Page 11 of Dancing for the Minotaur

Slowly, tremulously, the world seeped back in. The red light of the booth…the distant music…the feel of his big hands, warm and solid on her bare skin. The feel of his own harsh, ragged breaths stirring her hair.

Slowly, Terra became aware she was slumped against his chest, utterly spent, naked and trembling. She had just had the most powerful, real orgasm of her life in the VIP booth of The Doll House, with a Minotaur alien as her witness and her catalyst.

And she had no idea what the hell happened next.

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TAUREX

A connection had most definitely formed between them–Taurex could tell by the way he was able to catch flashes of her life when he touched her bare skin.

She didn’t do this by choice, he suddenly understood. This line of work was not what she wanted. She did it only because her younglings and elderly parent would starve if she wasn’t able to pay her bills and buy them food.

Also, her orgasm had been real. He saw in her mind that she had faked a thousand orgasms in this very room with other clients, but none had affected her the way he had. She felt the connection too–felt it on a visceral level even if she didn’t yet realize it cognitively.

The realization made him want her even more. He hadn’t thought it was possible to form this kind of connection with a woman outside his own species. And since there were no more female Monstrum, except for the ancient priestesses who inhabited the Sacred Grove on the Monstrum Mother Ship, he had never expected to feel this level of oneness with a woman.

But the curvy little human had proved him wrong in the best possible way.

Without thinking, he spoke what he was getting from her aloud, as his people always did when they felt that special mental connection.

“You do not wish to do this job,” he said to her. “But you have to in order to survive.”

“Huh?” Terra looked at him, confused, her eyes still clouded with pleasure.

“You only do this to take care of your parent and your younglings,” he went on.

Terra frowned, a look of confusion crossing her lovely face.

“How do you know that? I never told you any of that!”

“I just…know.” Taurex reached for an explanation. “Don’t your people know things about each other when they form a connection?” he asked. He wasn’t sure what happened with humans when they connected, but it seemed reasonable to assume since Terra had been able to connect with him.

She frowned and shook her head.

“What kind of connection are you talking about? And how did you know about my kids? Have you been spying on me?”

“What? No!” He shook his head emphatically. “I just…saw them when I touched you.”

“You what? Are you saying you can read my mind?”

Too late, Taurex realized he’d made a mistake–a big one.

“No, not exactly,” he said quickly. “I just…got flashes of information when I touched your skin. It’s the way of my people, when we form a connection.”

He almost said, “when they form a connection with the one who is their fated mate” but he held back because Terra didn’t look like she would welcome such information. She was already upset–she didn’t need to know that he was pretty certain she was supposed to be his.

“So you can see into my mind when you touch me?” She shoved herself off his lap and stood there, looking at him with fear in her lovely eyes.

“Only because you’re special,” Taurex said quickly. “You’re…” But again, he stopped short, unsure how to explain that she was meant for him without making the situation worse. “Special,” he said again, lamely.

“Look, I don’t want you or anyone else in my head,” she said tightly. Bending, she picked up her clothing and began putting it back on, covering both her luscious breasts and her soft little pussy.

Taurex saw that he had offended and frightened her and anything he said from now on out would only make the situation worse. He waited until she was dressed and then rose slowly from the chair, so as not to frighten her further.

“Forgive me,” he said quietly. “I didn’t mean to startle or offend you. But please know, you don’t have to do this for a living if you don’t wish to.”

Terra frowned and put a hand on her curvy hip.