Pleasure Bound - Complete (30 page)

Jasmine ushered her into a rock-walled room. Five comfortable seats lined the back wall and a flat white screen took up the entire front wall.

“Have a seat. I’ll turn on the Forbidden pictures in a minute.”

Jacey did as instructed and Jasmine slipped through a back door.

A moment later the white screen lit up with moving pictures.

A naked woman wearing a steel collar huddled inside a metal cage. The tormented look in her eyes made Jacey’s heart twist with sympathy.

Two men stood in front of the cage trying to decide who would be the first to fuck her.

“She’s just been captured. They will eventually turn her into a sex slave.” Jasmine explained as she sat down beside Jacey. “The two males are discussing how much money she should bring at the slave auction.”

The woman wailed as one of the men opened the door, grabbed her arm and tugged her outside.

She cringed as one man held her arms behind her back making her breasts thrust out provocatively. The other male ran his hands along the outside curves of the woman’s breasts making a small moan of arousal erupt from her lips.

The man smiled with satisfaction and nodded to the other man who then turned the woman around and made the woman get down on all fours. He forced her head down toward the ground.

Jacey inhaled sharply.

One of the men tugged down his pants and prodded his thick penis into the woman’s anus.

Jacey closed her eyes as the woman’s painful screams thrust through the air.

“I know you’ve been trained in certain aspects of our history, but I’m sure it won’t hurt to show you what may be waiting for you if you go with this talking male.” Jasmine returned her attention to the screen.

“Toward the end of Male Domination, before the females rebelled against their masters, this is how they were treated. No woman was free, Jacey. All women were captive of the male. Some women were shared with hundreds of men in brothels as our male slaves are currently shared.”

Thankfully the picture changed to another scene. But this one wasn’t any better than the last.

Images of women wearing clothing from head to toe with only a thick cloth screen to look through walked cautiously and quietly among the streets. Men stood everywhere. Rifles slung over their shoulders as they watched the women.

“Before the Male Domination became unbearable the women were allowed to wear clothes.” Jasmine explained.

“She could not show her face. Nor show any flesh. If she did, she was punished by the males.”

A woman briefly lifted the heavy veil concealing her face so she could get a better look at the price of a fruit when a male grabbed her by the arm and thrust her into a nearby hallway.

Ripping the veil off her head, he slapped his hand over mouth to prevent her from screaming.

Another male came out of nowhere and began to remove her robe. Her breasts bounced free and the man’s hands cupped them. He pinched her nipples, and suckled them, much as Ben had done to Jacey.

The terrified look in the woman’s face as the men removed the rest of her clothing made Jacey sick to her stomach.

Pushing her onto the ground, they spread her legs and took turns holding her down while each of them plunged their cocks into her writhing body.

“Ben’s not like that.” Jacey said.

“Perhaps not yet,” Jasmine replied.

“I won’t believe he would ever do something like that.”

And yet he had, hadn’t he?

When she’d been tied down and spread-eagled that first time in the Breeder Stall, she’d seen the lust shine in his eyes at seeing her bound and naked.

Jacey shook aside the disturbing thoughts. That had been different! Very different. She’d wanted Ben Hero to take her. She’d told him to.

“Ben’s not like that.” Jacey said more firmly this time. “He will never be like that.”

“You feel very strongly about this male. I hope you are right.”

“I am right. I’ve seen enough of these forbidden pictures.”

“There are many more, Jacey. If you had become a High Five, you would have had to watch these. Study them.”

Jacey nodded. Suddenly she was glad she wouldn’t have to view them or study them again. Relieved that she wasn’t as brainwashed as the rest of her people or angry and frightened of males like Jasmine.

“Do you see why this male must return to where he came from and never come back here?”

Again Jacey nodded.

“And you must come to a decision yourself, Jacey. Let this male go alone or better yet allow him to be destroyed.”

Jacey was about to protest vehemently when Jasmine held up her hand to silence her.

“I understand you don’t wish that to happen to the male. But at the very least, let him go and you go into hiding. I will help you like I helped you to free Virgin from prison. She’s roaming around right now because of us, but if she’s ever caught…” Jasmine’s words furrowed a hole straight through Jacey’s heart.

It was a risk they’d taken freeing Virgin. If she was caught, Virgin may point fingers revealing the identity of the people who helped her escape. But Jacey didn’t think her friend would do that. She was an honorable woman.

But should she let Ben go as Jasmine suggested? And go into hiding without him? How? How could she even entertain the thought of leaving him after realizing what he meant to her?

He’d risked his own life to save her from the panther. She’d caved in with fear when he’d slumped to the ground from his wounds. Her mind had been paralyzed when she thought she’d lost him. At that point, she’d even felt a part of her had died.

And now Jasmine was suggesting she should lose him all over again?

Bitter tears dribbled down Jacey’s cheeks and she angrily wiped them away.

“I’m sorry but I thought you required a dose of reality, Jacey. I’ll go and stop the pictures.” Jasmine said softly.

While Jasmine was in the back room, Jacey’s thoughts raced frantically to when she’d first met Ben. His magnificent oiled cock all primed and ready to thrust into her.

But he’d seemed genuinely upset that she hadn’t been in The Breeder stall of her own accord. What would he have done if she hadn’t encouraged him to fuck her?

Deep down inside her heart she knew the answer. Ben Hero would have risked his life by refusing to fuck an unwilling woman. The fact had been plain on his face, by the frantic look when he’d discovered she hadn’t been there of her own choice. That led to the question of why The Breeders had brought Ben to her in the first place. Had it been simple revenge? Or a mad territory grab as she’d first thought. Or was it something more sinister?

