C.L. Scholey - Zuri's Zargonnii Warrior (Unearthly World # 2) (15 page)

Free from making any more decisions, Kobe let his body go. He touched every inch of Zuri, claiming her. Every warrior would smell his fragrance on her; a warrior knew better than to touch another male’s dominated female. Kobe stayed in battle mode, his big body lowered over hers. She groaned and pushed at him but couldn’t budge him. Zuri gasped in air as he thrust harder letting her feel a miniscule amount of his power.

Once covering her front in his scent he spun her over and, still buried within her, Kobe once again lay over her. From now on she would always wear his scent; he would never let it wear off. His fragrance would keep her minimally safe in the jungle; other creatures would retreat from the smell of a dominant male. Many creatures would not risk peeking through the foliage to catch a glimpse of him, now they wouldn’t catch a glimpse of her.

Zuri shuddered beneath him and screamed his name. Kobe roared feeling victorious. His female was satisfied. Kobe rolled them both over, slipping from her heat. He settled Zuri on top of him and crooned to her.

“Zuri?”

“Hmm?”

“I like this love feeling.”

Chapter 9

Zuri followed Kobe from the pod opening. Her feet slipped through followed by her calves, thighs, butt, torso and head. It was akin to oozing from a sphincter. Not really a pleasant thought but accurate enough. Kobe had her in his arms and the two of them made their way down the vines.

“It’s too bad we couldn’t stay in there forever,” Zuri said, she was feeling a bit melancholy. The pod was so safe and warm, she hated leaving it.

“We would have to leave eventually. The females will return within a year or so to this place.”

“Do you think your mother will know you’ve been here?”

“Yes. My scent is imprinted in her memory as she is imprinted in mine. It’s nature’s way of making certain we never Holiday.”

Zuri grimaced, she hadn’t thought about that. The idea of him being able to scent his mother wasn’t as strange as she had first thought.

“What about a sister? Can you scent your sisters?”

“They smell.”

“What the hell is it with you and smell?”

“What I mean, mouthy, is that they exude a distasteful smell. It’s a scent only an offspring can smell.”

“Do you have any sisters?”

“None that I’ve come across.”

Kobe settled Zuri onto her feet when they reached the bottom of the vines. Zuri looked up at the pod and sighed.

“Are there any more shelters like this?” she asked.

“I’m not sure. I guess we’ll soon find out.”

Kobe took her hand in his; as always, he moved in battle mode when wandering the jungle. It was a comfort to see him so powerful. When they struck out, it was plain to see Kobe was looking for something, he didn’t carry her. They walked for hours, the warmth in the air became smothering. Zuri hated their weather, hot blistering heat during the day, frigid cold by night. Always the extreme. She was tempted to ask him to carry her; his hair had a cooling effect when it was hot.

“Come here,” Kobe said.

Zuri looked at the small cave he motioned to. Large rocks were on either side, covered in thick moss, which of course rolled in a living fashion when they approached then settled, sensing no threat. The moss lay back over the rocks to sun itself. Zuri knew the substance was harmless but not un-entirely creepy. She checked out the cave’s small opening, she would be able to squeeze in, but there was no way Kobe would fit.

“Are we stopping already?” she asked.

“For a moment. I want you to stay put.”

“Where are you going?”

“The cave is safe, don’t worry, nothing in there you couldn’t talk to death.”

“Very funny. Now where are you going?”

“See the tree over there?”

“Yes.” It was an ugly looking piece of vegetation. The branches were shriveled and gnarled. It looked dead, like the entire thing was made up of ancient long wrinkled fingers and limbs.

“That’s a wamaya tree. It bears the sweetest piece of vegetable on the planet. Rare and difficult to come by. It’s considered a delicacy by my people.”

Zuri was skeptical. How could something so old and ugly bare anything edible? Kobe pushed her into the small cave, where she immediately heard the disturbing heartbeats of the fuzzy worm creatures. She shuddered but stayed put. Kobe silently made his way toward the tree and waited. Zuri was amazed; the light from one of the hidden suns hit the direct middle of the tree. Because of the oddity of the sky colors, the display resembled a strange type of rainbow. Suddenly a hole opened, and brilliant light from within the hole shined through a rounded orange object. It resembled the sun. It was beautiful, golden, the most striking thing Zuri had seen so far. A delicious odor wafted to her nose.

