Lost Among the Stars (Sky Riders) (12 page)

He broke their kiss only to have her raise her arms above her head so that he could remove the shirt she wore.

“Gods, your breasts are perfect!” He held one in each hand, molding and pushing them together. One by one he lifted a breast to his mouth to flick the puckered nipple that begged for his attention. Maggie’s breath increased as he suckled her nipples. He had to have more!

“I have to be i
nside you,” he said as he set her back on the ground and swiftly removed his clothing, lying it carefully on the hard ground so that he could lay Maggie on top. Down on his knees now he pulled her him then gently lowered her to the ground. “I want to see all of you. I want to see you lying there naked in the place I used to come to so often.” She lifted her hips when he moved to the waist band of the pants she wore. Underneath she was as bare as a new born babe.

“You are mine! Always mine! Say it!” he demanded as he spread her thighs with his hands.

“I am yours forever,” she said in a husky breath.

Yes, his forever. He quickly lowered his head between her legs and ran his tongue up along her slit until he came to her clit. She tried to close her thighs as he flicked and sucked on her clit but he held them open. He repeated the process of
licking her, but this time when he reach the top he used his thumbs to pull back the slick folds until he could see her inner pussy lips glistening with her honey. He dove back in and licked her several times before he plunged his tongue into her opening causing her to moan out loud. He tongue-fucked her as her hands reached for his head. He continued his assault even as he felt the first tremors of her release.

“Etor! I…I…” she couldn’t finish her sentence. Her orgasm overtook her with such force it left her screaming out his name over and over.

Before her orgasm ended he moved up, positioned his cock at her entrance then plunged in until he was buried balls deep in her pussy. Her pussy was drenched with her honey as he moved in and out of her. This wasn’t to be one of their long, gentle love making sessions. He wanted to take her hard and fast until they were both screaming out their releases together. A few quick, hard strokes had him ready to pour his seed into her.

“Say it again,” he demanded. “Say it!”

“I’m yours!”

Her words sent him over the edge. Her pussy clamped down on his cock and milked him for his seed. The sound of their passionate screams echoed in the small enclosure as the final tremors of their release left them. He fell forward but was careful not to press her too hard into the unrelenting ground.

Breathlessly he spoke in her ear, “I will never get enough of you. You are my true life mate, my heart.” He kissed her tenderly on the lips before he rose up off her.

“Can we come here again?” she asked as she sat up.

“Of course. This will be our place. For now though, we need to be getting back. Vulmar is supposed to report to me in a short while.” He stood up and pulled her to her feet.

After they both dressed and left the waterfall, they went in search of Rhaegos who was curled up sleeping in the open field. He heard their approach and readied himself for their weight
, stretching his long neck up into the sky.

The flight back to the palace was serene. The evening sky had turned pink and lavender as the two suns dipped behind the horizon. The air had grown cooler
too causing Maggie to shiver somewhat. He wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm while they rode through the evening air.

As Rhaegos drew nearer to the palace, Etor could see a bunch of people running in their direction.

“Something is wrong,” he said as they landed and he jumped off.

Thallan, his troop commander, rushed to his side. “Commander.”

“What is it? What’s happened?” he asked as he pulled Maggie off Rhaegos.

“Vulmar has
reported back and said he found the captain of the Earth females’ transport.” Thallan walked alongside the couple as they made their way into the main room where Kharis was waiting for them.

“Brother, Vulmar found him finally! He’s bringing him back to Qetera.” Kharis slapped his brother on the back in excitement.

“Did you hear that, Mags? They found the son of a bitch who tried to sell us to those creeps!” She ran to her friend and engulfed her in a huge hug.

“What…what are you going to do with him once he gets here?” Maggie asked.

“He will stand trial for his crime of selling females for profit,” Etor said to her. “He will be sorry that he ever heard of the Lephusans and even sorrier he sold his own people to them.” Etor felt the Rage trying to surface. Even Kharis looked to be struggling with his anger.

Chapter 13

Ruehar had enough of the captain’ foolishness. He wanted the man dead and he wanted it to be done by his own hands. The fool had double crossed him and made him look like an idiot in front of his people. He paced back and forth on top of the castle wall debating on what to do. First, he needed to send someone to Earth to retrieve the scum and bring him to Lephus, which would cost him more money!

“Sir! Sir!” a voice called out for him from far below him.

