RedeemingZorus (14 page)

“I don’t understand the term but I am an important, ruling
member of the cyborg council. I help create the laws for our people and judge
when someone breaks those laws. If I issue an order it will be followed.”

She shook her head, her gaze lowering to his leather-clad
chest. “Don’t sweat it. I’ll adjust. I don’t want anyone resenting me right off
the bat if you order them to be nice to me.”

“I don’t understand.”

She smiled when she stepped closer to him. Her hands touched
the material of his shirt, enjoying the feel but she preferred to feel his
skin. “I don’t want to make waves or have your people dislike me because you
tell them to do the opposite.”

His hands encased her hips. “You make no sense.”

Her hands rubbed the leather. “Does everyone here wear this
stuff? I noticed most of you do.”

“Not all.”

“Where do you get leather on this planet anyway?”

“It’s synthetic. There are plants that grow here that have
the same texture and we’ve managed to harvest them to make clothing. When the
plant is cut it hardens, blackens, yet still keeps some elasticity. It’s
blended with a gluey substance that keeps the fibers connected. We have become
self sufficient on Garden. The only thing we can’t obtain here are metals. We
do a lot of trading and salvaging to obtain those.”

The doors opened and Zorus released her, turned, and grabbed
her hand. “This is my floor.”

He meant that literally, she discovered when they exited the
elevator. It didn’t open up into a corridor but instead into a huge living
area. She gawked at the sheer size of his quarters. It had to be the largest
she’d ever seen. Tasteful furniture decorated the vast area. The view from the
large walls of windows revealed that they were probably on the top floor of the
building.

She released his hand, moved across the room to a window,
and stared out at the city below. A large wall rose in the distance, and then
beyond that trees ended where a blue ocean stretched as far as she could see.
The view was breathtaking.

“It’s lovely.”

Zorus moved behind her and his arms wrapped around her body
to pull her back against his chest. “I told you it would somewhat resemble
Earth. It’s good to be home.”

His home, not mine. At least not yet
. A hundred
questions filled her mind and she turned in his arms to peer up at his handsome
face. She didn’t miss the smile while he continued to gaze over her head at the
view behind her.

“You love it here,” she surmised.

His gaze met hers. “Yes. We are at peace. I am proud we’ve
accomplished so much. When we first arrived we had to live on our ships. It
took a lot of years to build the walls to encase our city. Once we secured the
area we were able to concentrate our efforts on creating our homes.”

“You should be proud. It’s really beautiful and so clean.”
She flashed back to the memory of their streets. “Do cyborgs get along well?”

“There is no crime if that is what you wish to know. We are
happy to have our freedom, our society is well-established, and we base our
lives on logic.”

It sounded a little cold to her but she didn’t know enough
to judge their society. Zorus turned her inside the circle of his arms to face
the window again. She leaned back against his chest, content with the view he
seemed to enjoy, and she couldn’t fault him for it. Garden was beautiful.

“I don’t want to leave the surface again. My days of
traveling out into space aren’t as tempting as they used to be. I never
believed I’d see home again.”

Her heart wrenched a little at the sadness she heard in his
voice but she was also reminded that she’d never see her home again. Earth
wasn’t as perfect as the view before her but it was all she’d known.

The hold around her waist tightened into a hug. “You will be
happy here, Charlie. I will make certain of it.”

She turned her head to look up at him, met his gaze, and
smiled. “I hope so. You did promise.”

“I keep my word.”

“Don’t tense up on me. I was teasing.” Her attention drifted
to the room. “Wow, is this place huge. Is it all yours?”

He turned her to face the room. “The entire floor is our
home.”

She liked how he’d corrected her from his to theirs. “How
many bedrooms do we have?”

“Four. They are all quite comfortable.”

“I hope you don’t expect me to clean all this.” She
chuckled. “I’m not real good at that and don’t pull maid duty well.”

“Others are assigned to that task.” His hold loosened. “You
are not my slave.” His voice hardened. “Look at me.”

