Ral's Woman (3 page)

She stared up at him. He softly growled.

“I want you again. Roll onto your stomach.”

He went to his knees again and sat on his bent legs. He
patted his thighs. “Up.”

She hesitated. “Do you always have sex that way?”

“Yes. You do not?”

“Sometimes. We like different positions.”

“But I can’t hit your
unis
in any other position.”

“
Unis
?”

“The
unis
is what makes you enjoy sex. Without it you
cannot enjoy sex at all.”

She eyed him. “I don’t think I have an
unis
and I did
enjoy sex with you.”

He suddenly gripped her. He rolled her onto her stomach.
“Relax.”

She gasped when he pushed two fingers inside her pussy. He
was pushing deep into her, toward her spine. He twisted both digits, searching
for something. Ariel struggled.

“That hurts.”

He withdrew his fingers. She heard him growl. She turned her
head to stare up at him. A confused look was on his rugged features.

“You don’t have one.”

“What is it?”

“It is a hard, round finger-shaped nerve bundle that I must
rub during sex.”

She rolled over onto her back. She spread her thighs so she
knew he had a good view of her. She watched his gaze lower. “See this?” She
touched her clit. “I think that’s where my
unis
is. The other side of
this on the inside of me is another pleasure spot. When you stroke me in those
places it makes me come.”

Desire was evident on his features. He reached down to
finger her clit. Ariel moaned. Ral growled low in response. Ariel lifted her
hips and moved closer to him. She eased her ass onto his lap.

“Take me this way while you touch me.”

She saw shock but interest too on his expressive face. He
gripped his hard shaft, rubbing it against her slit. She was really wet. He
groaned as he pushed into her all the way. His finger played with her clit as
he started to rock his hips.

“Lord of the Moons,” he groaned. “This feels damn good.”

Ariel planted her feet on the mattress and moved her hips to
meet his thrusts. She gripped the sides of his calves to get leverage to move
faster on him. She knew she wasn’t going to last long. The man wasn’t letting
up on her clit as he drove into her fast and deep. She tensed. She felt her
body clamping down on his cock. Ariel screamed out as she came hard.

Her eyes flew open and she stared up at Ral, watching as he
threw his head back. His features tensed and his mouth opened. She saw sharp
teeth revealed between his parted lips as he groaned deep in his throat. Ral’s
cock pulsed strongly inside her and she felt his semen shot deep into her as he
came.

They were both panting. Ral’s eyes opened as he dropped his
head, staring at Ariel. A grin spread across his face. “You are amazing.”

“So are you.”

“Wake.”

Ariel opened her eyes and turned her head. She had been
sleeping on her stomach. Ral was already sitting up and he smiled at her.

“It is time to eat and go to work. You must come with me.”
He reached over to brush her blonde hair from her cheek. His fingers wrapped
around a natural curl in her hair then moved to trail down the length of her
neck before pulling away. “It is time to work.”

She nodded. “What do we do for work?”

He stood up, stretching his naked body. Ariel swallowed. The
man was beautiful and his muscular body was perfection. He walked forward and
leaned down. Ariel appreciated the view of his tan muscular ass. He withdrew
some clothes and turned to face the bed.

“You will just stay close to me. You can fetch me water when
I need it.”

She nodded. “Okay.” She crawled from the bed.

Ral handed her clothing from his pile. The shirt and pants
were huge. She eyed them with raised eyebrows. Ral laughed.

“I will get you smaller clothing soon. This is what I have.”

She put them on. The pants were too large and fell down her
hips. Ral went to his knees in front of her, still naked, and used the ropelike
belt he’d used on her wrists to wrap around her waist. The pants stayed up. His
shirt almost went to her knees. She wished he hadn’t destroyed her underwear.

“I need to go to the bathroom.”

“Bathroom?”

She flushed a little. “I have to pee. I have liquid inside I
must release.”

He grinned. “Urinate.”

“Yes.”

He nodded. “We will urinate before breakfast.”

“Okay.”

He rose to his feet to put on his pants. He didn’t have
shoes. He bent and picked up what looked like a hairbrush. He brushed out his
long hair before walking behind her. His hands were gentle as he brushed out
her long hair. He threw the brush down on the clothes pile and walked to the
door, pushing it open. Ral offered his hand when he turned to face her. She
moved toward him and put her smaller hand in his larger one.

“Come.”

The hallway was dimly lit and empty of other people. He led
her down a winding corridor. An open archway took them into a large room. She
saw a crude bathroom with open shower stalls, some weird-looking toilets and
three waterfall-like holes in the wall. She walked over to one of the toilets
to study it. They almost looked like urinals.

He chuckled. “Not like your world?”

She shook her head. “No.”

He grinned. “I will guard the door.” His grin died. “Never permit
another man see your bare skin.” His bright eyes narrowed. “They will want to
breed with you and I will kill them. If another tries to touch you, yell for
me. You never go from my sight.”

She nodded. “I don’t want anyone seeing me without my
clothing or touching me but you.”

