Chocolate Rewards: The Sweetness of Two Worlds Colliding Together (9 page)

Perhaps,
he should have continued her spanking when she woke up. Her problem
was that she just wasn't thankful.

He had
chocolate with him in his backpack, but it didn't look like she would
need it anytime soon.

They now
stood at the opening of the building. It went up several stories in
height. Rokai liked that; he would be able to look out over his land
this way.

He walked
in and set her down besides him. This room was made out of colorful
stones.

“
Who
would move away from something this beautiful?” Amber commented and
reached out to touch the walls. The vibrantly colored stones were all
the same oval shape. They were fitted together and tiled onto the
wall and floor. The bumpy feeling under her hand felt comforting.

“
These
are all healing stones. Walking across them and touching them will
give us strength and keep us healthy. This also finally explains why
one family would have two houses on the same planet. This was the
healing house. Just this room alone must be worth a fortune. You
chose well, Amber.” He gave her a piece of chocolate. He was eager
to train her, and to see her smiling at him

“
I
chose it because of the water. That is healing, too.”

“
Yes,
that's right.” He popped a piece of chocolate into her mouth. “That
is one of those things that a person often forgets because water is
so often taken for granted. You are already proving your worth,
slave.” He wrapped an arm around her waist and walked with her into
the next room.

Amber was
finding it difficult to see what the next room looked like. His
fingers were just above her hip. They felt so out of place and her
breast was touching his side. They were touching in a different way.

This room
was done up in the same way as the entry way but it was only done in
one color. This room was a green blue. It had a large window that
overlooked the brook. “I'll use this room as my office. Anyone who
wants to see me will have to walk through the main hall and into
here. They will be very impressed.”

They went
on to a room that was a dining room. It had a long table covered with
colorful stones but the walls were yellow and the floor pink. It had
a fireplace done up in the same way and a mirror was hung over it.

Amber was
glad to see that they had mirrors. She liked to admire herself when
she tried on new things. She would ask him to get her one, telling
him that she needed it to do her hair.

Amber had
seen several of the slave women with their hair done up in beautiful
braids and swoops. Her hair would become her new favorite thing to
style.

Then they
went into a very plain room. The walls were done in the gray and
brown stones they had seen outside. This was the kitchen but it
needed to be modernized. It had a huge old fashion fireplace for
cooking but no modern means of cooking.

Rokai
nodded, pleased that they didn't have to do all that much to the
house. A bit of furniture here and there and then they would be
settled.

They went
back to the entry hall and climbed the staircase to the next floor.
Each step was a different color. “This house is really a jewel
box.”

“
What
is a jewel box,” Rokai asked her.

“
A
nicely decorated box that holds jewels.” When it was clear that he
didn't understand her she lifted up the amber stone around her neck.
“Like this one. That keeps them safe.”

“
That
makes you the jewel that the box is protecting,” Rokai smiled at
her.

Amber
started to blush before she could stop herself. He may be flattering
her, but that was just because he was so pleased with the house. He
didn't know the first thing about her. If he asked, the first thing
she would tell him was that she hated him for taking her away from
her home.

Rokai
smiled at her and continued their investigation of the house. She
could turn red like he was. He looked that. He would make her blush
often.

The room
on the next floor was just one large room. “This is a gathering
room,” Rokai declared. He was pleased to see that the room was in
the same splendor as the rest of the house.

Again
they climbed the stairs. They found bedrooms, twenty in all between
the gathering room and the roof.

“
Which
room would you like? You are good at choosing things.”

“
Really?”
she asked in disbelief. He was going to allow her to sleep in one of
the fancy rooms. “I like the pink room that overlooks the brook.”

“
Good,
that will be our room. It is also just above my office. Once again a
good choice.” Rokai opened his backpack and gently placed a
chocolate in Amber's mouth.

It was so
good that Amber had to close her eyes, as she enjoyed the moment.
Originally she had wanted to protest to sharing a room with him, but
then she got caught up in the taste of the melting chocolate.

Rokai
took hold of her hand and went to their bedroom. The room just needed
a bed, he thought. He needed a soft place to lay her down so he could
make love with her. He looked over at her, wanting to see if she was
having tender feelings for him, too.

Amber was
wondering if his kind slept on the floor.

Was the
bed just on the spacecraft for other species?

She would
need a bed, one with sheets, lots of sheets, and, perhaps, a pair of
scissors. If she could just get her hands on some needle and thread,
then she could do something amazing with those sheets. Amber had her
arms crossed over her chest so he couldn't see her naked. She was
feeling really self-conscious. This whole having to earn clothes
thing was just too crude.

“
What
are you thinking about, Amber?”

