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  His eyes glowed. “They need my help, and you are the power source.”

  She leaned back in his arms. “I am the what now?”

  He lifted her and held her up in front of his face. “I will make you cum, and then, I will consume your energy. With each release, the reaction gets stronger until you have given me enough to deflect a star.”

  She looked at him with wide eyes. “No wonder the girls were crying.”

  He narrowed his gaze. “You aren’t, though. Your body is more keyed up about the flying than it is about the thought of sex with me.”

  He dropped their altitude slightly, and she reached out to clutch his neck. She was close to him now.

  “That was terribly sneaky.” She was an inch from his mouth.

  “Oh, that was just to confirm that you are afraid of dying.” He whispered against her lips, “Because if we don’t manage to power me up, the world we are on is going to be smashed to rubble.”

  She blinked. “You aren’t lying. That is seriously why I am here?”

  He nodded, rubbing his nose against hers.

  “How long?”

  His eyes warmed with amusement. “I believe the answer you are looking for is three days.”

  “Oh, so that is what the beardy dude was talking about.”

  He turned them back toward the tower. “The head mage?”

  “Yes, I am guessing I am not in his demographic. The rest of the ladies chosen were petite and cute.”

  “I have always preferred a woman I could get a grip on. It seems like your summoner paid attention to my requirement lists.”

  He was holding her up high near his face as he flew them back toward the gaping hole he had left in the wall. When they returned, Nen and the older mage were waiting.

  The creature that was holding her looked at them. “She is suited to me. I applaud the summoner—”

  She piped up, “Nen.”

  He looked down at her and squeezed her. “I applaud Nen for selecting an appropriate lover for me.”

  It felt so odd to be dangling off the ground with an arm around her hips.

  The head mage spluttered, “There is a better candidate, protector.”

  “Did she cry?”

  The older mage blinked. “What?”

  “When she walked through the flames, did she cry?”

  “Why, yes. It was a proper and maidenly response.”

  The protector walked up to him and looked down. “I have to pleasure someone for three days straight. How do you think a maiden is appropriate to that venture?”

  “Her energy is pure.”

  “It is tainted with pain, fear, and panic. It is exceptionally difficult to focus that kind of energy.” He snorted. “You can go. I have work to do.”

  Nen turned to follow his superior. The protector snapped, “Not you. You are her attendant and guard now until this business is finished.”

  The mage’s pale blue eyes were shocked. “I am to remain... here?”

  The protector chuckled. “You do not need to watch, but you do need to remain in the room to attend her.”

  Nen looked incredibly tense. “I don’t know if that is a good idea, protector.”

  “Kel.”

  “What?”

  “My name is Kel. Offering, what is your name?”

  She blinked as the conversation was turned to her. “Um, Krys.”

  He smiled, his brilliant green eyes getting warm. “Krys. Things are about to get a little intense, Krys. You will be returned to your home when this is over.”

  She swallowed and nodded. “Right. I am going to hold you to that.”

  Kel nodded. “Excellent. Well, then, shall we begin?”

  She had no idea what that would entail, but he returned to his throne and settled her in his lap, straddling him.

  He smiled. “You skipped the collar.”

  “It didn’t match the bells.” She lifted her hand. “Why don’t they make any noise?”

  He chuckled. “Only I can hear them. Runners are rather common.”

  She blinked. “Right. Yeah, I can see that.”

  Kel cocked his head. “Has it run through your thoughts?”

  She shook her head. “Not really.”

  He leaned in and whispered, “Why is that?”

  “Mainly because you haven’t let go of me. I am not stupid enough to try and fight and then run.”

  There was a muffled snort from across the room, where Nen was standing with his face averted.

  Kel touched her jaw and turned her head back toward him. “I am the one that needs you.”

  There was a solemn sincerity in that statement, and she leaned toward him until her lips were making contact with his. There was a slight spark when she made contact and a flare of light. Kel’s lips curved, and he slid his hands up her back, pulling her against him.

  He tilted his head, and his tongue delved along her lips before stroking inside her. Her body reacted with a heady throb between her thighs. Three days? Oh boy.

  Chapter Three

  The kiss should have been simple, but whatever glowed in his eyes was sparking through her bloodstream. She moaned and cuddled close to him, flexing her fingers on his shoulders. He didn’t laugh; he simply slid his fingers between her thighs, and she rocked her hips against the touch. She shifted her weight until his hand was where she wanted it, and the heat in her system bloomed in her sex. She gasped and shook as her body pulsed rhythmically, and she dug her fingers into his shoulders. Light streamed out of her mouth, and she could see it coiling up his arm. She shivered and slowly collapsed onto her knees.

  He grinned. “Excellent. That is a good start, Krys. Nen, please attend to her. I will return in thirty minutes.”

  Nen took her from Kel, and he stepped back as Kel took off and shot out the hole he had made in the wall.

  Dazed, she looked up at the mage. “So, that is why you had to pull me here?”

  Nen nodded. “He is needed to arm the weapons that defend our world. He only sleeps because he hates being bored.”

  “But, I just had an orgasm. What good does that do?”

