Page 57 of Tears of Tungsten
Phaeton Hearts didn’t have nerve endings so they didn’t feel physical pleasure like we did. But they responded to orgasms anyway, so Selene’s ecstasy triggered a natural reaction inside the plant as well. The tentacles pulsed and parted, and the perfume of the flowers became even more intense as the vine filled Selene with its sap.
I came very close to finding my peak too. If I managed to hold back, it was only because I wanted more. I wanted to bury my cock deep inside her, to come in her pussy and make her mine in every possible way. And I knew now that it was more than possible. She’d given herself to me and I wouldn’t waste this chance.
The sap of a Phaeton Heart increased fertility in women tenfold, as long as they didn’t have preexisting problems like Teela. In my case, it was practically a guarantee that Selene would conceive for me. Perfect. Today, I could truly breed her and start my family, just like I’d hoped.
The slick plant pulled out of Selene and retreated, completely freeing her from its grip. Left without the plant’s support, Selene almost fell over. I caught her before she could lose her balance and lowered her on her back, onto the bed, brushing my lips over hers in a gentle kiss. “Shh. I know it’s overwhelming, but it’ll all feel so good.”
Selene said nothing. Instead, she wrapped her arms around my neck, holding onto me as tightly as the plant had held onto her. Understanding what I wanted, she spread her legs wide for me, inviting me inside. I couldn’t have resisted her if I’d wanted to. In one single, powerful thrust, I slid home.
Her channel opened up to me like a flower. She was still slick and gushing with a combination of her own juices and the plant’s nectar, and the fluid felt heavenly around my dick.
I groaned, somewhat reconsidering my previous plan. I should have perhaps allowed myself to come previously, since at this rate, I wouldn’t manage to get more than a few thrusts in before I came. It would be embarrassing as fuck and not what I wanted for our first time.
Come on, Jared. The fucking plant made her enjoy herself. You can do better, can’t you?
I could. Selene was mine, my beautiful Terran, my mate. She was a gift from Helios and I’d treasure her forever.
I forced myself to move more slowly, to compartmentalize my pleasure and focus on hers. It worked, although at the same time, it was torture—the sweetest torture in the universe. It was more than worth it.
My heart skipped a beat and every inch of me throbbed with the desire to bury myself inside her so deeply we’d never be separated. But even if I was a Heliad, my body didn’t work that way. Despite all my efforts, I soon had to succumb to the unavoidable.
I didn’t have enough coherence to send another jolt of power through Selene, but I didn’t need to. When I came, my climax naturally triggered hers, her sensitive channel responding to the energy particles in my semen.
It felt amazing, but at the same time, quiet, almost peaceful, natural in a way few things ever were for me. We rode the wave of our orgasm together. When we kissed, it felt so right, lacking the desperate urgency the Phaeton Heart had triggered inside us. When she held me, it felt like she was pulling me all the way into her soul. And when I looked at her, I saw myself as Jared again—both Terran and Heliad, no longer torn between the two parts of me. I saw a future in which I wouldn’t have to burn to start anew.
When it was all over, I collapsed on the pillows next to Selene, shared a look with her and smiled. Selene smiled back. “That was amazing,” I whispered. “I knew we’d be perfect together.”
I really should have kept my mouth shut. Selene’s warm expression faded and her breath caught, as if she’d had a sudden epiphany.
And that was when everything went wrong—and Selene burst into tears.
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Selene
I’d let him fuck me. More than that, I’d begged for it like a whore. I’d fucked myself on his pet tentacle plant, for Gaia’s sake.
What was wrong with me? Had the plant drugged me? Was it because of that? It had to be, because nothing else made sense.
And yet, when I thought back at the whole experience, I didn’t feel any revulsion. Being penetrated by the plant had been strange, but enjoyable. I’d briefly panicked when it had come inside me—and that would always be strange—but at the end of the day, I’d liked that too. And when Jared had slid inside me, it had been… It had felt like more than just fucking.
It had reminded me of home, of my other lovers, of the life I’d left behind. What was I doing? How could I discard them so easily, when I’d sworn I wouldn’t?
I curled into a ball and buried my face in the pillows, sobbing my eyes out. I hated myself for falling apart like this, but I couldn’t help myself. How had Jared been able to reduce me to a sex-starved slave so easily?
To his credit, Jared wasn’t too happy about my reaction. I supposed having a woman burst into tears after sex wasn’t very flattering for any man, no matter what species he was.
He hesitantly brushed his fingers over my shoulder, as gentle as he’d been during our moments of intercourse. “I’m so sorry, Selene. I shouldn’t have pushed. I should have called the Heart off.”
Instead of reassuring me, his touch infuriated me. My tears dried and I turned toward him, slapping his hand away.
It was too late for apologies now, and really, I doubted he was being honest. “Don’t. Don’t say shit like that. It was exactly what you wanted, right? To have me. Well, now you do.”
As I spoke, a second, horrible realization dawned on me. It hadn’t occurred to me at all while we’d been having sex, but now, I couldn’t escape the thought. “Am I…? Did you…?”
“Get you pregnant?” he finished in my stead. “It’s too soon to tell, but probably. Phaeton Heart sap tends to increase fertility, as well as the stability of a pregnancy.”
I fell back onto the pillows, drained of strength. A baby. Sex was one thing, but a pregnancy? How was I supposed to deal with that?”
