- Ava -

His admiring look was so invasive and so hot Ava felt her face heat up. “Oh stars, now you're using charm and flattery. You're a very quick learner. But seriously. These berries are sweet as all hell. You can't go wrong with them.”

“Unless they're toxic to large warrior diplomats. I have no guarantee of that.”

“Exactly!” Ava said brightly. “One of their best features. They come with added adventure. Every time you eat one, you don't know if it will kill you. So exciting!”

The berries didn't look toxic. They were the size of grapes, and they gave off a peach-like scent.

“Certainly it's exciting. But as a diplomat, excitement is not what I crave. I demand certainty.”

“Fine,” Ava said. “I'll demonstrate.” She picked one cool berry from the bunch and studied it. It looked juicy enough to burst. Still, for all she knew it might not be a fruit at all, but the egg of some horrific alien creature.

She sliced a little hole in it with her fingernail. A clear, red juice seeped out and the peachy smell got stronger. She squeezed the berry and it burst between her fingers, dripping with sweet juice and revealing only a very fruit-like pulp that looked nothing like an egg.

She brought one juice-stained fingertip to her mouth and stuck the tip of her tongue out.

Quick as a flash, Xark'ion's hand shot out and grabbed her wrist and held it steady.

“I may be a diplomat, but I'm still your bodyguard.” Still holding her wrist firmly, he pulled her juice-stained finger to his mouth and first smelled it, then sucked on it.

He smacked his lips and scrunched up his face. “Terrible. Definitely horrifically toxic to small females. But not to large warriors.”

Ava frowned. “Really?”

He let go of her wrist. “So why not just give the berries to me? We have now ascertained that they have no value to you.”

There was a glint in his eye, and Ava gingerly brought her finger to her lips again. This time, he didn't stop her.

She touched the juice with the tip of her tongue, ready to spit it out again if it tasted sour or bitter.

The her eyes widened. “This is delicious! You scoundrel. I don't believe it's toxic at all.”

Xark'ion smirked and looked away. “Perhaps not.”

She sucked more of the juice from her hand. It was juicy sweet and tart and fresh, a mix of peach and lime with some added water melon. There was no chance it was toxic in small amounts. “This is the best fruit I've ever had. It's sensational.”

“Not as sensational as this fruit,” Xark'ion said and sniffed the lemon-sized pink orb in his hand. “No trace of poison. The sweetest fruit anywhere.”

He bit into it with a crack like from a firm apple, and clear juice ran from the corners of his mouth. “True luxury,” he sighed as he chewed. “Like eating a little piece of a rainbow. A sparkling rainbow, shimmering with the promise of a glorious future.”

It did look pretty tasty. “Trade you a berry for it.”

He theatrically turned his side to her, cradling the fruit in his arms. “Oh no. This is worth many berries. Hundreds.”

“Okay. One bite, five berries.”

His eyes narrowed. “Six.”

“Nuh-uh. Five.” Ava picked another berry from the bunch and popped it into her mouth. She punctured the skin and felt cool, fresh juice fill her mouth and run down her chin. She closed her eyes and chewed it, trying to talk around it. “Oh my thtarth above. You should try a whole berry, not jutht the juithe. It'th like I'm thwimming in a pool of the puretht magic and color, in a wondrouth fairytale palace made from diamondth and ... umm ... iron.”

“Iron?” Xark'ion inquired, interested.

“Iron,” Ava chewed. “The hardest, purest iron ever. The bladeth made from thith iron would be tho sharp you could cut a herg into thin slices with it ath easily as breathe. No, actually, the flavor reminds me more of thteel. Hard, supple steel that will slice and stab through rock and never be blunted ...”

“I accept your offer of five berries to one bite,” Xark'ion said quickly and held out the fruit.

Now it was Ava who turned her back. “But the price has gone up. Now I want the whole fruit.”

“That's very expensive. And I suspect your description of your goods is exaggerated. But I have an idea. In order to confirm that our wares do indeed taste as well as we claim, we must each sample the other's offering at the same time.”

