Total pages in book: 92
Estimated words: 83205 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 83205 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
Aidy's fingers drift over the carvings, her touch delicate, and it makes my cock throb and ache, because I want her to be touching me like that. She feels everything out again and then purses her lips. "I'm worried. I don't like how they're acting. It feels like a trap."
"I will handle it." I am not thinking of the snow-people right now, but of Aidy and her hands. Aidy and the soft caresses she's giving the rock. Aidy and the humming in her chest. Aidy when she smiles up at me even as she reaches for my cock…
"Corvak, I'm afraid they're becoming a problem." She takes a few steps back toward me, concern etching her brow. "I swear more of them are showing up every time I turn around. The fact that they look at you as some kind of god…that's bad."
"Why is it bad?" I don't care if they worship me or not, but if they do, it makes things easier.
Her eyes widen. "What happens if they expect you to do godlike things and you don't? Or you can't? Feeding a handful of them a shitty soup for one night is very different than feeding a hundred of them for days on end. And what if it's not just a hundred? What if it's a thousand? Ten thousand? What if they all show up expecting to be fed because the Northern Lights told them you were here to save the day?"
"I will handle it," I say again. "There is no sense in worrying over things that have yet to happen. For now, we can enjoy this cave and relax for a few days. Your feet can heal. We will have privacy."
Her eyes narrow, and I can tell she's annoyed with me. "Can you stop thinking with your dick for five seconds? I'm interested in being alone with you too, but we've got serious problems here."
I move toward her, because I find her magnificent and compelling when she is angry with me. "And I have said I will handle things. Trust me, Aidy. Let me show you your new home."
She groans as I take her hand in mine, but she lets me tug her along. "I'm adding this to the list of grievances."
"If you like. Let me show you why this is perfect for us. For you, especially, my female." I have been keeping the best part of this cave for last, because I know that the moment she sees it, all her doubts will melt away. She will fling herself into my arms with gratitude, and then we will get the privacy and the caresses I have been dreaming of.
Both her hands clutch at the one I am leading her with. "I can't see a thing in this darkness."
"I can see. I will lead you. Just keep holding on to me."
She moves so close that her toes step on my heels, and I can practically feel her breath against my back. "Go slow."
"I have you. You think we would come this far only for me to have your delicate head knocked against a cave wall? Have confidence in me, Aidy."
Her little chuckle warms me. "It's not that I'm not confident in you. It's that I'm not confident in me."
"You should be. You have been doing amazing."
"No, I've been managing, and poorly. You've been doing all the hard work. I promise I'm going to try and do more."
"You say that, but I have not asked for more. You have done what you can, given your smaller, weaker human body. You have been learning their words, too. This is important work, just as important as me exploring caves or finding meat."
"I guess." But she squeezes my hand.
"Not much farther. I think you will like this next part."
"I hope so. Is…is it just me or is it getting warmer?"
I smile to myself in the darkness, because I'm excited to show her this. I cannot wait to see her delight. "Almost there."
The rocks slope downward, the tunnel narrowing, and then it opens up into a humid, rounded cave. There is a large hole at the top of the cave, probably worn away from eons of steam flooding upward. It provides enough sunlight that Aidy should be able to see. Just barely visible above the hole is the edge of a cliff, hiding the treasure below. There is a narrow lip of wet stone around the edge of the cave, and then the interior of this final chamber is nothing but hot, steamy, crystalline water.
Aidy gasps. "You are kidding me."
"I am not. There is hot water inside. I hope you do not mind the smell."
"I don't give a crap about the smell," she says excitedly, shaking my arm with her enthusiasm. "Oh my god. This is incredible. And gorgeous." She moves towards the water's edge, releasing my hand, and peers down at it. "It's so dang deep! I can't see the bottom even though it's clear!" She turns back to me, her eyes wide. "How the heck did you find this?"