My Wild Pet (Whispers from the Imperial Cage #2)

Chapter 30

CHAPTER 30

Briar

In the dim light of the cages in the shower room, I lean as close to the bars of my cage as I can. Gabriel is in the cage next to mine, his face barely visible in the half-light. His voice is low, barely more than a breath, but in his words, I can hear the trance of something I can’t quite articulate. Hope?

“I’m telling you, he’s real,” Gabriel whispers, his words slipping through the tiny gaps between us. “Gael the Returner. Half-Imperial, half-human. Il existe. He’s rescued human pets before.”

“You don’t really believe that?” I whisper back. “It sounds like something other pets would make up to keep from losing our minds.”

“It’s not just a story,” he insists, his voice firm but still soft enough that no one else can hear. “I’ve heard about him from others. During the competitions, all the pets are put in one area, le centre des animaux, and that’s when we have free time to talk. He’s out there, Briar.”

I want to believe him, but I can’t. I’ve not been here long, but I don’t think the galaxy is a place where miracles happen. We’re property, nothing more. And even if someone like Gael does exist, the idea that he’d swoop in and save us from a ship like this... impossible.

And as much as I don’t like certain aspects of this life, there are others I do. To my shame. I enjoy Aefre touching me. I enjoy performing for him. I enjoy my talks with Gabriel. And maybe this is the best that I can hope for for the rest of my life. I know what it’s like to lose, I lost my parents and then I lost Earth and now I’m afraid to lose what little I have here.

“How would he even know we’re here and want to be rescued?” I ask, my voice sharp despite my attempt to keep it quiet. “We’re on one of the most secure Imperial ships in the galaxy according to you. Aefre isn’t going to send him an invitation.”

“Gael has his ways,” he says. “He has contacts—Imperials who are sympathetic, who help him. There’s always a point of contact at the Grand Championships.”

“And how does he get past security?”

Gabriel hesitates, and for a moment, I think I’ve won the argument. But then he exhales slowly, his fingers tapping lightly against the bars. “He doesn’t do it alone,” he says quietly. “He has a crew. Humans, Imperials, hybrids. Ils travaillent ensemble. They work together.”

“And then what?” I whisper. “Even if he could rescue us, where would we go? What would we do? We’re... we’re pets, Gabriel. That’s all anyone sees us as. I have a fucking tail that’s stuck into me like it’s natural.” I hold back the tears. “I’m an animal.”

He speaks in a low, soothing tone. “Briar, I understand how it feels wrong— mon Dieu , I do. But there are so many species in this galaxy with tails—some that stand equal to or above the Imperials. They’re not seen as animals or lesser beings.”

“Humans don’t have tails!” I cry harder.

“Ma chérie, listen to me. You’re more than any physical trait they force on you. You’re clever and fearless. I’ve seen it and I’ve felt it. C’est ca that’s all that truly matters, not whether or not you have a tail.”

“You think I’m fearless?” I wipe my eyes.

“You’re… magnifique , Briar,” he whispers, slipping my human name past his lips like silk. “And I promise you Gael and his crew will not see you as an animal. For Gael we are people who have the right to freedom. Survivors. He doesn’t just rescue us—he gives us a chance to live again.”

The word freedom lingers on the humid air in the cleansing room. I want to believe Gabriel, but freedom feels like a dream too distant to reach right now, like the stars, like my parents. Just a word for something I’ll never have again.

“I don’t know if I want to risking what little I have here,” I admit.

I glance at Gabriel through the bars again, his jaw set. He believes this. He really believes it. And he’s frustrated I don’t.

Aefre comes to collect me from the cleansing room well after Kaelin took Gabriel away. He puts my leash on and leads me back to his quarters. Once we’re inside he says, “I have a treat for you, good girl.”

I look up at him expectantly. From a nearby table he shows me two long silver pieces of jewelry. “For your nipples. Should I put them on for you?”

“Yes, Master Aefre,” I reply and watch as he takes out the small bars in my nipple piercings, which feels so strange to have removed and see the large holes in my nipples, and then fills those holes with the ornate silver pieces that hang down past my belly button. The memory of the Imperial woman riding Aefre replays in my mind like a tidal wave. “This is my fantasy.”

“I know,” Aefre says as he puts my other nipple studs somewhere safe. When he returns to stand in front of me, he picks up the ends of the nipple jewelry and leads me into the bedroom, tits first.

At first it hurts to have my nipples pulled so hard, but soon, the pain turns to pleasure and then anticipation.

