Page 3 of Argen Mate
Chapter Two
Zoey
I knew as soon as I put my hand in his that Argen Trametu was going to be mine even though he was not at all what I expected. I felt a shock of recognition the moment we touched, and his smile was heart melting. He was so dirty, I couldn’t really tell what color skin he had and the same for his hair. But his eyes were an unusual shade of aquamarine shaded by dark purple lashes. I couldn’t stop staring into them, nearly forgetting I was there to do a job.
In addition to being dirty and a bit odiferous, he looked tired and like he had probably missed a few too many meals. Frankly, he looked like he really needed a hug, but there was still a whole line of people behind him that were in as bad or worse condition. Only, none of them made my body react like Argen.
I definitely wanted him, but at least it was under control---not like when Nora met Narovian feline, Sahvin Mazza. His pheromones set her off so that she had to drag him to her cabin and fuck him within minutes of touching him. But I could sure imagine pressing my body up against him and kissing that beautiful male mouth of his.
I stared after him long enough to make my next contact just a little impatient. He was humanoid, but not Uatu, or he probably would have been more understanding. “Sorry to keep you waiting, sir. Look into the camera and state your name and your world of origin. Then step over to the doorway, and one of our attendants will take you to your cabin.”
My relief came three hours later. Even though I was exhausted when I got to my cabin, I couldn’t sleep. We still had almost another thirty hours of shuttling people up from Julconi. If the Sargans caught us, we would be lucky if they only marooned us on their prison planet. We could be executed for breaking about four thousand prisoners off the planet.
It was supposed to be four thousand, but I learned later it was closer to six thousand. Our Central Command team decided we would keep bringing them up as long as the Sargan’s didn’t show up. We brought up more than six thousand by the time we were done.
I still had another shift in the morning, and I was dragging when I got there. I only got about five hours sleep, when I hadn’t been sleeping well for several days before Julconi. Would it really be any wonder?
Almost two years ago I was kidnapped by aliens while getting my mail from the rural mailbox at the end of my driveway after my morning run. I woke up on a slave ship. It was filled with a bunch of women stolen from other planets. We were on our way to being sold into slavery. The Farseek Brigade turned mercenaries came and rescued us because of some governor’s daughter. They did it for the money and were nice enough to take us with them. But they couldn’t take us back to Earth because they didn’t know where it is.
I never even thought about aliens one way or another before I was taken. I had a pretty good job at the fitness center as an aerobics instructor and personal trainer. I was scared out of my mind when I realized I was on a spaceship in space. Harper, Scarlet, and Nora were on that ship with me, all from Earth too. We got to be friends on that slave ship. We called ourselves the fantastic four.
Then the Farseek Mercenaries rescued us. The other three got hooked up with some wonderful men, and I was beginning to feel left out. There wasn’t much back on Earth for me, just my job and my little apartment. I didn’t even have a pet or anyone special in my life. I’d moved to the town across the state line from where I grew up to take the job at the fitness center.
I joined the Mercenaries when my friends did because otherwise, I had no one. We were non-combatant support staff and served wherever we were needed.
It was midday before I saw Argen again. He was downright handsome all cleaned up and rested. I couldn’t help smiling up at him when he came and stood in front of my table. I felt giddy as pleasure and attraction bubbled up inside me at his presence.
“Hi sweetheart,” he said. “I had to see you. Do you think we could have third meal together in the mess hall today? I would so like to get to know you better.”
“I would like that. You look much better. Did you rest well?”
He shrugged.
“Sometimes it’s hard to rest in a new place. I’ve only been here a couple days myself. The accommodations are actually nicer than mine on Dread One, but the bed’s not the same. And the smell is different.”
“It’s a new ship,” Argen said.
“It is. We stole it from Tegliar Station,” I told him.
“I wish I could have been there for that,” he grinned. “I hope they don’t catch up to us.”
“You and me, too.” I smiled.
It was hard not to smile while I was talking with him. I knew he was handsome under all that dirt but cleaned up he looked so good I could hardly stop staring. All the Uatu men were stunningly attractive even with their odd colored skin and hair.
His skin was a pale lavender, and his hair was a darker lavender color. It had been pretty long when he came on board, but now it was clipped close to his head in what seemed to be the universal military cut.
I hoped the way I was looking at him made him feel as good as I felt at how he was looking at me.
“We’re finished here. Would you like to go to the mess and get a cup of tea?” I offered. There was no such thing as coffee out here, but the tea had about the same kick as coffee, and it tasted good.
“I need to stop at my cabin on the way, but I would love to have tea with you,” he grinned.
Farseek warriors were seldom demonstrative in public. Argen walked beside me down the corridor to the lift to level three where his cabin was. When we got there, he invited me in, and I fell right for it.
As soon as the door closed behind me, he pivoted and held my head between his large hands pressed those sexy lips to mine. I just melted against him and put my arms around him like I wanted to do the first time I saw him.
Solmatu!As soon as our lips touched and my arms went around him, I knew it was true. I felt such elation just to be in his arms for the first time. His tongue slipped between my lips, and I opened for him, giving him free reign to stake his claim.Mine! Mine!
