Reagan Hawk (3 page)

Lucia glanced around at the crowd,
watching as some began pleasuring one another. The cheap-seats section looked more like an orgy than a crowd gathered for a show. She spotted one woman with a cock in her mouth and another being rammed into her ass. The men she was with were dirty and one was missing his teeth, yet the woman seemed to love every second of being fucked by swine.

Another woman near to her was in the process of being slapped across the face by a man, who was using his freed cock to do it. The woman nodded and opened her mouth
. The man thrust his cock in and then began to fuck her face like an animal.

Lucia
’s pussy dampened and shame filled her for wanting to be dominated in such a manner. The man she’d thought of more and more in the position was a man forbidden to her. A guard employed by the dominus.

Raider.

A guard she’d had various encounters with. None had been outright sexual but all held tension with the promise of passion. They spent many moments talking while walking the house grounds. His humor was infectious and he seemed well-educated, telling her stories of other planets and their myths and legends. She hung upon his every word and looked forward to any moments she could steal to be with him.

Her gaze darted around in search of him as her pussy clenched with need.
He was never far from Dominus’s side. She found him near the closest exits. Strangely enough, his gaze was locked upon her. Not the show or the crowd, eagerly fucking. He watched her with heat in his expression. So much so, she felt her cheeks heating.

Ra
ider was the man she imagined pounding into her. The man she pictured when she thought of orally pleasing someone. She knew she could make him happy. She’d been trained in such ways. To act upon her feelings, though, would mean death. She knew as much. What she didn’t know was if Raider had any feelings for her—if he desired her. She thought he might. He stole long looks at her when he thought she wasn’t looking.

She glanced away, back at the show before her.

One of the slave women in the arena came closer to a gladiator and stood with her legs wide. The gladiator used the handle of the whip to fuck her as their mouths met. Blood dripped down the women’s backs, turning Lucia’s stomach. She needed air and to be away from the violence and sex. She saw enough of it at home. She did not need to attend an event and see more.

“
Dominus,” she said, her voice low. “I must relieve myself.”

Fannu curled her lip in disgust as she blatantly stroked Dominus
’s cock for all to see. “Weak thing you are. What will you do when it is you on the receiving end of a lash? Faint? Scream? Cry for mercy?”

Lucia did not respond.

“So weak,” Fannu mocked. “Unfit for the house.”

Lucia kept her gaze lowered, knowing better than to appear to challenge Fannu.

Dominus laughed, the sound making her flinch. “You enjoy scaring her too much, my lovely.”

Fannu pawed at him, licking his cheek. “
It is almost too easy to do. She is like a dormouse. No threat. Scampering away at first sight of another.”

He smiled a lec
herous smile. “Toy with her later, my lovely. For now, attend to my cock.” Dominus waved a hand dismissively. “Go.”

Fannu snarled.

Ignoring her, Lucia stood and moved down the row to the end of the seats, towards the exit. Towards Raider. He was there, waiting for her. She nearly smiled as he followed her down in the direction of the lower level. He wasn’t like the other guards. He didn’t seem to enjoy the violence that went on within the walls of Dominus’s house. He was strong. She knew not only by sight, because he was large and had many muscles, but she’d seen him in action, fending off an attack on the streets during Market Day.

He had not been a guard with the house long, perhaps two months, but in that time she had developed something of a crush upon h
im. How could she not? He was well over six feet, with broad shoulders and rippling muscles. His long, ink-black hair hung past his shoulders when loose. He was as finely sculpted as any gladiator she’d ever seen and she’d seen many in her lifetime.

Raider kept pace with the tiny blonde woman. Too many watched her as she moved through the back corridors of the arena. He didn
’t like the attention they paid her. It would be too easy for one of them to get the idea of stealing her into his head. In seconds she could find herself snatched away and violated. It happened all too often. Emprom was notorious for it. They treated their women with no respect, and a woman would hold no place of power within the society.

Alread
y the crowd was sex-crazed, everyone seeming to be engaged in some form of sex. He caught sight of a group of four men, each fucking the one before him until the man left at the start—he had hold of his prick, pulling it, while taking a pounding from behind.

Another group near the men consisted of three men and one rather unattractive woman. The men slapped her around as they took turns shoving their cocks into her mouth. She nodded and tugged at them, wanting the treatment. As he spotted the needle marks o
n her arms, Raider knew she was a
vasicius
junkie. That meant she craved the drug and sex. She was no doubt riddled with disease.

He disliked Emprom greatly but had come to it for a reason. He wanted Ahenobarbus
’s treasures and enjoyed the game he currently played. While he had originally planned to spend two weeks on Emprom in Ahenobarbus’s household, learning his secrets and how to steal everything out from under him, Raider found himself still there. Despite the pleas and dismay of his crew—who had fucked their way through a brothel or two, he was sure. If he knew Baton, the man had fucked his fill of all the available women on Emprom and then moved on to the unavailable ones. Baton was a rake and they loved him for it.

Raider knew what, or rather who, h
eld him to Emprom, but hated admitting the weakness to himself, let alone out loud.

Lucia.

There was something about her. A certain innocence even though he’d learned she’d previously resided in a House of Courtesans. One of the best on Emprom, from what he’d been told. Still, he had seen her try to lessen the evil Ahenobarbus dispatched upon his household. She did so in a way the dominus did not see, but the slaves and the gladiators noticed. Two other guards did as well, but they did not betray her. Raider suspected the two guards who knew her gentle nature had ended the lives of two who learned the truth of her and thought to reveal her.

