The Viper's bite

Chapter 10

“Who broke my statue?”


The two bodyguards were surprised that the Elder would ask such a question since he was working on how to destroy it himself.


Rah’fi looked up at his father from his kneeling position. He pressed the cloth harder to his face trying to stop the bleeding from the hit that Dev’er unleashed. It angered him that his father did not care that he was injured. He was not even looking at him. He was too busy cleaning out his claws.


“I do not know father.”


“Do not lie to me Rah’fi, I do not like that.”


Rah’fi sighed. “Father I am bleeding.”


Jake’her looked down at him with annoyance and disgust. “That is a scratch and does not answer my question. Who broke my statue?”


“Ford said that Se’tra pried one of the cables from the wall.”


“Why?”


“Father I do not know the mind of Se’tra?”


“You brought her to my celebration; you must know some part of her mind.” The Elder moved closer looming over his son and showing aggression in his body.


“What part do you know Rah’fi?”

The salt and pepper dreads swayed towards Rah’fi as Jake’her stood there waiting for an answer. Rah’fi knew he would not wait too long.“She did it to hurt Paula.”


He could feel the rage in his father even though he stood calm before him. Jake’her grabbed him around the throat. “Did you help her?”


“No Father.” His clicks were desperate as Jake’her began to squeeze.


“Are you considering that I have you by the throat Rah’fi?”


“Yes Father.”


“I do not like to be lied to.”


“I had no idea that she would do this.” Rah’fi struggled for breath until Jake’her released him. The Elder noticed the huge gash and gushing blood running down his face. Maybe he was really injured.


“Why did Ford tell you about this?”


Rah’fi returned the cloth to his face. “He needed my help.”


“What would he need your help with?”


Jake’her’s attention was squarely on his bleeding son now.“Ky’an was going to kill her.”


“Oh…and you only helped of course and did not become part of the problem and receive payment for your actions?”


There was silence. Jake’her turned away from him in anger, slapping Rah’fi in the face with his dreads.“And he wonders why I will not call him son.”


The two bodyguards followed him from the room not before giving Rah’fi a look of disgust.

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Se’tra gently applied the salve to her face with shaking hands and blurred vision from her many tears. He never touched her like that before. It was pure hate and he wanted to kill her. She covered the huge bruise on her forehead with the smelly salve and then heard the bell ring.


Jake’her stared at the huge dent in the door and then looked at his two bodyguards as the door slid open part of the way.

It was the smell not the bruised and swollen face that made Jake’her take a step back. He grunted and then crinkled his brow.


“Elder can we talk ano….”


“No I wish to talk now” Jake’her walked into the room making Se’tra move back. The two bodyguards followed him inside and the door slid shut.

He stared at her down turned head as she stood in the middle of the room.


“You should be dead but for some reason you are not. My only thought is that Ky’an finally figured out he was wasting his time fighting you; and that he should be comforting his mate. You see what you have done is made him realize that he cares for Paula more than he knew. He was going to kill you Se’tra.”


She remained silent with her eyes closed listening to Jake’her pronouncing sentence on her for angering his Viper.


“I was going to order you off my ship and back to your home but I think you deserve more punishment than that. Ky’an has had his turn now it is mine. You will stay here aboard Hellad and you will still have all the liberties you had before, except for these. You will not be the one Ky’an falls in love with Paula will; you will not be the one Ky’an mates with Paula will; you will not be the one who bears his many children Paula will. You will stay here to see the life you will never have Se’tra all due from your greed and dishonor. You will never touch Ky’an or anyone that he loves again or you will be floating outside this ship minus your head.”


The Elder turned and walked from the room heading for his quarters for a long overdue rest.

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Paula felt very good as she woke that morning with Ky’an’s muscled body pressing against hers providing her with warmth and protection. She moaned softly and slowly opened her eyes to see him staring down at her.


What was he thinking? He probably thought she should go home because she was hurt. That he should have thought about what he was doing from the beginning. She did not want him; she did not need him; she did not love him.

Spurred by something deep inside her body Paula reached up, touched his face, and felt him tense like never before. His smile made her body tingle and he pulled her up beside him until they were eye to eye.


“You are well.”


“Phi does good work and you can’t get rid of me so easily.” She smiled after her statement and placed her hand on his chest.


“Why would you think I want to get rid of you?” His hand gently caressed the skin on her arm.


Tingling sensations ran up her arm from his touch and she smiled at him again.“I am damaged.”


“You are perfect and I said that you are already home Paula.” He leaned in closer to stress that fact with a growl. Paula closed her eyes and let it run through her body.


“Who were you roaring at?”


He pulled back and watched her eyes slowly open. The green orbs were softening by the minute.“How do you know if it was me?”


“You did not seem very happy when you left me yesterday.”


“I do not want to see you hurt I told you that.”


He moved the hair that always seemed to be in her face from her eyes. “I would kill for you Paula. I do not care who it is that hurts you. They will know my wrath and never wish to feel it again.”


“Because I am your mate that is your reason isn’t it.” She lowered her head.


His purring made her raise her head. “It is because I care for you Paula. Do not say that I do not know you because I do. I know that you care for me just as much as I care for you.”


Paula moved closer to him and stared into his eyes. He was a beautiful creature; full of strength, honor, and passion. These were all the qualities that she wanted in a man. “No one ever fought for me before let alone rescue me from anything.”


“Most do not see the beauty in such things.”


Paula smiled. “I don’t think the men on Earth thought I was worth saving.”


“Oomans are stupid.” Her laughter made him smile.


“I am Ooman”


Ky’an’s hand roamed under the sheet, grabbed her butt, and pulled her hard into his body. “You are my mate.”


“Ky’an” She tried to take his hand off her butt.


