I shook my head without speaking.
“If you do not wish to be mine,” he said, nipping at the skin on my neck as his tail curled around me and the wet tip stroked my bare sex, “I could always hunt down that little ship of your sister’s again.”
I gritted my teeth, hating that his touch made my heart race and my nipples harden. I despised the fact that my body desperately wanted to surrender to him while the rational part of me wanted to slit his throat. I parted my legs, fixing my eyes on the wall as his tail moved between my thighs. “I will not go back on our deal.”
Chapter Ten
Kratos
The blood roared in my ears as she opened her legs to me. The heat of the water had made me almost lightheaded, as had my desire for her. Pressing against her soft, small body, it was all I could do to keep myself from impaling her with my cock from behind while my tail stroked her from the front.
I slid my hand up from the swell of her belly and palmed one of her round breasts, circling the hard point with my thumb. She arched into me but did not make a sound.
Even though I had never been with a human female, I’d heard about them. I knew where their pleasure centers were, and what to do to make them respond the way I wanted. I liked my fucking just like I preferred my battles—loud and fierce.
Bending her forward at the waist, I dragged the crown of my cock through her folds, hesitating when I thought about what she’d said as she’d been drifting under the sedation. She was untouched, which meant that this would hurt her. Looking down at her small frame dwarfed by my larger one, I wondered if she’d be able to take all of me.
I hesitated, then gave my head a hard shake. You are a Raas and she is your captive. She is yours to take, so take her.
My tail moved up the swell of her belly until the wet tip circled one of her nipples. I knew she liked the feel of my silken fur on her from the way the flesh pebbled, and the sensation of her bumpy flesh against the tip of my tail made my cock throb. Lowering my head to her neck, I stroked my cock back and forth between her folds. I already knew that she had nothing but a narrow strip of fine hair at the top of her sex. I had seen as much when I’d put her in bed, but I hadn’t expected the skin of her folds to be so velvety smooth. I nipped her neck again and squeezed her nipple harder.
I expected her to moan or sigh or make some kind of noise, but her jaw was clenched, and I noticed her hands gripping the ledge of the pool so hard her joints were white. I stopped moving and straightened.
After a moment, she turned her head. “What’s wrong?”
“Why don’t you tell me?” I no longer touched her, and she’d crossed one arm across both breasts, as if I hadn’t just had my hands all over her and my cock about to split her.
She didn’t meet my eyes, and her cheeks flamed pink. “Nothing’s wrong. I thought you wanted to…?”
“Fuck you?” I finished the sentence for her, watching her flinch at the words. “Oh, I do, Raisa, but not like this.”
She looked around at the blood-red water. “Not in the bath?”
I hoisted myself out of the water and stood over her beside the sunken pool, letting the water stream off me onto the stone floor. My cock was still hard and jutting out from my body. Her eyes darted to it, then quickly away.
“Vaes,” I said, motioning with one hand for her to join me.
She was tentative as she got out, but I ignored her hesitation and her flushed cheeks. Grabbing her hand, I pulled her to the wall with nozzles and buttons, positioning her before I pressed a flat, square button. Hot air burst up from below, causing her to yelp and the water droplets on our skin to fly off or evaporate.
When we were both dry, I scooped the sheet off the floor. “You can wrap this around yourself.”
She did, but she kept her head down as I led her out of the bathing chamber.
“You prefer the bed,” she said as we crossed the room.
I dropped my grip on her wrist and turned abruptly. “I prefer a female who welcomes my touch.”
To my surprise, she snapped her head up and met my gaze. “That wasn’t part of the deal.”
“Then we will make a new deal,” I said, shocking myself with my own words. Why did I care so much that this female want me? I’d fucked plenty of females on pleasure planets who did not care one way or the other about me. It had never bothered me before. But this was different. She was different.
She narrowed her eyes at me. “What kind of new deal?”
“You are already mine.” I ran a finger down the length of her neck to where her breasts swelled above the sheet. “You belong to me, but I do not want only your body. I want all of you, Raisa.”
She blinked quickly. “I don’t understand.”
I leaned close to her. “I will have you, but only when you beg me for it.”
“I will never beg you.” But even as she said it, her pupils dilated, and I could see through the sheet that her nipples were tight points.
“We will see.” I crossed to where I’d dropped my kilt on the floor, stepping into it and fastening the belt around my waist. I left the armor hanging on the stand, but hooked my battle axe onto my belt.
“So that’s it? I don’t have to do anything anymore?”
I tried not to let the relief in her voice bother me, reminding myself that she did not know me, and she did not understand me or the Vandar yet.
I left my boots as I walked over to her, looping an arm around her back and jerking her tight to me. My tail wrapped around her body, keeping her from leaning away from me. “I did not say that. I said I would not fuck you until you tell me to. I did not say all the things I plan to do to you to make you beg for my cock. And believe me, little human, you will be begging for me to fuck you.”
Her plump lips parted, and she sucked in a sharp breath. The sight of those curved lips made me think of the fullness of her ass cheeks and the soft folds I’d been stroking. I might want her to come to me willingly, but I was not above stealing a kiss from a female who belonged to me.
Tangling my free hand in her hair, I tilted her head back and crushed my mouth to hers. She struggled in my arms for a moment before moaning and lifting her arms to my shoulders. Fire ignited in my core and my cock ached, as I parted her lips with my tongue, taking possession of her mouth as I kissed her so deeply I wasn’t sure where I ended, and she began.
Without breaking the kiss, I lifted her feet off the floor and walked her back to the bed, falling on it with her under me. The sheet slipped away between us as our bodies writhed, and she was naked beneath me, making soft noises as her tongue swirled with mine.
I tore myself away, panting as I looked down at her. “Tell me, Raisa.”
The desire in her eyes was clear, but she only drew in shaky breaths as she looked up at me.
“Tell me you want me to fuck you,” I said, my voice insistent.
Her body heaved underneath mine, and she’d hooked one leg around my waist, but still she did not speak. The wanting in her eyes had faded and there was only fear.
I jerked away from her, pressing my hard cock down with one hand as I turned and stormed out of the room, not giving a backward glance at the naked female on my bed. The naked female I’d brought on board as my prisoner for the express purpose of warming by bed and sucking my cock.