Page 43 of My Alien Jewel
He grunts his agreement.
I hesitate before continuing, knowing what I’m about to say is incredibly unfair but he’s not leaving me a choice. “ Will you lockme up against my will? Tie me down? Put a c-collar on me?” My voice breaks on the last sentence.
Nikolai freezes. “W-what? No, I…” He lets go of me and takes a step back. His eyes hold so much pain and betrayal my heart feels like it’s about to shatter. “That’s not what I… No. I just thought… Fuck, Z’Ree, I can’t lose you! I love you!”
His admission makes my heart swell. He loves me. He really, truly loves me. I know he’s telling the truth as I feel the same revelation deep inside of me. The crystal resonance we somehow share confirms it. It makes no sense and yet, it makes perfect sense.
I cup his cheeks, wiping his tears away with my thumbs. “I love you too, Nikolai. But this is something I have to do. I’ll come back, I promise.” He’s a lot taller than me, so I have to both stand on my tiptoes and pull his face down in order to kiss him. At first, he doesn’t return the kiss, but after a few seconds of gentle coaxing, he fists my hair at the nape and crushes his mouth against mine.
Someone clears their throat and we reluctantly end the kiss, both worked up and breathless. “Look, I get that you’re horny and eager to cover each other in even more cum,” D’Aakh says, “but we’re all about to die here, so how about we fix the ship now and fuck later?”
“Sorry,” I mumble, tugging on my shirt as if I could get it to cover more of my body. “So, what do I need to do?”
Nikolai heaves a sigh, but doesn’t protest anymore. He pulls my back against his chest, holding me to him lightly, but it’s not the crushing grip from before.
Zarkan approaches us. “Are you sure about this, Z’Ree? It’s dangerous and, while your kind might be more resistant to radiation than the rest of us, you’re not totally immune to it.”
“I’m sure. I won’t screw this up, I promise. I want to live, just like the rest of you.” Even more, perhaps, because now I have areason. When he still doesn’t seem convinced, I add, “I haven’t been allowed to make a decision for myself in years. Let me do this, please.”
“Very well,” Zarkan concedes. “I didn’t volunteer because I craved a heroic death. Although, I wouldn’t mind if there were songs and holo-vids made about me,” he teases.
Lyriana snorts. “They’d have to find someone much younger and fitter to play you. Nobody would watch it otherwise.” Then she turns to me and gives me the tiniest nod. “Thanks.”
“Yeah, thank you,” Faelin echoes.
Astra throws herself at me, hugging both me and Nikolai, while the rest offer their quiet “thank you”s.
“That’s enough,” Nikolai says, scowling. “You can thank her later, when she comes back. Unharmed. Right now, we’re heading back to the infirmary. We’ll meet you at the airlock.”
“There’s no time for fucking!” D’Aakh objects.
Nikolai rolls his eyes. “I know that, you ugly bastard. I’m going to give her a dose of radiation blockers and anything else I can find to make sure the stupid neutron star won’t kill her. Do you have a problem with that?”
“Well…no. That’s actually an excellent idea,” D’Aakh says. “Go, but hurry. I’ll be waiting by airlock 3.”
“Yeah, whatever.” Nikolai is already marching out of the bridge, pulling me along. He doesn’t say a single word as we traverse the eerie corridors, but his body vibrates with tension. The second we enter the infirmary, that tension snaps. He pushes me against the wall, caging me with his body and capturing my mouth with his. His kiss is rough and desperate, as if he wants to devour me while keeping me with him forever.
“I’ll come back,” I whisper when he pulls away for a short breather.
He moans into my hair. “You wouldn’t need to come back if you never left.” His teeth graze my neck and I shudder from thesudden rush of desire. Nikolai is quick to pull out his already hard cock and rub it against my soaking wet pussy.
“Please…” I moan. I know we don’t have time for this but I also don’t really care. I need him. I need him now and he needs me even more.
As Nikolai lifts me up, I wrap my bare legs around his waist, sinking right onto his waiting cock. I guess walking around in nothing but a shirt has its advantages.
The wall behind my back is cold, yet the discomfort barely even registers. Nikolai holds me firmly against it before thrusting into me over and over, jerking his hips back and forth, slamming into me with fervor. He’s rougher than ever before and it’s not hard to guess why. “I’ll come back, Nikolai. I love you too.”
He growls and punches the wall. “You better come back. I’m not done with you. I’ll never be done with you. Oh, Z’Ree…” He howls my name as he comes, his cock twitching deep inside of me. “Oh, fuck,” he pants, resting his forehead in the crook of my neck. “I’m sorry. I should have…should have made you come first. I couldn’t—”
“It’s alright, Nikolai. Really.” And it is. This wasn’t about me. This was about him and I’m happy that I could reassure him, even if all I had to do was let him fuck me like an animal. And, oddly enough, I loved it. “We can repeat it later. Now, do you really have something that will protect me from radiation or did you just make that up to drag me away from the others?”
For a second, it looks like he’s not going to let me go but then he sighs and pulls out. “I did want to drag you away from the others,” he admits, “but there should be something here that will help protect you. Give me a second.”
I watch him rummage through the cabinets, using his comm as an improvised flashlight. My crystals hum contentedly, nudging me toward him. They want more touches, more kisses, more everything. Horny little buggers.
Chapter 23
Nikolai