Page 28 of Elias

“I was hoping to grab some time to work on my latest novel,” Nell said. “But Diadora’s been on my back about spending too much time on my writing. I should stay here, as well, in case she checks up on us.”

Hayley nodded as she returned to her seat. Nell was a not so secret part-time erotica novelist, who specialized in sexy alien and human couplings.

Hayley scrolled through searches of traditional Retar matings and came across a number of info pods. She made sure the sound was muted before she pressed play on the first one.

She took a bite of her sandwich and sped through the first few minutes of the mating. She felt uncomfortable watching two strangers having sex, but this was for research purposes.

She noticed the way the male kept the female’s head turned away. They started in a doggy position, with the woman on her hands and knees. The male pushed her down, so she was flat on the bed in a starfish position, her legs spread wide as he lay on top of her. The whole time, he looked to be in control, and the female had little in the way of movement.

“She can’t eat him if they keep doing that,” Hayley muttered under her breath as she took another bite of sandwich.

Watching the Retar pound into the female made Hayley’s breath hitch. He was an energetic lover. Would Elias be the same?

Her eyes widened as the female moved so fast she was a blur, the camera unable to keep up with the speed. As it refocused, Hayley’s stomach clenched. They’d moved onto oral sex. She swallowed, the lump of sandwich sticking in her throat. No, what she was looking at wasn’t anything to do with oral pleasure. The female was chewing through the man’s testicles.

Hayley grimaced and looked away. She dumped her sandwich on the table and wiped her mouth. She was glad the sound was muted. From the look on the guy’s face, he was not being quiet.

She forced herself to look back at the screen. The male wasn’t resisting, and as the female chomped her way through his most intimate parts, a look of pained resignation shifted across his face.

Even when the female bit down on his stomach, he lay on the bed and let her do it. This was a brutal death and did not happen quickly. Why not go for the throat or a main artery? At least, they’d bleed out quickly and suffer less.

The female was covered in blood and seemed to revel in inflicting the maximum amount of pain on her mate. How could anyone get pleasure from that?

Hayley glanced at her sandwich, and her stomach grumbled unhappily at the thought of any more food. She’d been too tough on Elias. You had to have a serious amount of screws loose to go through with that.

“Are you watching anything good?” Nell moved from the other side of the desk.

Hayley was tempted to hide the screen from her. “Nothing important. I was searching for something, and this came up.” She gestured at the screen.

“Oh, that’s... interesting.” Nell stared at the gruesome mating ritual. “Is this work research?”

“What are you looking at?” Avril stopped her lesson planning and walked over.

“It’s sort of work research.”

“This is increasingly uncommon.” Nell pointed at the screen. “You can see why.”

Hayley placed the screen down, indecision swirling inside her as to how much to reveal to Nell and Avril. “I can’t believe it even happens.”

“It shouldn’t.” Nell opened a sandwich box and sat down. “But all aliens have different ways of mating. Some get stimulated when their horns are rubbed. Some are dominant and have to be in control. Some are gentle and sweet and like their females to be in charge.”

“You’re involved with a Nooke, aren’t you?” Hayley said. “If you don’t mind me asking, how did you get over your differences?”

Nell smiled and ducked her head. “It hasn’t always been easy. I quickly discovered he has very sensitive horns. Rub them and you’re basically stimulating his genitals.”

“Oh! Wow, that must be fun.”

Nell’s smile broadened. “We do have a lot of fun.”

I looked at Avril. “You date a Mehab?”

She nodded. “Iska. Mehabs have a similar problem to male Retars. The females can become enraged with lust during the mating process. The males are careful when chosen by a female to mate with. The females are in charge. The males go along for the ride and try their best not to be injured. They usually scruff the females and grab the back of their neck to hold them in position. It means they can’t attack them. It works most of the time.”

“How do you handle that?”

“With practise. It took Iska time to realize I won’t rip out his throat. When we found our rhythm, things became amazing.”

Hayley nodded. That could be Elias’s problem. His past experience had been full of fear and left him anxious about mating.