Knaleg: A Terraneu Novel (Book 3) (8 page)

Catherine broke the silence between the females when she said, “Knaleg
has asked me out on a date.” She paused uncertain how to continue.

Knaleg broke off his conversation with the males to interject, “Catherine
has agreed.” He then turned back to the conversation the males were having.
Which could have been about anything since they were talking telepathically.
None of their eyes swept her way, so she was hoping they weren’t discussing
her.

Turning her attention back to the women she noticed they all had smiles
on their faces.

“It was Knaleg wasn’t it?” Amber asked. “The one who piqued your
interest.”

Catherine made sure he wasn’t listening when she replied, “Yes. He was
the one I was talking about.”

All of the women just gave knowing looks, smiling at each other over the
couple holding hands.

Knaleg paused at the door to Catherine’s quarters. Would she want just a
quick kiss at her domicile doorway goodnight or would she expect a more
passionate ending to their date. Did she want to pursue him, or was she
expecting him to be the aggressor? This was all new territory for him and he
wasn’t sure he liked it very much! They had been on multiple dates the last few
weeks, along with sparring daily, and meeting with the joint council when
necessary. Their relationship just wasn’t progressing how he had anticipated.
He shouldn’t have been surprised, nothing with Catherine had happened like it
should from the beginning.

Gaining his courage he knocked loudly on the door. He had planned a
romantic evening for him and Catherine. He felt that it was time for their
relationship to move to the next level and he hoped that she felt the same.

Catherine opened her door to him with a huge smile. Knaleg couldn’t help
himself, he gave her a lingering kiss on the lips. She was the most attractive,
funny, stubborn, perfect female he could hope to have found. He wanted her to
know how much he had grown to care for her so he put all his feelings into the
kiss.

When they separated a few minutes later Knaleg was happy to see that
Catherine was not unaffected.

“Knaleg...that is. Hello.” Catherine stammered out. “Do you want to come
in first, or are we heading out tonight?”

“I have a surprise for tonight.” Knaleg stated in a throaty voice. He was
happy to see that she had planted the flower she had made on their second date
all over her living quarters, and walkway. She had stated that maybe Jax should
take Lacey to the horticulture dome, so he had used that idea for a date for
them. Catherine wasn’t into flowers so much as a hobby, she just liked the
smell and look of them. She had been pleasantly surprised when she had realized
she had a “green thumb” as she put it.
 
When he had grabbed her hand to inspect her finger for the cause of
turning green, she had burst out laughing. She had explained to him that the
saying meant that she was able to grow things, not that her thumb was
‘literally’ green. She had gone on to say that on Earth she had been so busy
that all her plants had died. She was happy that here on Terraneu they just
needed to be planted and they thrived. The nightly misting they got was enough
to keep them healthy and the gnowlers left them alone.

He held out his hand for Catherine to take, and pulled her along the
walkway to the waiting sorrem. They were going to use the pack animal to get to
their destination. Normally he would just hike out, but he wasn’t sure how
Catherine would take to the outdoors. They had never gotten around to speaking
about camping out, so he didn’t know if it was something Catherine would be
interested in. He would be sure to ask her tonight, since there were many
different places he would like to show her.

Once settled on the sorrem he held Catherine close, inhaling her sweet
scent deep into his lungs. He set the sorrem in motion out of Terraneu, its
gentle gait rocking them back and forth.

“Do I get to guess where we are going?” Catherine asked from in front of
him.

“You can try if you would like.” Knaleg tried to hide the amusement in
his voice.

“You don’t think I can come up with where we are going?” Catherine’s
voice held a smile, “I am truly challenged!” She squirmed in his lap causing an
instant, painful swelling in his groin. “Hmm. Let me think. Where could we be
going?” She punctuated her words with a finger tap to her chin.

Knaleg wrapped his arm around her waist to hold her steady as he
increased the pace of the sorrem. He wanted to make it to their destination,
and if need be return before it got too late.

“We are going to the oasis I keep hearing so much about?” Catherine
guessed.

“No. I wanted something different for your surprise.” Knaleg sighed, “But
if you would rather go to the oasis...”

“No, your surprise will be perfect. I just thought that the only thing
out here was the oasis.” Catherine hurried to assure him.

“There are many things outside of the community. I would show you all of
them if I could Cat.” His voice dropped to a husky whisper and he felt her
shiver in his arms.

