by Maia Starr
"No, I am not, son. You are reckless. For you to just take off like that to Earth. You are the son of the king. There are many out there that want to do harm to you. You should not leave without an escort of many ships. You have a private guard for a reason. You are to use them when you leave this planet!” my father shouted at me as he walked back-and-forth in his chambers.
"Father, I thought you would be happy. I have brought back a human female to make my wife. It is what you wanted from me the last time I was in these rooms. Now you scold me for taking the initiative to make your request into reality. I cannot win with you, father,” I said trying to hold back a laugh.
Boom.
The room shook. I know exactly what it was before looking toward the veranda.
"You always have to make an entrance, don't you, brother?” I said, turning my gaze toward the veranda. On the railing was a large green dragon. It was not a hybrid like myself, but a full dragon. There was no man to be seen, only creature. The dark green scales gave it the perfect camouflage when flying amongst the trees. When it swam underwater the blue of the water, it camouflaged the beast as the green blended with the blue. It was an awesome sight to behold, and I had to admit that I was jealous of that. My older brother was the better of the two of us. Not only could he shift into full dragon form, but he was the eldest and would be king. He always obeyed my father and was honorable and loyal. I knew that my father thought of him as his favorite son, the full dragon king, and I the hybrid as a lesser Draqua.
"Come in, my son,” my father said to him. I watched as my brother's monstrous clawed feet took a step and as he did, he shifted into man. He walked forward with an angry look on his face. His dark hair was short, and he was a very large Draqua. His shoulders were broader than mine, and he was a very skilled warrior.
"Who saw you? Where did you take her from? You must report every single detail to me. I have to go back and cover your tracks if needed. Just as always I am always cleaning up your messes,” my brother, Greia, said as he strolled into the room.
"No one on Earth saw me. You do not need to worry. I can take care of myself, and I can damn well take a human female without any problems!” I shouted at him. I was already seething with rage.
"How can you be sure that no one saw you? You went alone! This is why we go in teams! So that someone is always on the lookout. You disobeyed the regulations. You did not have permission to go in the first place. You are reckless, brother!” Greia shouted at me.
"I might be reckless, but that does not mean that I am not smart. I covered my tracks. There's nothing for you to worry about,” I said.
"Son what you do not understand is that we are in a very delicate situation. Right now, for the last 30 or so years, we have taken great pains to make it look like the human females we take are disappearing without a trace. They call them missing persons on Earth. We make it look that way on purpose. It is how we have gone undetected so far by the humans on Earth. Our race relies on the human females to carry on our existence and part of that is making sure that we do not have any interference by the humans. If they see a Draqua taking a human female, then they will create defenses to stop us. Right now the greatest advantage is in the invisibility,” my father said.
"I do not need this lecture from both of you! I took precautions. No one saw me. No one will think that an alien took Melody at all. You are making up a stressful situation that does not exist. Nothing I do is ever good enough for you, either of you! I am sick of it!” I said as I moved closer to the veranda. Then I took a running start, shifted, and took flight off of the rail.
I flew hard and fast under the heat of the sun. I flew over the ocean and dove straight down into the water. I needed to cool off. My brother and my father had me in such a rage. But after a swim and letting off some energy flying, I still was very angry. This was not going to cut it this time. I knew exactly where I needed to do. I took flight toward a small isolated island in the middle of the ocean called Kila. This was a spot that my friends and I used to get away from it all. As I flew in low over the white sand of the island, I saw a familiar sight.
"Woo, Cylo!” I saw Baca with his fist in the air shouting at me. I landed next to him.
"We were wondering when you were going to show up,” he said excitedly.
"How long have you guys been out here?” I asked as Jix ran up to us.
"We've been out here for two days now. We just needed to get away. Needed to be a little wild,” Jix said.
"I understand. I am right there with you. Let's get a fire going. I am starving,” I said.
“Oh, we have that covered,” Jix said. I looked toward the brush and saw two female Draqua gathering wood. They nodded to me.
“Only two?” I said.
“No, there are two more gathering water,” Baca said. I laughed. Then we set out for a night of fire on the beach, lana juice, swimming, and eating. We had fun, but I could not stop thinking about the human female: Melody.
The next morning I woke up. But I wasn't on the beach of the isolated island. Where the hell was I? I am going to go over and saw Melody sleeping next to me. I smiled. I did not know how I got there, but I liked it. I reached my arm out and put it around her waist. She moaned slightly. Then she stirred.
"What the…” she whispered very sleepy and then sat up quickly.
"What the hell are you doing here?” she said as she turned and looked at me.
"I was hoping that you could tell me that.”
"How did you get in here? When did you get in here?” she asked as she got out of the bed. I was disappointed to have her soft body moved away from me.
