Chapter 15 On the Hunt for Food

I trembled violently, how could they have left out the most important part of the mating ceremony?!! They neglected to tell me that Helios was going to have sex with me in front of the entire city!!! I have never had sex before. I was still a virgin! I've heard rumors at my school that a girl had sex with boys in the locker room but that could have been heresay!

Then I remembered them telling me males worshipped females who started their estrous cycle, and that I had turned into a beautiful woman. How could I have been so stupid! They were telling me plain as day that I had matured into a woman and that they were going to do a mating ceremony! And worse yet, I had agreed to it wholeheartedly!!! I was so dumb, young and naive!

My eyes stared in horror as Helios approached me with his two members swaying dangerously close to me. I bit my lip crossing my arms in front of my chest. I was scared, I was not prepared to have sex, I wasn't even eighteen yet. I was afraid it was going to hurt, recalling all the horror stories I heard.

Helios stepped into the opening of the bed that was between my legs, he leaned over my body and whispered into my ear,

"don't be afraid, I am here with you, I will go easy and slow so I wont hurt you. He gently pushed my legs open and slid in between my thighs, I could feel the blood gushing from my opening. Helios laced our fingers together and raised my arms above my head, caressing one of my breasts, he leaned down and placed his lips against mine. My mind began to race a million miles a minute, my heart starting to beat wildly in my chest, did I want this? Was I ready to give myself up to Helios?

I wanted to stay with Helios for the rest of my life, I loved him with every fiber of my being, but I wasn't sure I was ready for sex! I don't know, I don't know, I'm so scared. I wiggled my hips a little pulling away from Helios, but before I even had time to react Helios moved his hips in between my thighs, his two members entered me in one single thrust, one in my vagina and one in my butt breaking through both of my barriers.

I yelped biting down on his lower lip when he entered me. There was a sharp pain inside my tummy, I felt even more blood dripping down my legs from where he tore into me. Once inside me his parts continued to grow longer. Twisting and crawling inside me I felt them shrink before entering my womb and my stomach and then growing larger again, coiling and wrapping around inside, filling me to the brim with his members.

Helios wrapped one arm underneath my waist pulling me slightly off the bed and into his chest. He paused his thrusting allowing me take a moment to adjust to him being inside of me. I gasped for air, sweat pouring down my face. It hurt, it really hurt. Tears streamed down my face, he was all the way inside of me but it still felt like his members were growing longer and longer. How was it even possible?!! I put my hand on his chest trembling from the pain, I whispered,

"Helios, it hurts," my lips shaking.

His eyes filled with sadness and guilt, he had caused her pain. She was so small, she couldn't take all of his members entirely into her. Even coiled up inside of her he was only at half his length.

"If you need me to stop, I can pull out," he whispered in my ear.

I shook my head, if he were to move now, it would hurt even more. Helios was at a loss, she was in pain but didn't want him to pull out. He leaned down and gently kissed her lips, her forehead, and her neck trying to comfort her while holding absolutely still inside of her. After a few minutes the pain was slowly starting to subside. I was ashamed to admit that I wanted him, I needed him. I looked up into Helios's eyes and grazed my lips on his. His eyes lit up, clamping down on my mouth.

"Is it ok for me to keep going?" He asked quietly.

I nodded weakly.

"I'll go slow, bite me if it hurts and I'll stop."

He continued to kiss me while moving his hips into me, the pain started to subside as a new feeling began to arise in my lower region, one I never felt before... pleasure. Having no prior experience with sex before my hips began to buck moving in sync with Helios. I reached out wrapping my arms around him entangling my fingers into his hair and began to kiss him back with a new found fiery passion. The pain I first felt was completely gone now. I saw a momentary shock in Helios's eyes as he paused and then continued to thrust into me faster, harder, and deeper not afraid at all that he was going to hurt me anymore.

My breathing quickened as I neared my very first orgasm. With a loud moan I bit down on Helios's lip again, my body surging through my very first orgasm. A few more thrusts and Helios exploded inside of me, I felt sticky hot white stuff begin to leak down my legs mixing with my blood. At that moment silver and blue stars showered down on us. Tiny comets and shooting stars flew past my peripheral vision and the Aurora Borealis flashed past the glass dome lighting up the space inside.