Good for them.

Raider had been alone with her numerous times. She had never once attempted to use her feminine wiles on him, even though he desperately wished she would. She was curious, always asking him of his travels. He, in turn, was cautious with his answers. He could not come out and tell her he was a space pirate, though he found he wanted to. He went to sleep at night thinking of her, and she was who he sought out upon waking. Even if it was to just steal glimpses of her. So beautiful and so loving. He saw how big her heart was in all she did, though she tried hard to keep such a fact hidden from the dominus. He knew why. Her compassion would be viewed as a weakness.

Lucia cast a shy glance in his direction, her green gaze curious. She lived in a house of debauchery, devious planning and violence, yet there was a vulnerability, an innocence in her eyes, one that ran
true. The other guards spoke often of her, telling of how she had been purchased to be head concubine to the dominus, but that she had yet to take the role. Fannu, Ahenobarbus’s head concubine, saw only green when looking at Lucia.

It was Raider
’s belief that Fannu’s jealousy was part of what had saved Lucia from the dominus’s clutches so far. Also, Fannu fed the dominus’s worry of angering the gods, often whispering she had not yet borne him a son because he had dared to defy the five-year rule with her. But the mood of the house had changed in recent months. Ahenobarbus was growing weary of Fannu. In addition, Fannu’s term was fast coming to an end. He would take Lucia soon, believing it to be sanctioned by the gods.

Like hell!

Raider nearly growled at the idea of the bastard laying his hands upon Lucia.

As Lucia moved to the top of the staircase, Raider went quickly to her side, taking her arm gently to keep her from tripping on her wraps. Heat moved through him. He
’d wanted to touch her for months. She gasped, glanced up at him, and then behind them to be sure no one was looking.

“
Dominus will not be pleased you have touched me,” she said, her voice soft.

“
He would be less pleased if you were dead at the base of the stairs because you tripped,” he replied. Truth be told, the bastard would see him dead if he knew half of what Raider wanted to do to her. He’d spent nearly every night of his two months on Emprom stroking his cock to the thoughts of Lucia—the thought of her there, on her knees before him, sucking his seed from him. He wanted her like he’d never wanted anything before, and he was a man of many desires.

She nodded. “
You see reason. Thank you.”

Her tiny hand found his arm and his cock hardened instantly. He had a c
lear view down the top of her robes. Round, pale globes of flesh greeted him, teasing him. She was breathtakingly beautiful yet humble, two qualities that normally did not go hand in hand. He wanted to touch her breasts and feel their heaviness in his hands. He wanted to caress her nipples with his thumbs. And he wanted to know the treasures that lay between her legs. Raider had always had his pick of women, and until he’d gone undercover as Dominus’s personal guard, he’d spent nearly every night with a different female.

They enjoyed his bad boy image, his money and his cock. He knew he was handsome. Enough females said so. And he knew how to please a woman. However, he
’d not had sex since his arrival on Emprom and his balls were so heavy with seed needing to be spent that if he didn’t fuck soon he’d explode.

Ahenobarbus offered all his personal guards their choice of servants to fuck, but he never offered Lucia. She was special to him, especially now that Fannu
’s five years as head concubine were almost up, per the custom on Emprom..

From what Raider had found out, Fannu was in her fifth year and had not gotten with child as of yet. On Emprom, if a head concubine bore her master a son, then that woman
’s place was cemented and she was moved to the coveted position of wife, a title she would wear until her death. However, since it seemed Fannu was destined to remain childless, her life would soon be forfeit.

The ways were foolish and antiquated. Raider
’s home world was a distant memory to him now, but they treated their women with more respect. At last check a female was President of the Colonies—a high position indeed.

He liked knowing Lucia saw him as a protector. She was smaller than the women of his home world, who were all tall and powerful. Lucia barely rea
ched his shoulder while wearing sandals. Their size difference turned him on more. He felt even more alpha near her, more of a protector.

“
Would you mind if we stepped outside, away from this show?” she asked.

He knew she didn
’t like violence. He’d caught on to as much during his time with the household. “You do not wish to see the gladiator release his seed? The crowd calls for the beast. Do you not wish to see if she is fucked by an animal or fucked by a man with an animal’s head and the backing of the gods?”

She hastened in her steps. “
No. I have no wish to watch such a thing. Again.”

“
Come,” he said, leading her to an exit. “We shall breathe in fresh air.”

“
Thank you.”

They exited the arena and came face-to-face with a young couple, their robes undone, t
heir lips locked. The male’s bare ass was visible as he rammed himself deep into the female, who was pinned against the wall. She panted, her nails digging into his arms.

“
Yes, fuck me!”

Lucia watched the interaction with keen interest. As her tongue darte
d out and over her lips, Raider found himself doing the unthinkable. He touched her cheek. She tilted her head into his palm and remained there, unabashed as they watched the couple fucking.

The male glanced at them and grinned, proud of himself for his co
nquest. He boldly withdrew his cock, pumped it with his hand, watching Raider and Lucia before spearing the woman before him once more. He returned his focus to the female with him.

Raider couldn
’t stop himself as he drew Lucia against him. His cock was full at the thought of doing something similar to her. He wanted to know the pleasures of her body. Beyond that, he wanted her to look upon him and smile, knowing she was safe within his arms.

Her hand came to his chest. She tensed as the male thrust deep in
the female and finished. Lucia looked up at Raider and blinked. “He is strong.”

“
He is.” He fought the urge to kiss her.