The Viper's bite

Chapter 5


She did not fall asleep until he finally came to bed and gave her his warmth. Paula was convinced he turned the heat off completely while she bathed so that ice crystals could form on her skin as she dried herself as quickly as she could.She tried to quiet her sigh when his body touched hers and heat transferred but he heard it, pulled her closer into his body,and purred.
Paula woke in that position cocooned in warmth and a deep purring in her neck.


“I was very pleased with you last night.”


Paula felt the object of his pleasure hard against her butt. She closed her eyes as she answered his statement.


“That is what you pay me for.”


Ky’an smiled into her neck. “You expect payment.”


“No, it was just an expression”. She sounded out of breath.


“Why is your heart racing Paula?” His purr was deeper than normal.


“No reason” The normal pitch of her voice was noticeably higher.


He moved and the hard and heavy flesh pressed hard into her back causing a slight pain from the spot.


“Viper”


Paula jumped at the roar coming from outside the door. Ky’an held her tighter.

San’i growled at Ford as he tried to stop him from banging on the Viper’s door. Some of Ky’an’s neighbors that were talking outside of their room that morning ran back inside and locked their door.The noisy hallway was now vacant and quiet.


Ford growled at San’i again.“You have no idea what you are doing waking him. You called him out last night threatening to take his mate, he was within his right to kill you, but he held back. You continue with this and he will not hold back again.”


San’i snarled at him.“You sound as if you think I will lose this.”


Ford smiled and stepped back from San’i.


“I know you will lose this and he will have everything that is yours.”


“You sound excited at the fact that I could die. Ford, I have been fighting longer than the Viper has been alive. It is he who you should tell to give me the Ooman as mate.”


“You are just trying to save face because you were embarrassed by him. He will kill you San’i.”


Ky’an rolled over her body touching every inch in the process. Paula wanted to close her eyes when he stood from the bed naked but could not.Yep, he had muscles everywhere. He did not look back as he headed for the door. The powerful muscles moved in concert with each other and Paula held the blankets tighter to her body as horrible thoughts ran threw her mind like having that body on top of hers holding her down and….

The roaring from the other room snapped her out of her daydream and her curiosity began to rise.

San’i baited Ky’an to step out of his room and into the hallway for a fight.The naked Hunter remained silent through the tirade.By now, Grails arrived at the dispute with some of his guards.

Paula peeked around the corner to see Ky’an standing there staring at San’i. She could guess it was not a come into my room for tea look.


“Paula”


The sound of her name made her body tingle with fear.Ky’an purred at her as she came to him.


“This is my mate San’i. Paula will always be my mate.”


He pulled her into his arms. Paula struggled to keep the sheet over her body.Ky'an delibertely stepped on it making all her attempts useless.

San’i saw the brown skin of her legs as she pulled the sheet up trying to keep it over her breasts. He saw the female glared up at Ky'an as the sheet began to fall. San’i was transfixed as it glided down and the door slid shut.


The roar through the door made Ky’an smile. Paula struggled in his arms.


“That was not funny.”


Ky’an looked down at her angry face. “He will die after breakfast.”


Paula lost her nerve staring into his eyes and looked elsewhere.“We need to dress for breakfast.”


“We need more rest.” He backed her towards the bed.


“I am hungry. We should dress for breakfast.”


“I am hungry also.” He purred into her neck.


“This fight is for Se’tra’s benefit how?”


Ky’an pulled back to look into her face. “I fight for you Paula.”


Her stomach began to rumble and Paula hid her smile.Ky’an grunted. “We will dress for breakfast then.”


~*~


Mya walked from her room as Ford and two other guards roughly pulled San'i down the hall.


“What is wrong with him?”


“We think he suffers from delusions that he can defeat your uncle.”


Mya turned to see the General standing there.“What happened at dinner?”


She wore a big smile.Grails chuckled. “You sound thrilled.”


“Did Paula cause this fight?”


Grails chuckled again. “Would that please you if she did?”


Mya walked closer to him. “Oh yes, that would mean Se’tra had nothing to do with his need to fight.”


Grails grunted.


“I mean Ky’an is over her completely but you know how she always tried to get him to fight for her. If someone loves you why would they do that?”


Mya realized what she was saying about Grails female and tried to soften her words.“I do not like her and I am sorry that you do.”


Grails looked down at the silky black hair and arousing clothing, she wore. Although all the cooking staff wore the same thing, Mya always seemed to stand out.“I would not expect you to like her. She was betraying your uncle and we could not be toleratant of that.”


What was he saying? Mya stared at him with suspicion. She remembered the day Grails slept with Se'tra. He acted strange and uncoordinated. It was as if he were drunk. She often had her doubts about his love or desire for the female. She did know that he did not spend anytime with her after the first night together. He spent all of his time away from her.


"Who is this we you are speaking of General?"


Grails moved closer to her while staring down at her even when the Pilot Beta appeared at the end of the hall.


“Mya I wondered what was keeping you.”


Mya slowly turned her attention from Grails to the Yautja walking towards her.The huge Pilot smiled down at Mya as he came closer.


