-That's absolutely not what you're thinking.
It was amazing how Klaus's voice knew how to show indignation and revolt. I tried to remember all the promises I had made. Patience. It would be more patient and tolerant. My anger crossed all limits and a little more. Amazing.
My almost wife and my ex-lover together ?! Could you believe that?
I turned on my heels, staring at Klaus with his face showing all of this. The quick images were etched in my mind despite all Klaus's efforts to block his own thoughts. The naked bodies entwined under the bed ...
Of course, Angel had run away from me at all costs after everything that had happened. And at this point, I wondered what else had not happened between the two of them. What poisoned my soul was that they tricked the girl into believing it was me. What damn experiences had they done with her?
Shit!
-Why don't you try to explain it to me then? - I suggested softly and the low voice was an excellent sign of how I felt there.
Frustrated.
Betrayed.
Furious.
I could remember every word from the doctor while the girl was unconscious in the infirmary bed.
"She is still weakened but her signals are strong and stable. The recovery is remarkable. There are marks of tissue rupture and perforations in various parts of the body that suggest ..."
The doctor's voice echoing in my ears again made me burn with anger.
-Zorack, I didn't touch her. Not like the way you're thinking at least. - the defense came very quickly. - I didn't hurt the girl like that as you're thinking.
Too fast for my opinion. Klaus lied in the biggest stick to me.
"She has some broken ribs. I can't say if there was sexual abuse, by all means! There are signs of burns in the genital area. I needed almost three bags of blood to avoid a shock that I can't imagine why. I didn't find any evidence of bleed for that! "
-What the hell happened? The girl ran away and you just ran into her? How touching. You want to explain to me what the damn ship that was, why can I swear it was a ship that your traitorous mind showed in memories. You knew who Angel was and yet ... I can't believe you were capable of that, Klaus! Not you! Holy shit! Did you sleep with Angel?
"They happen very often ... Of course, they can happen in women who do not know they are pregnant or through the use of some contraceptive. I suppose we are not raising the possibility of a pregnancy ..."
The floor disappeared under my feet. I could no longer deny the inevitable and my world fell apart understanding the truth. Imagining Angel participating in genetic experiments like a simple guinea pig made my insides burn like acid.
Of course, with her temperament, the girl had resisted and refused to participate by choice. It was typically Cailín that. I went crazy.
"She'll wake up as soon as she's ready for this, boy. We don't know what the girl has been through. Let her mind handle all of this."
Angel's fear every time I approached. I had imagined that she was still afraid of me after that disastrous first time.
All her reluctance to give herself up to pleasure in my arms because of the damn fear. The whole time I cursed myself in hell.
"Not at all. Today you are mine. Relax, I will put everything inside you. My dick will be inside you mine, beautiful. I want to see you come until you lose your breath."
Tight, wet, and hot. It was all I could hope to assuage my lust. The sensation of sliding inside her was heavenly. Her surprise when I noticed her body resisted and invested harder. Now I could understand that Angel was just as surprised as I was about that.
"Zorack. Stop. It's hurting me ... It hurts .."
I had never forced myself to be so cautious and patient with any female before. I could easily capture her genuine fear of everything at that moment. And it took forever for Angel to start reacting to my stimuli. More than anything I needed to make sure she was participatory and vibrant with my caresses.
I lost myself inside her in ecstasy. When I noticed Angel trembling in my arms and heard her low moans of pleasure I was delirious with the strongest strokes, my cock looking even harder.
The connection between our minds ... It also captured the delicate tremors of her orgasms, melting into pleasure, little by little overcoming the barriers of fear. I was fucking exactly as I liked it. Strong and fast.
"Baby, relax. Sweetness..."
And that fuck was the best of my life. The way her body seemed to adjust to mine in perfect harmony ... I had never felt so satisfied as sex. The feeling of collapsing exhausted still inside her when I rolled on my side keeping her trapped in my arms as if I would never let go ...
-I kill you. I swear I'll kill. Just try to convince me that you didn't know. - I'll be hurt. - Say something! Say you didn't know who she was! Anything at all.
I swore loudly when my gaze faced Klaus and he was unable to hold the hurt in my eyes. Since when was Klaus like that disaster for lies? I desperately wanted to hear any lie from him to make sure I hadn't been betrayed like that. Not like that.
-Things are not always that easy. - I heard the most absurd explanation possible. - Not everything always happens as we expect. It wasn't supposed to happen at all. The girl managed to escape and was attacked by K'Aldriants. I could have died. She was very lucky not to drain her hungry veins as they were.
Wasn't it supposed to happen? Attacked by K'Aldriants? Died?
I howled like a wounded and angry animal amid my anger and my scream seemed to echo beyond those walls.
