“It was pleasant.” He licked his lips.
“Because we produce this liquid that is also appealing to males so we do not have to…uhhh, milk ourselves?” With that she grasped on of her breasts and squeezed as a milky white fluid trickled out of her engorged nipple, “Ohhhh…that is soooo pleasurable…the pressure is sometimes unbearable and we have…” she pointed to a small basin on a driftwood table next to the bed “to relieve ourselves of the fluid if the mate is unable to…” she smiled playfully “so if he doesn’t drink it, maybe he will milk us and we just enjoy…Ohhhhhhh…the milking.”
Lilra gasped as Tom plunged deeply into her and as she raised up to draw him in. He cupped one breast with his hand and began a rhythmic squeezing and locked his lips about the other as Lilra lost all control. The last thing Tom remembered her sputtering out haphazardly that this was something N’rogs never did…all this all at once…and for him not to stop.
Chapter 20.
Time slipped by and the lovers began to wonder if perhaps they should make an appearance in the communal area of the N’rog complex. Tom was still dead set on leaving in the morning to try and find Sky and Dar. So both dressed…with one ‘quickie’ standing in front of a mirror of polished golden metal that was comparable to any mirrors back at Tom’s base; save the golden hue.
Tom had fine quarters that were much more elaborate than his friends, which also made Tom wonder how fantastic Lilra’s were; his were great and he was almost sorry he had to leave the comfort of them, yet the importance of his mission that he had put off so many years drove him onward.
They walked casually into the communal room that at this hour was nearly empty so they sat off to one corner. Lilra chuckled softly “You humans walk funny after you have sex.”
Tom snorted a half-laugh “You were kind of wobbly yourself.”
“I didn’t have my milk to prop me up.” she chuckled and leaned forward to reveal most of her breast almost to her nipples “You humans seem to have an affinity to breasts,” she laughed and then softly added “You’d make a great Timorer…uhh, milk servicing agent? Remember I told you about nursing mothers? Well they also will service a laden female for a small fee.”
Tom winked “I’d do if for nothing…as long as it was for you.” he winked and then smiled and Lilra looked puzzled.
“Oh, never! No, never do the same Timorers get called out on the same service. Why they could get attached to the female and then the mate would be forced to fight him in the arena.”
“Don’t care for the way that sounds.” Tom grinned.
“Oh, females settle their disputes in the arena as well, but we of the humanologist caste do not belong to the old ways; nor do the scientific, or religious castes anymore.”
“How many castes do you have Lilra?” Tom asked as the door swung open and Gina appeared with Murg…and both of them were barely able to walk. Tom and Lilra glanced nervously at each other and the pair joined them. They plopped down in seats across from Tom and Lilra and Murg’s huge frame nearly busted the chair.
“Hi you two!” Gina chirped with a huge grin “How’s sex?”
Murg grinned as he leaned toward the others and whispered “The humans have something like we do…or at least it affects us more powerfully than we do to each other.”
Lilra leaned in to join the rest “You don’t care that we got so much more out of…” Murg nodded ‘no’ to which Lilra grinned and whispered back “but we do not tell anyone of our findings, at least until we figure out the how’s and why’s of this reaction.” This time Murg nodded that he agreed wholeheartedly and flopped back into the chair.
Gina stayed leaning toward Tom as she looked in his dark eyes and smiled slyly “My God he was bigger than he looked but somehow in my passion…it was fantastic, my heart is still pounding.” She grinned “Has to be that stuff they exude as a lubricant.”
Tom felt a pang of jealousy but nodded that he agreed and after several minutes of small talk, he excused himself and headed back to his room for at least a few hours of sleep. He quickly found out this was not going to be the case as Gina quickly slipped in the room behind him, pushed him further into his room and locked the door.
She unzipped her jump suit and let it fall to the floor and before Tom could stop sputtering, she had him undressed and pushed back onto the bed.
