Isis (Moon Hunter's Inc. Book 7)

by Catty Diva

  She was right, it didn’t. Isis was very good at giving shots. Steve wasn’t sure what her medical training had been, but it was good enough to pass as a doctor among doctors. He’d seen her at other assignments, but she’d worked security more often than not or pretended to be someone’s girlfriend.

  He began to feel better in minutes. “Let’s go help in the cells.” Steve was seriously rethinking his career choices. Never would he have thought they would just leave him there like that.

  This time, he led the way to the cells. The door was open and hunters and Mazlans were inside taking a few of the newly freed away at a time. More than half had been released showing they’d been hard at work. He and Isis got three people out of their cells and led them to the shuttle area on the back dock. That way they wouldn’t slow the others down.

  “What are your names?” Isis asked. Steve just stayed quiet. He knew these women were traumatized and speaking to a man might not be what they wanted.

  “I’m Clancy, this is Dary, and the other one is Mosy.”

  “We’re glad to meet you,” Isis said.

  “Are you a hunter?” Clancy asked.

  “I am and my name is Isis. Steve works with an agency dedicated to freeing all those held in labs,” Isis explained.

  “Not seen any agency people, but the hunters said they all came from labs. Is that true?” Clancy asked. The other two just watched and listened.

  “Years ago when I was young, the lab on Earth was shut down by an agency. I think they cheated and moved many of the adults out, but hundreds of kids were turned out. Many of them, me included, later were found by Cash. He founded and owns the company and we work for him. He’s always tried to find labs and the others turned out when that lab was closed. It’s only been the last year or so that we were able to find labs and actually raid them,” Isis explained.

  “We’re glad he did, but what do we do now?” Clancy asked.

  “The Mazlans have a plan in place. You’ll not be tossed out on the street. They have housing, education, and jobs available once you feel ready. They have people you can talk to about what’s happened that will help you fit in and make decisions about the future. It will be your decisions from now on. You’ll decide what you eat, wear, learn, and where you go. You don’t have to go to Oison, there are some other choices for you too,” Isis explained. She had worked with those freed from labs before and knew what was ahead for them.

  “It sounds too good to be true.” Mosy finally spoke up.

  “It’s okay to be skeptical. You’ll see how good things can be,” Isis explained. “Here we are at the shuttle. We’ll be flying up to the ship. There are guest rooms for you. I hope you guys don’t mind sharing a room together?” Isis asked.

  “I don’t,” Dary said and the other two agreed. “I hated being alone all the time.”

  Steve felt rather helpless. He didn’t know anything about what happened after recovery. He always turned those freed over to hunters. Maybe it was a good thing to connect on some level with those helped by the raids. He never wanted to be like those two techs, so caught up in information recovery and the assignment that he forgot about the people involved. Never would he forget to care about those that were hurt or leave an agent in danger while he chased his assignment.

  They got in the shuttle and the ladies got in their seats with Isis staying to keep the ladies calm while he piloted. Those girls had probably never been on a ship or even off the station at all, ever. He could hear Isis distracting them with information about what waited for them and some of the foods she loved. Things those girls would have never had the opportunity to try.

  Taking off from the dock, he headed toward the ship and used the password Isis gave him. It was a hunter’s code that identified them to the Mazlans. When they landed, he wasn’t surprised at all to find an armed escort. It would have disappointed him if there hadn’t been one. One of them recognized Isis and sent the other guys away while he escorted them. There was no use in wasting personnel resources. With so many people being brought on board, they were stretched thin.

  It annoyed him that their escort was flirting, but the three ladies with them watched in fascination. It reminded him that they’d had no contact with normal males and this was new for them. He didn’t interfere, but he sure didn’t like it. Isis was his and soon everyone would know it. His intention was to leave his mark on her in a way it couldn’t be ignored.

  The escort took them by the girl’s room first where he imprinted their fingerprints on the door so they had access. Next, they went to supply where they each got a box of personal items. Probably the first things any of them had ever owned.

  “This is mine?” Mosy asked.

  “Yes, everything in the box is yours,” Isis answered. All three girls had tears in their eyes. They took the boxes back to their room and their escort left them for Isis and him to help now. “We can eat if you’re hungry.” They looked underfed and it must have worried him. Isis waited for their answer because now that they were getting food regularly, their appetites had been ravenous.

