But not right then, I decided, as he slid over me, as he settled his weight on top of me, pressing me back into the cushions.
Tomorrow, I vowed and then eagerly returned his kiss.
Chapter
Thirteen
LYRA
“Where are we going?” I laughed, gripping Droxan’s hand tight as he led me down a winding stone staircase. “And why did you want me to wear this again?”
“You said humans swim in it,” he told me, eyeing my red bikini as he looked at me over his shoulder.
“So we are going swimming?” I guessed. My face hurt from grinning so much. “You also said Luxirians swim naked.”
“Tev,” he purred. “They do.”
“So why do I have a feeling I’llalsoend up naked?” I teased.
“Because you will,” he answered, his tone matter-of-fact.
Another laugh.
The stone staircase was slick and narrow, so Droxan was leading. He kicked off any branch or twig or leaf that littered the path, as if he needed to make sure it was entirely clear for me to step on it.
When we reached a tree that had fallen over in the storm, he swept me up in his arms and I squealed as he vaulted us over it, the muscles in his abdomen tensing, his arms tightening. Thenhe kept me in his arms, his skin warm against my side as he carried me bridal-style down the stairs.
“How are you feeling?” he asked me for the millionth time that day. I’d woken up in The Pleasure Pit, half-delirious from the plethora of orgasms the night before. My pussy was still tingling, even now, and sensitive. Though I still craved him.A lot. It was the most maddening thing and I’d never experienced anything quite like it.
“Very good,” I told him, stroking a line down the middle of his bare chest. “But could do with another little pit stop.”
He groaned. We’d already had one, not a few steps down the staircase, which led to the jungle ravine from his terrace. He’d pushed me back against a tree, dropped to his knees, tugged aside my bikini bottoms, and licked me to another knee-trembling orgasm right there and then.
It wasfreeingto realize no one around could hear us. I could be as loud as I wanted, screaming my pleasure out into Ullima, whereas back at my apartment on Wero, I’d had to muffle even my softer moans whenever I touched myself. Unless I wanted the neighbors to know what I was doing.
“We are almost there,” he informed me.
I’d been thinking about last night all morning. A constant replay in my mind. And I knew what I wanted that day. I just wondered if Droxan would want the same thing.
“And where isthere?”
He waited to tell me though, his feet finally landing on the bottom step and I heard something through the thick canopy of blue and green trees. A rush. Like wind.
A gentle mist of water floated out from a clearing and when Droxan rounded a massive boulder that shielded our destination from view, I literally gasped.
“A waterfall!”
“Tev,” he murmured, letting me slide from his arms down his body as I laughed in delight. “You said you’d never seen one before. Not in person.”
He was so incredibly thoughtful. I whirled in his arms, pressing a kiss to his lips.
“Thank you,” I breathed. “This is wonderful!”
I flipped back around, walking towards the waterfall, craning my head back to look up at it in its entirety. The mist felt cool against my skin. The waterfall was so high and large that soon, my hair was entirely wet and my bikini was sticking to me.
But I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. The waterfall roared down into a massive lagoon with crystal clear water. I could see every last stone that littered the base of it, even as the waterfall rippled the water, making it lap like an ocean.
“We get to swim here?” I asked, excited.