Of Blood and Angels (The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 3) (19 page)

Instead of handing me the towel, he put
his warm hands on my breasts.  The pressure abated as the flood gates opened.

“You must have worked on a dairy farm in
your previous life,” I joked unsuccessfully.  “Too bad you didn’t bring a
bucket.”

He held the towel to my chest and then
knelt down in front of me.

“May I?” he said.

“May you what?”  He put his mouth on my
breast, pulling me tight against him. 

“What does it taste like?”

“Watery shit,” he replied and healed my
sore, chapped nipples with his tongue.  He put his hand on my abdomen and the
cramping eased.

“You’re a hell of a doctor,” I sighed.

“Go to sleep now.  You must stay in bed
for a few more days.  Let your servants wait on you.”

“Ok.”  I nodded, feeling a wave of fatigue
wash over me.  I thought I could sleep now that my aches and pains had subsided
and my breasts had shrunk to a normal size for a while.  “What about you?  You
look on the verge of collapse.”  I put my hand in his messy, long hair and
stroked his beard with my other hand.

“I don’t have time,” he replied and
started to rise to his feet.

“Senya, what about your migraine?  Don’t
you want me to give you a massage?”

“No.  It won’t help.”

Kinar’s voice erupted in the room.  “Sir,
I’ve got Lord Dickon and Lord Berkan on the line.  Do you wish to speak with
them?”

“Yes, Kinar,” Senya replied and the vid
lit up with the lord’s faces. 

Quickly, I pulled my stinky t-shirt back
on.  Senya switched to his lilting Mishnese and I had a difficult time
following the conversation.  Senya’s accent was different from Luci’s and
Berkan’s or even Kinar’s for that matter and it took some getting used to.  The
conversation was not relevant to me anyway, I supposed, so I tiptoed out the
door.

“Goodnight, Madame,” Kinar called as I
left the office. 

“Goodnight Kinar,” I replied and made my
way back upstairs to bed.  I climbed in and fell blissfully and soundly asleep
until Tilia with an impatient and hungry Steven woke me a few hours later.

Chapter 17

Berkan

“Wow,” Leesa said.  “It's beautiful.”

“It is,” I agreed.  “Although large
portions of the planet are still suffering the ravages of nuclear winter.”

“You can't tell here.”  She whistled through
her teeth.   “It is a tropical paradise.  Hard to believe that this is where we
all came from.”

The limo touched down to the drive and
then the garage panel slid open.  We descended into the cool, shady recesses of
the parking area beneath the house.  Next to the lift was Senya's black Porsche
and beside that, Katie's white Lexus.  The rest of the garage was filled with
staff cars and another limo like this one bearing the SdK Rozari logo.

“So we're going to stay in their house?”
Leesa asked as we debarked the car and walked toward the far bank of lifts. 
“Not out at the campus in Kalika-hahr?”

“We will stay in the staff buildings,” I
replied.  “Luci and I have a flat here that I regularly use.  I prefer it to
the Kalika-hahr campus.  I thought it might be a treat for you to stay here for
a few days.” 

Adjacent to the main house now were two
more buildings of staff and guest apartments.  The top floor of the first
building, which had views of the bay or the jungle, were reserved for senior
staff or nobility, of which I was both.  Luci had lived here during her lying
in time with Katie, before the Makani ran off to space.  Leesa had been given a
flat on the second floor of the second building.  She made a face when the
butler guided her away. 

“I'll meet you in half an hour in the
Korelesk Conference Room,” I called after her.  “Second floor, this building.” 
I liked this conference room in particular.  It had my portrait on the wall
being that I was the Earl of Korelesk.

“Ok,” she pouted.  Her bottom wiggled as she
walked away in those tall heels. 

