Electricity seemed to jolt through her, and she felt like she was flying.
Then a devastating rapture crashed her down, making her forget the agony from before, and forget her modesty too, as she pressed herself shamelessly against his face, holding his horns for leverage as she lost herself to spasm after spasm of glorious ecstasy.
Jubal groaned against her, and kept licking and sucking so that the pulse of pleasure continued.
At last, it was too much, and she struggled to get out of his hold.
He let go right away and rose slowly to his feet, wiping his mouth and licking his fingers, his eyes fixed on hers.
“Good?” he asked her.
She nodded wordlessly.
“Glad you got it over with?” he asked, arching a brow.
She blinked at him for a moment, too hazy with leftover rapture to understand.
Then his words landed on her, and she realized he was repeating her deliberately casual words from earlier.
“I-I only said that because you seemed so overconfident,” she said. “But…”
“But what?” he asked, moving closer and tucking his finger under her chin to force her to look up at him.
“But you’re not overconfident,” she admitted. “You’re, um, really good at that. Probably just the right amount of confident.”
“Thank you,” he chuckled, letting go of her chin. “But it won’t get you pregnant. Ready for round two?”
“Yes,” she said, trying to get up the nerve to talk to him, to tell him. After what he had just done for her, it was the least she could do.
“But?” he asked, as if he sensed her hesitation.
“I’ve never done it before,” she told him.
“What are you talking about?” he asked, narrowing his eyes.
“I’ve never had sex before,” she told him, meeting his eyes.
She tried to remember that she had nothing to be ashamed of, just because her customs were different from his.
“But look how hot you are,” he said, raking his eyes up and down her body. “You’re trying to tell me you’ve never been able to close the deal?”
“I’m from Terra-58,” she reminded him.
He looked at her, as if expecting her to go on.
“Terra-58 is a matriarchal society,” she told him. “Women can’t have relationships until they have conceived a primary heir in the clinics. It’s why I’m here.”
“So, you’ve really never had sex before?” he asked.
She shook her head.
“But you’re willing to do it to help me have a baby?” he asked.
The weight of her end of the deal began to dawn on her for the first time.
“And to increase my own chances,” she said, nodding.
“And you were going to just do it with me in the shower, without telling me?” he asked.