and I let out an involuntary whimper that made him stop dead in his tracks.
My mate looked at me over his shoulder and his nostrils flared.
Axon swallowed hard. “You are aroused, more so than usual.”
“Yes,” I nodded my head.
“Do you...do you want time alone when we reach the cave?”
OH. MY. GOD! He was so fucking sweet I wanted to cry. Instead of his first reaction being to try to hop on the arousal train to satisfy his needs, he was seeing if my preference was to be alone!
“No,” I shook my head. “I want to be with you, Axon.”
He swallowed hard again and gave me a wicked grin. “Hold on tight.”
That was the only warning I got before Axon took off in a sprint toward the cave that was nowcoming into view.
