Victoria opened her mouth as though to protest. There seemed to be something about the word mate that she really didn’t like. Apparently thinking better of it, she pressed her lips back together. He and Victoria both followed Kyree’s steps as she moved to the side of the room and picked up a flogger from the countertop. Its handle was made of woven leather and the dark brown strands that dangled from it looked, to Allik, like the finest deerskin. He smiled at Kyree’s choice of implement, which would make only a slight impact that would tease rather than causing actual pain.
As Victoria glanced up at him, Allik could see the nervousness in the tremble of her lip. He realized that to her inexperienced eyes the flogger probably looked like an instrument of torture. He gave her a nod that he hoped would be reassuring but the frown that knitted her eyebrows together told him it hadn’t worked.
“Now, Victoria, I want you to clean the floor.”
Allik saw the look of irritation that clouded Victoria’s face. Her jaw stiffened and her neck seemed to go rigid but she worked hard to contain her annoyance. He thought she would snap when Kyree carelessly tossed a scrubbing brush down on the floor in front of her. As it clattered on the cold tiles, Victoria’s eyes narrowed. She looked around the room, no doubt wondering why she was being asked to clean a floor that was already totally spotless.
“Victoria,” Kyree said with a note of caution.
Huffing audibly, Victoria picked up the scrubbing brush and got onto her hands and knees. As she began to crawl away from him, something seemed to change in her posture. She looked more confident, her movement becoming more deliberate. Her bottom wiggled enticingly as she began to scrub the floor. As she glanced over her shoulder and threw a smoldering gaze in his direction, an unbearable tension took hold of him. Seeming to know just how big an effect she was having on him, Victoria gave a cheeky wink and then carried on scrubbing the floor. The little minx knew exactly what she was doing as her hips swayed seductively. Beads of sweat began to form on Allik’s brow as he watched her move away from him. He blew out a breath as she lowered the front of her body closer to the floor on the pretext of trying to remove some invisible speck of dirt. Her bottom was raised slightly, giving him an even clearer view of the base of the butt plug. Allik groaned. His little human was going to be the death of him.
* * *
Victoria had no doubt that she would hate to get down on her hands and knees to scrub a floor at the best of times. Having to do it whilst completely naked and with an enormous plug shoved in her rear passage was so much worse. There was no escaping the intrusive presence of the damned thing. With every move she made, the plug shifted inside her, creating a feeling of fullness that was uncomfortable and yet arousing. The diamond-shaped object pressed on her insides, the sensations it stirred seeming to reach forward to tease her highly sensitive pussy. The little bud of nerves between her legs was beginning to tingle and she felt herself growing wet. She bit her bottom lip as though that could somehow hold back the tide of desire. It was humiliating to find herself becoming so turned on by the treatment she was being subjected to.
Still, if she had to suffer, she was going to make damned sure Allik did as well. Every now and then as she wiggled her way slowly, purposefully around the room, she shot him a glance over her shoulder and pouted in a suggestive manner. From the groans he emitted and the pained expression on his face, she knew that she was getting to him.
As she basked in the knowledge that she was affecting him deeply, there was a swishing sound in the air and the strands of the flogger struck her bottom. Taken by surprise, Victoria stopped in her tracks. The impact hadn’t hurt but it made flesh that was already sensitive from the previous day’s punishments prickle with an intensity that began to ripple outward. It felt as though every nerve in her body was coming to life.
“Keep moving,” Kyree said, her tone stern.
Victoria began to crawl forward, running the brush over the perfectly pristine floor as she went. The task was clearly intended to humiliate her and, despite her displays of bravado, it was working. She turned around and started to move back toward Allik. That was a big mistake. Heading toward him, she suddenly felt ten times more vulnerable. The plug felt bigger, more intrusive, somehow. Her breasts hung heavy beneath her, swinging as she crawled on the cold tiled floor. She was painfully aware of the intensity of Allik’s gaze. The moisture pooling between her thighs made her blush.
