Page 32 of Purring, Presents, and Parties

The sound of flesh slapping against flesh filled the cave, and all Aubrey could do was hold on.

Putting her mouth to his cheek, she kissed right over his scent gland. She didn’t press hard, she didn’t need to. The slight pressure was enough. Crying out, Tarrian came, flooding her.

His climax triggered hers, and she tightened around his throbbing cock. Shaking with pleasure, she gasped as her body squeezed him.

“You grasp me,” he moaned. “Your body holds me tight as though you’ll never let me go.”

Breathing hard, she whimpered as her limbs stopped working. Tarrian had to wrap his arms around her when even her torso seemed to go limp. Aftershocks of her orgasm made her shudder in his arms as he thrust a few more times.

He held her as their breathing slowly returned to normal. With one ear pressed against his chest, she could hear his steady heartbeat. The other ear was filled with the gentle sounds of water dripping in the cave and the occasional burble as cold water and heated rock found equilibrium.

Finally, Tarrian moved her body so he could look down at her face. “Are you satisfied with your honeymoon?”

“One hundred thousand percent satisfied,” she said with a lazy grin. She felt boneless and deeply sated. “I didn’t think sex could get any better. Then you took me up a mountain to look for rocks, led me into a geothermal cave, and made me climax as if I was a block of pure sodium thrown into water. No geologist could ask for more!”

Chapter 13

Zuri

“What about this one?” Zuri asked, holding up a bright pink wrap. She nodded her head at the growing pile of clothes in the corner of the room. “I could match it with this purple belt.”

Jalin shrugged for the fifth time. “It’s nice?”

“But is it nicer than the yellow with the orange belt? Or do you think I should go back to the baby blue with the silver hair ties? The silver really brings out my eyes.”

Letting out an exasperated sigh, Jalin pointed to the pile. “Zuri, really? You look good in all of them. You could wear a sack and be beautiful. Please pick one so we can go to dinner. I’mstarving!”

She ignored his dramatics. “I fed you less than a mark ago, so stop complaining. The announcement said tonight’s dinner is going to be a big deal and to wear our favorite outfits. You know that means what you look the best in.”

“You look good in everything!” Jalin exclaimed.

Zuri leveled a stern look at him. “The sooner you help me pick an outfit, the sooner we leave.”

“Right!” he said. “The baby blue and silver.”

“Perfect,” Zuri said and picked up the yellow and orange belt.

“That’s not what I said,” Jalin objected, crossing his arms with a frown.

“It’s the one you looked at the longest,” Zuri explained. “You only picked the baby blue and silver because it was on the top of the pile.”

Jalin huffed out an exasperated sound. “Then why did you even ask?”

“To torment you for drinking all the sopa,” she explained, making him laugh.

“Fair,” he declared. “Does that mean we’ll be leaving soon?”

“All I have to do is change and style my hair,” she answered. She looked down at the ankle length, light brown wrap he was wearing. While both men and women wore the wrap garments, the men liked the longer ones that reminded Zuri of an Asiatic style of clothing as opposed to the shorter, tighter ones the women tended to wear that resembled dresses. For a simple garment, they were easy to modify and style to your personal tastes.

Some humans had tried to wear pants, but visiting Talins and government officials didn’t like it. Pants were for Talins, wraps were for humans. It wasn’t something anyone cared enough about to fight over.

They chatted like the old friends they were as Zuri changed. She braided her hair, weaving in several strips of orange fabric to match her belt. Finally, she clipped a few charms onto her collar. They jingled together as she moved, making a pleasant sound.

Turning, she held out her arms. “What do you think?”

“Perfect!” Jalin declared. “Now can we go eat?”

Zuri pointed to a nearby display in the corner that showed the time in marks and submarks. “Even if we hurry, it’ll be another half a mark before we eat. Why are you in such a rush?”

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