The Primitive King ~ ON HOLD ~

ELEVEN

ALVARA

For the next three weeks, Iden cared for me from a distance. I took my weekly walks with Cuby, but that was about the only solace I had from my thoughts. Luckily, my wounds and soreness melted away with the daily applications of medicinal salve. Even though my body healed physically, every day my thoughts went round and round; a carousel of Iden and my previous life. Clashing.

That's what it felt like at this point, a double life almost. Iden wouldn't allow me out to repair my ship. I felt trapped and frankly pissed off. Draekuhn needed to end before I either killed or mounted that infuriatingly sexy alien.

I hate to admit it, but I crept after him when he snuck to the hot springs early in the morning. I craved the sight of him losing control again, even if he couldn't unleash that passion onto me. The first time I followed, I'd thought he caught me spying.

Now I could say with confidence that he was oblivious, no man would be so brazen as to pleasure himself knowing a female was watching. Certainly not this alien male. The second time I ever followed him there, he didn't please himself. No, but the third time I followed he unleashed his beast before my very eyes yet again. That was about 30 seconds ago.

I... might've enjoyed the show a bit too much. I squirted all over the bushes as he reached his climax, and hurried back to the cave to clean up the evidence. He was the fuel for all of my fantasies as of late, and I hated myself for it.

I loved my job, my life, and how things were before. How could I let my lust for a strange alien cloud my judgment?

As I was running back, I took a wrong turn and ended up lost. My mind was spiraling out of control, and I had no idea what I wanted or where my life was going. I was a prisoner but felt like I was developing Stockholm syndrome. Nothing made sense, least of all the sensation of comfort and home that Iden, Cuby, and even Bakra provided.

I've never had friends or a family. Frankly, I felt my yearning to leave lessen by the day, but I didn't know how to come to terms with it.

As I walked through the forest, I prayed that a friendly face would appear. I didn't know these woods, or what lurked within them. As a female, Draekuhn was especially dangerous alone. Cuby had been explicit in his instructions, and I didn't listen like an idiot.

After a few more minutes of walking, my wandering mind quieted and the fear crept in. I stopped walking and observed my surroundings, if I were Iden what would I do?

Suddenly a thought appeared in my head, and I looked down. Footprints! How idiotic of me, Iden was always following animal tracks. He says it'll always lead you to their home. My excitement was palpable and I hurriedly skipped back home towards our cave, not really paying attention to my surroundings.

That, in hindsight, was a fatal mistake. In the blink of an eye, I was upside down, hanging from a tree branch, and caught in a foot trap. Shit- this wasn't good.

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Iden's P.O.V