by Anne Kane
He shrugged in agreement, and brought his hands up in a classic defense mode. “Sounds good to me.” He pushed off the side of the tube with one arm, drifting to her right. “Have you tried to contact your sister since you woke up?”
She let a smile slip onto her face. Distraction. Always a good tactic. Usually she was the one initiating it. “Yes, but no luck. She must be behind some kind of force shield. Even if she’s out cold, I should be able to read her with us this close.” She pushed off with her foot, sliding away.
He kicked off, gliding toward her. “You may have better luck once we’re on the surface.”
She kicked her feet to slip farther away. “When are we going down?”
“As soon as we get clearance. I’m well known in this sector, so it’s only a formality.” He gave her a wry smile. “Paperwork. Ever the downfall of civilized men.”
She darted forward, tapping the side of his face with one hand before she drifted back out of range. “You know the slavers?” She’d been under the impression he’d disapproved of the slave trade.
“No. This is a way station for anyone not wanting to attract the attention of the Council. The Council knows they’re outnumbered in this sector, and most of these beings will attack first and ask questions later.” The lazy grin on his face warned her he wasn’t about to let her get away with that tap on his cheek. “I use it as a place to rest and refuel when I’m too far to make it to my home base.”
Where was his home? Kat had a feeling he wouldn’t answer that question. She kept her guard up.
Tore feinted right, and when she flinched, he reached out and tapped the side of her butt with his left foot. “One for me.”
“That makes us even, then.” She toed the wall and angled her way below him. Sparring in zero-G negated the advantage of his larger frame. A mischievous impulse caused her to twist in mid-flight and shoot her right leg out to trace the hard edge of his shaft that was outlined beneath the tight material of his suit. A swift intake of breath let her know he’d felt it. She grinned from her position below him. “Two for me.”
Molten heat lit his eyes, reminding her of the big cats on her home planet. He bared his teeth in a wicked smile that promised retribution. In a blur of movement so fast she had trouble following it, he slid closer and trailed his fingers over the tip of one breast.
Kat gasped as delicious darts of pleasure curled through her. The big pirate grinned at her and she stuck her tongue out at him. He laughed, a deep-throated sound that started all the way down in his belly and bubbled up to spill out of those full, sensual lips. “I can think of a lot better uses for that tongue of yours.”
Her eyes widened as he ran a hand suggestively over the massive bulge at his groin. “I thought we were sparring.”
“We are.” He flicked his foot against the side of the chamber to come tumbling toward her. Before she had time to avoid him, he stuck one hand out to deliver a stinging slap on her ass cheek. “I think that gives me three.”
They continued to exchange strikes, but the focus had changed from inflicting damage to erotic stimulation. Kat trailed a foot across his wide chest. Her next pass, she managed to slide her fingers between his massive thighs to feel his balls drawn up tight.
Need and want built within her as he darted in time and again, his hands and feet trailing paths of liquid heat across her belly, her breasts and between her thighs. They both worked their way from the bottom of the tube up to the top, then back down again, teasing and tempting each other in turn. Kat’s breathing grew ragged, and her response time slowed as Tore’s superior muscle mass began to tell.
She saw Tore push off to start another run at her. She tucked her head in, intending to roll down the tube and avoid him, but at the last second, he twisted and wrapped his arm around her, bringing her in hard against his muscular body. She lifted her head just in time to see his lips swoop down.
Chapter Four
Tore attacked her mouth with the same blend of skill and brute strength that he used to fight. Lips and teeth scraped across hers in a thorough exploration that left her breathless and wanting more. He tasted clean and male, and the heavy bulge pressing against her belly assured her that he was every bit as aroused as she was. She tilted her head to allow him better access, enjoying the feel of his hard body against hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer.
His hands wandered down her body, large and warm, tracing the curve of her hip, the flat plane of her stomach. Arousal roared through her, sending sparks of lust running down her spine. She wrapped one leg around his, holding him in tight. The thought of fucking Tore in zero-G excited her.