His large body relaxed. “Go. I will guard the door to not
let anyone in.”

She used the bathroom quickly and retied her belt. “Ral? I’m
done.”

He came back into the room and walked to a mini waterfall.
He unfastened his pants. She watched him. He turned his head to grin at her as
he used the wall. He looked amused that she was curious. He fastened his pants
and walked toward her. He took her hand, leading her to a washbowl, so both of
them could clean their hands.

He led her down corridors that twisted and turned. She
smelled something good that made her stomach growl loudly. Ral turned his head
to eye her.

“You hunger greatly?”

She nodded. “I haven’t eaten in a long time. I’m starving.”

“They did not feed you since they took you from your
planet?”

“They gave me food once when they first grabbed me. It has
been days.”

Rage hardened his face. “I hate them.”

She understood hating the Anzons too. They walked into a
large room. Tables had been set up and she saw about fifty men but only two
women. She couldn’t help but stare at the women. Their features revealed them
as Zorn. She could tell what they were by their wide, flat noses. They had breasts
and smaller facial features than the men. They were attractive. The women eyed
her back. Ariel gave them a smile. Both Zorn women looked away from her. Ariel
sighed. It didn’t look like she would be making friends with them.

A buffet-style table had been laid out. A Zorn man was
serving. He stared openly at Ariel. Her hand tightened on Ral’s. He smiled at
her.

“They are curious. We have never seen a homin before.”

“Human.”

He chuckled. “Human.”

She smiled up at him. “Right.”

“From the planet Earth.”

“Yes. You remembered.”

He stopped at the table, studying it. “Do you recognize
anything you can eat?”

She studied the food too and shook her head. “No.”

“This.” He pointed. “Is very sweet. This is bitter. This is
strongly hot to your mouth.” He kept pointing out things to her and explaining
their taste. She settled on a few things to try. Ral loaded down two plates and
walked to a table where no one else sat.

“Sit. I will get us drinks.”

She sat down with both plates. She waited. Ral returned in
moments. He placed water-filled mugs by their plates. He smiled. “Eat, Ariel.”

She loved the way he said her name. It sounded like “Ori All”.
She tasted the food and gave Ral a smile. It was delicious. He looked relieved
as he dug into his own food. Sometimes he’d pick up something from his plate
for her to taste. She decided she didn’t like the red banana-looking thing. It
set her mouth on fire and made her choke. She drank water.

When they finished their food Ral led her to a wide hallway.
He paused. “Stay with me. Do not leave my side. It is dangerous.”

She nodded and felt a little fear. “What is dangerous?”

“My people were taken by force from our hunt planet. We are
strong and we are hardy. Do you understand? There were few women taken with us.
A woman is rare and much wanted here. Some will be angry that they lost
yesterday when we fought for you. They will want to touch you. If a fight
breaks out just get behind me. I will not lose. I am very tough. I will win.”

She nodded. He reached up to caress her cheek.

“Some Zorn will think I only won you to mount, to quench my
need for a woman. They might think I won’t shed their blood for an alien. In
time they will realize I am bound to you and not dare challenge me for your
body.”

“Bound to you?”

He grinned. “In love.”

She smiled back. “Okay.”

“They will offer me things to have you. I will not sell you
for anything so do not worry if you hear them make offers. You are mine. You
will remain mine.”

Ariel put her hand on his naked hairy chest. The men didn’t
wear shirts but he obviously owned them since she wore his. “I trust you.”

He smiled. “Good. We should go. Stay close to me.”

The mines were a large cavernous area where men were
chipping away at the rock-lined walls to enlarge the space. Some men hung by
their waists from ropes along the walls using tools to break large pieces
loose. Ral sat Ariel on a large boulder, gave her a nod and then went to work.
He picked up the broken pieces from the floor to load them into machines that
wheeled away from sight when Ral pushed a button to tell the cart it was full, an
empty one appearing in its place.

After a while Ariel got up to stand closer to Ral. She
picked up the small pieces and started to work with him. Ral looked over at her
with a surprised smile. She smiled back. They worked together for hours. She
noticed three Zorn women in the cavern. They all sat by men but didn’t help
their men. She caught many eyes watching her.

A buzz went through the room. Ral dumped a basketball-sized
rock in the cart. He turned. “We are done. Our shift is over. Thank you for
helping me.”

“I can’t lift the big ones like you do but I’m good with the
small chunks.”

He laughed. “Hungry?”

“Yes. I’m starving.”

He led her back to the large eating room. It was packed now.
Ral gripped her arm pulling her tightly against his side. She knew she was in
danger. She could see it in the alert way Ral watched every man around them.
They moved up the line to the buffet table. Ral filled both plates for each of
them, handed them to Ariel and got water with her this time. He led her to
table. It was crowded. He put down the water and sat. He spread his thighs.

“Sit on my lap.”

