Page 47 of HaL

“Hey, knowledge is power, but really I was just flirting, and apparently that fell flat. Do you know how hard it is to sit next to you, knowing that trouser snake of yours is just below the water? I’m not sure if my body is tingling because of the water or because we are sitting here naked together and you are not taking advantage of me.”

“Dawn, you are healing. Only rotations ago I was sitting next to the medical sleeping platform, praying that you would open your eyes. Every moment since has been a blessing. I will not push your fragile form for anything, ever.”

“Sooo, what you’re saying is that I’m going to have to make the first move or be a virgin for life?”

“We are in no hurry to further our bond; as you said, we have only just met.”

“Are you saying your runes, which look like they are ready to jump off your skin right now, are wrong about me … do you have doubts?”

“No! And I did not need my body to announce it or show me either. I have known there was something more between us from the moment I laid my eyes upon you.”

“Have you ever been with a female sexually, HaL?”

He shakes his head, then looks away from me. “I have the same needs and wants as other males, but the thought of holding one that was not mine was never appealing to me. You are a temptation unlike anything I have ever known, Dawn.”

Deciding hints are not working, I reach for him, only for the top of my hand to glance across that monster between his legs. Maybe I’m being a little forward, but I’m unprepared for his big hands to wrap around my waist, cradling me against his massive chest as he strolls deeper into the cavern and its shadows, to a ledge where my toes barely touch the water. We are not entirely hidden, but if by chance someone were to come looking for us, we would not be in the open.

A shiver runs down my back as the water is warm below and the air cold above.

“HaL, sweet-thing, warn a girl next time.”

He grips my hips, pulling me tighter against him. A gasp doesn’t even leave my lips before his are on mine. HaL kisses me hungrily, his hands roaming like he can’t decide where or what to touch first. He cups my breasts, thumbs brushing my nipples until they tighten painfully, my body held prisoner as his lips leave mine to explore down my neck. When he sucks a sensitive nipple into his mouth, his tongue flicking and teeth grazing, my moans seem to echo off the walls around us as my body reaches for more. I am so wet I can feel it coating my thighs.

“Quiet little one, I am not in the state of mind to share your passion with others.”

Before I can respond, he is kissing me once again, his hands now tracing the swell of my stomach. The cool air in the cave, mixed with the warmth from the water below and HaL’s hands, makes my body quiver as I become overstimulated.

“Lord of Light, your smell little Roja … I can taste your want and need. You are driving me insane. It is taking everything I have not to pin you against this ledge and take what I want, but I will not … not here.” His voice cracks with restraint. “You deserve more than a frantic rut in the shadows. But I am a weak male, and I have to give both of us something.”

He traces my thighs, his large hands practically wrapping all the way around them as he leans me back slightly, separating my legs so that he can look at my glistening, wet folds.

I’m not sure if I’m holding my breath or if time stands still for just a second, but the moment he runs a single finger through my wetness, I lean my head back, biting my lip to keep from screaming out as his teasing is slowly destroying me.

When he plunges one thick finger inside me, the stretch is immediate and perfect as my body clenches around him.

“Do not hide from me, my little human.”

I am not going to make it … I’ve lived through abductions and exploding worlds only to be taken down by a clever mouth and a talented finger.

Pumping his finger in and out, he slowly adds a second, stretching me as his thumb works my clit in tight, merciless circles. The pleasure his hands are building coils fast and vicious, and I feel myself rotating my hips harder against his hand.

“That is it … take what you need, my Roja. Mark my hand, rub your scent on me for eternity.”

I’m not sure whether it’s his words or his talented hands, but the orgasm that rips through my body is so intense I swear I see dark spots before my eyes as my inner walls spasm around his fingers. My nails score across his massive shoulders as he works me through the last of the spasms.

HaL eases his fingers out, and I whimper as he brings them to his lips, licking them clean with a low, satisfied growl.

“That, my little Roja, was the most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed.”

I’m grinning and a little loopy.

“If that was you, inexperienced, heaven help me when you figure it all out. I’m pretty sure I just had an out of body experience. But even though I’m weak as a kitten, we are not done here.”

I reach down, both of us gasping as I try to wrap my fingers around him.

“Dawn, you do not have ….”

“Oh, but how I want to! You can’t tease a girl with all of that and not expect her to want to play with it. Now show me what you like HaL, teach me how to touch you.”