Pleasure Bound - Complete (20 page)

She even had witnesses for goddess sake. The Breeders certainly had heard her cries of joy and a guard had actually watched as Ben had taken her standing up against the wall.

Jacey shivered with delight at the memory of his thick shaft thrusting deep into her core, making her cry out from the pleasure. Ben Hero certainly did know how to please a woman.

Her stomach growled angrily, prompting her to follow the mouth-watering aroma that drifted through the cave.

While she’d slept, Ben Hero had been busy. A string of torches hung at various points along the tunnel and Jacey followed them until she emerged from the cave.

Holding up her hand to shield her eyes from the blinding sun, she discovered Ben right outside the entrance. His luscious body glistened with a sheen of perspiration as he squatted in front of a small smokeless fire.

A delicious aroma sifted through the humid air and to her delight she noticed a plump-looking skinned rabbit speared to a horizontal pole roasting over the cheerful flames.

“Good afternoon! I hope you like rabbit,” he grinned.

The sight of his beautiful mouth made the flames of arousal flash deep inside her lower abdomen.

“My favorite meat, actually. It smells absolutely delicious.”

She licked her lips with anticipation and hunched near the fire beside him.

“I found some wild onions growing between a couple of rocks. I guess the acid rain hadn’t been able to get to them.”

His voice lowered, capturing her attention. “I saw something else while I was scouting around.”

“What?”

“A group of women skirting along the edge of the tree line about a mile from us.”

A knot grabbed at Jacey’s stomach. He pointed to a nearby outcrop of rocks.

“I hiked up to the top. Got a pretty good view of the landscape. Can see for miles. Six women, heading away from here.”

Jacey sighed with relief. “Thank the Goddess of Freedom.”

“I don’t think they were The Breeders. These ladies were carrying bows and arrows and were shapely blondes.”

Jacey’s gut clenched up again. “The Yellow Hairs.”

“Yellow Hairs?”

Obviously he wasn’t from around here if he had to ask that question.

“They’re cannibals.”

The look of shock on his face made her laugh. Her stomach growled harshly at the same time. “How long before the rabbit is done?”

“Cannibals? Blonde cannibals?” He prodded. 

“I’m hungry,” she complained, trying hard not to grin at the panic etching his face.

Reaching out she tried to pry a piece of meat off the roasting rabbit, but jerked away from the heat.

“Careful, it’s hot,” Ben said as he quickly maneuvered in between her and the rabbit. Lifting the carcass off the makeshift spit, he expertly ripped away the hind leg she’d been planning to grab and laid it on a smooth section of rock.

“Give it a minute to cool off,” he said and ripped off the other hind leg and laid it beside the first one. Then his worried gaze snapped to her again.

“These cannibals? They’re cannibals like in eating people?”

“Don’t you know that word? I would think you would know it, if you were from around here. You are from around here, aren’t you?”

She held her breath as she awaited his answer.

“Close by.”

And yet he didn’t know about The Yellow Hairs. He was lying to her and that knowledge hurt.

Jacey frowned. Why should she care if he was lying? It shouldn’t matter to her, but strangely enough, it did. It mattered too much.

Did it have something to do with the sex with him? She’d had sex with females before. Wild, frantic sex. It had been merely a physical release, nothing emotional.

Having sex with Ben Hero seemed different somehow. She’d never experienced such physical and emotional turmoil as when he touched her or looked at her. And never in her life had she given up total control to anyone. And now suddenly she’d given control to a male, allowing him to lead the escape.

After escaping, she should have simply sent him on his way, but she’d stayed with him. Had found sanctuary for him and she’d fucked him again in the cave pool. Clung to him with a burning need as he’d slammed his wicked delight into her with all his might. Her body had burned with lust as she’d writhed beneath his assault, her mind oblivious to anything but him and his magical touch.

Even now the flames of arousal throbbed through her. The thought of feeling his thick shaft plunging deep into her core as he intimately covered her heated flesh with his, almost made her cry out.

As he moved to pick up the rabbit legs he’d laid on the rocks, Jacey noticed his semi-erect penis sway proudly between his legs.

Her heart thudded at the wonderful sight. This male was always aroused. Always ready to fuck and so was she.

She remembered curling her fingers over his thick arousal last night while they’d stood in the water. The heavy weight of his throbbing cock cradled in her hands had made desire vibrate through her senses. He’d been so big. The skin of his arousal was so velvety smooth; yet beneath it, immense power had pulsed in his veined shaft. Power that she wanted inside her. Power that she’d guided toward the opening of her very soul.

Jacey’s pussy moistened at the delicious memory.

“Jacey?”

She blinked in surprise when she found Ben waving the rabbit leg in front of her face.

“You said you were hungry.”

She was hungry all right, but not for a silly rabbit.

“Famished,” she whispered and accepted the meat.

His eyes snapped with lust as their gazes clashed. Despite his apparent arousal, he frowned and broke eye contact, turning sideways in front of the fire, hiding his delicious penis from her view. Muscles rippled in those powerful thighs as he huddled and returned the remains of the rabbit to over the fire. He cleared his throat nervously. “So, tell me about this Acid Zone. How big is it?”

“It’s one of the smaller ones. Ten miles by ten miles. We are at the northernmost tip.”

“How did it form?”

“Holes in the protective layers around the planet were formed hundreds of years ago due to pollution from the way the ancestors lived. That’s why any type of modern technology bas been outlawed for the general public. It is used only by High Fives and certain other people like doctors. The decreased use has stopped other acid zones from forming, but the old ones are still there. We don’t know if these zones will repair themselves eventually. In The Acid Zones it usually rains during the night, and during the day the heat is intense.”