“I don’t understand,” he panted as she was doing things to him that were nearly as arousing as what Lilra had done “you always left when I…”
She raised her head and looked up at him as she slowly slid upward dragging her hard nipples against his chest “I was always afraid of what you thought of my past, what your father would say, what others would say.” Tears formed in her eyes as she quickly tried to brush them away “I wanted to spare you the pain of having people talk about me behind your back and you knowing that they were…even though I haven’t been with a man in the six years that I seriously started falling for you.”
“You were just with a man.” Tom chuckled.
“A reptile...yes, male…yes…man, no.” she giggled softly as she came face to face with Tom. “And as great as it was…” she sighed “all I could think of was you.”
“Really?” Tom sputtered.
Gina roared with laughter “No…oh my God it was fantastic! Christ, that thing of his wiggled around, twisted and drove me out of my mind…” she looked him in the eyes and kissed him gently “but you…you I love, not Murg.” She raised up, sat on his naked stomach, and smiled at Tom “But if you don’t want me, I know where I can wrestle a python as much as I want.”
“You know if any N’rog, male or female gets jealous, they fight to the death in some arena…right?”
Gina raised and then settled down as she sighed “Your snake will do me just fine…AHHHhhhh…make that GREAT!” with that she fell onto his chest as they began what was to be the best night of their lives so far. It was during this brief interlude that Tom finally realized how much that Gina loved him and how much he had been fooling himself, he did love her and did so much more than he admitted to himself…until this wonderful night. During that night both began to realize there was a difference between sex and love.
The morning departure never did come as it turned more into a week. Heavy rains, fog on the river, and problems with roving raptors moving in and about the riverbank caused delays that Tom hated. After all these years he finally managed to get this little expedition going and now more delays.
The day before they were scheduled to leave Lilra walked in the communal room and smiled at the four. Gina and Tom knew Harry and Hans weren’t in a hurry to leave as there were two rather attractive reptiles hanging about whenever they were near. Quick glances and giddy smiles told the leader that it appeared that his crew had found the N’rog customs rather accommodating.
Lilra was about to bust the unusual bubble they had found themselves in.
“My friends…” she looked worried “it would seem, now that our people have had a chance to study the biological samples that you gave us…” again she fought to phrase something in her mind, but finally let it out “Well, it seems that your people are predisposed to pheromones that we produce that causes an overly aroused state. My friends, it is our fault that you have…uh, that is, when we…uhhhh…”
Tom laughed “Lilra, relax. Look, you told us about the fluid and the possible effects. What happened, happened.” he winked at Gina “Besides no one has complained one bit.”
“Not exactly so.” Murg frowned as he joined them “It would appear that humans tend to similarly affect us as well.” he nodded over toward Hans “It would appear that Sirrus over there has been spending her evenings in Hans’s room…” he sighed “and her mate found out about it.” He looked at Hans and shook his head “Apparently she forgot to mention that she was bond-mated or she wouldn’t have been allowed to come to this outpost. Now he’s furious and will arrive in a few days. Our security officer will sooth his feathers and Sirrus will be sent back to
the island they live on. I would suggest that you all leave before he arrives as Tarat is the third in line to head the warrior clan. In time he may accept the scientific data, but until then…he is one of our greatest warriors.”
Hans looked straight at Murg “I will give him the honor he asks for in the arena, I’m a big man, I can handle myself.”
Lilra looked at Tom and then Hans “Tarat stands seven and a half feet tall, and weighs nearly three hundred and twenty pounds…and the arena if you recall, can be a fight to the death if either party requests it…and I have no doubt that he will.
The color slowly drained from Hans’s face “Ok I’d like to give him a chance, but we’re leaving tomorrow.” he stood and nodded toward his room “Reminds me…have to pack… wouldn’t want to be too late starting in the morn.”
Tom grinned and nodded his approval “Agreed, her hubby might arrive early.” There were quiet chuckles as Hans departed the communal room. Lilra sat next to Tom and then quickly bounded to her feet.
“Oh scat, I forgot. Sirrus is still here.”
