by Aubrey Ross
“This was never about me.” She drew her hands down in front of her and rolled to her side. “If you had chosen any other ship, I’d never have found out Traborn is alive.”
Chapter Six
A problem with the navigational system kept Traborn occupied well into the following night. He had food sent to his cabin and did his best to concentrate on his job. When he was finally able to return, he found Ivy curled up on the bed sound asleep. Kade sat in a chair across from her, a steaming cup of coffee cradled between his hands. He wore a royal blue bathrobe and his expression was troubled.
“What’s wrong?”
“I told her I was responsible for the attack on her ship.”
The simple statement brimmed with implications. The Chameleon’s agreement with Kade had necessitated the attack on the Chrysalis, but Kade had nothing to do with Traborn’s decision to bring Ivy on board. Why did you bring Ivy aboard? He needed to figure out the answer to that question before he could decide how angry he was with Kade.
“She believed you were a random victim. Why did you feel it necessary to enlighten her?”
“I was on the bridge when your men came aboard. There seemed to be no way to orchestrate my rescue without everyone knowing I was the cause of the attack. Then your lieutenant insisted that Ivy transport back with him, so I volunteered to take her place.”
Traborn smiled, despite the fallout from the charade. “How chivalrous.”
“I didn’t realize you and Ivy had a history together.”
“How did she react to your revelation?”
“As you might expect.” Kade set the coffee aside and stood. “She’s upset that she wasn’t the focus of your attention.”
“Well, we’ll have to do something about that, won’t we?” Traborn crossed to the bed and drew the sheet down along her naked body, exposing her curves inch by tantalizing inch. “Did you sleep well?”
She murmured and drew herself into a tighter ball. The tranquil expression on her delicate features sent darts of tenderness deep into Traborn’s heart. He’d tried to forget her. It would have been better for them both if he’d allowed her to continue believing he was dead. Still, one night with her had brought love surging to the surface, more consuming than it had ever been before.
“You’re eyes glow when you look at her,” Kade said softly. “As hers do when she looks at you. What you have is rare and wonderful. Why do you resist?”
“It’s complicated.” Even as he grumbled the words, he reached out for her, unable to deny his hunger for his mate.
“It doesn’t need to be. She might be working for your enemy at the moment, but her true allegiance is to her crew. You both hear the call of the sky. All you have to do is realign your focus a bit.”
Traborn shook his head. “You have far too much to learn to be so wise.” He forced down the tenderness welling within him and released the ravenous hunger. So much had gone wrong between them, so much time had passed. Her heart might well be unreachable, and until he knew for sure, he would only offer his body. “I didn’t give you permission to cover yourself in my presence. The robe should have come off the moment I entered the cabin.”
With a stiff nod, Kade slipped out of the robe and held his arms out to his sides, offering Traborn the full splendor of his naked form.
“I can smell a hint of lybra,” Traborn said. “Did she choose the warming lotion?”
“Yes. It’s silky and absorbs well into the skin. A very fine quality.”
Traborn chuckled. “I’m glad you approve. The lotion also responds to breath and has a pleasant taste. Where’s the tube?” Kade retrieved it from the shelf beside the bed and handed it to Traborn. “How many times did she come while I was gone?”
The Vontralirian glanced away, clasping his hands behind his back. “She was tired and requested a relaxing massage instead.”
“She did, did she? Were my instructions unclear? My orders were meant as penance. She fought off her orgasm again and again because you refused to surrender.” Anticipation rolled down Traborn’s body, building momentum with its descent. His chest tightened, his belly clenched, and blood flooded into his cock. She had been faultlessly submissive, until now. “You will still be punished, but first you will assist me in dealing with Ivy’s disobedience.”
Kade licked his lips and raked his hair with one hand. The tension in his movement revealed his frustration. He didn’t agree with Traborn’s decision. Well, too damn bad. Traborn knew Ivy reveled in punishment. She came harder and her orgasms lasted longer when they were built over ruthless periods of time.