Helios's deep blue eyes flashed the stars illuminating his face showing the utmost adoration in his eyes. Staring into his eyes was like I was stargazing at the night sky, the silver and blue stars danced across lighting up his eyes. Even though my sun, back in the solar system had disappeared forever, Helios had become my new sun, my shining star to follow. He leaned down for one final kiss pulling me close into his arms.

Staring into his eyes my heart began to pour my feelings out toward him. My thoughts screaming at him wishing for him to be able to hear me right now. I felt my heart surrendering as his love broke through me, I got lost, staring into his deep blue eyes. He had rescued my heart and put all the broken pieces back together. When I needed him most and I was lost in the dark he came running, lifting me into his arms. The first time I heard him say my name was the first time I felt secure in his presence.

His voice calmed the storm inside me. All this time my guardian angel was you. You gave me the world that I have always dreamed of. I will follow you to the ends of the universe and love you with all my heart. I will never forget what you have done, rescuing me from my old miserable life. What did I ever do to deserve you? You have given me the gift of life, the stars, and the entire world. But I have nothing to give in return.

Entering my Queen I was finally able to break through her barrier. Her mind body and soul opened like flood gates and I was able to hear every emotion pouring out of her in that moment. Every fiber of her being was screaming out how much she loved me. She was telling me that she would follow me to the ends of the universe and his heart fluttered upon hearing this. But when he heard that she had nothing to give him he felt a little grieved. She has given him everything his heart has ever desired.

She allowed him to become mates with her even though he tricked her. She had trusted him in the face of danger and even though she barely knew him, she had traveled beyond the stars to be with him. She was not like any female he has ever come across. She had more love to give than all of Kosea combined. I can finally hear your thoughts loud and clear my little one. You will never have to walk alone. My heart will beat for the two of us. My heart will only beat for you. I will never let you fall. You have a lot of doubt in your heart when it comes to love but over time I will make sure you are loved beyond anything you can handle.

No one will ever hurt you again. I will protect you with my life. I wish that I could go back to the night I first held you in my arms, nostalgia was running through my veins, I saw the look on your face when I held you in my arms on that late fiery night. You called out to me to save you and I took you away with me beyond the stars. He cradled his mate in his arms before gently laying her back down on the bed, kissing her lips.

My breathing was staggering, as Helios remained inside of me almost like he was waiting for something. But I couldn't keep my eyes open. The pain and pleasure I had experienced overtook the last of my energy. I blacked out in his arms falling unconscious.

"Sleep well my love, thank you for becoming my mate,"

he whispered kissing her forehead as she fell asleep in his arms, the last of her energy had finally ran out. He waited silently with bated breath, in a moment a brilliant flash engulfed his mates body. He watched in awe as her entire body was covered in his mate marks. Tiny silver stars formed a V shape on her forehead, At the bottom of the V a big blue star sat front and center encircling her head like a tiara. Next her wrists and ankles were encircled with green leaves, and vines covered with flowers of many colors. Her breasts lit up as one was covered with a full silver moon, while the other with a full bright yellow sun.

Next her bottom and lower region were encircled with more vines, thorns, and leaves with a thicket of roses covering her private and bottom entirely. A single white rose on a stem slivered up her navel and up to her belly button, and sitting on top of the white rose was a black and blue butterfly with its opened wings basking in the glow of the moonlight on her right breast. Vines, and roses, crisscrossed up her legs and thighs with tiny butterflies flitting across her legs. Shooting stars, and comets, crisscrossed on her back and shoulders.

As the light shining around her began to fade her mate marks finished with one tiny silver star just on the side of her left eye and a tiny blue star on her right eye. The crowd gasped as they witnessed her mate marks. They have never seen anything like it. No one ever in the history of Kosea dead or alive has ever had so many markings and colored ones at that! All the females standing in the crowd that night covered their breasts ashamed of their mate markings, for they only had black markings and the only designs they had were stars, moons, and comets. They have never seen mate markings with flowers leaves vines, the sun, or butterflies.

