Chocolate Rewards: The Sweetness of Two Worlds Colliding Together (13 page)

Rokai
also closed his eyes. This was a feeling of warmth and closeness like
none he had ever felt before. He had such tender feelings for his
silly little slave.

At first,
he had wanted her because she was a woman, one that had scolded him
and even slapped him. She had sparked his interest. That interest had
grown into something more with each second that passed between them.
He felt lucky to get to share his life with her.

Her lips
parted slightly in a sigh.

Rokai
took that chance to slowly caress the inside of her mouth. His tongue
felt its way around. He noted her tiny sharp teeth, her sweet yet
strong tongue and the sides of her mouth, which were completely soft.

Rokai
assumed that she was still too ill for them seal the bond by making
love, but this was a tiny start, a moment that would bring them
physically closer to one another.

He cupped
her jawbone in his hand. She fit into it so perfectly. She wasn't
trying to avoid his kisses. On the contrary, she was rising up and
attempting to move in closer to him. Rokai wrapped his free arm
around her back and lifted her closer to his heart.

Amber
also wrapped an arm around his neck and laid a hand on the side of
his face. They were so close to each other that it felt as if their
hearts were beating as one.

Amber
peeked to see if Zufu was watching them. She couldn't spot the woman
anywhere. She must have discreetly left them, so they could be alone
for their first kiss.

Amber
pulled away from Rokai so that they were a mere inch apart. “I
should hate you.” She wasn't a schoolgirl getting her first kiss at
recess. She was a slave being kissed by her master.

Rokai
gasped surprised at her words. “No, don't say that.” He stroked
his fingertips along the side of her face.

“
You
took everything I had away from me, so you could selfishly have a
woman of your own. That left me with nothing. The thing I don't
understand is, why don't I hate you? Why do I get such a sad feeling
when you leave the room? It seems like an immeasurable amount of time
until you return, but when you do I can breathe deeply and relax
again.”

“
Believe
me when I say, I feel the exact same way. Sometimes it happens
between a master and slave. This is a need they have to be together.
I will not leave your side for the rest of my life. We are bound to
one another. We might even have a child together.”

“
You
say that like its something special. Most people have children, a
couple of children even.”

“
Your
Earth is indeed a very special place. Not only do you have a
population that has the same amount of females as males, but they
must love each other very much to bring forth such large amounts of
children.”

“
I
wouldn't go so far as to say that they are all love-children.”

“
Nonsense,
where there is no love, there can be no child.”

Amber
thought about that. It sounded like he was saying that lack of love
was like birth control. That couldn't be right.

“
A
couple can make love without being in love, and the woman can get
pregnant,” she explained.

Rokai
smirked at her. “Whoever gave you such a silly notion? A man gives
a woman his seed, planting it in her womb. Both parents have to love
one another very much. Only then will that seed grow. Without love
the child would perish.”

“
I wish
you were right.” Amber felt that it was a naïve notion, but one
that someone had taken the time to teach him. He was like a little
kid who still believed in Santa Claus.

Should
she be the one to burst his bubble?

She
remembered being down at the beach, collecting seashells with her mom
to decorate the table for Christmas. She had suggested that they lay
the prettiest shells around the plate of cookies that they left out
for Santa.

An older
boy heard her and laughed, proclaiming loudly to his friends that she
was a baby who still believed in Santa Claus. Her mother had scolded
him for ruining Christmas for Amber, thus confirming his words.

There was
no Santa Claus, no tooth fairy, and a man and a woman didn't need to
love each other to make a baby.

Amber
decided that was the way that things should be. “I'm sure you are
right. I don't know anything about – making love.” If she every
got pregnant by him then she would want him to love their baby and be
kind to it.

“
We
will learn all about it together. I expect that we will have a child
before the first crop is in.” Rokai was optimistic that he could
get her to love him back. He would take a lot of time, showing her
how much he loved her. He would give her pleasure with his body, he
would spend time to her, listening to her talk about her beloved
clothes and he would tell her the truth about his love. Perhaps, she
would admit that loved him back when he told her. Then she would make
love to him.

That
soon?

“
Rokai,
we may not be able to have a child. Because I'm an earthling, and you
are a – Whatever your people are called.”

“
I have
been called a Red Barbarian before,” he teased her.

“
I'm
serious. We may not be compatible that way.”

Rokai
realized that she really was serious. “I'm not worried, Amber. I
will give you a child. In fact, we are more compatible than the King
and the Queen. Our species can produce children. It has been done
before. You don't have to worry. I will give you a child. Then you
will have something to do when I work in the fields.”

“
You
don't want me to work in the fields?”

“
Definitely
not, you are a precious slave. You don't do any sort of work.”

“
You
make it sound like you are the slave and I am the master.” Amber
stared into his eyes, waiting for him to explain things so she would
understand.