We heard the low, frightening sound of a low, metallic growl. Angel still kept her distance in a defensive position and our tense discussion heightened fear in front of us. She didn't seem to give any sign to anyone she knew. What the hell had they done to her?
-She was very lucky to not have the veins drained hungry as they were? She doesn't even seem to know who she is, in my opinion.
And an icy, penetrating claw came into my rigid body when I slowly forced the air into my lungs. It was all the divine astuteness that I deserved for all my mistakes. An endless succession of a huge list of mistakes and betrayals.
-Angel ...- my tense voice echoed low and she stepped back like any animal scared and ready to attack.
-She ... Damn it, Zorack. - Klaus tried to get rid of the glassy trance when my possessive and jealous eyes noticed the girl raising her head looking for places to escape. She was running away from me.
-I don't need any more help from you than you've already provided. - I said harshly. -Don't approach her.
And again Angel snarled. It seemed that all my frustration and anger only added to her fear. I was an alien on that hostile planet that burned in the fire of despair. What had happened to her after all?
What the fuck is going on around here?
... It's not the kind of thing that hides like that. Not when you're sure. Can believe. The girl is a scam. And you were never the type of guy to worry about that before.
Angel was not feeling well. With the base occupied by aliens and us divided into groups and working as slaves, it was very easy to hide it.
"Because I didn't walk around in bed with others and I wasn't irresponsible about leaving bastard children like ..."
I was there again stunned and without action. There were no chances that the rumors were true, was there? Worse. My words spoken at the height of my anger were my condemnation.
"Pregnant?! Pregnant with a son ... mine? And who assures me that the hellish kid is not the father?"
That would be the joke of the century. Ah, Spike... Spike...
The damn kid didn't stop a moment to throw himself at me. It was irritating to a saint the way he seemed to be everywhere and trying to get my attention.
Curse of curses! My head would probably be at a premium when kalael escaped my ambush. I hated children. They were too noisy. Only at that moment looking at Angel, I found myself in awe wishing it were true. I could imagine perhaps a girl just like Caillin was when she was young. The same lovely green eyes ... I wanted that child if it existed like air to breathe.
The back of my neck tingled as took the first hesitant step towards it, holding my breath. It was thousands of meters without end in those endless corridors after we had broken down the barriers of the underground tunnels. There were communication routes to Argatha. And it was the worst sign. The interrupted passage probably meant more problems for us. Problems were never lacking. Even so...
She continued to retreat slowly, all bristling and alert, realizing to my growing despair the only escape route.
It was all at the same time. My fear of never having Angel again ... It was Klaus' unexpected return ... And maybe a son I never imagined. I looked with distress at the creature that had irritated and attracted me so much from the beginning without believing what was happening. All the joy of knowing that maybe a child, my son, and hers in the midst of all that horror could exist ... Suddenly I couldn't trust Klaus anymore. Not without knowing what had happened during all those years.
What the hell!
I hated obligations like that, didn't I? Only it was even more absurd for me to create lives in laboratories! The oldest breeding rituals of my race have been taken care of since the beginning of our civilization by nirvanas.
-Zorack, she's scared. You can attack ...- Klaus tried to bring any reason to my distant and unreal thinking.
Not even onboard the ship when she had hurt me to taste my blood after having my mind possessed and controlled by Ravenack, had I decided to risk my disguise among the crew and among humans.
I could hear the screams of Scarllet possessed. And it was absolutely not Angel's fault. At the academy, we were trained from the beginning to know how to resist the kind of control that K'Aldriants exercised. Years of slavery in N'Tirlay had made me the best at it.
I was stuck in a bed, trying to process her poison and against my will. It was a dilemma. He could very easily process the toxin as he usually did. My defense implants. To reveal my second layer of skin that I had unwittingly assimilated from K'Aldriants was to reveal myself to everyone.
Only Angel was scared and helpless. Curse. It was inevitably going to put herself in new dangers and perhaps so great that I had no other opportunity to save it from itself.
I continued advancing in slow steps as my hand dropped the pistol and my fingers groped the buttons of the shirt I wore. In any case, I needed to show her that there was no reason for the fear I could catch in her confused mind. If Asturi were alive and knew what had happened to his only heiress due to intolerance by the Council of the Seven Towers because of Voltan's arguments ...
Eyes to eyes.
And one more step with the slowness of all eternity. It was the projection of my worst nightmares in slow scenes of terror. Slower still, I stretched my hands out in midair as soon as the shirt was dropped and forgotten on the floor.
-Caílin ... Sweetness .... Honey. .. I want you to focus only on my voice. There is no reason for fear, sweetness.