“Are you boring the General with that female talk?”


Mya snorted at him. “Female talk is not boring.”


The General studied the pilot as if he were competition. He was confident in his actions towards Mya. He was pushing her for a rection no matter what kind it was.Beta wanted the Viper's neice for his mate. He was the type to pound away at a thing until the desired affect was achieved. Mya had no feelings of desire for the pilot and Grails knew the pilot could sense this, and it was concerning to him that Beta would not back off.


“Mya and I do not have boring conversations we never have.”


Beta looked at the General with suspicion. His words said they talked frequently.He noticed the General spending alot of time near Dev'er's family lately when he had the lovely Se'tra at home. He never slept in their room, he preferred his old quarters.

Beta's mind returned from his wondering to find the General staring at him.


“Why are you here?”


“I came to escort Mya to breakfast.”


“You do this often.”


Beta crinkled his brow. “I like to know that she is safe.”


Mya rolled her eyes. “I am not incapable of walking to the kitchen Beta and the General is the ultimate protection.”


Grails purred at Mya. She smiled up at him. Beta did not like that at all. She was his to sway.


Mya turned to face her escorts and smiled at them both.“If you sit with my family I will make sure you get most of the blinh fruit.”


Beta snorted. “Your mother does not like me.”


Grails smiled. Car’mek was a perfect female.


Mya rolled her eyes. “My mother does not like any male but the General.”


Beta looked at Grails who smiled at him. “Perhaps I can persuade Car’mek to look past your faults.”


Beta wanted to growl but Mya was still there and smiling at the General.


“Okay I have to go before Flora starts snarling at everyone.” Mya spoke mostly to Grails as she stepped between the two males to enter the kitchen. The General's eyes drifted down her body as she passed between them. His thigh touched her hip as she brushed by him. Her eyes widened and and then she quickly tried to correct her reaction but he saw it and so did Beta. She slipped inside the doors of the kitchen leaving her two suitors alone.


Beta faced the General. “Where is Se’tra?”


“She is where she is. Her wherabouts are not my concern.”

Beta felt coldness in his body. He did not want the General to turn his affections towards Mya; he would not have a chance against him. If he warned Se’tra of the General’s wandering eye, he was sure his Mya would be safe. Se’tra could turn any male.


Grails turned and headed towards the dining hall Beta followed. “Mya is a beautiful female.”


The General remained silent.


“She will need a very strong male to protect that beauty.”Again, there was silence from the General.


“I feel I am the one to protect that beauty and Mya feels the same.”


Grails walked on as if alone.


Beta was growing angry at his silence. He could not have Se’tra and Mya the two could not co-exist.


“Se’tra is experienced and you need that not Mya.”


“You have no idea what I need.” Grails did not look at the pilot as he spoke.


“I want Mya.”


“She does not want you Beta find someone else.” The pilot growled.


“Beta”


Ky’an’s voice stopped his aggression.Paula watched the General turn slightly to look at the pilot.


“I am sorry for my actions General.”


Grails nodded. Beta walked by them and into the hall.


“I thought everyone liked the General.”


Grails smiled at Ky’an as they walked into the hall.

~*~


Se’tra watched Ky’an and Grails walk in together. For some reason it bothered her that the two were friends instead of enemies. She wanted Ky’an to hate Grails and come for her, but he did none of those things.

The Ooman dressed in black got her attention and her anger boiled. The males in the hall noticed her immediately walking between Ky’an and Grails. She wore another ceremonial dress. Se’tra could hear the purring in Paula’s direction and Ky’an’s soft playful growl in return to those males. He enjoyed their commenting on his mate. Her insides cringed at the thought of him mating with that Ooman.

Se’tra watched her smile when Ky’an purred something in her ear and his powerful bone breaking hands moved over the soft and abundant curves of the Ooman.

Grails spotted Se’tra at Rah’fi’s table smiling at him and beckoning him to join her.


“I thought she was surgically attached to your arm.” Car’mek purred at the standing General.


“Apparently she can operate without your assistance.” Dev’er added.


“Sit down Grails.” Car’mek said smiling.


Grails looked down at Car’mek. “Are you offering me sanctuary at your table?”


Ky’an and Paula sat down across from Car’mek and Dev’er.


“You may sit with us whenever you like.” Car’mek smiled up at him.


Se’tra turned away from the scene when Grails sat.Rah’fi smiled.“Interesting Se’tra, it seems Grails finds Car’mek and Dev’er company to his liking.”


Se’tra growled at Rah’fi and got up from his table.

“You will stand for me at this battle.”


Paula looked up from her food. “What do you mean stand?”


“I mean you will give me reason to fight for you.”


“You need a reason to fight for me?”


Ky’an purred and closed the distance between their lips. He looked down at her breasts.“Your body is enough but I want more from you.”


Paula stared into his grey eyes.

“May I join your table?” Se’tra’s purr was soft and Ky’an growled and turned from Paula. Se’tra smiled and sat between Ky’an and Grails. Beta took this opportunity to approach.


“How is everyone this morning?”