He purred into her neck not moving his hand. “It will be mine soon enough.”


All of her fighting ceased feeling the growing dimensions of his flesh. He heard her moan.


“You want me Paula I can feel it, I can smell it and I can taste it in your kiss.” His mandibles scraped her neck as his tongue made a trail to her lips.


“Until you say you want me I will not touch you again.”

She was lost in his touch or she would have protested his words. She felt him pulling away and her eyes flew open.“What?”


The bell rang again and Ky’an walked from the room to answer it.

There had to be some law that one mate could not… just… stop touching the other. Paula sat up in the bed clutching the blankets already feeling the loss. God knew what she wanted him to do. She wanted to feel the hard flesh of Ky’an inside of her more then once…a day. She ran hers hands through her hair while trying think of an easy way to get him to touch her without telling him what he already knew.


Why was she fighting it?

He watched her from the doorway as she contorted her beautiful face in frustration. She was fighting her body’s natural attraction to him. He would make it very hard for her to deny him any longer.


“The Elder wants us to have this meal with him.”


Paula looked over at him wearing the loincloth and nothing else. Hard muscle and beauty littered his body. She felt herself trembling thinking of what those muscles could do to her. Ky’an walked towards the bed and leaned down to her to pick her up.


“First we bathe.” He growled in her ear and walked towards the bath.

He walked behind her down the Elder’s wing of the ship, hovering inches from touching her. His purr vibrated her entire body from head to toe making walking not her first thought.


“Are you alright Paula?” He asked when she stumbled a little.


He heard a whimper for her reply and leaned down to her ear. “If were not alright then I could not fuck you as I wish too.”

All of her strength suddenly left her body and she would have fallen to the floor if he were not there. His strong arms gathered her into his hard body as he growled. Paula let out a cry as he spun her around and lifted her from the ground and slammed her into the wall beside her. His hands were frantic as he opened her skirt to allow him entrance into the moist flesh between her thighs. He growled feeling the wetness increasing with every soft whimper she made.

Her head was swimming as he adjusted his loincloth so his flesh could escape its prison. He lifted the back of her knees over the bend of his arms and slammed his lips over hers.Her long muffled cry began the moment he pushed past the swollen lips of her flesh.


Ky’an growled against her lips as the heat and tightness of her body enveloped just the head of his sex. She was very tight. He slowly moved forward grabbing her waist to hold her still to lessen the pain.


Paula dug her nails into the hard muscle of his shoulders. Her body began to tremble and squeeze him so tight it hurt. She closed her eyes as tight as she could and whimpered trying to escape his kiss so she could scream. Then he stopped moving.

Paula felt his lips slowly leave hers and she opened her eyes to find his dark eyes staring back at her. Their erratic breaths mingled between them. Paula crinkled her brow feeling his pulsing flesh demanding that he go forward through the barrier that impeded his progress.

First, to be her first and only was her confusion. Paula would give herself to him and there would be no regrets that he was her decision. He would make her beg that he take her.

His lips returned to hers and he slowly withdrew from her body as it protested his leaving by squeezing him tighter. Paula crinkled her brow and squeezed her eyes shut. Her heartbeat was all she could hear as he lowered her to the ground.She opened her eyes again to find him staring down at her with much knowledge of her now. He held her up on her weak legs as she tried to catch her breath. He began purring at her in her weakened condition.

Yes, she would come to him.

Paula thought she answered Jake’her correctly but she was not sure. All she could hear was Ky’an’s constant purring in her ear. He just stared at her the entire meal. It was as if he were stalking her. Indescribable heat entered her body when his eyes shifted down her body. Jake’her continued talking about the history of the clan as they ate.

She throbbed inside her body where he touched with his flesh. She wanted it much deeper and the thought that he could touch her much; much deeper sent more shockwaves of pleasure over her body.

Jake’her went on talking about how thousands of years ago the leader of their clan and another clan went to war and caused the species to split. Their clan leaders thought they should travel into the new galaxy and that is where they discovered Earth. Then cruel nature permanently divided the species by softening and extending the flesh around their mouths and shorting the canine of his clan.


The two bodyguards notice the moisture on the tops of the exposed flesh of Paula's breasts reflecting the light. She was not listening to Jake’her even if she were trying too. Ky’an was purring to her causing her to sweat and tremble.


She would have to make a decision.


Jake’her watched them walk out of his room unnaturally quiet. Paula hugged her body as Ky’an walked slightly behind her purring softly to her.


“Do you think she heard anything I said?”


“No.”


Jake’her grunted and then smiled. “Guard the hallway to his room he will not be disturbed tonight.”


It seemed to be the longest walk of her life. He did not touch her. He just hovered over her body, purring of her beauty and softness and how he wanted to touch her. She could feel his power radiating from his body as he walked closer to her when their room came into view.The door slid open and they walked inside.

She ached and throbbed for him to touch her as he stared down at her for what seemed like eternity. Paula trembled when he moved the hair from her face. Her breathing was erratic and he could sense her fear and desire warring inside her body. He touched her neck and slowly moved his hands down towards her breasts. Paula closed her eyes and leaned her head slightly to give him more of her neck and then he was gone. She opened her eyes to see him walk down the hall into the sparring room.


The vest he easily removed by ripping it in half. He wanted very much to go back and take what she wanted him to have but she would have to say she wanted him first. He began with an exercise to calm his rampant emotions. His thoughts began to come together and his body began to fall in line all be it slowly.


He began to work up a sweat after twenty minutes and then he smelled her.

She walked slowly into the room. She looked small and fragile like something he would crush. She walked closer towards him until she stood directly in front of him trembling with her hands at her side and her head down. His hot breath parted her straight hair as his breaths came at her hard.

Paula slowly raised her head to look up into his dark eyes.


“Please.”


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