“I know,” I groaned when Kol’s teeth nipped my neck. “I can’t help my reaction to him, but he has to stop touching me or … or …”
“Or what?” Surkah asked.
“Or it’ll end up in sex, and I don’t want that.”
Kol gently bit into my neck, and I winced, but only for a moment because he shifted his thigh and the sharp sting of pain morphed into pleasure. I squeezed Kol’s arms so tight, I pinched his flesh. I felt myself clawing at him as if trying to get closer to him. I never wanted him to stop what he was doing, but in the back of my mind, I knew I would hate myself if I let this continue.
“Kol,” I groaned. “You must stop this.”
He didn’t reply, but I felt his tongue flick over the throbbing tissue of my neck, and each lick might as well have been on my clit because the orgasm I felt brewing was approaching fast and furious. Kol moved his mouth to my ear and said, “Let go. I can feel how much your body wants to. Give yourself to me, shiva.”
He shifted his thigh against me, and the tiny movement threw me over the edge and into a pool of bliss. My breathing halted as wave after wave of delight slammed into me and flung me to a height I had never reached before. I heard myself greedily suck air into my lungs. When the pulsed slowed, I became oversensitive. Kol moved against me once more, and I choked on the sensation it brought, causing him to rumble softly. My eyes had closed during my orgasm, and they remained closed in the aftermath until Kol spoke.
“Leave us.”
I knew he was talking to Surkah and Mikoh.
“No,” I said as I opened my eyes. “They’re not leaving me alone with you.”
“Why not?”
Yeah, why not?
“B-because,” I stammered.
“Because?”
“Because I was making a really good argument as to why I’m getting off this spacecraft and away from you.”
“You were making an argument,” he agreed, “but I do not think it was a very good one.”
“You’re an arsehole. Do you know that?”
He lightly bumped my forehead with his shoulder. “I will allow your Earther insults for now, but be warned, my little one, my patience will grow thin.”
I reached up to touch my neck, feeling for the puncture holes, but I couldn’t find them. Kol saw my confusion and said, “I did not bite hard enough to make wounds but if I did, they would already be healed. Maji’s salvia has some medical properties. We can clot and close scratches, bites and other minor wounds.”
I dropped my hand and leaned my head back against the wall so I could look up at him.
“I can’t believe you just made me do that.”
He growled. “I took what was owed to me.”
“I owed you an orgasm?”
“Yes,” he replied. “I needed to relax you so you wouldn’t try to harm me when I informed you that I was keeping you.”
For a second or two, I did nothing, but as Kol’s words sunk in, I felt an anger ignite within me like never before. He inhaled and said, “Should I make you orgasm again? You’re angrier than I would like.”
“Kuat awaits you for such a remark, Kol!” Mikoh hissed. “A Maji female would risk everything to rip your throat out over this, and a human female is clearly no different.”
I placed my forehead against Kol’s chest to hide when mortification stained my cheeks. Mikoh and Surkah were present when Kol brought me to orgasm. I would never be able to look either of them in the eye ever again. I felt humiliated.
“Get away from me right now, Kol.”
“Make me.”
I gasped and thumped my fist on his hard chest. “You know good and well I can’t physically make you do anything, you bastard!”
I looked up at him when he chuckled, and I noticed that his eyes were still glowing.
“My human.”
His?
“I don’t understand what is happening here, but I know one thing for certain, and that is I am not yours.”
The glow in Kol’s eyes shone brighter.
“Stop challenging me, Nova,” he growled through gritted teeth. “You’re making things very difficult for me right now.”
“Yes,” Surkah agreed. “Please stop challenging him. It is his instinct to counter it, and we do not want that happening.”
“I’m not challenging anybody. I just want to be left alone!”
Kol suddenly roared, and I screeched with fright.
“Kol!” Mikoh shouted. “She is not Maji. She will fear you!”
The shipmaster tensed, and his hold on me tightened for a moment before it relaxed. He dipped his head, placed his mouth on my ear, and said, “I will never hurt you, shiva. Do not be afraid of me.”
There was that word again, he pronounced it like she-vah. I had no idea what it meant.
“How can I not?” I asked, trembling. “You’re scaring me. All of this is scaring me.”
“Surkah,” Kol said, his voice gruff. “Move her to the corner of the room until I … regain control.”
“May I not bring her out of your space entirely—”
“No!” Kol snapped, cutting her off. I thumped his chest. “Don’t talk to her like that.”
He growled lightly and brought his face down to mine. I heard him sniff, and I could do nothing but stand there and let him do it. Once or twice, he made a sound that was a cross between a growl and a purr. I didn’t know if it was a good sound or not, so I remained deathly still when he made the noises. I licked my lower lip when he rubbed his nose against my cheek. He saw the action and snaked his own tongue across my skin. He hummed as if he were tasting something sweet, but I knew I was sweating so, if anything, he got a tongue full of salty twang.
“I could eat you.”
Like the flesh-eating horror stories I had heard!
I whimpered. “You want to eat me?”
I think I heard Mikoh laugh then hiss as he muttered something to Surkah who was scolding him, but I wasn’t sure because Kol’s low laughter grabbed my attention.
“A different kind of eating, my human.”
“What different kind of eat?” I demanded. “You’re freaking me out.”
Kol pulled back and stared down at me, his glowing eyes as radiant as ever.
“Are you a vilo?”
“A what?”
“Have you ever shared touches or sex with a male before? If you haven’t, it means you’re a vilo like Surkah.”
A virgin. He was asking if I was a damn virgin. My words got clogged in my throat, so I had to clear it three times before I answered.
“What kind of fucking question is that?”
Kol smiled, his eyes glowing brightly. “You are.”
I was a virgin, but I saw no reason for him to know that or even want to know that.
“We’re not discussing this further.”
He nodded. “Okay.”
He stepped away from me, and the glow in his eyes dimmed until it faded away completely. It was then that he glanced over his shoulder and nodded Surkah forward. Mikoh released her instantly, and she moved towards me. She kept her eyes on me as she approached, and she looked … nervous.
“Nova—”