Tore slipped a hand in between them and released the seal on his ship-suit. The front edges parted with a muffled whoosh, and his muscular chest came into view. Her eyes followed the smooth ropes of hard muscles that gave way to a flat stomach, and a dark V of hair disappearing lower to where the suit covered his groin. He shrugged the material off his shoulders, holding her firmly against him with one arm while he skinned the suit down over his hips and legs. His shaft sprang free, hard and thick, rising from the dark nest of curls between his thighs. Her breath caught in her throat as she remembered exactly how it felt buried deep within her.
The suit floated beside them, reminding Kat of a fledgling butterfly with its discarded cocoon, and she couldn’t help giggling at the thought of the muscular Tore in the role of a delicate butterfly.
The giggles died in her throat when he busied himself at the front of her suit, easily releasing the seal and parting the front to let her breasts spill out into his hands. He growled softly, the sound wildly arousing in its total lack of civility. He dipped his head to swipe his tongue across one nipple, teasing it into a rigid peak before he moved to its twin, licking and nipping. Teasing. Tempting. Tormenting her with featherlike strokes of his tongue.
She wound her arms around his neck, arching her back to offer herself up to his caresses. His breath feathered warm across her naked chest, adding to the fire that slowly built along every nerve, sliding with fiery intent to center deep within her belly.
He gripped her hips and shifted her upward, his mouth trailing a path of liquid heat down her sensitive skin, pausing to explore her belly, nipping the tender flesh with sharp teeth. “Goddess, you’re so beautiful. I could spend a lifetime exploring you.” He lifted his head to stare deep into her eyes.
She whimpered, unable to form a coherent thought. Want and need thundered through her, robbing her of the ability to think clearly. The hard length of his shaft pressed against her thigh, teasing her with its hard presence.
“Tell me what you want.” He let one hand stray to the silken flesh of her bare mound. She stared at him mutely. “Come on,” he coaxed, cupping her sex with one large palm. “Tell me.”
“I want you.” She managed to whisper the words out past the growing need building inside her.
He shook his head, his eyes glittering darkly. “Not good enough. What do you want from me?”
Kat whimpered and tried to rub her aching sex against his palm. “I want you to fuck me, damn it!”
He laughed then, a rich deep laugh of male satisfaction. He slid one finger down and plunged it into the waiting heat of her pussy, sending flames of pure lust rolling through her every cell. She writhed and grabbed at his hips, trying to force the finger deeper. Damn zero-G!
Tore grinned and stroked the finger in and out, scoring his thumb across the aching bundle of nerves at her entrance. Kat groaned, and managed to hook one foot behind his knee, using the leverage to rotate her hips on his finger, grinding herself against the palm of his hand.
Tore pushed his body lower and withdrew his finger, ignoring her cry of distress at the loss. Wrapping one arm around her hips, he stuck out his tongue and gave her a nice wet lick across the slick entrance of her sex.
Kat yowled, squirming against his face in mindless want. He thrust his tongue deep, lapping at the cream that dripped from the eager lip
s of her pussy. He circled the hard nub of her clit with his talented tongue, suckling and teasing until she writhed beneath him, her ankles locked behind his neck. She could feel herself riding the waves of lust, each one building upon the last until they detonated over her in a glorious explosion of pure feeling.
Tore fastened his mouth over her slick entrance, licking every last ounce of dew from her as she trembled through a multitude of aftershocks.
She opened her eyes to stare down at the top of his dark head. “That was…” She paused, not sure what to say. She’d had her share of sexual encounters, some better than others, but she’d never felt this kind of connection, that burst of pure feeling. “Wonderful.” She sighed. Somehow, that didn’t begin to convey the heights to which he’d sent her. Without, she conceded, any thought to his own pleasure.
“Thank you. I do aim to please.” He reached up to hook an arm around her neck, drawing her down until they were floating eye to eye. “But I’m not done yet.”
