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2024-10-29 19:42:56Suddenly there was clear space ahead of me and I sat back, my shoulders and arms aching from the tension. Almost immediately Icaan flicked the ship onto autopilot.
"Nice flying," he said. "I guess you've earned those strawberries."
I grinned, not sure what else to do suddenly. It had felt good to be controlling a ship again, guiding it where it needed to go and trusting the instruments and my reflexes. Despite that, I was also glad it was over. There was only so much pressure a person could take before they fouled something up.
At the moment I looked good in Icaan's eyes. That was enough.
"So what's our next stop?" I asked.
"The market," Icaan replied.
"But it's another eight days away. Are you really not stopping anywhere in be
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We sat down to eat lunch together, and again I'd prepared us something. It was yet another attempt of mine to make myself seem worth keeping, and Icaan moaned in delight as soon as he tucked into the food."You can definitely handle food well," he replied. "Did you work in some kind of space cafe or something?""No. I waitressed on a planet for a while before I got into space, but I was never allowed near the kitchen. Always out front dealing with customers and taking food and drinks back and forth. One of those massive open area ones where they order at the table and everything is brought to them by a person dressed up."He nodded as if he could picture what I meant, but I knew I didn't want to talk about me."What is it with the Frentin and slaves?" I asked. "You don't seem to think it's bad for t
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Tired, and not sure what to do with myself, I continued to sit in the gunner's seat on Icaan's ship and tried to work out how I could get Icaan to talk more. There had to be some way to get him to open up. But he ignored me, not even flying the ship, but sitting in the pilot's seat anyway."So, what makes a slave valuable?" I asked. "If certain qualities make me worth more and your culture places value on what a slave can do as humans do on their free people, then it sounds like I should know what I can claim to be good at and what skills I might want to get better at."Icaan swiveled the seat around, his eyes a little wider at the question I'd asked. Had I surprised him?"There's a lot of different things," he said, rubbing his chin with his hand while he looked into the distance, thinking.I waite
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The minutes ticked by, our ship beginning to inch ahead after some more rerouting of power from me, and some very impressive flying from Icaan. I'd opted to help him in the end, and see if I could win myself any more favor, but the truth was, if he hadn't been towing my ship we'd have been long gone."Let me power up the engine on my ship and at least vaguely steer it in the right direction.""You can't. I stripped too many parts out. And before you suggest that you could at least lower the resistance it causes I've already set it not to be a burden as much as possible. The extra movement and tweaks you'd be able to make wouldn't do enough for me to trust you over their alone.""It's not like I can steal it," I replied. "It's not working properly."Icaan laughed.
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"It's clear that you were trying to hide something, and I'm willing to bet she's it. If I scan her, what am I going to find? And I warn you, Icaan, you can't afford to break another law while you've still got a debt to deal with."Icaan opened and closed his mouth a couple of times."You won't find a chip," he eventually said, glancing at me with a sadness in his eyes that was hidden again almost immediately.I exhaled, knowing that I was about to be taken by the enforcers."I didn't think so. She'd best come with us then. No doubt the human government will be pleased to get one of their citizens back.""We both know you're not going to return her to the humans," Icaan growled."If she requests to stay with us once we've... show
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The commander looked at me."What do you want us to do now? She's told us the same thing. She should be returned to Icaan.""Do you want to give such a beautiful human back to a stuck up ex royal like him?" the commander asked."Of course not. We'd rather have some fun with them like we normally do and then put them in the system when we've got bored." The enforcer on my left leered at me, but the one on the right looked between the other two men in the room as if he wasn't so sure."They've all been lying in the past though.""It's possible this one is lying too, still. Jarlick?" the commander said, looking to my left. "See if you can get her to sing a different tune. And why not have some fun along the way."The commander toss
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I gulped as Kaemir came closer, still staring at me. The pheromones were still making me far more aroused than normal and I couldn't help but look over his strong muscular body, the bulge of his chest muscles and contours of his arms evident in the tight fitting t-shirt he wore.A part of me wanted him to untie me, take me over to the bed and have his way with me, but I wasn't going to get that unless I declared Icaan to be a criminal. And I had a feeling that would get Icaan into a lot more trouble. The commander had implied that could result in some kind of severe punishment.No matter what happened, I had to keep to the same story. I had to tell them Icaan was innocent. But I really wanted to be screwed, and as Kaemir walked up to me, I didn't have a problem if it was him.He knelt down in front of me and reached out to put his arm
