Page 14 of Bela's Bounty
CHAPTERSIX
Treto
Madam Athea’s cruiser was long gone when I finally came to, lying in a crumpled heap in the middle of the dock where the guards dumped me. With electricity still zinging through my nerves and a fist-sized lump on the back of my head, I limped back to my shuttle.
At least I know where they are going. Lux is probably the most well-known pleasure station in the galaxy, and one I’ve been to before.
My head is aching, and my vision is still a little spotty as I carefully maneuver my way through the asteroid field. I can’t seem to get the sight of her limp body being carried away by the Pizat out of my mind.
They have a med-bot on their cruiser,I remind myself.They will be able to heal her, so maybe it’s best she’s with them. For now.Just until I can get her back.
As soon as I’m through the worst of the asteroid field, I hail Rovos over the comm.
“Treto!” Rovos looks strained and more than a bit surprised. “Did you extract the humans already?”
Humans?—oh, right. There were several taken from the planet.“No, there’s been a… setback.”
Rovos gnashes his teeth and clenches his fists. A shiver ripples across his shoulders, and I pause.
“Are you alright?” I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Vesen act this way before.
“Fine,” he grunts and sits up straighter, curling his hands around the armrests. “Have you talked with Sone?”
“No.” Talking to him is painful, knowing he doesn’t understand—that he can’t understand—why I’m keeping him away.
“Good.Good...” Rovos sighs and shudders again.
Did he just say…good?“Rovos, is something wrong?”
“No,” he says quickly, followed by, “Yes. I—hang on… I’m—”
The screen goes dark, and I sit back in my chair, wondering what just happened. I check the signal, but it’s fine. Rovos turned off the feed on his end.
I’m just about to comm him back when the screen flickers, and he appears once more. Only, it’s not just him. Now his female, Anna, is curled up in his lap with a wicked smile on her swollen lips. Rovos no longer looks tense. In fact, he looks flushed and well pleased.
My jaw drops.
Were they… just now? I cover my eyes and shake my head. Was she… while we were talking?
“Oh, get over yourself.” Rovos chuckles. “When was the last time you got a female to suck your cock?”
I nearly choke when the image of my dark-haired female flashes before my eyes. How she would look on her knees before me, with her full lips wrapped around my thick shaft. Her dark eyes, heavy-lidded and locked with mine while I thrust in and out of her hot little mouth.
I clear my throat and shift in my seat. If there was ever a female I desired to do such a thing with, it was my human beauty. But I’m not about to have that conversation with Rovos, and certainly not in front of his female.
“Alright, start from the beginning. Tell me what happened,” Rovos asks.
So I do, quickly recapping how I followed the Xar’ads’ ship from earth to the neutral zone. When I tell him about the auction, Anna suddenly sits up straight and leans forward.
“How many women did they take?” she asks.
“I—uh—” I have no idea because, until I saw my female, I wasn’t paying any attention. “I’m not certain.”
“Were they all auctioned? Did you see who bought them?” She fires questions faster than I can answer them.
“I only saw the one.”
“What the hell, Treto?!” Anna throws her hands into the air, something she often does when she’s exasperated. “How are we supposed to find them?”
