ceased and their breathing became steady and
regular. Then she crept forward, prepared to put her plan into
action.
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Icarus Rising
by Bernadette Gardner
Chapter Eleven
Caleb glided to a soft landing at the edge of the island
platform and strolled into the aerie, his arms full of fruit he'd
found growing in an abandoned garden on another island. He
whistled as he entered the dwelling and placed the fruit in an
alor net he'd found.
This morning he felt lighter than air. For the first time
since his diagnosis and since he'd begun his deception, the
weight of the secret he'd carried seemed manageable.
Zara had taken his burden from him. Despite all the lies
he'd told her, she'd forgiven him and accepted that whatever
time he had left, they would spend together.
He'd never been happier, and neither had his symbion
who'd been so busy preening with satisfaction, it had nearly
flown them into a rock.
"Caleb? You're finally back. I thought you'd forgotten
about me." She appeared next to him, her hair falling in
gentle ringlets around her shoulders, her skin aglow in the
morning light. His angel.
"I could never forget about you." He smiled and handed
her a small, green fruit. "Breakfast."
"Oh, good. I'm starving." She snatched the fruit from him
and bit into the soft flesh. Pale juice ran down her chin, and
Caleb swooped in and licked the sweet liquid off her skin,
then clamped his lips over hers in a claiming kiss.
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Icarus Rising
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She laughed into his mouth and tried to mumble
something while their tongues battled around the honey-
sweet pulp of the fruit. "Geg yoo oon."
"What?" He managed a single word before diving in for
another deep kiss that tasted of fresh air and simmering
desire.
She pushed him away gently but with mischief in her eyes.
"I said, that was my bite. Get your own."
"My own bite? Okay." He grabbed her and sank his teeth
into her succulent shoulder. The salt of her skin complimented
the fruit juice, creating an unforgettable flavor.
His cock stirred once again, and his symbion woke, eager
to continue its relentless quest to impregnate a female. "We
can eat later," he said, pulling the half-eaten fruit from Zara's
hand. "I want to try something."
"What? Wait ... ah—"
He scooped her up and carried her to the bed, ready to
pull off her shorts and shirt. He realized as she tried only half-
heartedly to squirm away from him that she was only wearing
her shirt.
"Where are your shorts?" he mumbled as he pulled her
wriggling body beneath his. "Never mind. I don't care."
"Well ... umph ... I do." She pretended to fight him,
pushing ineffectively at his chest while eagerly spreading her
legs. "I can't ... ah ... find them anywhere."
Caleb cut off her complaint with a kiss. She still tasted of
fruit, and he liked that. He wanted more. "I prefer you this
way," he said, pushing her shirt up to expose her stomach
and the plump undersides of her breasts.
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Icarus Rising
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"Maybe you can run around naked, now that you're half
Icarian, but I'll ruffle a few feathers at the royal aerie if I
show up with my unmentionables hanging out."
Caleb scowled. "Quiet, woman. I'll deal with your wardrobe
problem later, right now, I intend to eat you."
"Whaff-ah!" Zara shrieked as Caleb held the fruit over her
stomach and squeezed. Juice splattered on her skin, filling
her navel and running in rivulets down to the soft, golden hair
of her mound.
Gooseflesh rose in the path of the cold liquid, and Zara
shivered. Ecstasy clouded her eyes before he dove at her and
began his meal by licking his way from her sternum to her
belly button, taking cautious nips along the way. He drank
from the tiny, sexy indentation, slurping loudly while she
laughed.
He threw the now empty rind of the fruit aside and let a
few drops of juice drip from his fingers onto her plump pussy
lips.
She moaned and closed
regular. Then she crept forward, prepared to put her plan into
action.
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96
Icarus Rising
by Bernadette Gardner
Chapter Eleven
Caleb glided to a soft landing at the edge of the island
platform and strolled into the aerie, his arms full of fruit he'd
found growing in an abandoned garden on another island. He
whistled as he entered the dwelling and placed the fruit in an
alor net he'd found.
This morning he felt lighter than air. For the first time
since his diagnosis and since he'd begun his deception, the
weight of the secret he'd carried seemed manageable.
Zara had taken his burden from him. Despite all the lies
he'd told her, she'd forgiven him and accepted that whatever
time he had left, they would spend together.
He'd never been happier, and neither had his symbion
who'd been so busy preening with satisfaction, it had nearly
flown them into a rock.
"Caleb? You're finally back. I thought you'd forgotten
about me." She appeared next to him, her hair falling in
gentle ringlets around her shoulders, her skin aglow in the
morning light. His angel.
"I could never forget about you." He smiled and handed
her a small, green fruit. "Breakfast."
"Oh, good. I'm starving." She snatched the fruit from him
and bit into the soft flesh. Pale juice ran down her chin, and
Caleb swooped in and licked the sweet liquid off her skin,
then clamped his lips over hers in a claiming kiss.
97
Icarus Rising
by Bernadette Gardner
She laughed into his mouth and tried to mumble
something while their tongues battled around the honey-
sweet pulp of the fruit. "Geg yoo oon."
"What?" He managed a single word before diving in for
another deep kiss that tasted of fresh air and simmering
desire.
She pushed him away gently but with mischief in her eyes.
"I said, that was my bite. Get your own."
"My own bite? Okay." He grabbed her and sank his teeth
into her succulent shoulder. The salt of her skin complimented
the fruit juice, creating an unforgettable flavor.
His cock stirred once again, and his symbion woke, eager
to continue its relentless quest to impregnate a female. "We
can eat later," he said, pulling the half-eaten fruit from Zara's
hand. "I want to try something."
"What? Wait ... ah—"
He scooped her up and carried her to the bed, ready to
pull off her shorts and shirt. He realized as she tried only half-
heartedly to squirm away from him that she was only wearing
her shirt.
"Where are your shorts?" he mumbled as he pulled her
wriggling body beneath his. "Never mind. I don't care."
"Well ... umph ... I do." She pretended to fight him,
pushing ineffectively at his chest while eagerly spreading her
legs. "I can't ... ah ... find them anywhere."
Caleb cut off her complaint with a kiss. She still tasted of
fruit, and he liked that. He wanted more. "I prefer you this
way," he said, pushing her shirt up to expose her stomach
and the plump undersides of her breasts.
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Icarus Rising
by Bernadette Gardner
"Maybe you can run around naked, now that you're half
Icarian, but I'll ruffle a few feathers at the royal aerie if I
show up with my unmentionables hanging out."
Caleb scowled. "Quiet, woman. I'll deal with your wardrobe
problem later, right now, I intend to eat you."
"Whaff-ah!" Zara shrieked as Caleb held the fruit over her
stomach and squeezed. Juice splattered on her skin, filling
her navel and running in rivulets down to the soft, golden hair
of her mound.
Gooseflesh rose in the path of the cold liquid, and Zara
shivered. Ecstasy clouded her eyes before he dove at her and
began his meal by licking his way from her sternum to her
belly button, taking cautious nips along the way. He drank
from the tiny, sexy indentation, slurping loudly while she
laughed.
He threw the now empty rind of the fruit aside and let a
few drops of juice drip from his fingers onto her plump pussy
lips.
She moaned and closed
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