She turned to face him again. “I was just joking, trying to
break the tension. I don’t―”

Zorus’ mouth descended over hers to cut off her words. His
hold on her adjusted and he lifted her against his body until her feet left the
floor. Charlie wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his hips.
Desire for the tall cyborg flared instantly to life. The man turned her on like
no other man ever had. She kissed him back. He moved but she didn’t care where
he took her as long as their lips didn’t separate.

He eased her down on something soft and big, released her,
and backed away. She smiled when he tore at his shirt then glanced around the
big bedroom he’d carried her into. The room had one solid-glass wall with no
curtains, the view similar to the one from the living room, and it had to be
the biggest sleeping quarters she’d ever seen. Her entire apartment could have
fit inside it.

“This is our bedroom,” he informed her while he bent to tear
off his boots. “Strip.”

The massive bed barely moved when she climbed off to remove
her shoes and her clothes. “In a hurry, Zorus?”

“Yes.” He didn’t bother to hide that fact when he jerked his
pants down his hips to reveal every hard inch of his incredibly sexy body. “I
have to leave soon but wish to touch you before I have a council meeting.”

She stepped undressed, sat on the edge of the bed, and
stared up at him. “Am I going with you?”

He shook his head and inched closer to her until his hips
were in front of her face. She smiled when she lowered her gaze down his
muscled abs to the thick, hard cock protruding inches from her mouth.

“Want me to do something in particular?” She reached up, her
fingertips stroked the stiff, aroused flesh of his shaft, and she grinned when
it jerked in reaction to the light trace of her touch.

“Will you take me inside your mouth again? I enjoyed that
immensely.”

Charlie licked her lips and opened her mouth. Zorus gasped
in air when she wrapped her mouth around the crown of his cock. She tasted that
sweet flavor his pre-cum carried, and moaned her enjoyment. She’d never really
liked giving head much but Zorus wasn’t typical in any sense. He’d also gone
down on her, seemingly happy to do it, and the memory of what his mouth could
do turned her on.

She took him deeper inside her mouth to suck and lick him.
She tensed a bit when his hand slid into her hair to curl his fingers around
the back of her head but he didn’t try to force her closer to take more of his
length than she could handle. Instead he just loosely held on to her, his
fingers massaging her scalp, and allowed her to move how she wanted. Soft
groans came from the sexy cyborg.

She lowered her hand down her body, her knees spread, and
her fingers slid through the wetness of her own arousal. She ached for him but
didn’t want to stop since he seemed to love what her mouth did to him. She
teased her clit, rubbed in slow circles, and moaned louder from the
self-induced pleasure.

“Charlie,” he rasped. “I smell you and want a taste. Release
me.”

She sucked him a little harder, knew from how unbelievably
hard he’d grown—soft, velvety steel against her tongue—that he would come at
any second. The fingers tangled in her hair tightened before he tugged her head
back. She cried out in protest from being forced away from his cock and from
the slight pain he caused.

Zorus dropped to his knees on the plush carpet between her
spread legs, released her hair, and gripped her thighs. Charlie gasped when she
suddenly ended up on her back with her thighs shoved up into the air. Zorus
spread her wider, his strong hands easily manipulated her position, and he
buried his face against her pussy.

His aggressive mouth attacked, nothing gentle about the way
his tongue plowed against the sensitive, swollen bud she’d been playing with,
or how he sealed his mouth around it to tug on it and create a hard suction.

Charlie cried out, clawed his red, silky bedspread, and
arched her hips closer to his amazing mouth. Her feet ended up dangling down
his back and she used the leverage to press her pussy even tighter against his
unrelenting mouth. The ecstasy was so intense that she couldn’t breathe. She
panted and gasped instead, between broken moans.

“Zorus! Yes! Don’t stop. Please? Oh god!” The climax built,
hovered, and she cried out in anguish when he tore his mouth away.

Her eyes flew open to protest but she watched him
straighten, let her legs to drop to spread around his hips when his hands left
her thighs, and then the broad head of his cock pushed against the her vagina.
He snarled at her, his features a mask of passion, and then they both cried out
when he entered her fast and deep. His thick cock slid into her, stretched her
vaginal walls fast, nerve endings shot pure rapture to her brain at the tight
fit their bodies created.