Kat’s gaze followed his hand as he lowered it to circle his thick shaft. A single drop of pre-cum glistened on the tip, and she had a sudden urge to taste it. Tore ran his hand down the long length in a slow, erotic motion that sent heat coiling deep in the pit of her belly.
He pulled her in close for a kiss that turned into a long, slow exploration of her teeth, her tongue, her lips. She heard a low moan, and realized it came from her own throat. His practiced lips made her wonder why she’d settled for all those mediocre sexual partners who only cared about their own pleasures.
He ran a hand between her thighs and stroked her clit, making little shushing noises against her lips when she moaned deep in her throat. Lust started building within her again, sending flames of need dancing along her nerves. She felt the broad head of his cock pushing against her slick folds and she spread her thighs in welcome.
“Passionate little witch, aren’t you?” A very male look of pure satisfaction crossed his face.
“I did say Abbie was the good sister, didn’t I?” She rotated her hips, sliding her clit along the hard flesh of his shaft.
“That you did.” He grasped her hips in a firm grip, preventing her from impaling herself on his cock. “I’ve always admired a woman who knows what she wants and goes after it.” He thrust forward, driving himself deep inside her aching pussy.
Kat gasped at the sensation of his thick shaft stretching and filling her. Pleasure lanced through her every nerve. Her sex gripped the invading flesh as carnal hunger drove her inhibitions into hiding. She threw her head back, rotating her hips to make sure she captured every inch of that delicious cock.
Tore kept a firm grasp on her hips as he worked his shaft in and out, his heavy muscles gleaming with a thin coating of sweat. His eyes glowed a molten blue, and Kat could smell his warm male scent tempered with a hint of musk. She spread her thighs, opening herself wider to accommodate all of him.
“Goddess, you’re tight.” He dipped his head to nip one turgid nipple.
“And you’re huge.” She gasped as he rotated his hips and sparks of desire flared across her sensitive skin.
A dark grin flashed across his face and he started to drive into her with long lustful strokes. She writhed and whimpered, lifting her hips to meet him thrust for thrust. She could feel another orgasm starting to gather, liquid heat rolling from her breasts, to her thighs, her belly, before roaring through her sex.
She opened her mouth and screamed out his name as hundreds of sparkling lights exploded behind her eyelids. Tore plunged into her one last time, burying himself balls-deep, and she could feel his hot seed spurting inside her as wave after wave of intense pleasure roared through her.
They floated in the zero-G tube for a long while, wrapped around each other while tiny aftershocks rippled through their bodies. Surrounded by the warmth of Tore’s arms, Kat relaxed, letting her head rest in the hollow of his shoulder.
She could feel the energy gathering around her, seeping into her and strengthening her for the ordeal that lay ahead. Abbie needed her, would be counting on her to find her and save her from whatever horrible fate those damned reptiles had in mind. But first, Kat needed to rest and let her body assimilate the energy produced by her mind-boggling coupling with Tore.
She ran her palm down the hard flesh of his arm, feeling the scars that marked him. Were they a byproduct of his days in the research facility? Or something else? Whatever secrets lurked behind those brilliant blue eyes of his, Kat knew deep down in her gut that he’d do everything in his power to help her rescue her sister.
She breathed in the scent of his warm male body, and a contented sigh escaped her as she slipped away into a dreamy future where a brawny blue-eyed pirate took care of her every carnal need.
* * *
“You want me to wear that?” Kat stared at the straps of soft leather hanging from Tore’s hand. How had she ever thought him one of the good guys? “Are you insane?”
Tore just stood there, his expression implacable. “If you want to go down to the surface with me, this is the way it’s going to be.” He shook his hand and the ridiculous… thing… did a little jig.
“And if I refuse?”
He shrugged those massive shoulders of his. “You stay onboard ship. How badly do you want to save your sister?”
Kat took a step forward, eyeing up the offending article. “That’s not going to cover anything at all.”
Tore looked at her with a blank expression and then burst out laughing. “It goes over your suit! You thought I planned to parade you around a space station in nothing but a couple of straps of leather?”
