Radiance Ch. 67

Chapter 67: Comprehensive Claw Care.

Chris looked up at the giant Alpha Matriach Claw looming over him and he had never felt so vulnerable in his life, he still couldn't truly believe that this was happening to him, never in his life had he ever imagined looking at another species other than his own in the way he was currently looking at Vess right now, but somehow he just couldn't help it.

It was like the simple exposure to this incredible team of people and their way of life had not only opened his eyes to what was actually possible and permissible but also his soul along with it.

Somehow he felt like a part of his soul had just been clicked into place like it had been missing his entire life and he'd never truly known it or understood it, but now as he felt his eyes keep magnetizing to Vess's incredibly long and awesomely powerful tail and they followed those scale covered rippling muscles right the way up to her surprisingly curved and delightfully feminine rear end which was hidden beneath it he felt it making its presence really known to him.

It was like every fibre of her being simply called to him, yes he knew she was a supremely powerful and dangerous apex predator and not just that but an incredibly dominant female, but none of that was repulsive to him, all his life he had been told he was a man and he was supposed to be the one in control and the one doing the protecting but he was very swiftly realizing that all this time there was part of him that was hidden in the shadows of his mind yearning to break free that simply yearned to not only surrender his control to another but to let them protect him while he served them.

Now that wasn't to say that he secretly yearned to be some kind of slave or to be beaten down or humiliated, or indeed anything like that, but he kinda liked the idea of being solely responsible for the pleasure and joy of an incredibly powerful woman who would in return protect him and take care of him.

The fact that he had given Vess his word to serve her meant a lot to him, to Chris giving someone your word meant a lot, he had been raised to believe that if you gave someone your word that you kept it no matter what even if it costs you your life because it was the measure of a person, you were only as trustworthy and honourable as your word and Chris had never broken his word to anyone, not once and he was not about to begin now.

But having said that he was incredibly happy that Vess had accepted his take on their agreement, equals stood together shoulder to hip, but away from prying eyes and in the privacy of their bedroom she had said that he would serve her and he couldn't deny to himself that the thought of giving up his control to this surprisingly beautiful female really did turn him on, the fact that a being so powerful would not only look at him but actively wanted him and his attentions actually warmed his very soul.

"Ok so given that my niece informs me that this human equipment is actually a bathing pool but I have no idea how to operate it and she also tells me that it is heated so I would like to experience it warm, so fill the pool and we can begin the executive claw wash that I have been promised," Vess said in a commanding voice.

Chris nodded and then hesitated slightly as something clicked into his mind, "Umm sure ok but it is it ok if it's just warm and not hot? My skin is very sensitive and I can't make it hot as I get scalded easily" he said in a soft and rather embarrassed voice as he was forced to admit to the weakness that he'd had since he was a baby, his skin was incredibly sensitive to various things like chemicals and heat.

He couldn't help but hang his head as a feeling of shame washed over him despite it not really being his fault, suddenly Vess's large claw-tipped fingers appeared below his chin and she lifted his head so that he was forced to look at her as she lowered her head so she was looking right into his eyes and he felt his heart lurch in his chest as the primal part of his brain started screeching that he was in danger.

"Of course that is acceptable, I would never do anything that makes you feel pain or will result in you being harmed, I am NOT that kind of claw!" she growled sending shivers throughout his entire body, never in his life had he heard a declaration of care sound like a threat before.

"Thank you my alpha," he said almost out of pure instinct and Vess growled deeply while swishing her long thick luscious tail.

"I love it when you call me that so when we are together like this in private I want you to call me that from now on understood?" she said and he nodded making her growl again.

"Good very well then carry on and get this bathing pool started," she said gesturing with her large hand to the massive bath.

Chris moved over to the bath and moved around it, the way this thing was set up it was set into the floor and was designed to be a large deep multi person bath and not exactly designed for Claws but given its size and depth it would be pretty perfect for Vess, she wouldn't be able to fully submerge but it would do very nicely for someone of her size.

