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NORA

Despite knowing he liked her shape, Nora was still a little nervous about getting naked in front of her new husband. But she told herself not to be silly— Xarex had gone on and on about how he liked curvy women and he’d been especially complimentary about her curves in particular. So there was nothing to fear.

She started the water in the extra large shower stall and was glad to see that it had several shower heads so that neither one of them would get cold. There was a large bathing pool that might be nice to use too, but for now, she liked the idea of them scrubbing each other in the shower. Nora slipped off her dress but left her underwear on. It was a nice matching set—a lacy white bra and panties.

Honestly though, she didn’t need to wear the bra— Kat had gifted her a pair of float dots—tiny little teardrop shaped jewels that stuck to the underside of each breast. They acted like tiny anti-gravity devices which lifted her heavy breasts and made them perky for the first time since puberty.

Still, she wasn’t quite used to going without a bra yet and the float dots made her nipples poke out prominently, so she had worn the matching underwear set under both her wedding dress and her reception dress. She decided to leave it on now and maybe make a show of taking it off for her new husband.

“All right, come in,” she called, poking just her head out of the bathroom door.

Xarex came in at once. He was already undressed but he had wrapped a towel around his trim waist. However , it wasn’t hiding much—the tent at the front of it showed exactly how excited he was.

Wow, he’s really huge! Nora thought uneasily. It’s a good thing we’re not having sex tonight— I don’t know how I could take all that!

“Are you ready to shower?” he asked, a note of eagerness in his low voice. Then he frowned. “ But surely you’re not going to wear your undergarments in the water?”

“No, I thought I’d wait until you got in here to take them off, though,” Nora said lightly. She started to unfasten her bra—which clipped together in the front—but stopped in surprise when Xarex dropped to his knees in front of her.

“I want to take them off,” he growled softly, looking into her eyes. “ I want to make you naked, ellana.”

Nora felt her breath catch in her throat as she saw the pure lust in his silver eyes.

“All…all right,” she said, her voice coming out high and breathy. “ If you really want to.”

“I want to.” His big hands brushed hers aside and then he was unfastening the clips of her bra and pealing the lacy white fabric away from her breasts.

Nora’s nipples went tight at once—as much from embarrassment as the cool air against them. She expected Xarex to go on and pull down her panties, but instead he stayed where he was, kneeling in front of her with his hands on her hips. His silver eyes were hooded with desire as he looked at her breasts.

Nora shifted from foot to foot. She’d never been stared at so intently before.

“Um… I know I have some stretch marks,” she began nervously. “ It’s because when I first, uh, developed, my breasts grew so fast.”

But Xarex shook his head.

“They only make you more beautiful,” he murmured reverently. “ All the women in the human pornography look so artificial—so fake. These make you real.” As he spoke, he cupped her breasts, stroking gently and weighing them in his big, warm hands.

Nora felt her breath catch in her throat. Her ex had hated her stretch marks—it was another reason they only had sex with the lights out. She’d never dreamed of being with a man who actually liked them.

“I want to worship your body, to bring you pleasure,” Xarex murmured. Even though he was kneeling and she was standing, they were still almost eye-to-eye because of their height difference.

Nora wasn’t quite sure how to answer his statement, but the next moment he was hooking his fingers in the sides of her lace panties and looking into her eyes again.

“May I ?” he asked, raising his eyebrows.

Nibbling her lower lip, she nodded.

“Thank you,” he rumbled.

And slowly, he pulled the panties down her legs until she could step out of them. Then he sat back a little to take her in completely.

Nora stood there, letting him look. She felt like she was hyper-aware of every fold and stretch mark and flaw on her body. Her ex would have criticized everything about her.

But the look in her new husband’s eyes was nothing but lust and desire.

“Gods, Nora —you’re so fucking beautiful,” he said and his deep voice was hoarse. He almost never cursed so the force of his words almost overwhelmed her.

Nora could feel herself blushing all over. She was extremely glad she’d taken the time to trim her neat mound of curls but now she wondered if maybe she should have shaved them completely off. What was Xarex’s preference? She didn’t know.

“Um, I could shave all this if you want me to,” she murmured, making a gesture to her curls.

“Gods, no!” Xarex looked up at her with half-lidded eyes. “ Why would you do that? You’re beautiful just the way you are. More than beautiful— perfect .”

“Oh, um, thank you.” Nora felt again like she was blushing all over. Then she raised her chin. “ Do you think maybe it’s your turn to get naked now?” she asked.

“If you wish to see me, I will.” He rose to stand, towering over her and Nora wished she wasn’t quite so short. The next minute, the towel around his waist was tugged free and fluttered to the floor.

Nora couldn’t stifle a gasp. He was even bigger than she’d thought!

“Oh my God ,” she murmured, taking in the enormous shaft between his legs. It wasn’t shaped like a human man’s cock at all, she thought. The head of it was pointed instead of rounded and the shaft itself had a ladder of bumps or ridges all up and down its length. Also , there was a thick swelling at the base which was like nothing she’d ever seen before.

“I’m sorry—does my shaft frighten you?” Xarex asked. “ I know from watching human pornography that it’s different from what you’re used to.”

“It’s not so much that it’s different as that it’s so big,” Nora admitted. “ I mean… I just don’t see how it could possibly, you know, fit .”

His eyes went half-lidded again.

“I’m part Beast Kindred , which means I make compounds in my saliva and precum that would help your soft little pussy open to receive me.”

“Um, what does that mean, exactly?” Nora asked apprehensively.

“It means I’d need to spend a long time between your thighs, tasting you to help you open for me.”

The look in his silver eyes said there was nothing he would rather do. Again , Nora remembered all the porn on his computer that featured men going down on women. Was that really his biggest fantasy? She was too shy to ask.

It was certainly something her ex-fiancé had hated. He’d said it was “disgusting” how wet she got and that he didn’t want to put his face anywhere near her down there.

The memory made her feel uncomfortable and she wanted to move on.

“That’s…interesting,” she murmured. “ Well …should we get in the shower now?”

“I want to hold you first,” Xarex rumbled, still holding her gaze with his own. “ I want to feel your naked body against mine.”

He held out his arms and Nora felt her self-consciousness melting. She wanted to feel his big, muscular body against hers too. She went into his arms willingly, and felt his thick cock branding her belly as her naked breasts pressed against his hard abs. The top of her head was just at the bottom of his chest but then Xarex crouched down so they were more on the same level. He wrapped his arms around her and she was surprised to find that his mechanical arm was as warm and gentle as the real one.

“I never thought I’d get to hold you like this, ellana,” he murmured in her ear. “ You’re so beautiful—so much more than I deserve. Truly , the Goddess has blessed me.”

Nora felt a shiver of emotion run through her body. It wasn’t just desire, though that was certainly part of it—she also felt a sensation she’d never had before. It was the feeling of knowing she was beautiful—of seeing herself through the eyes of the man who held her. Xarex didn’t see her as fat or ugly because of her stretch marks or her plus-sized body. He loved and cherished her just the way she was.

And to think, she’d believed he was a cold, emotionless robot.

“Thank you,” she whispered in his ear. “ That’s …that means a lot to me.”

“Mmm, I could hold you all night, but I think I’m getting what you humans call a ‘creek’ in my neck from bending down this way,” he rumbled.

Nora stifled a laugh as she let him go.

“You mean a ‘crick’ in your neck. But come on—let’s get in the shower.”