Chapter Eight
My lips met his. His hands were on my chin, guiding me towards him. I opened my lips and our tongues danced together. Next to us the fire was dying down. It was nothing more than a few embers. But we had enough heat between us. We kissed deeply, my arms wrapped around his neck, pulling him closer to me.
He broke the kiss, but we remained connected, our foreheads touching. I could see right into his violet eyes. I could see the want and the need there.
“You don’t have to do anything-,” he started.
“I want to,” I interrupted. I was breathless. My heart was pounding. My face was flushed and hot but I wanted more. I had never been held like this. I had never felt so safe and protected. I wanted him. It was just that simple.
I had never wanted anyone else before. There had never been a man that had caught my eye. I thought I stayed away from men because I was worried I would lose them. But now I understood the real reason. I had been waiting for Detro. He was the man I belonged with. My heart and soul always knew.
I knew that I might lose him, but that only made our last moments together that much more precious. We didn’t have long. Every second was another second gone. I didn’t want to waste any of it.
I buried my hands in his hair. He sucked on my lower lip and I quivered in his arms. His kisses were passionate. He was consuming me and I let him. His hands were exploring up and down my body. He grabbed my hips, clutched at my thighs.
“Come with me,” he said. The fire was nearly dead, and in the darkness I took his hand and trusted him to lead me. We walked silently through the jungle towards his tent. He pushed the flap aside and I entered.
Nervousness overtook me once I was inside. I felt lightheaded and in the darkness I reached for him. His hands found mine in an instant. He pulled me closer and my fingers found the catches and buttons to his armor. Piece by piece I removed it, his breastplate, the guards on his arms and legs. When I was done, he stood shirtless in front of me in nothing more than a tight pair of shorts.
My shaky hand reached forward and I raked my fingers down his chest. He growled, but I didn’t let that stop me. My hand traveled farther down and he began to kiss my neck. His soft lips and tongue kissed and licked across my sensitive neck. I shuddered and grabbed his head as he held me even tighter.
“Yes,” I sighed, as he bit my neck.
He broke away from me and found the zipper on the front of my jumpsuit. He went slowly, kissing every inch of my newly exposed chest. He finished and the jumpsuit fell to the floor. A cool wind swept across my bare skin and I shuddered. He brought me close to him, pulling me to him and kissing me deeply.
We fell back onto the bed and he removed my bra. My breasts were exposed to the cold night air and I felt my nipples form tight peaks. Detro looked down at me and smiled and then, almost lazily, with the tip of his finger, he encircled the tip of my breast. His touch was light and teasing and it wasn’t long before I was moaning for more.
He leaned down and kissed the sensitive space between my breasts. He moved to one, taking my nipple between his teeth and flicking it with his tongue. I arched my back and clung to his strong shoulders, straining for his touch.
He moved between my legs and I brought my legs up on either side of him. He ran his hands up and down my body, squeezing my breasts gently before moving on. His touch lit a fire inside of me, a fire I had never experienced before. I wanted this. I wanted more.
I sat up and pulled him towards me and then down onto the bed. He lay on his back and I straddled him. We weren’t naked yet, but I could feel how hard he was. I moved my body against him and he closed his eyes and let out a low grown. I kissed his smooth chest and his hands curled into my hair.
“I want you, Mereen,” he whispered. “I would do anything for you.”
I found his lips and kissed him deeply as I continued to rock my body against his. He scraped his teeth along my neck and growled, and then he reached down and his hands found the waistband of my panties. Suddenly, he was flipping me over. He slipped the thin cloth down my hips, over my knees and past my ankles, before tossing them on the floor.
He leaned forward and kissed me as his hand moved between my legs. I took a gasping breath as I felt his fingers slide inside of me. He began to move his fingers in a slow rhythm and a bolt of pleasure shot through my body. He chuckled at that and then his hand focused on that place.
“Oh...yes,” I arched my back as he touched that place inside of me that was made of fire. Pleasure flooded my body. I could feel it from my head to my fingertips and all the way to my toes. It was like warmth and electricity all at the same time.
He kissed my breasts as his fingers continued to spin. I whispered for him to keep going, crying out in pleasure with every other breath. My eyes were closed; I couldn't tell up from down. I forgot where I was and who he was. All that mattered was that he never, ever stop.
He pulled his hand away and I cried out. He kissed me and then got up, pulled his own shorts down and stepped out of them, and climbed back into the bed.
“Come here,” he whispered, grabbing my hand. I sat up and kissed his bare shoulder and then looked into his violet eyes. He kissed me once, gently, and then turned me around. I was on my hands and knees as he positioned himself behind me.
His hands ran up and down my back as he slowly entered me. I was already wet. I let out a long, shuddering sigh as my body adjusted to his size. He began to move, slowly, back and forth. Then he was leaning forward and his fingers were touching me again. His fingers and body worked in a perfect rhythm that seemed designed to drive me mad.
“Yes. Please. Yes. Don’t stop.” I didn’t know what I was saying. My body was out of my control. I was pushing back against him, moving with him as the pleasure in my body grew. It was too much. It felt too good. I couldn’t take it anymore. Nothing in my life had ever been like this.
I cried out his name as he sped up. The pleasure inside of me was like a wave. It was growing and growing, and soon it would crash over me. I didn’t know if I could handle it. It felt like too much. But there was no way I could stop. I didn't want to stop.
My fingers curled into fists and then, suddenly, it was too much. My entire body tensed and then I was screaming out the word ‘yes’ as my body convulsed around him. My every nerve tingled, my every muscle seized. My entire body rocked with pleasure and I could feel it was the same for Detro. Finally, with deep heavy breaths, I came back down to X29.
We fell down onto the bed. His arms wrapped around me and I rested my head on his shoulder.
“What happens now?” I asked him.
“We will have some time,” he explained. “The commanders will have to call a tribunal and the tribunal will decide.”
“Maybe they’ll agree with you,” I said.
He shook his head and kissed my shoulder. “No, they won’t. But don’t worry. I won’t be taken by them. I will have my own plans, for me and for you. No harm will come to you and I will not go to re-education.”
“Then where will you go?” I asked.
“It’s best if you don’t know,” he said. “But I will not leave you all alone. I promise you that.”