Chocolate Rewards: The Sweetness of Two Worlds Colliding Together (4 page)

Rokai
lifted her into his arms and walked towards a wall.

Amber
thought that he was going to walk right through it, but the wall
opened up, revealing a separate room with a bed.

She got
the distinct feeling that she had just jumped out of the frying pan
and right into the fire.

Rokai
laid her down on the bed. He sat down beside her, and ran his hand
over her face, trying to calm her. She was attractive, despite being
a little pale from fear. Her reddish hair was pulled back into a
strict tight bun. He wondered if she had long hair. Few creatures
did, but she must, or it wouldn't have to be pulled away from her
face. He longed to untie her hair and admire its length, and to see
it swinging freely as she made love to him.

He
pictured her on his lap moving her body over his. Soon they would be
paired, and join as one. That was said to be the greatest pleasure
that there was in the universe. He would look into her brown eyes and
see her enjoying her pleasure. He would be the man to give her that
pleasure, just him.

Making
love was an act so sacred that he longed to enjoy it, seeing others
make love was a beautiful thing, but to be able to be the one doing
it would be so much better.

“
Rest.
We will soon be docking onto the King's ship. I want you to accompany
me. You can tell him about the effects of chocolate on women.” He
rose to his feet, regretting that he didn't have the time to join his
body with hers. But they needed lots of time for that, he wanted to
do right by her, not just taking his pleasure, but also giving her
some. He wanted to remember his first time forever. Something like
that couldn't be rushed.

She would
feel better about being with him after he had given her the greatest
pleasure that a woman could have. He liked that he could do that for
her. She would be doing it for him as well.

He
covered her up with his blankets. She had grabbed onto the pillow
under her head and turned it so her arm was slung around it. This
evening she could hold onto his arm like that as her head rested on
his shoulder.

He would
never sleep alone again.

The
relationship between a man and his slave was a sacred thing,
considered holy. They would forever be together. Once love set in it
would be impossible for them to be apart for long periods of time.

He was
already finding it difficult to walk out and leave her alone in this
room, regardless of the fact that he would just be on the other side
of the door.

He bent
down and kissed her before he turned and left.

Amber
wanted to sleep again. The problem had to be that she was still
dreaming because aliens didn't exist, especially not ones who went
around shoving chocolate into people's mouths.

Everything
would be all better when she woke up. She just had to sleep.

The
problem with having to sleep when she wasn't tired was she couldn't.
A couple of hours later, she still just laid there waiting to be
tired.

Amber lay
in the bed worrying and wondering. There was nothing in the boring
room but a bed. The walls were all off-white and boring. The floor
was a red brown. It looked like it was a rock. It had been the same
floor as in the other room.

Amber
wanted to know what was going to happen to her. What would her future
look like?

She was
picturing herself working in endless fields of cocoa plants, carrying
heavy buckets of water to each plant. Her life wasn't going to be
pleasant.

Then she
thought about him stroking her cheek. He had been gentle.

When she
had cried he had come running to comfort her. This was all so
confusing.

She
grabbed onto her soft pillow. It was made out of the same cloth as
his clothes, exactly as she had wished.

This must
be proof that this just was a dream.

His
Majesty, King Aideyoung and Queen Melissa's Ship

Amber
woke because someone was gently moving her shoulder back and forth.
“Mom?” she muttered.

She
sat up and rubbed her eyes, wanting to tell her mother about her
strange dream. She also wanted to hear her mom say that it had been
nonsense, and that they would never let her go.

Amber
opened her eyes and saw that the red barbarian was standing next to
the bed.

He
smiled down at her. “We have landed. Please rise and come with me.”

“
Where
to?” She felt tiny as she laid in the bed looking up at him. He was
so large to begin with, but in this position he looked like a giant.

“
To the
king. We have to report what we found. I also need to claim you,
officially.”

“
Stop
saying that!”

He took a
step back, surprised that she had gotten loud with him. “There are
several ways that a man can claim a woman,” he threatened her with
his fists clenched.

“
You
aren't going to claim me.” Amber stood, wanting to get as far away
from the bed as possible.

Rokai had
other ideas. His left arm wrapped around her, and pulled her close
against his body. With his right hand he gave her several swats on
her backside.

Amber
tried to cover up her bottom, but his thick left arm was holding her
arms in place. She couldn't get her arms to move back and protect
herself from his attack.

His
forehead was wrinkled up and his lips were pressed together. He was
angry that he had to punish her. He had hoped that, with the help of
the chocolate, he would never have to punish her.