“Move to the foot of the bed and roll her to her back. Do not be gentle. She must understand this is discipline.” Again Kade nodded, but disapproval remained in his eyes. Traborn stood beside the bed as Kade flipped Ivy onto her back. A control on the side of the headboard reeled in the cable, drawing her hands above her head.
Her lashes fluttered, then she opened her eyes, her gaze sleep-muddled and hazy. “Master?”
“What were my instructions for you and Kade?” he snapped, crossing his arms over his chest.
She glanced at Kade and understanding cleared her expression. “He was to wash me and bring me to orgasm, then wash me again.”
“How many times did you come?”
Her full lips trembled and she lowered her gaze. “None.”
“What happens when a thrall disobeys her Master?”
“She is punished.”
“Do you deserve punishment?”
“Yes, Master.”
The response had never sounded sweeter. He had trained other thralls, but none had moved him like Ivy, none had reached so deeply into his soul and stirred emotions so intense. His decision to bring her aboard had been nearly spontaneous, but now that she was here, he would never let her go.
“Bend your knees and open yourself to me.” She immediately pulled her legs up and rotated them outward, spreading her thighs. Her outer lips parted, revealing the delicate pink folds between. “Wider.” Her heels touched her ass before he was satisfied.
Kade’s cock expanded to full length which he stood fidgeting at the foot of the bed. He rubbed his thighs and looked everywhere but at Ivy’s blatantly displayed pussy.
Traborn opened the tube and squeezed out a liberal amount of the shiny substance. “You chose this for your inappropriate massage, so it will be used for your punishment.” He coated her nipples, leaving each gleaming with excess ointment. Leaning over her chest, he breathed on her breasts and Ivy gasped. “Does it burn, sweet slave?”
“Yes.” Her tone was breathless and tight.
“Good.” He turned to Kade. “Hold out your hand.” He mounded the lotion in Kade’s palm, then said, “Cover your cock. Use all of it, but keep it away from your balls. This is meant to stimulate not harm.”
While Kade applied the ointment to his sex, Traborn dug through the toy pouch and found what he was looking for, a wicked double dildo. One shaft was long and slender, the other much thicker. Straps would hold the toy in place, preventing her from squeezing the toy out.
“Master, please. I don’t think I can bear that right now.” Her tone pleaded, but her expression begged.
Traborn coated each shaft with the heating ointment, then carefully set the toy aside, balancing it on its base. She followed his movements with her gaze, curiosity turning to confusion.
He raised her shoulders and put a plump pillow behind her. “I want you to see as well as feel. Kade, help me prepare her for the toy.”
Ivy tried not to scream as the two men moved between her widespread legs. Her nipples burned like hellfire, sending waves of sensation all through her abdomen. Traborn nipped her inner thigh and Kade followed suit. They worked their way upward, licking and nipping at her tender flesh. She jumped and quivered as each sensation swung from tingle to sting and back to tingle. They had to alternate as they neared her throbbing slit. Kade followed Traborn’s lead, emulating his technique perfectly.
“M
ove to her side,” Traborn instructed. “Tease her clit from above, while I enjoy this juicy cunt.”
Closing her hands into fists, Ivy prepared for the sensual assault. Kade kept his head carefully angled, so she could still catch glimpses of her Master. Traborn licked from her anus to her clit with one long stroke, as if to announce the beginning of the onslaught. Kade flicked his tongue against her clit, then pulled back as Traborn circled her opening. Alternating their caresses, they created a demanding urgency.
She whimpered and trembled, knowing Traborn would not let her come. Her orgasm was perhaps hours away. She’d displeased her Master. Traborn grasped the back of Kade’s head and thrust his tongue into the other man’s mouth. “Taste her. Suck her cream from my tongue.”
She watched Kade’s lips close around Traborn’s tongue. Starkly erotic, the act unleashed a fresh wave of lust. Traborn refused to kiss her, yet he gave Kade his tongue. She licked her lips, craving the Master’s kiss.
“More,” Kade murmured. “Please, more.”