Kat felt the color rising in her cheeks. That’s exactly what she’d thought. “That’s what you said,” she pointed out.
He tossed the offending item on the console and reached for her. “I thought you understood and were just balking at having to play at being my slave. I’m not sure my sanity would survive watching you parade nearly naked in front of a whole planet.”
She slipped out of his grasp, and crooked a smile up at him. “So explain to me how this works.” She picked up the harness and tried unsuccessfully to untangle the dangling straps.
Tore took the harness from her and deftly twisted the straps until they hung straight. “Hold your arms out straight from your sides.”
Kat did as he instructed, watching as he dropped the contraption over her head and adjusted the various buckles. “I feel like a Bali-dragon getting harnessed for a parade.” She tried to ignore the sparks that flew when the back of his hand brushed against her breast. Sheesh. You’d think she was the virgin. He only had to look at her, and moisture gathered in her pussy. “You’d better not be getting any ideas.”
“Oh, I’ve got lots of ideas.” He waggled his brows at her in an exaggerated leer. “Want to hear some of them?”
“No.” She gave him her best don’t mess with me look. “I’m sure they’re very wicked.”
“Oh, very,” he assured her.
He checked the tension on the shoulder straps, and his expression sobered. “The people on this planet can be dangerous. Some of them are wanted by the Intergalactic Council. Probably most of them. You have to promise me that you’ll do everything I tell you to. Immediately. No exceptions.”
Kat nodded, worrying her bottom lip with her teeth. She’d do whatever she had to, to help her sister. She still hadn’t managed to connect with Abbie, had barely been able to sense her presence since the abduction. She’d always taken their connection for granted, and its absence left an aching hole in her heart.
* * *
Tore clipped a soft leather lead to the belt around Kat’s waist, wrapping the excess around his hand. “This really is the safest way to get you in there. Most creatures will think twice about challenging me, even for a tasty morsel like you. So long as they believe I own you, you’re relatively safe.”
Kat raised her brow, a wry smile on her luscious lips. “Uh huh. I believe you, but why do I get the feeling you’re enjoying thi
s?”
Tore grinned wickedly, reaching out a hand to stroke the outline of her breasts beneath her tight suit. “I wouldn’t be male if I didn’t enjoy the sight of you bound on the end of a lead.”
“Only because I allowed it.”
He noticed she didn’t flinch from his hand. “You might learn to enjoy it.”
She snorted. “I doubt that.”
He stared pointedly at the sharp outline of her peaked nipples, enjoying the color that flushed her high cheekbones as she followed his gaze. She lowered her eyes, and he chuckled. She had a lot to learn about the relationship between men and women, he thought, and he’d enjoy teaching her.
He sobered as he considered the task before them. He still hadn’t decided whether to try to free her sister and make a run for safety, or simply buy her when she appeared on the block. Sometimes the simplest plan was the best. A lot depended on what they found on the surface.
“All set?” He reached out to adjust the top of her suit, allowing the creamy tops of her breasts to peek out. She nodded, and he could read the worry in her eyes. “Just stick with me, and remember to act like a slave.”
“I’ll try, but I don’t know how a slave acts,” she pointed out. “We don’t have any on my planet.”
“Simply, really. Just keep your mouth shut, and follow my orders.” He tilted her chin up and took her mouth in a hard kiss. He’d promised to save her sister. He hoped he could keep that promise.
Chapter Five
They made it through the port docking facility without incident. The guard greeted Tore by name and flicked a disinterested look at Kat. “Good to have you return to us. Your regular berth is available should you wish to stay portside.”
“I thank you for your service.” Tore bowed formally, and tugged on the lead, herding Kat through the portal and into the main facility area.
Huge crowds of both humans and aliens filled the main corridor, and he watched Kat stare in amazement at the many different species milling about. A giant creature that would resemble an Old Earth teddy bear if not for those blood-red eyes turned to look at Kat before he addressed Tore in a guttural tongue.