Mesmerized, she watched as Kobe approached the tree with stealth; she wondered what made him so cautious. Zuri screamed when a small bangor raced forward, danced around Kobe, and tried to snatch the vegetable. Kobe did nothing, which increased her curiosity further. She thought Kobe would have tossed the creature. As the small bangor stuck its hand-shaped paw into the hole, the placid tree grew massive brown fangs all the way around the hole. When the bangor reached inside, its arm was severed near the elbow as the spiked wooden fangs closed upon it. The bangor raced away screaming as loudly as Zuri. Kobe moved forward quickly, Zuri realized he was going to stick his hand in that thing’s mouth.

When the tree opened its mouth and the bangor’s severed arm hit the ground, Zuri thought she would faint. Kobe gripped the mouth, top and bottom, and pulled it open until there was a sickening snap. The tree shuddered. Zuri wondered if Kobe had broken its—jaw. The idea made her head spin, a tree with a mouth? With fangs? Kobe released his hold and plucked the vegetable from within the slack mouth. Zuri watched in horror as the tree’s mouth snapped back into place, sealing the hole seamlessly. It made Zuri wonder if she had been hallucinating. Kobe was smiling as he made his way back to Zuri.

Something pressed against her making her jump. A blackish worm creature was snuggling up to her foot. Zuri wasn’t certain when she stopped hearing the worm creatures, her own heartbeat was thundering in her ears. The worm, weighing at least five pounds, slimed its way over her toes leaving a shiny, glowing streak. For a second, Zuri thought to grab her hair and run screaming in small circles. Kobe pulled her from the cave.

Kobe split the vegetable and chewed off little bits for her to eat as they walked. Mindlessly, Zuri ate what he offered. Once she finished processing what had occurred, she noted how delicious the vegetable was. The small pieces could have been swallowed whole but instead Zuri sucked on them. The juices exploded into her mouth, her saliva erupted into an orgasm of flavor. Her tongue tingled as she rolled the tidbit round and around, her mouth making love to her food. Her mind centered on Kobe’s broad beckoning chest, his powerful arms and the way they locked around her. His cock sprang into her thoughts, dancing its way into her mind until she began to pant.

What on earth was happening to her?

“Oh my God, Kobe. This is an aphrodisiac. It’s amazing.”

“It’s a what?”

“An aphrodisiac is something that makes you feel the need or want to have sex—to Holiday.”

“Here, have more.”

Zuri did. She couldn’t get enough. Kobe expressed amazement at how much she downed.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

“Don’t you feel it?”

“Feel what?”

The fruit was gone. Zuri felt wild. She dragged Kobe to a large tree and stripped naked. Kobe stood there looking stunned.

“Now, Zuri? Here?”

“Oh my God, Kobe, if you don’t fuck me I think I’ll go insane.”

“Fuck?”

“Sex, Kobe.
Now.
What was in that damned vegetable?”

“It’s just a vegetable…
hey
…”

Zuri grabbed his pants and yanked them down. He stopped protesting when her mouth settled over his erect cock.

“Come to think of it,” Kobe said and groaned. “Female Zargonnii are said to eat a lot of this vegetable before we Holiday.” Zuri tried to pull him down onto the ground. “Zuri are you trying to dominate me?”

Zuri released him. “Yes.” Her mouth gripped him again.

She heard him sigh. “I’m in battle mode in the jungle. Zargonnii’s mate like this. Don’t temp me.” For an answer she sucked him harder. “Zuri you have no idea what you’re doing.”

His pants were down around his ankles. Zuri tried to topple him over. It didn’t work, all the while he protested she was going to be sorry if she continued to try and dominate him. Her teeth razed his cock harder, then harder still until finally he had enough. Kobe roared. He shoved her away. His clothes came off. Zuri’s heart was pounding. She didn’t know what was wrong with her; all she knew was that she needed him to be inside of her…
now
.

