Hawk's Prey (7 page)

Seconds stretched into hours as her hips strained towards her lover. She needed more pressure, just a little harder touch and climax would break the tension holding her. Her fingernails cut into her palms because she gripped her hands so tightly, but Hawk held her on that edge without a single second of mercy.

“Please.”

Hawk lifted his head and she whined. A low sound that was more like an animal than a human capable of logic. But she wasn’t thinking, couldn’t form a single idea beyond the ache in her pussy and the knowledge that just the right touch on her clit would grant her release.

“Please what, Tova? Please more? Shall I simply continue?”

His thumb took over rubbing her clit as he circled her pussy opening once again. He teased her pussy with the tip of his finger, never really inserting it, just hovering over the center of her passage. Her hips arched frantically towards his hand but he moved with her, denying her any penetration.

“Please fill me.” She did not care how either. Her empty pussy ached so badly. His thumb rubbed across her clit as one finger thrust deep into her body. Pleasure spiked though her as she bucked towards that penetration.

But it was not enough. The walls of her pussy needed more. They tried to clamp around that finger but it wasn’t thick enough to truly satisfy her cravings.

“More. Hawk…I need your cock.”

“Aye, you do. But your body is too tight. I must loosen it first.”

Hawk ground his teeth together as he sent his finger deep into her spread slit. She moaned as she tipped her hips up for the penetration. His cock demanded he grant Tova her desire but Hawk clamped his control in place and used his finger to fuck her instead. The tight walls of her pussy needed to be relaxed before he fucked her. Only after she had been brought to climax many times would the chaste walls be ready for him. Until then, he would see to her pleasure and keep his cock inside his pants.

A Hunter never tore his female. It was part of their code of honor, a test of their strength, and Hawk had no intention of failing it.

“Come for me, Tova.” Leaning forward, he sucked her clit back into his mouth as he sent two fingers into her pussy. He fucked her with his fingers as she bucked against his hand. He helped teach her the rhythm while he groaned around her clit.

Adding sound vibrations to his finger-fucking made her climax. Tova gasped as her body thrust her clit hard against his mouth. She was torn away from any care except the delight washing over her. There wasn’t a part of her body that didn’t receive a portion of the bliss—it traveled through her nerves to the puckered tips of her nipples and across her belly as her womb contracted. Hawk worked his fingers in and out of her, mimicking the motion she craved from his cock, but as the climax settled into deep ripples of satisfaction, her pussy relaxed and his two fingers were once again not enough to fill her. He pulled his mouth from her clit and thrust his fingers a few final times into her pussy before standing up. His hand stroked slowly over her belly, massaging the muscles before he cupped both her breasts, gently pinching the nipples.

Hawk leaned over her for a moment as he caught her chin, and his eyes captured hers. Firm determination glittered in his gaze as his hands moved up her arms to clasp her wrists. He pressed her hands against the hard table for a moment as his eyes watched her.

“There is no returning, Tova. You yielded but I will be happy to prove my ability to master you as many times as you demand it.” He lay across her a long moment before he stood up and she was free. “I would accept your rejection if you did not respond to me.”

His last words were gentle as looked at her nude body.

“You would?” Confusion coated her words because she had never once considered that any Hunter held regard for her opinion.

“Yes.” Hawk’s voice was hard as he reached for her. “If a Hunter cannot bring his female to pleasure, he will release her to be coupled with another male. It is a matter of pride.”

Hawk lifted her right off the table and placed her on her feet. His lips touched hers in a tender kiss as he pulled her against his body. It wasn’t a hard embrace. His lips teased hers with soft strokes while his fingers gently spread out over her hips. She quivered in his arms because his touch was so gentle. His hard cock pressed against her belly but he made no attempt to penetrate her. He was true to his word. That struck her directly in the heart.

“Go clean yourself quickly or we will be late for festival dinner.”

Hawk released her and plucked her robe from the floor before Tova lifted her eyelids. He turned her towards the small bathing room for the employees of her section as she clutched her robe against her bare frame.

“Festival dinner?”

“You are a non-convict, Tova. Come to festival with me tonight. Don’t you miss the rights of being an honest female? There is no reason for you to miss out on the entertainments. I will allow you to return to the penal sphere if you wish.”

Tova turned to consider Hawk. Truly she had not expected such a gift. The command insignia on his arm would allow him to grant her the freedom she had been stripped of by choosing her family.