Something in his eyes made butterflies suddenly take off in Ava's stomach. “M-hm. What do you have in mind?”

Xark'ion took one step closer. “Keep in mind that I only do this for diplomatic purposes.”

He leaned down and in, placed one hand behind her head and kissed her mouth very lightly.

A spark of heat shot through her. Why not? Nothing to lose now.

He smacked his lips. “Wonderful. But just to make absolutely certain ...”

He leaned in again, and this time Ava opened her lips slightly in invitation. His lips touched hers again, sweet with the juices of the fruit. He was more aggressive this time, and soon his tongue was exploring her with a soft insistence that made her forget to breathe.

He disengaged and she drew her breath, almost losing her balance.

He looked at her from an inch away. “Indeed the flavor is fantastic. But now I don't know how much of it is the berry and how much of it is the female who ate it.”

“You should do further testing,” Ava said, noticing the new bulge in his pants. “But with different equipment. I'll show you.”

She cupped his hard bulge with her hand, looking up at his face to check his reaction. His eyes narrowed and the bulge twitched so hard it felt like it wanted to break out of his pants all on its own.

She slowly undid the drawstring of his pants, making an effort not to think too rationally about this. She wanted him. It was as simple as that. “I think this equipment is suitable for the test you have in mind.”

She stuck her hand down his pants, along his flat, hard abdomen. It immediately found the shaft of his manhood, still slightly curled up in the tight confines of the leather.

His sharp intake of breath at the contact told her that he didn't mind this. Not at all.

She got his hard shaft into her hand and squeezed it, marveling at the size and the inner hardness, as well as the outer smoothness and all the alien features. At the root was a knob that no Earth man had. The location was such that it had to be the source of the vibrations she'd felt. She slid her hand slowly up and down, and the whole warrior jerked with the sensation.

“Holy Spirits,” he wheezed.

“This is just the start,” Ava said, happy with his reaction. The tiles of the path were smooth, and she got down on her knees, feeling the advanced fabric immediately stiffen and thicken where the knees touched the ground.

Still holding on to his shaft, she leaned in and kissed the tip, peering up at him.

His manhood twitched so hard she thought he might be coming already, and his breathing became irregular.

“Hold on, warrior,” she purred and kissed the alien cock again. “We're not nearly done.”

She wet her lips and took him into her mouth. Yeah, that was just on the limit of what she could take. Still, she had wanted to do this since the first time she saw his bulge.

His rod was different from any she'd seen before, but still it seemed to work the same way. With all the alien ridges and rings and bulges on the shaft, she had no trouble understanding how he had been able to give her those incredible sensations in her bed. He was very well equipped. And now it was obvious to her why Harper, Lily and Charlotte got all giggly when the talk turned to something even approaching sex. If this was what they had to play with, then it was a wonder they ever left their bedrooms.

She took him further in and slid back again, slowly, to let her jaw muscles keep up.

“Woman,” Xark'ion groaned. “Ava ...”

She had given a good few blowjobs to former boyfriends, but none of them had appreciated it this much. And none of those guys had been a large, honorable warrior who had saved her life several times and who held her safety and well-being as his most important duties, without being overbearing.

Gods, why did I waste my time with those, when a man like this existed somewhere in the universe?

Well, he was light years away at the time. But now that he was close, she wanted to make the most of it.

She took him into her mouth far enough to make her choke, just once. Delicious tingles played around her pussy. She wanted this thing somewhere else now. Somewhere inside.

She slid him out again and kissed the tip once more. “I think that's all the warm-up any of us needs.”

She stood up and looked around fast, unnecessarily checking if someone could see them in this desolate Garden of Eden in space.

The perfect place to sin. Fruits and everything. But no snakes.

Then she let her utility suit split along the sides and fall off her body.

Xark'ion slid his pants off and discarded them. His cock stood hard and proud, pointing straight up along his stomach in an impossible display of power and potency.

In the warm light from the alien sun, his muscular body looked like an ancient Greek statue, smooth and perfect and god-like.