He tried to ignore the man calling for him. He didn’t want to be bothered. That’s why he came up here, to be alone!

“Sir!” the voice called from directly behind him now.

He swung around and shouted into the man’s face before he realized who it was. “What do you want, soldier?” he blinked several time until he knew remembered it was Captain Zol’tsa.

“Sir? Are you alright?” the captain asked.

“Fine, fine. What news have you brought me?” It had better be good if the good captain planned on getting down off the wall alive.

“I found them, Sir!”

An evil smile spread across his face. “Where?”

“On Qetera like you suspected. Etor found the transport with the females. They are currently in the main city and in Etor’s home.

“Ahh…you have done an excellent job!
How accessible are they?” A plan was forming in his head.

“That I’m not sure
, but it wasn’t too hard to get on Qetera.”

He was getting more excited by the minute. The females he had bought and paid for were on his worst enemy’s planet. This would not only allow him to attack the planet for revenge but also steal back his shipment! The time has finally come around where he could seek out the retribution he felt he was due. He had lost too much because of the Qeterans and he wanted it all back!

“How can you get back on the planet without causing suspicion?” Ruehar asked.

“They are expecting me to return to pick up a part I ordered. I said I was having a problem with a part on my ship to gain access and with me being half Qeteran it wasn’t much of an issue to get the clearance to land.”

Ruehar smiled then laughed. “Things couldn’t get much better than that! You have proved yourself to be a very valuable asset to me. As I promised, when the females are brought to me, you will have the first pick of whichever one you wish.”

Captain Zol’tsa bowed in respect to his leader. “Thank-you, Sir.”

“I want all the captains and top soldiers gathered within the hour. I want to organize the best invasion plan possible. The Qeterans will pay for everything they have done to me!

******

Vulmar seized the wanted captain as he came out of a whore house. The man was totally surprised by the huge men that jumped him, threw him to the ground then cuffed his hands behind his back.

The captain insisted they had the wrong man, but Vulmar had made absolutely certain he was their man. They had been on Earth for over two weeks now and had been losing hope they would ever find the man. For days he had staked out the convention center where the transports took off at regular intervals. Countless hours he spent watching the Earthlings load males and females onto the ships to be relocated on other planets.

He had been curious to know why so many residents of Earth were choosing to leave. The planet didn’t look as if it was experiencing any shortages with food or resources, so why the mass exodus?

It was an unusual thing for residents of a healthy planet to pick up and leave, so he decided to do some digging while he waited for the captain to show his face. He and his lieutenant approached the officials who ran the convention center and acted like they were willing to take some of the Earthlings back to Qetera. There was no way he could have hidden his stature since he towered above all the people on the planet. At six foot eleven he was noticeable everywhere he went on Earth. The women stared at him as if he were a god, making him uncomfortable. His men laughed and teased him as the women threw themselves at him or begged to be taken back their world.

“Why do your people want to leave so badly?” he asked one of the security personal standing guard outside the building.

“It’s our government’s way of trying to control the over-population problem. Over the past century we’ve had a huge explosion of births. Some experts are saying that in another fifty years the Earth will be depleted of its resources, which I for one don’t believe,” the guard said.

“And why is that? The Earth didn’t look so bad on th
e way in,” Vulmar commented.

“Well, the war forty years ago made a lot of the ground unfit for growing food. It’s taken some time but we are on the right track of bring her back. The scientists have come up with a type of new fertilizer that is treating the soil. Seems to working so far.
Not to mention the air quality was pretty poor.”

“How many people have left so far?” his lieutenant asked.

“Oh probably around three or four hundred thousand. The transports come and go none stop. Only had one problem so far out of all the ones that have already left.”

Vulmar and the lieutenant looked at each other. “
What happened?”

“One ran into an unexpected asteroid field and hasn’t been heard from since. Poor bastards. What a way to go, never to wake up again.” The guard sounded semi remorseful as he continued with his story.

“That is a shame. How many were lost?” Vulmar asked. He wanted to get as much information out of the younger guard as he could before the guard was called away.

“I heard it was fifty, though some say it was more like seventy. Just depends on how ma
ny sleeping tubes the transport can hold. Hey, where are you guys from anyway?” The guard looked up curiously at the two Qeterans.

“Qetera, ever hear of it?”

“Nope, but these transports go to so many different planets that I can’t remember all the names.”

