“Good for you,” he says. “The base is a nutrient mixture, and the protein is hand raised in incubators until they reach the perfect size to give their full content to nourish our bodies.”
“It looks like worms in dirt, Kerr.” I look at the little things move in and out of the dark soil. “It must taste terrible.”
He takes a tiny, silver spoon and fills it then pops it into his mouth. He swallows without chewing and my stomach clenches. “It really has no flavor. Our planet is not like yours. We don’t consume food for any reason other than to nourish our bodies. It’s impractical to do so and leads to obesity. Here, try a bite.”
I hold my hand over my mouth. “Kerr, no! Yuk! Please tell me there’s some food here I can eat.”
“You can eat this food. Here just let me put it in your mouth and you simply swallow.” He scoops up another tiny spoonful and moves it towards my mouth.
“Kerr! Stop! I will spit that out!” I scoot away from him and he frowns.
“You will have to eat what we have, Kataline or you'll waste away to nothing. I'll not have that. There really is no flavor to it, so what is your problem?” He places the spoon back in the bowl and looks at me.
“They move, Kerr! They move!” I shake my head. “Why do they not even cook them? It’s beyond disgusting!”
“We don’t cook them because it takes the nutrition away. You swallow so quick I swear to you that you never feel them move in your mouth. Now get back here and let me place a bite in your tenacious mouth.” He scoops another bite as I shake my head. “Now!”
His sharp tone has me doing as he’s said and I close my eyes and open my mouth and in goes the stuff. “Swallow!” he orders and I do.
I open my eyes and smile. I didn’t taste or feel a thing. “Did you really put anything in my mouth?”
He nods. “I did, and you swallowed it. Was it so horrible after all?”
“I didn’t feel or taste a thing.” I run my tongue around my mouth and wonder how that is.
“See. Here, let me give you another bite. It’s not nutritional unless you consume at least five bites.” He fills another small spoon and I close my eyes and let him place it in my mouth. As soon as I feel the spoon leave my lips I swallow.
I giggle. “You may have to feed me like this until I get used to eating bugs and dirt, husband.”
Kerr leans in and gives me a kiss on the cheek. “Then I will do as you need me to. I know it seems as if I don’t have your back like I told you I did, but I really do. Only in front of others, we must maintain the decorum my planet requires. In due time, you and I will rule and I swear to you we will make changes.”
Kerr’s mix of stern and soft are somewhat confusing, but I have to admit I respect him for not bending to my will. “Thank you, husband.”
He smiles and says, “Now you must be punished for leaving the room without my permission, Kataline.”
I may have spoken too soon about this respect thing!
CHAPTER 8
Kerr
My wife has much to learn about her new life as an Euthenian princess. The fact is, she cannot get to our planet acting anyway she wants. It is considered treason to disrespect my father or me for that matter.
“You’ll need to undress now, so I can administer the punishment, Kataline. Stand and disrobe.”
Her eyes are filled with fear and it makes something inside me fill with pain. “Kerr, what are you going to do to me?”
“To disrespect the king or me is punishable by jail or even death, Kataline. You have to be taught to never to do what you did, walking out of a room without permission from me. You’ve left me no choice but to make sure you remember. I don’t wish to see your head rolling away from your body after all. I have grown to care for you and would miss your company.”
She surprises me as she stands and does as I’ve said. I honestly thought she’d fight me on this.
Kataline looks at me as she pulls her deep blue dress off her shoulders and lets if fall in a puddle of silky fabric at her small feet. “I had no idea and perhaps a rule book could be made for me. If you have to punish me then just do it and let’s get it over with.”
In seconds, she stands before me naked and waiting. This is going much smoother than I thought it would. I take a cord and run it around her wrists then take her to face the wall. Pulling her hands up I loop the cord over a hook.
To the side of the hook hangs a long strap. The hook and strap are in every home on my planet as women are to look at it and know what will come of behavior from them which is not allowed.
I pull the strap down and ask, “Do you understand what it is you did wrong and why you are being punished?”