“
Most
certainly not. Being the master is a lot of responsibility. I have to
see to it that I can afford you. I work so you have enough. Alone the
money to pay the doctor is a small fortune. A woman could never come
up with that kind of sum.” The mere idea of woman bending and
working in the hot starlight made his body shutter.

Rokai
needed to calm down and explain this to her so she could understand
it. He could tell that she was worried, thus all of these questions.
Amber wouldn't relax with him until she knew she was safe and loved.
That had been the reason she pulled away from their kiss. “A woman
needs to be cared for, thus they have to be bound to a master. A
master is a man who can afford a slave. He is also the one that loves
her and he has great interest in her happiness, for he can only be
happy when she is. You saw the hurt look on the king's face was when
the queen left the room. It would break my heart to see you saddened,
too.”

“
Then
why would you spank me?”

Rokai had
to laugh. He couldn't confine the noise in his throat anymore.
“Because by spanking you I teach you and keep you from harm. I
spank you to protect you.” His right hand moved so it was covering
her backside.

Amber
pinched her lips together as she looked at him. This is what it meant
to be a slave. He got to hit her.

Rokai
mistook the look in her eye. “You're right. Of course, you are. I
didn't protect you from the wetu. It was able to bite you and it
almost killed you. I am so sorry.”

“
You
aren't blaming me for that?” Amber saw real guilt in his eyes.

“
Of
course. I never should have left you alone on a new planet. I didn't
even think to ask the computer what dangers were here. It was my
entire fault. Once again, I am so sorry. I will never forgive
myself.”

Amber was
moved by his sincere words but she needed this cleared up a little
more. “You aren't blaming me? Even after you told me to stay put?”

“
Of
course not. I take responsibility for my mistakes. I should have
thought that there was a chance that you might run off. A good master
has to think of every possible danger that could occur and protect
his slave from it by not letting it occur.”

Amber
could see that he felt strongly about this. “And that's why a woman
can't be a master, because she can't protect.”

“
That's
right.” The lines on his face relaxed and beamed at her. She
finally understood. He gave her the second to the last piece of
chocolate he had on his nightstand.

“
I
think that it is very nice of you, but I'm still sad because I will
never see my family again. My father is typical Hawaiian. They love
so completely. He thinks that I am crazy because I love clothes so
much, but he accepted me the way I am. He paid for all the magazines
I ordered, as a gift. Just to make me smile.

“
My
mother is white, with blue eyes and blond hair, she is from
Wisconsin. My parents met on the beach while she was on vacation.
They fell in love immediately. Even though my father is big like you
and my mother is tiny like me. They love each other, and they love
me. I'm their only child. They will be devastated when I don't come
home.” She rolled away from him and sobbed into her pillow.

“
But
that is the way of things. When parents have a daughter they know
that one day she will leave them.”

“
Not on
Earth. The girl marries a man from the area and the family just gets
bigger. They don't move apart. That's just cruel.”

Rokai
hadn't seen his own parents for a long time. When he had become of
age he went to school and learned about science. He wanted to learn
about the mysteries of the universe. When he graduated he got to
travel the universe and see wondrous things for himself. That is what
brought him to her planet.

The
biggest mystery that the universe had to offer was lying next to him
in bed.

“
We
will be returning to Earth. We need many more plants. Our attempts to
clone them aren't working. Perhaps you would like to go with me? We
could visit your parents. You could tell them how happy you are,”
he suggested to the crying woman at his side.

Amber
wasn't sure what to say. Was this a joke and he would laugh at her?
“Really? You would take me along?”

“
Of
course, I would. I have to. Now that we are bound together we can't
be apart. Our souls need the closeness. We will make several trips
back and forth.”

“
Could
I bring my things from home along? Bring them back home? My clothes,
I have several hats and my shoes. I really miss my shoes. If I had
had them on then I would have been protected from that disgusting
hairy snake.” Amber moved her foot so she could see the bite mark.
What she saw, when her foot moved out from under the blanket, broke
her heart.

Her foot
was purple and swollen. Blue lines could be seen through the skin. A
large scab covered a section where they most of cut the skin off. It
was the ugliest thing she had ever seen. None of her shoes would ever
fit her again.

“
Amber,
don't cry. You have to understand that we can't fix it yet. Your body
is still fighting off the poison. Once you have won that battle, and
you will precious one, the laser will return your foot to normal. You
will be completely healed. No one will ever know that you almost
died.” Rokai held her securely in his arms. He kissed her, wanting
her to forget her foot. She was so beautiful. She had to understand
that.

Amber was
relieved that it was permanent. She sighed reassuringly.

Rokai lay
down over her body, hugging and kissing her. He understood that she
was very vain. She was a person who needed to be pretty and have
pretty things around her. That was considered a very bad trait, but
he couldn't help but love her for it.