The taps were of a huge bore to be able to fill it quickly and thanks to the town's filtered water supply that ran off a massive industrial purifier that the town's people had not only salvaged but rebuilt to clean out any rads Chris knew that the water was clean and as pure as it could be these days.

The house itself had a massive boiler that ran off one of the fusion core generators that used the fusion core batteries like Seven's suit ran off in the basement, so when he turned the large taps the water poured out like an industrial fire hose so that it didn't take hours to fill it.

"Would you like me to add some of the bath oils my alpha?" Chris asked looking at the selection of bath oils all sitting in a variety of coloured bottles all lined up in a neat little row.

"What do they do?" she asked curiously looking at the bottles he indicated.

"They make skin soft and smell nice don't know if they will work so well on scales but they will make them smell nice at the very least," he said.

"Do my scales not smell nice now?" she asked in a growl making his skin prickle but her smile gave away the fact that she was playing with him.

But he also didn't know how to answer her in a way that wouldn't put his back to a wall, "Well yes but wouldn't you like to smell even nicer my alpha?" he said and Vess growled before her smile widened and showed off more of her massive and sharp looking teeth.

"Good answer my attendant, so show me them and I will decide the one I like," she said and he breathed a sigh of relief before turning to the bottles and opening them one at a time while lifting them for her to smell and she picked one that was in an orange bottle that smelled of oranges and strongly of citrus so he turned and poured a generous amount of it into the water stream so that it would fill the tub and disperse throughout the whole thing and after only second a strong sweet smell of citrus filled the air.

Vess took a deep breath and nodded approvingly, "Yes I enjoy this scent and it will smell good on you as well," she said happily as she leaned over and watched the oil flowing over the water making it cloudy with a slight orange tinge.

It took only minutes to fill the tub to an appropriate depth and thankfully the tub did have overflow drains around the sides so if he overfilled it slightly and it overflowed when Vess climbed in it would be fine.

Once the level was good he stopped the taps and swirled the water testing it, it was hot but not enough to trigger his issues, "It's ready my alpha" he said and she nodded approvingly.

"Very good well now I am going to disrobe you so you will assist me because as much as it would please me greatly to have you running around naked all day long so a may admire your beauty I am informed that you humans require those annoying coverings so you do not get sick and die, its a shame it really is but I will not have my attendant becoming ill especially not because of my actions, I must protect you and care for you and your health plus comfort is my top priority" she growled proudly.

Chris felt a shiver pass down his spine as he thought about her seeing him naked and not only that but her taking his clothing off, she stepped forwards and began to try and manipulate the buttons on the front of his jacket which he quickly saw she had no chance of opening with her claws, he reached up and gently took her hands in his and he saw her brain seemingly short circuit at this but she didn't pull away or try to admonish him she simply watched as he used her fingers to pop the buttons off without damaging them, once they were clear he let go and she slid her large hands into the jacket and peeled it off his body before moving her hands under his shirt running them very gently over his stomach and chest growling softly as she felt the warmth and smoothness of his skin.

"Mmmmmm so soft and smooth," she said with a wanting growl in her voice that sent another sent of shivers chasing the first set through him, she obviously felt it and she growled wantingly her pupils dilated and then narrowed as she looked him up and down.

"I'm very much looking forwards to seeing all of what is hidden under these annoying coverings" she purred as she lifted his shirt up over his head and that's when she froze up and he saw her eyes go wide.

Very very tenderly she reached up and touched her fingertips to one of the wounds on his shoulders and she looked up into his eyes, "Do your wounds still hurt you?" she asked and he couldn't help but glance down at his feet and nod.

"Yeah somewhat, it's getting better thanks to those stimpacks and the work that Shauna did stitching me up but yeah they still hurt, I'm not mad about them as Seven was just defending you all, I'm just glad he missed anything vital and didn't kill me outright, I guess this pain is my penance for trying to hurt all of you not that I wanted to but yeah," he said softly.