I wondered how she managed to stay atop
them and not topple over with each step.  Her breasts bounced beneath her filmy
blouse.  She was a smart woman, she knew finance, she understood money, but
today she was dressed like an expensive whore.  I wondered if it was me whom
she was seeking to entice.  Despite myself, her wiggling and flouncing aroused
me.  I quickly stepped into my apartment and took off my suit coat.  It had
been a long time and I had no reason to be ashamed.  I told myself this as I
took a quick shower.  The shower stall was encased in marble, the spigot and
handles, solid gold.  The apartments here were as beautiful as any in the
Palace.  The water was cool and the soap was lavender from Mishnah stamped with
the Eagle Crest.

Petya was nearly four months old now and
Marik, five years.  Luci was tired all the time and had lost none of her
pregnancy weight.  She had no desire for me and blamed it on breastfeeding
Petya.  Was it so wrong for me to desire Leesa?  I was an Earl now.  Surely I
was entitled to take pleasure in a woman if I so wanted.  Yet Senya had a very
specific rule against consorting with employees.  Even as an Earl, this line I
could not cross.  Luci was my devoted wife and I did love her, I reminded
myself.  I must be patient and wait for her.  I turned the shower water colder
still.

Chapter 18

Leesa

Meetings, meetings, meetings.  All we had
were endless meetings with all our associates in the Rozarian company.  All day
long, we discussed transferring these funds this way and selling those products
back and forth to each other that way. 

Dutifully, I followed the conversation and
answered the questions and determined our transfer pricing and tax effects with
my counterpart, a dull, geeky Rozarian fellow with ears too big, a beaky nose
and eyes that could not lift themselves higher than my chin. 

At least someone was appreciating my boobs,
even if it was only that zero.  Oh, I caught Lord Berkan, as we now were
instructed to call him, glancing down my blouse every so often too.  His
exhausted wife tending to two babies had no time for him anymore.  I could tell
he wanted me but wouldn’t give in to temptation.  His wife would probably bite
off his head if he did.  Lady Berkan was undoubtedly an orange haired Praying
Mantis.  I didn’t care.  I was not after him anyway.  I had bigger plans. 
Someone else was dealing with an exhausted, post-partum wife and a cock that
hadn’t gotten any attention in a while.  This was why I had insisted that I
needed to be present at this meeting.  This was why I had insisted the meetings
take place on Rozari. 

After more than four years of working for
SdK, the last one as the CFO, I had only been in the same room with him once
and that was with a room full of other people too. 

Sure, I rang him, left him purely
professional voicemail updates, emailed him and texted him.  I never got a
response beyond ‘thank you’.  I tried to chat.  I tried to be friendly. 
Nothing.  Now was my opportunity and I was going to take full advantage of it.

I went and found where his office was
while Lord Berkan was taking a nap. 

“Can I help you, Miss?” the secretary
asked.  His name plate said,
Kinar
, and his eyes couldn’t lift
themselves above my chest too.  I almost laughed.

“I'm Leesa,” I said professionally.  “CFO
of the Rehnorian company.  Is he in?”  I pointed at the closed door of the back
office and nodded.  I showed Kinar my attaché with a stack of files that
required the Big Man’s attention.  Then, I curled a loose wisp of my long chestnut
hair suggestively behind my ear and raised my eyebrows at Kinar.

“Sorry, Leesa,” Kinar replied.  “I don't
have you in the calendar.”

“Oh, I'm sure I'm not,” I said and leaned
forward on Kinar's desk so he could get a better view of my assets.  “But I've
got some really important issues that I need to discuss with him.”

Kinar cleared his throat.  His face turned
bright red.

“Again, I'm terribly sorry, Leesa,” he
said.  “I have no appointment time available for you.  Perhaps Lord Berkan will
be able to..uh, resolve your issues?”

“Could you make time for me, Kinar?” I
asked coyly, coming around behind him and running my hand along his arm and up
to his shoulder.  “I really only need a few tiny minutes.  I'll be so grateful
if you do.”  I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned forward so he could
feel my boobs against the back of his head.

“Really, Miss Leesa.”  His voice climbed
octaves higher.  “I can't.  I'm terribly sorry.”  A huge slightly blue tinged
guy came in from the hallway.  “Fruph?  Could you please escort Miss Leesa back
to her flat in Staff Building Two?”

