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2024-10-29 19:42:56They’d pushed the horses hard for several hours without stopping or even speaking when Kendra finally gave the orders to let them rest while they got their bearings straight and decided what to do.
“We need to go to Center Land,” Ari said with conviction as she hopped off her horse.
When Kendra simply pursed her lips and looked away, Felix spoke up. “Is it really that bad there? I mean, other than what Baelil did to you, what else was done that was so bad?”
Kendra could think of nothing. In fact, she had to admit that, although she felt as if she’d been kept on the sidelines when it came to socializing, she’d been treated well enough. Even so, the memories that place held were still fresh in her psyche and periodically tormented her in her dreams. As far as she was concerned, if she never saw Center Land again, it would be too soon.
Ari stood before Kendra with her
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Kendra adjusted the wrap that she’d just created from a bed sheet to secure Eugene to her back. Although Felix frowned upon carrying him in that fashion - preferring to have him snuggled close to his chest – Kendra found it both comfortable and convenient. It kept her arms free for important issues such as defending them with her bow and arrow. She could feel the heat of his relaxed body against her as he peacefully slumbered off the meal he’d so greedily consumed.She envied the security and peace that he was enjoying. She couldn’t remember ever having the privilege of experiencing such a feeling, although she probably did when she was a baby as well. Her memories began with the traumatic destruction of her village and the murdering of her parents. It was a foggy and abstract type of memory that would mostly present itself during sleep, but it was a memory that she found impossible to erase.
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Time was a blurred mixture of breeding her with the alien’s chosen male studs and milking her breasts to feed orphaned infants. She’d lost count of how many men Josie and the guards had paired her with or how many times the guards had used her on the sly. Peanut had been timid and resistant at first, but he soon fell into sync with Les with his desires and frequency.She was sure that she was pregnant. It was impossible for her not to be with the bounty of semen being deposited into her multiple times a day.Exhausted from being roused every four hours to pump her milk and having sex forced upon her up to four times a day, she waited for Josie to come to take her to the shower and feigned illness. As she guessed, the doctor was sent for and a thorough examination ensued.The doctor fit the description of the old docs in the western novels that she’d read while convalescing back home. His abundant mustache was just a shade dark
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Kendra slipped out of the great hall as quietly as she could. She’d just witnessed Felix’s wedding and was filled with mixed emotions. She was happy for him, of course. It was wonderful that, after all of the misery he’d seen in his short life, he’d managed to find love. Unfortunately, the blatant happiness of the newlyweds mirrored her own misery back at her.She and Rex were far from normal in their relationship since they’d escaped the aliens; let alone happy. It was weeks since their escape and they’d yet to come together as man and wife. Nor had they sat down to talk about what they’d been through. It was like it had never happened.They could use the excuse that their days were filled with searching for information about how they might get Eugene back. Olga had even stood before the village leaders on more than one occasion to plead for his return. Sadly, she was given the same response each
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Kendra stroked the stubbled hint of a beard on Rex’s face as she debated whether or not to give him his first shot. She cursed herself for not having the presence of mind to have asked Josie to explain what type of reaction Rex might have. Would it be physical? Emotional? Was she capable of handling it on her own? Or, should she do her best to get back to her family where she’d have help.Taking the water jug, she carefully tipped it to his lips to make sure that he stayed hydrated during their long journey.After checking on the baby’s position to make sure that he’d stay secure during the travel, she loosely propped the tarp over them to protect them from the sun’s rays, but still allow a comfortable air flow for them, and then climbed back into the driver’s seat.By the position of the sun, she guessed that she had about four hours of sunlight left to her before she’d have to find a
