“Kol,” I groaned. “You must stop this.”
He didn’t reply, but I felt him retract the tip of his teeth from my neck. His tongue flicked over the wounds he made, and each lick might as well have been on my clit because the orgasm I felt brewing was approaching fast and furious.
Kol moved his mouth to my ear and said, “Let go. I can feel how much your body wants to. Give yourself to me, shiva.”
He moved his thigh against me, and the tiny movement threw me over the edge and into a pool of bliss. My breathing halted as wave after wave of delight slammed into me. I heard myself greedily suck air into my lungs when the pulsed slowed and I became oversensitive. Kol moved against me once more, and I choked on air, causing him to chuckle.
My eyes had closed during my orgasm, and they remained closed in the aftermath until Kol spoke.
“Leave us,” he ordered.
I knew he was talking to Surkah and Mikoh.
“No,” I said as I opened my eyes. “They’re not leaving me alone with you.”
I felt Kol’s sly smile as he said, “Why not?”
Yeah, why not?
“B-because,” I stammered.
“Because?” Kol repeated.
“Because I was making a really good argument as to why I’m getting off this spacecraft and away from you.”
“You were making an argument,” he agreed, “but I do not think it was a very good one.”
“You’re an asshole. Do you know that?”
He chuckled again. “I will allow your insults for now, but be warned, my little one, my patience will grow thin.”
I leaned my head back against the wall.
“You forced me to do that,” I said to him.
He knew I was talking about the orgasm I just had.
He growled. “I took what was owed to me.”
“I owed you an orgasm?” I asked on a scoff.
“Yes,” he replied, clearly annoyed. “I needed to relax you so you wouldn’t try to harm me when I informed you that I was keeping you.”
For a second or two, I did nothing, but as Kol’s words sunk in, I felt an anger like never before.
He inhaled and said, “Should I make you come again? You’re angrier than I would like.”
“Come on, Kol,” Mikoh hissed. “A Maji female would die trying to kick your ass over this, and a human female is clearly no different.”
I placed my forehead against Kol’s chest to hide when mortification stained my cheeks. Mikoh and Surkah were present when Kol brought me to orgasm. I would never be able to look either of them in the eye ever again.
“Get away from me right now, Kol.”
“Make me,” he challenged.
I gasped and thumped my close fist on his hard chest. “You know good and well I can’t physically make you do anything!”
I looked up at him when he laughed, and I noticed that his eyes were still glowing.
“My human,” he murmured.
His?
“I don’t understand what is happening here, but I know one thing for certain, and that is I am not yours.”
The glow in Kol’s eyes shone brighter.
“Stop challenging me, Nova,” he growled through gritted teeth. “You’re making things very difficult for me right now.”
“Yes,” Surkah agreed. “Please stop challenging him. It is his instinct to counter it, and we do not want that happening.”
“I’m not challenging anybody. I just want to be left alone!”
Kol suddenly roared, and I screeched with fright.
“Kol!” Mikoh shouted. “She is not Maji. She will fear you!”
Kol tensed, and his hold on me tightened for a moment before it relaxed. He dipped his head, placed his mouth on my ear, and said, “I will never hurt you, shiva. Do not be afraid.”
Shiva?
“How can I not?” I asked. “You’re scaring me. All this is scaring me.”
“Surkah,” Kol said, his voice gruff. “Move her to the corner of the room until I… regain control.”
“May I not bring her out of your space—”
“No!” Kol snapped, cutting her off.
I shoved at his chest. “Don’t talk to her like that.”
He growled and brought his face down to mine. I heard him sniff me, and I could do nothing but stand there and let him do it. Once or twice, he made a sound that was a mixture of a growl and a purr. I didn’t know if it was a good sound or not, so I remained deathly still when he made the noises. I licked my lower lip when he rubbed his nose against my cheek. He saw the action and snaked his own tongue across my skin. He hummed as if he were tasting something sweet, but I knew I was sweating so, if anything, he got a tongue full of salty twang.
“I could eat you,” he whispered.
Like the horror stories!
“Oh, my Almighty.” I whimpered. “You want to eat me?”
I think I heard Mikoh laugh then hiss as he muttered something to Surkah who was scolding him, but I wasn’t sure because Kol’s low laughter grabbed my attention.
“A different kind of eat, my human.”
“What different kind of eat?” I demanded. “You’re freaking me out.”
Kol pulled back and stared down at me, his glowing eyes as radiant as ever.
“Are you a vilo?” he asked me.
“A what?”
“Have you ever shared sex with a male before? If you haven’t, it means you’re a vilo like Surkah.”
A virgin. He was asking if I was a damn virgin. My words got clogged in my throat, so I had to clear it three times before I answered.
“What kind of question is that?” I angrily asked.
Kol smiled, his eyes glowing brightly. “You are.”
I was a virgin, but I saw no reason for him to know that or even want to know that.
“We’re not discussing this further.”
He chuckled. “Okay.”
He stepped away from me, and the glow in his eyes dimmed until it faded away completely. It was then that he glanced over his shoulder and nodded Surkah forward. Mikoh released her instantly, and she moved towards me. She kept her eyes on me as she approached, and she looked… nervous.
“Nova—”
“I’m not your friend,” I told her. “You lied to me.”
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“Under my orders,” Kol cut in.
I looked at him. “I thought you were an asshole from the get-go so that doesn’t surprise me, but I liked your sister. I knew she was keeping something from me, I just knew it, but it didn’t stop me from liking her.”
“I humbly beg your forgiveness, Nova.”
Mikoh and Kol viciously growled the moment the words left Surkah’s mouth.
“Why are you both growling?”
“A royal never begs,” they replied in unison.
“Well, this one just did,” Surkah said and stepped forward to me. “I am very sorry for hurting you. I didn’t want to lie, but as Kol said, I was under orders.”
I contemplated her words, but my head felt like it was a hot plate that was overheating.
“Let me think about it, okay?” I eventually said. “I’m trying to figure out how I feel about being kidnapped, being brought to a new planet, and used as a baby incubator.”
“Thanas!” Mikoh suddenly hollered. “You’re impossible. I thought Surkah was difficult, but you are ten times as bad. I feel sorry for the male who winds up as your intended.”
Kol growled, and so did Surkah, but Mikoh paid them no attention.
I shrugged uncaringly. “I feel sorry for Surkah ending up with a dickhead like you, but you don’t hear me hollering about it, do you?”
“What did you just call me?”
“A dickhead.”
“Why is that an insult?”
“It means you’re a stupid, irritating, ridiculous male with a dick on his head.”
Mikoh narrowed his eyes at me but said nothing further. Steam might as well have poured from his ears to show his distaste for me at that moment.
“Don’t give me crap if you can’t take it being thrown back at you, asshat.”
“I don’t understand your Earth words, you imbecile human!”
“And I don’t understand your way of thinking, you imbecile Maji!”
Mikoh growled at me, so even though it hurt my throat, I growled back at him.
“I am going to find a male to spar with me,” he said through gritted teeth before he turned and hightailed it out of the room.
“I hope you get knocked on your ass!” I shouted after him.
I angrily folded my arms across my chest and turned to Surkah. “Can you believe him?”