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into a real cell. A hand clasped her forearm to stop her backwards movements.
“What are you doing E’rth woman?” The rough voice demanded from somewhere above her head.
“I-I was thirsty and…” the lie died as she looked up to meet the angry gaze of the alien man who shot her. “You!”
She wanted to be wrong. Wanted it to be a case of mistaken identity but as she stared up at the face of the guard every sense in her recognized him. He was the same man from the ship and her dreams.
“What are you doing out of your room?” he barked.
“Wa-water,” she answered hating her nervous reply.
“Do not lie.” He gave her arm a little shake. “I will ask again, why are you here?”
“My-my ship. I wanted to speak with the High Commander about my ship,” she gave up quickly.
His eyes narrowed. “What about it?”
“Please, if I could just have a few minutes of his time.”
“If you wish to speak with him you will have to go through me. What is it about your ship that has you slinking through the manor?”
She doubted anything she said would convince this man to let her in to see his leader, but she had to at least try.
“I was going to ask him not to dismantle it.”
“And why would he not?” His hand tightened slightly around her arm.
“I’m hoping he can help me get back to my own planet, back to earth.”
The Chezarian made a low throaty sound which sounded familiarly like a snarl. Any sane person probably would have let the subject die, but this was too important to just back down from because of a little fear.
Okay, maybe more than a little.
“I’m sure you can understand my desire to get back to my own world,” she was proud of herself for sounding stronger. She even managed to muster up a half smile in an attempt to ease the uncomfortable situation.
The guard moved. Faster than she expected for someone of his stature. But Dallas was less focused on his quickness and far more concerned with the result. Wedged between him and the stone wall he hiked her up against made her forget all about her ship or getting home. From their position she was well aware her feet didn’t touch the ground. His face was only inches from hers and she could feel the heat of his breath brush her lips in waves. She was increasingly mindful of the chilled wall pressed against her back through the thin material of her clothes. What she wouldn’t give for a pair of panties, chastity belt and several thick layers of leather between them instead of the thin material that passed for women’s clothing on the planet. Maybe then she wouldn’t feel all the hard contours of him pressed far too intimately against her.
“You are too late. Your ship, as you know it, is no more.”
Was he telling the truth? She didn’t want to believe him.
“If-if you could just let me meet with the High Commander I’d like to confirm that for myself,” she managed.
“Trust me little E’rth woman I speak for the High Commander when I say...” He moved in impossibly closer until their noses touched. “…your ship is no longer. This is your home now.”
She shuddered at the finality of his words and found herself at a loss for a reply. Having given her his final answer Dallas hoped at any moment he would let her go. But something in his watchful gaze let her know he had no intention of budging. His mouth hovered dangerously close to hers.
He inhaled deeply.
His eyelids drooped closed briefly.
“Are you frightened by me?” he asked, his gaze focused on her once again.
In the history of questions it had to be the stupidest one ever asked. She was sure he could feel and hear her heart pounding. To her it sounded as if it were drumming loud enough to be heard within a three mile radius.
“Isn’t that the point of you tossing me up against a wall, to invoke fear? Well, mission accomplished.”
He cocked his head at her curiously but remained silent.
He was toying with her and even through her fear it irked her. “If
“What are you doing E’rth woman?” The rough voice demanded from somewhere above her head.
“I-I was thirsty and…” the lie died as she looked up to meet the angry gaze of the alien man who shot her. “You!”
She wanted to be wrong. Wanted it to be a case of mistaken identity but as she stared up at the face of the guard every sense in her recognized him. He was the same man from the ship and her dreams.
“What are you doing out of your room?” he barked.
“Wa-water,” she answered hating her nervous reply.
“Do not lie.” He gave her arm a little shake. “I will ask again, why are you here?”
“My-my ship. I wanted to speak with the High Commander about my ship,” she gave up quickly.
His eyes narrowed. “What about it?”
“Please, if I could just have a few minutes of his time.”
“If you wish to speak with him you will have to go through me. What is it about your ship that has you slinking through the manor?”
She doubted anything she said would convince this man to let her in to see his leader, but she had to at least try.
“I was going to ask him not to dismantle it.”
“And why would he not?” His hand tightened slightly around her arm.
“I’m hoping he can help me get back to my own planet, back to earth.”
The Chezarian made a low throaty sound which sounded familiarly like a snarl. Any sane person probably would have let the subject die, but this was too important to just back down from because of a little fear.
Okay, maybe more than a little.
“I’m sure you can understand my desire to get back to my own world,” she was proud of herself for sounding stronger. She even managed to muster up a half smile in an attempt to ease the uncomfortable situation.
The guard moved. Faster than she expected for someone of his stature. But Dallas was less focused on his quickness and far more concerned with the result. Wedged between him and the stone wall he hiked her up against made her forget all about her ship or getting home. From their position she was well aware her feet didn’t touch the ground. His face was only inches from hers and she could feel the heat of his breath brush her lips in waves. She was increasingly mindful of the chilled wall pressed against her back through the thin material of her clothes. What she wouldn’t give for a pair of panties, chastity belt and several thick layers of leather between them instead of the thin material that passed for women’s clothing on the planet. Maybe then she wouldn’t feel all the hard contours of him pressed far too intimately against her.
“You are too late. Your ship, as you know it, is no more.”
Was he telling the truth? She didn’t want to believe him.
“If-if you could just let me meet with the High Commander I’d like to confirm that for myself,” she managed.
“Trust me little E’rth woman I speak for the High Commander when I say...” He moved in impossibly closer until their noses touched. “…your ship is no longer. This is your home now.”
She shuddered at the finality of his words and found herself at a loss for a reply. Having given her his final answer Dallas hoped at any moment he would let her go. But something in his watchful gaze let her know he had no intention of budging. His mouth hovered dangerously close to hers.
He inhaled deeply.
His eyelids drooped closed briefly.
“Are you frightened by me?” he asked, his gaze focused on her once again.
In the history of questions it had to be the stupidest one ever asked. She was sure he could feel and hear her heart pounding. To her it sounded as if it were drumming loud enough to be heard within a three mile radius.
“Isn’t that the point of you tossing me up against a wall, to invoke fear? Well, mission accomplished.”
He cocked his head at her curiously but remained silent.
He was toying with her and even through her fear it irked her. “If
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