Page 33 of Monstrous Baby
Of fucking course I went like a damned idiot.
“I’m teasing,” she whispered.
And then pressed her lips to mine.
15
NATALIE
Kissing Axxol was like trying to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a hungry crocodile. Too sharp teeth. No softness, even in his lips. Beneath my fingers, his flesh knitted and flexed in odd surges, as if his creature brushed against my palms. His tongue filled my mouth, aggressive and demanding. No surprise. But then he kept pushing deeper until I started to gag and pulled away.
His eyes blazed with blue fire, his nostrils flaring wide with each breath. His shoulders swelled, scales popping out of his skin. The bones of his face widened, his teeth like daggers. “What?”
I kept my voice soft and easy. “A little too much tongue action.”
His eyes slitted and he flicked his tongue out, swiping his entire chin. “You handle Lohr’s tongue. Why not mine?”
“I haven’t tried kissing him yet.”
“Noted.”
“Oh,” Lohr said, startled enough said tongue slipped down to dangle over his chest. Thick saliva dripped down his midsection onto the floor but he didn’t seem to notice. A white tip protrudedbetween the forked sections. His dick. “It didn’t occur to me that such an action would even be an option.”
“I’ll try anything at least once as long as it brings you pleasure.”
“Humans call it a blow job,” Rizan added. “I can drop vids?—”
“No!” Both Lohr and Axxol said at the same time. Lohr’s white tip swelled thicker and longer, oozing milky fluid along with the copious amounts of saliva. Axxol’s face twisted in a pained grimace.
:Not pain,:Kroktl whispered in my head, his tone echoing with an amused smirk.
I glanced down Axxol’s body and noticed his slit gaped open, his genitals also beginning to protrude. I barely suppressed a laugh—I didn’t want to hurt Axxol’s feelings again. His prickly pride wasn’t used to teasing yet.:Noted.:
Snryx hovered off to the side, his facial expression carefully blank and undemanding. His implements hung still down his back, though they weren’t tightly braided together. He didn’t project any emotional data, so I wasn’t sure what he was thinking or feeling—until I deliberately reached for his warm amber glow on the grid.
Cautious and guarded, he waited nearby on the off chance I was serious about marking him next. Given our alpha’s protests, he braced for me to change my mind. Acceptance flowed through him. No expectations. He would wait without complaint or outwardly displaying any displeasure or disappointment, though a small, secret part of him would ache with regret. Hidden beneath layers of scientific notations and medical applications, he shielded his true self.
His lingering doubts and fears about repulsing a human mate with delicate sensibilities. Eager to be needed—but afraid I would never want more from him than medical assistance. Starved for touch and easy affection and love—but resigned toalways fading into the shadows behind Kroktl and our aggressive alpha. Snryx wouldn’t ask for anything for himself, especially something that might impede another member of the squad’s desires. He lived to serve the squad and keep us all functioning at peak performance. His programming demanded restraint from emotional entanglements that might jeopardize his ability to make lightning-fast decisions to save one of us.
If he cared too much, he might not have been able to quickly amputate Lohr’s foreleg when Axxol mauled him and cauterize it to stop the bleeding. In the heat of battle, success of the mission was his primary concern.
Now, he didn’t have a mission.
:Incorrect.:His mental touch was a soft, hesitant brush, as reserved and careful as his outward demeanor. He didn’t want to push into my private space or make me pull away in horror.:You’re my mission. Your safety and perfect health above all.:
I didn’t move toward him physically, but I kept my thoughts and mind open in silent invitation. Gently, he seeped into me, a quiet, slow melding. More than our minds. I was already on the grid for the most part. This was a deeper knowing. He already knew me at a physiological level, thanks to the medbot sending him all my biological details.
How rapidly my heart thudded as he stepped closer. The rising heat of my core, the hot flush of blood moving beneath my skin. The hardening of my nipples at the thought of biting him like I’d bitten Kroktl. Holding Snryx’s flesh inside me and taking our bond to a whole new level.
:I was afraid to look at your true thoughts for fear I would never be able to touch you again.:A soft, fragile sound escaped his throat. Another. Laughter. Pure and echoing with reverence and joy.:But you’re truly not revolted at the thought of touching me.:
:How could I be revolted when I love you?:
Snryx swept me up against his chest, his implements wrapping around me like dozens of thin arms. Binding me to him. His scent filled my nose. Somewhat metallic, but not like coppery blood, or anything I’d recognize on Earth’s periodic table. I rubbed my face back and forth against his chest, breathing him in, taking his scent deeper.
My mouth opened, my tongue tasting his skin, adding another layer of olfactory details. A perfectly clean and sterile hospital or laboratory, purified with alien technology that didn’t involve strong, harsh chemical odors. White light and pure silver. Pristine water or perfect, untouched snow, crisp and cold enough to take my breath away.
“All these mushy, confusing emotions are annoying as fuck.” Axxol blew out a harsh, loud breath of disgust. “Can’t we just go kill something?”
