He was somewhat surprised; it was the first time Kori had ever willingly started talking about either his death or the period after it.?Yes, I think h... will come to accept you, and love you as I do; who could not, after they come to know you and realize what a beautiful, marvellous creature you are? But it might be like it was with me, at first. Our cultures are very different, and he has no experience with owning a slave and will never have heard of your people or your culture, so it might. She screams as he catches her around the waist at the base of the stairs and they tumble together against the front door, panting and laughing and screaming. She has not felt this passion from him in years, the carefully scripted formula for caring, tender, considerate lovemaking has robbed them of the raw sexual energy of the chase, the capture, the victor and the vanquished. A piece of her internally mourns the loss. ‘Okay, okay, you’ve got me. You’ve got me,’ she pants in the crumpled heap. I made sure everything was locked up tightly and went to bed with my pistol on the floor next to me. The night went quietly. I heard nothing but a soft wind blowing and low animal sounds. I slept soundly being emotionally spent from the previous day.In the morning, I woke up early and went outside. I listened before moving around. There were no sounds of people. I had to guess that other people were lying low. I heated a quick breakfast of oatmeal and instant coffee. I hated instant coffee but. It had come up behind her so silently, and alien eyes regarded her. Tentacles snaked out, gripped her tightly, and pulled her against it. That broke the terror, and her screams of horror echoed through the valley. No humanoids lived in that desolate region, and a part of her mind registered why it was so deserted. The a****l was called a Nihurdea, and it was eager for something other than food. The a****l squirted a weak acid solution over her clothing, and it sizzled as her clothing.