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Taelen crushed my mouth in a possessive kiss half a beat before a bright light exploded before my mind’s eye. I shouted against his lips, and he tightened his hold around me as the violent spasms of ecstasy shook my body. I thought I would go insane from the intense pleasure as his deila continued to wreck me for a while longer before he finally took pity on me.

He broke the kiss, and I rested my head against his shoulder, boneless. My mate chuckled smugly, his hands roaming lazily down my back in a gentle caress.

“I love the sound of your pleasure, my mate, and how your body responds to mine,” Taelen whispered in my ear. “I look forward to how you will sound with my stem inside you.”

Those words sent another jolt of pleasure straight in my clit. My inner walls throbbed and clenched, feeling cheated despite the two mind-boggling orgasms I’d just received. And yet, I felt hollow.

He didn’t give me a chance to gather my thoughts enough to answer and gently pushed me off him and onto the bed, lying on my back. He leaned down and gave me a tender kiss before getting up.

“I will fetch breakfast while you get dressed,” Taelen said.

His leafy panels closed around him, his erection making them tent a little in front of him. As he turned to walk away, his tail caressed the length of my right leg in a deliberate gesture. I remained lying there, dazed, for at least a couple of minutes then forced myself out of bed.

I showered and got dressed, feeling hot and bothered the whole time, despite those two climaxes. In my head, a single thought replayed in a loop. I, too, wanted to know what I would sound and feel like with his cock inside me.

Chapter 11

Taelen

As I made my way to the water, the taste of my female lingered on my tongue. Every cell in my body screamed for me to go back and feast some more. My Mirella was so different and yet so perfect. The memory of her moans and sighs of delight still echoed in my ears, making my stem painfully hard. Even the coolness of the water didn’t dampen my arousal.

Although everything in me said my mate wouldn’t have refused me had I pushed things further, I didn’t regret walking away when I did. Her human mentality still felt illogical to me. As much as I wanted to argue with it whenever she brought it up, making her feel safe and respected remained my priority. She might have given in to her desires and then regretted it later because of those strange values. However long it took, I would follow her pace. It would kill me to have my mate thinking I took advantage of her or coerced her into something she wasn’t ready for, like her people used to do to their females.

But that determination did little to ease the painful pressure in my loins.

For the first time since my awakening, I was grateful that my people were still asleep as I stroked my stem until I found a much-needed release. The entire time, I pictured my Mirella’s delicate hand on me instead of my own.

That miniature stem she called a clit was truly a wonder. Our females’ dent at that same position was nowhere near as sensitive. Yes, the small recess was designed for our deila to fit snugly in it. The vibration also helped them achieve their climax faster. But this little clit responded in a way that blew me away. I could keep watching Mirella fall apart over and over again by just having her sit in my lap with our sexes aligned. I would take great pleasure in making her shout with ecstasy for me.

And once she had my veris, our communion would be even more powerful.

Forcing myself to focus on the task at hand, I quickly gathered some fruits and nuts for our breakfast. As we would be traveling for a long time, I grabbed a couple of shells for protein that would sustain us longer.

As I emerged from the water, my heart soared upon seeing Nym and Drannor at the Sentinel tree. I joined them and quickly updated them about what had transpired so far.

“That is distressing,” Nym said with a frown. “But I’m glad Shevraya was able to help us pinpoint the source faster. The good news in this entire mess is that the Galnir Tribe has one queen.”

“Really?!” I exclaimed, hope and excitement exploding in my heart.

She nodded with a smile that quickly faded.

“She’s hard at work awakening the Kalrins. But it’s a lot to handle on her own,” Nym added grimly.

“And they have no clue where the other queens have gone?” I asked for confirmation.

She shook her head apologetically.

“The Ungaro Tribe is in the same situation as us,” Drannor said. “So it will be good to know if their land has also been gutted.”

“Indeed. For this reason, Mirella and I are headed to their village. Hopefully, they will allow her to scan the territory and to use the mechanical eyes should we find the same excavations,” I said in a somber tone.

“That might be challenging,” Drannor said with an air of sympathy. “Athusa is particularly resentful of humans.”

“With good reason,” I conceded. “But as the Thesh of his tribe, he must cast aside his personal feelings and do what’s best for the people. My Mirella is not responsible for the wrongdoings of those who came centuries before she was even born. She’s doing everything in her power to help us.”

“That, she is,” Nym said before tilting her head to the side as she gave me an assessing look. “You sound very possessive of the human. She pleases you?”

“Yes,” I said with surprising force and conviction.