“Fuck you,” I said to Kinar and flipped
him off.  “I can find the way myself.”

Chapter 19

Berkan

We had been in Takira-hahr for five days
now and it had been a vacation for me.  Granted I had to work every day in
endless meetings with Thad and the Rozarian company leadership team, but I had
slept soundly at night.  Not once was I awakened by a crying baby or a crying
Luci.  What a pleasure and what guilt I had for feeling such pleasure. 

Leesa was acting strange though.  She
continued to dress like a whore.  Her attention was lacking and her attitude
toward everyone, even the very likeable Thad, was defiant.  Our final meeting
had ended and Thad and I were walking back to the main house.

“What's gotten into her?” he asked.

“I don't know.”

“You may have to get rid of her,” Thad
replied.  “I'm not sure she's the right image for that role in this company.”

“She's very bright,” I said.

“Well, she's not acting like it,” Thad
muttered.  “Or dressing like it.” 

We entered Kinar's office.  He smiled
broadly at us.

“I'm so glad it's you guys,” he said.  “I
was afraid it was that witch you brought from New Mishnah again.”

“Leesa?” I asked.

“Yes,” he sighed.  “She's desperate to get
in with him.”  Kinar nodded toward the inner office.  “He's not even here but
she keeps trying.  Three times now, I've had to call Fruph in to walk her out.”

Thad started to laugh.  “Oh ho, that
explains it.”

“It does, doesn't it?” I remarked.  “She
obviously doesn't know he's blind.”

“He is?” Thad said.  “Oh wait, I knew
that.”

“Kinar, does he still have us in for late
tonight?”

“Indeed, Lord Berkan,” Kinar replied,
pulling up the calendar.  “He's scheduled to return from Engineering at 7PM,
then in a telecon with Lord Dickon until 8PM, and then with you two after
that.  He asked me to order in some food and beer for you all as well.”

“Awesome!” Thad cried and clapped me on
the back.  “Lions - Ravens pre-season game.  Make sure we get some hot wings,
pizza and those awesome little egg rolls you got for us the last time Berkie
here was in town.  You loved them, right buddy?”

“I did,” I agreed.

“I'm going home to placate the wife for a
few minutes, but I'll be back around 8PM.” 

He clapped me on the back again and left
me with an aching back.

“Do you want to be in on the call with
Lord Dickon, sir?” Kinar asked.

“No,” I replied.  “I'd really rather take
a bit of nap instead.”

I woke up at 7:30PM after being dead to
the world for nearly three hours.  Quickly, I dressed, but casually, and then
took the skybridge back to the main house.  I was about to enter Kinar's office
when I saw Katie strolling towards me.  In her arms, she carried Shika, who was
now about four weeks.

“Hello Berkan,” she said.  “I didn't
realize you were in town.”

“Madame,” I replied and bowed from the
waist.

Katie looked good.  She had lost all her
pregnancy weight and I found myself admiring the view of her strong legs
beneath the short pants she was wearing.  Her breasts were full and quite
fetching beneath a t-shirt with a picture of an Allied Starship called the S/S
Discovery.  When she turned from me for a moment, I saw on the back, there were
printed the words
Cap'n Katie
.  Her hair was bright gold, bleached by
the Rozarian sun, and her eyes were as blue and vivid as before, although there
was a hint of dark circles beneath them. 

“How are you feeling?” I asked and
silently chastised myself for taking such pleasure in observing my lord’s wife.

“Alright,” she shrugged.  “We have our
good days and bad days.”  She smiled down at the bundle in her arms.  His eyes
were closed and his long brown lashes lay gracefully on his pink cheeks.

“He is indeed a beautiful baby,” I said. 
“You know my son, Petya is only two months older.”

“I remember,” she smiled.  “Luci and Marik
came to stay with me for a few months.”

