Queen of the Savages - Complete (19 page)

"This ship was once a small passenger vessel before we pressed it into service. We left a couple of the guest cabins like this in case we ever had visitors of importance. Now we do. Thank you, your highnesses for allowing me to serve you." D'gar bowed.

A device on D'gar's hip beeped. He unclipped it and looked at the screen.

"I have to get to the bridge. Let me show you to a place you can relax before we get to the flagship.

"Thank you, Captain," said Rev.

Tracy turned to Carol. "So how exactly did you get here?"

"S'den thought you'd like to see a friendly face after everything that happened on the planet below."

"They are monitoring the situation?" ask Tev.

"S'den is more than a nurse, and her people have watched the planet closely. I know they've sent representatives down to recruit. It seems they have members of the resistance everywhere."

Rev and Tev exchanged glances.

"I take it this is news to you," said Carol.

"We know that S'den is involved in a resistance movement against certain elements of the Aligned Worlds government. We did not know how organized it was."

"They are very excited about Tracy."

"I fear," said Rev in his deep voice, "that they want to use her as a rallying point for their movement."

"You don't look very happy." said Carol. "Why is that?"

"Until recently, both Tev and I were officers in the Enforcement Wing. Tracy called me a 'space cop'. We are sworn to uphold the laws and government of the Aligned Worlds."

"We never intended to be involved in a resistance movement," said Tev.

"And we have our own empire to rule now, one that is in turmoil," said Rev.

"Du has pushed you to it, hasn't he?" asked Tracy. "If he didn't interfere with your government there wouldn't be so many problems."

"This is true," said Rev. "I could handle someone like Se-Marten if he didn't have an ally in Du who was dedicated to stirring trouble."

"Brother," said Tev. "I think the path you laid out earlier is the simplest. Go with Tracy and settle the issue with the Vacant Throne. I can go back to Kerdos and put our house in order."

"Tev, I thought you said you don't want to rule Kerdos."

Tev glanced at Carol, then back to his brother.

"You and Tracy have much to handle. This task is left to me, with your agreement."

"You have no argument from me," said Rev.

"Good," said Tev. "We'll get our houses in order, then take care of the business the fates have given us."

Tracy and Carol watched the exchange from the couch. "Wow!" said Carol. "These guys take royalty seriously!"

"Yes," smiled Tracy.

"Perhaps," agreed Rev. "But we're not business all the time." He showed Tev the bottles on the table. Tev whistled.

"That's some expensive wine," said Tev.

"I wonder where they got it."

"Wine?" said Tracy eagerly.

Rev uncorked the wine, poured some in the glasses on the table, and handed them out. The wine was pale and light, and tasted fruity to Tracy.

"Delicious," said Carol after taking her own sip. "But should we watch out? You know what happened the last time we drank with aliens."

"What happened?" rumbled Tev.

"We got kidnapped," said Carol.

"By your little brother here," said Tracy.

"Wait. I don't remember getting kidnapped by a green guy."

"He was wearing a disguise and working undercover, trying to bring a gang of slavers to justice."

"You were? And you didn't stop them grabbing us, space cop?" said Carol tensely.

"If I tried, I would have blown my cover and couldn't help you at all."

"Believe me, Carol, Rev did everything he could. He was the one that was responsible for getting you out of the miner's camp."

"I don't remember any of that."

"Yeah," said Tracy. "You had it pretty rough. But it was Rev's connections with the Enforcement Wing that got you the medical care to bring you back to full health."

"And what about tall, green and hunky here," said Carol. "Do I have you to thank too?"

"No," said Tev. "As it was, my little brother had to save me too."

"He doesn't look so little to me."

"There's a year between them," said Tracy, "But you know how big brothers are."

"Have some more wine," Rev said, refilling Tracy's glass.

"Are you trying to get me drunk?"

"Yes. I do remember the last time I saw you drunk," he said with a smile. "And what you did."

"Hmmm," said Tracy as Rev moved closer to her.

"So, Tracy." said Carol, "How'd you end up married to this guy?"

"Mated," said Tev, taking the bottle from Rev's hands and filling Carol's glass. As he did so, he let his other hand brush against her thigh.