“Doubt if anything is going to happen with them tonight Lilra.” Tom laughed as he arose and stood next to Murg. “What say we go over those maps that you’ve made for us?” and off they headed toward the plotting room which also functioned as a library.
After nearly five hours Tom closed the door to his room and plopped down on the bed and the massive down blankets ‘poofed’ up around him as if he was being swallowed by the massively filled covers that seemed alive…and a squeal?
Tom leapt to his feet to see two rather embarrassed women, Lilra and Gina. Gina’s naked breasts bounced as she leapt to her feet and tried in vain to cover herself with the strange shaped pillows the N’rog used…small and round they barely covered one of the two areas she was trying to cover.
At the same time Lilra jumped up and reached across the bed to try to cover herself, but Gina grabbed the pillows first and covered both the areas that she intended, which left Lilra standing there butt naked and looking sheepish, yet she didn’t try to hide anything from Tom.
Tom wasn’t sure how to handle this or what to say, so he smiled and tossed Lilra her filmy evening dress. Lilra gave up on modesty and pulled it over her head and slowly adjusted it. She looked at Gina and then back to Tom.
“It would appear that it is not only males and females are drawn to each other, but…” she looked at the blushing Gina and saw they were looking at her strangely; she was glowing a dark blue.
“Oh Dogriss, I never blush…oh! You blush only red do you not?” With that she smiled politely and hurried from the room trying to make some sort of apology saying something about pheromones and attractions and…SLAM!
Tom chuckled at the nearly naked Gina “Well? No apologies?”
Gina looked at Tom for only an instant before breaking out in a huge grin “With that tongue of hers? HA!” she tossed the pillows on the bed as she scurried off toward the ‘watering’ room. The watering room was the N’rog version of the bathroom that was adorned with living plants, hanging mosses and flowing water. One of the large flows to an oval pool and filled it and then ran out of the other side and into a hidden opening in the wall, this was for bathing and heated rocks surrounded the pool for basking upon afterward. The second smaller and faster running stream of water was for relief. Tom watched Gina’s cute naked rear end bouncing across the room and a quick splash into the bathing pool that came from natural subterranean sources.
He was about to say something to Gina, but then he remembered how Lilra was, how the N’rog were, so unabashed unless they thought something was amiss and Lilra blushed, so she must have known about him and Gina.
From the other room Gina’s musical voice rang above the running waters.
“I’m sorry baby, we were talking and I had to pack and asked Lilra if she would come with me so we could finish talking. I changed, and the next thing I knew she and I were in your…uh, our bed.” She was half giggling, half crying “I know I said I loved you but when…uh, we…”
Tom walked in and laid next to the ‘bathing flow’ as the N’rog called it. The large flat rock was warm and too comfortable as he propped his head on his hand while Gina bathed.
“It’s ok baby,” Tom muttered softly “you know what Lilra said about the pheromones, guess we’re just going to have to be careful around each other. Sure seems to affect us in closed areas…we…should try…to avoid…” His eyes were slowly closing as Gina walked over to him and popped him on the chest with her hand.
“Wake up, sleepyhead, we have to get ready for the morning…” she laughed musically “and get Hans out of here before he gets eaten or something.” She stood from the waist deep water that was flowing gently around her, she cupped both her breasts “Unless of course you…”
There was a squeal and a splash as Tom slid into the water still half clothed “Ok, but this time…afterward, we sleep.
“Agreed.” she giggled in a husky tone as she lowered herself back into the warm water and kicked a heel to either side of the pool. “Morning will come quickly and we need to get going.”
Tom nodded slowly as he pulled himself toward her “I think I’ve been afraid to leave here.”
“Why baby?”
“Guess I’m afraid what we’ll find out, about Sky and Dar, it has been ten years. I’m afraid if we go I may find what I don’t want to find.” he sighed deeply “As long as we didn’t know…Sky was always alive in my mind. If we find the wreck…”
Gina gently laid her fingers on his lips and softly purred “It’ll be ok baby, we’ll find her…alive.” The mood had passed and it was time for a quick drying off and a fitful night of sleeping for both. Tom worried so many years about his sister and Gina worried so many years about Tom.
