Page 233 of Monsters in Love

“Is there something else I can get for you both?” He glances up at Xakiras, and I shake my head.

“No, we’re perfectly fine. What is the name of this song?” I try to redirect the conversation so nobody orders anyone around. I know it’s not my place, but I feel badly that they’re taking care of us. We’re capable of doing it on our own.

The little firefly looks at me, confused, but a small smile grows over his tiny face, showing sharp teeth. “This song has no name. Havita made it up herself.”

“Whoa, that’s amazing!” I look at the person who’s playing the larger instrument, realizing they have a white ball of downy fluff for hair. “Would it be okay if I join for a while?”

“Of course. Do you know how to play?”

I shake my head. “No, but I can dance a little.”

“Otoki, what about resting?” Xakiras tilts his head down to me, pinning me with stern eyes.

I sigh, reaching out to pat at his arm. “One dance, then I’ll sleep. We can’t just let this music go to waste, right?”

The firefly looks afraid to agree until he hears Xakiras mumble a reluctant “alright” under his breath. Once that’s uttered, the creature grabs my hand in their tiny one, jerking me forward. They’re stronger than they look, making me yelp at their strength.

They tug me along until we’re in the circle of other Volese who are swaying along with the rhythm. “What’s your name?”

My new dance partner beams proudly. “I am Jati, and you?”

“Echo,” I say, shaking its little hand.

The tempo changes again with a new song, and at first I watch as the others shift their movements to match, but once they have and Jati dances along, I find my rhythm. My hips slowly sway, and I close my eyes, listening to the beat created by someone’s subtle slaps on their legs.

Eventually I let loose, moving along the dance floor until I feel hands against my waist pulling me toward a strong, broad chest. The scent of sweetness floods my senses, and my eyes immediately open as I’m twirled around to face my partner.

“I didn’t know you danced?” I laugh at the thought of this very severe man actually allowing himself to relax enough to enjoy anything at all.

Xakiras doesn’t answer. Instead, he moves his hips in tandem with mine until he twirls me around in a circle. The laughter bubbles out of my chest until I’m pulled back to him, where immediately I see the look on his face that says this is not just a dance to him. Behind his eyes is a simmering carnal look of desire.

He holds me tightly to him, grinding our hips together, and the smell of him grows so heady and strong that a moan gathers in the back of my throat. Can the others smell it too? Do they know how good he smells?

“Otoki, you came from the stars and, out of all the constellations in the sky, to me you shine the brightest of them all.” He tilts my chin upward, leaning down to press his lips to mine in the sweetest, most chaste kiss he’s ever given me.

I’m at a loss for words. My heart beats out of rhythm with the music, but instead of running away, or telling him off, I put my head to his chest. “You’re a good dancer.”

Xakiras chuckles, and the rumble vibrates against my head. “I have practiced.”

“Why would you need to?” I look up at him and see the worry etching his features, but he doesn’t immediately tell me. Instead, he pauses our dance, pulling me off the dance floor. Nobody says anything about our departure as he leads me down another dark corridor, out of the view of everyone else.

Immediately he pulls me up so I’m straddling him, and his tongue is in my mouth. I moan, grinding my hips against him, feeling the wetness of his cock already soaking through my clothes.

He doesn’t speak at all, and I feel his fingers glide between us, touching between my legs to find my clit. Xakiras kisses me with such intensity that I’m breathless, while his fingers touch me in just the right way. My hands grasp at his neck, and I tighten my thighs around his waist while he rubs circles there until I’m grinding back, moaning into his mouth.

The tight coil of my orgasm grows in my belly as his fingers pick up speed and his tongue begins to move around my mouth in the way I know means he’s going to go deeper. He pulls away and grabs hold of his cock in one hand, slowly lining it up with my entrance. The tendrils wrap around my thighs, and as his cock enters me, every spiral rubs deliciously inside me.

“I will never clip your wings, little bug, but know I want you as my mate. I desire you like no other, and no matter what happens from this moment on, I want you ruined for anyone else.”

With that said, he immediately presses into me, and I groan, shutting my eyes. He’s not as gentle as the last time. Once he’s inside me, he pushes me onto his cock until I dig my nails into his back. “Fuck!”

I can’t find any other words because he shifts us so my back is against the cold, wet cave wall and his lips are on my throat. When he thrusts into me, I feel every nerve ending in my body grow taut.

The scent of sweetness grows even stronger, and the heat pools between my legs. Every thrust Xakiras takes makes me wetter until I hardly feel him at all, at least until his cock engorges. It grows thicker, longer inside me, until I’m writhing against it, bucking my hips in tandem with him.

“That is my sweet girl; take all of it,” he says against my throat as he continues to pound into my body.

His cock continues to grow inside me until I feel so full that I can’t breathe, but there’s no pain just as he promised me. When he pulls back out only to dive back inside me, my stomach knots and feels tight, but I still want him.

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