"What's the difference?"

"From what Tracy tells me," said Rev, "Marriage is when you agree to form a partnership. When a Kerdos man takes a mate, there is no agreement made. It just happens. We know our mate when we meet her."

"How?" asked Carol. Tev was now sitting extremely close to her, touching her skin.

"Their scent," said Tracy. "Rev says that the scent tells a thousand things about a person."

"Really," said Carol surprised.

"Yes," said Tev. "I'm learning some interesting things about you right now. For example, your hair smells delicious."

Carol blushed.

"You know what," said Tracy with a smile. "I think Rev and I can use some rest. See you later." She stood and pulled at Rev's hand.

"Tracy Ellen Walsh, don't you dare leave..."

But it was too late for Carol. Tracy and Rev slipped into one of the sleep cabins.

Immediately, Rev pushed Tracy against the wall and grabbed her hair. He pulled it so her neck was exposed to him. He gave it a long lick that sent shivers through her.

"I thought we'd never be alone," he breathed in her ear.

"I think that Tev's interested in Carol." said Tracy.

"What of it?" said Rev between nibbles on her neck. He pressed himself against her and Tracy felt that he was already hard. He undid the buttons of her gown, giving a grunt of satisfaction when he drew back the robe to see Tracy's breasts. He attacked them with kisses and then sucked in her nipple.

Tracy gasped as the sudden shot of pain and pleasure.

"You are delicious," he said before he sucked in the second one.

"You are an evil alien."

He hummed with her nipples in his mouth. The rumbling sent pinpricks of pleasure through her.

"Don't you think we should warn...Ah!" Rev kissed her hard, his tongue demanding an entrance. His hand fell the to the swell of her pussy, teasing her clit with swirls of his fingertips. Tracy felt moisture sliding down to pool between her legs.

"I love how you get so wet for me," he whispered in her ear. "Your scent drives me crazy. I can't sit next to you for five minutes without wanting you."

The whispering and his tongue swirling on and behind her ear drove her to move her hips into him. His cock, hard and pulsing through the thin material of his pants against her pussy, drove her crazy.

Tracy started to pant, whimpering a little because she didn't have what she wanted yet. She pulled on the drawstrings of his pants to loosen the tie, and the soft fabric fell to the floor around his ankles. She wrapped her hands around his thick cock, and pulled them up his shaft. The mating ridges on his cock swelled under the strokes of her soft hand.

He threw back his head. "Woman, look at what you do to me."

Rev gasped and pulled her hands away. His hands grabbed the sides of her ass. He pressed her up against the wall. Rev leaned in, the tip of his cock poised at her entrance. She wrapped her legs around him, but he held her in place, teasing her by barely touching the folds of her flesh ready to receive him. She wiggled, trying to lower herself on him and he chuckled.

"You are eager?"

"You seem a little eager yourself, big guy," she said.

"Say it. Say you want me."

"Yes, I want you," she growled. "Don't tease me, Rev."

"I'm not teasing you. Much."

"Now!" she demanded.

Suddenly Rev let her drop and he pressed into her, jolting her body.

"Oh God," she said. It felt so good to have him in her, his cock filling her. They always should be joined like this.

Rev groaned.

"You're so hot, always so hot."

She wiggled against him and he lifted her, then jammed himself inside her with her back against the wall. Repeatedly he pulled away and then thrust into her as his heated shaft swelled, the ridges of his cock sending pulses of pleasure through her. Fire spread through her as he pounded her, and soon there was no thought in her head other than melting on him. Every nerve and muscle in her body was electrified, and she felt the final rush that signaled she'd come soon.

"I'm coming, baby," she gasped and she broke apart, pleasure coursing through her body.

"Tracy!" breathed Rev, and she felt his cock throb and release inside her. He pushed inside her several times as he jetted his seed deep within her.

They held each other tight as their breathing slowed. Rev looked deeply into her eyes.

"It keeps getting better each time," he said.

Tracy didn't say anything, but nodded happily.

Slowly Rev lowered her to the floor, and kissed her hair.