Hawk shook his head as he caught her chin and raised her eyes away from the trays. “I will have you, Tova. But you are correct. We are strange unto each other. Festival is a good place to begin to change that. Go dress.”

She went because she realized it was insane to argue while standing nude in front of him. Words of resistance would be rather comical coming from her mouth as she clutched her robe in front of her nude body.

Tova grumbled as she buttoned her robe and attempted to bring order to her hair. She pulled the cap she wore during the day off her head and her hair fell in waves around her shoulders. Her reflection startled her with its bright cheeks and swollen lips. The twin points of her nipples clearly shone through her robe as she caught the scent of her pussy. All evidence for Hawk to use against her but he wouldn’t have to argue the point. She did crave him. It was a hunger that was growing so strong her will bent in its wake. Despite the satisfaction moving though her flesh, her pussy still ached for more. Hawk’s words echoed in her thoughts with their firm promise. She might go home but she would take those words with her.

But what truly made her move back towards the Hunter waiting for her was the fact that he stood in the other room, a testimony to his promise. Hawk might have fucked her tonight when she asked him to. She wanted to know more about him. Spending time in his company appealed to her because she did trust him and that was by far more enticing than anything she had ever known.

Maybe it was more than lust. Tova found she wanted to discover just what attraction was.

Chapter Five

Hawk took her out of the penal sphere. There was no way to conceal her delight or apprehension. It stunned her to notice how attached she was to the prison. True, she considered her options daily but somehow she had never noticed how fearful she was of being separated from her kin. Her temper stirred as she recognized how pathetic that was. To cling to her sire was ridiculous given his dislike of her gender.

The night was alive with excitement. Hawk caught her hand and pulled her through the corridor that led them away from the penal sphere. His face lost some of its stern edge as conversation filled the air around them. They moved outside into a huge open field that was filled with festival vendors. The scent of roasting meat touched her nose, making her stomach growl.

“My thoughts exactly.” Hawk grinned at her before he tugged her hand and headed towards the delightful scent of festival-roasted ritpel.

An entire carcass of the herd animal was turning over an open fire. Ritpel were often three hundred pounds when harvested for their meat. Unlike the measured portions every citizen received on a daily basis, tonight huge hunks of meat were being dispensed to those who held out their hands for it. They came away with steaming hunks of roasted meat held in towels to protect their hands. Tova licked her bottom lip as the scent of that ritpel filled her nose. The orange flames flickered over the people assembled to celebrate, as a vendor used a long knife to slice off thick pieces for the hungry people who approached.

The flickering firelight enhanced the mood of excitement somehow. Half-darkness and only dancing orange flames felt like a shield that she might hide her moral dilemma behind while giving in to the moment. Hawk let her hand go as he shouldered his way through the other Hunters to get some ritpel. He held up two fingers at the vendor and came away with a huge portion of steaming meat. Tova giggled at the sheer amount of food in his large hands. Hawk raised an eyebrow at her amusement.

“I am ravenous.”

His double meaning made her blush as her eyes slid down his frame to the front of his uniform pants. The black fabric was distended over his cock. Curiosity nipped at her to discover exactly what he had in his pants the next time she got the chance. The simple touch of her hands on his chest had caused a reaction in the large male. She realized it was time for her to turn the balance of control to her own favor by being the one to drive him insane with her hands, and that meant going beyond his chest. Male genitals were as sensitive as her own were. A naughty smile curled her mouth as she considered licking his cock.

“Ah, Tova, we will miss all the fun if you do not control your eyes. There is only so much control in any man—even a Hunter.”

Tova jerked her eyes off his cock. Hawk pressed a hard kiss against her mouth before he moved towards an empty bench and table. He swung his leg right over the bench and sat astride it as he placed their food on the table. Already full mugs sat in the center of the table. People simply took one whenever they desired. Hawk closed his hand around one and carried it to his mouth for a long taste. He shook his shoulders and rolled his neck before aiming a relaxed look at her. Tova stared at him as he relaxed. Somehow, she had never considered Hunters in any form of relaxation.

“Come and eat, Tova.” He looked at her frozen frame as he patted the bench. “Before I forget how delighted you looked when we got here and drag you away for my own celebration.”

His presumptuous attitude made her laugh. She sat on the bench facing him but not astride as he was. Tova lowered her body onto the wide bench side-saddle and settled an elbow on the surface of the table. “I might just return to my living space.”