Traborn speared her pussy with his tongue, gathering her cream to share with the Vontralirian. Over and over he transferred the proof of her arousal to Kade’s mouth. The act became more aggressive. Kade thrust his tongue into Traborn’s mouth seeking out her taste. Traborn held Kade’s face still and slowed the kiss. Their lips connected and she could no longer see their tongues. Shut out, deprived, she watched as Traborn offered Kade the precious intimacy he denied her. On and on they kissed until tears blurred Ivy’s eyes.
Pulling back with a satisfied smile, Traborn said, “Get the toy.”
“No!” The cry slipped from her mouth without warning. “Please, I want your cock inside me. I need you.”
Indecision flashed through Traborn’s gaze. He looked at her pussy and swallowed hard. “I must punish Kade first.” She gritted her teeth as he took the toy from Kade and prepared to continue her torment. “You will not come while the toy is inside you or I will not fuck you tonight. Kade, pull back on her knees, roll her hips up off the mattress.”
Kade held her firmly, while Traborn worked the toy into her aching body. The lotion worked well as a lubricant, but the heat accelerated her arousal unbearably. She cried out as much from frustration as from the pressure of the dual penetration. Traborn moved the straps beneath her before Kade released her legs. With the straps securely fastened around her flanks, she could squeeze and squeeze and the dildo wouldn’t budge. The long slender shaft reached deep into her ass, while the thick, slightly angled shaft stretched the inner walls of her cunt. She tossed her hips and moaned as heat radiated outward. Without motion, or clitoral stimulation, there was no way she could climax.
Traborn licked the ointment off his fingers and smiled. “Now it’s Kade’s turn. Come here.”
Kade moved to the foot of the bed, reluctance apparent in each step. Traborn said a word Ivy didn’t recognize and a compartment above his head opened. A set of wrist cuffs lowered on a cable like the one to which she was tethered. Another voice command halted their descent.
“Raise your arms,” he told Kade. The younger man not only obeyed, he placed his wrists in the cuffs and waited for Traborn to activate the locks. A voice command tightened the cuffs and Traborn stepped back, his dark gaze lowering to Kade’s massive erection. The tip was crimson and the veins stood out in stark contrast to the rest of his shaft. “Answer honestly, is the sensation too intense?”
Ivy hadn’t noticed the vivid flush or the unnatural brightness of Kade’s eyes, but Traborn missed nothing. Even his punishments never delivered more than his thrall could endure.
“Yes.” Kade croaked out the word. “I thought I could bear it initially, but the burning is…”
With a firm swipe of his fist, Traborn removed some of the lotion. “Take several deep breaths and see if the sensation eases.”
As if to remind her that she was withstanding the same punishment, her nipples and both her channels burst with a fresh wave of heat. She embraced the pain, clenching her inner muscles as hard as she could until the crisis passed.
Traborn returned to his toy chest and withdrew a butt plug and a long, flexible quirt. “I assume you have never thought of pain triggering pleasure, so I’ll not expect much from you. The crop will hurt. I won’t pretend otherwise, but this plug vibrates. It will create sensations even more stimulating than the dildo we used before.” He paused to lube the plug before he continued his instruction. “You have earned a minimum of ten lashes. If you embrace the pain and come within that duration, I will stop. If you resist, your punishment will continue until you come twice. Do you have any questions?”
“No, sir.” Kade’s voice sounded strangled and she clearly read fear in his eyes. She’d been frightened too, the first time the Master punished her. But Traborn was an amazing teacher. Kade couldn’t be in better hands.
Traborn moved behind Kade and Ivy could no longer see what he was doing. Kade’s eyes widened and he swayed just a bit. “Push back against it. It must be seated snugly or it won’t stay in.” Kade licked his lips and drew in a deep breath through his mouth. “That’s it. I’m going to activate the vibration.” Kade closed his eyes and his cock twitched, bobbing in a distinct arch to his navel.
She wanted to reassure him, to soothe him with words or, better yet, take his cock in her mouth while Traborn flogged him. Kade had to learn surrender. He had to embrace new stimulation and accept something utterly alien to him.
