Alien Lover (A Fated Mates Story)

First contact

The part of Avalon where we had chosen to settle was in a wide valley edged by a series of small mountains. There were a lot of caves, most of them small, but I had walked up to the opening of a fairly big one. A lip of water smoothed igneous rock jutted out towards me. The overhang of the cave was at least 3 meters up and the opening was nearly wide enough for a ground vehicle to drive in. The creature came out of the cave, made a hissing sound, and motioned for me to go back. I didn't. I walked closer. The smell was nearly overwhelming here. I felt like I was inside a confection shop or perfume gallery. But the smell was like neither. Or like both. I just wanted more of it. I wanted to eat it and bathe in it and rub it all over my body.
Warily, I stepped closer to the creature. It growled.
"Yeka," it said, its voice deep and rumbling, "Ungasondeli."
It spoke. Not words I understood, but words. Not that I ever really thought it was a dumb animal, but now there was no doubt. Had we somehow surveyed this planet without realizing there was an intelligent species living here? That didn't seem possible. As soon as the thought arose it drifted away as the scent overwhelmed me again. I twisted my head from side to side, a warm feeling rising up through my chest. I stepped closer to the alien, knowing now that this was what I needed to do, what I had been trying to do since I left the homestead.
"Let me touch you," I said, taking small steps towards it.
The alien stamped its foot and put its hands up like it had done at the stream.
"Buyela!" it yelled, stepping further back toward the cave. The sun was rising and I could see in the early morning light that its eyes were green, a dark mossy color that still somehow glowed. It's skin was a deep color that might have been slate or deep blue. It was still hard to tell in the soft light. It had surprisingly human features. It had a wide, flattish nose and full mouth. It cheekbones were prominent. There were two horn like bumps the top of its brow, but otherwise it looked like a man. A very handsome man.
I rushed forward and pressed my body against it, breathing in the heady scent of its body. For a moment it was perfectly still, then it threw up its arms, flinging me back a step. I had felt the strength in its body. It could easily have tossed me several meters, but it had chosen not to. It did not want to hurt me. I pressed forward, wrapping my arms around its middle this time and clinging tightly. It tried to shake me off, but again, not a s roughly as it could have.
"Ndirege ndiende, mutorwa," it said. It slipped an arm between our bodies and pushed. I tried to hold on, but it was too strong. Using just one hand it held me away from it. "Chii chiri kuitika izvozvi?"
It tilted its head to one side and then the next as if inspecting me. I was suddenly self-conscious. I couldn't see my hair, but my bare feet were filthy with mud, debris and what might be blood from the feel of them. My still drying dress was marred with dirt and green stains that must have come from dragging myself through bushes, and my arms and legs were scratched up as well. I must have looked like a vagrant or wild woman. But all of this registered only briefly. I was overcome with the desire to get as close to it as possible. I touched its hand where it pressed against my sternum, stroking the long fingers. Its skin was soft and smooth, amazingly pleasant to the touch. I traced my fingers up its forearm, beginning to realize what I was feeling. Its touched almost burned through my dress. It felt better than the touch of a stranger, an alien, should have felt. I wanted more of that touch. If I could just get it to move its hand to the right or left, or lower. Much lower.
The alien snorted and jerked away from me. "Buyela!" it yelled, practically running into the cave. It pressed something on its sleeve and light shot out from a small device I hadn't noticed a the mouth of the cave. It gave off a bluish glow that covered the cave opening. Not a thought in my head, I tried to follow the alien, knowing I had to get to it, but the minute I touched the light I was shocked, as if I had touched an exposed electrical wire. It pushed me back, as if a solid barrier was there. Not deterred, I tried again and this time I practically bounced off the light barrier. The pain was worse this time. Under normal circumstances the first shock would have been enough, but I was not in a normal state of mind. I was flooded with adrenaline and laser focused on only one goal—getting to the alien. After all, I had walked barefoot through a forest to get here on bleeding feet. I can remember running into the barrier again and again, and then nothing for a while.