Ch. 1.5

Riordan could feel his skin freezing, despite the perfect climate inside. His owner chose not to finish that sentence. His perfect facial features relaxed.

"Turn and bend."

He wanted to protest, but then thought better. He deliberately moved brusquely and chose a position like he was about to bolt.

"Part your buttocks," came the throaty whisper. "I need to see properly the orifice through which I'll carry my egg inside."

"What?" Riordan exclaimed and straightened up.

Xana Lei laughed.

"How come you decided to become a bearer? You seem to be lacking quite a lot of knowledge on the matter."

Riordan turned, overlooking the fact that he had not been ordered to do that.

"I know that the egg is fed through the mouth and implanted somewhere inside the abdomen," he spoke, quivering.

"Females, of course, prefer this method." The snakeman linked his fingers and stared at Riordan with a somewhat amused look. "The implantation process is extremely pleasurable, and passing the egg with the help of our natural seth can make the bearer experience intense pleasure as well. While some males prefer the oral method, too, I must admit that I am part of a category that prefers the bearer's other end."

Riordan was terrified. But he clenched his fists and frowned.

"How many bearers have you killed by fucking them, you Xeno bastard?"

He could swear the room was suddenly lacking oxygen. It could not be. With very slight differences, Xenos needed the same air as humans. He braced himself for an attack. Again, the alien seemed to reign in his first impulse rather well.

"Nobody gets killed in this process." Xana Lei stretched languidly on the plush bed.

"Except those first subjects, right?"

The Xeno sighed.

"Those unfortunate events happened only because we had no idea about the proper amount of preparation. It was not the fucking, as you say, that killed the subjects, but the eggs growing and creating an auto-immune response. The whole cohabitation needed beforehand is what makes the compatibility perfect."

"Those humans still died," Riordan said bitterly.

"And so did our eggs," the alien replied, his eyes thinning and glinting dangerously. "Or do you think you're the only species caring about their offspring? I'll have you know that the preparation to give life is one of our life's most important accomplishments. Especially since we can only prepare several eggs during our lifetimes. Unlike you,we don't get a chance every month for the duration your females are fertile. We get one every few years. And not even then it is guaranteed."

There was real pain behind Xana Lei's words, but Riordan shook off the feeling of empathy threatening to develop. The Xenos were known to be emotionally manipulative like no other species.

"As for your question. I haven't killed any bearer. And you're my first anyway."

Riordan hadn't expected that.

"Your first?"

"Yes. Not my first human, mind you, since many sex workers come willingly here, anyway."

"Wait, what? You used human prostitutes? For what?"

"For copulation. Not as a means for reproduction, but for pleasure," the alien admitted, folding his hands in his lap, in a demure gesture, that was terribly not in synch with his words.

"But you said that the Black Market..."

"That's for the illegal stuff," Xana Lei cut his words short. "There is still a thriving entreprise to run a legal brothel with humans. Some come here to work in such brothels. Others are former bearers. I can assure you. You can work in such establishments for decent pay. I fail to understand your species' obsession with currency."

"Really?" Riordan said dryly. "You're the one obsessed with conquering other planets. It's the same thing."

"We don't have an egoistic motivation. We just need to spread and multiply. It is our internal makeup."

Riordan rolled his eyes.

"So you figured out you like fucking humans after visiting these brothels. How can I know you're not diseased?"

Xana Lei quirked an eyebrow.

"We don't get sick with the illnesses your species can develop."

"You could be carrying some bug," Riordan mumbled.

"Impossible."

"So you want me to let you fuck me up the chute, put your ugly ass egg inside my ass, and then have me push it back I don't know how. You fucking freak."

The flick of the tail over his face caught him by surprise. The alien's eyes were burning, despite their owner remaining seated. The end of the tail was fluttering nervously and Riordan felt his face. That was going to bruise. He licked the corner of his mouth and tasted his own blood.

"I might have been mistaken about you," the alien hissed. "I should sell you off and watch you having your both ends pumped with so much seth until you're nothing but an overinflated belly to roll around and watch you puke and shit cum."

Riordan watched the alien in disbelief. So the dignified alien knew a few cuss words.

"Then sell me off already!" Riordan set his chin high.

The second slap hurt even more. Now he could feel his lip swelling.

"You will apologize and you will obey, or I will lash you so hard until you won't be able to move anymore," Xana Lei threatened.

Riordan was seeing red in front of his eyes. He lunged at the alien, only to be deflected by a quick move of the same strong tail that knocked him to the floor. He tried to get up, but the Xeno was now above him, his beautiful face froze into a wild expression. The bifurcated tongue darted out fast and soon it was inside Riordan's mouth, capturing his tongue and wrapping it tightly.

He felt like choking and made some pathetic sounds.

"You're a feisty one. I should have known," Xana Lei spoke, his voice deep and dangerous. "It will be my pleasure to drive all this indiscipline out of you." The creature's voice sounded directly into his head. The alien was using his empathic abilities to communicate.

He could feel the muscled tip of the tail pushing at his behind. There was suddenly something wet and the thing just slid inside his ass effortlessly. He made a frightened sound and the Xeno just pulled at his tongue a bit more. At the same time, the thing inside his ass was moving steadily.

The tongue inside his mouth withdrew and he fell to the floor with a thump. He tried to wiggle himself free, away from the foreign sensation in his ass. But his owner placed his hands against his chest and flattened him.

"You're lucky I find your body irresistible," the alien hissed at him. "My tail agrees with your insides. I will implant my egg so deep inside you that you'll become mine forever."