Their new Queen must of had the most purest of pure hearts in order to receive mate markings like that. The saying goes the more beautiful the mate markings the more pure the heart and it showed them just how much their Queen truly desired their King. It was in that moment that every male in the crowd that night became jealous of their King. They wanted to take that child and mate with her so that they could experience her pure heart and read her thoughts while placing their marks on her body.

But just like every male was jealous of the High King, every female in the crowd that night became just as jealous of the new High Queen. Every female in Kosea has been fighting for her spot for millions of years and were all passed up for a human girl, a girl who had the most beautiful mate markings. They crossed their arms and hid their marks in shame for their marks were ugly compared to the High Queens. Helios was the most shocked of all. He beamed with pride when he saw his Queen's mate marks.

She had the most beautiful markings ever to show up on a female in Kosea. She will be the pride and joy as well as the the talk of the town for millions of years to come.

He stared at his Queen slumbering beneath him, tracing his marks on her body. He now knew just how much his Queen really truly loved him. Murmurs in the crowd grew, Helios felt his Queen finally falling limp in his arms. Mating must have taken all her strength. I must get her back to the castle so she can rest. Still lodged deep inside her he scooped her into his arms and carried her back to the castle. Entering his chambers for the first time since their return to Kosea, he carried her over to his bed that he had prepared for her and gently laid her on the bed, and crawled in beside her.

He pulled her into his arms, and entered her mind changing her dreams so that she would dream of them and of the mating ceremony. After his Queen was in a deep sleep, Helios pulled out and called for Ihloi to bring a basin of water and a towel. He cleaned her up and pulled the covers back over her just as she rolled over and mumbled in her sleep. Helios watched her sleep before whispering to Ihloi,

"I feel guilty about not telling her about mating for the ceremony. I hope she doesn't wake up mad at me tomorrow. I had no choice but to mate with her so that I can protect her. I wasn't able to hear her thoughts before we mated so I couldn't tell what she was thinking before that."

Ihloi removed the basin and towel before he replied,

"you did well Sire." He said with a well known smirk.

"Judging by the way she reciprocated your feelings, I think you did a little too well," Ihloi chuckled.

"Most females would just lay there and get it over with not really caring about mating. But the way she responded back to you made every King in Kosea wring their hands with jealousy. They or I have never witnessed a love like your Queen's. Not to mention her mate marks are exquisite. No one in the history of Kosea has ever had that many marks let alone colored marks. She is one of a kind Sire. Her heart is pure beyond measure. I am just glad she didn't reject you, you should have told her the truth. I'm sure she would have agreed to it, if you gave her the chance," he chastised his King.

As the two chatted through the night, his Queen began to speak in her sleep, Helios came over to lay beside her, listening in on her dreams. She dreamt of flying in the stars with him, while he held her in his arms. Then her dream rapidly changed to the two of them swimming together. Last her dream flipped back to the mating ceremony her thoughts lingering on when they mated. Her feelings in this part of her dream were very vivid, every nerve ending in her body pulsated in her sleep.

She stirred in her sleep, calling out his name before snuggling deeper into his side clutching his robes in her tiny little fingers.

Helios rubbed her back, brushing a strand of hair out of her face and kissed the top of her head. She kept dreaming about the mating ceremony over and over. Her vitals and her heart rate rose and fell while she slept. At this rate she will never get any sleep he thought, with a huge smile on his face.

He lifted his hand and cast a spell to change her dream into one where he was holding her in his arms rocking her gently to sleep. This dream should allow her to get a good nights rest for when she awakens tomorrow, he thought to himself. His heart swelled with love, she had the most beautiful dreams he had ever seen. He hoped that one day every one of her dreams would come true. He kissed her forehead and tucking her in he pulled her back against his chest and wrapped his arm around her waist.

He leaned down and inhaled the scent of her neck grinning from ear to ear. He finally had a mate who loved him even more than he could ever love her. How did he become so lucky in finding her, a child so small, in this great big universe? Shaking his head he slowed his heart rate down to match hers, then he carefully massaged her tummy knowing it was going to be sore in the morning.

