Total pages in book: 107
Estimated words: 101280 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 506(@200wpm)___ 405(@250wpm)___ 338(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 101280 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 506(@200wpm)___ 405(@250wpm)___ 338(@300wpm)
Vik’tor sighed and ran his hands over his horns.
“Yeah, I was afraid you’d say that,” he rumbled at last. “Guess I can’t blame you for wanting to get away from here—especially considering all the shit you’ve been through.”
“So…you’ll take me home?” I asked hopefully.
Vik’tor nodded.
“I will, baby. But…I wonder if you’d mind if we made a quick side-trip first.”
I frowned.
“A side-trip? What do you mean?”
“Well, remember when you asked me why I stayed on O’nagga Nine and I told you it was because it’s so damn awkward to get blood when I go anywhere else?” he asked.
I nodded.
“Yeah. And?”
“Well, there’s a planet I’ve been wanting to visit,” Vik’tor told me. “It’s not far—still in our own galaxy—so it won’t take long to get there. If I can establish trade relations with them, it would be good for my business.”
“So…you want me to come with you?” I asked, frowning.
“As my Blood Bride,” Vik’tor said, nodding. “Though I promise I won’t take much blood.”
“I don’t have a problem with you biting me,” I said, remembering the way his bite always gave me a screaming orgasm. “But are you sure I’m the one you want to take with you? Not some other woman—maybe a Naggian like Ta’ti’ana?”
Vik’tor scowled.
“What the fuck would I want with her? That was just Azz’lx talking out of his ass,” he said dismissively. “No, I want you, baby but not just for your blood—I need a female to accompany me because of the customs of the planet where I’m going. See, I want to go to the Female Side of Tangella Alpha-Prime.”
I frowned because the name of the planet sounded very familiar for some reason.
“Tangella Alpha-Prime?” I asked. “I’ve heard that name…wait a minute! I know why I’ve heard it! I’m pretty sure that’s where Gumpas—the merchant who bought me from the Commercians in the first place—wanted to take me. But he kept saying he wanted to give me as a gift to the Dark Emperor there!”
“Hmm, then I guess he was trying to establish trade relations with the Male Side of the planet,” Vik’tor rumbled. “But I need to visit the Rainbow Empress. Or the Rainbow Queen, as some call her. It’s her side of the planet that has what my business needs—and I think she’ll also be interested in importing some of our furs from O’nagga Nine.”
“The Rainbow Empress?” I asked, frowning. “Is she…do you think she’s the Amazon-looking woman with the rainbow hair and eyes that I saw in my, uh, vision?”
Vik’tor shrugged.
“Possibly.”
“Well…” I hesitated. “Then I guess I’m going to go…since I already saw it happen in that weird vision I had.”
“I’ll pay you well to accompany me,” Vik’tor said seriously. “I can’t offer you any Earth currency, but I can give you silver and gold and precious gems—I’m sure those will be worth something on your home world?” he asked, raising his eyebrows.
“Oh, Vik’tor…you don’t have to offer to pay me anything.” I put my arm around his waist and looked up at him. “Just the fact that you’re taking me home is enough. Seeing my family again is worth more than a whole mountain of jewels to me!”
“Just wish I could convince you to stay with me forever, baby,” he murmured, putting his arms around me and pulling me close against him. “I’d try harder to convince you if I thought I could Bond you to me.”
“Bond me to you?” I frowned—it was the second time he had mentioned “Bonding” whatever it was. “What does that mean?” I asked.
“It’s a special connection formed when a male and a female of the Twelve Peoples share each other deeply,” he murmured, looking down into my eyes. “I wish like hell I could Bond you to me. I know we haven’t known each other for long but I can’t fucking help myself, little girl—you’re the one I want.”
I felt my heart swell.
“Oh Vik’tor, I want you too! But, well…I just can’t,” I said apologetically. “I need to get back to Earth—back to my life and my family. I was almost done with my PhD and my Mom and Dad will be so worried about me!”
He nodded.
“I understand, baby. But will you do this with me? Will you come on this little side-trip—just so we can spend a little more time together before we have to say goodbye?”
“I told you I’d go,” I said, rubbing against him. He was so big and warm and he smelled so good, I just wanted to get closer to him. Then I realized what I was doing and pulled back, putting a little space between us. “Er…but maybe we should just go as friends?” I asked hesitantly. “I mean, if we keep on, uh, doing what we’ve been doing, it’s going to make it pretty hard to say good-bye.”
By which I meant letting him make me come, even though I had to admit I really enjoyed it. He made me feel like no other man ever had before—it was amazing. Only my love for my family and my deep homesickness kept me from wanting to stay with him and get more of those delicious, sexual feelings I had never been able to experience with anyone else.