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  Nobody answered. Teclis glanced at the ground where the young male that was being beaten lay unaware, then he looked back up at the others .

  “Well?” Teclis boomed.

  “Why do you want to know?” one of the males asked.

  “It’s got nothing to do with you!” another stated.

  “Get out of here before we give you the same beating he had.”

  “Want to try it?” Teclis asked in a cocky voice.

  A male stepped forward, his face inches from Tec’s, and snarled, “Go the frinx away!”

  Tec didn’t even flinch. He grabbed the male by his shirt and tugged him closer before slamming his head down on the male’s nose. All hell broke loose. Five milns later, the ten males lay either unaware or groaning in pain on the floor. Teclis looked around in disgust.

  The blond-haired male at Tec’s feet who they’d been beating came to and started groaning while clutching his stomach.

  Teclis quickly went over to him to help him up. He felt a small charge of energy when he reached out to help the male up, but simply put it down to the young male’s emotions.

  “Stupid question really, but are you okay?” Tec asked.

  “I think they broke some of my ribs. It hurts to breathe.”

  “What’s your name?”

  “Coil.”

  With Teclis helping, the male climbed to his feet, his arms clutching his chest.

  “I’m Teclis. Come on, I’ll take you to a medical center.”

  “Thank you.” Coil groaned.

  The pair of them stepped over the other prone males.

  It was later in medical the two began talking. Coil informed him the group of males had begun badgering him when he’d joined them in their last yarn in scholae. His parents had moved from the mountains, hoping it would give Coil a better chance of getting into the warrior training he so dearly wanted. But this particular group of males had taken a dislike to Coil for some reason and had made his yarn so far, a horror.

  When a full body scan of Coil was done in medical, it was discovered that his iungo was re-growing at the nape of his neck. The medics had no idea why. At eighteen yarns there was no need for it. It wasn’t until a few more yarns later, when Teclis had his warrior medical, that it was noticed he too had his iungo. Again, the medics had no idea why.

  As the yarns progressed so did Teclis and Coil’s friendship. Like Coil, Teclis wished to travel the stars, something that had made his pater exceedingly proud, and Tec worked hard to make that dream come true. Both Teclis and Coil were accepted into the academy, and upon graduating, they were assigned positions on the same ship, which pleased them immensely.

  Teclis wasn’t sure when their friendship turned into something more, but one day they found themselves kissing, which led to a full-out sexual relationship and passing energy to each other.

  At first, they were both wary of passing energy to each other. But as time passed Coil’s energy began to spike, so Tec suggested Coil pass some over to him. If they both had their iungos there had to be a reason, right? Teclis was willing to flare for his lover. But when Coil did relent and pass his energy over to Teclis, nothing happened other than an overwhelming, body-rocking orgasm for the pair of them.

  Since then Teclis and Coil had many conversations regarding that first touch and their iungos and energy. Coil had even suggested seeing a medic, but being they were unsure how their relationship and energy swapping might be taken, they had decided against telling anyone. It was also why Coil didn’t think there was a female spark out there for them.

  Coil thrust his hips up, breaking into Teclis’s memories. “You with me?” he asked.

  Teclis grinned down at his lover and long-time friend. He jerked his hips and his hard shaft against Coil’s erection. Coil groaned.

  “I’m always with you.” Tec lowered his head and ran his lips over Coil’s before sliding his tongue into Coil’s wet, warm mouth. Coil’s taste flooded his mouth—spice with a hint of something he must have eaten.

  Still straddling Coil’s hips, Tec skimmed his hands down Coil’s body, then slowly opened each of the small, white buttons on his shirt to reveal Coil’s tanned, muscled upper body. Gracians had no body hair, only that on their head. Teclis skimmed his tongue over Coil’s bare chest, and Coil moaned and jerked his hips again.