“I’ll say it’s hot. I can’t wait until I can get under the shade of a tree or take another dip in the ocean.”

She noted how he carefully avoided mentioning the cave pool. Did he not want to bring up the memories of their coupling in the cool waters last night? Had she not pleased him?

Doubt was immediately replaced by an exquisite jolt of killing pleasure as Ben Hero shifted his body, giving her a quick peek of his now rigid, swollen and very erect shaft.

He caught her staring at him and once again shifted away, hiding his magnificent cock from her view.

Why was the male suddenly shy? She’d noted the same reaction last night only moments before he’d joined her in the pool. He’d been aroused by watching her swim, and yet he’d tried to hide his erection from her by plunging quickly into the cool water.

Did his sudden shyness have something to do with his shocked reaction when he’d discovered she was a captive too? She’d seen guilt flash in his eyes when she’d told him that he’d been her first male. She’d noticed other emotions as well but hadn’t been able to put a name to them.

Did the male actually feel guilty for fucking her? Guilty for pleasuring her?

“How far to this Freedom Sea you were talking about?” he asked, breaking her from her thoughts.

“Is that where you come from?” she asked.

His frown deepened and he said nothing as he studied the crackling fire.

“The reason I ask is because that’s where the other talking man was heading. You two come from the same place?”

“We do. He’s my half-brother.”

“Half-brother?”

“We have the same mom.”

Jacey nodded. “The female who raised you. We don’t do it that way here. Only females who have broken the laws are sentenced to producing babies.”

Ben’s mouth dropped open in shock and Jacey continued, “We never know the name of the female who carried us or the male who provided sperm. We are raised by a group of females called Nurturers.”

Ben took a bite of his rabbit and nodded. “We know the females who carried us and the males who impregnate them. We all live together as a family in the same house. Both the male and female are our nurturers.”

Interesting concept. She’d learned through science class that one planet in particular did things that way.

“And so you must be from…Earth?”

He choked on the piece of rabbit he’d been chewing.

“Earth?” he managed to croak.

“That is where the other talking man is from.”

“He told you this?”

“Not in so many words, but he didn’t deny it when I asked.”

“How do you know about this Earth?”

“I’m a Queen. I have access to information the general public doesn’t. I know that other planets exist and that Earth is the closest with life to us. It seems logical you came from there. Did you?”

“It’s best you don’t ask any questions about that particular subject, Jacey.”

Curiosity dug into her. “Why not?”

“You’re a Queen. You give orders, right?”

She nodded, not quite understanding where he was going with his question.

“I’ve been given orders. And one of them is not to reveal where I come from unless I absolutely have to. It’s best that way.”

Jacey accepted his answer. For now.

“Where were you captured?”

“I was captured just outside the village where we…met.”

Jacey laughed. “Only a fool would venture into The Breeder’s territory.”

“Consider me a big fool then.” He grinned. Her heart flipped over wildly and her tummy suddenly protested at the lack of nourishment.

“Eat your rabbit, will you? That stomach of yours is growling up a storm.” Ben instructed.

She took a bite out of the rabbit leg and moaned as a fantastic flavor burst against her taste buds.

“From the sound you’re making, I gather you like?”

“Fabulous. How did you make it so delicious?”

“The wild onions, not to mention basting it with some salt crystals I found hanging in one of the caves in there.”

Jacey stopped chewing as a sinking feeling hit her stomach. “You explored alone? It’s very dangerous in there. You mustn’t wander alone again.”

“You care if I get lost?”

“Why should I care about a male slave?” Jacey’s heart pounded wildly as she tore off another piece of the tasty rabbit and stuffed it into her mouth. She hoped he didn’t notice the way her face was heating up with embarrassment for actually making him think she cared about his safety.

“Ouch. Looks like I hit a bit of a nerve?”

“You hit nothing, Ben Hero,” she said between chews. “I simply do not want you to get captured or it’ll be both our heads.”

“Wouldn’t want my head to get chopped off, now would we? Might make for some boring evenings?”

She didn’t like the amused grin he sported or the laughter in his voice.

“Obviously I’ve misunderstood something. Please, enlighten me. Why would evenings be boring if you were dead? I’m sure if something happened to you, I wouldn’t even notice.” That was a big fat lie, but he didn’t have to know that.

His amused grin widened into one of knowing satisfaction and it just made her angrier.

“Fine, go and explore. Fall into one of the many mile-deep pot holes or get eaten by a bat.”

“Oh, I’d rather get eaten by you,” he whispered.

The soft way he’d spoken those words shot a fresh rush of arousal coursing through her bloodstream, chasing away all her anger.

“Or better yet, eat you?” he taunted. She didn’t miss the smoldering look in his eyes or the sound of his harsh breathing.

Sweet sunshine! And she’d thought he was shy?

The intimate idea of actually having his male organ inside her mouth, sucking his throbbing head, tasting his cum, or better yet having his own mouth graze upon her clit, sucking her labia lips, his tongue plunging deep inside her, suddenly made her feel shy and vulnerable and aroused.

As much as she wanted him physically, there was a rush of emotions that made her realize if she had sex with him again, she just might not be able to let him go.

Was that why he was hiding his arousal from her? Did he want to protect his heart too? The idea frightened her into changing the subject.

“Freedom Sea is in The Outer Limits. Only Queens have permission to go there.”