One of his hands flattened on her lower stomach to hold her
down while he started to move, fucking her hard and deep, and to notch up the
pleasure his thumb hooked over her pelvic bone to press against her clit. His
other hand gripped one of her thighs to jerk it up to his ribs to hold her in
place. He pounded against her, drove in and out of her with wild abandon, and
Charlie flew apart from the pleasure of him riding her with his cock and her
clit with his thumb, the combination making her come hard enough to convulse
and scream.

Zorus roared out her name, his hold on her became almost
bruising while his hips jerked. His hot semen shot deep inside her and Charlie
felt every blast. Her vaginal walls milked him in the aftermath of her volatile
climax. They stilled except for their racing hearts and ragged breathing.
Charlie smiled when she opened her eyes again to meet his passionate gaze. He
licked his lips, sweat beaded his brow and upper lip, and a slow, satisfied
grin curved that mouth she couldn’t get enough of.

“You will live with me here, won’t you?”

She’d forgotten he’d given her a choice, once mentioning he
wouldn’t make her share his home if she didn’t want to. “If this is part of the
benefits living with you entails, try to make me leave.” She grinned. “You live
here alone, don’t you?”

He nodded. “My place in cyborg society offers me a penthouse
suite.” He slowly withdrew from her body but leaned down to stretch over her
until they were nearly nose to nose. “I am happy that you prefer to stay with
me and I hope to share this room. There are guestrooms if you prefer.” His
features seemed to harden. “I want you in here with me, if you care to know my
preference.”

“I enjoyed sleeping with you,” she admitted.

He grinned and all traces of unhappiness faded away. “I
enjoyed it as well. It’s settled. We share a bed every night.”

She wasn’t sure what to say. Zorus drew back. “I must shower
and be on time for the council meeting. Make yourself familiar with our home.”

She hated it when he stood and turned away from her, but
liked the nice view of his beefy, muscular ass when he crossed the room,
heading for an open doorway located in the corner. His butt cheeks flexed with
every step. “Okay.”

He paused at the doorway to look back at her. “Just don’t
attempt to leave the apartment. Please, Charlie.”

Her body tensed. “I’m a prisoner?”

“This is your home,” he corrected. “Remember how you did not
enjoy being stared at while we were on the street? I won’t be with you. I’m
afraid someone would stop you to discover whom you belong to. No one will hurt
you on Garden but you wouldn’t enjoy being detained until I arrived to collect
you.”

“They’d lock me up?”

He ran his fingers through his dark hair. “I do not believe
so but they wouldn’t be comfortable allowing an unescorted human to walk the
streets. The odds are, you would be halted, kept in place until I could be
notified, and then I would have to come escort you home. I want your word of
honor to never attempt to leave the city walls. I’m familiar with your skills
at hacking security measures.”

“What is outside the city?”

“Danger. We’re not the sole inhabitants on this planet. They
are not logical creatures, more amphibian than humanoid, and we have no idea
what they would do if they ever captured someone from the city. It’s never
happened before.”

Curious, she sat up on the bed and crossed her legs,
comfortable with her nakedness in front of Zorus. “What do they look like? I’ve
seen a few aliens but only on vids. I never left Earth before I traveled with
you.”

“When I return home I will show you. We have vids of them we
study to learn more about their culture. We do not wish to interfere with their
evolution. It is why we built a self-contained city to limit their contact with
us.” He paused. “I must get ready or I will be late. That would not be
acceptable.”

She waved her hand. “Go. I’m a big girl. I can amuse
myself.”

He flashed a grin. “You may borrow my clothing. I will have
someone come measure you to have a wardrobe created for you tomorrow.”

“Do I get to wear the stuff you do that looks like leather?”

“Do you wish to?”

“I’d like a few outfits made from it.”

“Then I’ll order you some.” He walked out of sight then into
the bathroom, but left the door open.

Charlie climbed off the big bed when she heard water come on
in the next room. She investigated his closets and dresser drawers until she
found a large, soft, cotton button-down-collar shirt to wear. The hem fell to
her thighs. She borrowed a pair of his soft boxers but had to roll the waist to
fit her better. She then left the bedroom to explore the apartment.