For some reason, when she was moving away from Allik, she’d been able to kid herself that she held some power over him, that she might be able to use her body to bend him to her will. Now, she was under no illusion about who was in charge. Kyree might be administering this punishment, but she did so at his pleasure. Allik was the one who was ultimately in command and he required her submission. It was a terrifying and yet freeing realization that she actually craved being controlled. With someone else calling the shots, she didn’t have to worry about what to do next.
As Victoria’s pace slowed, Kyree brought the flogger down again. This time, the soft, flexible strands of leather struck between her legs, hitting her already aroused clitoris, making it swell even further. It wasn’t painful, but the contact made her ache all the same. She whimpered with need and tried to press her legs together, to grab hold of the throbbing sensation and find a way to push herself over the edge. The other woman didn’t give her the chance to seek her own pleasure. Nudging her bottom with her foot, Kyree urged Victoria forward.
“Go to Allik,” Kyree instructed.
As Victoria crawled toward Allik, Kyree struck her buttocks with the flogger repeatedly, flicking the strands upward so they struck her throbbing pussy, teasing her to a frenzy. Victoria moaned and whimpered as she edged closer to Allik. The wet heat between her legs was almost unbearable now and she wanted nothing more than to be fucked hard and fast. As the thin strands of leather tapped her clitoris, the impact was enough to ignite her desire, but not enough to allow her the climax she so desperately needed. When she reached Allik, Victoria halted. Kyree trailed the handle of the flogger slowly down the crease between her butt cheeks and then used it to push on the base of the plug. Feeling pressure building up inside her, Victoria almost came on the spot. Kyree, however, was not about to grant her release.
“Kneel,” Kyree said in a commanding tone.
Obediently, Victoria straightened up and rested back on her heels, hoping that her compliance would earn her a reward. She desperately wanted to come and, it seemed, that was not going to happen until Kyree was satisfied that she’d suffered enough. Now positioned at Allik’s feet, she looked up and saw his eyes glowing with approval. It made her feel strangely warm and fuzzy inside.
“Good girl,” Kyree said. “Now, I want you to suck Allik’s cock.”
Victoria’s eyebrows shot up in horror. She had never done anything like that before, never mind with someone watching. There was something tantalizing about the prospect, though. She saw the look on Allik’s face and realized that he hadn’t expected this either. Not that his surprise stopped him from immediately unzipping his tight leather pants and freeing his cock.
As she saw his enormous erection, Victoria’s eyes widened in shock. She had been with a man before, and she’d thought that he was generously endowed. The size of Allik’s cock made her rethink all that she knew about a man’s anatomy. She had never seen anything like his penis and couldn’t imagine how something that big was meant to fit inside her. The shaft was long and thick, jutting out proudly from his body. The head was an angry red color. Thom’s penis had definitely not looked so… so… aggressive. Swallowing her fears, she reached out and tentatively stroked the rigid shaft, almost as though trying to placate it.
“Use your mouth,” Kyree instructed.
Placing her hands on Allik’s powerful thighs to support herself, Victoria leaned forward. Immediately, she was aware of a strong, masculine scent unlike anything she’d ever smelled before. It was deeply arousing. Cautiously, she flicked her tongue lightl
y over the head of his cock and then explored the little slit where droplets of a mildly salty liquid had pooled. It didn’t taste like anything she’d ever experienced before, but it wasn’t unpleasant. Running her tongue slowly along his steely erection, Victoria tried to learn every inch of him. The skin was velvety smooth over his rigid length.
As she wrapped her lips around him and sucked lightly, Allik emitted a groan that emboldened her. She drew his cock deeper into her mouth, taking him almost to the back of her throat. As he pumped his hips she panicked, afraid that she might choke, and began to pull away. Allik reached down and gently stroked her cheek, helping her to relax. She knew instinctively that he might push her limits, but he would never allow harm to come to her.
“Your mouth was made to take my cock.”
Victoria reveled in the strained tone in his voice that told her she was doing something right. Allik’s hand moved to the back of her head and he encouraged her to take him as deep into her mouth as she could once more. Her tongue lapped at him with increasing enthusiasm and as she sucked on his impressive length, she found a rhythm that had Allik moaning with desire.