  The three of them were so they took them to the cafeteria which was nearly full with crew, hunters, and those freed. “It smells so good in here,” Dary observed.

  “It always does,” Steve noted.

  “We get to pick our food?” Clancy asked awed at the possibilities.

  “You do. Let me show you how it works,” Isis said as she grabbed a tray and began to assemble what she needed. Each girl followed her example and Steve was last. Now they joined the line.

  “Meatloaf is an old favorite of mine. If you want, you can ask for small servings of several things to see what you like,” Isis explained.

  “We know about meatloaf. They served it once in a while. It was our best food,” Mosy declared.

  All three girls got meatloaf. Next followed vegetables and they tried several. The other sides, cheesy mac, mashed potatoes, and rice pilaf, were also sampled. Dessert was a mystery to them. None of them had ever had any of the things available, so they each got a different one. It wasn’t that they hadn’t had sweet foods, it was that they weren’t identifiable.

  Chapter 9

  The Mating Dance

  Once the meal was eaten and the girls back in their room, the other room available was theirs to share. “This doesn’t mean anything,” Isis insisted.

  “If you say so, Sweetheart,” Steve said.

  The kicker came when they entered the room and found only one large bed. “Son of a bitch!” Isis cussed.

  “We’ve shared a bed before. It’ll work out just fine.” He had a huge grin on his face. Fate seemed to be on his side and completely against her.

  “Fine. But keep your hands to yourself,” Isis warned. She went into the bathroom, cleaning up and putting on the clothing all guest rooms contained. Steve was a big guy and she wondered if he’d be able to find anything that would fit him. The thought if him naked made her mouth go dry and her breathing speed up. She returned to the room and turned down the covers as she prepared to go to sleep.

  “Where did the clothes come from?” Steve asked.

  “Spare clothes are kept in all the guest rooms. I don’t know what you’ll find that fits, though.”

  Steve went in to clean up and Isis went to bed. It had been a long day and she ached all over from the fight with Prat. The asshole had gotten in some hits and she’d be aching for a few days, but she had no permanent damage. The sorry ass would live to be dealt with by the Mazlans and she’d heard being in their prison was no picnic. She couldn’t wish that on a better guy. Closing her eyes and clearing her mind helped her drift off to sleep.

  Isis woke confused. A hot body lay up against her, an especially hard part pressed against her ass. It was Steve. She shivered and her core heated and grew wet. Steve turned her on, she could admit it. He moved, rubbing up against her in his sleep. Her body pressed back against him before she could stop herself. A whimper almost broke free, but she squashed it. That is,
until his arms wrapped around her and he pressed his shaft firmly against her.

  “I love waking up this way. I wouldn’t mind doing it every morning,” Steve whispered in her ear. His heated breath against her ear made her break out in goosebumps. This wasn’t good when she was fighting for control. “Just give in, Baby.”

  Just give in? She wanted to do just that. It would be easy to lose herself in the pleasure this man could give her. Their lives were too different though so she needed to keep a distance between them. He nipped at her ear and growled. By the gods, how could she fight herself and him? His hand moved around to her nipple, fondling it so it now ached for more. She was more than just wet, she was soaking. Maybe just one more time? Something she could hold onto, a memory that would warm her on a cold night.

  He turned her around then slid his hands over her breasts again and this time he cupped them. Steve seemed fascinated with the weight and size of them. He pinched her nipples and then lowered his head. She gasped when he licked first one nipple then the next, causing each to harden.

  Steve sucked one into his mouth as he tweaked the other so she arched against him. One hand held her breast while the other slid down her stomach making her moan. His hand slid lower until he cupped her mound gently, causing heat to rush to the area under his hand and he probably could smell her arousal now. Slowly, he traced a fingertip along her nether lips then pushed harder till his finger slid inside. He moved his finger deep into her channel and pulled it back out. Raising it to his mouth, keeping eye contact with her, he put it in his mouth and sucked her juices from it as he moaned.

  Damn! That was a turn on. Isis almost came from watching him. A look of extreme pleasure crossed his face like he had tasted a delicious and forbidden fruit. Desire shot through her and she jerked with need. Skimming down her body until his head was between her thighs, he flicked his tongue out and grazed the lips of her pussy making her moan. Settling in, he pushed past her plump pussy lips and his tongue went deep inside.

