Pleasure Bound - Complete (29 page)

Jacey sighed with relief. The worst was finally over.

Ben had been unconscious for three days. The only reason he was still alive was due to the quick thinking of the young Queens-in-training who’d been nearby and had heard Jacey’s screams for help. Thankfully, Jasmine, her good friend with the High Five, had been leading the group. The women had worked quickly under the instruction of Jasmine. They’d cauterized Ben’s wounds while she’d watched, a helpless nervous wreck. Then a litter had been quickly constructed and Ben and she had been whisked to Jasmine’s private cave.

Upon Jacey’s desperate pleas that the young women remain silent about the male and herself, Jasmine had reluctantly sworn the trio of Queens-in-training to remain silent about their unexpected adventure.

Jacey had promised her friend she had a good reason, and by the way Jasmine’s smile was quickly disintegrating as she crouched beside Jacey, she knew it was time to tell the High Five Queen the truth.

Despite Jacey’s distress, just looking at her friend’s familiar shoulder-length red hair and her kind gray eyes made Jacey comfortable with the idea Ben and she were safe, for now.

“What distresses you so, Jacey?” Jasmine asked.

“Nothing,” Jacey lied. Suddenly she wasn’t sure she was ready to tell Jasmine the truth.

“You’ve barely eaten for three days. You don’t speak. All you do is sit beside the male. Perhaps it is best if I send him away?”

“No! You promised to keep him here. You promised him safety.”

High Queen Jasmine’s eyes widened with surprise at Jacey’s outburst.

“What has happened, Jacey? Why such concern for a male?”

“If I tell you, you must promise me you cannot repeat a word. It is my right as a Queen to ask you of this, is it not?”

“My silence is guaranteed, Jacey.”

“No matter what?”

“Yes, of course. Not only because I am a High Queen and you are a Queen, but because you are my friend.” Jasmine patted Jacey’s hand gently. “Now, what is troubling you so?”

Jacey inhaled on a sigh. Where could she start? What should she say?

“Does this have to do with the injured male?”

Reluctantly Jacey nodded.

“I thought so. I’ve seen the look before.”

“What look?”

“The look of a woman torn. Something about him is tearing you apart. What is it?”

“The male slave and I have traveled a few days together.”

“Highly illegal for a Queen and a male to be alone together, but you must have a good reason. I know you do. You aren’t one to do things without thinking things through first. That is why you were groomed for Queen status and why I hope that one day you will take my place as High Queen.”

“You think too highly of me, Jasmine.” Honor and extreme guilt zipped through Jacey that Jasmine would consider supporting her for her position when it was time for Jasmine to be killed.

A tinge of a smile lifted the High Queen’s lips. “Perhaps you don’t think highly enough of yourself?”

Jacey gave a strangled laugh. “That’s not it.”

“Ah, we’re back to the slave.”

“As I said, we traveled together for several days. We grew close.”

“He didn’t touch you, did he?”

Jacey couldn’t answer, but the tears streaming down her face made Jasmine’s shoulders sag in defeat, her face paled.

“What did he do?”

“He didn’t do anything I didn’t want done.”

“That’s not an answer.”

“It is my answer, Jasmine. I care for him.”

Jasmine’s sharp inhalation made Jacey laugh.

“I do believe all the years I’ve known you, I’ve never seen you shocked.”

“Well, you’ve certainly succeeded. Please, do continue,” Jasmine said with a frown.

“When I saw him lying on the ground, his life blood pouring from his wounds. I felt a piece of me die inside. I knew instinctively if he died, I would too.”

High Queen Jasmine didn’t say a word. Her face was furrowed with concern, but there wasn’t any judgment in her eyes. It encouraged Jacey to continue.

“He rushed in front of the panther and he saved my life, without any thought for his own safety. I think I love him.”

“Love, a forbidden word.” Jasmine spat with disgust. “A word once used by males to dominate females. To brainwash women into caring for them. To brainwash women into doing anything males want to do to them.”

“No, that’s not the true meaning, Jasmine. Love is beautiful. It means you care deeply for someone. It means you can’t stop thinking about him. You want to touch him all the time. You can’t wait to hear him speak or sing or dance with you. You worship the way he looks at you, with so much caring, it hurts inside. But it’s a beautiful hurt.”

“He has taken your heart, Jacey.”

“Yes, he’s taken my heart. I want to be with him but I feel obligated to my people. Obligated to be punished by my crimes.”

“If anyone finds out you were penetrated, you will lose everything, Jacey. He is a toxic secret to keep. But as I agreed, I will keep this secret.”

“I’m afraid it goes much deeper than that.”

“How so?”

“The Breeders know.”

“How is this possible? Were you not discreet?” she screeched.

“He…penetrated me in one of the Breeder’s stalls, after they captured me. One of the guards watched. On more than one occasion, I’m sure.”

“More than once…Jacey, but why? Why did you venture away from your hub? You know how dangerous it is for a Queen to be near another Queen’s territory.”

“My reasons for leaving are purely personal. The fact is The Breeders caught me. Tied me down. He came in and we…he made love to me.”

Jasmine covered her mouth to prevent herself from crying out.

“Shocked again?”

“I fear for you, Jacey. Oh, how I fear for you.” Jasmine bit her knuckles with worry and Jacey felt her stomach plummet with uneasiness.

Jasmine continued. “There is only one choice left. You must leave with the male. As soon as possible. You can never go back to your hub. You have lost the respect of your people.”

“And what about you? Have I lost your respect?”

Queen Jasmine hesitated a heartbeat too long, giving Jacey her answer.