“Are you cold? I had not thought that it would feel cool to you.” He
worried that the whole night was going to be a disaster if Catherine was not
comfortable.

“No, I’m not cold.” Her voice came out slightly breathless, “I am just
excited to see the surprise you have in store for me.”

Knaleg just gave her a squeeze and they fell into a comfortable silence.
He moved the sorrem along the path he knew would take them to their
destination. It climbed and weaved its way upward, until Knaleg with a flick of
his wrist stopped its forward motion.

“Close your eyes.” Knaleg requested then when he saw that Catherine had
put her hands across her eyes, he dismounted from the sorrem and took her into
his arms. With her facing forward her back pressing against his chest he
stepped forward until he was at the perfect spot. He placed Catherine on her
feet, and then moved his arms away so she would have an unobstructed view.

“Okay. Open your eyes.” Knaleg whispered. Then held his breath waiting to
see her reaction.

Catherine opened her eyes when Knaleg asked her to,
and then sucked in a deep breath. She was standing at the top of an overhanging
cliff. It didn’t seem like the sorrem had climbed very long, so she wasn’t sure
how far down into the valley it was. She could see for miles. There were the
twinkling lights of Terraneu dancing like embers from a fire in the distance.
She could hear the faint rush of a stream or river nearby, though it was almost
drowned out by the louder falling, crashing of a waterfall.

She turned to look at Knaleg and almost missed the second surprise. It
was a cocoon of blankets and pillows laid out among the greenery. Her eyes shot
to Knaleg and she raised one brow in question.

“I wanted us to be comfortable while we enjoyed the view and talked.”
Knaleg spoke quickly when he noticed her eyes on the blankets.

Catherine felt a bit of the devil in her and teased, “Talk Knaleg...is
that all you had in mind for that pile of blankets and pillows?”

Knaleg got a flush of color riding up his neck and into his face, “I
wouldn’t mind taking our relationship to the next level physically. I am
waiting for you to be ready.”

Catherine started laughing and moved into his arms, “I am teasing you Knaleg.”
Giving him a fierce hug she pulled back to look into his eyes. “I never rushed
into relationships on Earth. I was always analyzing or questioning how I felt
or how a relationship was working or not working. Even with all my experiences
with men, I never got to know them as well as I know you. You have been a great
friend, sparring partner and sounding board for all my council ideas.”

Afraid to say too much Catherine suddenly snapped her mouth shut. How did
she feel about Knaleg? She had been growing fonder of him with every passing
day. He pushed her to be a better council leader. He made her laugh and then
was quick to laugh with her. He was patient and kind with a deep level of
maturity from thousands of years of genetic memories. He was truthful to a
fault and she didn’t think he had a dishonest bone in his entire body. He
allowed her to be as independent as she was used to on Earth, which was
something she had been apprehensive about. Not having dated before she had
worried that he would smother her. It was actually the opposite, he was very
open to spending as much time with her as she wanted...and leaving her to her
own devices when she needed alone time. On top of all that he was smoking hot
and his kisses turned her to mush. But was she in love with him? Had she been
in love with him from the moment she saw him? Not one to shirk away from a
truth, Catherine faced the fact that she had grown to care deeply for Knaleg,
that yes she was very much in love with him. It was time to see if they were as
compatible physically as they were as friends.

“I think it is time to stop talking.” Catherine whispered. Moving behind
him to pull the vest gently off his shoulder. She let her fingers run along the
top of his shoulders and then down his muscular arms. The feeling of goose
bumps against her fingers told her that he wasn’t immune to her touch. With the
vest out of the way, Catherine got a good view of all the tanned flesh of his
back. She pressed her palms against his shoulder, rubbing her thumbs against
the muscles. Trailing her fingers down his back to massage just above his
pants, then back to his shoulders. Moving her hands under his arms to wrap
around his chest, she pressed her cheek against his back and placed a few
kisses against his skin.

“I have wanted to do this for so long.” Catherine whispered against him.

Knaleg put his hands over hers on his chest and
squeezed her fingers. “I am sorry that I let my fear keep me from asking you
out sooner.”

Catherine stepped in front of Knaleg so she could look
into his eyes, “Let’s agree now to have no regrets.” She moved her hands to the
clasp of his pants. “Everything happens for a reason, and in its own time.” She
had worked his pants open and her fingertips danced against the tip of his
erection.

