Chapter 29

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

VYA

Having two new men staring at me while I wasn't wearing anything but Khorahn's weird necklace was giving me major anxiety. Mentally, but not exactly emotionally.

The big newcomer, who was sporting an obvious boner, watched me with a hungry intensity. He had an edge to him that made me nervous even though he looked a lot like Khorahn—big, buff, and with cute ears that swiveled on the sides of his head. His eyes had a darker blue center, making it easier to see he was looking right at me.

My gaze flicked to the man who was wearing nothing but a necklace like me. He wasn't sporting wood. But all the ornamental chain wrapped around his dick wasn't any more reassuring.

Had all the touching over the last few days with Khorahn been training? Like, hey, let's get Vya addicted to sex so she'll jump anyone.

"Please don't leave me here," I said, holding onto Khorahn.

He set his hand on my back, and I was in his arms a second later. I buried my face into his neck and held on like my life depended on it. And it did. If Khorahn left me, I doubted I'd survive whatever else fate wanted to throw at me.

He started walking. I didn't know where we were going, but I really hoped it was back to the ship. I heard doors open and the other two talking, but I didn't lift my head to look until Khorahn tried to set me down.

I looked around at the exam room. When he would have let go, I held onto his neck. He did that soothing thing where he stroked my arms, but I wasn't falling for it. My gaze flicked to the other two who were in the room with us.

"I want to go home, Khorahn," I said. "Please. I don't like it here."

The bigger one said something, and Khorahn sat on the exam table with me in his lap. He spoke in that low soothing growl as he moved my hair to the side. I watched the arm of the exam machine swing toward us as Khorahn coaxed my head onto his shoulder.

Panic and fear were trying to wrap around me until Khorahn brushed a finger over my nipple. That was all it took. One touch and my focus shifted from fear to needing him.

Thoroughly distracted, I barely noticed the end of the machine touching my skin just behind my ear. At the same time that it injected something, Khorahn pinched my nipple in the way I liked. The combination of pleasure and pain fried my brain for a second as I tried to decide if I was okay.

"The scent of her arousal is undeniably intoxicating," the necklace guy said. "Any male who smells that will want her. Even I'm tempted."

The bigger one laughed. "I've never heard you say that about a female before."

"I know. She truly is beautiful and unique, Khorahn."

I could understand them?

Whipping my head off Khorahn's shoulder, I looked at him in shock. He smoothed a hand over my arm, and his gaze held mine.

"You are safe, Vya. Mtinash is a friend, not a flesh trader. I will not leave you."

"I can understand you! Can you understand me?"

"Yes."

The tears of joy that should have fallen lingered on my lower lid as I stared at the man who'd saved me. The one who'd also brought me to a place where I could finally communicate with him.

"Thank you so much for finding me and saving me." The depth of my gratitude made my voice shake. "Thank you for taking care of me. For feeding me. For giving me these." I fingered the gems teasing over my breasts. "I am truly grateful for everything and know I have no right to ask for more, but…can you take me home? I'm from Earth. I don't know where that is, though."

He hugged me, smoothing a hand down my back.

"I know where your homeworld is, but there is much you need to know before I can do as you ask."

"Now that you have the translator, perhaps this conversation is better suited for a more comfortable location," Mtinash said.

I looked at him. "Translator?"

"The neuro-implant you just received," Mtinash said. "The highest quality with the most recent updates. Did it hurt much, my beauty?"

"Only a little," I said. Now that I could understand them, they didn't seem as threatening. I still wasn't a fan of all the focused attention, though.

My gaze shifted from him to the other guy. "I'm Vya. Why are we the only two not wearing clothes?"

"I am called S'doifu." He tilted his head at me. "Do all females from Earth cover their beauty?"

I considered what he was saying and looked at Khorahn. "Why are you covering your beauty but not mine?"

He grinned at me and stood with me in his arms. "Do you find me beautiful?"

"You are graced by the light for certain," S'doifu said.

I felt like I was only understanding half of the conversation. My stomach chose then to growl aggressively.

"My precious female, allow me to provide for you. My paradise has the best foods from all over the systems." Mtinash turned toward a smooth section of wall, and a door opened, just like on the ship.

Khorahn carried me from the exam room, and I caught the way S'doifu glanced at my dangling ass.

"Can I walk?" I asked.

"Are you certain?" Khorahn asked.

After my nod, he carefully set me down. It felt good to walk but somehow more exposing. So I pressed myself against Khorahn's side and wrapped an arm around his waist.

I had so many questions I wanted to ask but didn't think any of them would make sense. Such as the current date. Did they have the same calendar as we did on Earth? And where was Earth? Would I even understand if they tried to explain? It wasn't like they could say it was seven miles south of where we were. I was pretty sure outer space didn't have those kinds of directions.