The growl came loudly as she placed herself in an attack position with her claws ready to attack. Her shaky and tense breath confirmed my worst fears at the moment. Perhaps there was only one chance left and I would never approach again. Somehow Angel seemed to have abandoned all of her humanity. It was like turning off emotions and not thinking, not feeling ... Just reacting to external stimuli ...
Cailín, look at me. Please, dear ..., I forced my thoughts on her mind with all the strength I was able to project.
I again heard her desperate pleas from her childhood pointing out my mistakes.
It was not my fault. I swear it wasn't. It was ... it was an accident ... Please ... If they take me ... He won't find me. I promised I would wait. He will come back. I know you're coming back. He promised.
-Good, I'm here, just look me in the eyes. I promise you don't need to feel me
The growl came loudly as she placed herself in an attack position with her claws ready to attack. Her shaky and tense breath confirmed my worst fears at the moment. Perhaps there was only one chance left and I would never approach again. Somehow Angel seemed to have abandoned all of his humanity. It was like turning off emotions and not thinking, not feeling ... Just reacting to external stimuli ...
Cailín, look at me. Please, dear ..., I forced my thoughts on her mind with all the strength I was able to project.
I again heard her desperate pleas from her childhood pointing out my mistakes.
It was not my fault. I swear it wasn't. It was ... it was an accident ... Please ... If they take me ... He won't find me. I promised I would wait. He will come back. I know you're coming back. He promised.
-Good, I'm here, just look me in the eyes. I promise you don't have to be afraid. Collect the claws, Angel. I came back. I'm right here in front of you, baby.
Step by step. I, with revolting slowness, approached her when all I desperately wanted was to keep her against my body and wrapped around my arms. If only Klaus could help me ...
Please, honey ...
A new furtive move was a disaster. There was the sound of humans approaching and Angel displayed fangs in defense.
God! I know I was told that you exist. We abandoned everything when our ancestors were rescued while still alive. I just need a chance, please ...
This time I was going to lose Angel forever. It was the price that fate charged for my pride and ambition. And it was a price I could never pay. I closed my eyes, concentrating, and my skin screamed in protest and burned into embers when the liquid red layer began to cover the pores of my tissues. The muscles in my body protested in agony.
-ZORACK! - Klaus's voice was full of terror.
And it didn't matter. It didn't matter that the entire Universe knew who I was there. I had the chance again to have Klaus and Angel by my side and nothing would make me hesitate in the decision.
-Don't let humans get close. They will scare the girl.
And that is exactly what happened. She prepared the body in a leap to escape us. The vocal cords that we had were unable to produce the inarticulate and metallic sounds of K'Aldriants. And Angel would have been lost there forever. I realized with relief and for the first time with the hope that her eyes rest on me with renewed interest when she stopped motionless.
-That's right. I know you're scared, but I need you to trust me, baby. Go back to human form. There is no reason to be afraid. You are safe by my side, can you understand?
The words came out of my mouth in a velvety plea. I could hardly breathe in anticipation. My whole existence depended on that moment ...
Angel slowly walked towards me with questioning and evaluative eyes, the skin very slowly receding in its organic defenses, letting out the lovely sight of the pale complexion. The green eyes that looked at me revealed almost childlike curiosity.
It was like being punched in the stomach. It was the mind of a child who discovered the world with puzzled and frightened looks.
-That! - I said, hoping my voice didn't show my fear. - Just come to me, baby. You are safe and at home again.
The sound of the words finally managed to touch something. I could now see her admirable and naked body before my eyes. Angel did not wear any clothes that hid her nudity while walking without noticing the detail. She continued to approach suspiciously and stopped inches away from me, lifting her head and taking a deep breath like an animal probing unknown territory and sniffing.
- Just like that, girl! - I spoke calmly, doing the same.
I could barely breathe when collecting the second layer of skin on my body. She sniffed in my ears, taking in my scent and assessing the undecided situation. I forced myself to remain motionless in the hope of gaining her trust and without waiting she fell to her knees shaking.
-Sweetie ... I thought I would never see you again this time. How crazy it is to attack these things ...- my voice trembled as I knelt down, arms wrapped around Angel who was trembling over and over.
She said nothing. Nothing spoke. Inarticulate and incomprehensible groans escaped her throat when the very cold body sought refuge in me in search of warmth.
-She is ...? - Klaus asked softly, joining us as I put my forgotten shirt over it and we looked at each other in silence.
-I need the doctor, sweetie. I'm glad you're here by my side. You and Angel are all that matter to me.- I said fighting the tears that made my eyes sting.
Without waiting and with Angel in my arms, I raised my free hand towards him and pulled him to me with desperate longing as I sought his mouth in a passionate kiss.
At the moment all that was enough was that they were both safe. I finally had both of them with me and nothing would make me retreat to keep them safe in the war that was starting.