End Game – chapter ten

Tabitha's Memories

The sensations which Thane is creating in my body with his kisses and caresses are overwhelming as I beg him to continue the onslaught. I have a fiery ache I cannot quell and when Thane touches me, the fiery ache expands engulfing my entire body. I want him to stop and I want him to go on forever. The fiery ache becomes waves of pleasure cresting higher and higher surging through my entire body before subsiding.

"I feel tired, Kadar." I state with a slight slur, my eyes half lidded. My body has no strength as Thane gently lays me down on the thick moss carpet smiling at me love pouring from his eyes, "Close your eyes, Siha. Rest. I will be back soon."

As my eyes close, I murmur, "Where are you going?"

Thane responds quietly, "Shhh. Rest. I will be back soon."

Taloned hands tear across my back hooking into my shoulders…eyes full of hate staring into my soul. I know I am in a dream, but I cannot pull myself out of it. As a spectator, I watch the past unfold before me as Cerberus agents hold me down person after person sexually assaulting my body and mind. I feel another presence in the dream as scaled arms pull me from the Cerberus agents into his arms.

Smell of leather, wind, ocean, and cinnamon pulls me from the unconsciousness of the nightmare to the consciousness of the safety of Thane's arms. I feel safe…loved…complete. Purrs of contentment ripple from my throat as I nuzzle along his neck fringes. After a time he relaxes his hold pulling back to look at me. One hand pushing stray locks of hair away from my eyes, his voice deep and full reverberating from his chest, "Are you okay, Siha? You were having a nightmare."

I lift one hand cupping the side of his face, my voice husky with emotion, "Yes, I had a nightmare, but you came and pulled me out of it. You rescued me from the Cerberus agents then physically and you rescued me now from the Cerberus agents mentally. I have been disconnected, dead, for so long," taking my hand from his face touching my head and heart then cupping the side of his face again, "Be alive with me tonight. Make me yours. I want to be complete: mind, body, spirit, and soul."

Thane's Memories

My footsteps are quick and light as I travel back to Tabitha's side at the cave. As I travel down the tunnel from the cave entrance, I hear her calling out in terror. Swiftly, I silently run down the tunnel to the open cave ready to engage whoever or whatever is hurting my Siha. Seeing Tabitha thrashing in the midst of a nightmare, I rapidly move to her side kneeling pulling her into my arms. Less than a minute after I take her into my arms, she relaxes nuzzling into my neck purring from her throat. When I feel her body shift, I pull back letting one hand push stray locks of hair away from her eyes. Concern in my eyes and voice, "Are you okay, Siha? You were having a nightmare."

Tabitha lifts her left hand cupping the side of my face, her voice husky with emotion, "Yes, I had a nightmare, but you came and pulled me out of it. You rescued me from the Cerberus agents then physically and you rescued me now from the Cerberus agents mentally. I have been disconnected, dead, for so long." Taking her hand from my face touching her head and heart then cupping the side of my face again, "Be alive with me tonight. Make me yours. I want to be complete: mind, body, spirit, and soul."

I pull her close to me, "Tabitha, I do not know what to say. You honor me so."

I loosen my grip when I sense Tabitha's muscles flexing along her back. I stand up in one fluid movement retrieving the blanket and towels I had dropped earlier in my rush to get to Tabitha's side returning laying the blanket down over the moss next to Tabitha. Tabitha moves over to the blanket resting on her knees in a kneeling position. I kneel down on my knees opposite her.

She scoots closer to me taking her hands tentatively attempting to undo the clasps on my leather jacket. Gently, I place my hands over hers helping her take off my leather jacket and vest. Her face is one of awe and appreciation; eyes alight with desire, as she gingerly traces the black striping on my chest with her hands. My heart fills with pride at her look of appreciation and awe over my physique. Her touch, so light and inquisitive, causes a fire to begin in my groin expanding throughout my body. Closing my eyes, I focus on her touch, audible sighs escaping between my lips.

Tabitha's Memories

I see Thane stand up retrieving a blanket and two towels lying on the cave floor. He lays the blanket out on the moss beside me. As I scoot over onto the blanket kneeling on my knees, he kneels down opposite me. His eyes full of love and restrained desire watch me staying slightly away from me waiting for my move or action. My heart races, hands shaking slightly as I try to undo the clasps on his leather jacket.

Understanding shows in the depths of his eyes as he places his hands over mine undoing the buckles, clasps, and zipper on his jacket and vest taking each garment off laying them off to the side. I stare in awe at his muscular scaled chest and arms. Gingerly, I trace the black stripes on his chest with my hands. I hear him sigh audibly as he closes his eyes. His chest rises and falls more rapidly, the same as mine, as I move my hands across his stomach, chest, and down his arms.

Primal instinct takes over as I lean back taking my bra off laying it on top of Thane's jacket and vest before wrapping my arms around Thane's shoulders pressing my breasts against his chest nuzzling and kissing his neck fringes.

Thane's Memories

I feel my Siha tracing her fingers across my stomach, chest, and down my arms. Keeping my eyes closed, my body aches at the loss of touch as she pulls back. Before I can open my eyes, arms wrap around my shoulders and breasts press against my chest. A hybrid groan/growl reverberates from my throat as she nuzzles and kisses my neck fringes.

