Dukat smiled. He could already feel the Urge setting in again. Kira wasn't aware of it just yet. Maybe because she wasn't Cardassian, he thought. But he was determined not to show her until she felt it too. He wanted her to be the aggressor this time. Not like this morning, when he had kissed her. He wanted to see what would happen if he didn't do anything. Just kept pretending he didn't feel it. That would be fun! Dukat grinned maliciously to himself. He had no intentions of being mean. Just see what would happen if he fought it for awhile.

At the moment Kira was acting as professional as any Captain could wish for. She scanned the area with one of those Federation scanners. It chirped and beeped and she repeated the information out loud.

"Approximately 2 standard kilometers away from here, there is a cavity in the ground that seems to be flowing with Dilithium. If we get there... "

Dukat stopped listening. He knew the rest of the crew would find all the Dilithium they needed and just wanted the two of them out of the way for awhile.

To rest from the strain of feelings that their condition poured over the rest of the crew as well. And all Dukat could think about was Kira's own cavity....

Sometimes he felt a bit angry about the blatantly sexual arousal that followed the Urge. He felt it could be less - pressing. He'd like to get to know Kira better, to enjoy talking and such. But in the beginning like this, the Urge was 80 percent sexual drive, and 20 percent mental attraction, friendship and such, but that would even out later, he knew that. He knew they had difficulties ahead of them. His wife that left him when she found out he had a daughter with a Bajoran female was still his wife by Cardassian law. He'd have to divorce her. Divorce was an almost unknown word on Cardassia Prime...

Kira would have some explaining to do. Shakaar would be hurt, angry and even shocked. Not to mention the crew on DS9. How would they react to this? They wouldn't believe their ears. Kira in love with *him* - he former Prefect? The one who tormented the Bajoran prisoners and workers at Terok Nor during the Cardassian Occupation?

Explaining the Urge and what happened to Kira would not be easy. Dukat knew both Sisko and Odo were Kira's close friends and he had often wondered why Kira never once suspected that Odo had more than friendly feelings toward her. Fortunately one positive side effect of the Urge was that he would never have to be jealous. Neither would Kira. The Urge was also one of the few reasons a Cardassian had ever been granted a divorce.

But right now... Right now he was aroused. And he knew they would both stay that way for about a week before it started to fade away. At least a week he corrected himself and sighed. But he had to smile. He wondered what Kira would say if she knew.

"What *is* this Dukat?" Kira blurted out a bit angrily.
He grinned toward her.

//So now it began again, eh? // But he pretended he didn't know *what* she was talking about.

*What? he asked innocently.
"Don't give me that face!" she spat and came closer to him.
"Damn it! I can see your arousal from over here! We can't work if we keep getting distracted like this all the time!"

She walked up even closer and he could feel her hand reaching out for him and a jolt of pure joy shot through his chest. He couldn't explain how incredibly arousing it was to have her be so straight forward.
She grabbed him in a firm grip and started caressing him outside of his pants. He lifted his hands and leaned them to her shoulders. It felt so good he could hardly stand up straight!

Kira kneeled before him and opened his pants and pulled out his pride and joy. He was big. Hard, firm and smooth all at the same time. He felt her soft, tender hands grip his testicles and she scratched them with her nails. She then leaned forward and took him in her mouth. He was utterly amazed. No Cardassian woman had ever done that to him.

"Ahhhh, he moaned.

//Oh holy mother! That feels so good //

Her tongue swizzled around him - soft, swift and warm. The tingling sensation in his genitals became almost unbearable. She licked him up and down long the shaft and sucked all of him into her mouth and he could feel her moistness hug him. Her tongue swirled around the head and he gasped. Then she took all of him in her mouth once again, and sooner than he thought he could feel the preparation of the release.

"Nerys, my lovely Nerys, you have to quit!" he begged. "I am coming! Don't!"

She didn't listen to him. Her tongue just kept titillating him, swirling around him and his vision became blurred as he shot out into her mouth in long, wonderful jerks.

Kira licked it all up and smiled at him. Her eyes were wet and wild. Full of joy and humor - but also with passion and desire.

"Felt good, eh?" she teased.

But Dukat didn't smile at her. He just pulled her up, into his arms and held her close. Then he kissed her. The taste of himself inside her mouth was unusual, but not unpleasant.

"That was the most unselfish thing anyone has ever done for me" he admitted. '

He knew that she knew what this meant. He couldn't do anything about her arousal right away. He was too satisfied. And doing something else in the sands where they were at this very moment wasn't a very good idea.

"I never thought I would say this. But I love you Dukat. I'd die for you, and suffering for a few hours from a desire that is so wonderful that it hurts - well - I can handle that. I enjoyed knowing I did something for you that felt so good. I could see it in your eyes. Your face was so tense with enjoyment and passion. I don't want to trade it for anything."