"To be honest, I don't remember coming here. I was hoping that you could fill me in. I must have got really intoxicated off of lana juice."
"Oh, that is very charming. I assume lana juice is some sort of alcohol,” she said as she moved over to the table and drink some water.
"Yes, did you not have some at the feast last night? The tables are always overflowing with it,” I said as I lay on my back and put my hands behind my head. I wasn't going anywhere.
"No, I did not go to the feast. Food was brought here for me,” she said then pointed to a tray.
"That is disappointing. I had very strict orders for Sarah and Michelle to take you to the feast and show you around a little," I said.
"I guess they decided they did not want to do it anymore,” she said with a slight smile.
"I guess so."
She gasped as she turned away from the table and finally looked at me. Her eyes were directly on my loincloth. I looked down and noticed what she was looking at. “Oh yes, that happens sometimes. Especially in the morning. I don't suppose you want to help me with it,” I said, looking at my hard cock. I had a very rigid case of morning wood.
"No!” she said turning away.
"Well, that is one way for it to go down on its own. You rejecting me. Did you reject me last night as well? Did we fuck?” I smiled.
"No! How dare you! I did not even realize you were in here until I woke up. I guess you have a key to the door,” she said walking toward it to check if it was still locked.
I laughed. “I don't need a door. I am sure that I just flew in the window. You will have to get used to it if you are going to be my wife,” I said.
"I will not get used to it, and I will not be your wife,” she said in a defiant voice.
"I am starving. What do you say we continue this argument over some food?" I said as I moved toward the window and shifted into dragon form.
She jumped backward and gasped.
"There's nothing to be afraid of. Come?” I said as I reached my hand out to her.
"I don't want to walk on those bridges. It makes me dizzy,” she said. I walked over to her, tired of her defiance, and scooped her up into my arms.” “Oh, we are not walking.” I ran to the window and took flight. Soon we were soaring through the village. Melody had her face against my chest and her eyes closed. She held on tightly. For the first
time, she was not shouting in defiance at me. Instead, she was quiet and holding on for dear life; I thought it was adorable.
"Oh my God. This is beautiful,” Melody said as we landed on the shore of the island. The waves were crashing onto the sand, and it was fairly empty that early in the morning.
"Yes. Want to go for a swim?” I asked her.
She looked at me and smiled. To my surprise, she pulled off the sheer dress that she wore and in her loincloth and top wrap, she ran straight into the waves and dove in.
"A human after my own heart,” I whispered to myself and then I ran after her.
"It is absolutely perfect. It is not too cold but not hot. It is a perfectly refreshing temperature,” she said as she came up and stood in the water.
I stood beside her, allowing the waves crash against us. “I think it is perfect as well. It is perfect, just like me,” I teased her.
"Oh, Jesus get over yourself! Give me a break,” she said as she splashed water on my face. I pushed the water back in her direction, and together we continued to water fight.
"Not so hard! You are twice the size I am,” she laughed. I was very surprised by all of this new enthusiasm. It was actually puzzling to me. For someone that did not want to come here and begged for me to leave her on Earth, she was having a very good time. Not only that, but she wasn't asking to go back to Earth every single second. It was a very strange demeanor for a human female to have after being abducted. I don't think we had ever seen anything like it. Usually, it took a few months and falling in love with a local Draqua to convince a human female to stay on her own accord. I looked at her wondering what was going through that mind of hers.
CHAPTER FIVE
MELODY REEVES
I was surprised by just how much fun I was having. I was not behaving like a person that had been abducted from her home planet and taken to another alien planet. I was not behaving like someone that never knew that aliens existed. I was behaving like I was on vacation. I think it was the freedom that I felt. It had been so long since I’d felt like an anonymous person. I had been in the public eye for over ten years now. Ever since my father decided to enter public office, I was thrown into the public eye. I liked the anonymity that being on another planet gave me.
“Are you hungry, Melody?” Cylo asked me. He was lying on his back, floating in the refreshing, crisp water. I took this opportunity to allow myself to look at his long and muscular body. He was toned and definitely the most beautiful specimen of a man I had ever seen. I allowed my gaze to move over his six pack abs and then further down, his treasure trail that led into his skimpy loincloth.
“Yes, I am hungry,” I said quietly as I thought about the sexual hunger that was growing inside of me. I forced myself to pull my eyes from his perfect form.
“Good. I know just the place to eat breakfast this morning. Come,” he said as he got to his feet. I followed him out of the water. I picked up the sheer muslin dress that I had thrown on the beach and pulled it over my wet body. I felt good. I felt refreshed, and I felt free.
