Bay's Mercenary [Unearthly World Book 1] (14 page)

“The
Tonan
rogues are being sought as highly as the females—for
destruction. There are those who have been tempered with the mating of human
females, others are vicious killers made crueler by what they believe is their
species’ betrayal. When my leader, Cobra, finds out what the
Tonan
did to you, he will be disposed of. We would not imprison
him forever.

“Have I mentioned
we have healing waters? My people can give you immortality.”

Bay half smiled
and wrapped her arm around Zane who drew her closer. “Living forever without
Zane isn’t living at all.”

“He is a lucky
warrior,” the
Castian
said.

The meeting was
over. Zane led Bay from the room; they were on Titus’s vessel. Both watched
from a portal as the black
Castian
bird of prey left
the area. Bay watched it power up and it disappeared almost immediately. The
sight was breathtaking and awe inspiring.

“It’s over,” Bay
said with a sigh of relief.

“Yes,” Zane
answered.

“Good.” Bay wobbled
as she stood before him.
“Zane?”

“Yes?”

“Catch me.” The
darkness Bay had been fighting took hold of her.

Bay woke feeling
lightheaded. Zane was striding through the corridors of the vessel holding her
in his arms, pressed to his chest. Every male
Zargonnii
they passed grew to a great height, scaring Bay further.
What the hell just happened?
She remembered feeling faint. She
remembered Zane catching her in his arms. Hot on Zane’s heels was Titus.

“Put her on here.”
It was Finn’s voice.

Zane settled Bay onto
a hard high table. She tried to sit up but Finn pushed her back gently. “What’s
wrong?” Bay asked.

“You are ill,”
Finn said.

“No, I feel fine
now; I was just a bit dizzy.”

“Females don’t
just faint,” Finn insisted.

“How would you
know?” Bay asked. It was a valid question, she wasn’t being rude and she could
see Finn didn’t take offence.

“I treated a
female
Zargonnii
for a month before she died, there
were times she felt faint. It was devastating, her death. The loss of the babe
was overwhelming. I won’t lose you too,” Finn sounded so agitated Bay placed
her hand on his.

“I’m not dying. I
wasn’t in a battle with a
cyron
; I’m not wounded,
just emotionally exhausted. It happens to Earth females, really I’m fine, just
embarrassed,” Bay said trying to put all three males in the room at ease.

“You can’t let her
die,” Titus insisted. “Many of our warriors want to go in search of Earth
females, but if Bay dies the
Castians
will think we
can’t take care of them and there will be war.”

“I’m not dying,”
Bay insisted.

“You can’t let her
die,” Zane said just as frantically. “We mate together; we have
made
our love.”

“For heaven’s
sake,” Bay said in exasperation. “I just need some water. This last month and a
half could try the nerves of a saint. Not to mention the time I spent hiding on
Ulsy
. I’m surprised I’m not in a straightjacket.”

Finn was feeling
her body all over to the point Bay
blushed
a deep red.

“She’s turning
color,” Titus bellowed. “Do something; she must be burning on the inside.”

“I’m not burning,
I’m blushing. Will you cut that out? Darn you, Finn. Ouch, Finn, for heaven’s
sake, get your hands off my boobs,” Bay yelled. “They hurt.” Bay shrugged his
wandering hands off and wrapped a protective arm around her tits.

Finn stilled. “The
female
Zargonnii
breasts had grown as her time
approached and they hurt to be touched.”

“What are you
saying?” Bay asked.

“When was your
last blood time?”

Bay sat stumped.
When was her last period?
Oh my God.

“You mean Zane and
I
are
really
that compatible?” Bay was incredulous. She never thought for a second she could
have a child with Zane, they were so different.

“What is it?” Zane
and Titus asked.

“I think Bay is
pregnant,” Finn said.

“But she can’t
stay in the woman’s domain,” Zane looked thunderstruck. “How would we get her
there? She’s too small. What do we do?”

“Well, why can’t I
stay with you?” Bay asked.

“Because…because…”
Zane looked at Titus, who shrugged.

There was no
reason she had to leave. Bay could see from the looks on their faces they were
at a loss. Bay was feeling her own concern.

“Finn, if you are
going to treat human females, you better learn now. I can’t go to the woman’s
domain and I can’t give birth alone.”

“Bay is right. If
we are going to find more Earth females they will be our responsibility.
Otherwise we will need to turn every one of them over to the
Castians
when we find them, starting with Bay,” Titus said.

Zane took a deep
breath. “I’ll deliver this babe myself if I need to. Bay chose me over the
Castian
; I won’t give her up.”

“Then take her to
your quarters and see she gets a lot of rest,” Finn suggested. He turned to
Titus. “I think it’s time your mercenaries did some trading. We need to trade
for information on female humans. And we need to do it now.”

Titus agreed.

* * * *

Bay lay looking
out the ship portal window in Zane’s cabin. The blackness was hypnotizing in an
odd way. Bay remembered staring out the shuttle window for hours on her way to
Ulsy
, wondering what her new life would be like. This
wasn’t exactly what she pictured. If someone had told
her
then she would be madly in love with a massive alien creature, she would have
laughed. Her hand lay across her tummy for a moment. She worried over what the
baby would be like. Would it grow huge inside her? When she had asked Zane, he
mentioned to her
Zargonnii
offspring get their ability
to enlarge from their mothers.

Bay would have
lots of time to ponder her dilemma.
Blu
was watching
Draven
at home and since the
Castian
had wanted to see Bay, Titus decided he could use Zane on this new mission.
They were exploring a trade opportunity with a new species, only the species
was having trouble with a race known as the
Gorgano
.
The
Gorgano
were said to be creatures of medium
height, little threat, but destructive to plant life.