Waking up the next morning, I stretched and felt around the bed my hands searching for Helios. A moment later his hands grasped mine as he leaned down to kiss me. I have never gotten a chance to sleep in before and I had lost all track of time here in Kosea. I rolled into Helios arms when all of a sudden memories from last night came flooding back to me. I sat bolt upright in bed my face and ears turning bright red as I turned away from Helios and hid under the blanket to embarrassed to come out.

Helios of course could hear his queens thoughts, he laughed out loud patting the top of the blanket he said, "my little one do not be embarrassed about last night. I could tell that you really enjoyed yourself. There is no reason to be embarrassed about mating. Males in Kosea are lucky enough to mate once every five million years because females here don't like mating. You made every King in Kosea jealous because they do not have a queen that could ever compare to you. I will be at your beck and call when you want to mate again, you have my word.

Even more embarrassed than before, with my face planted into the bed I started kicking my feet up and down like a child throwing a tantrum, for Helios spoke nothing but the truth. I really enjoyed myself last night. It hurt at first but within moments my body accepted Helios and my pain turned to pleasure. I groaned as I continued kicking my feet. Why does it feel like Helios can read my mind? Am I really that easy to read? Am I an open book that he can read everything on my face?

At that moment Helios pounced on me as he wrapped his arms around me flipping me over and laying me on top of his chest. My head was peaking out of the blanket as Helios boomed, "I got you" and planted a kiss on my lips. I sat up on my arms on top of his chest and stared right into his eyes as I whispered, "I love you with all my heart" to Helios for the very first time. Helios was stunned for a moment as he never heard these words coming from me. He can always here them in my thoughts and my heart but that was the first time his queen had actually spoken them aloud. His heart nearly jumped out of chest. His queen was absolutely perfect in every way. She is mine and I will never let her go. She is so adorable.

Helios sat up holding his queen in his arms as he said, "we still have a festival to attend to today. The towns people are holding one in your honor. I wish we can stay here so we can mate again" he said nuzzling my head with his chin a huge smile on his face, but it would be rude of us not to go."

My face flushed when Helios said he wanted to mate again. I don't think I would be able to handle mating twice in less than twenty four hours. My legs still felt like jello from last night. My lower region began to pulse at the thought of mating with Helios again. I shuddered as I shook my head chasing the thought away. Right now we have a festival to attend to, and where there is a festival there is bound to be food. I was feeling famished after not eating for a couple days since Ive been hooked up to an IV feeding tube for the past year. I was in desperate need of something to eat.

Ihloi came running after us as Helios and I descended down the stairs. As soon as I noticed him I hid inside Helios robes wrapping my arms around his waist and buried my face.

"Still avoiding me I see little one. Don't worry you'll come around." Helios was curious to find out why I was so afraid of his royal advisor and greatest friend. He poked around inside my head when he heard my thoughts respond, "Ihloi is a monster. Don't let him eat me Helios. I don't taste so good. I'm too skinny." Helios chuckled and bent down and whispered in my ear. "Don't worry my queen I won't let him get you," as he turned with an evil smirk aimed at Ihloi.

"Did I miss something?" Ihloi asked inquisitively not catching on to our conversation. "Sure leave me out of the joke." Ihloi grumbled incoherently.

"No not at all," Helios laughed as his booming laugh echoed through the castle. "Shall we continue to the festival? The crowd awaits." With that Helios scooped me up and carried me into the City of Kosea.

There was so much commotion around me. Citizens of all shapes and sizes were running around laughing and enjoying the festivities. Fireworks were exploding overhead as the night sky loomed over us. Lights twinkled in every direction, with flags waving in the wind as far as the eye could see. There were stalls after stalls with food, games, and fun little trinkets to buy. The motorcycle vehicles I saw when we landed in Kosea were zooming about merrily as kids raced in the sky overhead. And best of all was the smell of the food stalls. My tummy groaned as I grew ever increasingly hungry licking my lips.

