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The contract had stated that if we weren't 100% happy here, we were allowed back into the colony. I knew I’d be going back to nothing, less than nothing with that debt under my name, but staying also meant never seeing my brother again.
The bell rang out, signaling the end of the current course.
Instead of sharing the raised platform with his captains, today Krxare and I sat up here with the other mated couples overlooking the unmated masses. Each couple had their own station, providing some privacy.
Below us, all the women got up from their seats. Some were reluctant to leave their current dinner dates, and some were ready to get as far away as possible. They wandered the room, looking for the next warrior to spend the next course with.
Tasha had been right. It was much less stressful just to sit and eat the entire meal with Krxare.
The activities gave me a chance to take a good look at all the Kadrixans living here, not just Krxare. At first, they all looked the same to me, but now I recognized distinguishing features. Despite them all being tall and muscular, they were not all built the same.
Also, some Kadrixan had a small patch of hair on their chins, but some, like Krxare, had no facial hair at all. They were dressed differently as well, with some favoring dark, silky shirts, and others wearing tight tank tops that showed off their muscles. Others were topless, their broad chests on display.
“I have studied your culture, and your courting rituals include something called a dinner and a movie.”
A dinner and a movie. “That’s an extremely antiquated Earth term. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use it in real life. We do go on dates though, which I guess is the same thing. Is that what you’re trying to achieve here? Mass speed dating?”
“We try to get the females to spend time with us so they learn not to be frightened.” He offered me another skewer of meat, but I declined, knowing there were more courses on their way.
“Are games like these common for your people before a rut?” I leaned into him, enjoying how he made me feel so completely protected.
“Yes, especially for the younger crowd. It increases the likelihood of males finding a mate.”
Mate. Despite having both Krxare and the ladies explain the concept to me, I still didn’t understand how this giant warrior could know in an instant I was right for him. It was strange for me to trust a hunch this strongly. Everyone acted as if it was completely normal for me to ditch my plans to head back to the colony just because I’d found a mate, but one of the reasons I’d chosen the rut was because of the option to go back.
“So what happens when the rut starts? To us, I mean. Tasha and Penelope already explained what happens to the unmated.”
He pulled me close and whispered the words into my ears as if they were a secret just for me. “I will carry you up to our aerie and spend the entire rut making you so deliriously happy you’ll never want to leave my side again.”
Gulp. A tingling frisson tickled up my neck. My body felt like it was on fire, and I wanted to climb into his lap and—I pushed the thought away. I had to get a hold of myself. It must be these pheromones he was releasing.
“I can smell your need,” he growled. “You like the idea of me doing unspeakable things to you.”
He hauled me sideways into his lap, then his hand disappeared under the skirt of my dress. A single claw drew teasing circles slowly up my thighs.
“What are you doing?” I whisper-hissed. “It’s the middle of dinner.”
I looked around, worried someone was watching, but no one was paying attention. Every couple on the platform was too busy with each other to notice. Many were cuddled together intimately themselves.
Krxare reached over and pulled a thin blanket, which had been rolled up on the side, over my body. “Stay quiet and no one will know.” His tail replaced his hand, moving slowly up my leg.
The ladies had mentioned something about their tails, and I had a feeling I was about to find out what they meant. I buried my face into his chest, biting my lip.
Krxare reached for a skewer of meat with his free hand and ate it, his face a mask as if he weren’t feeling me up under the blanket.
The tip of his tail had reached my underwear. I squeezed my legs together, but that wasn’t enough to stop it. It snuck underneath. His tail was incredibly deft and mobile. He slid the very tip up and down the seam of my pussy, then covered my clit with the flat triangular end. That was when it started to vibrate.
I whimpered against his chest, trying hard not to make a noise. I didn’t want anyone to turn and look.
A hand landed on my thigh, on top of the blanket, then Krxare pulled my knees apart.
“Keep them parted,” he ordered quietly.
My knees shook, but I obeyed, not wanting him to stop now that I’d had a taste.
His tail started moving over my clit, vibrating as it massaged. I inhaled sharply through my teeth, and my fingers tightened around his arm. Then I was there, my channel pulsing around nothing. I wished it pulsed around him instead.
He continued massaging me a little more before giving my pussy two pats as he said, “Good girl.”
