Page 49 of My Human Wife

l.“Stop mentioning Kamos. Definitely not. You don’t even look anything like him. He’s a cruel and terrible man.” Somewhere in my lustful mind I think this must have come from Coco leaving him for his father. Even though it’s such a messed up situation. So interconnected but with two teams on opposite sides. The palace and Terra Ka. One place where I’m a pet and the other I’m a woman. Both had their charms. As Gael kisses down my body he stops at my nipple piercings and moves the silver rings back and forth.

g.“Do you want these out?” I don’t want her to wear these. They are the sign of an Imperial woman or a human pet. I want neither for my human wife.

l.“I want them out. I’ll never be led around with a leash connected to my nipples ever again.”

g.I gently remove the jewelry from her nipples and throw them on the floor. They silently fall somewhere. I don’t even care. Then I take each of her breasts in my hand and kiss her pink nipples softly. As if I’m kissing away the pain associated with how they were used. “These nipples will serve a greater purpose now.” She doesn’t say anything but just makes a little soundof pleasure. I make my way down to her stomach and lower abdomen. I see my father’s brand there. I run my finger over it. I can’t help but remember the same brand on my mother. And for a minute I allow myself to mourn her.How can I not?But Lara’s saved herself.

l.“I want that removed.”

g.“We can try,” I tell her. “It’s not a simple brand. But I’ve heard of Dulu who can remove it.”

l.“Is it possible to alter? Make it a full circle or something? I don’t want it on me.”

g.I kiss her brand. “I’ll make it a priority for Hela to figure out.” Then I move further down her body. She’s just as soft and stunning as I remember. I run my hands through the hair between her legs and she jumps as if no one has touched her but me in months.

l.Gael’s touch is completely different than those of Kamos or any of his men. Gael caresses me like a man who’s acquainted with my soul. Not just a nameless, non-sentient pet. His touch sends goosebumps up and down my body. “I’ve missed you so much,” I say as his finger begins opening my sex up for him.

g.I kiss her hard on her nether lips, my tongue seeking out her clit, and pick her up. Her legs around my shoulders. I hold her against my face as I lick her clit. Her scent bewitches me and I bring her to orgasm while holding her. Then I carry her over to my bed, I lay her down, and strip off my clothing. All the while looking at her displayed on my bed, naked and wanting. I lay down next to her and kiss her again.

l.His kisses make all the difference. No one at the palace ever kissed me. Not even Kamos. He just used me. They all used melike a business transaction. I was given material goods for the obedient sex I provided.It was work. This is passion. This is desire. This is real.Gael’s tongue in my mouth brings tears to my eyes.

g.I wipe the tears from her flushed cheeks with my thumbs. Then I kiss each one. “Are you here with me?”

l.“Yes. I’m crying because I’mreallyhere. I was dead for most of my life with Lord Juo. My first breath of life in the galaxy was when you touched me in the temple. But I was submerged again at Kamos’s palace. So many people have touched me, and I felt nothing but the physical sensation. I was only a puppet and anyone could pull my strings and make my body perform. But when you touch me, Gael, I feel like I’m living, not just going through the motions of existing and no one is pulling my strings but me. I can’t explain how moving that is for me to feel this.”

g.I run my finger over her bottom lip. “I feel the same when I’m with you. You’re touch ignites my heart. I’ve never been with anyone who makes me feel this way.” I lean down and kiss her and as I do, I slowly position myself at her entrance. She spreads her legs wider for me and I enter her fully on my first thrust. I look down at her below me. “You are my wife, Lara, my real wife. I’m sorry you ever doubted that. I never doubted you. I love you.” I say as I withdraw and then thrust into her again. Her breasts move with my rhythm and her hands feel good on my back. “No male but me will ever touch you again.” I thrust in and out of her again. She feels so perfect. Her body enveloping mine. I never want this to end.

l.I never want this to end. I want him to continue telling me that I’m his forever. I want him to continue to use my name and tell me I’m his wife. “Don’t stop.”

g.I lean down and kiss her as I continue moving in and out her. An Imperial word for this moment runs through my mind, but I won’t use it. With my Lara in these intimate moments, it’s only English. I won’t taint our moments with Imperial culture. Instead, I say, translating broadly, “You’re my true self and I’m yours. It doesn’t matter what’s happened in our lives to try and separate us. We’ve found each other and now that the work is done, we can have one another for as long as we both live.”

l.Gael kisses me fiercely and thrusts into me more wildly. I move my hips to meet every one of his quick and powerful thrusts. This feels so real and so flawless.

g.When I can’t hold myself back any longer, I allow myself to release into her. I feel my semen flowing back onto me as she’s so small. When the ecstasy has faded, I lie down next to her and hold her naked body against mine.

l.“I understand now.”

g.“What do you understand?”

l.“I could have never left you for Kamos’s palace if we would’ve had this kind of sex in your quarters.”

g.I run a finger down her face and then down the rest of her body. “I hoped that was the case, but I wasn’t sure. You had no one to compare me to from our species. Sometimes I thought that I should have had you here during that month to make sure you did return.”

l.“I did have my moments of doubt about you.”

g.“What was it that turned the tide in my favor?”

l.“The way you always have looked at me.”

g.“How do I look at you?”

l.“You look at me like I’m free.”