“Above all else, I am your friend, Jacey. I will keep your secrets buried deep in my heart. Now we must make preparations. The instant the male is well you must leave the sanctity of my home.”

Jacey nodded. “I understand.”

It didn’t mean she had to like being thrown out, but she understood the consequences of what would happen to Jasmine if they were discovered here. After all, once The Breeders spread the word, Ben and she would be outlaws.

* * * * *

“Welcome back,” Jacey whispered into Ben’s ear.

At the sound of her tender voice his eyes popped open and he stared up at her. Worry marred her features.

“What happened?” he asked.

“You jumped in front of a hungry panther, remember?”

To her surprise, he chuckled. Then grimaced, both his hands clutching the white bandages swaddling his chest.

“Hurt?”

“Damn right it does.”

“Good.”

His eyes widened with shock. “What’s so good about it?”

“It’ll teach you to never do that again.”

“Don’t be so sure I won’t, my Queen,” his voice was thick with emotion, the sound clutching at her heart.

“You would do it again?”

“Within a heartbeat.”

Jacey shook her head in disbelief and feathered her fingers over his forehead making double sure it wasn’t a renewed fever talking.

He was cool and totally coherent.

“Where are we anyway?” he said as he looked around at the craggy walls of the cave room he’d been stashed inside.

“We’re in the accommodations of one of the High Five, High Queen Jasmine.”

Ben visibly tensed at the news.

“We’re captive again?”

“She’s the friend I was telling you about. She’ll keep silent about us for as long as she can.”

“Then we’d better hightail it out of here, before she changes her mind.” He made a move to get up but groaned and slumped back onto the rough cot Jasmine had reluctantly supplied when Jacey had insisted he have one. Male slaves were required to sleep on the bare ground, despite their condition.

“I think I need a hand up,” he groaned.

Jacey smiled at his words, her gaze flying to his flaccid penis.

She licked her lips at a most delightful thought.

“I think you need more than a hand, Ben Hero.”

He gasped out loud as both her hands slid under his heavy penis and she clasped his hot flesh.

“What are you doing?” he hissed in apparent shock.

Despite his protest, Jacey could feel his rod thickening, pulsing to attention at her touch.

“I’ve missed you, Ben Hero. I want to welcome you back. Since the rest of your body isn’t well enough to appreciate my sentiments, I’ll concentrate on another delicious looking part.”

“Are you sure this is the right time?” he gulped.

His Adam’s apple bobbed wildly. His eyes darted to the entrance. “There isn’t even a door. Someone might come in.”

“Let them,” she teased.

He blinked in stunned fascination.

Jacey couldn’t help but laugh.

“You don’t have any choice but to submit. I am the Queen and you are completely at my mercy.”

To prove her point, Jacey leaned over and with the tip of her tongue she licked the entire huge length of his silk-encased shaft.

His cock’s flesh tasted yummy and stuck straight up like a tree by the time she reached the bulging tip.

When she lifted her head, she saw him biting his lower lip as he stifled a groan. His eyes were scrunched closed from sheer pleasure.

All this excitement from him and with only one stroke of her tongue. Amazing. The last time she’d sucked his cock, she’d been blindfolded, unable to see the desire on his face.

Suddenly, she was desperate to have her lips circling his cock. And to have his thickness inside her mouth while she looked up into his face to see what kinds of pleasures she could create. She wanted to see his eyes glaze over with arousal. Wanted to feel his hot shaft pulse against her tongue. She wanted to taste his cum. Wanted his hot semen shooting deep into her throat.

“I’ve been dying to devour your rod since I first saw you.”

“All you had to do was ask, baby,” he breathed.

A sharp inhalation from the entrance, made both Ben and Jacey turn around to find High Queen Jasmine standing there.

Her eyes were wide with shock. No one had to tell Jacey she’d heard Ben Hero speaking.

Chapter Twelve

“But this isn’t possible. Males cannot be domesticated.” Jasmine sputtered a few minutes later after Jacey had quickly ushered her from Ben’s room, urging him to remain calm and to get some rest.

“They can only be taught a few simple lessons,” she continued, “Just basic commands. You saw what happened with the Slave Uprising when they are taught more. Needless to say, you’ve seen some of the Forbidden Pictures during your Queen training. You know what males are capable of. The torture they inflict upon females.”

Jacey nodded as she remembered the pictures shown only to those who become Queen.

“And the High Five have discovered more films in the archives. I believe I should show you these new moving pictures preserved by our ancestors to remind you of what they endured at the hands of the males. Come, we will go to the High Five Plex and I will show you why you should not trust this talking male.”

Now was not the time to argue with Jasmine. It was in Ben’s best interest to keep him here resting for as long as she possibly could. If that meant doing what Jasmine asked, so be it.

“Will the male be safe here?” Jacey asked.

“There is no reason for anyone to come into my cave without my permission. I will lock the main door as we leave.”

Jacey nodded and breathed a sigh of relief when Jasmine led her outside, locking the door behind her.

Thousands of stars sparkled brightly overhead in the inky night sky. Neither said a word as they moved silently up the narrow trail that ascended steeply.

Fifteen minutes later, Jasmine led Jacey into the opening of another cave. It was cool inside, cooler than Jasmine’s cave.

About ten paces inside the opening a wall of rock stopped them. Lifting a key from the chain of keys she wore around her neck, Jasmine slid it into a nearby slot on the wall.

The rock in front of them disintegrated without a sound.

Jacey’s mouth dropped open in surprise.

“I told you that the High Five know more than the Queens.” Jasmine smiled shakily. “Come inside quickly.”

Jacey followed her inside and watched as the rock wall suddenly re-appeared behind them.