Page 7 of Kidnapped By the Alien Chieftain

“I saw many females on my hunt. Many are beautiful, but none are as beautiful as my Rocks. We will return one day and find you your own perfect female,” I promise, looking directly into Xandor’s eyes.

Xandor’s disappointment is visible in his expression as he responds, “I wish, but old Astraxius said you are the only match.” His disappointment quickly turns to a smile as he shrugs off the news. “Ah well, seems the Gods demand I keep sowing my wild seed amongst all the other beautiful females in the universe.” His carefree attitude makes me chuckle.

“That’s a terrible burden you shoulder, friend,” I say, still amused.

Xandor attempts to reassure me, “Listen, things with the human female will work out. It’s just a matter of time before she feels more comfortable.” He reaches into his armor and produces a golden object, presenting it to me. “I give especially feisty females in the Pleasure Garden a gift, and their hearts melt.”

As I take the necklace from him, I feel its weight in my palm, bouncing it gently in my hand. The necklace is a beautiful, ornate design with a space for a stone, a pretty thing. “You would give this to me? You honor me,” I say, tucking the necklace into my robe’s pocket.With this gift, I cannot fail. “Thank you, Xandor, you have restored my hope,” I say with a broad smile as I move to clasp his wrist.

“Tis a small thing given the importance,”Xandor responds with his chest held high, gripping my wrist firmly.

“I must return to check on Rocks. Plot a course. Then make all haste to Klendathor.” I nod to Xandor and turn towards the door.

He brings his fist to his chest and bows. “High Chieftain.”

Confidence returning, I dare hope Pebbles will choose to stay. What shocks me is how much I care. It is not just the experiment; something unknown draws me to her. I’m fascinated by everything she says, how she moves. I just want to take her in my arms, protect her and feel her softness against me. It’s taking all my self-control to restrain myself when near her.

Xandor often visits the Nilius Pleasure Gardens. He favors a large Tuskarian female called Sunrise. He prefers… robust females. Said it allows him to mate with a wildness without fear of hurting them. I could never get over the large protruding tusks, nor the sniffling snouted nose unfortunately. Several times I had attended, seen many species, but felt no desire deeper than the most basic lust for any of them.

I follow the corridor toward the kitchens. Pebbles will be hungry when she awakens. I quickly fill a mug of boracks milk from the liquids dispenser and select a jellied ration from the food generator. I head back to my room and quietly leave the food and drink on the desk. It’s good she is still resting. She looks so small on my bed cuddled up, snoring softly. I feel mypulse rising, resisting a powerful urge to touch her, to stroke her hair.Gods, is it going to be this hard every time I see her?I tear myself away and again lock the door, using the control panel behind me. Now to find an empty room to sleep in.

Tomorrow will be the true test.

Chapter 5

Roxanne

Wandering

My tears soak throughthe furs, leaving damp patches under my cheek. I cried and cried until no more tears would come, leaving my eyes swollen and red. Mercifully, sleep had finally taken me, so overcome with exhaustion, although it was a restless sleep full of strange dreams. When I finally open my eyes, I had almost forgotten where I am, until the memory of the previous day’s events flooded back, hitting me like an icy dagger in my chest.

Abducted by an alien, all hope of rescue or return is non existent. Panic rises in my chest as I try to wrap my head around my situation. Krogoth, the Kidnapper, claimed he wanted to marry me. It is in the name of love that he has stolen me away from all that I know and love. What a cruel joke. Thethought alone is enough to make my breath quicken and my heart race.Marriage to him probably means joining his pervy harem, great big brute that he is.My hands form into tight fists, imagining him traveling from planet to planet, stealing women for his collection. The fear that grips me is almost suffocating as I try to imagine what horrors he might force me to endure.

I curl up even tighter under the layers of soft fur that cover the massive bed. The wooden frame of the bed looks like it had grown out of some giant tree. It’s as though I am a tiny creature hiding within its branches. The warmth of the darkness surrounding me feels comforting, and my frequent breaths create a steamy pressure cooker of sorts. As I try to calm my racing thoughts, I think,What if I just lie here, saying nothing and refuse to eat? What would Krogoth do then?Would he take me back to Earth?The idea is tempting. But I can’t trust him to take me back unharmed.