Knaleg swallowed hard and tried to speak, “I can
agree to that,” her fingers had wiggled deeper into his pants, forcing the
material aside. “I would wait another millennia for a chance at your sweet
touch.”

Catherine froze in her exploration for a second.
That had to be the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to her!

“If my fingers rate a millennia,” She gave him a
wicked look under her lashes, “Then lets see what my mouth will merit.” Before
he could guess her intentions, she dropped to her knees on the blankets. His
steely shaft and been half exposed when her fingers had done their exploration.
All she had to do to fully free him was give the back of his pants a little
tug. As they fell down to his knees, his erection sprang out. She glanced up
his body, past the muscled abs and pecs into his glowing purple eyes. With one
hand she captured and played with his balls, with the other she positioned his
erection. When she had the angle just right she swiped her tongue across the
tip. Moving it back and forth, making wider circles until she had the full head
of him in her mouth. Just to add to the torture she moved her tongue across the
sensitive underside of his head. He was taking shuddering breaths, and his
stomach was flexing. She moved her mouth on him deeper, making his shaft as wet
as possible without choking herself. Licking and stroking his length, she
worked her mouth over him again and again. When he let out an agonized groan
Catherine stopped. Maybe it was selfish on her part, but she wanted his first
orgasm with her to be during intercourse.

She kissed her way up his abs, past his chest...only
pausing for a few seconds to lavish some attention on his nipples. When she was
standing in front of him again she went up on tiptoe to kiss him. She put all
the passion and pent up feelings she had into the kiss. Her breasts were
pressing into his chest and her nipples were tingling from rubbing back and
forth. When she felt his hands lifting her against him, she greedily used his
strength to climb his body until he was pressing against the heat of her. His
hands were holding under her thighs, his fingers playing with the folds of
flesh that he had found.

Tearing her mouth from his she gasped, “I want you
inside of me Knaleg.” She was writhing against his tip, trying to push down but
he was holding her too strongly against him. “I want you now!”

He groaned, “Will my size hurt you?”

Catherine was in such a frenzy she didn’t register
his question for a second. Would his size hurt? When she had grasped his
erection her fingers hadn’t met, so he was distinctly larger than any man she
had been with before. Not in length, but definitely in girth. Maybe it would
sting as she stretched but a little pain with the pleasure would be worth it!

“No Knaleg. It will feel good. Don’t hold back.”
Then she bit back a startled gasp. She had asked for it. Knaleg had taken one
hand against her lower back and pushed her down onto his pulsing shaft, just as
he thrust hard up. If she hadn’t been so aroused it might have hurt worse.
Since she was so turned on she just wanted him to do it again. With her legs
wrapped around his flexing hips she gasped out, “Do that again.” Then let out a
moan of pleasure when he complied. Thrusting so hard her teeth almost knocked
together. She had never been held aloft while getting pounded into. It was pure
heaven. Between Knaleg’s thrusts she would clamp herself against him and flex
her hips trying to hold him inside.

“Harder.” Catherine was close, “Harder Knaleg.” She
was so lost in the throes of passion she didn’t realize she bit into his
shoulder just as she broke into a thousand pieces. Her climax forced an
agonized groan from him as her muscles clamped down, then spasmed along his
shaft.

“Cat...” he didn’t finish whatever he was going to
say. She felt him swell larger, and then the warmth from his release pulsed
deeply into her. Groaning loudly he wobbled a little, then hit his knees. She
didn’t worry that he would drop her or land on her. She knew he was stronger
than that. It was a nice compliment however that she had been able to weaken
his knees a little bit.

“That was...” he gasped out of breath, “incredible.”

Catherine was lazily nibbling on his earlobe. “Mmm.
Yes. That was nice.”

“Nice?” Knaleg snorted, “Nice!?”

When he looked into her eyes and realized she was
teasing he gave her a comical, wicked look. “I’ll show you nice.”

Catherine laughed and tried to get away, but he was
still holding her against him. Squirming and wiggling to get free she shrieked
when he suddenly shifted his fingers against her ribs. She figured two could
play at that game. As soon as her fingers reached his armpits Knaleg froze,
then he started squirming to get away from her tickling fingers.

“Say mercy!” Catherine demanded playfully. Laughing
at the faces Knaleg was making.

“I’ll show you mercy,” Knaleg teased, grabbing her
hand over her head he moved them to lay down on the blankets. Rubbing his chest
against her nipples.