The ferocity he expressed should have terrified her, it didn’t. Kobe came at her like a freight train; he picked her up and held her across one forearm suspending her in the air. Zuri grabbed at his hair and tried to pull him closer.

“Damn it, Zuri, you’re confusing me,” he bellowed. “You’re battling me to have sex only you know you can’t dominate.”

“Then hurry up and dominate me,
damn it.”

Kobe roared again. With a swift motion he moved as though to smash her onto the ground; by this time, Zuri didn’t care. At the last moment, he stopped. When she reached the ground, his arms were under her, stopping the blow. Her fists closed around handfuls of his chest hair begging him to hurry the hell up. She could feel his cock between her thighs and she struggled to make him enter.

“For heaven sake, Zuri,
I’m
the dominant.
Let me do it
.”

“Dominate this, you bad ass.” Zuri shoved her hips up to his cock, forcing him to enter. She screamed as an orgasm rushed through her veins. Once he was inside of her she relaxed, her need didn’t vanish, it just didn’t control her. Kobe seemed to notice her change immediately. His grip loosened from his almost bone-crushing hold. Zuri moaned and gasped, rocking with him, letting him set the pace.

“You feel so good.” Zuri moaned.

Kobe was growling at her, snarling. He had lost most of his control. It seemed so natural the way he behaved in the wildness of the jungle surrounding them. Primitive, Zuri felt primitive with wild abandon. Kobe knew how to dominate and had her pinned beneath him. She cried out his name when she came, still he pounded between her thighs.

The tree vines crept up around them, slithering closer, making a trail on the black earth. Zuri hadn’t noticed at first, but glancing around she noticed many inching forward like snakes. She became a little alarmed. What she had thought was Kobe holding tight to her ankle was a brown vine with the thickness of a king cobra. To make matters worse Kobe had pinned her arms over her head and now part of the vine wrapped around her wrists. Zuri was soon captured by the tree.

“Kobe?”

Kobe thrust into her as her legs were slowly being pulled apart and her arms stretched higher over her head. Mindlessly Kobe continued to pound into her. She was about to scream when part of the vine slithered over her mouth. Kobe roared his release, she could hear him growling. When he pulled his body away from her he noticed her spread eagle position and vulnerable state.

Zuri was certain he would release her, but she frowned when he chuckled down at her. “This tree won’t eat you,” his words were casual. His hands fondled her tits. Zuri couldn’t move. She glared at him when she realized he was enjoying this. And she had been terrified some giant mouth with fangs was about to eat her whole.

“Do you want me to let you loose?” he asked innocently. His fingers lowered to play with her clit. Zuri tried to yell at him, but she couldn’t utter a single sound. “Well, this is a first. Nothing at all to say, mouthy?” Zuri nailed him with her best
ass wipe
look. “What were you saying about a dominant bad ass? Hmm? You look a little silly like that and a whole lot tempting. I’d be the envy of every Zargonnii male if they came across us. Do you know there are claims of a dominated male finding his dominant female suddenly in the position you’re in?”

Zuri growled at him. Kobe entered her slowly after making sure the vines weren’t too tight. Zuri lay there wanting to feel angry,but she had started this. There was something thrilling about lying there being taken by her Zargonnii warrior. The jungle sounds were subdued as though the creatures all held their breath wondering what the big warrior was going to do. Kobe didn’t disappoint.

He pulled his huge cock from her and kissed and nipped at her body until Zuri wanted to scream. A slithering vine began to creep around her throat but Kobe growled and snapped it in half. As though hurt, the other vines released her and retreated to pool at the base of the tree, quaking.

“That was all you had to do?” she gasped as he found his way between her legs and began licking her insides.

“Yup.”

The word was mumbled. Kobe licked at her thighs making her squirm; she was ticklish. Kobe’s big body moved slowly up hers, kissing, sucking, driving her wild. His flowing white hair slid over her, making her giggle. As Kobe was about to enter her, Zuri screamed. A thick, massive vine the size of a midsized tree, shot toward the back of Kobe’s head. Faster than lightning, Kobe reached back and punched the vine, shattering it to shards which fell harmlessly to the ground. Miniscule splinters inched away.