“On your knees,” Aefre demands.

“Yes Master Aefre,” I obey. I watch him as he takes off his clothing slowly putting it away. Then he goes into the bathroom for some time. He even showers while I’m still here on my knees. But I don’t’ move. I just wait.

When he comes back into the bedroom he has another silver object in his hand. I’m worried it’s the chastity device.

“Calm yourself,” he says, and pushes me forward so I’m on my hands and knees. “Today is your reward for being a good girl.”

If I were a cat, I would be purring. But I’m a woman so my core is preparing itself for penetration. However, I tense when I feel Aefre’s deft fingers circling my ass and then he spits into it as he circles it some more. I don’t want to be ass fucked. I want to have sex with him. But I worry if I say ‘no’ now he’ll put the chastity belt on me.

I decide to wait. But as he continues to rub around my anus I become worried.

He spits again into my ass and then inserts something. It’s not as big as his cock nor is it too much. It’s warm and it feels, strange but not unpleasant. I feel… full.

Aefre slaps my ass a few times and says, “It’s to increase your enjoyment. I know you don’t understand, but trust my decision, Ash. I know what all my pets want.”

I don’t answer. This is one of those times he doesn’t want me to. He likes to pretend I don’t understand half of the time.

Aefre takes my nipple chains in his hands. “Stand up. Now jump as many times as you can with the heels of your feet touching your ass.”

This is one of the training exercises he makes me do. It’s strange he’s making me do it now. But I do it. My breasts bouncing not as wildly as usual because he’s holding my nipples tightly with the silver chains. And the butt plug making my movements seem strange. I look at Aefre’s face as he watches me. This is his fantasy.

“Stop,” he tells me and I immediately do so, out of breath. I must have been doing that for five minutes as I watched his girthy ridged grey dick become erect. I think he’s going to tell me get on the bed now, but he surprises me by saying, “Stay.”

I do and wait, pushing my thighs together, thinking about riding him with the silver jewelry on my nipples. Even now I love the erotic way the chains tug on my nipples and fall against my stomach.

Aefre returns with a rectangular box that turns into a low table with different size dildos on it. He uses the silver chains attached to my breasts to lead me to the first dildo in the row. “This is a Lyran penis,” he says as if that means something to me. “Impale yourself on it.”

I want to be a good girl so I get my prize of riding Aefre so I hover over the dildo. It looks a lot like a human man’s penis, except with a little more texture. I hold Aefre’s green gaze as I lower myself onto it. Suddenly it warms and comes alive, the whole little table begins moving up and down. I’m shocked and try to move my body off it but I can’t. Then prickles come out from the dick and scratch the inside of my vagina. I scream. Then the dildo lets go.

I rub between my legs, wishing I could rub the inside of my vaginal canal. I feel like my vagina just walked through a briar patch.

“I’m sorry,” Aefre says. Then before I can say anything else, he has the doctor on the comms.

“No,” I try to interject. “No doctor.”

“The doctor is on his way.”

I’m sure he is .

Minutes later the doctor enters. Aefre explains the situation and the doctor has me lie down on Aefre’s bed. Aefre stands to the side as the doctor unnecessarily touches every inch of my body and then uses a polymer to heal the inside of my vagina.

“Good as new,” he says. Then he looks at Aefre and asks, “I know this is presumptuous but may I stay and watch?” He adds, “For professional reasons.”

I want to scream ‘No!’ I want to ride Aefre. This is my treat. But I say nothing. Aefre wouldn’t like it.

“Not this time, Ash is still shy,” Aefre says and I’m relieved.

The doctor packs up his equipment and leaves clearly disappointed.

My attention turns back to Aefre. He picks up the nipple jewelry and says, “Now where were we? Oh yes the table. I had it programmed for the wrong species. Clearly you’re human.”

“What is this?” I ask.

“At some of the competitions there are informal side games for female pets. This is one of them. Perhaps it’s not for you. The other two females like it.”

It occurs to me then that he has sex with them too. Probably in the same way he has sex with me. And I don’t know why, but that doesn’t bother me. Most likely because I’m the only one with him here now and we’re so close to having sex again. And I want his cock inside of me so much. “Please Master Aefre, I want to ride you,” I say directly, risking his annoyance. He doesn’t like it when I ask for things.

“Yes, but I want you to work for it first. That’s my fantasy tonight.”

“What about with Ember?” I say and I hold my breath as I wait for Aefre’s answer. His face is unreadable.

But don’t ask don’t get.