Trailing the end of the quirt over Kade’s trembling body, Traborn circled his pupil. “Open your eyes. Ivy is spread before you, stuffed full and aching for release. If you can’t do this for yourself, do it for her.”
Kade opened his eyes and Traborn snapped his ass with the whip. A sharp yell escaped Kade before he could close his mouth. His second cry was muffled by his tightly pressed lips, but Traborn was holding nothing back.
Ivy captured Kade’s gaze and tried to communicate all the things she dare not say. Undulating her body, she made her breasts sway. Planting her feet flat on the mattress, she thrust her pussy up each time the quirt snapped. Kade’s cock began to jerk as well. His chest heaved and he no longer suppressed his cries. The final lash landed against his lower thighs and cum spewed from his cock.
“Yes!” he shouted in triumph and bucked as three smaller jets followed the first.
“Very good.” Traborn removed the butt plug and dropped it to the floor. Then he released the restraints and Kade sagged to his knees. “Clean up the mess you made as soon as you’re able to move.” Traborn’s gaze connected with hers as he crossed to the side of the bed. “You’ve soaked the sheet beneath you, sweet slave. Did you come?”
“No. I waited for you, Master.” He tried to conceal it, but Ivy saw the flash of tenderness in his gaze. There was no denying he was enjoying Kade’s lessons, but Traborn’s feelings for her ran much deeper.
He put one knee on the bed and lowered his face toward her mound. “Come. You’ve earned it.”
His tongue circled her clit for only a moment and her body exploded with pleasure. She cried out as deep spasms tightened her inner muscles around the toy. Traborn kept the sensations going for what seemed like hours. He’d back off just long enough for the intensity to quiet without receding completely. Then he sucked on her clit and the most powerful burst of all showered her with sparks of blissful release.
She trembled and moaned. He kissed her tummy and hips, slipping his hands beneath her to squeeze her bottom. He raised his face and smiled into her eyes. “Now the real fun begins.”
Chapter Seven
Traborn licked his lips. He would never tire of Ivy’s sultry, evocative taste. No matter how often he ate her pussy, he always wanted more. She gasped as he slowly withdrew the toy and settled his mouth against her sex. Her cream mixed with the spicy lotion creating an intoxicating elixir. He lapped and sucked, holding her thighs wide with his hands.
His cock twitched and his balls ached, nearly numb from their long neglect. He wanted to thr
ust balls deep into her cunt, yet her ass held equal appeal. The Dom in him stirred and he pictured an aggressive, utterly controlling position. Crawling up along her body, he straddled her face and angled his cock toward her mouth. “Suck me, my love. Drink deeply of my passion.”
Her warm, wet lips closed around his aching cock and Traborn’s entire body shuddered. The teasing swirl of her tongue made him groan and he took her face between his hands. She stared into his eyes, her expression open and welcoming. His. Surrendered and utterly submissive, she accepted the bold thrust of his cock. He kept his strokes slow and shallow, enjoying the velvety texture of her tongue and the firm circle of her lips.
She couldn’t touch him, could only take him, suck him, and taste him. Her gaze gleamed with longing and love, and Traborn sank deeper. Deeper into her eyes, deeper into her mouth, and deeper into her soul. His hands gentled, caressing her cheeks, brushing the hair back from her face as he moved in her mouth. She was so damn beautiful. He could hardly breathe.
Angling her head, she took him into her throat. Her gag reflex clamped him and Traborn lost control. With a strangled groan, he spilled his seed into her mouth. She swallowed and swallowed, milking every last drop from his willing cock.
“Oh gods, Ivy. You are such a treasure.” He scooted back, dragging his shaft out of her mouth, while keeping his weight balanced on his knees.
He hadn’t meant to kiss her until things were settled between them, but he couldn’t resist the temptation. Slipping one arm beneath her neck, he raised her mouth to his. His tongue swept across hers, mingling the taste of her cum with his. The combination was so arousing, he deepened the kiss. Their lips slid, their tongues curled and she trembled. Her breasts shook against him and it took a moment for him to realize she was crying.