"Ah, right," I sighed and
recalled how Katie had run off right before she was due to return to Mishnah. 
Surprisingly to all of us, Senya was quite nonchalant when she did that.  Even
to King Yokaa, he refused to say where she had gone and neither did he make any
attempt to retrieve her.  His inaction effectively removed Prince Shika from
the succession.  I realized right then that this was probably Senya’s intention
all along.  "I apologize, Madame.  So much has happened since then, I
quite forgot about that."

“No worries, Berk,” she laughed.  "I
think we all want to forget that time.  Please, I am still just Katie to you. 
I really don’t like being called Madame."  She winked at me and then
turned and called to an Andorian servant, handing her the sleeping baby. 
"How is Luci feeling?  I really need to ring her sometime."

"She is tired, of course, but she
will be thrilled to speak with you, I am certain."

“Are you going to see Senya?” she said,
walking with me into Kinar's empty office.  Even Kinar was allowed to sleep
occasionally.

“Yes Madame, sorry, Katie.  We're going to
watch the football game.  Will you join us?”

“Maybe.”  She entered the security code to
the inner office. 

The door swung open to reveal Senya leaning
back in his chair with his bare feet up on his desk.  He had a cigarette in one
hand, a bottle of beer in the other and suspended above him on the vid was the
face of Lord Dickon.  The room was dark except for the light shining from the
vid and the glow of the moon as it reflected across the bay.  It was always a
bit unnerving to me to see only one moon, having spent my entire life on a
planet where two moons chased each other across the night sky.

“Oh, for heaven's sake,” Katie scolded
quietly as she entered the office and proceeded to turn on the lights.  “You're
such a pig!” 

She walked on tiptoes around the room,
picking up Senya's shoes, socks and a coat from the floor when her cell
buzzed.  Faintly, I heard a voice and the sound of a baby’s cry.

“I'll be right back,” she waved to me and
ran out the door.  A moment later, my own cell buzzed.

“Hey, Berk, can you come down to the
kitchen and help me carry up this stuff?” Thad asked.  “I told the staff we'd
take care of it.”

“Sure,” I replied and left Senya alone,
still conversing with Lord Dickon.  I did not think to shut or lock the door on
my way out.

Ten minutes later, as Thad and I returned,
armed with food trays and a case of beer, we nearly dropped everything upon
entering Senya's office.  There standing right in front of his desk, without a
stitch of clothing on, was Leesa.  Senya, who was not at the moment wearing his
glasses, was still deep in conversation with Lord Dickon.

“What the..?” Thad laughed.

“Leesa!” I snapped.

“Go away, you guys!”  She turned on me. 
“It's my turn now!” 

Thad and I were struck dumb.  She did have
magnificent breasts, a beautifully flat belly and only a tiny tuft of dark hair
to cover her womanhood.  I stared at her unabashedly and it did occur to me
that I was not the only one enjoying the sight before my eyes.  In the very
next moment though, Katie returned.

“What the ..?” she shrieked.

“Listen, Lord Dickon,” I heard Senya
interrupt Dickon's droning speech.  “I've got to ring off now.  Bit of a drama
going on in my office.  Will you ring Kinar tomorrow and schedule another time
for us to chat, yes?”

“Yes, yes of course, Your Royal Highness,”
Dickon stuttered as the vid went blank.

“Who the hell are you?” Katie demanded,
confronting Leesa. 

“I'm his mistress,” Leesa shouted back and
pointed at Senya.

“You're what?” I gasped.

Senya's silver eyes flew open as he raised
his hands innocently.  “Not mine,” he said.

“What the hell did she say?”  Katie turned
to me, looking for a translation.

“Uh,” I responded.

“Uh,” Thad said.

“Yes, I am,” Leesa declared.  “Tell her
who I am.  You owe me.” She leaned over Senya’s desk, her great breasts falling
forward like pendulums.  “I saved you and now you owe me.”

“What is she saying?” Katie practically
screamed.  “What did she say and what the hell is she doing standing here buck
naked?”

“I'm going to be your mistress,” Leesa
cried, running around the desk.  Instantly, Katie moved and Leesa tripped,
flying face down onto the plush oriental carpet.  She let out a squawk and
tried to rise but Katie planted a foot in the middle of her back and kept her
pinned to the floor.

