Chapter 3
CHAPTER THREE
Kayla
My head swam as my eyes opened, and all my joints hurt. Looking around, I couldn’t see anything but darkness.
“Where am I?” I felt my mouth move, but no sound came out. “Help!” I tried screaming, and still no sound came out.
A light popped on, and I squinted against the brightness as a familiar laugh filled my ears. “Calm down, pet.”
My eyes adjusted, and I saw the tall man from when the snake wrapped around me. “What is going on?!”
“Calm down, pet. We’re taking you to a special place.” He smiled at me, and I snarled.
I was naked inside a cage while he sat in a plush seat, dressed in a black suit. My hand patted and rubbed my throat, and he twisted his lips.
“I know you can’t speak. We’ve equipped you with a silencer that your new owners can disable if they’d like.”
I crawled over to the back corner of my prison and curled up to hide my nakedness.
“Come now.” He purred. “You’re quite beautiful. Don’t hide from me.”
I gave him the finger and curled up tighter. His rich laughter filled the room, and I turned myself so he couldn’t see the tears traveling down my face.
This sucked.
I didn’t know where I was, why I was kidnapped or where I was being taken.
“What are those spots on her skin?” Another voice joined the room.
“Those are called freckles. My understanding is they are common for those with pale skin and what they call ginger hair.” The suited man responded, and I felt my eyes roll back into my head.
“And she’s untouched?” The new voice asked.
“According to the medic who examined her, and from the laws on Earth, she is completely untouched.”
Someone tapped on my cage, and I turned my head to see who. His eyes felt familiar as I looked into them. Black, with a rainbow outer rim. His face was shaped like that of a snake, complete with a forked tongue.
“What name do you answer to?” The strange man asked me.
I shrugged and tried to turn back around.
“We can do this the hard way and allow one of our thugs to probe your mind, or you can try to communicate with me.”
Heaving a sigh, I turned to face him.
“Are you untouched?”
I nodded my head.
Of course I was. The man in the suit told him the reasons.
“And you were planning to apply for Xa’Karth?”
My eyes narrowed as I nodded.
“Noboru, unmute her.” He called over his shoulder before looking back at me. “If you scream or ask too many questions, you will be muted again. Understood?”
I nodded.
“She can speak, Zsesux.”
The serpent face alien tilted his head. “Your name?”
I rubbed my cheeks, cleared my throat, and spoke softly. “Kayla.”
“Very good, Kayla.” He crouched down to be at eye level with me. “And your mating hole? It’s never been used?”
Shaking my head, I looked down. “No more than a finger of mine.”
He motioned to see my hand, and begrudgingly I held it out. “You have thin fingers.”
“Why were you down in that district?” Noboru stood up and came over to the cage. “You don’t look dirty enough for that area.”
“I saw an ad. It was for a planet called Xa’Karth.” I lifted a shoulder, shrugging. “Having an adventure sounded like fun.”
“Excellent news!” Zsesux stood up, clapping his hands together. “That’s exactly where we’re taking you!”
“Your bright hair and pale body will fetch a hefty sum.” Noboru reached through the bars to stroke my leg. “The fact that you are untouched? That will add to the pot, And we’ll be set for life.”
Outstanding. I was going to be sold as a pet or a slave on an alien planet.
“What if I change my mind?”
They burst out in laughter.
“Change your mind?” Zsesux drew back. “You belong to us and soon your ownership will be transferred to someone on Xa’Karth.” He laughed. “Silly pet.”
With a pout, I watched Noboru and Zsesux share a meal and then play a game that reminded me of checkers. They gave me little notice, and my stomach growled loud enough they jumped.
“What was that?” Noboru came over and crouched down to look me over.
Sighing, I dropped my head to my knees. “My stomach. I’m hungry.”
“Why didn’t you say anything?” He opened the door to my cage. “Come out, we can’t deliver you in a less than perfect state.”
“What in the planet’s hell are you doing?” Zsesux snapped. “You can’t just let her out!”
“Shilin was very specific that this one should be treated like a princess.” Noboru offered me a hand. “She is to be a special gift, and the instructions were to be gentle.”
I shivered standing there, and my bottom lip pushed out in a pout. “I’m cold.”
“You sure are whiney.” Zsesux noted.
