Chapter 16: Using the fire."The Dagerstanteen isn't for sale." The big Folanto spoke first. "Back off, Albeon warrior.""Now wait a moment, Begermay," The Deltan waved the Folanto to the side and stepped toward Ike. "I have never seen anyone from Albeon here before. Maybe I want to hear what this warrior has to say.""Name the price, and I will pay it." Ike set his gloved hands on his guns. "I don't care what it is. I want the Dagerstanteen.""I already bought the slave," Begermay snapped at him. "This Dagerstanteen is not for sale.""Don't you want to hear the number?" The Deltan seller asked. "I'm curious. Aren't you?""I don't care about the war between the Albeon slime and the Dagerstanteen trash. I want the Dagerstanteen. This garbage will pay the price for what their leader did to us in the dome." The Folanto dug a finger into one of JP's cuts. "Take your war to the battlefield where it belongs and leave us.""Name a price." Ike stretched his neck to the left and right to get ou
Chapter 117: Free me.The five Folantos on his ship spread out around his command center. The one on Ike's left held a specific kind of weapon that shot an energy rope. If he remembered right, the gun was called a tatin. Ike tried to do calm breathing as he shook his head. There was about to be more senseless death. He would not be taken alive, and there was no way he was putting JP through more torture. Maybe these beings would be wise and run away."If you leave my ship, no one else has to die." Ike glanced at JP. The Dagerstanteen scanned Ike and then his enemies. Ike wasn't sure how much JP caught that he'd recently killed more aliens than he should have. The Dagerstanteen was all about healing, so he might be miffed at Ike's behavior."We are not afraid of anyone from Albeon." The Folanto nearest JP sneered and took a step closer to Ike's Dagerstanteen. "You will both make excellent additions to our fighting ring."Taking another deep calming breath, Ike ground his teeth together
Chapter 118: Nice try.Annoyed, Ike threw himself into the seat in front of his ship's dashboard and brought up all the spacecraft's computer systems and life board warnings."Your wiring is badly burned," JP murmured from behind him. "Free me—""And you'll help me, right?" Ike rolled his eyes. "Thanks, but I'll figure this out alone. I'm used to being by myself.""Now, which one of us is obstinate?"Ike knew there was no way he would reach Albeon with this damage. The destination was too far, and the main power was failing. Using his navigator buttons, Ike projected on the celling his mapping system and weighed the options of flying back home.Reading quickly, he assessed how far he could get before the vessel would become a floating pile of space debris.Using his fingers, he waved to move the star charts as he scanned the surrounding areas. Ike looked for a mildly friendly planet where he could do a few repairs. Even with a patch job, he wasn't sure he could get to the temple, and h
Chapter 119: Melgen.The Sirins dragged their ship to the surface of Melgen. JP and Ike fell silent as they watched out of the main window. They descended slowly into an area covered in trees, plants, and massive flowers. As soon as the vessel was parked between two lakes, the command center door opened with a swish.After only a second, in swam four of the Sirins. These beings were known to swim through the air like it was water. Ike had seen this multiple times, but the circling never ceased to charm him. A smile spread across Ike's lips at the Sirin whirling in the center of the small group. Tullie, the head of the queen's guard, had come to greet him."This is nice." Tullie stopped and floated toward the ceiling. "I haven't seen you in a long time, Ike."The Sirins were called mermaids or Sirens on Earth a long time ago. That was back when they were still allowed on the planet. They were beautiful beings looking half-human-woman and half-fish. Tullie's sparkling white pearl teeth f
Chapter 120: Three pools. Ike ignored JP as he slipped off the top piece of his armor, followed by his undershirt. Feeling strangely exposed in front of the alien, Ike focused on cleaning his gear.Wrapping vines around the chest plate, Ike pretended that JP wasn't staring at his naked chest. The fire kept Ike at a constant temperature, but now he shivered with awareness. JP made him nervous, but he had no idea why.As soon as Ike stood over the first pool, he lowered his armor into the water, counted to ten, and then brought the piece out of the swirling liquid. The plate sparkled."I see that this has removed the blood." JP reached a tentacle toward the whirlpool."No," Ike snapped out in fear, "Don't.""Why?" JP stopped with his limb above the water. He tipped his head. "What is wrong?""It's like an acid." Ike set his top on the mossy bank and took off his armored pants. "Even if you harden your skin, it will hurt.""How do you know this?" JP tipped his head a second time, and his
Chapter 121: Red. "Red," Ike murmured right as JP dipped his head and snuggled his face into Ike's neck. JP's hair tubes slid on Ike's skin like cool raindrops kissing him. They glided over his chest as the alien nuzzled his skin. Ike clung to JP, and his lips parted in a gasp. Aching and expanding breaths ripped at his chest as longing filled his soul. A dark, mysterious look appeared in JP's eyes, and the alien's expression tore at any plan to resist what was about to happen."I don't know what you want me to do. It's been a long time since I have touched anyone.""I believe the word is orgasm." JP was single-minded in his quest to remove Ike's shorts. He slipped his tentacles into Ike's underpants and then worked them down to Ike's knees."JP." Ike gave a weak protest."I have wanted to do this for so long." JP purred when he got the fabric to Ike's calves and then off altogether. "Please, Ike, say you want me. I want to hear the words from Voice. Do not say no to me again."The ra
Chapter 122: No regrets.Pinned under JP and yearning to climax, Ike gave in to whatever the alien wanted. Gasping, Ike tensed when there was an unfamiliar spark of contact with that particular part of him. No one, including himself, had ever touched his anus. The gentle glide of the tentacle over his back entrance had all his attention. JP pressed against his hole, and lightly at first, he pushed. JP waited until he relaxed, and then harder and harder, JP penetrated him. Ike was reduced to gulping on his whimpers. A guttural moan was trapped in his throat as JP worked him open and exposed him to the Dagerstanteen's eyes. "Do you want me to stop?" JP whispered. "No." Ike groaned, and JP pushed again, moving even deeper. "You are right. I like it, and I...""It gets better. Just keep relaxing for me, and I will help you climax. It will be as beautiful as you are."Giving in, Ike melted. Slowly so slowly, JP created a sensual heat and indulgent burn. There was a newness and a vulnerabi
Chapter 123: Secrets.When Ike awoke from his sexual stupor, it took him a moment to remember where he was. His eyes opened slowly, and he stared up into huge leafy branches. Moss was under his naked body, and he was sore in places he didn't know existed. Lifting his upper torso, Ike leaned onto his elbows. His eyes went straight to JP. The things they had done flooded his brain, and a grin spread on his lips. Ike had never felt anything like what JP did to him and his entire core buzzed with the memory. His ass was a little bruised, but he couldn't be happier if he tried.JP sat next to the acid pool studying the swirling liquid. Ike stood and then walked over to stand next to the alien. The Dagerstanteen was staring into the bubbly blue and didn't look at him as he approached."Are you trying to figure out what's in the water?" Ike asked as he settled next to JP."No." JP's eyes shot to him. "I am trying to figure out you."The look JP gave him was glacier, and a foreboding chill ran