He came in close and ran his hands down her body, sliding her panties down her hips, then held her head with both hands and kissed her again, with such passion and urgency it took Ava's breath away.

“I wanted to keep my distance,” he growled. “But I can't keep my hands off you.”

She stepped out of her panties and unsnapped her bra, then greedily grabbed his cock again, feeling it twitch wildly. “You know, I feel the same way.”

He placed her hands over his shoulders, and she got the hint and jumped up onto him, locking her ankles behind his waist. He placed one hand under her butt and one behind her, lifting her effortlessly. No other man had ever been able to hold her up like this for more than two seconds, but to Xark'ion she clearly weighed hardly anything.

She laid her head back and let him kiss her neck, each peck sending hot little arrows down to her crotch. Her hands found his cock and guided it to her opening, and she knew she was dripping wet. She'd never been more ready.

He must have sensed her need, because he lowered her onto him in one slow, even thrust.

Ava's eyes widened along with her tunnel as he penetrated her all the way inside, and her sex was forced to expand for him.

“Yeah, stretch me out for you,” she said, delirious at the fireworks that his invading cock was setting off in her. “Make me fit you perfectly.”

He filled her completely, and he left her there, all the way inside her for a little while, as if revelling in it. Then he lifted her up again, slowly, and she felt each feature of his cock make its own little impression on the stretched walls of her sex.

Ava drew her breath slowly as his cock slid out, as if preparing for when he'd thrust into her again.

He did, lowering her in a swift, but fully controlled motion, spearing her on his lust.

She hung on to his neck, fully supported by his strong hands. Her breasts rubbed against his hard chest muscles, and the nipples sent an accompanying shower of tingles to heighten the sensations in her pussy. She had never been made love to like this, never felt her whole body being encompassed in the passion.

His alien cock filled her again and again, breaking down all her body's defenses and forcing whimpers and squeals from her as he rhythmically lifted her. He held her securely, he was in charge of everything, and he would make this better for her than she had ever dreamed, while she could just enjoy the ride.

And she did. Now that her flesh had adjusted to his warm, invading steel, there was no burning anymore, just pleasure as she felt herself be taken. All the sparks from her pussy fused together to be one continuous wave of ecstasy, rising steadily with each thrust.

Xark'ion was clearly enjoying it too, and his deep, throaty grunts made her chest reverberate in response. She'd never felt closer to anyone, never felt this much like being one with someone.

One with this powerful warrior, this super-manly man who was showing a capacity for both learning and for playing in a way that was quite untypical for his kind. This giant who had a gentle streak and had saved her life multiple times by now, this fighter who was the best man in the whole Acerex army ... and who had clearly lusted after her since he first saw her.

Then the vibrations started, and she dove helplessly into the orgasm.

“My fucking stars, you have to be the best man in the universe,” she wheezed as her heart swelled, her pussy seemed to melt and her pelvis turned to liquid heat that spread up her spine.

“Ooh yeahhhhhh...”

He fucked her harder and faster then, heightening her climax and making her feel as if she was floating in the air, held up by just his hard, thrusting cock deep inside her center. Nothing else existed but his cock, her pussy and his the heat between them.

“Yeah ... fuck ... me,” she gasped unnecessarily into his ear, still riding her orgasm and feeling how he suddenly slid easier and faster into her. Gods, she was coming so hard on his cock, her pussy was downright gushing. That she had never had happen before.

Xark'ion's grunts came closer together and increased in urgency, and then she felt his movement become less rhythmic as he lost control and plunged deep into her to spray her down with his own hot juice, his cock pulsating so hard she could feel it through her whole body.

She hung onto his neck, still feeling weightless in his arms as the aftershocks trembled through her.

“Stars, I've never ... just ... come like that,” she marveled, both to him and to herself.

He was steady again, and he just held her while still all the way inside her.

She wanted to stay there forever, and said so.

“Yes,” Xark'ion agreed. “Let's just stay here. There's no better place.”