A few minutes later we were further down the beach. It felt a little more isolated in this area. We were far from the village that would be waking up now. I saw a boat in the distance bobbing on the shore in the small waves. It was made from a giant tree trunk. It had been hollowed out on the inside and cut in half. It was beautiful. The boat carried an older Draqua and three young male Draqua, ranging from eleven to twelve years.
“Good morning, Pila!” Cylo shouted at them.
“Good morning! Come!” the Draqua named Pila shouted with a smile. The younglings lit up when they saw us. They laughed and ran straight toward Cylo, who began to play-fight with them in the sand. I was surprised by this behavior.
“What catch have you this morning?!” Cylo shouted at the older Draqua.
“Many bounty! Good eating. Come join us!” Pila shouted.
“Thank you, Pila. This human is Melody. She is very special to me,” Cylo said. I was surprised by his choice of words.
“Welcome, Melody,” Pila said as he nodded a hello to me and the younglings giggled.
“Thank you, Pila,” I said, nodding back. I was surprised by Cylo’s affection for the fisherman Draqua. Maybe he wasn’t a prince after all. Perhaps the women had lied to me in order to play a trick on me. I would not put it past them. They were not to be trusted. I would expect that a prince would be having breakfast fed to him in bed and have all the servants do everything for him. I did not think that a prince would be hanging out with the fishermen Draqua, and it seemed like he did this often.
Cylo whispered to me. “You are about to eat the best breakfast you have ever had in your life.”
I smiled as the group went to work. The Draqua younglings grabbed dried palm fronds and used them as a broom to clean the sand off a large piece of driftwood that was the size of a couch. I understood that this was to be our table and we would sit in the sand around it.
“Let’s make a fire,” Cylo said to Pila as he patted the elder on the shoulder. They gathered wood and placed it into a deep hole in the sand. Then I saw something that I still found completely unexplainable. Cylo shifted from man to hybrid dragon in a flash. It was impressive, and my mouth fell open as I watched him shift. His large wings spread out behind him and the scales that looked like imprinted tattoos appeared on his skin. I bit my lower lip trying to hold my impressed reaction in restraint. I did not want him thinking that he impressed me. I still thought of him as a complete scoundrel and womanizer. Then his chest began to glow a warm yellow and then white. I knew what was coming because I had seen it before. Soon fire shot out of his mouth and straight onto the pile of wood. The beach fire roared to life. The youngling Draqua cheered. Then everyone went to work cleaning and preparing fish.
“Here, this is how you do it,” Cylo said as he grabbed my hand and guided me as I learned how to prepare the fish. His hand on my hand made my entire body grow warm. I tried to brush it off.
Minutes later, we were all seated around the makeshift table and eating. “Here,” Cylo said as he pounded on a sea creature that looked like a crab with his fist. The shell broke open and exposed the steaming white meat inside. I looked over at the younglings that were using rocks to break open the crab. I realized just how strong Cylo was if he was able to do with his hand what others needed rocks to do. He pulled out a piece of meat and held it in front of my mouth. I looked at him. He smirked. I opened my mouth slightly and he sensually placed the delicate piece in my mouth. My palate burst with flavor.
“Mmm, this is scrumptious,” I said savoring the meat.
“Scrumptious? I do not know this human word,” he laughed.
“It means delicious. Excellent. Great,” I said.
“Scrump-tious,” he teased. “Here, continue to eat the scrumptious,” he said as he pushed the open crab over to me. I was glad that he was going to allow me to feed myself because I did not think I was going to be able to continue to allow him to feed me. It was just too damn sexy. What the hell was wrong with me? Why was I turned on by him feeding me? Then I remembered…
“Wait, are you doing that thing?” I whispered.
“What thing?” he asked.
“You know, the thing where you control my thoughts,” I whispered.
“No. Do you want me to?” he asked as he arched an eyebrow at me.
“No. I never want you to. I like to control my own mind, thank you very much,” I said.
“I will take that into consideration, but I am not making promises. It is just too fun. I cannot deny the use of my gifts,” he teased.
“These gifts. How do you have them?” I asked.
“I don’t really know. Some of us have gifts, us hybrids, that is, and some of us don’t,” he said.
“The others have the power to persuade minds too?” I asked.
“No, it is different for everyone. My close friend Baca, he is able to see premonitions,” he said.
“You mean he is able to see the f
uture? That is fascinating,” I said.
“Well, it is not that simple. He can only see premonitions that concern himself. If he is in the premonition around others, then he will know that future of the others as well. But it only comes to him in flashes, and it changes often. It all depends on the choices that are made,” he said.
“I see. And how does your power work?” I asked filled with questions. “This is all from mixing with human females? It does not make sense.”
“Yes, we barely understand it. We did not know that mixing with humans would create these powers. But there are those that oppose it. The older generations do not like it. They have a problem with it and…” he was cut off.