Why would The Breeders go to the trouble of capturing her? Why bind her to a bed? Why bring her a well-endowed male? Why make all her secret fantasies come true?

And why impregnate her instead of killing her? Impregnating a Queen was surely the best way to discredit her or break the laws. Did someone hate her enough to do such a vile thing?

Was she reading too much into this? Was all this merely a coincidence?

Whatever it was, there was no way she was letting Ben Hero go. She wanted him to be in her life forever.

* * * * *

When Jacey returned from watching the Forbidden Pictures, she’d found Ben fast asleep. Instead of rousing him and leaving immediately, she’d settled into the chair beside his bed with full intention of waking him at first light. But sometime during the night she’d drifted off to sleep.

A rough shove on her shoulder woke her straight up.

“Wake up Jacey!” It was Jasmine. Her eyes were wide with fear, her face pale in the cave light.

“What’s happened?”

“The news has been spread by The Breeders. Your hub is searching frantically for you. Your second in command is now in charge. She’s replaced you.”

“What? Cath is Queen?” The shock of losing her Queen status shook the rest of sleep from her brain. It wasn’t as if she hadn’t been expecting it. It just hurt more than she thought it would that she could be so easily replaced.

“What’s going on?”

High Queen Jasmine’s face went paler at Ben’s sleepy question.

“Oh sweet Goddess of Freedom, the male is speaking. Please, Jacey tell him to remain silent. I cannot handle more of this.”

“Okay, whatever you say.” Ben grumbled.

“There’s more bad news.” Jasmine continued, keeping a wary eye on Ben as he struggled into a seated position. “The High Five has put forth a motion to hunt down the talking males and kill them.”

Jacey closed her eyes as dread swamped her. Beside her, Ben cursed.

“I’m sorry but the motion was passed. I had to vote for it or they would surely have been suspicious. You must leave at once.”

“I’m sorry we put you in this position.”

“No apologies, Jacey. I’ve already ordered my personal guide to lead you and the male to wherever you wish to go. Wait here a moment, I will see if the guide has arrived.”

Jacey nodded numbly and she watched Jasmine bustle away.

Ben still looked a little wobbly as he tried to stand up, but when Jacey curled an arm around his waist to help keep him steady, she didn’t miss his cock begin to rise.

He followed her gaze and grinned widely.

“I can’t seem to help myself. Whenever you touch me, my body celebrates.”

“We’ll celebrate later. Come, we have to go, now.”

“What about the disintegration machine? We can’t get off the planet if it’s running.”

Jacey cursed at Ben’s question. She’d totally forgotten about their dilemma.

“I can help you with that.” Jasmine said as she re-appeared at the doorway. “When do you think you will be able to leave the planet?”

Jacey blinked with wonder that Jasmine didn’t even seem distressed Ben Hero came from another planet. Obviously the High Fives did know a lot more than the Queens.

“Our ship is by the sea,” Ben explained. “It should take us one day to get to Freedom Sea, another day to find the ship and perhaps another day for leeway. In case we’ve miscalculated something.”

“When the departure time is close, instruct my guide to send a signal to me. I will disable the machines. Now, move quickly. Follow this hallway.” Jasmine pointed to a cave opening to their left. She then turned to Jacey and embraced her warmly.

“I can’t believe I just talked to a male and he seemed…domesticated.” The woman whispered with excitement.

“I’m sorry you didn’t have a chance to get to know him, Jasmine.”

Jasmine let Jacey go and shook her head. “I’m glad I didn’t. I would have had to rethink everything I’ve been taught. I still might have to. Now go. Be safe.”

Jacey nodded and bit back the tears knowing this was most likely the last time she would ever see Jasmine.

Ben grabbed Jacey by the arm and pulled her down the hallway.

“Good-bye!” Jasmine called after them.

Jacey waved and then they rounded the corner of the hallway, and her friend vanished from her sight.

* * * * *

“Jacey, what the hell is wrong?” Almost an entire day had passed and she had remained pretty much silent. When the guide that High Queen Jasmine had sent along with them finally ambled a little further ahead on the trail, he’d tried to kiss her. To his shock, she’d stiffened beneath his touch.

When she didn’t answer his question he shoved his fingers through his hair and sighed with frustration.

“You don’t want to tell me what’s been bothering you. You don’t want me anywhere near you. I’m not stupid, you know, I can take a hint. Somehow I’ve upset you.”

Jacey sighed and took his hand in hers. Well hallelujah, at least she still wanted to touch him.

“It’s not you directly, Ben Hero.”

“Okay, so it’s me indirectly? What is it?”

“I’m not sure.”

“You can tell me anything, Jace. What do you think is bothering you?”

“I promised Queen Jasmine I wouldn’t say anything.”

“About?”

She smiled. “You are an amusing male, Ben Hero. I just told you I’m not supposed to reveal a secret and you simply ask anyway.”

“So, you’ve been sworn to secrecy. Why not tell me and swear me to secrecy? No one will know, right?”

She lifted her head to search for the guard.

“She’s just up ahead,” Ben said. “If you keep your voice down, she won’t be able to hear.”

She nodded and frowned. Perhaps she should share her concern with Ben.

“Jasmine showed me something last night. Some more Forbidden Pictures that I’d never seen before.”

“Forbidden Pictures?”

“Movies that show a horrible part of our history. Of the time of Male Dominance.”

“These pictures, they disturbed you.”

“Yes, very.”

“What kind were they?”

“Males and how they used to dominate the females. How they forced themselves on women. Made them wear too much clothing so no part of their flesh would be shown, and then later in our history when women were not allowed to wear clothing at all. Males could do whatever they wanted to us.”