“Oh…that.” His grin faded. “Your doctors found that interesting when we were examined. Our cocks swell right as we ejaculate. It’s nature’s way of locking a male inside a female at the end of sex with some species. We were assured by the doctors that it wouldn’t harm a woman. We can’t swell past what we’re contained inside. I pulled out of you last time before that happened but this time I wanted to come inside you.”
She let that information sink in, trying to grasp the concept of it. “Contained in? You mean me?”
“Yes. You are so tight it almost caused me pain. I could have swelled more but your body wouldn’t allow me to. It’s also why I didn’t pull out right after I came. I love being where I am but I think I’d hurt you if I tried to leave your body. Give it a minute or two more before I try to ease out of you.”
She blinked up at him. “You’re wider now than you were in the beginning?”
His expression grim, he gave a sharp nod. “You feel like a tight fist around me and it’s almost painful. That’s why I’m not moving. It’s at the base of my cock only.”
Ellie wiggled her hips and instantly stopped. She felt fused to him in the best way. She wiggled again under him and Fury groaned.
“Stop it.”
She studied him. “Move out a tiny bit.”
“Am I hurting you?”
“No. I’m curious.”
He watched her intently when he used his arms to push back in an attempt to withdraw slowly.
“Stop!”
He froze.
Ellie stared up at him. “Let’s not do that again. The pressure…”
“Hurts when I try to pull out?”
She hesitated. “It just feels weird but not painful.”
He sighed. “Does this turn you off?”
She hesitated but smiled. “I guess this means if we do this again I can turn you into a cuddler.”
“A what?” A confused look transformed his handsome features.
She laughed. “You know. Cuddle. Hold me. You’ll have to talk to me after sex.”
His teeth flashed when he grinned. “You can definitely turn me into a cuddler. And we will do this again. Many, many times.”
“Oh boy,” Ellie laughed. “Lucky me.”
Fury’s amusement died. “I am the lucky one, Ellie. Thank you for trusting me. This means more to me than the sexual pleasure we just shared.”
She stared into his beautiful eyes and fought the urge to cry. He really meant what he said. She decided to change the subject before she turned into a blubbering mess. No guy wanted a woman to get all emotional after hot sex. It would make him regret what they’d done and she wasn’t willing to risk that.
“How come you didn’t tell me that would happen—about the swelling?”
“I didn’t know how you would react.”
Another unmentioned part of them having sex together suddenly came into her thoughts. “We didn’t use a condom. I don’t have any diseases but I’m not on anything. The Pill or any contraceptives,” she clarified. “I need to see a doctor if we are going to start having sex. We took a big risk.”
“I don’t use condoms and I’m certain I can’t get you pregnant.”
She searched his eyes. His voice held a sad tone but that emotion didn’t show on his face. “Why not?”
He slowly withdrew from her body and watched her features for any sign of discomfort. It didn’t hurt Ellie. He rolled to the side to stretch out on his back. Ellie turned her head and stayed on her stomach. Their gazes met.
“Ellie, inside the testing facility they spent years doing breeding experiments to make more of us but it never happened. They kept coming up with new drugs to make it possible for us to be fertile but they always failed. By the time they believed they had found a way around all the changes they’d made to our bodies with the DNA they added, we were rescued before they could test them out. The drugs they gave us have worn off. We will die out as a race when old age claims the last New Species that Mercile created.”
The reminder of what had been done to them haunted her. She had no words of comfort to give him.
Fury sat up suddenly. “Let’s shower. I’m starving and what you cooked for dinner smells really delicious. I’m glad you took it out of the oven when I walked in the door. It smells too tasty to have been wasted if it burned.” He refused to look at Ellie.
Fury walked into the bathroom and left the door open. Ellie softly cursed. She’d reminded him of his time in the testing facility. Maybe it reminded him of what she’d done, how he should hate her, and made him regret what they’d just shared. That left her cold inside. Water turned on inside the bathroom.
“Ellie? I’m waiting for you.”
She climbed off the bed to follow him into the bathroom. Fury stood holding the shower door open. His dark eyes met hers and he smiled.
“Allow me to wash your hair.”