“You will toss and kick all night long if you do.” Hawk smirked at her as he popped a chunk of meat into his mouth.

His eyes made a quick scan of those around them before returning to her face. Tova noticed the little detail and understood that he would never be completely at ease. This male was always on guard even when he was teasing. He considered her as he chewed, picked up a bit of meat from the table and held it in front of her nose. The rich aroma made her smile before she gave in to her hunger and ate it from his hand. Hawk smiled at her but it wasn’t a teasing expression. The dancing orange light showed her his hunger for a moment before he nodded approval at her.

“I am thirty-six rotations of the seasons, my sire and mother still live.” His eyes made another quick sweep of the surroundings before he held up another bite for her. “I have no Trophy females and desire none.”

Tova became nervous as she absorbed his words. She wasn’t thinking about what he told her, only that he was attending to the details of making certain they were less strange to each other so that he might continue to his goal of claiming her body.

“Don’t most Hunters keep a female at your age?” Her question was bold, even rude, but she needed to know if he had discarded others before her or intended to capture one in the future.

His eyebrow rose for a moment as he reached for another chunk of meat. “I find I have no desire to keep a convict in my own living space. They surround me all day long. That is enough for me.”

Tova froze with a chunk of meat between her fingers. His words told her a great deal about him. If he were the sort of male who enjoyed wielding power, a Trophy female would be perfect to feed his ego. Instead, he sat with her, knowing that she could return to her own bed if she wished. She smiled as she realized that he would respect her wishes.

“So you would pledge with a single female and give up the right to claim Trophies?”

Hawk caught her wrist and raised her hand to his face. His eyes watched hers as he ate the meat from her fingers and licked each one of her fingertips. “I would want children from that female, but yes I would willingly pledge.”

Children were a great gift. It was the highest compliment that a female might give her lover. When she allowed her body to create his child, she told the rest of the males that her lover met all of her needs.

She shivered as her clit began to pulse once again. Memory was a powerful thing, and as Hawk licked her finger she instantly recalled how it felt when he applied his tongue to her spread body. She pressed her thighs tighter against each other as Hawk took a chunk of meat and held it in front of her mouth.

“Why do you stay with your sire? He curses you.”

Tova shrugged but welcomed the shift in topic. Her unconcerned attitude made him angry. She saw it in the way his face tightened back into the stern mask she knew so well. The contrast was what shocked her, the fact that she now knew the difference between his work face and the one he showed to his friends. She had not truly considered there was a man lurking inside him who teased and grinned. Hawk’s face became guarded a moment later as he reached across the space between them to grip her wrist. His fingers closed around her arm into a secure hold. Tova looked at her captive wrist as a question formed in her thoughts. Movement behind her answered her question before she got the words past her lips.

“Just what I need, friends to spend festival with.” Janus sat right behind her and hooked an arm around her waist when Tova tried to stand up. He pulled her right back onto the bench and against his body.

Hawk’s thumb gently rubbed the delicate skin of her inner wrist as he considered her sitting with his comrade. “You must become comfortable in Janus’ company.”

And apparently, both males had simply decided to ensure that she did exactly what they wanted. Their presumption annoyed her. Janus was pressed against her back, sending a rush of sensation through her. Hawk watched her and that made her even more angry with their maneuvering.

“Release me.”

Tova shook her arm and tried to stand up once again. Her efforts gained her only two male sounds of frustration as they held her in her seat between them. “I do not have to do anything. Release me.”

“No.” Hawk gave her wrist a tug and she tumbled towards his body. He clamped her against his chest as his hand cupped her chin. “He sees everything I do, Tova. He has seen your body through my eyes, heard your cries through my ears. Turn around and look at his face if you doubt it. Avoiding contact will only make it harder for you to become comfortable. You will begin to adjust tonight.”

“Stop this. I will not be your non-convict toy to play with.”

Janus stroked her thigh with one hand as she hissed in Hawk’s face. The stern mask dissolved as he watched her and nodded his head.

“I have not treated you like a toy, Tova.” His voice was coated in annoyance and she blushed as she regretted her harsh words.

“That is true.”

Hawk stood up, taking her with him with his grip on her wrist. She stumbled but didn’t get the chance to fall as Hawk hooked an arm around her waist and took most of her weight in that moment. He never stopped but carried her along with him. The flicker of firelight dimmed as Hawk took her towards the trees that surrounded the festival. Among the thick branches it was dark with only mere hints of silver star shine.