Amber
stared up at him in shock. The first reason was because he was
holding her so close, and he was so warm, as warm as his red skin
would suggest. The second thing was that he had spanked her like a
child.

He was a
devil.

Rokai let
go of her and looked at her. It was a shame that she wasn't naked. He
would like to see her red bottom. He also wanted others to see it and
know that she was with him.

Amber
hung her head. Her hands had moved back to cover her backside. It
didn't hurt anymore but there was a slight burn.

“
This
isn't the way to earn a piece of chocolate,” he scolded her before
he forced one of her little hands away from her backside.

Amber
didn't understand what he wanted and tried to pull her hand away.

He moved
her hand around until they were holding hands, like a couple in love.

Amber
wasn't sure what to think, as he yanked her out of the door. He
pulled her out of their spacecraft.

Amber saw
that they were in a hanger. All sorts of weird creatures were here.
This was really happening. She couldn't lie to herself, saying that
this was a joke or a dream anymore.

This
wasn't something that a person could just dream up. At least she
couldn't. She usually dreamed about clothes, about herself walking
along the beach in a beautiful designer dress with Versace shoes in
her hands. Clothes were the only colorful things in her dreams, not
monsters.

She tried
not to stare at a group of huge green aliens with pig faces, but her
eyes refused to look away. That was until she spotted a purple woman
with blue curly hair. The terrible use of those two colors wasn't the
thing that caught her attention, it was the colorful wings that the
woman had. She was like a bird-woman, a tropical one.

A man
came out of the spacecraft and stood next to the bird-woman. Amber
couldn't understand what they were saying. The sounds coming out of
them were completely unfamiliar to her. She couldn't even guess what
they were saying.

“
This
way, Amber.” The red barbarian took hold of her arm and pulled her
along with him.

Amber
stumbled behind him, not concentrating on where she was going. There
were just too many interesting things to look at, so many different
people. Or, would creatures be a better word?

She
almost fell a couple of times, but the Red Barbarian kept her steady.

Amber got
the feeling that everyone was staring at her like she was the odd
one. Some even stopped what they were doing to look at her. One, a
man with a very flat head and four eyes stepped towards her. He was
grunting and she guessed he was mad.

“
No,
you can't have her. I already claimed her.” Rokai's hand moved to
cover up her backside.

Amber's
jaw dropped. “Women can't just be claimed by any man who happens to
see her.”

His
forehead wrinkled up as he looked at her. “The ideas on your planet
are very backwards.”

“
Backwards?
Us?” She pointed to herself in disbelief.

“
Come
along. The King has a very tiny time frame for us.”

“
The
King? You mean your leader?” Was he serious?

“
Yes,
of course. It has to be made publicly know that you belong to me.”
This was all so clear. Why didn't she understand that? He was doing
this to protect her.

“
So you
are taking me to your leader? Honestly?” This had to be a joke.
Maybe she was still dreaming.

“
You
have to be registered and mark as claimed.”

“
Marked?”
She pictured him, branding her. “You want to burn me, or something
like that?”

That
stopped him dead in his tracks. “No, never. I would never hurt you
that way.” He reached out to touch her face, but she pulled away.

“
In
what way would you hurt me?” She stared him down, without blinking.

He
smirked as he looked into her frightened face. “I'll show you as
soon as I have officially claimed you.”

Tears
sprang into her eyes.

Rokai
cursed himself for scaring her. “Maybe after I have claimed you,
you will start to like me.”

“
Sure
maybe,” she sassed.

Rokai
reached into his bag before she knew it he had shoved another piece
of chocolate in her mouth.

She
quickly swallowed it down. “And maybe not.”

He shook
his head at her and yanked her along. Every time Rokai thought that
he was taking a step forward with her she proved him wrong.

He
brought her into the throne room. His eyes searched the line for
Jamko. Rokai was pleased to see that he was the third in the line.

Standing
in line, waiting to talk to the king was something that could drag on
for days, weeks and in some cases months, depending on the number of
people waiting ahead of you in the long line.

Rokai was
eager to be given land on a nice planet and get started growing and
cultivating the planets. He had decided on the path his life needed
to take and now he wanted to start it. Now that he had Amber he
wanted to settle down in one spot. He glanced her way for a moment.
She was looking at the others in line and they were staring back at
her.

Rokai had
to wonder what was going through their heads. She was a dressed
woman, but her clothes weren't the right kind. In fact, they were the
ugliest clothes he had seen on her planet. Perhaps it would have been
better to visit the doctor first. They needed to be checked, to make
sure that they weren't carrying any sickness along from the planet
they had visited.