“I left the room without your permission, thus disrespecting you and your father. I will not be doing that again.” She takes in a deep breath and I find myself not wanting to do this.
“Kataline, this is the first time I’ve ever had to do this. I want you to know this isn’t easy for me. I have no want to cause you pain. Please let me know when you feel you can handle no more lashes as I have no idea of what your threshold is.”
My heart is pounding and if it weren’t for the damn surveillance everywhere and my father’s words to me before I left him, I’d let her get by with this. She was unaware of what the outcome of her action would be after all.
But Father told me either I can punish her or he will and I can’t have that. Women must always disrobe before any punishment is rendered. The thought of anyone laying their eyes on her body, which belongs only to me, is a thing which makes my blood boil.
I also have to admit it heats me to think of anyone laying a hand on my wife. It would take everything in me to allow such a thing and even then, I don’t think I could.
Her voice is strong and I know she’s upset with me as she brings my attention back to her. “I will let you know, sir.”
With a loud crack, I lay the strap across the pristine skin of her ass and she makes a little scream. I hesitate to see if she’s going to say that’s enough, but when no words come, I slap the strap across her skin again. This time, no sound comes from her.
Another strike I give her. I hear a loud sigh. Another one I give her and see the strap is leaving welts on her skin. “Kataline, is this enough?”
“I can take more.” Her voice is still strong and now I feel her stubbornness is affecting the discipline.
I lay the strap across her ass again and her body jerks. The welts are growing angrily red and I decide she can take no more. “That’s enough,” I say.
Taking the cord off the hook, I quickly pull her down and release her wrists from the cord. Her eyes are glassy with unshed tears. “Thank you, sir, for teaching me my place.”
Placing a long, white robe around her to cover her naked body, I close my eyes and pull her to me. “Kataline, please just do as is expected of you. That gave me no pleasure. Quite the contrary, it hurt me it seems far worse than it did you.”
Inexplicably her hands run through my hair. Her words fall soft near my ear. “Kerr, it is my fate to be with you. I was bred to fall into place with whatever alien race I was awarded to.”
“You are more than I deserve, Kataline.” I pull her back to look at her.
Guilt plagues me as I should’ve given her something which told her of all our rules and customs. “I am what you deserve, Kerr. Teach me all I need to know before I’m unleashed on your planet to help me stay away from the strap. That is all I ask of you.”
“I will, I promise.” I pull her back into my arms and hold her tight to me.
This woman may very well be the best thing that’s ever happened to me or my planet and hers.
My father appears at our door, his face ashen and he looks almost as bad as when my mother died. “Father, what is it?”
“The settlers from Earth have taken advantage of our absence it seems. We just received word from Euthenia that the Earthlings have risen up and are trying to take over the capital.”
“No,” Kataline says wit
h a quiet sigh.
My father’s eyes dart to her. “Was this the plan all along, woman? To get the royal family and the majority of their guards away from home so they could overtake it?”
“Not to my knowledge, sire. No, sir,” she responds. “This is terrible news to me as well, sir.”
“Son, she has to be locked up until we know the truth.” My father snaps his fingers and two of our guards appear.
I shake my head. “That will not happen, Father. I will stay with her if you want her watched over.”
“Son, we have no idea what she’s capable of or has been told to do. You may be in danger.” He looks at the guards. “Secure her.”
“No!” I shout and in a split second find myself paralyzed and falling to the bed as a guard pulls back the syringe he used to stop me. I can only watch as they bind my wife’s hands and take her away from me.
Her deep blue eyes haunt me as they are full of fear. “Are you okay, Kerr?” She struggles to get away from the guards and come to me. “What did you do to him?”
My father doesn’t answer her as he tells the guards, “Take her to the holding chamber.” He looks at me and frowns. “I’m sorry it has to be this way, son. I truly am. You’ll be kept in here until I decide you understand what I expect from you. Complete cooperation is what I must have from you. We are at war son, and you are married to the woman who may have started it.”
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