My eyes snap open as I move my neck allowing her better access to my neck. Groans and growls continue from my throat as she nibbles the side of my neck, "Siha," I exclaim in a husky growl.

Tabitha stops nibbling my neck, looking up at me, her eyes partially dilated from Drell toxins, "Thane…"…her voice a throaty husky whisper, "Am I doing something wrong?"

Closing my eyes for a moment, I focus, curbing my primal urges to rip off her pants sinking myself in her making her mine. I see the desire in her eyes, smell her arousal. I know she wants to please me, pleasure me. She was abused in the past and I will not harm my Siha. Opening my eyes, I place my forehead on hers, breathing, "You are doing nothing wrong. You are doing everything right. The neck fringes on a Drell are very sensitive, erogenous zone, the same as the spot behind the ears of humans." Moving my head, I brush my lips against hers teasing fluttering my tongue to the area behind one ear before moving back to tease her lips fluttering my tongue to her other ear.

A chuckle rumbles from my chest as she pouts, "Kadar, when are you going to kiss me?"

"Now," I growl as I take her bottom lip between mine sucking and nibbling as my tongue flicks across the roof of her mouth causing her body to shudder with desire. Something is not right as my body secretes a sweet smelling substance; scales feel tacky and hot, like human skin, not cool and dry. Sensing the scales along my shoulders soften, I growl into Tabitha's mouth, "Bite me."

Tabitha pulls back bewilderment on her face, "You want me to bite you? Why?"

My face feels flushed, eyes feverish, hands clammy, as I grasp her shoulders, my voice pleading, "I do not know what is happening to me, Siha. I feel different. I know I need you to bite me…Claim me as your bond mate." I gently place my hand on the back of her head applying pressure toward my shoulder and neck.

Tabitha's memories

As I nuzzle and kiss the red ribbing around Thane's neck, I hear a mixture of groans and growls emanating from his throat. The sounds excite me causing me to press closer to him running my hands down his arms as I suck and nibble the ribbing.

Thane shifts his head to the side granting me better access to his neck exclaiming in a husky growl, "Siha."

I pull back slightly to look at him. His face seems flushed and his eyes feverish. His skin is secreting a sweet smelling tacky substance. I ask in a throaty whisper, "Am I doing something wrong?"

He leans forward laying his forehead against mine breathing, "You are doing nothing wrong. You are doing everything right. The neck fringes on a Drell are very sensitive, erogenous zone, the same as the spot behind the ears of humans." As he finishes, he leans down further teasing my lips with his before fluttering his tongue over to the erogenous zone behind my right ear. Whimper escapes between my lips as my body feels like it is on fire from his kisses. Thane moves back to my lips to tease them but before I can kiss him he moves over to behind my left ear fluttering his tongue.

Irritation in my voice as I pout, "Kadar, when are you going to kiss me?"

He chuckles from his chest as he takes my bottom lip between his teeth nibbling gently probing with his tongue gaining entrance to my mouth flicking his tongue along the roof of my mouth. His body stiffens as he growls into my mouth, "Bite me."

I pull back breaking away from the kiss looking at him bewilderment on my face and in my voice, "You want me to bite you? Why?"

His eyes feverish, he pleads, "I do not know what is happening to me, Siha. I feel different. I know I need you to bite me…Claim me as your bond mate." Gently he places one hand on the back of my head applying pressure toward his shoulder and neck area.

The sweet smell Thane is secreting triggers saliva in my mouth. As my mouth latches onto his shoulder, Thane growls, "Tabitha."

Instinctually, I growl back into his shoulder, "Mine." applying more pressure with my teeth. My canines elongate slightly puncturing through the softened scales, saliva running from my mouth down his shoulder.

Thane's Memories

Feeling Tabitha's teeth latch onto my shoulder almost brings me to release as I growl, "Tabitha."

Hearing Tabitha growl, "Mine," as her teeth puncture through my scales causes such pleasure to cascade through my body, I lose control releasing into my underweave shorts, body shuddering with the aftershocks. As I slowly gain control of my body again, I feel Tabitha's hands unclasping and removing my status band pitching it to the side, her voice a deep rumble, "You are mine, my bond mate, not hers. She left you for others," her teeth still latched onto my shoulder.

After approximately a minute, she leans back heated dazed look on her face. As comprehension of what she has done pierces her primeval instinctual fogged brain, she gasps, "Thane, I'm sorry…Your shoulder…I must have some medi-gel somewhere."

Smiling, I gently push her onto her back on the blanket lying on top of her keeping most of my weight on my forearms letting her see the flames of love and desire in my eyes, "What do I need medi-gel for?"

"Where I bit you…it will scar if " Her reply cut off by my kiss.

I feel her left hand splay between my shoulder blades, right hand on the back of my crest ridges pulling me down deepening the kiss. Dipping my lower body, I grind my erection against her pelvis feeling her back arch upwards. As the kiss ends, I flutter my tongue along her collarbone nipping playfully, "I want the scar, Siha. I want all to know I am bonded to you."

