Alex sat down inside the house for hours, he noticed the sun slowly setting and the skies getting darker.
He had noticed something about the tribe, and that was the fact that there were very few men in the tribe, there were more women than men, and the difference wasn't little.
Knock knock.
The door opened again, Imani had come back, her eyes met with his and she quickly looked away, not wanting to keep their eye contact.
She walked in with a tray, it held some bread and broth, she placed it before him then walked and closed the door before coming to sit down opposite him again.
"I'm sure you are hungry, eat up," she said.
He looked at the food, the broth was still steamy and the bread seemed soft.
'That's a lot of quality food to give to a prisoner,' he thought then looked up.
"Thank you," he said.
"It's fine, you are my guest after all," she said.
"Guest? I thought I was a prisoner?" he asked while taking the bread, he cut a chunk and dipped it into the broth before taking a bite.
"You are a guest. I would have offered you better accommodation, but the people of the Terra tribe are extremely cautious toward outsiders, especially men," she said.
"And why is that?" he asked.
"I don't know if you have noticed it or not, but the tribe is made of mostly women, the male population is lesser by a lot.
In the past, outsiders came, they tried to steal our daughters and take them away as slaves. It was a dark time for us, because we lost a few of them, over ten of my sisters who we grew up with," she said.
"I see, I'm sorry about that," he said.
"Don't be, you have nothing to do with it."
"So why do they want your women, it can't be just for slaves, right?" he asked.
She looked down at the ground and then at him, "we are descendants of an ancient dragon race, and the women of the tribe have that blood running through them," she said.
"I see, that makes more sense then," he said and bit into the bread again.
"Yeah, but you aren't like them," she muttered and got up, she seemed scared to get closer.
"I'm sorry if I scared you before," he said.
"No no, that's not it." She waved her hands, "it's just, it's just, ahhhhhh." She walked to his side and sat down.
"When I touched you, I felt something I've never felt before, it's like for an instant it was energizing and invigorating.
It stayed on my mind even when I tried to get it out. What did you do?" she asked, looking right at him.
'Wait, so it did work, the issue was that she didn't understand what it was?' He looked at her right in her eyes.
"I can't explain what it was, but if you want I can show you again," he said, speaking genuinely from the heart. She looked at him and saw no lies in his words.
"Yes," she said in a quiet tone, much different from how she spoke before. She stretched out her hands to him.
He held her hands calmly and the system triggered the same message.
"Yes," he muttered and the same thing immediately happened, she felt the warmth rush through her body.
'I'm nervous, I've never been with anyone beside Lumis, and with her it was easy, I just have to make it work somehow.'
He interlocked his fingers with her, her eyes widened, looking at their hands locked together. Her body burned with a heat that wasn't hurting, she subconsciously leaned in close.
Their eyes locked for a few seconds, he slowly leaned in close, she didn't know why, but she followed suit, and their lips touched.
'Is what I'm doing right? She is innocent and pure, should I taint her for my own personal desires?'
"What's wrong?" she asked, seeing that he stopped moving.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I don't think you should be the one to do something like this with, after all we just met," he said.
"And yet here we are," she said. "I might not know the little details, but I know what this is, and I want to, I like that feeling I have right now."
'She is so innocent, tch, forgive me, but I won't hold back,' he thought and went in for a kiss. Their lips locked, he could tell right off the bat that she was inexperienced, but her soft sweet lips made up for it.
He leaned in close to her, his hand moving fast, it wrapped around her back and pulled her close. A small moan escaped her lips, she was shocked by the sound she had just made.
Her eyes opened wide, but he didn't let go, he pulled her in closer, and his tongue slid into her mouth, invading it. She was stunned, it felt weird for a moment and then a few seconds later it didn't, she melted into it as he took control, leading hers like it was some high-energy dance.
Another moan slipped out, then another and another. Soon she lost control of it, she let it out without control, her hands wrapped around his neck, he felt her firm toned muscles around him and it made him even more eager, the little one in his trousers came alive and pushed hard against the fabric.
The next moment, she took control and pulled him, she lay downward, her back pressed against the cold floor, yet she felt very hot.
His hands pressed beside her head, he looked down at her, her wide eyes, soft lips, beautiful face, looking up at him softly. She raised her hands and wrapped them around him again and pulled him down slowly, their lips touched again.
'I was never a hero, but I fought for what I desired the most, I pushed through it all. So even now when I'm at square one, I'll rise again, no matter what.'