She
couldn't answer that she was thinking about clothes, not after he
made it clear that he felt that she should run around naked while he
wore such soft things that hugged his muscular body. The picture of
him naked flashed back at the hotel flashed before her eyes. That was
another reason why she should have clothes on. Her thoughts were
running away with her, in directions she didn't want them to go.

“
I'm
just a little cold,” she answered hoping that he might give her
something to wear.

Rokai
jumped into action. “I'll just find the room computer.”

“
Room
computer?” There was no way that there was a room computer in here.
It wouldn't make sense to have modern technology in the rooms and
then cook your food over the fireplace. Those were just two contrasts
that didn't pair up, at least not in her mind.

Rokai
looked around and couldn't find one. “This house appears to be a
bit old fashioned.” He wasn't sure how to warm her up.

“
Where
are you going to sleep?” Amber asked.

“
In
here, with you. You won't be cold. I'll hurry back to the ship and
bring things over here. I'll get one of the beds out of there and
into here. You will be warm tonight, I promise. Wait for me here.”

He left
her standing there all alone.

Amber
darted to the window and watched him pass by. He jumped over the
brook and ran off. “How dumb was that? That wasn't smart.” She
turned around and headed out of the house. She didn't go the same way
as he did; instead, she went in the other direction.

Amber
hated that she was running outside without any clothes on, and she
had such a cute Nike outfit at home with matching jogging shoes.

She tried
to stay by the things that she considered to be trees. They were gray
with gray leaves.

Amber was
getting a depressing feeling. They had said that the planet was
small. Would she end up running in circles? Was she already doing
laps?

Amber
heard something behind her. She turned and saw several light purple
people coming her way. They were short and chubby in a sturdy way.
They had no hair on their heads and their ears were large circle that
got smaller as they got closer to their heads, like fat ice cream
cones.

The
purple people weren't trying to catch her, but they did seem to be
very interested in her. They pointed her way with their fat hands.

Amber
took off running again. She figured that she would be faster than
they were because of her long legs but the seemed to taken pursuit of
her. She darted in zigzag patterns, hoping to get rid of them. Every
time she looked back she saw their smiling faces staring at her.

“
Go
away,” she called out. She wasn't sure if their smiles meant that
they were nice, or if it meant that they were really excited to cook
her over their campfire this evening.

Amber
wasn't watching where she was going.

“
Ouch!”
she screamed out.

First,
when she noticed the pain and look down at her foot did she see that
she had stepped on something, something with a mouth that was wrapped
around her foot.

The
purple people were on her in a second. Amber watched them kill a
furry snake whose bite didn't relax just because it was dead. The
purple people were helping her to walk somewhere. Amber was starting
to see everything double.

“
Rokai,”
she called out in a whisper. “Something bit me and it won't let
go.”

“
Thank
you so much for helping. I am really glad that we met up at the ship.
I was worried how I was going to achieve all of this on my own. Just
put the bed in the pink room.” Rokai instructed the Emko where he
would like the things placed that they had brought back from the
ship.

“
Master
Rokai, your slave is out playing in the tall grass. Several of my
people have spotted her. She seems to have gotten scared and she is
running away from them.” The head Emko, Emil, was addressing him.
He was the one that told the others what they needed to do. Rokai was
thrilled that he was working on his half of the planet.

While
Amber had slept in his arms aboard the spacecraft, he and Jamko had
decided that he and Amber would make Milk chocolate and Jamko would
make dark chocolate. That way they wouldn't end up stepping on each
other's toes.

Rokai had
noticed her absence the second he walked into their home. Better
said, he noticed her lack of presence. His heart ached for hers. He
figured that she was trying to run away, but because there was
nowhere for her to run he decided that he get the work that needed
finished completed before she returned. He even told himself that it
was probably for the best. This way she could see for herself that
there was no place to run off to on this planet. Seeing would help
her believe him.

He would
punish her when she came back home and then make love to her and give
her a piece of chocolate, thus giving her a reason to stay close by
him. She would want more passion after she got her first taste.

A few
minutes later the head Emko sought Rokai out again. “Your slave has
hurt herself. She stepped on a wetu. My people killed the wetu but
its teeth are still stuck in her feet. Come quickly, we have to get
the poison out of her.”

“
Wetu?
Poison? I thought this planet was safe?”

Rokai
followed behind the Emko. Just as he was about to step outside, Amber
came in whimpering his name. The Emkos were doing their best to
support her up, despite the fact that she was twice their size.

Rokai
took one look at her foot and he wanted to be sick. He lifted Amber
away from them and carried her to their bedroom. “What silly
nonsense was going through your head again? Amber, stay with me.”

“
I'm
sorry. I'm going to die now, right?” She was looking into his eyes,
trusting him to tell her the truth.