Suddenly, the plug in her bottom began to vibrate, stimulating both her anus and her pussy. Every nerve in her body seemed to come alive at once and she struggled to concentrate on her worship of Allik’s cock as a gasp escaped her. Kyree, it seemed, had saved a little surprise for her. As the sensations from the vibrating anal plug created became more intense, her fingernails dug into Allik’s muscular thigh. The low groan of pleasure he gave sent a jolt straight to her core.
As Allik’s thick, hard shaft slid back and forward between her soft red lips, Victoria was suddenly aware of Kyree coming to kneel behind her. Each nerve tingled as the other woman’s hands reached around to cup her breasts. Her thumbs circled the stiff peaks of Victoria’s nipples and a ripple of desire wove its way to her womb.
Victoria mumbled inarticulately around Allik’s cock. Groaning, she tried to focus on pleasuring Allik as Kyree’s hand moved lower, to find its way between her legs. Gentle fingers ran lightly over the engorged bud of her clitoris and then slipped into the moist warmth of her pussy. Victoria whimpered as those long, elegant digits began to slowly move in and out of her. She shifted restlessly as waves of pleasure coursed through her.
“Beautiful,” Kyree murmured from behind.
As the other woman’s fingers expertly fucked her dripping wet cunt, Allik’s cock began to swell in her mouth. He barked out an inhuman sound and warm jets of his seed spurted down her throat. Victoria swallowed quickly as her own climax took hold of her. A rush of feminine juices soaked her thighs as she came with a shriek of ecstasy. Falling back with shaking limbs, she was caught by Kyree who held her as her womb clenched tightly. Thoroughly spent, she glanced up at Allik. He was watching closely, a look of deep satisfaction on his face. Suddenly, she wanted him to take her into his arms and kiss her, to lay her down and pour some of that intensity that radiated from him into fucking her.
She had just about recovered her breath when a siren began to wail, shattering the post-climactic silence they’d fallen into. Victoria sat up as both Allik and Kyree leapt to their feet, the spell suddenly broken as they reacted to the alarm.
“What’s happening?” Victoria cried as she rose from the floor, her limbs still feeling somewhat boneless.
“That’s what I’m going to find out,” Allik said, hastily zipping up his pants. He looked past Victoria to give a Kyree a questioning look.
“Go,” the other woman said. “I will see that Victoria gets back to your quarters safely.”
“Do as Kyree instructs,” Allik told her in an implacable manner. “I will return as soon as I can.”
Victoria nodded in acknowledgement, a little too stunned to speak. Things had gone from bliss to panic in the space of only a few seconds. As Allik hurried from the room, a terrible sense of foreboding took hold of her. The alarm clearly signaled trouble and from what she already knew of Allik, he wasn’t one to shy away from danger. As she accepted the dress Kyree held out to her and slipped it on over her head, she was suddenly afraid that something awful was going to happen to Allik. To her surprise, she found herself wondering how she would cope if it did. Could she survive without knowing what it like to have him inside her, fucking her hard and fast, laying claim to her body and soul? As crazy as it seemed, she wasn’t sure she could.
Chapter Nine
Victoria was surprised to feel as though something was missing once Kyree had removed the enormous silicone plug from her bottom. The other woman had taken the plug out with more haste than Victoria would have liked. She could see, though, that there was some sort of emergency unfolding and the pain had been only fleeting.
Sitting on a stool in the medical bay, she shifted from side to side, trying to get used to the sudden emptiness. She had not yet fully recovered from the force of the climax she’d experienced. Her heartbeat hadn’t yet calmed and the warmth in her cheeks told her that her face was still flushed. It was weird to think that, just a few moments ago, she had enjoyed the most intense bliss of her life. Now, she was sitting here alone, becoming increasingly tense as they waited to find out why the alarm had been sounded. The switch in the atmosphere was so abrupt, it had left her feeling a little dazed.