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The corridor outside was empty of life, but Icaan was still careful. Somewhere the commander must have been trying to do something. But what?"Can you wreck something quickly if I can get a panel off?" Icaan asked, looking at me for only a moment before he continued to look down the corridor. I nodded, pretty sure I knew how to break important stuff on most ships. The trick would be finding the right sort of stuff.He moved up the hallway towards the bulk of the ship and nearer more possible enforcers and I followed, not sure whether I should be looking for a panel to start or letting him pick a good spot.As he turned the next corner someone lunged at him, wielding a large wrench. He dodged it and it clanged off the wall. Within seconds the would-be mechanic was also lying on the ground. It looked like the cattle-prod Icaan was using
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Putting the ship on autopilot, Icaan got up and came to me. I'd been crying for a couple of minutes, the fear I'd felt and what the men had done to me so fresh in my mind I wasn't sure what else to do.Slowly I told the story while Icaan crouched beside me and handed me his handkerchief. When I was finally done, I wiped my eyes and tried to calm myself down."I'm sorry," he said. "The enforcers aren't meant to do things like that. No Frentin is meant to abuse the relationship like that.""Well, it's clear they do and have done plenty of times in the past. They didn't hesitate. They use all the human women they find, deliberately overwhelming them with pheromones until they can't say no even if they'd have wanted to."Icaan shook his head and looked away."You must
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Silence had settled into the room for at least a minute as no one seemed to know what to do or say and my mind slipped into the turmoil it felt. I couldn't be bought by Icaan. Despite our best attempt at bringing in the credits, he didn't have enough.I couldn't help but cry as my fate ran through my head. Despite Icaan wanting me and me wanting him I was stuck as a slave and I had been put there initially by the very Frentin I loved. It seemed so heartless and unfair but there was nothing I could do about it.Although I considered trying to run again, I knew it was pointless. Every man in the room bar Icaan was now bound to keep me here and I didn't doubt Sadisk planned to punish me enough as it was. Shaking, I reached for Icaan, but he shook his head and pulled away.The movement broke a dam as almost half the room started to talk a
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"Stop this madness and let my slave go!" Icaan's voice commanded from somewhere nearby. Immediately I opened my eyes, but the baton struck me anyway, catching me in the side. Despite my resolve to handle this with dignity I screamed, the pain as it shot through my torso so intense I couldn't do anything but."I gave a command. Let that slave go!" Icaan yelled and immediately the pain receded and I crumpled to the floor.Tears streamed down my face, the pain still so intense I could barely move. Frith appeared at my side and gently tried to lift me as Brinto and several of the other guards hurried to my side and surrounded me, physically pushing Sadisk and the other men back, but the slave trader didn't appear to want to give up."She's not your slave yet, and she needs to be punished. Twice now she has tried to escape."
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Despite Sadisk's declaration that Icaan had abandoned me, I still didn't want to believe it. And it seemed neither did anyone else. No one moved."Come here, slave. I will begin by dealing out your punishment for escaping your masters and costing them a significant sum of money to have you returned.""No," I said, "Not yet. I said I would wait three hours to allow for issues with your transport shuttles. My heart doesn't believe me abandoned yet."Then I shall break your heart as well if need be, but you will learn to obey." Sadisk seemed to produce some kind of baton from somewhere inside his clothes and strode toward me.I moved to one side and attempted to put the sofa between us as Brinto also stepped into the way."You cannot be serious, Sadisk. Those things
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The nicest rooms in the compound turned out to be little better than a basic hotel room all to myself, with the slight advantage that it was at least large enough I could sit at a small table or sofa while the guards gave me enough space. It was also several floors up and I had a reasonable view from the two barred windows.It was clear, however, that it was still a gilded cage. I wasn't free and I was being kept here until Icaan laid claim to me.Brinto didn't leave me, and unlike before he seemed less talkative, even pacing back and forth while I sat myself down on the sofa.We'd only been there a few minutes when the Frentin in charge came in as well, a girl who couldn't be more than about fourteen following him, a collar around her neck and her eyes down turned.The Frentin carried a handheld co
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As a much larger and more robust looking carriage came rattling down the tracks, my guards all got to their feet and I took it as an indication I should do so as well.The side panel opened up to reveal an interior with far less seats. The seats it did have were arranged in a circle, and they looked as if they were not only padded, but the straps holding the occupant in place appeared to be far less worn and much more sturdy.I allowed myself to be led inside and immediately aimed for the seat in the middle of the circle. I soon got myself seated and tried to work out how to do the straps. A few minutes later I was still fumbling with them, until Brinto came closer."Permission to aid you, ma'am. We don't really want to still be here when the next shuttle comes through.""Oh, yes. I have no idea wha