  Teclis had licked his male’s skin up and over so many times, but he lowered his head to do it again. It never grew old. Tec groaned, his hips automatically jerking. His cock ached; it was so hard. Since being on the island, he and Coil hadn’t been together sexually as much as they wanted. But here, now, with no one around to see or hear what they were doing, Teclis wanted to thrust his cock so far inside his lover that Coil would have an incredible memory to hold onto until they could be together again.

  “Fuck!” Coil swore, using the human word, when Teclis licked, sucked, and nibbled across Coil’s stomach while lowering a hand to the button on Coil’s trousers.

  Tec undid the button and slowly lowered the zipper, careful not to catch Coil’s dick in it—something they had learned fucking hurt! Coil’s hard shaft sprang free. It jerked a little but stood tall and proud. Coil raised his hands and helped Teclis unbutton his own shirt. Tec slid the material off his arms and shoved it aside. Coil’s fingers ran through the small valleys between his muscles. Tec was so hard it was taking everything inside of him to be patient.

  Grabbing hold of Coil’s hands, he held them to the male’s side. “Don’t move, or this will be over before it begins,” he warned.

  Coil twitched his hands as if he were going to move them and giggled. Yes, he giggled. A grown, eighty-four-yarn-old warrior who’d seen conflict, destruction of his world, and death, giggled. It didn’t matter to Teclis what his lover did, he still loved him.

  Shaking his head, Teclis scooted down Coil’s legs and licked the top of the male’s shaft, taking the drop of salty pre-cum into his mouth. Tec smiled when he felt the clench of Coil’s leg muscles underneath him.

  “Please, Tec,” Coil begged, jerking his hips.

  Lowering more, Tec ran his tongue up his lover’s shaft and over the large, mushroomed head. He covered the tip with his mouth and then sucked, drawing as much of Coil’s cock into his mouth as he could. Coil groaned, his muscles tensing once more. Tec raised his head, then again slowly lowered, humming as he went to add a bit of vibration to entice Coil more. In his peripheral vision, Tec saw Coil’s hands clench into tight fists. He moved faster. Up and down. He cupped a hand around Coil’s heavy balls and began massaging them.

  Teclis couldn’t help the smile when he felt the small tremors coming from Coil. His lover was on edge. Tec could imagine him wanting to shove his fingers into Tec’s hair and help him move along his cock. But Teclis had shared so many nights with Coil, he knew what the male needed and liked. He squeezed Coil’s balls a little bit tighter, and with his other hand, he cupped the base of Coil’s dick and did the same. He moved faster now, up and down. He curved his tongue a touch more around his cock and sucked Coil deeper each time he lowered. The faster and deeper Teclis went, the more Coil groaned and his pre-cum flowed. Tec felt the moment Coil’s balls tightened and pulled up against his body.

  As much as Teclis wanted to pull back and have Coil fuck him, they hadn’t brought any lubricant with them, so he carried on bobbing, taking Coil to the back of his throat until Coil began moaning louder. Coil raised one of his hands and cupped Teclis’s nape, his index finger covering Teclis’s iungo.

  “No!” Teclis said sternly, pulling his mouth free from Coil’s cock. “You do that and I’ll come.” Teclis’s own cock was hard and uncomfortable. He so badly wanted to come and join Coil when he did. But Tec knew it would feel so much better with Coil’s mouth around his shaft when he came.

  Teclis lowered his head and once more wrapped his mouth around Coil’s shaft. He raised a hand and cupped Coil’s nape. With his finger covering Coil’s iungo, Teclis sent a jolt of his energy to his lover. Coil cried out and thrust his hips up harshly, driving his cock deeply to the back of Teclis’s throat.

  “Teclis!” Coil roared, his body shuddering as copious amounts of his salty seed filled Tec’s mouth.

  Teclis swallowed and sucked every drop with relish. After licking his lover’s cock clean, he drew back with a smile on his face and gazed into Coil’s eyes. Since arriving at Mermaid Isle it had become a habit that each morning they would insert their human eye contacts. Coil currently wore a light blue pair. Although Teclis missed seeing his lover’s eyes swirl when they were together, he knew it had to be done if they were to enter human society.

