Pleasure Bound - Complete (19 page)

They had crossed into The Acid Zone.

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The flash of white lightning was unlike anything Ben had seen in his life. In its wake it left a bitter scent flooding the air. A metallic scent oddly like battery acid.

He wasn’t at all surprised when Jacey tugged at him to stop.

“What was it?” He puffed as he surveyed the now black sky.

“Acid lightning. We have to find cover until it’s daylight. When it starts to rain, the acid will burn right through our skin. We’ll be dead within minutes.”

Ben shivered at the cold tone of her voice.

“Perhaps we should go back?” he suggested.

“No, they might be camping there, might come after us in daylight when it doesn’t rain. Just wait for another acid flash and maybe I can get my bearings.”

“You’ve been here before?”

“I’ve trained in the area. Acid Lake is pretty close to the north border of The Acid Zone. I’m sure—.” She was cut off as another flash sizzled through the night air. This time it was so low Ben could swear if he reached up he could have touched the white light.

“Over there.” She pointed slightly to their left into the now complete darkness. Ben couldn’t see a damn thing.

But she was already tugging on his hand, pulling him with a great urgency in the direction she’d just indicated.

“If we make a run for it we can make the caves before the rain starts.”

And they almost did make it.

At first, Ben thought fiery insects were biting him, until he realized rain spit down on him. The drops peppered into his skin like little needle pricks.

More flashes of white lightning streaked around them. The air filled with an acrid smell and a touch of panic sifted through him as the burning sensations intensified.

He was just about to ask Jacey where the hell the shelter was when she dragged him into the mouth of a cool cave. The burning spots on his flesh instantly stopped, and so did Jacey.

“Stay right here and don’t say a word,” she commanded.

She let go of his hand and the urgency in her voice, not to mention that the memory of the guard getting disintegrated right before his very eyes was still fresh in his mind, made him stand right where she left him.

He cocked his head in an effort to hear where she was heading, but she was already gone.

Silence swooped in around him and Ben wondered if she’d taken off. Had she left him here in this forsaken place to find his own way out?

Damned if he was going back out the way they’d just come in. And damned if he was ever heading back to the area where he’d stuffed his clothing and gear before taking that swim. There was no way he would chance getting caught again.

He looked out the mouth of the cave and saw the white flashes of lightning dance wildly around the rocky outcrops. In the brief moments of light, he noticed the terrain was bare of any vegetation.

A shiver of uneasiness ripped up his spine as he remembered where Jacey said they were.

The Acid Zone.

And if he remembered correctly didn’t one have to flush acid exposed skin with water in order to avoid severe burns?

Shit! He gritted his teeth against the pain beginning to sink throughout various points of his tender flesh. Places where the acid rain had struck. He willed himself not to rub the areas. It would only get onto his fingers and burn them too.

“Come! This way!” From somewhere up ahead, Jacey’s soft voice echoed like a lifeline through the darkness of the damp cave. It took him only took moments to reach her and he felt her warm hand shift against his palm.

Relief whispered through him. She hadn’t deserted him like he’d feared.

“We got lucky,” she whispered as she led him through the darkness. “I found the right cave.”

“How the heck can you tell? I can’t see a thing.”

Her amused giggle soothed some of his frustration and a moment later they emerged from total darkness into a rocky room about ten feet by ten feet.

Obviously she’d lit some torches, because several of them flickered where they’d been placed in cracks in the nearby rock walls. The buttery light cast a welcome glow over the dark glass-like surface of a small pond.

“It’s best we get into the water immediately to soothe our burns.”

“I sure hope this isn’t the Acid Lake you were mentioning earlier?”

He thought about dipping his toe into the water to see how warm it might be, but opted to wait for her answer, in case his toe decided to disintegrate.

“The water is pure and drinkable.”

Before he could ask if she was absolutely sure the water was safe, she dove in with an ear-splitting splash.

He had just enough torchlight to make out her bare silhouette as she swam. Long silky legs paddled seductively. Arms waved confidently. And the sexy curves of those luscious wide hips made him respond violently.

His shaft hardened like an iron bar and Ben groaned inwardly, suddenly feeling shy and vulnerable at his reaction to her.

After the harrowing escape they’d just been through he had no right to think about satisfying the lust ripping through his every fiber as she swam innocently in the pool.

Hoping she wouldn’t notice his arousal, he dived in quickly. The cool water soothed the acid burns and eased the heated arousal zipping along his nerve endings.

When he broke the surface, he found Jacey swimming toward him. That dreamy look brightened her face again and he knew she’d seen his arousal.

“Exactly how do we get out of here?” he asked and tried desperately to keep his mind and eyes off those heavy breasts that broke the surface.

“It’ll be safe to travel during daylight through The Acid Zone. It usually rains only at night here.”

Usually? That sure didn’t make him feel better.

He noted the red dots on her silky skin. Dots compliments of the acid. They looked similar to a light case of the red measles. He noticed the same on his skin.

“Don’t worry, they won’t scar. In a few days they’ll be gone,” she reassured.

“Scars are the least of my worries,” he muttered, as his gaze was magically drawn to her glorious breasts.

Shimmering ringlets floated on the water away from her as she moved closer to him. Her intoxicating scent simmered into his nostrils, arousing him to greater heights.

“Um, I was wondering exactly why The Breeders want you pregnant?” he asked, hoping that the realization of having sex with her yet again and getting her pregnant might douse the fire raging between them.

It didn’t have the desired effect. Actually the opposite was true. That she might be pregnant by him only increased the urge to bond with her on more than a physical level.

