Page 40 of Avery

I smile up at him, and he smiles down at me. We'll be back. His best friend, who isn't me, lives here now and two of my friends are here. Jia nods again before waving us off. As much as I want to stay and talk with her before we leave, I want to be with Phial more.

"I think I like it when you're protective of me," Phial says as we walk back toward the ship.

It hasn't escaped my notice that Phial is naked, which means he's been following me around for who knows how long, and if that doesn't have the butterflies ramping back up inside me.

"You just like me." I nudge his shoulder with mine. He smiles down at me, and I know it's him telling me he likes me more than anyone else ever.

"I want to try getting naked tonight," I say, blushing fiercely as the words leave my mouth.

Phial snaps his teeth close to my ear, his hiss rattling loudly. "Avery, I love you more than anything, but I'm without pants right now, so maybe speak of your naked body when we are safely back in our room."

I blush harder, the feel of his cocks brushing up against my back as he steps even closer to me. "Sorry," I squeak out.

"Oh, don't worry," he chuckles close to my ear, keeping his body pressed close to mine so no one sees his hard-ons. "You'll make it up to me as soon as we get back on the ship."

My body buzzes to life at his promise, and my mouth starts to water at the idea of taking him in my mouth, swallowing down every drop he can give me. I hum in the back of my throat, and Phial accompanies it with a soft chirp of his own.

seventeen

Phial

Idouble check my mental list of things I need to do before we can leave Rythar. Right now, I'm outside the ship checking the fuel lines and checking for any external damage or weird sounds.

As much as it seemed like I followed Avery around the entire time she was saying her goodbyes to her friends, I wasn't. I had many things to get done before I could strip from my clothing and chase after my female.

I found Holoth first. He got the quickest goodbye I've ever given in my life. Okay, second quickest since I didn't even have the time to say anything to my brother before I had to flee our planet. Not that there was much to say to him, considering he's the reason I had to leave. Oh, well, that's the past, and it has no room in my mind.

After wrapping my arms around Holoth and giving him one long squeeze, I said goodbye and started running back toward the ship.

He was the only one I needed to say goodbye to on this planet. He was my best friend for many years, and he's still my best male friend, but he has been usurped in the general best friend sense. I'm sure I have as well since he is mated and soon to be with young.

Holoth chased after me, running beside me like it was a normal thing for us to do. Maybe it could've been if we weren't always trapped in the ship and if I had any desire to run for pleasure, which I do not. I'm a nimble creature due to genetics, not because I wish to be quick in my downtime.

When Holoth asked me why I was in a rush, I quickly explained to him how I had a female now. I also told him I don't spend much time away from her, and he could judge me all he wants because my female likes that I watch her, so no one else's opinion matters.

Holoth didn't chastise me for stalking Avery. No one has yet, which is more surprising than many other things. Maybe because Alik kind of stalked Sloane before they were together, none of them thought my actions strange.

Holoth asked if there was anything he could do to make our leaving easier since I had so much to do to prepare the ship for the journey. I almost didn't take him up on his offer because I was too focused on returning to Avery. My need for her has only grown since our relationship has progressed.

That's okay. We can be needy of one another. I need her presence all of the time. She needs my come. It's truly a win-win.

I asked Holoth about things a female might need to make a heat nest and if anything else might make her feel safer going through it on her own on Earth. We haven't talked about my role in her heat, and I'm defaulting to whatever Avery wants. I haven't even seen her completely naked yet, so I won't be surprised if she's hesitant to ask me to be inside of her.

Holoth told me he'd talk with his sister, who goes through her heats alone since she doesn't want to be with young any time soon. I meant to ask him what he was going to have her get for him, but he was already branching away from me, running through the clan to find his sister.

That was a few hours ago, and I'd almost forgotten about asking him to do anything. But he's here now with arms filled with furs, blankets, and pillows. Even his sister is with him, carrying a pack filled with things she's showing Avery. They talk about the contents in secretive, hushed tones. I strain my ears to listen but can't make out much. I think about camouflaging and listening to the end of their conversation, but there's nowhere out here to strip without drawing suspicion.

Unfortunately, when it's time to leave, my job is actually important, so I'm stuck with the exterior systems check while Helna shows Avery various things inside the pack that she never pulls out.

Avery's face is scarlet when they finish talking, and my mind is filled with ideas of what kinds of things might be in the secretive pack. Not to mention my cocks are also interested, which means when Helna turns her attention to me as she waves Avery off to put the pack in her room, I have to hold the paneling that slides from the exterior to reveal some of our wirings in front of my groin.

Helna has no interest in me, but my cocks belong to someone now. It's not kind of me to allow others to see them, even if it's just their outline in my pants.

"What are your plans for her heat?" Helna asks.

I keep my eyes on hers because if I were to drop them, I'd see just how little her furs cover. This is fine for her and for the males she enjoys inviting to her furs, but she has nothing for me.

I look around the shipyard, unsurprised when we're all alone. There's not much for the rest of the crew to do out here, butthat doesn't mean some of them, Jovi and Essa, wouldn't want to be out here as soon as they thought I might be having an embarrassing conversation.

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