Page 33 of Ancient Rising
Harwin sat in the roomwith the last of the machines and chatted, and they watched the minutes tick down on one of the units.When the timer rang and the unit cycled her awake, they all stood braced, and when the enclosure opened, they yelled, “Surprise!”
Molly froze, and her yellow stripes rapidly flashed before she burst out in crying laughter.Addy went to her side and helped her out of the restoration unit, and Molly looked around.“You are all so beautiful.”
Harwin asked.“What are you seeing?”
Molly looked at her and smiled slowly.“Everything, Your Majesty.”
The eyes were as yellow as the stripes on her body, but Molly looked comfortable and relaxed.
The unit was reset, and when it was ready, it sent out a soft chime.Addy nodded.“Me next, I guess.”
The ladies all settled her in and saluted as the unit closed.Harwin watched as it closed and verified that everything was going well.Twenty minutes would finish whatever was going on with Addy, and the ladies continued their little party in the restoration chamber.
Two hours later, they were all done and smiling, looking around them with glee.Down below, the other ladies would finish their repairs in a week.
Ra appeared in the doorway and said, “Harwin, you are tired.Come.”
Harwin blushed.Molly put a hand on her arm.“He’s right.You exhausted part of yourself during the attack.It is just another area of here that needs more stamina.You just need to practice, and that is what we are here for.We can help.”
“You may, little miss, but for now, I will do what I can to help my consort.Harwin?”
Harwin walked over to him.“Yes, Overlord.”
“I have those cookies you like.”
She grinned and moved faster while the others laughed, and one of them whispered, “What kind of cookies?”
Ra picked her up and was chuckling.“Your species is very food-motivated.”
“We were starving for two years, and they were on restricted rations in the lab.But, yeah.You could probably lay a trap for humans right now with some pretty cake or roasted meat.”
“Good to know.”He kissed her temple.“Did you have a good day?”
“I did.The ladies in the lower level will be in for a minimum of two days.I really want to have a chat with those researchers,” she grumbled as he walked up the stairs, and the temple kissing turned to nuzzling.
They hadn’t spent any time together during the day, and when they were in their room, he turned her and lifted her for a scorching kiss.“I am glad you had fun, but I missed you.”
“I was only a few hundred metres away.”
He chuckled.“Too far.How are the ladies’ corrected biologies?”
“They are great.Molly is some kind of seer.Addy won’t be out for a few hours, but she is going to be something spectacular.She has all the tools; they just aren’t plugged in.”
“The species that the researchers chose are only tenuously compatible with yours.”Ra scraped his canines along her neck.
“Bastards.”She sighed and turned her head.“Is there a way to penalize them?”
“No.They were doing what they were hired to do.New species are tested before they are treated as worthy.They didn’t know you were my people of record.”
He moved down her body and disrobed her on the way.When he pulled her onto his lap, they came together, and she sank onto him, her body slick and aching as it stretched.It had taken days for her body to conform to his, but now, it did it with pleasurable effort.
Ra chuckled and raised and lowered her on him.Their bodies knew how to read each other at this point.One hand moved her, and the other touched her sensitive spots, ramping her higher, causing her to gasp and whine as she rapidly moved to climax.She inhaled sharply as her body jolted and throbbed around him, and she held still as he groaned against her lips.She didn’t know when the kiss had started, but now, his lips were on hers as she felt the spill of heat inside her.
Harwin stroked her tongue along Ra’s as the kiss slowed to soft contacts until he lifted his head and caressed her hair.“That was too quick, my queen.”
She blushed.“And yet, it had the desired effect.”
Ra laughed and wrapped his arm around her waist.She blinked when she realized that their encounter had been up against a wall.They had started with him sitting, but he was now moving toward the bed, so he had obviously changed positions without her noticing.