Zane had
researched the area over the Holiday, but was unable to call up any information
on the new species. The
Zargonnii
leader had weighed
the pros and cons of having a female aboard their ship, but with the
Zargonnii
female’s cycle past, the risk was minimal. Now
that the warriors knew she was pregnant, they were more curious than anything.
No male
Zargonnii
had ever seen nor been close to an
expectant mother; it was a rare novelty.

Zane entered the
cabin and stripped before climbing into bed with her. He sighed and rolled over.
His hands tucked behind his head, he stared at the high ceiling.

“What’s wrong?”
Bay asked.

“Finn is unsure
how long you will carry. A
Zargonnii
female carries
the equivalent of twelve of your Earth months. It’s going to be very hard for
me to keep my hands off you for that long.”

Bay reached her
hand across his middle and stroked his thick cock, Zane groaned.

“Bay.”

“Earth females
carry for nine of our Earth months, give or take a week or two, and some are
not opposed to sex.”

Zane rolled over
and looked irritated. “We do not have sex, we
make
love. How can you not tell the difference when you are with
child? Our
making
love
made
a babe.”

“True,” Bay said
on a sigh; she couldn’t argue with his logic.

“Would it hurt the
baby if we made more love? Is there enough room in your belly for more?”

Bay blinked. “Hmm,
Zane I think I should explain a bit about the birds and bees.”

“I know what those
are, silly; other planets have bees and we have birds.”

Bay shuddered,
remembering the vulture-type things. “I mean, now that I’m pregnant, I won’t
get pregnant again until this baby is finished growing and can come out.”

Zane looked
interested and he was becoming aroused as Bay continued to stroke him. “So we
can
make
love and the baby will be
fine?”

“As
long as you can be gentle.”

“We won’t keep
making babies in there each time?”

Bay clenched her
teeth, trying to remember this was new to him. “Female humans don’t have
litters. Sometimes there is a multiple birth, but you can’t make any new ones
once the original conception has taken place.”

“Females are so
incredible.”

Zane cupped the
side of her face and pressed his lips to hers. Bay’s tongue invaded his mouth
and stroked leisurely at his. Zane’s other hand found a breast and squeezed carefully.
Bay groaned, feeling tender, but Zane had never been gentler. She could feel
his long shaft pressing at her middle and Bay had an idea. His erection was so
big and thick she knew even if not all was buried in her it would still be amazing.

Bay rolled over
and pressed her back to him, she drew her legs up so they were spooning. Zane
fumbled for a moment, but she reached behind her and guided him in the general
direction of her heat. Zane grunted as he shifted her bottom closer and inch by
slow inch, he entered her. Bay drew his hand to her front and Zane made a
careful examination of her clit with his large fingers. His other hand fondled
a breast. Bay gripped the sheet beneath her, he was no less large this way, and
with his arm wrapped around her in a bear hug he controlled his thrusts, moving
her up and down in a slow rhythm.

There was nothing
for Bay to do except clutch his forearm and hold tight. His growls and grunts
turned to the crooning sound she loved so much. The melody invaded her mind and
took hold of her thoughts; she was safe and warm. Not for the first time, Bay
wondered if the noise was hypnotic and meant to relax. It was the feeling of
having no choice—
wanting no choice
—except
to give her entire body into his safe keeping.

Zane tensed and
Bay felt his wetness explode into her, she climaxed almost the same time, and
Zane continued to rock against her. He seemed content with this position and
Bay determined to find many more possible ways to make love during the
pregnancy. Zane was so big his body wrapped around her like a blanket of steel.
His seed made her insides slippery and she made no protest when Zane pulled
from her, turned her onto her back a small way, flung her leg around his waist
and buried himself deeper.

Almost all of
Zane’s weight was supported on his hands and knees, but he was pressed close.
He rocked carefully against her and Bay cried out her release. His massive body
was a turn on, sometimes Bay felt wet just watching him move. His raw power was
an aphrodisiac. He removed his cock and pushed a finger up inside of her
experimenting. He watched her face and seemed pleased he could make her wiggle
and squirm. Bay came again and Zane plunged his shaft back in after removing
his finger.

“Fascinating,” Bay
heard in the semi-darkness of the room, and as she screamed in panic, the alarm
in the ship went off adding to her fear.

Zane was on his
feet in a heartbeat and the lights came on. Bay screamed and thought she would
faint when she saw the creature standing in the room with them. The
eight-foot-tall being was slim, sickly gray and completely bald. It was naked
and appeared to have no genitals. The neck of the creature was overlong, giving
it an extended height. Orange, bulging, rounded eyes stared at the both of
them. Its long tapered fingers tapped the air. Large webbed feet sported eight
toes on each. Bay grabbed up a blanket and wrapped it around her quivering
body. Zane yanked his pants on.

“What the hell are
you, and how the hell did you get in here and on this ship?” Zane was snarling
in his fury.

“You are a
Zargonnii
,
you can only fight physically, interesting and barbaric. You’ll be an
interesting specimen.” The creature was speaking
Zargonnii
,
but Bay also understood it in English as the words thundered into her mind. The
creature had no mouth and only a vertical slit where a nose might be. Two black
holes sat on his head, opening and closing; there were no ears. Its vacant eyes
seemed to settle onto Bay. “I have never seen this type of species. I will take
you back and study you. The rest of the
Gorgano
will
be pleased with my discovery.”

“No. Zane, don’t
let it take me away.”