"You will stay on board while I conduct my business here." "Why?" This was the third such stop he'd given her specific instructions to stay out of sight. It was getting annoying, especially considering it was one of the only times he talked to her voluntarily. In the close confines of the ship, it was hard for him to avoid her completely, and when she did manage to corner him, she'd attempted to engage him in conversation, to baffling effect. She'd discovered smiling at him or laughing made his face tighten, almost as if he suffered pain, and then he'd make an abrupt U-turn and just about run to get away from her. On other occasions, he pretended to not see her at all, avoiding her as if she had the plague. Ralph tried to reassure her that it was because Reg was afraid of his feelings for her. Penny disagreed. If he liked me, he wouldn't be so aloof. "You will stay on board out of sight because the place we're docking at is too dangerous." Penny bit back the words "Ye
Penny came to on a cold metal table, naked. With a squeal, she rolled off and peered around frantically. A wet chuckle from behind had her whirling to see her porcine abductor, still just as ugly, holding out scraps of material to her. "There is no escape, female. Now dress." "Or else what?" she asked in a squeaky voice with a bravery she didn't feel. "Or else instead of auctioning you off as a concubine, I'll eat you for dinner." Given the options, she snatched the clothing and began to dress. Once she was done, though, she had to wonder if her naked body might have been less alluring. Dressed like Princess Leia visiting Jabba the Hut-in other words in a very skimpy outfit that left not much to the imagination-Penny was led through a series of corridors until she and the pig who dragged her by one wrist emerged onto a small raised dais. She blinked in the bright lights but almost wished she'd remained blind when she saw what was around her. She seemed to
Reg heard the clamor as he headed back from his successful transaction to his ship. He meant to bypass it, not interested in the type of entertainment found in a place like this, but when he heard the words "red hair," he stopped dead, forcing those following behind to divert around him. "Ralph," he said aloud, knowing his embedded communicator would put him in contact with his ship. "Please tell me Penny is still on board." "Yes, well, she-that is-" the AI stuttered, and a cold finger of fear traced its way up Reg's spine. "Stubborn Earthling. I am going to beat her ass right after I save it." Reg did an about-turn and strode back to the galactic bar that served not only the vilest drinks in all the galaxy but also had the worst patrons, too. Trepidation and anger battled for supremacy in his body, especially when he caught sight of Penny cringing on the platform at the back of the smoke-filled and putrid-smelling bar. "Damned foolish woman," he muttered
The dark blood that spurted from the slaver's neck made Penny blanch. She'd never seen or experienced violence firsthand. And apparently, she wouldn't have the time to come to terms with it, for Reg pushed her toward the door at the back of the dais. She stumbled along, hearing numbly the roar at her back as the bidders expressed their displeasure at the turn of events. She still couldn't believe Reg had arrived to save her, and in the nick of time, too. And he'd married her! An event she'd love to analyze when he stopped dragging her through the maze of corridors. "Ralph," he barked aloud. "Prepare the ship for immediate departure." Penny didn't hear a reply and assumed Reg wore some kind of transmitter. "Are we close?" she whispered loudly. "More or less, but I expect we'll have to fight our way on board." "Why not teleport?" she asked as he tucked her behind him to peer around a corner. "The whole asteroid is shielded against it," he replied, tugg
"Get us out of here, Ralph," Reg said, breathing hard. He threw himself into the command chair and, with lightning-quick taps, pulled up the defense systems for the ship. The sound of the docking clamps releasing sounded faintly, and with a slight shudder, the ship lifted. Reg drummed his fingers, waiting for signs of pursuit. Only after they'd reached the edge of that particular solar system with no alarms or signs of other crafts did his tension leave him. Another tightness took its place, though, as he thought of what had almost happened to Penny, his wife. "Ralph, I'm off to see to my mate. Notify me immediately if there's trouble." Reg stalked to the decontamination chamber, his body taut with anger. He wasn't furious at having been tricked into getting mated-which surprised him-but he was livid that Penny had disobeyed him and put herself in so much danger. She could have died. When he didn't find her in the cleansing room, he went to the bedroom nex
Penny squealed at the first spank on her bottom. Fiery pain shot through her, and she struggled in earnest on Reg's lap. But his muscles were more than just hot to look at. They also contained strength. He held her bent over his lap effortlessly and proceeded to paddle her bottom, turning deaf ears to her pleas and tears. "You meanie," she railed. "Stop it right now!" When threats didn't work, including a rather inventive one about what she'd do to him and his manparts with a beaker of acid, she resorted to bribes. "I'll be a good girl. I promise. Let me prove myself." She proceeded to recount in embarrassing detail what she would do to his cock, and while said rod poked her ribs solidly, he didn't falter. "I'm doing this for your own good." Penny wanted to retort, but deep down-really deep where she would never admit it-she knew she deserved it. Funny how getting spanked forced her to reconsider her decision to flout his command. In the end, he was right
At Penny's cry of pain, Reg found himself submerged in remorse. While he'd meant to punish her, he'd not intended to cause her lasting harm. It would seem, though, that his Earthling wife was of a more delicate constitution than he'd realized. He dumped her onto the bed on her stomach and, naked, jogged to the infirmary to retrieve a jar of lotion to ease her abused buttocks. He returned to the bedroom and found her watching him when he strode in. She gave him a half-smile that made his heart stutter oddly. He'd have to run himself through a medical later on and see what was the matter with him, for he'd suffered these heart palpitations since he'd met Penny. While he'd balked at marriage, now, suddenly wed to his exotic human, he realized he wanted a long life with her. But forget his funny heart problems, he could now see the brightness of her ass, and his chagrin grew. "I'm so sorry," he apologized, sitting beside her on the bed and opening the jar. "I didn't mean to pun
Penny awoke with a smile, her body sensitized from the all-night lovemaking. She'd orgasmed more times than she would have ever thought humanly possible. She hoped she'd also managed to change Reg's outdated ideas on women's roles. She'd lectured him at length on the advance of women's rights back on Earth in between bouts, and he'd listened to her, even if his gaze tended to stray to her naked body parts. She was pretty sure she'd managed to make him understand logically the reasons why they should stay together in space, and then to add sugar to sweeten the deal, she'd shown him physically. I can't believe he expected me to become some kind of Suzie Homemaker popping out babies. My research on the effects of space travel on pregnancy and children, rare as those cases seem to be, doesn't lead me to believe there's any reason why we can't continue on to travel the galaxy, which is where I know Reg wants to be. Speaking of whom, where was her sexy blue husband? She dressed a