Vess looked a little conflicted as he could see it in her eyes but then she seemed to make a decision and she lifted his chin again, "You paid for what you did Chris but it was not your fault, they forced you as they forced me, I had no wish to hurt anyone that was not a threat to my pack, so you are no more guilty than I am, I do not want you to be in pain Chris, you are my male, my love, this play we are doing is just that play, you are not my servant you are my mate and you will not endure pain just to keep my fantasy going, so if ANYTHING I do hurts you you stop me right away, understood?" she said and Chris felt really happy about that, his words really touched him and he nodded.

"I will I promise," he said and suddenly she wrapped her long arms around him pulling him into a tight hug.

"I adore you, Chris, I have no idea what it is about you I think it's a huge collection of things, I've got no experience with humans especially not in this way and it makes me so incredibly happy that you are willing to let me do these things with you and I want you to clearly understand what it means to me, but I will not tolerate you enduring pain for my fantasy I am deadly serious when I say it's my job to protect you and care for you Chris," she said and he felt his heart warming like a sun rising within it.

"I understand that Vess and trust me when I say nothing makes me happier or prouder than to stand up tall and say look at the heart that I won, I still have no idea how the hell I won her but look at the woman that is mine, you can keep your human girls because MY girl is a fucking Alpha Matriarch Claw, you gave me a second chance at life when I still do not believe that I deserved one but you did and more than that you freed me and gave me a third chance to live freely and I chose YOU because YOU are beautiful to me, I can actually see why Seven is so passionate about Claw love because I can already see that it's worth it because YOU are worth it Vess, you are worth any pain to me," he said and to complete surprise the big Alpha Matriarch Claw actually teared up.

She hugged him tightly again, "And that right there is why I am proud to now say I love a human because he is proud to love me right back, despite of how different we are and regardless of what has happened you love me and respect me, all of me," she said and he smiled up at her.

"What's not to love, big sexy long tail, legs that could kick me into space, muscles that I could do my washing on and horns that are so shiny that I could use them as a shaving mirror while using them to stab a Yao guai to death, MY girl is all the girl I will ever need, my proud Claw, MY proud Alpha," he said and the growl that escaped from Vess sent so many shivers bouncing through its body that he felt like they were going to shut his muscles off, he already felt weak at the knees as the growl rumbled through her chest and his.

Her eyes came back up and they shone with the fires of love and of desire, "Now I see why my niece and nephew say that you humans have silver tounges, you know exactly how to make a Claw's heartache her tail swish and I am not ashamed to say her loins burn, now my human gets those coverings off before I tear them off because we are going into that tub and you are going to make every single scale and I do mean every single one of them shines, then I am going to make that skin of your glow," she growled and he smiled warmly realizing that the fantasy was back on track.

"Your wish is my command my alpha," he said making yet another deep wanting growl escape her, god he loved this female, he had no idea how it had stuck him out of the blue like a fucking lightning bolt and he realised he didn't give a single shit, this female was all he was ever going to need and the fact that she was not human simply made him even prouder because look at the female that he had gotten for himself.

The pair of them entered the water and liquid warmth enveloped his body up to his neck and he instantly felt the heat sinking right into his aching muscles making his whole body beginning to loosen up, it seemed that the effect that it had on Vess was far more profound.

Her pupils turned into a pair of black moons in the centre of her eyes nearly blacking out all of the colours of her iris, "Holy shit this is fucking incredible! Humans have harnessed the power of volcanic pools in their own homes!" she exclaimed standing looking momentarily lost in the centre of the pool before she sank herself up to her large chest swells in the water and let out a long very happy sounding growl.

Chris found himself amazed at how rapidly he was beginning to recognise the intent and emotion behind her growls and snarls, he guessed it was because of all the time he had spent around the feral claws in helping feed them etc.