On the other side of the room, Kyree was speaking to someone on the communications device. Victoria couldn’t hear what was being said but, from the tense body language Kyree was exhibiting, it was obvious that something pretty bad had happened. Her fears were confirmed when two large Taar-Breckian males in crisp white uniforms burst into the room and quickly gathered medical supplies before hurrying out again. The urgency with which they moved was not a good sign.
“There has been an incident,” Kyree told Victoria as she came and took a seat next to her. “A large passenger shuttle that was traveling from Earth to dock with us has been attacked. There were several casualties.”
Victoria’s brow crumpled as she digested the news. She was aware, of course, that there was conflict in the universe but had never really understood the specifics. The High Council kept women in the dark about such things; about all things, really. Any information she’d gleaned from listening in on private conversations had been superficial.
“Who attacked the shuttle?” she asked.
“It must have been the Bylanthians.” Kyree’s lips formed a moue of disgust. “They’ve never entered this sector before, but they have been getting bolder recently. They’ve increased their raids on our outposts.”
Victoria nodded. She knew almost nothing about the Bylanthians, except for the fact that they were the mutual enemy the Taar-Breckians protected Earth from.
“Why would they attack a passenger shuttle?” she asked.
“Because they’re barbarians,” Kyree spat out. “Animals. Just look what they did to Allik.”
Shock passed across Kyree’s face and it was obvious to Victoria that she hadn’t meant to say anything. Victoria took a moment to process what she’d said about Allik being hurt by the Bylanthians. She had realized, of course, that something awful must have happened for him to end up with those horrible scars on his face and body. What she hadn’t considered was that the wounds might have been inflicted on him deliberately. Seeing that the other woman was upset about blurting out something she hadn’t intended to, Victoria took pity. Even though her curiosity had been piqued, she chose not to press for more information about what Allik had gone through.
“Why would the Bylanthians try to destroy a passenger shuttle and not a warship?”
“They don’t have the weapons to take down our bigger vessels,” Kyree said and then paused to think. “You know, one of our lieutenants was on board so he may have been the target.” She took another thoughtful pause and then shook her head. “But I don’t see how they could have known he would be there.”
“Perhaps someone told them,” Victoria ventured.
“That is the obvious answer,” Kyree agree
d. “But it’s highly unlikely that any of our people betrayed him. Loyalty is everything to us.” She fell silent once more.
Victoria suspected from the almost accusing way Kyree was looking at her that she was thinking the same thing she was—someone from Earth had passed on details of the lieutenant’s movements.
Kyree shook her head, signaling that it wasn’t something she wanted to dwell on right now. “Anyway, that is a matter for our intelligence officers. Allik and his team will figure it out.”
“Allik?”
“Yes,” Kyree replied. “He has gone out to the shuttle to investigate.”
“Won’t that be dangerous?”
“I doubt the Bylanthians have waited around,” Kyree sneered. “They’re nothing but cowards. Besides, a whole squadron has gone after them. Allik will be quite safe and he can take care of himself, you know.”
“Of course.” Victoria felt as though she’d been chastised for expressing fear for Allik’s safety. She cleared her throat. “You mentioned there were casualties. Is anyone badly hurt?”
“Two humans are dead,” Kyree responded, her tone grave. “Three of our people are badly wounded and others have minor injuries. The rest escaped unscathed, which is good because we are going to be overstretched. This ship has only two trained medics on board and an apprentice. We have never needed more than that before now.”
“What can I do?”
“You should return to Allik’s rooms,” Kyree replied. “Can you find your way back there?”
“I could, but I’m not going to.” Victoria’s tone was firm. For once in her life, she intended to make herself useful. “I meant, what can I do to help you?”
Uncertainty was written all over Kyree’s face. Her eyes bored into Victoria’s as though trying to read her mind. She looked her up and down, apparently assessing whether the young woman was actually good for anything apart from being a sexual plaything. For a moment, Victoria was worried that Kyree was about to repeat her suggestion that she go back to Allik’s quarters. She could think of nothing worse than pacing about those stark little rooms waiting for news. It would be far better to spend her time here where she might actually be able to prove her worth. She braced herself for rejection but then the other woman began to nod slowly.
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