She eased onto his lap after placing the food down. He
scooted back so she had room between his thighs to sit on the bench. A man who
sat down next to them sniffed loudly and turned his head. Ariel met his bright
green gaze. The man sniffed again and growled. Ariel jerked her eyes from his.
She could feel Ral tense as he snarled.

“Mine.”

The man next to them inched away about a foot. Ral leaned
into Ariel so his lips pressed to her ear. He said something in soft growls.
She frowned, realizing he was talking in the wrong ear. She turned her head so
she could look up at him. She pointed to her other ear.

“This one is the only one they implanted. I didn’t
understand a thing you said.”

He frowned. “Only one of your ears is implanted?”

She nodded.

“I said don’t meet anyone’s eyes and eat fast.”

She nodded and turned to face her food. She ate fast. Ral
wolfed his down. He rubbed her arm. He lowered his face again, next to her implanted
ear this time, to whisper to her.

“Ready to leave?”

“Yes.”

“We’ll go to the urinate room and then go back to our room.”

“Sounds good.”

Ral stood up and helped Ariel to her feet. He pulled her
against his side. They headed for the door. They were almost out of the room
when three men moved into their path. Ral tensed, easing Ariel behind him. He
growled at the three men.

“Move.”

One of the men frowned. “Share her. We have needs and she’s
a different species. She’s not a Zorn woman.”

“She’s mine. I have bound her,” Ral growled. “Move away from
my woman or I will kill you to protect her.”

Ariel turned her head. Some more men had moved closer. They stared
openly at her body. She didn’t like the hungry looks on their faces. She inched
closer to Ral, trying to mold herself to his back as fear set in. He turned his
head and snarled. The men moved back but not far enough away for Ariel’s
comfort. Ral turned his head to face the three men in front of them.

“Gru, if you do this you will die. Do you understand me? I
have given to our people plenty. I will keep her. I will kill anyone who tries
to take her from me. She is not to share. She is bound to me.” He eyed the men
with Gru. “I will kill you all if you don’t back away now.”

“Then one of us will die but we want her.” Gru snarled.

Ral snarled back. He turned his head. “Rham, Ber, Hosh,
protect her.”

Three large men moved forward. They shoved men out of their
way. Ral met Ariel’s eyes. “My pack. They will protect you. Go with them.”

Terror hit her hard. “Ral—”

“You will be in my sight. They will make sure you stay
there.”

The three large men surrounded Ariel. One of them gripped
her arm and yanked her against the wall out of the way. She stared at the three
men protecting her. She wondered what a pack meant to Zorn. She heard a roar
and jerked her head toward Ral. Four men attacked him instead of three.

Horror rushed over her. She looked up at one of the three
big men. “Can’t you help him fight?”

One of the men shook his head. “You are Ral’s woman to fight
for. We only guard you. It is our way.”

“Your way sucks,” she whispered. Terror for Ral hit her as
she watched him fight.

Ral was damn good. There were four men surrounding him. Two
of them grabbed his arms while the third man gripped him from behind. The
fourth man came at him from the front. It was Gru. Ariel gasped and tried to
get to Ral. She wanted to jump on one of those bastards. Ral needed help. One
of the men ordered to protect her gripped her arm yanking her back.

“Stay.” He spoke softly. “Ral needs no help.”

Ral threw his head back slamming it into the face of the man
behind him. Both of Ral’s feet shot out in the same instant to kick at the man
coming at his chest. Both men gripping Ral’s arms staggered backward trying to
keep hold of him. It knocked both of them off balance.

Gru roared in pain when Ral had kicked his chest. His body
flew backward, slamming hard into a rough rock wall. When Ral’s feet hit the
floor he yanked his arms together. It sent both off-balanced men crashing into
each other in front of Ral. He yanked an arm free to slam his fist into the
face closest to him.

It was brutal. It was bloody. Ral beat the hell out of all
four of them. The men on the floor were bloody and some of them had broken
bones. Ariel learned that Zorn also fought with their teeth. Ral had torn up
one man’s arm when the man had tried to use that arm to batter Ral’s face. Ral
turned to snarl at the room. He walked over to grab Gru by his hair. He yanked
the man up to his unsteady feet.

“She is mine. I told you it would cost you your life, Gru.”
Ral glared around the room. “Death to any man who tries to touch the woman I
bound to.”

Ariel almost collapsed when she watched Ral snap Gru’s neck.
He just twisted it and she heard the pop sound. Ral threw Gru’s body down. He
reached down and grabbed up the next man. That man whimpered.

“Please, Ral—”

Ral broke his neck. He threw him aside. Ariel shut her eyes fighting
a sob. She heard two more pops. Both of the remaining men had begged for their
lives. Ral hadn’t hesitated to kill them.

“She’s mine,” he roared.

Ariel’s eyes flew open when a hand gripped her. A bloody Ral
was panting as he jerked on her hand. She stumbled after him when he didn’t
give her a choice. He dragged her from the room, around the dead bodies of the
men he’d fought, and down the corridor. He didn’t stop until he reached the
bathroom. He yanked her inside. Two men occupied the room. Ral snarled at both
of them.