  He pulled out then went up to find her clit and he circled it so slowly she thought she would lose her mind. Speeding up until his tongue was enthusiastically rolling around it, he started finger fucking her with one digit next and then added another. Isis was so close to getting off, but refused to beg. She did arch up to meet his fingers as he drove into her harder and harder, until that combining with his magic tongue drove her over the edge into a wild orgasm.

  Steve wasted no time impaling her on his large shaft. Sinking deep inside, her channel wrapped tight around him. Her legs entwined with his and she was lost in the perfect way they lined up and the pleasure they shared. Her lover drilled into her relentlessly pursuing their shared pleasure. How could she have run from something this perfect?

  Faster, harder, deeper was her mantra as he pounded into her and release was just one more stroke away. “Come for me!” Steve urged and she wanted nothing more. He drove in and her body responded by exploding all around him. Her orgasm, sparked his and he yelled her name as he filled her with his essence. They jerked against each other and held on tight.

  The wild ride had exhausted both of them and they fell into a deep sleep wrapped in each other’s arms. They slept that way until morning and the way Isis felt right now, they would sleep that way the whole trip so she could figure out why she wanted this man so much and if it could lead to something more. Wasn’t that what everyone wanted someday? She certainly wanted a home and someone to share it with.

  Epilogue

  They sat at the table having their last breakfast aboard ship together. Soon they would arrive at Oison. Duke had joined them again, he’d been doing that regularly. Clancy, Mosy, and Dary sat on one side of the table while Isis, Duke, and Steve sat on the other.

  There was something between Duke and Clancy and it just about set the air between them on fire. Duke was going dirtside with the Zero refugees and would be on a vacation of sorts. He would be helping the Mazlans with security and other issues and he would have time to pursue Clancy.

  Isis and Steve had a relationship now. They weren’t mated, but she wouldn’t rule that out in the future. She found herself open to the idea of Steve in her life. For now, Cash had agreed to let them be partners since Steve had retired from the agency. Reviewing everything that had happened at Zero, he decided he wouldn’t survive long with the agency’s new priorities.

  Cash had decided it wasn’t worth the risk to his hunters to work with a group that had lost sight of the value of people over goals. He would only work for them if he was in charge. They didn’t like that, so for now Cash and the agency would go their separate ways.

  Her three charges from Zero had done exceedingly well and caught up with current events and worked on improving their education on the trip to Oisin. Mosy was showing an interest in caring for and teaching small children. She had the patience many didn’t. Dary loved food. She enjoyed cooking and even had an interest in how food was presented. Clancy was the surprise. She loved science and had delved as far in some of the areas as they had information available onboard.

  All three of them would find it easy to move into the fields of their choice because they all had openings on a regular basis. Isis were sure her three charges were doing better than most, if not all, of the others. They finished breakfast and Isis’ charges went to their room to pack the belongings they’d accumulated.

  It was just before lunch when they gathered to bid Duke, Clancy, Mosy, and Dary goodbye. “I’m going to miss you, but we’ll come visit,” Isis assured.

  The girls had tear bright eyes, but they didn’t cry. “We’ll miss you too.” Clancy, most often the spokeswoman of the three, admitted.

  “What? Am I chopped liver?” Duke asked.

  “No, but we’ll see you at headquarters before long,” Isis observed.

  “Probably, but I’ll miss you anyway,” Duke said.

  Isis and Steve stood and watched them board a shuttle taking the three girls to their new lives and Duke to his temporary home. Isis knew they’d all be just fine. It was time to get the new assignment Cash would give her and Steve. They weren’t mated or anything like that, but they were together and she was willing to see where this would go.

  Steve seemed happy with that for now and who knew what the future would bring for them? Living and working together all the time would either drive them crazy or build a strong relationship that would lead to more.

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  Duke is one of Moon Hunter’s originals and he loves his job and helping people. He always thought he’d grow old alone, but that was before he met her. Now all he wants to do is protect her, because she’s been through enough.

  Clancy knows she’s nothing. She’s been told that all her life, but something is going on and even though space station zero is far away, something followed her here and threatens her safety and that of those who protect her. Duke is one if those and she can’t bear to see him hurt. What in the world will she do?

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