  He carried her to a deep alcove that was nearly invisible in the shadows, and she saw the bed that was large enough for six to roll around on.

  “What is going to go on here?”

  Nen set her down carefully. “You are going to rest in between visits while he fires up the defense weaponry to shield the world while he goes out to destroy the asteroids. The more power you can part with, the faster the progress will go.”

  She stared at him. “You do realize how insane that sounds.”

  He winced. “I am sorry that I didn’t have time to brief you. He could tell you more if there was time, but he will alter his energy via your body, and he will take it from you.”

  “When I cum.”

  Nen looked aside. “Yes, that.”

  She took in his discomfort. “You really don’t want to be here, do you?”

  Nen looked at her in surprise. “Of course, I do. You just have too much spirit to be used this way.”

  She took his hand and tried to smile at him for some reason. The expression on his face was that of a man in pain.

  “Her spirit is why she is able to be used this way.” Kel returned, and without ceremony, he moved the lower part of her gown to one side. He applied his mouth to her, and the fire coursed through her again.

  Nen held her hand, and the fire rippled through her body and struck him. Nen grunted as it struck, and Krys had to ignore him and focus on the thick and agile tongue that was driving into her. She twisted against Kel’s mouth, and as Nen didn’t let go of her hand, she moved her free hand to rub her clit. Kel’s gaze met hers as she sought her own release, and when she screamed and bucked against him, he gripped her breasts with surprisingly gentle hands and rubbed her nipples to hard peaks while he absorbed the energy she was putting out.

  Kel sat up for a momen
t and looked at Nen, chuckling. “That was unexpected.”

  “I am sorry, protector.”

  “Kel.”

  “Kel. I should not have been touching her.” Nen had his head down, but he was still holding her hand.

  “You shouldn’t have been able to, but as you and I share a frequency, I am going to ask you to keep her aroused when I need to leave.”

  Krys squawked. “What?”

  Kel looked at her. “The speed is important. If we can gain what we need from you, you can be sent home sooner. Isn’t that what you are after?”

  She frowned. “It is.”

  “Then, we will use all tools at our disposal to achieve our goals.”

  Krys looked at Nen. “What is your opinion on this?”

  His eyes were glowing white-blue. “I am willing to do all I can to assist you, Krys, and you, Kel.”

  Kel grabbed the neckline of the gauze and exposed her breasts. He bent his head to her and licked and sucked while Nen pulled her arms over her head and held them there to add to the tension in her torso.

  Kel rubbed a finger against her clit and folds, and with his exhalation of the flame again, she arched and twisted against him as she came.

  Who knew that her years of practicing on herself would enable her to get exactly what she needed to set herself off? It was not a skill set to brag about, but it was coming in handy.

  Kel chuckled and absorbed the transformed energy, and he nodded to Nen. “Keep her occupied. I will return soon.”

  Krys was lying in the dim light, gasping for air. She turned toward Nen and asked, “So, how does it feel to get roped into this? No longer an observer, but now a participant.”

  Nen chuckled and kissed her softly. “As long as I can be of use, I am happy to be here.”

  He licked at her mouth, and she leaned toward him, opening to him. He stroked her breasts, and her skin was sensitive from Kel’s attentions. She shivered. Her legs pressed together and shifted from side to side. She was slick, and it was getting embarrassing. Well, it would have been embarrassing if she hadn’t been experiencing waves of pleasure for a cause.

  She gasped and groaned under Nen, and when Kel returned, he slid two large fingers into her, and she started cumming again, taking energy from him as fast as she could expel it.

  Her mind blanked, and she was in a constant state of rising and falling, hands and mouths aroused her, and the energy or magic that she was filtering, made itself a part of her. Kel no longer needed the priming charge to drain her. Hooray.

  She didn’t know when she fainted, but she was seated in a tub with Nen behind her, washing sweat and saliva from her body. “How long was I out?”

  “Only forty-five minutes. Things are going well. He has the defense shield activated, and everything from now on out will be for the actual weaponry.”

  Krys sighed and relaxed against Nen. He was less than relaxed. His erection was pressed against her back. “Um, Nen. It seems that this situation is weighted in my favour.”

  He smoothed a wet cloth down her back. “That is the way it is supposed to be. You are giving a lot and will be exhausted by the end of this. Kel will begin taking directly from you when he needs it.”

  She swallowed, but they had been very careful with her until this point. “Right. But what do you get out of it?”

  “The honour of assisting the defender and the offering. Kel has also linked some of his power to run through me in order to keep you at a resting state of arousal.”

  Krys wrinkled her nose. “That would explain why I feel jumpy.”

  He pressed a kiss to her shoulder. “We have also discussed a few options while you were out.”

  She blinked. “Options?”

  “To keep power flowing while he is in the stars. He has a suggestion, but it would depend on your agreement.”

  She sighed and flexed her legs. “What is the option?”

  “Kel and I could bind together, and he can use my body as a conduit to remove the magic from you.”

  “So, you would be a broadcast tower.” She nodded. “And I would have to agree because...”

  “At that point, he would require more, which would mean that I would have to be actively inside you.”

  “Oh.”