Se’tra leaned her head on Grails bicep. “Good as always with the proper mate.”


Ky’an set down his drink and prepared to answer.


“Yes things are always better when one has the proper mate, am I right Ky’an?”


The purring from the hunter even vibrated Se’tra’s body and he buried his face in Paula’s neck. Jealousy invaded her body when she heard the Ooman giggle. Grails pulled his arm away from Se’tra when Mya approached the table with the fruit.


Se’tra eyed the female. What was this?

Mya smiled as she approached giving Grails the fruit first. Beta crinkled his brow when he became second.“Is it true uncle are you going to fight San’i and take everything he has.”


Ky’an grunted. “The fight is all I want.”


Mya chuckled. “You should at least take that land he has in Betran so Paula and I can go and explore it.”


“Betran is dangerous Mya.” Grails answered.


Mya smiled at the staring General. “Paula and I can handle it right?”


Paula chuckled at her enthusiasm. “Right”


“See General no need to worry, Ky’an and my father would be right there if anything were to happen.”


Beta smiled. “I could fly you there.”


Mya chuckled at Beta and he placed his arm around her waist. Grails frowned at his touching. Beta looked at him wearing a smile. Mya moved trying to break the pilot's grip but it was too strong.


Dev'er noticed the annoyed look on Mya's face and grunted towards the bold pilot.“It would be hard to fly with one arm would it not?”


Beta pulled his arm away. Mya moved away and then noticed one of the other females from the kitchen waving for her. Mya set the bowl of fruit beside Grails. She looked at her parents chewing the green grog meat.


“Do not eat the green grog meat.” She said walking away.


Car’mek spit it out and then heard Mya laughing.“Mya you are a horrible thing to do that to your parents.”


The others at the table chuckled.Grails watched her walk back to the kitchen staring at him as she did so. Se'tra watched them as she drank her juice. This budding lust she would destroy.

~*~


He watched her walking around the empty room down the hall from their bedroom. “What were you going to put in here?”


Ky’an watched her swaying hips. “It was to be a nursery for my child.”


Paula faced him moving the hair from her face.“You wanted a child with her.”


“I thought I did until I returned from a hunt to find her gone with Grails.”


He walked towards her slowly. Her eyes never left his as he approached.


“It was an evil thing to do to someone you loved, but I had to learn that with anger and a lot of talking with Dev’er. I could not hate Grails if I tried. He had his reasons all of them sound and good. He and I have fought side by side he is my brother.”


He stood before her staring down at her face.


“I think Se’tra realizes that.”


One of his dreads brushed her cheek as he moved closer to touch her body with his.


“Will you stand for me?”


He felt her trembling from his nearness. He raised his hands to cradle her face.He lowered his lips towards hers. Paula held onto his forearms for strength and balance.


“I will stand for you if you want me too.”


Her voice softened with every word.Ky’an purred deeply as his lips inched towards hers.


“Do you want to stand for me Paula?”


His tongue grazed over her lips and spikes of pleasure rolled through out her body.


“Yes” The word came out of her mouth breathless. Ky’an smiled down at her.


“Do you want me Paula?”


He lowered his mouth to her neck and sucked on the skin there. Paula gave a shuddering cry. Ky’an kissed the tops of her breasts and then quickly rose up to her lips. The force of his action forced her head back. His kiss was hot and hard. Paula whimpered under his assault.He pulled away leaving her breathless and unsteady.He lowered his hand from her face to hold her butt as he grinded his body into hers bending his knees to get deeper and closer. His lips were inches from hers as he purred.

“Paula do not deny yourself the pleasure of my flesh filling you, stretching you, etching my name in your womb.”Paula closed her eyes as her entire body trembled at his words.Ky’an smiled down at her.


The bell beeped.


Dev’er, Grails, and Ford were there to lead Ky’an to the battle with San’i.


Ky’an grabbed the back of Paula’s head and pushed it forward so he could assault her lips again.Liquid fire came from her womb as he sucked on her lips before releasing them.He held her steady for a minute purring at the amount of time it took her to recover from his kiss. His need to be inside of her was growing by the minute. Ky’an pulled away from her.

Paula held her body watching him watch her. Her panting breaths made him want to return to her soft curves.Again, the bell sounded and Ky’an pulled his dreads back into a high ponytail while continuing to watch her.


“We do this for Se’tra.”


Ky’an lowered his gaze along her heaving body slowly taking in the beauty of his mate. When his eyes met hers Paula knew he was not doing this for Se’tra.


“Then let me go home please. You do not need me.”


“You are right I do not need you Paula , but I want you in my bed.”


He moved closer and Paula moved back.The bell rang again and Ky’an turned away from her and walked from the room.


Her head fell into her hands. No this was not right, Dev’er had to talk to him make him see this was not right. She did what he wanted. Everyone could see that Se’tra was jealous. She turned to see Ky’an standing in the doorway waiting for her. He purred for her.Paula slowly walked towards him. She stopped directly in front of him.


“Please let me go home.”


He lowered his lips to her ear and whispered in her language.


“You are home.”


~*~