Taurus (Galactic Cage Fighters (Book Three))

by K. D. Jones

  “How are you doing?” Coco came over and sat down with her.

  “I’m fine, really.”

  “They announced to all the GCFA staff that a stalker has targeted you and may still be on board. The ship’s on lockdown while they go suite to suite and investigate.”

  “That pretty much covers it,” Maya said, not looking at her friend.

  “There’s more right?” Coco asked.

  “I can’t discuss it yet.”

  Coco placed her hand over Maya’s and squeezed her hand in comfort. “You don’t have to tell me anymore. I just want to make sure that you are okay.”

  “Thanks, Coco.”

  “So who’s the hunky guys standing around drooling over you?” Coco asked while looking the blonde IDJ officer up and down.

  The male enjoyed being perused and puffed out his chest a little. He gave Maya a wink. And it just so happened to be the moment that Taurus returned with their food. He slammed the tray down on the table and went after the IDJ officer.

  “You don’t flirt with her! You don’t talk to her unless it has to do with her protection. And if you ever decide to touch her—I will cut off every protruding member on your body. She is mine and I will not tolerate another male near her who tries to take her from me! Do you understand?” Taurus was right up in the male’s face that was turning a dull shade of white.

  Maya stood and went over to place herself in between the two males. She lifted her hand and touched his chest. “Taurus, it’s okay.” He growled in response. He wasn’t really listening to her. She needed to get his attention off the officer.

  She cupped his cheek. “Baby, I am one hundred percent yours. No one is going to take me from you.”

  He finally looked down into her eyes. He was surprised and then a smile slowly spread across his face making him even more handsome. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her hard in front of everyone. Maya responded, wrapping her arms around his neck. They both had just declared themselves in front of witnesses. But she didn’t care about any of that. All she wanted was Taurus.

  “Enough with all the kissy face stuff. I think we all know that she belongs to you, Taurus. You’ve slapped your manly balls out for everyone to see. Now sit down, eat your food, and let the rest of us have a break from all this touchy feely crap,” Zara’s sarcastic voice seemed to cut the tension in the room. Other people started laughing and making their little joking remarks.

  When Taurus released her, he looked more in control than he had a few moments ago. They walked hand in hand back to their table and sat down.

  Coco was still there and she mouthed the words to Maya. WOW. Maya gave her a secret smile. It was official, they were a couple. She should be embarrassed, but she wasn’t. It was probably one of the happiest days of her life. She wanted to thank Zara for breaking the tension, but the tall woman busied herself with getting her breakfast and sitting in the corner away from everyone.

  Trig walked in with Rachel and Rage who went to get their food immediately. Trig went over to his two IDJ officers and then they both left. Trig then came over to their table and pulled up a chair. He looked over at Coco who was smiling at him in a very friendly way.

  “My name is Special Agent Trig Roberts.” He gave her a sexy smile as he reached out to shake her hand.

  Coco took his hand and held onto it longer than necessary. “It is wonderful to meet you, Special Agent—”

  “Please, call me Trig.”

  “…Trig. I hope to see a lot more of you.”

  “Oh, you can count on it.”

  Zara stood suddenly, almost making her chair fall backwards. She stomped out of the room grumbling. Maya noticed Trig watching Zara as she walked away. Something was up with the two of them.

  “Will the officers be back to go with me to my practice?” Maya asked as she took a sip of her drink.

  “Not for a couple of hours. I’ll be going with you to your dress rehearsal, but your photo shoot and commercial will need to be rescheduled for later this evening. I am going to need for you to accompany us to the orphanage that you were at.”

  Taurus growled but didn’t say anything. She was grateful that he showed some kind of restraint. That was, until he spoke.

  “I don’t want you to go back there, it’s not safe.”

  “I’ll be surrounded by security the whole time.”

  “Rachel will be coming with us as well. Maya will not be left alone.” Trig tried to reassure him.

  “I want to come with you,” Taurus told Maya.

  He looked at Trig, “I have early practice, but I will be going.”

  Maya tried to protest, but he gave her a look that shut her up. Didn’t need to push him any further. It also warmed her heart that he was so concerned for her. How could she be upset with him?

  “Okay.” She turned to Trig. “Will we be back in time for the events for tonight? Both Taurus and I have to work.”

  “Yes, I don’t expect that we will be gone longer than a couple of hours.”

  Taurus frowned. “I think you should resign from your position of ring girl.” Taurus kept eating his food not understanding that his statement was causing a problem in their newly proclaimed relationship.

  “I have a job, Taurus. I plan to do it.”

  “You don’t need to work. I can take care of you.” He still remained clueless though people started to clear out of the room.

  “I’ll be right outside,” Trig told her as he helped Coco stand and they both left.

  “Taurus, I am keeping my job.” Something must have been in her voice because he glanced up at her finally. “I would never ask you to give up your position with the GCFA. It’s become a part of you. Funny enough, the position as ring girl instilled a confidence in me. I don’t want to give that up yet.”

  “I just want to keep you safe.”

  “I can’t live in a bubble. But I promise that I will take every safety precaution that I can.”

  Taurus sighed. “I’m sorry.”