  They were suddenly interrupted when Teclis heard Jikel’s voice come through his earpiece.

  “Teclis, are you and Coil on the west side of the isle?”

  Teclis stood and looked around the surrounding area. Had someone heard Coil shout out? Was any other warrior close by? It wasn’t that he or Coil were ashamed of their relationship, they just weren’t sure how other warriors might take it.

  “Get dressed. Jikel is asking if we’re on the west side of the isle,” he said to Coil before pressing a small button on his watch. “Teclis here. We are indeed on the west side of the island. What’s going on?”

  “I was going to send someone out to look at a sensor that’s gone off there. The camera coverage that is coming back indicates there might be something in the water, but I can’t make out what it is. Whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to be moving. Since you’re there, can you check it out?”

  “Sure, send us the coordinates.”

  Once they were dressed and heading toward the coordinates Jikel had sent to their communicators, Teclis adjusted his cock, which was still hard, to a more manageable place. “Now I think I understand it when the human males say they have blue balls,” he muttered.

  Beside him, Coil chuckled. “Once we’ve checked this sensor out, I’ll take care of it for you.”

  “Yes, you will,” Teclis agreed.

  The warriors hurried toward the coordinates Jikel had sent them, each of them alert and aware of their surroundings. They reached their destination, which was atop a small cliff. A line of cloaked sensors had been placed several clicks in the water outside the circumference of the island, as well as shielded cameras along the cliff areas looking out toward the water. Teclis and Coil leaned over the edge and scanned the rocky area below to find what had set the sensor off and what Jikel had seen on the security feed.

  “There. Look. What’s that?” Coil said, pointing just below them to the left.

  Teclis squinted, not sure at first what his friend was motioning to. But then he caught a flash of white amongst a lump of something gray and pink being mashed against the rocks with the incoming waves.

  Kneeling down, Teclis scanned the area even more. “Is that… No, it can’t be.” It looked to be a prone human female body. He only thought it might be female because of the curves and shape of the body and the fact it looked like she was only wearing a white bra.

  “Frinx! We need to get down there,” Coil said, alarmed. “She might be alive.”

  Teclis went straight into action. Scanning the area below them again, he found a clear area of water he might be able to dive into. He kicked his shoes off and ripped his shirt and trousers off, not giving a shit if they tore or not.

  “I’ll dive in, and you find a way to climb down there. Get Jikel to send a warrior over with a healing wand in case she is alive.”

  “Be careful. It looks rough down there.”

  Teclis took a single moment to kiss Coil on his lips, something he wouldn’t have done with anybody else around, and turned to face the water. Seeking out the small, clear area of rocks, Teclis bent his knees, held out his arms, inhaled deeply, and jumped.

  Frinx! Ice cold water washed over every inch of Teclis’s body, the shock making him want to take a deep breath. After a short moment underwater, he surfaced only to be washed toward the rocks by another wave. Fear wasn’t an option as he was pushed toward some sharp points. Teclis used his strength to swim away from them and toward the prone female body.

  As he swam toward her, he examined what he could about her. He could see now that she was female. Her skin was milky white. Each time a wave washed ashore, it pushed her into a small grouping of rocks. As he moved closer to her, he could see numerous wounds on her body, and he winced inwardly. What had this small female been through? Surely all those wounds couldn’t be from the rocks. How long had she been in the water?

  Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime, Teclis reached the female and pulled her against his body. Even as cold as he was, her skin was like ice. Frinx! Why had he not looked into the biology of these humans yet? He quickly scanned the female’s body. Her face and parts of her body were swollen or heavily bruised. But even through her injuries, Teclis could see she was pretty.

  He brushed a long sliver of red hair away from her forehead. To his dismay, it only revealed another large bruise. For some bizarre reason, Teclis wanted her to open her eyes. He had no idea why, but he was certain she’d have bright green eyes. What had happened to this poor female for her to be washed ashore as she had, wearing nothing but a bra?

