Page 33 of Monstrous Hunt
Rizan’s shoulders fell, and he heaved out a sigh. “I never thought we’d see the day.”
Wracking my brain, I couldn’t help but grimace. “You’ve already gotten years of supplies hoarded away. We don’t know how fast the baby will grow or even what she’ll be able to wear.”
Kroktl slithered closer on the bed with a mock glare wrinkling his brow. “You plan to force our youngling to wearclothes? What about her tail?”
I knew he was teasing—yet at the same time, my eyes flared wide. Holy shit. Would our baby have some unique physical characteristics? I’d assumed she’d look mostly human like me. But if she came out like a raptor…
All the sudden, I was back to envisioning a giant egg sliding out of me and not a squalling infant.
I squeaked, “Her tail?”
Tugging my robe open, Kroktl nuzzled my stomach while making the rattling purr against my skin. The baby swirled inside me, definitely hearing and responding to her father’s call. “I’m sure she’ll have a tail once she shifts. Snryx says we won’t even know her full abilities until she fully matures and comes into heat as an adult. His research suggests female dyni change just as dramatically as males after their first mating, perhaps even more.”
My mind whirled around frantically for a moment, hopping from how the hell would a diaper fit over a raptor tail to wondering where she would find a mate if we were still on Earth. Which surely would be at least twenty or more years yet. Right? Though I had no idea how quickly dyni developed compared to human children. If her gestational period was any indication, she’d be a full-grown adult in a matter of years. I rubbed my temple, trying to push all these worries aside. “I don’t think it’s wise to purchase a bunch of onesies and sleepers when we have no idea how quickly she’ll grow or if she’ll even need human clothing. What if we go to your world? Do you ever wear clothing?”
Kroktl’s fingers gripped me harder, not hurting me but dimpling my skin with pressure. “We have no home world. If you mean back to HQ, then absolutely fucking not. If we end up under DSC control, they’ll take you and the youngling away and terminate the squad.”
Regret and anxiety tightened my throat. I hadn’t meant to upset him—but we also couldn’t hide out here in this lovely ocean beach house forever. Another squad would surely find us eventually. Or the Myrm aliens would infect Earth and kill us all. I still didn’t fully understand that threat, but the voracious aliens were likely here already. Spreading silently, waiting until there were too many of them for my squad to eliminate.
My squad.
The words rippled through my body, soothing away the tension straining through my muscles. As long as we were together, we’d be okay, or we’d go out together. Either way, I wouldn’t change a single thing.
Lightly, I gave Kroktl’s earlobe a tug. He lifted his head, red eyes flashing. Symbols flickered rapidly across his irises. Anticipation and curiosity both perked up. I could almost make sense of those symbols. It was right on the tip of my tongue, like a faded memory slowly refocusing with sharper detail.
Cupping his cheek, I bent my head to his and playfully nipped the full, luscious curve of his bottom lip.
A low rumble rolled from his chest. “Are you sure about that, baby?”
“Mm-hmm.” I could smell the warm, musky scent of my own desire, and my stomach clenched hard enough my breath caught in my throat. Almost like hunger pains, though I’d eaten a mountain of fresh greens, a thick ribeye, sourdough slathered with honey butter, and a huge glass of milk not even an hour ago.
“Pain?” He flattened his palm over my stomach, his eyes narrowed with concern. “Should I call—”
“Already here.” Snryx stepped around Rizan to sit on the edge of the bed beside us. “The medbot indicates everything is fine with both you and the youngling but I felt the intensity of that pain and it wasn’t a minor twinge.” An implement touched my stomach, softly gliding across the lower curve of my belly as he took readings. “I believe it was a muscular pain, possibly just the natural stretching of ligaments as your body changes to accommodate the youngling.”
He turned to give a hard, silent look at Kroktl. I didn’t need to be on the grid to interpret the messaging between them. “Absolutely not.”
Kroktl laid his head on my thigh, his arms around my hips. “You don’t even know what he said.”
“He said to pull back on the sexy times, and I call bullshit. I always feel fantastic afterwards. Besides, you said before that I needed… uh…” My human sensibilities flared up, tangling my tongue and making my cheeks burn. Never in a million years would I have guessed that I’d want my alien mate to coat me in his cum and rub it into my skin because my body—and his baby—were somehow feeding on those fluids.
Eyes simmering with languid heat, Kroktl stretched out his tongue to lazily lap at my skin. His tongue wasn’t as long or wide as Lohr’s but still an impressive specimen. “Tell me, baby. Ask me for what you need.”
I swallowed the saliva pooling in my mouth and my stomach literally growled like some kind of ravenous beast. “I want to drink you down like I’m dying of thirst.”
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KROKTL
She’d askedto take my dick in her mouth before, and I hadn’t been able to accommodate such a request. Driven by heat and mating hormones, I’d been too raw to even think about getting my cock anywhere near her perfect mouth. Now, I was more in control of my lust and my raptor. My seed already grew in her stomach, and my scent mingled on every inch of her body. She’d accepted the other males of my squad, which dulled my murderous instincts to kill anyone who might interfere with my mate.
We’d come to an understanding. For the most part. They’d all touched her in some way and had a taste of her pleasure.
Though no one but me had been inside her.
The others would take what she chose to give them and be more than happy. In fact, she’d already accepted far more affection and closeness from them than I’d ever thought possible. After all, we were fucking dinosaurs to her, aliens with grotesque forms that feasted on her kind. She had no reason to trust us, other than her love for me.
Which meant I would give her anything in the universe. Especially if it gave her more pleasure.