  She knew what he was apologizing for. She moved to his lap and hugged him. “It will be okay.”

  *****

  “I have the information we’ve been waiting for. Are you ready to make your move?” a man’s voice asked over the phone line.

  “Yes, but I don’t think it’s a good idea.” The man with the silver ring opened the closet to stare at the man that he had tied up and gagged. He had to break into a room and take the man hostage so he could hide from the IDJ. Now he was guilty of kidnapping.

  “I don’t pay you to think. I pay you to do what I say,” the man on the phone said angrily.

  What an ass. “I will be ready to go when I get the call.”

  “That is what I want to hear.” The man hung up the phone.

  This was bullshit! No way was he going to IDJ prison. No way.

  *****

  Maya and Coco went to wardrobe. They had to do a full dress rehearsal before she and Taurus left with Trig and Rachel for the orphanage. The photo shoot coordinator wasn’t happy that she had to postpone her shoot until later, but they didn’t have a choice. Rachel followed her into wardrobe, hair, and makeup, everywhere that a male could not go. Trig, instead, waited outside in the hallway.

  “Ready for our rehearsal?” Coco asked as she touched the hairdo the stylist had applied.

  “Sure.” She wasn’t really. But she was grateful to have something else do to keep her mind occupied.

  That was something she had misjudged about this job when she took it. She thought it would be a completely mindless couple of hours with a decent paycheck and good benefits. It turned out to be a lot more than that. It took patience to sit through hours of wardrobe, hair, and makeup. Then rehearsals, which weren’t just about practicing how to walk across the cage mat. She had to do workouts to build up her stamina. She needed to be in top physical form to be able to work throughout the whole event. She was constantly taking pictures with fans and VIPs. She had to help keep the crowd revved up in between matches
. There had been times she didn’t get to bed until three in the morning from having to make appearances at the after-parties.

  Their coordinator was waiting for them in the training facility. “Stretches first. I want to make sure that our Split Girl can still do the split.”

  Damn. Maya was hoping she could move past the whole split thing. No such luck. She sighed and started her stretches. She had to fight herself not to search out Taurus. He was there training, too, but she didn’t want to distract him. And he would definitely distract her from her rehearsal. So she concentrated on her stretches.

  “Fuck!” Taurus wasn’t paying attention to his practice match with Rage. He got distracted the moment Maya walked into the training facility. She was wearing the tiniest short shorts and fringe half top. Her breasts looked ready to pop out of her top and when she bent over to stretch, the shorts rode up way too high for his liking.

  “Get your mind back on this match, Taurus,” Rage told him while punching him in the arm.

  “Fine,” Taurus grumbled giving one last glance at Maya. At least she wasn’t stretching anymore.

  *****

  Maya finished her dress rehearsal before Taurus. She had to head back to wardrobe to give them her outfit for a quick cleaning. Then she wanted to take a quick shower before going to the orphanage again. She had butterflies in her stomach just thinking about going back to that place. What if the male was there instead of on the ship? The same guy that chased her into a wall? She shivered with dread.

  Trig and Rachel checked out the inside of the suite thoroughly then Trig waited out in the hallway. Rachel was in the main living space on the sofa.

  “I’ll take a quick shower,” Maya called out as she walked into the bedroom.

  She was grateful that Taurus had someone bring up more clothes for her. When looking in the closet, it looked like she had moved in. That didn’t bother her, but it was something they had not discussed yet.

  She went into the connecting bathroom and turned on the shower. While the water was warming up, she removed her clothes. She stepped into the shower cautiously. As soon as the steaming warm water ran over her shoulders and down her body, she moaned from the relaxing comfort she felt.

  She took a rag and soap lathering it up. Then she ran the sudsy rag over her arms. She moved it up over her shoulders, then down her front. She lathered her breasts and moved down her stomach to her pussy.

  A cold breeze blew into the shower. She jumped in surprise when male arms wrapped around her waist pulling her against a naked and fully aroused Taurus.

  “You almost scared me to death.”

  “Sorry, baby.” He nuzzled her neck.

  She sighed and leaned further back against him. She rubbed her ass against his stiff cock causing him to growl. “I missed you.”

  He gently cupped her face and turned her head toward him so he could take her lips. He didn’t just touch his lips to hers, he melded their mouths, fused them together. His tongue fucked her the way he planned to fuck her with his whole body.

  When he released her mouth, she moaned his name, “Taurus.”

  His hands cupped her breasts squeezing and massaging. He tweaked her nipples into tight points. One hand released a breast to slowly run down her nearly flat stomach to her thatch of hair. He teased her lower lips.

  Maya reached behind her and grasped his cock. She squeezed and stroked him up and down. He was like steel covered in silk. It was a sexy combination. Suddenly, she pushed out of his arms.

  “Maya?” Taurus was confused.

  She turned to look at him with a devious smile. A look she learned by watching Coco. She knew it was having the effect she wanted when his eyes glazed over a little with desire. She ran her hands up and down his chest. She slowly lowered herself to her knees before him. His back faced the showerhead so she wasn’t getting hit full force in the face.

  “Baby, I don’t think—” Taurus’s voice cut off the moment her sweet lips parted and took his shaft inside her mouth.