  A wave crashed over his head, pushing him toward the rocks he’d just rescued the female from. He braced his feet against a large stone and steadied himself against the punishing water. Examining her more, he saw in some places she had open wounds that red stuff leaked from. It was then Teclis remembered some of what he had read about their biology. They had something called blood that ran through veins in their body. It must be the red stuff leaking from her wounds, and that wasn’t a good thing. When his kind were injured with open wounds, their energy seeped out, but not like what this female was losing. Her blood was turning the water red around her.

  Another freezing cold wave crashed over Teclis and the female. He spluttered as water filled his nose and mouth. It worried him when the female in his arms didn’t even flinch. He needed to get her out of the water to see if she was alive.

  To his right and just above him, Teclis heard Coil shout, “Lift her up and lay her on the rocks to your left. She will be safe while you climb out. If you step carefully along, you can make it so you can raise her up to me.”

  Tec raised his head to look around, still treading the rough water. He was tiring. He saw the spot Coil had pointed out and did as he’d suggested. Hoisting the female up as much as he could, he shuffled her onto the rocks, then with weary arms, he pulled himself out of the cold water just as another wave crashed him into the rocks. His thigh hit one of the sharp points.

  “Frinx!” Teclis swore as pain rocked him. It didn’t stop him though. His thoughts were totally on the female. He had to get her help in case she was alive.

  Standing up, he crouched down and picked the female up, holding her close to his chest. Carefully, he made his way over the various stones and crevices, the spray of the sea hitting them with each wave, until Coil came into sight.

  “Well done. Pass her up,” Coil shouted down to Teclis.

  Teclis raised his small bundle until he could feel Coil’s hand grip the female.

  “Fuck, did you feel that?” Coil asked.

  “Feel what? I’m too bloody cold to feel anything,” Teclis grumbled.

  “Never mind. I have her. Now get yourself up here,” Coil ordered.

  “Yes, sir,” Teclis replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

  Chapter 3

  Crimson curled into the covers that kept her warm and enjoyed the moment before Luke prodded her to get her up. Why did she feel like she’d never be warm again? Memories of being freezing cold began to surface in her mind. Her fingers and toes being so numb she couldn’t feel them. Her body so frigid she found it hard to breathe.

  “Hover, she’s awake,” a soft, soothing, female voice said from beside her.

  Female? Crimson opened her eyes only to quickly close them again against the glaring lights above her.

  “Lights dim fifty percent,” the female voice ordered. “It’s okay. Try to open your eyes again.”

  Crimson opened her eyes again, this time managing to keep them open after blinking a few times. A young woman with purple hair was looking down at her with a friendly smile.

  “Hi,” she said. “I’m Amelia. Do you remember your name?”

  Crimson blinked a few times, trying to recall where she was and why feeling warm felt so damn good.

  “Crimson,” she finally answered, not able to drag up all her memories. She couldn’t even remember what day it was. “Crimson Sweet. Where am I?” she asked, looking around.

  The room she was in was stark white with strange equipment laying on some of the side tables. It had a similar scent to a hospital room along with…something else. But the bed she lay in wasn’t a typical hospital bed. She had no wires attached to her, no IV tube in her arm. The blanket covering her was some kind of gauzy, glittery, white thing, the likes of which she’d never seen before. But then she had been locked away by Luke for a long time. She lifted the material to see she was wearing a knee-length gown that again wasn’t something she’d think she’d see waking up in a hospital bed.

  “Am I in a hospital?” she asked the young woman.

  “In a way, yes,” Amelia answered. “You were found in the sea being smashed against some rocks. You were so close to death it was decided to bring you here. I’m sorry, Crimson, what I’m about to tell you will change your life considerably.”

  Crimson quickly went over her body and what she could sense and feel. Had she lost limbs? Was she paralyzed? Why had she been in the sea?