Clqclq wrapped his appendages around his qoxj. The gesture betrayed how angry he was. Nobody, absolutely nobody, had the right to tell him to quit his endeavor. Hell, he was the Upper Slrf, wasn't he? The Upper Slrf was absolute ruler,
ABSOLUTE
. Meaning nobody had the right, absolutely nobody... Yes, well, he had been down that path already. Still angry Clqclq shuffled to his private rooms, leaving the council to watch his purple ass.
That was what this was all about, his purple ass. He knew it was supposed to happen, but he did not have to like it, now did he? Ever since his father, Crqcrq, had died he knew that once he was ready to mate, he would have to endure the purple ass rash. Nobody knew why only the royal family suffered this visible sign of hormonal ripeness, but the fact remained.
The big folds of skin around his neck were still up as he entered his bedroom. He was sick to death of this royal pain in the butt. Groaning, he looked at himself in the full-length mirror in his hall of bathing. From the front, there was nothing wrong with him. In fact, he was rather pleased with the well-built Slrf that faced him. The appendages were muscled and full of blood, shining a healthy light green. His qoxj was big and looked almost ready to burst. The skin was already stretched taut and darkening.
When he turned to look at his backside, however, the anger was back in full. It was now day 30 and he could see that his whole ass would be covered in a purple rash by evening. That meant he had only hours before his qoxj would have to be emptied. He knew the first time was also the most important.
Custom dictated he used the 30-day period of rash to find a suitable mate to receive his offspring, since it would take at least another 10 circulations before he would suffer the rash again, but he didn't need to look for a suitable mate. His anger threatened to overcome his common sense once more.
Slapping his appendages against one another, he bellowed for his servants. "To hell with the council", he thought. With a few sharp instructions, he set his servants to work. Two of them started making a bath ready, two of them started packing an overnight bag, and three hurried out to the slave quarters.
Clqclq slowly lowered his irritated ass into the pool-sized bath. Sniffing loudly to inhale the scent of perol bushes, he let his appendages float in the warm liquid. Nodding his big round head, he convinced himself he was doing the right thing. He had only hours left, so he had to get started right away.
The dark green ridges above his sea-blue eyes rippled as he tried to think of a sensible approach. The female was of a different species, yea, but that was what attracted him in the first place. It was so simple. He could not understand why the council was so stubborn. The only problem as far as he could see was finding the right hole when the time was right. He grinned suddenly. He was going to do it. He was; he was.
His excitement caused all of his ten appendages to writhe, and they whipped the water in the big tub to a foaming mass of perol scented waves, sloshing over the rim and making a mess of the hall of bathing. With a sigh, he heaved his hairless body out of the cooling water. It was time to dry off and collect his belongings.
The thought of belongings stirred his qoxj as well as the two appendages connected with it. He hoped the servants had done their job at the slave quarters. The forked tongue licked his lips in anticipation. No longer angry, he used all four lower appendages to move, making his gait more gliding than shuffling.
Once in his bedroom, his toothless grin widened at the sight awaiting him. The slave was there, tied loosely to his resting-place, and his big eyes took her in with greed. She was exquisite. The pale pink skin with the hairy patches and the small number of appendages were all equally arousing to him. She was so ... different. He sighed again.
Clqclq was determined to have his way. Since he was indeed the Upper Slrf, in theory, nobody could stop him, but that did not mean the council was accepting his crazy schemes. The idiot meant to mate with a slave from an alien species. How stupid can you get? They had absolutely no intention of letting him spill his precious seed into something with only four appendages!