“You are not a toy, but I will play with you.”

His kiss blocked out any response she might have made. This time it was a hard kiss of ownership. Hawk caught the back of her head in one of his large hands and held her in place for his mouth. His tongue was a bold invader that thrust deep into her mouth, refusing to be held back. Her body didn’t want her to anyway. A little moan broke through their sealed lips as Tova reached for the shoulders she craved. She needed to stroke his chest and absorb how powerful he was. Even his hard embrace delighted her with its contrast to her own smaller body. They fit together, she was soft and he was hard. It was a perfect pairing.

And then Janus joined their embrace. She gasped as a second powerful body connected with her back. She caught the scent of his skin as his hands smoothed down the sides of her body. Hawk let her break their kiss but not wiggle away from his body. She was held between them as she shivered with rising need. Her clit was once again flickering with heat. Her pussy ached with need and she knew that it would only grow worse. She was no child who might forget about such things, her body was fully mature and unwilling to let her mind push aside the need to mate.

But there was more to it. She had never felt as secure as she did just then. There were more cravings rising in her, like a desire to talk to the Hawk she had been sharing festival ritpel with.

Hawk cupped her chin in his large hand and lifted her head so that their eyes met. His face was hidden in shadows but starlight glittered in his eyes. Janus spread his hands over her hips and simply held her.

“Janus will never touch you unless I watch.”

She shuddered. It was an instant reaction that rose from the idea of being watched during something so intimate. Janus stroked her hips gently in response.

“And what of his females?”

“I have none.” Janus kept smoothing his hands over her as he spoke.

Tova struggled to move away from them as she became angry. She was attracted to Hawk but that did not mean she would cater to his friends when he commanded.

Janus closed his arms around her body and tightened his embrace until she stood still. A small hiss of temper was her response and she heard him chuckle in response. His breath brushed her ear. “Would you rather Hawk and I fought over you?”

“No!” That idea chilled her. These two would fight to the death, they knew no other way.

“This is our way of preventing that. Do you think I can watch you bucking your hips under his tongue and not crave a taste of your body?” Tova jerked against his hold and Janus kissed her neck in response. “It would poison me until I challenged Hawk for you. One of us would die.”

“I know that.” And she did, but her face was scarlet as she considered the fact that Janus had already seen her nude. “We are not even lovers yet.”

Janus chuckled behind her as Tova cursed her lack of control over her mouth. He leaned down and she felt his breath hit her ear. “But you asked for his cock, didn’t you?”

Tova gasped and Janus turned her around to face him. His arms held her against his body as his eyes glittered with hunger. His mouth landed on hers a moment later. It wasn’t really a kiss. Janus took control of her mouth and pressed her lips apart like an invader. He stroked her tongue with his as pleasure flooded her senses. It was truly overwhelming, being held between them. It was also exciting. Hunger flowed through her like a current and she craved even more of it. Reaching up, she spread her hands over Janus’ shoulders as she kissed him back.

“Good.” Hawk’s word was hard and sounded very final to her.

Janus broke their kiss. Tova caught a hint of a smug smirk on his face before Hawk caught her shoulders and turned her back to face him. Janus held her tightly as Hawk hooked his hands into her robe and pulled the bottom of the garment up her legs. She shifted as the night air chilled her bare skin.

“What are you doing?” She detested how uncertain her voice sounded but she felt caught in their web.

“Keeping my word to you, Tova.” Hawk pulled her robe all the way up and Janus held it in his hands as he continued to bind her against his body. Her mons was bared and Hawk gently brushed her slit with a finger as she gasped. He leaned down to whisper near her lips. “You will wear a training harness tonight.”

Tova jerked in rejection and Hawk captured her hips. “You will wear it, Tova. Your body must be loosened before I penetrate it. And I will have you soon.”

Hawk placed a kiss on her mouth before he lowered his body. Janus held her tightly as she felt the cool strips of leather being pulled around her bare body. A quiver of anticipation rippled through her pussy as the leather harness went over her hips and across her belly where two small rings held the strips exactly in place. Two lengths of leather went through her slit and there were smooth beads strung on those lengths. Hawk pushed them into her slit until they rubbed against her clit. Every step she took would make those beads slip back and forth against her clit. She would climax and then build to another climax. The harness could also be used to hold her slit open. Hawk was fastening the leather to fit her body exactly. It could not be removed without cutting the straps off her body.