“Well, gee, I was kidnapped by a giant snake and whatever the hell you are.” I motioned to Noboru. “Then I woke up naked in a cage flying through space!”
“I think Shilin will be delighted with this one.” Noboru laughed. “You’re feisty.”
“Who the hell is Shilin?”
Noboru walked over to a small door, opened it, and took out a blanket. He came back to me, wrapping it around my shoulders, then motioned for me to take a seat.
“Shilin is the person who was searching for you.” He walked over to the small bar at the back of the room and loaded up a plate with food.
I watched as he filled a chalice with a beverage, and he came to sit in the chair beside me. He handed the plate to me. “Some delicacies from around the galaxy.”
I snuggled into my soft blanket and looked over the items. Nothing looked familiar.
“What is it?”
“It’s food you, kaimoisk.” Zsesux rolled his eyes. “Good thing he wasn’t looking for brains.”
“What did you call me?” I reached out, picking up a small ball.
“Idiot.” He deadpanned.
I threw the ball at him, watching it splatter on impact. He tried to jump up from his seat, but Noboru aimed a small gun at him.
“Zsesux.” He cleared his throat. “I saved you from the guards, and the deal we made requires you to act accordingly.”
“And you’ll be very rich if you bump me off.” Zsesux hissed.
“Now that we understand each other.” Noboru set his gun down. “Everything on the plate is a fruit. And your drink is a special juice made on a small moon called Dinvoria.”
I sipped the juice and found it to have a pleasant strawberry-like taste that fizzed on my tongue. Then I looked over all the different fruit shapes and settled on the one I threw at Zsesux.
My lips wrapped around it as I bit it in half and felt it explode in my mouth. This one reminded me of a melon with its sweet, musky flavor.
Relaxing, I took my time eating everything on my plate, and I sucked down the sweet juice. Sitting there with the blanket wrapped around me, I felt drowsy.
“Did you put something in the food to make me sleep?” I narrowed my eyes at Noboru.
He shook his head. “No. But sometimes people have that effect from drinking the Dinvorian wine.”
Wonderful. I have no idea where I am. I don’t know who I am being taken to, and now I’m drunk.
“Eyes shrink, eye seep.” My words slurred and my tongue felt thick inside my mouth as my eyes drifted closed.
I felt something moving me, and the caress of soft hands, then I was left alone to dream.
My eyes fluttered open, and I saw myself wrapped like a mummy with my breasts left uncovered in the mirror above me. Beside me, another person was wrapped the same.
Their eyes were open, and they were looking at me.
“I’m Ian.” His deep voice sounded scratchy.
“Kayla. Why are you here?”
“I’m a gift.” He smiled. “Just like you, from the auction.”
“Were you kidnapped?”
He laughed. “Hell no!” His laugh turned into a snort. “I volunteered.”
“They kidnapped me.” I frowned. “I was on my way to apply to go to Xa’Karth.”
“Um, Kayla?” He wrinkled his nose. “We’re on Xa’Karth.”
“I know. My captors told me that.” I sighed.
“If you wanted to be here, what’s the problem?”
“I wanted to see what the planet was like for myself. Not be forced here.” My voice sounded petulant, even to me.
Ian made a sound of disgust. “Look, where I lived sucked. Food was scarce. People were hateful and I could barely make ends meet. This is the best thing to happen to me.”
“That sounds terrible.” Sadness flowed through me. “I had a good job. A nice place. But I was a ghost.”
“A ghost?”
“Yeah.” My body shook on the bed. “I had no family or friends and no one cared if I was there or not.”
“Well. Kayla.” He smiled at me in the mirror. “This is the pleasure planet, and you and I are gifts for a couple.”
“Is that why we’re tied up?”
“Now you’re getting it.”
Ian’s blue eyes sparkled with excitement. His tan skin looked perfect, and his pink lips framed bright white teeth, and his dick was hard and ready to go.
“At least the people who kidnapped me didn’t mute me again.” I couldn’t move my eyes from looking at his thick cock, that he was making jump and bounce.
“They gave me the switch for yours. So don’t think about ruining this.” His eyes narrowed. “I’ve been waiting to be chosen, and now that I am, nothing is going to ruin that for me.”
A strange beep sounded, and then I heard two voices interlaced with laughter.