Free Hawk's Prey by Dawn Ryder Page B

coupled with another male. It is a matter of pride.”
    Hawk lifted her right off the table and placed her on her feet. His lips touched hers in a tender kiss as he pulled her against his body. It wasn’t a hard embrace. His lips teased hers with soft strokes while his fingers gently spread out over her hips. She quivered in his arms because his touch was so gentle. His hard cock pressed against her belly but he made no attempt to penetrate her. He was true to his word. That struck her directly in the heart.
    “Go clean yourself quickly or we will be late for festival dinner.”
    Hawk released her and plucked her robe from the floor before Tova lifted her eyelids. He turned her towards the small bathing room for the employees of her section as she clutched her robe against her bare frame.
    “Festival dinner?”
    “You are a non-convict, Tova. Come to festival with me tonight. Don’t you miss the rights of being an honest female? There is no reason for you to miss out on the entertainments. I will allow you to return to the penal sphere if you wish.”
    Tova turned to consider Hawk. Truly she had not expected such a gift. The command insignia on his arm would allow him to grant her the freedom she had been stripped of by choosing her family.
    Hawk shook his head as he caught her chin and raised her eyes away from the trays. “I will have you, Tova. But you are correct. We are strange unto each other. Festival is a good place to begin to change that. Go dress.”
    She went because she realized it was insane to argue while standing nude in front of him. Words of resistance would be rather comical coming from her mouth as she clutched her robe in front of her nude body.
    Tova grumbled as she buttoned her robe and attempted to bring order to her hair. She pulled the cap she wore during the day off her head and her hair fell in waves around her shoulders. Her reflection startled her with its bright cheeks and swollen lips. The twin points of her nipples clearly shone through her robe as she caught the scent of her pussy. All evidence for Hawk to use against her but he wouldn’t have to argue the point. She did crave him. It was a hunger that was growing so strong her will bent in its wake. Despite the satisfaction moving though her flesh, her pussy still ached for more. Hawk’s words echoed in her thoughts with their firm promise. She might go home but she would take those words with her.
    But what truly made her move back towards the Hunter waiting for her was the fact that he stood in the other room, a testimony to his promise. Hawk might have fucked her tonight when she asked him to. She wanted to know more about him. Spending time in his company appealed to her because she did trust him and that was by far more enticing than anything she had ever known.
    Maybe it was more than lust. Tova found she wanted to discover just what attraction was.

Chapter Five
     
    Hawk took her out of the penal sphere. There was no way to conceal her delight or apprehension. It stunned her to notice how attached she was to the prison. True, she considered her options daily but somehow she had never noticed how fearful she was of being separated from her kin. Her temper stirred as she recognized how pathetic that was. To cling to her sire was ridiculous given his dislike of her gender.
    The night was alive with excitement. Hawk caught her hand and pulled her through the corridor that led them away from the penal sphere. His face lost some of its stern edge as conversation filled the air around them. They moved outside into a huge open field that was filled with festival vendors. The scent of roasting meat touched her nose, making her stomach growl.
    “My thoughts exactly.” Hawk grinned at her before he tugged her hand and headed towards the delightful scent of festival-roasted ritpel.
    An entire carcass of the herd animal was turning over an open fire. Ritpel were often three hundred pounds when harvested for their meat. Unlike the