Free The Abduction by Erin Durante

his head until their faces were inches apart. He licked his lips.
    “K-Kris…” Samantha stammered. She was afraid to move, and her heart pounded.  “Kris, I don’t—”
    Krissik rubbed his cheek against hers, like a cat begging for a rub down. “Do not worry. I said I would not force you.” He sniffed at her neck. “I just want to kiss.”
    She searched his face. She wasn’t sure why, but she just couldn’t bring herself to be annoyed with him. “Just a kiss?”
    He nodded.
    The request seemed simple enough. And she figured if she humored him enough that he wouldn’t persist in pushing further. Samantha pursed her lips, and then lifted her head to quickly peck Krissik on the mouth.
    He shook his head. “That was not a kiss.”
    “What do you mean that wasn’t a kiss?” Samantha demanded. “Our lips touched.”
    He grinned. “I want a real kiss.”
    Samantha hesitated, and then ran her fingers through the top of his fur-like hair before she thought better of it. She smiled; it did feel as soft and fluffy as she thought it would. She rubbed behind his ears, and froze at a sudden, constant rumbling. She looked up at Krissik’s closed eyes and crooked smile.
    “Are…” she fought to keep from grinning like a idiot. “Are you purring?”
    “Hmm?”
    Samantha nearly giggled as he rolled onto his side beside her, and she leaned over him and used both hands to scratch behind his ears and the underside of his jaw. Krissik rumbled on contentedly, twisting his head to get her to hit the right spots. Samantha laughed until her eyes watered, and bent to kiss him between the eyes.
    “Annoying as you are, y ou can be so damn cute sometimes.”
    Krissik’s eyes opened. “You missed.”
    “What?”
    He smacked his lips together.
    Samantha guffawed and shook her head. “You are persistent.”
    “Is it working?”
    Samantha pursed her lips, trying hard not to smile. Krissik caught on, and rolled his head to the side, purring louder than he had before. Samantha laughed.
    “Alright, alright, quit it already.” She grinned. “I’ll give you your well-earned kiss and then you can leave me alone.”
    Krissik’s eyes twinkled, and his lips slightly puckered in anticipation.
    Samantha licked her lips and swallowed, and then put her hands on his chest to lean forward. Her hair cascaded down around her face as she leaned into him, and she closed her eyes as she lowered her head. She stopped, their lips just an inch apart. She could feel the warmth radiating off his skin, and she breathed in, testing. There was no smell of mint; just the slight hint of kitten fur above the musk of sleep and man. She smiled, knowing it meant that he hadn’t tried to use the pheromones to seduce her.
    Their lips met, and s he held the kiss longer than she had planned, enjoying the way he trembled below her in excitement. She smiled against him, and began to pull away.
    Krissik’s hand on the back of her neck pulled her closer, and his tongue slipped between her teeth to run along t he ridged roof of her mouth. Samantha gasped as Krissik rolled to pin her down with his upper body. He wriggled lower so that her knees came up on either side of his waist, and he grinned down at her.
    Samantha glared at him. “You said just a kiss!”
    “No,” he said. “I said I want to kiss.”
    “Off.” She glared at him. “You’re such a child.”
    “I just—”
    “Get off!”
    Krissik hesitated, and then nodded and slid off the couch to his feet. He looked down awkwardly. He patted down one edge of the tape on his nose as he padded into the kitchen.
    “Are you hungry?” he called from behind the counter.
    “No,” she said quickly. She sat on the couch and pulled up her knees.
    “You have not eaten since yesterday’s lunch.”
    “I said I’m not hungry.”
    Samantha heard his footsteps approaching, and she buried her face in her knees. She felt him pause before her, and then his hands touched her neck and back.
    “Are you feeling