Dukat pulled his pants up and buttoned them. Then he put his arm around Kira and started talking:

"Remember when we went looking for the wreckage after the Ravenok on Ragesh 3?"
"Yes, we were away for almost a week back then weren't we?" Kira wondered.
"I loved you back then" he stated and they kept walking in silence.

* * *

Just as Kira had guessed. Dukat had had feelings for her for a long, long time. Maybe longer than she knew. They kept walking, Dukat in deep thoughts, and Kira yearning for more. She wanted to pull him close and tear him down onto the ground where she wanted him to penetrate her like he had never seen a woman before in his life. She ached inside. It was almost painful - she wanted him to fill the void, to make the pain go away with long hard thrusts inside her. She was breathing hard. He pulled her closer to him, her nipples hardened as if he had caressed them and all she could think of was feeling his lips and tongue licking and kissing them. Normally Kira was the kind of person who would feel degraded by this, who would fight even harder when she felt she was about to be overcome. But this felt so good. It was so wonderful, and all she wanted was to have sex with Dukat. Again, and again, and again.

"How long will this last?" she asked weakly.

Dukat didn't even try to avoid the question.

"At least a week, probably more. Most people "suffer" from the Urge for a month or even more."
"But I can't work, I can't think - I can't do anything."
"I know. It is pretty aggravating isn't it?" Dukat responded.
"How can Cardassians be such a proud people and warrior-like when they have to deal with this kind of thing?" Kira protested.
"Mostly we aren't affected this strongly Nerys. And most men and women who join the military have bonded. I hadn't before. Which is pretty uncommon for a Cardassian male my age. We usually go through the Urge much the same way humans go through adolescence."

Kira laughed tiredly.
"And of course you had to fall in love with the Bajoran woman who really used to hate you. Oh well - I can't complain. Apart from the fact that I am utterly filled with passion, completely foggy with desire, totally occupied with erotic thoughts and completely aching for sex.. I have never been so happy in my life. I mean that."

She stopped and grabbed a hold of his arms and made him look into her eyes. Her gaze locked onto Dukat's eyes. He felt her words affect him. Relief, passion, love and desire struggled inside of him. They were approaching the place they had chosen from the Bird of Prey. It was a cave, not very beautiful or comfortable, but they had brought what they would need.

"Are you hungry, Nerys?" he asked.

She looked up at him with her eyes burning, and he could have kicked himself.

// Stupid question! //

She didn't want food at this moment. He looked at her, felt his own passion slowly awakening. The cycles were short. Less than an hour. This probably meant that their Urge would last even longer. He didn't want to tell Kira about this. She was troubled enough as it was. They had been badly affected. But he knew they would be. The longer the couple fought the Urge, the stronger it got. Considering how hard they had fought it. Dukat was not surprised.

"Are you?" she asked.

He shook his head and pulled out the air mattress they had replicated before beaming down to the surface. He had taken great precautions to make this as perfect as it could be on this planet.

"Let's make ourselves comfortable first" he said.

* * *

Those hypnotizing eyes looked straight into Kira's and she felt the seductive lure suck her in. This time she didn't feel intimidated by his mesmerizing gaze. She felt so drawn to him she couldn't help but reach out and touch his face. His ridged features felt warm against the palm of her hand. She caressed him and he leaned his head so he could kiss her palm. His warm lips sent a surge of desire through her body. But the kiss was tender and loving. She wanted him so much.

She was amazed at the Cardassian physiology. How could they have sex so many times in one day? It was incredible! But soon she forgot the biological aspects of the Urge and just enjoyed the effects it had on herself and the male she was with.

Dukat felt the desire grab a hold of him again. He rose from the ground. This wasn't going to allow him to take care of Nerys the way he had planned on their way over here.

"Come!" he said and held out his hand to Kira. With his help she rose to her feet as well, and together they helped preparing their camp for the night.

He had a small compressor that filled the mattress with air in a matter of seconds. They spread the blankets and then Dukat grabbed Kira and lifted her up in his arms. She was warm and vivacious in his arms. She smelled good despite the long walk in the warm sun that they had just finished. Her lips were moist and welcoming and he wanted to make her feel just as good as he did earlier. He lay her down on the mattress and her body made it sink slightly. It rocked softly beneath them, almost like the waterbeds that were so popular on Bajor. He lay down on top of her and just enjoyed the feeling of her female, soft body against his male, edgy body. He smiled.

"What?" she whispered silently.
"I was just thinking how happy you should be I am not wearing my military uniform right now."

Kira laughed slightly back at him and wrapped her arms around his neck. Her fingers played with his long, raven-black hair which fell into his eyes. Right now, his desire wasn't so overwhelming as it was to her. Maybe because he had been relieved so thoroughly by Nerys earlier, he thought, but felt himself stiffen by the mere thought of her moist lips around his manhood.