So I settled for one that might make sense.

"How did you find me?"

"That is a story I would like to hear as well," Mtinash said. "Although, I think I have an idea. Narlin Four in the Prime Twelve system, right?"

"How did you know?" Khorahn asked.

"The Wsoau put a bounty on you. A lot of chit, my friend."

"Can someone explain what you're talking about?" I asked.

Khorahn's palm smoothed over my arm as we followed his friend.

"Narlin Four is a planet in a system called Prime Twelve. It's inhabited by the Wsoau, who mine mineral-rich soil that's in high demand. That's where I found you. Someone I was following landed there. I was granted permission to land to find him. While I was there, I heard them talking about an Oebri bathhouse.

"It's a place where a male can go for the chance of female companionship at a price. But not the price the Wsoau I spoke to mentioned. Much higher. More exclusive. And not something found on a rough mining planet.

"I was curious. So after I found my…friend, I went to look. I thought I would find bots providing baths. But when I saw you, damaged, wearing a shock collar, sitting in that rough shack they'd constructed—" Khorahn shook his head. "I couldn't leave you there."

I remembered the sounds of the boards breaking and the quiet. The memory of the fear I felt was there, but I didn't relive it. It was more like someone else's memory than my own.

"I dressed Vya in my friend's clothes and walked out with her over my shoulder. The Wsoau didn't suspect a thing."

Mtinash laughed. "They do now, my friend."

I hugged Khorahn even harder for the obvious risk he'd taken to save me.

Mtinash turned toward another blank-looking section of wall and pressed his hand to it. A door opened, and we were walking into that same enormous atrium with the beautiful sky.

The soft grass path tickled the bottoms of my feet as he led us through the trees and flowers. Birds chirped and chittered even though I couldn't see them. The path opened up to a clearing where the sunlight illuminated cushions and low tables.

"Please. Sit. Make yourself comfortable," Mtinash said.

Was it weird to sit my bare ass on a cushion? A little. But I was more focused on leaning against Khorahn than worrying about how I was sitting. Khorahn wrapped an arm around me so his fingers played with the jeweled disks brushing my stomach.

Another person appeared from the trees. With a smoothly scaled head and a long body adorned in chains like S'doifu and I wore, it was hard to tell if it was a male or a female. But something about the way the creature moved gave me an impression of knowing one's own sex appeal.

"Have you returned for more, Mtinash?" the creature asked.

"Oaiu, my treasure, this is Khorahn, my closest friend, and Vya."

The reptilian eased onto the cushion beside Mtinash and set their hand on Mtinash lap, right over his visibly hard cock.

"Welcome, sister," Oaiu said, looking at me as they stroked Mtinash through his pants.

Mtinash leaned back into the cushion to give Oaiu more access. The openness of what they were doing didn't seem to bother S'doifu or Khorahn. In fact, Khorahn's fingers drifted up to my nipple again, causing my core to clench as I watched them.

Oaiu sniffed.

"Are you here to breed with Mtinash?" Oaiu asked me.

I shook my head.

"It's a pity. He is a delicious pleasure mate." Oaiu's hand brushed over a lighter patch of cloth on Mtinash's pants, and I watched them melt away. I shouldn't have glanced down at what was exposed, but I did, curious if he was double-equipped like Khorahn.

Both were there, but the bottom one was almost purple and twice as long with a big knot in the middle. My mouth dropped open.

Mtinash smiled at me. "I have enough chit to provide for you and any young you produce for a lifetime."

"Um, I really just want to go home." I turned my face into Khorahn's chest.

"I believe you're making her uncomfortable, Oaiu," Khorahn said.

"As you can see, you interrupted us when you arrived. Mtinash's and my discomfort likely outweigh hers. I would like us to finish while we wait for food to arrive."

I heard a squelching noise and a long hiss. My imagination painted the details, and that ever-present neediness slowly crawled through my body.

A smart girl would have kept her face hidden. A smarter one wouldn't have been turned on by the obvious sex sounds happening. I wasn't smart. I was horny, and the way Khorahn's hand toyed with my throbbing nipple didn't help me maintain my fragile restraint.

Lifting my head, I looked at Mtinash and Oaiu.

Oaiu was on all fours on the cushion. He was on his knees behind… her, based on what I was seeing. Her tail was wrapped around his neck, and his face was turning purple as he savagely pounded both his cocks into her slit. She arched her back and let out a screech at the same time she did a violent, full-body shiver.

Mtinash tapped her back.

"Apologies," she panted, and her tail fell away from his throat. He wheezed in a few breaths as he more sedately thrust into her.