But now that he had a sentient claw he was able to understand those noises even more because they were often accompanied by words to help him understand the motives and emotions going through her.

She turned to look at him and fixed him with a rather predatory grin that sent yet another shiver down his spine because as her lips curled up her pupils managed o force themselves into to pencil thin lines revealing a hell of a lot of gold and green in her beautiful eyes.

A large clawed hand emerged from the depths of the pool and she did a come hither motion with her large index finger as she grinned at him, the pool was so deep that Chris had to practically swim over to her as the seats were only around the outer edge where the steps were located but where he was now he was up to his neck so he had to half wade half swim over to the big Claw.

As he reached her he felt her long tail tapping against his ankles as it gently swished back and forth and he could feel the current it made in the water and he couldn't believe the power she had in it, he also couldn't help but think that she would be a fantastic swimmer if she used it to propel herself along in the water.

As he got close enough her hands suddenly seized him and pulled him off his feet forcing him to essentially kneel on her hips which were slanted at just enough of an angle to keep his head out of the water, but not out of the gap between her chest swells.

She let out a deep throaty growl as she felt his head slot right in between them, "Hmmmm it seems you are a perfect fit my attendant it makes me wonder how much more of you will be a perfect fit?" she said her voice rumbling right through his body almost into his soul.

"Hopefully all of it my Alpha," he said softly half expecting her not to hear him due to his voice being muffled by the large scaley sacs encasing his head against her chest but oh she heard him alright because the growl that followed his words was unmistakably one of desire.

"That makes two of us my attendant, now I believe it is time we begin this executive Claw wash don't you?" she said and he nodded not pulling his head out as he was rather enjoying the sensation of having his head jammed in there it was very comfortable and listening to her powerful heart thumping against his forehead was surprisingly comforting.

She gently pulled him out from between them and stood him back up while she herself stood sending a cascade of water flowing down off her massive body down onto him soaking his head and slicking his hair to his head and making him blow some of it out of his mouth and when he glanced up he saw her grinning down at him.

"I hope you are ready for a work out my attendant as you have a whole lot of Claw to wash," she growled and he smiled up at her.

"I'll give it my all my Alpha, now where would you like me to start?" he said grinning up at her and she looked thoughtful for a moment before moving over to the edge and sitting herself back down again and she pointed at her head and horns.

"You will start with my head, make sure you pay great attention to my horns as I take great pride in them and as your Alpha my horns should always be shiny and smooth," she said and he nodded heading up the steps so he was able to climb up level with her head and shoulders and he noticed a large scrubbing brush and a perfect loofa said hanging on a hook near the bath so he quickly retrieved them and set them down next to him along with some of the soap which he used to lather both of them and his hands.

As soon as he was ready he knelt down behind her and she glanced back at him and let out a deep rumbly growl, "Now there is something so delicious about a pretty human boy on his knees that really makes a girl's tail swish," she said in a voice that was half growl half purr and made him flush from head to toe, it also made a certain part of his anatomy finally give up its battle to stay out of the proceedings and it rose to join the conversation, a point that by the way Vess's pupils turned into pencil lines again didn't go unnoticed by the big Alpha Matriarch Claw.

But oddly enough she never said a word as he moved forwards and began to wash her first using the loofa to scrub along both her head and horns, now it was obvious that Vess took obvious care on her scales, but even so, it really didn't take many scrubs for Chris to begin to make them really shine as any stubborn dirt and grime that was clinging on began to lose its grip and come away, now the loofa couldn't get under the scales or in between them, so he had to resort to both the brush and eventually to his fingers and when he did that lifting the scales gently to make sure there was nothing in between them and the flesh hidden beneath.

Vess herself seemed to have gone into a trance and was almost continually growling and purring away happily to herself as she seemed to relish the feeling of his dextrous little fingers as they worked themselves in between her scales and worked over the hidden flesh beneath.