  “And as I am just a summoning mage, it is an honour that isn’t normally offered to one of my kind.”

  “Well, you are already familiar with my body, so I don’t see an issue. You could even start now if Kel doesn’t mind.”

  Kel chuckled from the doorway to the bath. For a guy his size, he was silent when he chose to be. “I do not mind. She is already keyed to us.”

  She blushed.

  The hot pool had steps that led into it, and Kel ignored them and simply jumped into the pool, discarding the wrap around his hips a moment before he hit the water.

  Krys sat, and the wave splashed her breasts as he settled in and then sank to the bottom of the deep end. She chuckled. “Do you think I killed him?”

  He rose with his wings slightly flexed, but his eyes were bright. He walked up to her and lifted her out of Nen’s lap. “I believe that it is time for the next phase of your offering.”

  She blinked in surprise. “What?”

  He headed to the deep end of the bathing pool and sat her on the edge of the pool with her thighs wide. He dipped his head, and she had to bend her knees and brace her heels on the edge of the pool as he held her with hands at her lower back, and his tongue moved inside her.

  Krys hissed as the narrow tip widened rapidly, and she groaned when he started to dump magic into her via a very direct means. She arched against his mouth and shuddered, gasping as her body clamped down on him. He slowed the thrusts for a moment, and then, he resumed with his eyes glowing white-hot.

  The churning inside her was a delightful combination of slipping and friction. She arched, and her hips tried to undulate against him. He continued the slow thrust and retreat, and eventually, she broke apart again, her senses scattered as her body tried to grip him tight.

  He slowly raised his head and licked his lips. “Excellent selection, Nen.”

  Krys looked at him with dazed eyes, and then, she looked at the mage. She slowly relaxed her arms and lay back. The next phase felt intense.

  Chapter Four

  Krys stared at Kel as he asked her, “Tell me about your world, Krys.”

  She blinked up at him and took stock of where they were. They were on the bed, and Nen was kissing her belly. “Um, like what?”

  “What is the year, the date? What kind of species do you have walking around and trading?”

  “Oh.” She filled in the year and date that she had been pulled from the shower, and then, she said, “Humans, like me, but of a variety of shades are the only industrial beings on the planet.”

  Kel nodded and stroked her neck. “Nen is the same species as you, but we are a few thousand years in your future. He managed to pull you through time. Well done, Nen.”

  Nen chuckled against Krys’s skin and bit gently. “It was a fun challenge.”

  “You pulled me through time? You can put me back, right?”

  Kel fondled her breasts one at a time, tweaking her nipples.

  Nen raised his head. “I made detailed calculations. I know to the second where I pulled you from. It will be a simple matter to return you with Kel’s assistance.”

  Kel chuckled. “And I will return you home once I have gotten what I need.”

  Nen moved aside, and Kel eased his wrap aside, and he slid into her. Well, he tried.

  He grunted. “Damn, you are tight.”

  She winced as he slid back and then thrust into her again. “You are just too damned big!” She smacked his forearms with her palms.

  He sighed and backed out, flipping her to her stomach before pulling her hips toward him. She felt him enter her, and the change in angle made quite a difference. He wasn’t trying to basically screw her around a corner,
he was going in.

  Krys dug her fingers into the sheet as he went deeper and deeper. It was as if the air was leaving her lungs as he came in.

  Sweat coated her, and she focused on keeping herself relaxed, which was a feat in itself. She flexed her hips, and he groaned, sliding deeper.

  She heard him make a soft chuffing sound, and he stroked her spine softly, running his hand down her back in a soothing rhythm. She relaxed slightly, and he retreated before sliding carefully into her again. The zing of sensation along her nerves was pleasant, and he repeated the pattern, stroking her, withdrawing slightly, and sliding inside again.

  It was a weird rhythm, but she started to move against him when he slid into her. Her body rocked to the pattern, and soon, she was shivering as a light orgasm swept through her in a wave.

  He inhaled deeply, and she felt his cock throb inside her, but he continued the slow thrust, withdrawal, and inward slide combined with the soothing touch on her skin. It was a pattern that he continued for what felt like hours as she came over and over.

  At one point, he left her in Nen’s care and flew off. She barely had enough strength to keep her eyes open. “Has anyone died from being fucked to death?”

  Nen paused, and then he said, “No.”

  “You hesitated.” She wasn’t looking at him.

  “No, none of my lovers have ever died while I was inside them.”

  She turned her head, and Nen was looking at her with bright blue-white eyes. “Kel?”

  “Nen has been generous enough to lend me his body. We are trying something.”

  Nen rolled her to her back, and he slid inside her without much resistance. She shook and wrapped her legs around him, pulling him into her. They slid and moved together with increasing ferocity until he pinned her hands above her head and reached between them, stroking her clit with small, rapid circles. She bucked and groaned against him when she came and then heard his grunt as he joined her. The energy was thick in the air around them. And she dozed.

  She woke up with the softest feeling under and around her. Krys looked up and saw Kel’s face, smiling. She was lying on the curve of one wing, the feathers were clinging to her. She was a little stunned. “How much longer?”