  Maya was nervous. She had never done this before. She had seen movies with the act and her few friends often talked about it. She hoped that she could do it right for him. He always sought to please her first. This time, she wanted him to feel the pleasure first.

  She cupped his balls in one hand squeezing and kneading them gently. Her other hand held his cock. It was huge and she wasn’t sure she would be able to take him completely in her mouth. She used her hand to help her caress him.

  “Damn, female, that feels so good,” Taurus said with a sex-laden voice.

  He pumped himself in and out of her mouth. She sucked him and it was fucking hot. He felt the heat building up in his lower half. He was going to lose it.

  “I’m going to come,” he warned her.

  She sucked harder and squeezed him. Her first taste of him was salty and masculine. She liked it. She sucked even harder and began milking everything from him.

  “Fuck!” Taurus threw his head back as the control was taken from him. His semen poured into her mouth and she took every drop. When he looked back down and saw the desire for him in her eyes, he realized how lucky he was.

  He leaned down picking her up. She wrapped her legs around his waist automatically as he put her back to the stall wall. Then he plunged upward into her. All restraints were gone. He drove into her as he took her mouth again. His only thought was to make her his.

  He used his body to press her against the wall and his fingers and toes dug into the tile moving them upward every time he surged into her. Over and over he took her higher and higher until she screamed out her orgasm. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, and she was his.

  “Wow,” was the only word she could get out. They had practically fucked themselves up the damn wall.

  “You can say that again.” He chuckled.

  * * *

  Chapter Twenty

  Maya shivered as she looked around the room at the orphanage that she had hidden in the other day. She had always been bad with directions so it took about twenty minutes for her to find the correct room.

  Zara was actually very helpful. She had come along in case there was something out of place from last time. Zara remembered what areas that they had visited. It made it easier for Maya to locate the room she had hid in.

  Rachel was viewing the room from one corner to the next. Trig stood in the hallway.

  “How close were you standing to the next room?”

  “About where you are now. I was close enough to hear the male talking, but not close enough to the door to see inside. As soon as I heard him end the conversation, I ducked into this room and closed the door part way.”

  “When the male walked by, did you see anything that could make him stand out?” Rachel asked, testing the door.

  “Not really. I was looking down. I saw dark pants and dark shoes. I tried to look up for a face but he was walking too fast.”

  “So that’s all you saw?” Trig frowned.

  “Yes. Wait! No, I saw a ring, a silver ring on his right hand.”

  “Did it have a design or stone?” Trig came closer.

  “I think it did. It had a shape of a head or something. I’m sorry, it all happened so fast and I was upset.”

  “It’s okay.” Trig went to pat her on the back but dropped his hand when Taurus growled at him. “Our forensic guys are checking for prints next door as we speak.”

  “Special Agent Roberts, would it be possible for me to visit with a little girl that I met last time?”

  “Does it have to do with this investigation?”

  “It might.” Maya looked at Zara. “Remember the little girl Lucy whose brother was adopted out?”

  Zara nodded. She ignored the people staring at her. “Yes. She seemed upset.”

  “I think the people who adopted her brother might be involved.”

  “Why do you think that?” Rachel asked.

  “I may not have as much alien DNA in me, but what I do have manifests in oth
er ways. I have better instincts about things. My instincts are screaming that there is something weird with that adoption.”

  “I can’t investigate a bad feeling,” Trig told her with frustration.

  “You are stupid then. Most people get in trouble because they do not listen to their instincts and those who do tend to stay out of harm’s way. I would rather investigate this than to ignore it and it be the key to everything.” Zara glared at him.

  “Fine! What’s the girl’s name?” Trig threw his hands up in the air in surrender.

  “Uh…Lucy.” Maya felt so stupid. Why didn’t she remember if the girl had a last name? Granted, most halfsies did not have last names.

  Trig looked at her funny until Taurus stepped in front of her. “I need more than that to find her.”

  Maya spoke up. “The little girl is an Arian halfsie. She is six years old with brunette hair and blue eyes. Her name is Lucy and her brother’s name is Luke. Her brother was adopted a year ago by a human family going by the last name, Sampson. How’s that?”

  “At least it’s something to go on,” Trig acknowledged. He pulled Rachel to the side to talk to her in whispered tones. When they were done talking, Trig left the room.

  “He’s going to get the director of the orphanage and put in the request for the little girl to come here. We don’t want you walking through the halls drawing more attention than necessary,” Rachel told her.

  Rachel’s phone rang. “Yes? Rage? I’m fine. We’ll be back in an hour or so. I miss you, too.” She walked out into the hallway to talk more privately.

  Taurus was checking out the books lining the bookshelves. The room they were in was a small library. She had missed that fact the last time she had been there.

  Zara was standing by the window. She looked so sad. Maya approached her and spoke in hushed tones.

  “You should ask Special Agent Roberts for help in locating your daughter.”

  Zara glanced over to make sure Taurus wasn’t paying attention. “It’s been too long. The trail is cold. I don’t have any pictures to go on. Everything that had been Angel’s was confiscated in the IDJ raid on the facility years ago.”