As she drew closer, emotions he’d never experienced in his entire life came out of nowhere and bombarded him. A strange kind of happiness that this woman might actually be carrying his child flooded his senses. That idea swamped him with a feeling of protectiveness. If she was pregnant, he had to do the right thing by her. He had to keep her safe and she sure as hell wasn’t safe in a place named The Acid Zone.

But for now all that could wait. For now he just wanted to be near her. To swim in the happiness that perhaps he might have found a woman he could settle down with.

In the past, such a thought would frighten him and send his shaft into sleep mode, but not this time. Not with this woman.

Her arms went around his neck and she pressed her wonderfully naked wet body against him.

The softness and warmth of her silky flesh cradled Ben. Made him bury his face into her wet hair and inhale the beauty of her sweet essence. His arms came up to wrap around her waist and pull her softness tightly against him.

She gazed up at him with those dreamy eyes and his brain fogged to any semblance of common sense. Her curvy red lips were slightly parted, ready to be taken. Her breath escaped her luscious mouth in aroused gasps.

“What have you done to me, Jace?” he muttered. “Why can’t I keep my hands off you? My mind off you? It’s insane. I’ve only known you for such a short time and yet I feel as if I’ve known you all my life. Wanted you forever.”

“Could be the sex drugs in the food,” she said breathlessly.

“Damned good sex drugs.” Although he was pretty sure these intense emotions were real. They had to be.

“The Breeders are well known for putting drugs in their slaves’ food. Keeps them aroused and ready to perform at all times.”

“But you didn’t eat any food, Jacey. What’s your excuse?”

A wicked smile tilted her red lips.

“I haven’t been with a male before.”

Shock zipped up his spine. She was kidding, right?

She nodded and his thoughts spiraled with a mixture of emotions. The idea he’d taken her virginity should have made him feel honored.

It didn’t. She’d been tied to a bed, not of her own free will. Although she’d encouraged him to have sex with her, it still didn’t sit right that her first time wasn’t with a man of her own choosing.

The desire in her gaze intensified. Her warm fingers slid around his aching shaft and he sucked in an aroused breath.

Her erotic touch electrified him, sending sharp sensations straight up his cock, through his sensitized balls and right into his belly.

“And until I return to my people, I’m going to satisfy myself to my heart’s content.”

With her warm hands clamped tightly around his shaft, she guided him into her sweet satin hole.

She was already wet for him and her velvety vaginal muscles clenched around him immediately, making him groan from the erotic tightness.

Her mouth clamped over his in a sensual kiss that was so greedy and intoxicating it sent his senses reeling with passion.

There was no mistaking it. He wanted this woman in his life.

Screw protocol. Screw NASA. And damn whoever told him there was no such thing as love at first sight.

His hands slid down the velvety contours of her waist to cup her soft ass cheeks. Lifting her against him, he shoved his cock straight into her pussy. A wild purr erupted from somewhere deep in her chest. It was a beautiful noise. A seductive sound he wanted to hear again.

He thrust his hips forward, plunging deeper into her warmth. He stopped only when she gasped into his mouth.

He took the opportunity to push his tongue between her lips and teeth and thrust against her silky tongue. Her thighs quivered and her velvety pussy muscles clamp even tighter around his rod.

Heated blood pumped through his veins and he began to thrust into her. Waves of pleasure cascaded over him like a roaring waterfall.

From somewhere far away he could hear her musical moans as he fucked her. He could feel her tense. Knew she was going to climax and he speared harder and deeper into her tight hole, filling her completely.

She bucked violently against him, her vaginal muscles contracting, drawing him deeper into her hot pussy as the climax wrenched her apart. Splashing sounds of water filled the air as his frantic thrusts found their way home. With long hard strokes he made love to her, capturing her moans and whimpers with his mouth.

Her legs came up and twined around his hips, tightening her pussy muscles harder around his throbbing rod and lodging him deep inside her.

He groaned into her mouth as the agonizing spasms of pleasure ripped him apart.

He came so hard light fragments erupted behind his eyes. He inhaled sharply at the intensity of her pussy clenching at his shaft as it sucked up his hot release.

Her pussy muscles had quivered long after their orgasm and had finally subsided when, still buried deep inside her, her long legs still clasped around his hips and her arms wrapped around his neck, Ben carried her out of the water and padded barefoot to the far side of the pool. Here he found a nest of dry pine needles that was big enough to accommodate two comfortably.

Jacey’s eyes fluttered sleepily as he slid his cock out of her pussy and placed her on the soft makeshift bed.

“It just gets better and better every time,” she whispered and held her arms out to him, a seductive smile on her lips.

Ben lay down beside her and allowed her to cradle him in her arms. Her breasts pushed provocatively against his flesh and to his surprise he felt the stirrings of another arousal. Before he could allow himself the pleasure of taking her yet again, he discovered her eyes were now shut, her breathing shallow and steady with sleep. He buried his face into her wet hair and it wasn’t long before Ben joined her in slumber.

Chapter Five

The next day Jacey awoke to discover him missing. “Ben Hero!” she called, suddenly frantic to think he’d left her alone. Forever.

From somewhere in the direction of the cave entrance, she heard his reply.

Sighing with relief, she stretched languidly, finding certain parts of her body very sore, especially the area between her thighs. But it was a wonderful soreness and she couldn’t wait to have Ben thrusting inside her again.

Jacey bit her bottom lip at that thought. How in the world could she ever go back to being a Queen? There were special laws Queens had to abide by. And not fornicating with a male slave was one of them.