by Lisa Lace
“That it will.”
Klowix was looking at her with a glint in his eye that Bethany recognized. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. Something caught her eye, and she saw it was that bizarre bracelet he was always wearing.
She hooked it under her finger. “What is this, anyway?”
“It’s a restrictor bracelet. It makes sure that I can’t draw more essence from you than your body can take. People have been known to kill their partners accidentally. This will physically stop me if I get carried away and go too far.”
Bethany stared at Klowix in wonder. “You’ve had that for ages, ever since the first time we were together.”
“Of course.”
“I thought, all those times, I was half sure you were going to kill me, but I was completely safe all along.”
Klowix frowned at her. “Of course you were. Did you ever think I’d put your safety at risk? You should have known better than that.”
“I guess I should have.”
Bethany didn’t want to discuss it anymore, she just wanted to kiss Klowix. His lips met hers and she sighed into his mouth. Klowix’s tongue traced over her teeth and smoothed along the roof of her mouth. Bethany moaned and pulled him closer.
In one lightning fast movement, Klowix had her in his arms, and in another, they were in the bedroom. The bed wasn’t as huge as the ones they’d enjoyed on Telion, but to Bethany, it was perfect. He laid her down gently and began taking her clothes off.
Bethany loved to watch him undressing her. She lifted her hips so that he could pull her pants down and guide them off over her feet. Perhaps in winter, when they had a cozy fire and were all stocked up with food stores until spring, she would wear some of the silk dresses Klowix so enjoyed. For now, what with gathering, washing, cooking and building every day, pants were the practical option.
Once he had relieved her of her clothing, Klowix began removing his own. Bethany smiled as he pulled his shirt over his head, and she reached for his chest. His muscles had only become more defined over the months of hard work. She could feel them flexing beneath her fingers, and she encircled his back with her arms, pulling him in.
Klowix’s cock pressed into her stomach, the precome creating a sticky patch between them. He broke away from the kiss and slowly licked his way down to her breasts. Bethany waited, trembling in anticipation as he tantalized her, planting kisses around her breasts before finally latching onto one of her nipples.
Her back arched and Klowix’s hand found the familiar position behind her neck. As usual, Bethany felt a thrill of fear, but this time, after a moment, she realized that it wasn’t necessary. She wasn’t in any danger. She never had been.
She cried out as Klowix began pulling the essence out of her and she reached for him, needing him inside of her. Klowix pulled back, teasing her, and Bethany hooked her legs around him, trying to pull him in. He ducked his head and brushed her clit lightly with his tongue.
Bethany spread her legs open, needing more, and he obliged her, using small, fast movements to turn her to a desperate, gasping wreck. Bethany’s legs tensed and untensed as her hands clutched Klowix’s hair.
“Klowix.” She needed him. He ignored her and slipped a finger inside her. Bethany moaned and pushed herself against him, urging him deeper. She twisted around, trying to reach his cock. When she found it, Klowix made a noise of approval deep in his throat.
Bethany cupped him in her hand and began rubbing him in that way she knew drove him wild. His cock hardened even further under her hand, and she could hear his harsh panting close to her ear as he started kissing her neck.
His voice was hoarse. “I need you.”
“Then take me.” Bethany wrapped her legs around him, pulling him closer. She moaned as he finally eased into her. At first, he went slowly, but neither of them could hold out for long. His hand was hard at the back of her neck as his hips snapped backwards and forwards, driving her breath out with each stroke.
He grunted as his orgasm exploded out of him. While one hand drew the essence out of Bethany, his other found her clit. Her hips bucked upwards as she came as well, her eyes scrunched shut with the intensity of the pleasure.
After a few breathless seconds, the two of them came down and curled up together.
“I love you.”
Bethany turned over and kissed him lightly on the lips. “I love you too.”
Four years later
Bethany called out to them. “Be careful.”
Snia was the one who replied. “I’ll watch them.” She got up from the bench and followed Greg and Rela as they toddled off towards the play area.
“Little monsters.” Of course, Klowix was smiling when he said it.
Bethany eventually pulled herself out of the hammock she and Klowix were cuddled in together. “I said I’d help Ruth look for some melio for the cake. We should definitely look at finding a way to store it when it’s in season; finding it now is going to take hours.”
“Don’t be too long, or I may have to come and look for you.”
“Yeah, like that time you got lost in the forest and I had to come rescue you.”
Klowix protested. “I was not lost!”
“Right. That’s why you were so relieved to see me, because you weren’t lost.”
He lightly slapped her bottom as Bethany went to help Ruth. On her way, she looked in on the play area where Snia was keeping a close watch on Greg and Rela. The two of them were getting on well with the others, all eight of them a similar age.
When Bethany had given birth to twins, she’d been terrified, but she needn’t have been. She’d always known Klowix would be a great father, and the small community they had created on Secrena offered more than enough help.
Culip called to her as she passed by. “Hey, Bethany! If you see Beoli, tell her I need her skills.” This was a singular achievement, considering her mouth was full of nails.
“I think I saw her helping to mend some baskets – I’ll tell her.”
As she walked, Bethany looked around at their home. It never failed to amaze her how much they’d managed to build, and how much joy there was here. Though the war was long over, they’d kept their little sanctuary a secret from most of the galaxy.
She’d thought Klowix would go mad with no armies to command and no battles to fight, but he had thrived. He was already teaching Greg to be a hunter. Rela, meanwhile, followed Lizzy around whenever she could, fascinated with the thin plant fibers Lizzy specialized in using to make clothes.
She called out to Yiri and Hannah, an Evion-human couple who had been one of the first to join them. “Watch out there.” They quickly righted their bucket of water and waved their thanks.
Footsteps behind her made Bethany turn around. Klowix caught up with her.
Bethany grinned. “Miss me already?”
He pulled her in for a kiss. “Maybe I should come with you, protect you from any ciatri lurking about.”
Though there wouldn’t be any ciatri where she and Ruth were going, Bethany eagerly took his hand and the two of them strolled to the end of their village. Ruth was waiting for them, an excited smile on her face. Tomorrow was Trili’s birthday, and Ruth and Bethany were planning a party and a cake for her.
Hand in hand, Bethany and Klowix headed out to the forest that had become part of their home. Bethany glanced back once more and could just see Rela, giggling on top of Snia’s shoulders. Her parents were nearby, always eager to spend more time with their grandson and granddaughter.
As they walked, Klowix put an arm around her and she leaned into him. She smiled up at him and he squeezed her shoulder, whispering words of love in her ear.
Bethany giggled as his breath tickled her, just managing to avoid tripping over a protruding root. Over the past four years, this wild, beautiful planet had become their home. Klowix had become her home; he had been long before the day they married, and he would be until the day they died.
Just as it should
be. They were secrena, after all.
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