Through the walls they heard the muffled sounds of passion, and Carol's stifled scream along with Tev's cry of pleasure.

Tracy and Rev looked at each other and started laughing.

"My brother takes his duty to our people very seriously."

"Well, if he takes it as seriously as you do, then Carol will end up a happy woman." Tracy smiled and gave Rev a searing kiss.

Rev, with a wicked look in his eye, put his index finger to his lips and opened the door of their cabin.

"What's all this racket!" he said in a loud voice.

Carol jumped away from Tev, her eyes looking slightly glazed. Tev gave his brother a snarl.

"What's all that noise in your room?" he said. "A man can hardly hold his woman with the racket you two make."

Carol looked at the two males with wide eyes. Tracy laughed.

"We could say the same thing."

"Hey," said Carol, "we were just kissing. And stuff."

Buttoning her robe, Tracy walked out of the small room and looked at Carol's neck. She saw two puncture marks, red and swollen.

"Rev, come look at this," Tracy said in a serious voice. She was shaking. She could barely keep from laughing.

The Kerdos prince walked toward them with deliberate steps and looked at his brother's handiwork.

"Well," he said. "Looks like someone got carried away. I thought you said you would never mate someone the old way."

"Mate?" said Carol, a little confused.

"I...well...it seemed...Phaben's hell, once I tasted her skin...I couldn't..."

"I see," said Rev. "And you called me impetuous. At least I waited until I had her."

"Rev!" protested Tracy.

"Tracy, what's going on?" said Carol.

"Come on," said Tracy gently. "I have a few things to explain to you."

"No!" both Carol and Tev said. Tev threw his arm around Carol and hugged her tight.

"Come on, Tracy. I think these two have something to finish," Rev said, with a wink. "Explanations can wait until later."

Tracy and Rev were lying on the bed in the cabin, and Rev was snoring in her ear. She gently extracted herself from his arms and went back into the sitting room of the cabin.

Carol was hugging her knees. Tracy sat next to her on the couch. They didn't say anything for a while and simply enjoyed the company of the only other human around. Tracy broke the silence.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I'm a little freaked out right now," Carol admitted. "What just happened? When I tried to talk to Tev about it, he growled out 'Mine!' and fell asleep holding me."

Tracy chuckled. "Rev is asleep right now too."

"He's really into you," said Carol. "He seems like a good guy, for a big green alien."

"Tev is attracted to you," said Tracy. She looked her friend straight in the eye. "The thing is, it's a little different with these guys. Try not to get too upset about it, but when he gave you his mating bite, he bound himself permanently to you."

"What!" Carol shrieked.

"Ssh," said Tracy. "Making noises like that will wake them up and they'll rush in here, thinking something is wrong."

"Well, something is wrong." said Carol.

"No, it isn't, not for them. That's how they do it when they take a mate. When they do it to a Kerdos woman, they are bound together. But it doesn't work that way between humans and Kerdos men. They didn't know about it because we're the first humans they have ever encountered."

"That freaky bite of his did something to me. All I wanted to do was get up close and personal with him, if you know what I mean."

"Oh, I certainly do," said Tracy. "The first time Rev and I had sex, I was begging him for it. I got mad when he turned me down."

"He turned you down?"

"We were on a ship, and it was all messed up, but being close to Rev made me hotter than I ever had been before. Apparently, I had the same effect on him, because he gave in, and he bit me the same way you were.

Carol frowned.

"That's not what they usually do now. Their mating bite can be very addictive to the recipient, so to become part of the Aligned Worlds, they had to put mating by 'the old ways' aside. That's one of the problems with us; we joined by Rev using his mating bite. I guess there is just something about us Earth girls that make them lose their minds."

"So now Tev thinks I'm mated to him?"

"It's a little beyond that. He doesn't just think you're mated to him. He KNOWS it."

"Fuck. I was just looking for a good time."

"Fooled around and fell in love?"

"I don't know how I feel about Tev. Yeah, he's big, and hunky, and sure delivered in the hot sex department, but..."

"Yeah, I know. You don't know if you love him. Let me clue you in. He doesn't love you."

"How could he?"