Catherine took the sweet torture as long as she
could then cried, “Okay. Mercy.” He immediately rolled to his side and drew her
up against him. Tucking his head on a pillow and drawing a blanket over the two
of them. They lay like that for the longest time just staring at the stars as
they blinked against the black velvet sky. Catherine had her fingers lazily moving
against his chest and ab muscles.

“Catherine is there a protocol that I am supposed to
follow after intercourse?” Knaleg asked hesitantly.

She smiled to herself, “No Knaleg, there isn’t any
set protocol. We can go to sleep, or talk...or even have sex again.”

Catherine suddenly found herself flat on her back
with Knaleg looming over her, “We can have sex again…so soon? Kniam and Knollig
never told me that.” He grumbled.

“A true gentleman never kisses and tells. I’m glad
they haven’t told you details!” Catherine laughed up at him. “Besides some
things are worth finding out on your own.”

He leaned down and she reached her hands into his
hair just as his lips met hers. After a brief brush across her mouth he sighed,
“Truer words were never spoken my little Cat.” Then his mouth returned to hers,
this time with more intent.

Knaleg tore his lips from hers to reverently run
them down the side of her neck. “Is there anything you like for your male to
do?” His mouth moved past her shoulder slowly making its way towards her
breast.

“I like everything you do.” Catherine gasped when
his mouth latched onto her breast, his tongue lapping at her nipple. “I would
tell you if there was something that I didn’t like.”

He sounded surprised...“So I can try anything?
Really?” He moved then to her other breast.

“Yes, anything.”

“Hmm.” Knaleg’s mouth was slowly building her
passion as he worked his way down her body. She couldn’t believe he was hitting
all her erogenous zones without any previous knowledge of where they were. Unless
his brothers had talked more than he was willing to admit. She really didn’t
care at this moment. His mouth was working magic on her sex, and she wasn’t
about to complain. She was arching under his ministrations when he suddenly
flipped her onto her stomach. Well this is new she thought. Propping herself on
her elbows she looked over her shoulder questioningly at Knaleg.

“I have a fascination with your behind!” Knaleg
rasped out, his gaze going to land on her rounded globes. “Will you let me
explore this area?”

Catherine was willing to let him try anything so
just nodded.

Knaleg took some pillows and propped them under her
stomach so that her behind was in the air. Satisfied with the angle he knelt
between her spread thighs. She felt his hands explore the small of her back,
and then he slowly he ran them along each globe of her butt. Increasing the
pressure in his fingers when he got to the fleshiest part of her behind. When
he reached her legs he moved his thumbs to the inside of her thighs, while his fingers
flexed and kneaded her bottom. With every massaging movement of his fingers,
his thumbs brushed against the pink folds of her flesh making her wetter with
each pass. She was soon pushing back against him, begging for penetration. She
moaned when he complied, slowly pushing one thumb into her eager wetness. He
hadn’t let up on the fingers massaging her behind, now with his thumb buried
deep the added stimulation was making her crazy.

“Do you want me to stop?” His voice was hoarse with
passion.

Catherine moaned, “No that feels good.” Happy that
she liked what he was doing, he withdrew his thumb to flick against her
sensitive nub, and then thrust it back in.

She moaned again as the pleasure built. She was soon
pushing back against him moaning and gasping. He must have felt she was close
because he withdrew and then she felt the velvet press of his shaft. As wet as
she was he was able to thrust deep without any discomfort, all she felt was a
stretching sensation as her body adapted to his wider girth.

“Tell me if I am too rough.” He ground out between
thrusts.

“Harder.” Catherine begged, “You can take me
harder.”

Knaleg responded by grabbing her hips and pulling
her against him, hard. Just like she wanted. Then he did it again and again.
She could feel his balls slap against her sex adding to the thrill of his
pounding shaft. Releasing one hand from her hips he used his fingers to
stimulate and knead her breast. Taking the time to lightly pinch her nipples
every few seconds. The nerves in her body ignited and she knew she wouldn’t
last much longer.

“Knaleg...it is too much.” Catherine moaned when he
twisted his hips against her just so.

He bent his body over hers, placing his hands in
front of her shoulders on the ground and just kept flexing his hips against
her. Using her shoulders as leverage Knaleg kept her blocked against his body.
He was pushing so hard that she almost lost her balance. With one last thrust
it was all Catherine could take. She buried her face into a pillow and with a
muffled scream she flew apart. Knaleg followed her with a shout his hips
spasming against her.