“Who the hell is this woman and what the
hell is she doing here?”  Katie looked at each one of us.  Leesa struggled to
pull Katie's foot off her back but then Katie knelt and grabbed Leesa's
wrists.  “Somebody tell her to cut it out or I'm seriously going to hurt her.”

“Leesa,” I said as calmly as I could. 
“Don't fight the MaKani.”

"She doesn't deserve to be the
MaKani!" Leesa screeched.  "I do!"

"Don't fight, Leesa," Thad warned. 
"You can't win." 

Leesa, apparently taking Thad’s advice,
decided to go limp.  Katie waited for a moment and then released her.  She
walked around the desk to Senya.

"What the hell is this woman doing
naked in your office?" she demanded.

“I don't know,” Senya shrugged innocently
and raised his beer bottle.  “I was on the vid with Dickon.”

“She's naked!” Katie reiterated as Leesa
rose to her feet.

“I didn't know that,” Senya replied and
showed us his glasses sitting innocently on his desk, holding down a stack of
papers.

“Like hell you didn't,” Katie snapped. 

Just then Leesa roared and charged Katie
like a bull.  Katie was knocked off balance briefly but in a blink of an eye,
she whipped back around, leapt into the air and with her foot, knocked Leesa on
the side of her head.  Leesa fell backward and landed again on the floor. 
Katie pounced on her again.

“Listen, toots,” she growled.  “You get
your tight little ass out of here right now and I'll let you stay in one
piece.”

“This is more fun than the football game,”
Senya remarked, taking a swig from his bottle of beer.

“Girl on girl action,” Thad shrugged and
popped the top on his own bottle.

“Leesa, you need to leave,” I ordered as
Leesa stopped struggling and burst into tears.

“He doesn't belong to you,” she wept.  “He
belongs to all of us.”

“This again,” Senya sighed.

“Does she work for SdK?”  Katie still
pinning Leesa down, looked to me.

“Uh, yes,” I replied.

“Well, tell her she's fired!”  Katie
jumped up, releasing Leesa.  “Fruph!”  The big Andorian lumbered into the
office and raised his white eyebrows so high they almost disappeared.  “Get her
out of here and back to whatever rock she crawled out from under.”

“Confine her to her room tonight,” I added
to Fruph.  “Tomorrow we are going back to Mishnah.  Leesa, the MaKani says you
are fired.”

“No!” Leesa cried.  “No, please!  Sir? 
Your Royal Highness?”  She made a move toward Senya again but Fruph grabbed her
by the waist and carried her out.  “Lord Berkan!” she yelled.  “Please don’t
fire me, Lord Berkan!”  Her voice carried for some length down the hall.

“Where are those hot wings?” Thad asked
and started digging through the trays.

Katie turned on Senya.  “What do you have
to say for yourself?” she demanded.

“I'm innocent?” 

“The hell you are!”

“That's enough,” Senya snapped.  He got up
and headed over to the couch.  The vid clicked on and the football game came
into view.  It was nearly the end of the first quarter and the score was zero
zero. 

“I'm going to bed.”  Katie turned on heel
and left.  “Alone.  Again.  Enjoy your evening, gentlemen.”  She disappeared
for a moment into Kinar's office and then turning back around, she came in
again.  “Obviously, this game is far more important to you than talking to me. 
Obviously, watching this game with your posse is far more important than
spending any sort of time with me.  After all, what am I, just your milk cow,
here to feed your heir.”

“Katie,” Senya sighed. 

“Maybe we should leave,” I suggested. 
“Thad, would you like to watch the game in my suite?”

“This is better entertainment than the
game,” Thad chuckled dipping about twenty wings in a white sauce and stuffing
them into his mouth.  “Let's stay here.  Are you going to take out Ron now too,
Katie?”

“I'm tempted,” Katie growled and glared at
Senya.

“We can pause the game for a bit if you
two want to talk privately,” I suggested, getting to my feet.  “Come on, Thad,
let's take a walk.”