Chapter 21.
The morning was foggy around first light as Harry and Hans loaded the barge once again. After nearly a week and a half they had to give it a shake down to find where the water had come in from, until Murg reminded them of the torrential rains they had for half of their stay. This made traveling better as the river was swollen, but they weren’t sure if they got too far away from the small cove, that they might not be able to get back if an emergency came up.
Harry gave things one last look and peered through the dense fog as shadows were moving their way.
“Sure those are not raptors?” he muttered softly as Tom walked to the railing.
Murg appeared from the fog, jumped aboard and lifted a pole they had used for pushing off from rocks. Hans looked at him “I almost used your stunner on you. You should not be stalking about in this fog.”
Murg wiped his hand across one of the poles they used for poling their barge and held his hand up to show the condensation from the fog that covered it “What and light everyone up?” Harry grabbed the pole and sighed “Thanks for the warning Murg.” Just about then Gina, Tom, and Lilra appeared and everyone took a big sigh of relief as Tom looked strangely at his guys.
“Tell ya later boss.” Harry chuckled thinking about how his finger tightened around his trigger upon seeing them in the fog, another close call.
“Well let’s get going.” Tom ordered as the excitement of once again getting underway filled him with hope “I’d like to be out in the river before this fog lifts as Murg said the next ten or so miles are clear of rocks and it gets wider.”
Harry grinned “I can get with that boss, wide and a bit faster current can get us away from the dinosaurs that could wade out and…” he reached over the one side where the netting was stored and began covering the barge with the large net with cut brush woven in “just in case this camo won’t hurt.”
Murg looked as the humans set their netting and smiled “Clever humans; to the beasts you’re just another tree floating down the river, and it gives you some cover from the sun.” he shook their hands and added “I will have to remember this should we ever have to travel by river.”
Tom motioned for the crew to push off and wa
ved to the N’rog as he shouted that they’d drop by on the way back, assuming that they made it back. A few good hard pushes with the poles and they were out into the main river channel and the fog enshrouded bank and their new friends no longer could be seen.
“Kinda gonna miss that Murg fella.” Hans muttered.
“Kinda, gonna?” Gina teased “When the hell did you start talking like that?” she chuckled until a wet hand splashed out from the water next to the barge and grasped her ankle. Gina screamed so loud even in near panic, Gina was glad for the deadening effect of the fog. She clamped her hands over her mouth and fell backward toward the center of the barge. Everyone rushed to her defense only to see her pulling Murg from the water. He looked at the rest sheepishly…
“Lilra wanted me to hurry downstream and make sure you knew that a large pack of raptors were spotted in the vicinity and were appearing to track you by your sounds,” He sighed loudly “and damned if I didn’t run smack dab into them. My only chance was to go into the water and as I swam out from shore to head back, I heard you talking and the poles clunking on the sides of the barge…I think that is how they know where you are.”
Tom helped the bone tired reptilian up “Glad you’re safe Murg, but we’re safe out here, hell we can’t even see the shore out here.”
“Out here I only swam about ten Rooaturs…ummm, yards, you’re very close to shore.”
Tom paled and quickly spun to toss out their anchors and as they found the bottom and slowly pulled the barge to a stop they could hear the sounds of thrashing on the banks.
“Wow, that was too close!” he gasped as faint shapes could be seen on the foggy river bank.
Guess starting out in the fog wasn’t such a good idea after all.”
Just as Tom finished speaking the wind kicked up and the fog slowly began to lift. On the shore that was indeed barely ten yards away were close to a half dozen shapes that could be seen darting back and forth. Tom began to tell the crew to pole out into deeper water now they knew where the bank was. Another sudden gust of wind moved the fog and the six raptors stopped and looked at the camouflaged barge and the humans froze. Murg shook his head and shouted “POLE! Those raptors can wade out here if they want.”
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