I aggressively kick the blankets off myself, the heat suddenly becoming stifling.What kind of jerk would do something like this?The overgrown oaf could just take me back and put an end to this whole mess. Why does he want to marry me, anyway? There are billions of women on Earth, not to mention the entire universe, and he takes me! Why did these crazy odds never benefit me when I bought lottery tickets? There are plenty of more attractive women than I, that’s for damn sure.

A sudden wave of relief washes over me.That’s it!This must be a case of mistaken identity. If I can just explain I’m not the right gal for the job to him, we both can move on with our lives. Glancing around the room, I see a wooden desk and chair and other pieces of furniture. The walls are the same black marble material the rest of the ship has, which stands in stark contrast to the rustic feeling of the décor.

I don’t have any idea what time it is, but I’m pretty sure I’m late for work; I was usually late for work. The strange thing is Idon’t care. The one positive of this whole misunderstanding is I might miss work today. I work as a quality assurance tester for a banking app developer. Gerard, our lead developer, is probably already writing good old trusty “Working as intended” all over my defects list right now.It’s a shame no one ever thought to kidnap him!

It paid the bills. But I’d seen people come and go over my five years there and within a week of someone leaving, it was like they had never been there. Just a ghost in the machine, a forgotten logo on stories past. How long will it take them to notice I’m gone? Will they even file a missing person’s report?

My good friends from college, Charlotte and Alice, are probably the only ones who would raise the alarm. But they are married now. Alice is expecting her third child in a few months. They seemed happy, and good for them.

I could be in another damn dimension by the time anyone notices. And what will they do if they even suspect a giant alien killing machine abducted me? Send the United States space force? My heart feels heavy as I wonder how it’s gotten to this point, so alone. Barely anyone will know I even existed.I wish Mum and Dad were still alive. I struggle to hold back the tears that threaten to spill as my lips tremble.

Screw this. I refuse to wait here any longer. I’m going to escape and get the hell off this spaceship.Taking a deep breath, I feel resolved. As I hop off the bed, I nearly trip and fall, not prepared for such a height. I’ll probably need a stool to climb back into bed again. In fact, everything in the room seems oversized…Krogoth sized.

The room is dark because of the walls being black with only a few dull warm purple lights emanating from the ceiling, similar to the shower and locker room. I inhale sharply as I notice a door to my right flanked by giant skulls of some unknown ferociousbeast on either side.Dare I go into the room? What if a living one of whatever those things on the wall is in there?

I try to suppress my shaking as I tiptoe towards the door. The door suddenly whizzes open. My heart stops for a moment.I don’t hear any giant beasties in there. Peeking my head around the edge of the door, I breathe a sigh of relief to see it is just a bathroom with a shower, smaller but like the first room they put me in. I shake my head to see the toilet is a hole in the floor with what looks akin to a bidet beside it.Typical!I end up in a futuristic spaceship that has a hole in the floor for a toilet.

My pulse quickens as something catches my eye from the other side of the room. I hurry over to inspect a giant suit of armor. It’s a Krogoth sized mannequin,a Krogothquinn?with silver-colored metallic scaled armor with solid plating for the chest, shoulders and legs draped over it. The mask he wore the time he rescued and kidnapped me is on top. It looks as intimidating as I remember. A sleek design which encompasses the front, top and sides of the head, with narrow eye slits angled sharply, giving it a menacing appearance.

At each wrist, there is a device of some sort. It has some of the same symbols I’ve seen before on the ship. My heart races as I push some of them. Nothing happens. I sigh. If only I could wear it. Maybe it would give me super strength so I could beat up Krogoth and make him take me back to Earth. I reach up, trying to pick up the mask straining on my tiptoes. I can’t even reach it because of the height difference.It is a silly idea, anyway.

Wonder where the big guy is?This must be his room. Seeing how basic it is makes me chuckle.At least there is no harem here.He is handsome, to be sure, an exotic force of pure masculine energy. But we can barely even communicate properly. Does he expect me to live in this room for the rest of my life, waiting for him to show up and fuck me over the bed every night? My cheeks blush at the thought. This is crazythinking.No hooking up. I need to get off this damn ship and back onto Earth as soon as possible.

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