Pleasure Bound - Complete (31 page)

“And you want to know if the men on Earth are the same way.”

“Do you deny the males from your planet don’t behave that way?”

“Some do.”

Her sharp inhalation to his confession made him tighten his embrace on her hand.

“You aren’t denying your males do these horrid things?”

“There are all kinds of different people on our planet. Some are bad, but most are good.”

“And you will stay a good male, Ben Hero?”

“I would never hurt you, Jacey. Not intentionally.”

“But those things we did together, the different positions, the whipping, they are from the Evil Times.”

“What we did was fantasy, honey. There’s a big difference between reality and fantasy. As long as it is mutual, and we aren’t hurting anyone, we can do anything we want with each other.”

Her brow wrinkled with puzzlement and then understanding. “Anything we want?”

“Back on Earth we use safe words. Like we did in the cabin, remember?”

“How could I forget?” The sexy twinkle in Jacey’s eyes made Ben’s shaft harden.

“You think we can ditch the guide for a little while?” Ben whispered.

Jacey giggled. “Do you have something delicious in mind, Ben Hero?”

“Dangerously delicious.”

“And what would that be?”

“If I told you, my surprise would be gone, wouldn’t it?”

Ben took another peek up the trail. The guide was nowhere in sight. “You think the guide will come looking for us if we disappear?”

“I’m sure she’ll realize why we’ve snuck away.” Jacey giggled and then winked. “Besides, when she hears us, she’ll know.”

Grabbing Jacey’s hand, he led her off the trail through a thick stand of bushes. After a few minutes they erupted into a small clearing.

“Oh my!” Jacey exclaimed at the beauty of the meadow.

“Must be fate,” Ben chuckled as he took her into his arms. His masculine scent mingled with the flowery perfume of the meadow, making Jacey heady with happiness.

“I’ve never seen anything so pretty,” she said as she watched the fat white daisies and bright yellow buttercups bob their heads in the waist deep green grass.

“Neither have I.”

Her pulses skittered at the dark desire sparkling in his eyes. Instinctively she knew he wasn’t talking about the meadow.

“Do you really think I’m pretty?” She asked shyly.

“Beautiful. Absolutely breathtaking.”

Happiness swelled in her chest as his head lowered and he took her mouth in a heated kiss.

Chapter Thirteen

Ben didn’t know how long he lay there relaxing after their fantastic lovemaking. Cuddled in each other’s arms and Jacey fast asleep.

But it wasn’t long before he felt an angry prodding against his naked hip.

He figured it must be Jacey kicking his thigh in an attempt to tease him. So, without opening his eyes, he shooed her away with his hand. The prodding continued and grew harder making Ben believe the guide must have found them and was pissed off for getting ditched. Reluctantly he opened his eyes, fully ready to apologize for sneaking away, when he saw them.

Females.

Very naked females.

Standing around Jacey and him.

Shit!

“What have we here?” The dark haired woman who’d been prodding him looked somewhat familiar. But the rifle she held in her hand captured most of his attention. A weapon that looked strangely similar to a double-barrel, side-by-side shotgun his grandfather had once owned.

And this one looked just as deadly.

“Good afternoon, ladies,” Ben smiled.

The sudden inhalation of breaths made Ben instantly realize his mistake. Males weren’t supposed to know how to speak around these parts.

Double shit!

He’d blown his cover by his good manners.

“Queen Jacey and a talking man. How very interesting.”

Beside him, Jacey stirred.

Ben nudged her shoulder in an attempt to warn her about their new guests, when something painful slammed into the side of his temple, knocking him out cold.

* * * * *

Ben awoke in what appeared to be a jail cell devoid of anything. Not a bed. Not even a toilet.

He lay naked and alone on the chilly ground where they’d dumped him. Cold metal shackles were clamped over his wrists and legs with one-foot long chains connecting them.

Aside from a lovely headache pounding at his left temple and still feeling a little weak from the after-effects with the panther tussle, he seemed pretty much intact.

Staring at the craggy walls and rock ceiling, his stomach sank at the realization that obviously there was no way out of this place. Not unless he walked through the front door, but that was highly unlikely due to the thick rusty bars barring the way.

“Jacey!” He called out, wincing at the pain his shouting caused.

His voice echoed back to him.

Panic edged into his thoughts. Where the hell was she? Where had they taken her? What were they doing to her?

The woman who’d conked him over the head didn’t look the Breeder type. They’d worn nipple rings and clit rings similar to Jacey’s. Could they be her people? They wouldn’t harm her, would they?

Whoever they were they didn’t appear pleased to find Jacey and him together.

Hell, he needed to figure a way out of this cell, find Jacey and get out of here.

He tried to move, but the pain in his temple radiated throughout his head, stopping him cold.

Okay, so he wasn’t going anywhere fast. He had to think of a plan. And from the distinct sound of several approaching footsteps, he better think of one in a heck of a hurry.

Once again he tried to get his butt in gear. This time he fought off the pain enough to get himself into a seated position. With his naked back planted against the cold wall, he braced his feet firmly on the floor and awaited his fate.

Relief swept through him when Jacey, totally naked as he was and wearing shackles around her wrists and ankles, was pushed into the jail cell.

When she saw him, her eyes lit up. The sickening sound of chains rippled through the air as she hobbled to his side.

“Are you all right, Ben Hero?” she asked as she slumped down beside him. Her sweet scent sifted into his nostrils, automatically calming him.

“I am now,” he admitted.

“How touching.” The woman, clad in a plain green uniform, stood on the other side of the bars glowering at them.