She probably felt him harden against her, because she writhed underneath him and pulled her legs up so he would come closer to her pounding heat. He rubbed himself tighter against her. His erection grew and she moaned. He started kissing her neck and down on the chest. He pulled down her shirt and breathed her softly on the shoulder. She got goose-bumps and sighed softly underneath him. Slowly he began moving, making intercourse movements with their clothes on. She started writhing more under him. She let her hands slide from his shoulder down to his butt. She squeezed his buttocks and pressed him firmer against her. It felt like they were meant to be together. They kept touching each other, kissing, licking and caressing every part they could reach and that way arousing each other more and more by each minute that passed

"Please Dukat, you are driving me crazy" she pleaded. She started pulling his clothes. Pushed him away from her to reach the buttons of his pants.

"I want to feel your naked skin against mine" she moaned. "I want you inside me, oh Dukat, now - please!"

But he pulled away from her. It took a lot of self-control, but he managed to do it. Then he started taking her clothes off. Slowly and teasingly. Even though he wanted to tear them off in a split second, he managed to pull them off of her ever so slowly and carefully. She whimpered softly under his hands and the soft sound nearly drove him mad.

He couldn't stop himself from opening his pants and grabbing himself for a short moment. He needed her, now, but he wasn't about to take her. Not yet anyway. He was determined to return the favor. So he pulled her panties off, and let his hands slide softly up her legs, on the insides of her thighs. He let his nails scratch her ever so slightly and she shivered underneath his caressing hands.

He placed long, juicy kisses on the insides of her thighs and she was breathing heavier. Shallow, quick breaths that let him know how much she enjoyed the way he treated her.

Suddenly he felt Kira's soft hands grab him lightly, her nails scratching the insides of his thighs. His erection grew harder and he felt how easily he could lose the determination to let her enjoy this moment all by herself.

He clenched his jaw and focused on Kira. Pushing away the sensations that her small hands provoked in him. But it was almost impossible.

"Let me focus on you for a while Nerys" he said softly and pushed her hand away. "The way you are caressing me I'll lose all good intentions in a second."

She smiled at him, and leaned back on the mattress. Her content smile shot through him like a spear. It was wonderful to see her so aroused and know that he was the reason for her passionate feelings. No matter how unwillingly she had been overcome by the Urge. He knew that now she loved him. Now and forever. There was nothing false in these feelings.

He kept carressing her. He pulled aside the thin skin-folds around her moist sex. He leaned down and licked her softly around the opening and she shivered and sighed. His licks began softly, teasing her, avoiding the spot he knew she really wanted him to touch. Then his licks became faster and firmer. She stopped breathing, kept holding her breath and turned completely still and silent underneath him. He knew she was coming closer.

He pressed his finger inside her. Softly he moved and then he let his tongue swiftly, carefully touch the small center of her passion. She moaned and he moved his finger a little faster. Then he kept licking a little firmer, around and on top of her little button. He could feel her fingers clasp around his head and pull his hair so hard it almost hurt.

Then he felt the convulsions begin deep inside of her. Her muscles grabbed his fingers tightly and she had an orgasm that kept on going for several seconds. He pulled his finger out and leaned over her and pressed himself inside.

She was wet, and he sank all the way in one swift move, and she tied her legs around him. Squeezed him deeper inside and less than a minute later he felt her muscles spasm around him again, but he kept going, it felt so good. He did all he could to prolong the experience and she muttered in his ear.

"Oh, holy Prophets, I never knew it could be this good, oh!"

And her words just pressed him even more. He felt how close he was but he withheld the sensation as best he could, but when Kira came for the third time the spasms deep inside her provoked him to yield as well and they came together in a wonderful climax.

The pleasure felt like a black hole where he floated in sheer ecstasy for a long   while. A few moments later he fell on top of her and he could feel her relax underneath him. They lay still for awhile enjoying the aftermath of their passion.

Dukat lifted his hand and pushed away the locks of hair that fell into Kira's eyes. His eyes looked into hers as he kept mumbling.

"I love you Nerys, I love you."

His lips left a trail of soft kisses in her face and she felt the goose-bumps from the moistness on her cheek as the wind blew in through the cave opening. She looked at him. Lifted her hand and let her fingers follow the ridges around his eyes. They weren't as hard as she'd imagined.

Instead of hatred, she felt fascination with the way he was so different from her. And he was handsome. She loved him back, and she pulled his head down and whispered the words softly into his ear. The Urge was a beast that was satiated for a short while, but the love was still there. It wouldn't lessen. It wouldn't go away and Kira felt happy that she was blessed with the experience of it after all.

They got up and went outside. There was water on the planet and little vegetation, but they both walked into the well and washed themselves. A few minutes later they went back to the cave.

Dukat smiled at Kira:

"So, now are you hungry?"
"Starving!"

And they both laughed out loud.

His laugher dark and rich and hers like the soft sound of trickling water in the spring.