“And you?” Kal asked, tightening his hold. My mouth opened and closed, but no words escaped. Kal waited patiently until I shrugged. “Will you think about it?”
“Sure.”
“Until then, you’re going to have to initiate physical contact,” Kal said as his hands fell away from me.
“Seriously?”
Kal lifted a single eyebrow.
“You can kiss me,” I whispered before pressing against him.
I sprawled in bed, unable to sleep. I kept rolling over in an attempt to find a comfortable position, but it wasn’t possible. I was hard, and I couldn’t calm down no matter what I thought about. My body wouldn’t relax, and my pulse thundered in my ears.
My fingers slid down my chest; I pinched my nipples, making me squirm, before I gave my dick a couple of lazy tugs. I groaned and continued pumping, spreading my pre-cum to ease the glide of my palm. Kal appeared in my thoughts, and I imagined him touching me, his long fingers stroking my shaft. The memory of his black tongue licking my fingers when Lucy had scratched me right after our bonding surfaced, and my fantasy changed. I pictured his full lips going around the head of my dick as his textured tongue swirled the tip.
I moaned his name as I spurted embarrassingly fast, splattering my stomach.
“Well, that’s a development.”
I gave my techplate and gun to Vik behind the counter, as did Kal. We’d been playing our experience every couple of days, and it had gotten more intense with each mission. Now, some of them took two or more hours to complete. Unfortunately, we occasionally had to stop in the middle. Today was one of those times.
“Sorry, my Seth,” Kal said as we headed toward the elevator. “I have to meet with Talvax about landing on Petveiti. She wants to stay for a week to give crew members shore leave. There is also the potential of picking up more passengers.”
“She needs your input?” I claimed his hand. The moment I did, his tail wrapped around my ankle.
“Not exactly. This is her ship, but I’m a member of the royal family, and this is my expedition. She wants to speak to me to ensure we don’t disagree and she won’t have to challenge for control, which wouldn’t be likely.”
Challenge?I wondered. “Why?”
“I’ve known Talvax my whole life. She’s friends with my parents, and I got to know her better when we colonized Takzil.”
“Ah.”
He shook my hand, which made a silver bracelet with a blue stone jangle. Since we’d kissed, Kal had brought home gifts for me almost daily. The first one had been this bracelet. Seeing the expensive piece of jewelry had made me uncomfortable. I’d never been a jewelry man, but Kal wore necklaces, rings, andearrings all the time, so I relented. Whenever I wore his gifts of clothes or jewelry, Kal would preen.
“Do you want to come?” he asked.
“Not really.”
“Then I will see you after. I’m meeting with Pimtimzol, though, before I come home.”
When we reached the elevator, I pushed the button for the third floor, and Kal didn’t move to push any of the others. “What floor, Kal?”
“I’ll take you back to our quarters.”
“You’re ridiculous.”
“Am I?”
“You’re being overprotective.”
“You’re mine to protect,” Kal said, head tilting to the side.
“I don’t need an escort to our apartment.”
“Fine.” Kal reached around me and pressed the button for the first floor.
I gripped the back of his neck to draw him into a kiss. We only separated when the elevator opened.