Ben recognized her instantly. The bitch that had conked him over the head.

“Leave us, Cath.” Jacey said firmly.

“You can’t order me or anyone else around anymore, my Queen,” the woman named Cath smirked. “You aren’t in charge of this hub anymore. I am. Within hours I will be officially crowned the new Queen and you will be dead.” Cath laughed harshly and walked away from their cell.

“What is her problem anyway?” Ben asked, when her footsteps faded away.

“Never mind about her. How are you feeling?” She ran her fingertips along the side of his temple where he’d been hit. He winced at the combination pain and arousal, her delicate touch invoked.

“You’ve got a bump the size of a chicken egg, Ben Hero.”

“You keep rubbing my head like that, I’ll be having a bigger bump somewhere else.” He wasn’t joking either.

The warm scent of her and the feathery way her fingers ran through his hair was doing a sexy number on his own body, and remarkably making his headache disappear.

“They’ve injected you with a sex drug,” Jacey whispered against his ear. “Just like they did to me.”

“As if we need it,” Ben chuckled.

“This is not the time to start joking. We are in serious trouble.”

“Like in D-E-A-D trouble? What was with that anyways? And why give us sex drugs? Or do I want to ask?”

She didn’t answer. Her glazed eyes raked over his solid erection, making every other part of him awaken with desire.

“I think those sex drugs are kicking in quite nicely,” he whispered.

She blinked and shook her head.

“We should concentrate on something else.”

“Like?”

“Escaping or maybe figure out who set me up to be captured by The Breeders.”

“I think I can help you on who’s behind all of this.”

The cute way she tilted her head made her brown hair sparkle brilliantly in the dim light of the prison cell and all thoughts of explaining his theory disintegrated.

Her eyes grew fevered. Her nipples looked like two beautiful puckered rosebuds and the dainty way she stroked his injured temple with her soft fingertips and the way the chains between her shackles rattled throughout the silence only increased the volcanic charge zipping through his penis.

“Who do you think is behind it?” she asked.

Her lips were full. Sensually curved. Trembling.

Oh man, he wanted to kiss her so badly. Her intoxicating scent overwhelmed him and in an instant his lips melded with hers.

* * * * *

“What’s happening?” Ben anxiously whispered to Jacey as two strong women led both of them, still in their restraints, out of the drab prison into a sunlit yard.

“They’re going to kill us.” Jacey’s voice was calm, matter-of-fact. Apparently she’d accepted their fate. Unfortunately he wasn’t quite as accommodating.

Anger rose within him like a violent storm.

“Is this anyway to treat your Queen!” He shouted at the large group of females gathered in the prison yard.

The women, who’d been chattering with excitement amongst each other, all turned around at the sound of his voice.

Their eyes widened with fear. Mouths dropped open in disbelief. Others swayed with shock and yet others smiled lustily at his thick arousal.

Beside him, Jacey swore very un-Queen-like beneath her breath.

“She is your leader, isn’t she?” Ben continued, desperation clawing at his insides as they led him closer to an area where he spied four stakes in the ground with ropes tied to them. Nearby, half buried in a log, was a double-edged sharp looking axe. It didn’t take a genius to know what fate awaited him. “You’re supposed to be faithful to her, aren’t you?” he shouted.

The woman named Cath, stepped out in front of him, blocking their way.

“The man speaks words. You can see for yourself, the Queen was found with a talking man. Another reason she must die with him.”

Cheers went up through the crowd.

“I’d suggest you keep silent, Ben Hero, or they might cut out your tongue. I’d rather you keep it while we make love.”

“Make love? I thought you said they were going to kill us?”

“They are. While we make love.”

* * * * *

Jacey’s heart crashed against her chest as she watched Ben struggle valiantly against the women who pushed him to the ground. Within a minute they’d expertly lashed his arms and legs to the stakes.

She’d seen this done only a handful of times. The male, who’d usually done something severely wrong, was lashed down, totally helpless. The women would take turns fucking him. When they were sexually satisfied, he was beheaded.

During her reign, she’d never felt the compulsion to order any of the wrong doing males that her hub possessed to die in that particular way. She preferred a swift death for males, with no suffering.

She prayed to the Goddess of Freedom that Ben would only have her before he was beheaded. She didn’t think she could stand watching others take him against his will.

Seeing him naked, aroused and splayed out for her, sent raw desire shooting through her insides. The sex drugs were still within her. Still working their wonderful magic. Still effectively clouding her thoughts.

She pushed against the erotic feelings and tried to make her anger work for her. It did work, to a certain degree, but was it enough to keep her from losing herself in the threatening pleasure?

If her hands and ankles hadn’t been chained, she would have grabbed the nearest woman, broken her neck like a twig and seized a weapon. She would have freed her male, killing anyone who got in the way.

“She didn’t break your laws on purpose!” Ben shouted at the women who were leaning over him.

Jacey watched helplessly as he grimaced with embarrassment. Their frantic feminine hands groped his hard penis and testicles. Their eyes were glazed with lust as they tried to arouse him to an even higher level, if that were possible.

“The Breeders were hired to do it.” Ben yelled as he continued to struggle against his restraints and the feminine hands roving over his body. “Hired by someone in this hub. And I know who!”

“Cut out the male’s tongue!” Cath ordered.

“No!” Jacey screamed, throwing herself forward, trying to intercept a woman who was already heading toward Ben, a shiny five-inch long knife in her hand.

“I know who did it! And I know why!” Ben continued.