“Hey, Bradley, the boss wants you!” Another guard called out.

“Got to go, nice talking to you guys. I hope you have a safe journey home.” The guard waved them off as he went in the direction of the other guard. They waited until the pair disappeared behind a solid steel door before they turned to leave.

“I just don’t get it, Commander. The Earth doesn’t seem to have that big of a problem according to the preliminary scans we did before landing.”

“I don’t know. There’s something more to this than just bad soil.”

They walked along the big building that housed the transports and travelers. “Let’s go relieve Jaro and Edmun.”

It was while they were on watch for the captain that their man finally showed up. Vulmar recognized the man as he exited the dilapidated building that was known for prostitution. It had taken a drunken night out to find out where the whore houses were and once they had them, he assigned four guards to each building, two in the front and two in the back. Their patience finally paid off when the guilty captain stepped out into the darkness of the night after a round with a whore.

Once he had sight of the man, Vulmar used his comlink to inform his other men. He instructed them to circle around the building so the man didn’t have a chance of escaping.
The man was oblivious to his surrounds as he stumbled drunkenly down the street. Vulmar went up to the man from behind.

“Excuse me, captain?”

When the captain turned around, Vulmar punched the man in the jaw, knocking him out cold. Everything went quickly after that. They got the drunken fool back to their ship and secured him in the holding cell. They would have to wait until he sobered up before they could question him, but it wasn’t a problem. They had a long ride back to Qetera.

Chapter 14

“How long until you arrive?” Etor asked Vulmar?

The transmission was a bit fuzzy but the brothers were still able to communicate.

‘I would say another three to four days. Earth is quite a distance away but if we would have used the wormhole it would have put us past it.” Vulmar’s face was fading in and out.

“Good, I can’t wait to get my hands on that bastard
. Any word on who is hunting Maggie,” Etor said. He was getting better at control his Rage when he felt it surfacing.

“Me too, brother, me too. I’ll contact you when we are in Yahiri.
And no, whoever has the word out for her, is keeping a very low profile.”

He nodded.
“Sure thing. Stay safe.” With that the transmission ended. He breathed a sigh of relief. The man responsible for the deaths of forty-six women was in their hands.

Maggie stood behind him as he turned around to look at the group that had followed him inside. He hugged Maggie to him and kissed the top of her head. “Are you okay, my love?”

Maggie wrapped her arms around his waist and held on tight. “I am just happy Vulmar was able to find him.” She clung to him as if her life depended upon it.

“Ahh…put me down, you big goon!”

Behind them Kharis was swinging Kelly around in his arms and laughing.

“I am going to take you to my home!” Kharis shouted.

“The hell you are, fella.” Kelly said back when he finally stopped swinging her. “Mags, tell this big goon to leave me alone! I mean, really!”

The room burst out laughing as Kelly stormed out of the room to go back to hers. They all knew she was trying really hard to avoid Kharis but it wasn’t working
.

Kharis followed close behind her yet again. “Do you think she will ever give in?” Etor asked.

“She has a strong will and can resist a lot but I don’t know how much longer she’ll be able to avoid your brother.”

“Good, because I can’t take his moping around much longer. Let’s go to bed, it’s been a long day.” He scooped her up into his arms making her giggle as she clung to his neck.

******

Zol’tsa waited for the clearance he needed to land on Qetera once again. He stepped into his role as soon as he departed Lephus with the group of men Ruehar assigned to go with him. The ride to Qetera was cramped with the extra bodies but he needed them to get into the palace.

“You are clear to land on area one,” the voice coming from the surface informed him.

“Thanks,” he replied with
a smile. “Alright troops. We just got clearance. Remember the plan. Stay in the ship until I give the all clear. Got it?”

“Sir!” All the men said in unison.

He landed the ship as directed then shut it down. First he would head to the building to check on his ordered part then make his way into the city. He needed to find the best way into the palace without being seen and that was going to be the hardest part. He didn’t want to rush things, so if it took several days to find the safest way in then so be it.

In the meantime
, Ruehar was in the process of forming his armada. His best chances of taking Qetera were to take them by complete surprise. It would not be any easy task but their numbers were up so they had a winning chance. As soon as Zol’tsa found a way into the palace, he would notify Ruehar so he could begin his invasion.