We started with the famous Mating Parade of Kosea. Everywhere I looked were floats and light shows, fire spinners, sword dancers, and acrobats flipping in every direction. Spell casters came next as they used their magic to send charms through the crowd raining stars and comets over the people's head. Mini fireworks were shot above the crowd as people cheered. It wasn't until closer to end of the parade that I saw a giant portrait of myself being carried through the parade. Balloons everywhere had my mate markings on them and little kids ran around with their bodies painted in a similar fashion as mine. I heard one kid shout, "I want to be as beautiful as the queen when I grow up."

My face flushed with embarrassment as I looked toward Helios who was smiling down at me. Next came the shopping. Helios took me around to the different stalls waiting for me to fancy an item he could get me. I wasn't one for dress up or anything like that so I ended up passing by a lot of the stalls. It wasn't until I passed a jewelers stall that I did a double take and walked back to the stall. A matching tiara and bracelet set has caught my eye. It was a silver V shaped tiara that sits on the forehead that was inlaid with silver stars that had emeralds with gold flecks. I sniffed back a tear as I realized this tiara looked like my eyes. The bracelet was also made of silver with stars that had emeralds sitting in the stars with gold flecks as well. This was a beautiful set.

It wasn't until I looked at the price tag that I panicked. I didn't know what the money exchange rate was from earth to Kosea but the tag had a five followed by a lot of zeros like this written on it. $500,000,000 I wasn't no expert on money but I could tell this cost a fortune. My face fell as I walked away back to Helios disappointment written all over my face as I thought to myself. I don't need it. It's too expensive. I have never had money of my own. And even now I don't have a penny to my name.

Helios enjoyed the delight in his queens eyes as she was enjoying the festival. He turned to talk to someone as his queen walked away for a second. When she returned her face was full of disappointment. Helios read her thoughts and saw that she had finally desired something from the festival. Patting his queen on the head he walked up to the jeweler and said, "I would like to buy this for my queen. Nothing is too expensive for her. What ever she desires she will have. The jeweler perked up when he heard the King mention the queen was here. He looked around as he laid eyes on my hidden inside Helios's robes.

"Ah an excellent choice that thou has caught your attention my queen. You have a keen eye for beauty just like yourself," the jeweler smiled as he picked up the tiara set and placed it on my forehead and clasped the bracelet on my wrist. I looked up to Helios as I said, "no no this is too much. It's too expensive. I don't have any money."

"My money is your money my queen. We are mates so everything I own now belongs to you. Whatever your heart desires you will receive. Shocked I accepted the gift with joy. And onward we continued until we finally rounded the corner and came upon the food stalls. My tummy grumbled again as I looked around for something familiar to eat. The next moment a royal guard came running up to us shouting, "your highness you are needed at the castle. It's urgent!!! Lord Braeker has requested to see you!!!"

My tummy cried inside as I heard this. We were so close. The food was right there just out of reach. Helios saw my downcast face as he replied, " this will only take a few moments and then we will come back to enjoy the rest of the festival. I promise." Helios carried me back to the castle and set me down on the opal floors of the grand hall as he rushed up to his office to tend to this Lord Braeker person. Minutes passed by and then an hour. Helios was still gone when the time approached two hours. My tummy could be heard growling through the halls. Helios still didn't appear and I couldn't wait anymore.

I was determined to find something to eat. So I made up my mind to go by myself back to the festival. Maybe they can start a tab for the King when he returns I thought. I checked that the coast was clear before I silently slipped out the doors and hid in the shadows as I made my way back to the food stalls. I retraced my steps walking through all the stalls in my search for the food stalls. I must have taken a wrong turn because I ended up in a dark alleyway. I kept walking until I saw a light shining up ahead. Thinking it was the lights from the festival I ran full speed ahead toward it.

To my disappointment they weren't lights from the festival. It was just a column of blue, purple, pink, and green lights shining down. Not sure what it was I scooted closer to get a better look. The light was so pretty. I couldn't help myself so I stuck my hand face down into the light. All of a sudden I was sucked into the light and down I fell barreling to the lower levels of Kosea screaming out for Helios to save me not realizing I had just stepped into the Anti G-Force Free Falling elevator!!!