I laughed with her. “They kinda look that way with their beard and hair, but most of all with their clothing.”
Kya wrinkled her nose. “Don’t tell me they wear fur.”
“Oh yeah, they do, and lots of leather. Luckily for me, it was still summer so I didn’t have to see them in fur coats.”
“Oh, it makes me so mad that they would kill innocent animals.” Her curly hair bobbed from the way she shook her head.
“I know, but you can’t discuss it with them.” I sighed. “Trust me, I tried. They think we’re the crazy ones and will argue that it’s the natural order of things and that humans have always hunted and eaten animals.
“So much for the big enlightenment.” Kya shook her head.
“I know – somehow they managed to avoid that wave of raised awareness.”
“God, it sounds like you traveled back in time or something.”
“No, they have modern amenities. But yeah, culturally, I think it was like traveling back in time.”
“So you loved it?”
I looked down. This was so typical of Kya. To see right through me.
“I mean, what archeologist wouldn’t like to travel back in time? Tell me…” I felt her eyes burning on my face. “What part of it did you like the best?”
Meeting her curious eyes, framed by her impossibly long lashes, I swallowed hard. On my way back from the Northlands I’d convinced myself I would never let anyone know the details of my relationship with Boulder, but I had been delusional thinking Kya wouldn’t sniff out that something big had happened to me. And more importantly, the truth was burning in my belly like a hot piece of coal that needed to be cooled down or it would consume me and destroy me.
“Boulder,” I admitted quietly. “Boulder was the best part.”
Kya waited for me to elaborate.
“You can’t tell anyone about this, do you promise?”
“I promise.”
“Please don’t hate me or report me for being unstable, but Boulder and I…” I pressed out the last words. “We had sex.”
Her hands flew to her mouth, her eyes wide in shock.
“He didn’t rape me!” I hurried to say. “It was more like a social experiment. I was curious and wanted to experience what it would be like to be with a man like him. Someone who is so much like men used to be.”
Her hands lowered from her mouth. “And?”
A shy smile spread on my lips. “And it was amazing.”
“What do you mean?” She moved closer on the sofa.
“It’s so different. I meanhe’sso different. Tall, muscled, strong, and almost animalistic in the way he would take me.”
“Animalistic?” She tilted her head.
“Yeah,” I laughed. “Sometimes he would literally growl while having sex with me. There was so much passion in his eyes and his movements. It’s something that I’ve never experienced before, and I envy women from the old days if sex was like that for them.”
“Holy Mother Nature.” Kya pulled her knees up and wrapped her arms tightly around her bent legs. “And here I was so worried about you. I never imagined sex with an Nman could be a pleasurable experience for any woman.”
“Look, I think I know the answer, but Kya, have you ever had sex with a man?”
“A living man?”
“No a dead one,” I said sarcastically.