He made his way into the supply building t
o pick up his part. It was quiet in the smelly place and it turned his stomach. The smell of oil and fumes always made him sick.

“Hey, you’re back!” The man behind the counter said as he walked in. “I got that part for you. Came in yesterday. Give me a second and I’ll go get it.”

He leaned on the counter and peered around the empty room. It was a very nice setup for a parts store. To buy him some extra time he was going to have the clerk order him another part.

“Ah, here we are. One small fuel pump without the threads.” He sat the heavy piece of metal on the counter.

Picking it up to examine it, he asked about more parts. “This is perfect. Do you think you can get me a quarter inch air hose, an ignition switch, and a pummel coil? I might as well fix everything while I got it all apart.” He feigned like he examining the part with a fine tooth comb.

“Oh sure. Not a problem with the hose and switch but that coil will have to be ordered. I don’t keep those in stock.”

“Take your time. I’m in no rush. Thought about spending some down time here. Ya know, a little vacation.” He chuckled.

“Go
t’cha. I’ll get this order in. Check back with me in a couple of days.”

“Thanks,” he said as he left. Outside the sky was bright and sunny. It was the perfect time to check out the city and map out possible escape routes.
He’d wait until it grew dark to bring the rest of his men out of the ship. They would all have to find somewhere to stay relatively close to each other with causing suspicion.

The streets were crowded at this time of the day with people going to and from work or shopping. He walked up and down the streets until he had a good idea of how the city was laid out. The Commander’s residence was on the extreme outskirts of the city but easily accessible within a few minutes.

The grounds didn’t have any form of a fence around it, just some patrolling guards that walked the grounds in groups of three. Most of the ground surrounding the main house was open area which was a problem. He would have to time the guards’ routine perfectly in order to gain access to the house. What worked to his advantage was that the house was a single story structure with many entrances to choose from.

He was just about to turn back and head to the ship when he caught
sight of something flying over the palace out the corner of one eye. By the time he looked whatever it was had disappeared behind the house. He wasn’t even positive he saw something so he waited a few minutes to see if it would re-emerge.

As he waited he pulled a smoking stick out of his shirt pocket. He enjoyed chewing on the ends of the flavored sticks rather than smoking them. It was a bad habit he picked up years ago when he had left home.

A loud sound jerked his head to the sky and then he saw it. A dragon! He had never seen one and believed them to be nothing more then fantasy. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes he would have called the individual a liar. The giant beast flew circles over the house several times before he shot up into the air and was lost in the clouds. This was a problem he wasn’t counting on and he needed to inform Ruehar as soon as possible.

******

Ruehar shattered the glass door as he slammed it shut. “It’s not possible!”

He was beyond furious. Zol’tsa’s report changed his plans on attacking just the main city of Qetera. He thought the dragons had gone extinct a long time ago after the last big war. The dragons were claimed to be very territorial and could cause massive damage to a
fighter or bring it down with one swipe of its massive talons.

“I want every ship that is in working order on stand-by within the next twelve hours. Is that clear?” he shouted at the captains gathered in his office.

“Yes, Sir.”

“Has the ship I sent to Earth returned?” His normally pale face was beet red.

“Not that we know of, Sir.”

A buzzer sound loudly in his office signaling him he had an incoming transmission. He circled around his desk to put the transmission up on the view
ing screen. Static and fuzz came through first before the picture of the captain he sent to Earth cleared enough for him to see the man.

“What do you have to report?” he demanded. He was losing his patience
quickly, if he had any at all.

“Sir, we have a problem.”

“WHAT?” he screamed at the screen.

“While we were searching for the one you need, we came across a group of Qeterans. One of my men overheard two of them talking with one of the security personal at the place where the transports are launched.
”

“So, get to the point!”

“They were also looking for your good captain and succeeded in tracking him to a whore house where they were able to subdue him.” The Lephusan captain looked visibly scared as he delivered his report.

“Why didn’t you over take them?” Things were going from bad to worse.

“There were too many of them, Sir. The fool was drunk and he was easily taken prisoner by the Qeterans. We followed them back to their ship and watched it take off. We are in the process of following them, but they have a head start on us.”

“Find that damn ship and destroy it!” He ended the transmission then turned to the men in the room. “I would advise all of you to get every single one of your men ready. I am going to win this battle this time and the Qeteran
s will pay for stealing my females. I want them all dead once and for all!”