Leaning over Tabitha, I speak softly fanning my breath behind her ear, "Close your eyes, Tabitha. Feel me. Let me love you…claim you…make you mine forever." I feel her entire body shudder as she closes her eyes. Pulling back onto my knees, "Tabitha, I am going to take off your pants."

She lifts her hips keeping her eyes closed as I unbuckle and unzip her cargo pants sliding them and her underwear down her legs, removing them, and tossing them to the side of the blanket on the moss. Standing, I quickly remove my boots, socks, leather armor pants, and underweave shorts placing them to the side of the blanket before lowering myself over Tabitha keeping my weight on my arms.

Tabitha gasps in pleasure as my scales come into contact with her skin. My mind focuses letting my senses memorize every line and contour of her body as I lightly run my fingers up and down her arms, breath fanning the hairs on her arms, watching her skin goose pimple. Her back arches as my tongue flutters across her collarbone before descending taking one breast in my mouth, tongue swirling the tip into perkness as my hand gently kneads her other breast.

After fully exploring and stimulating my Siha's breasts, I move down her stomach kissing and fluttering, my hands roaming up and down her legs. My Siha's gasps of pleasure furthers my building arousal. The closer I get to Tabitha's core of womanhood, the more I smell her arousal. A purring growl rumbles from my chest knowing her arousal is for me and me alone, her Kadar.

Looking up, I see Tabitha, her face flush with passion, sweat beaded above her upper lip, lips slightly parted. "Take my hand," I whisper gravelly as I grasp her right hand in mine intertwining our fingers. Lowering my head, I flick my tongue along the outside of her outer lips.

She gasps, "Thane…I…what…"

Purring, "Shhh…feel…let me love you." Her hips buck involuntarily as I deepen my exploration, my other hand steadying her hips. Slowly, I kiss, nip, and nibble her rosebud to fruitarian opening up for me as I inhale the musk of my Siha. As she climaxes, I lift my head to see her head thrashing from side to side in ecstasy. Leaning over her, wrapping my arms around her back, I roll bringing both of us to our knees, my chest against her back. Lowering my head I kiss Tabitha's neck feeling my fangs drop down from the cavity in the roof of my mouth. As I grasp both of her hands in mine, I latch my teeth into her shoulder sinking my fangs on the underside of her collarbone injecting a full dose of neural toxins into her system snarling, "Mine."

Tabitha's Memories

As my canines elongate piercing Thane's scales, I growl, "Mine," unclasping Thane's status band signifying he is married throwing it to the side of the cave, "You are mine, my bond mate, not hers. She left you for others." Primal pride and possession fills my heart and soul as I feel him shudder in my arms. When rational thought prevails, I cannot believe what I have done leaning back stammering, "Thane, I'm sorry…Your shoulder…I must have some medi-gel somewhere."

Looking into Thane's eyes, I do not see revulsion, anger, or fear, but love, desire, and lust as he gently pushes me down onto my back on the blanket hovering over me, ""What do I need medi-gel for?" Grinding his erection into my pelvis, kissing me passionately, "I want the scar, Siha. I want all to know I am bonded to you."

His hands start trailing up and down my arms as he whispers seductively behind my ear, "Close your eyes, Tabitha. Feel me. Let me love you…claim you…make you mine forever." His touch causes shudders throughout my body hot and cold at the same time, sweet smell his body is secreting assaulting my mind with images and sounds from another place and time. Sensations I have never had before cascade through my body leaving me fulfilled and wanting at the same time.

Thane wraps his arms around me lifting both of us onto our knees, my chest against his back. As his fangs pierce my skin, I hear him snarl, "Mine." Warmth flows from the puncture site throughout my body in seconds as I shudder from the pleasure and euphoria. Colors rainbow off everything as the sensation of floating envelopes me with all my senses heightened. Leaning back against his chest, I feel and hear Thane's snarl turn to contented purring from his chest as his fangs retract back into the roof of his mouth licking the bite mark he made lowering himself to the blanket keeping my back against his chest.

As soon as his back is on the blanket, he rolls turning me so my back is on the blanket, Thane hovering over me as before. I am in awe at the love shining from his eyes, "Siha, take my hands." I grasp his hands feeling the heat radiating off of them along with the sweet smelling tacky sweat. His neck fringes puffed and deep red, voice throaty and raspy, "I will be as gentle as I can, Tabitha." Thane presses his lips to mine as he snaps his hips forward driving his drellhood into me in one thrust. My cry is cut off by Thane's mouth as he pushes past the barrier of my scar tissue from the abuse seven years ago. The neural toxins coursing through my body stops the pain replacing it with a dull ache, which becomes pleasure as he sets a slow motion. Thane does not increase the pace till I wrap my legs around his upper thighs pulling him deeper and arching my back meeting his thrusts. As he increases the pace, he looks at me, "Look at me, Siha, do not close your eyes. I want to see you as I pleasure you. I want you to see me as you pleasure me. I need these memories for the future while I am away from you, my love, my bondmate." I keep my gaze on him as he causes me to climax time after time after time with him, sounds of our passion echoing off the cave walls before he collapses on top of me breathing heavily.

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