Chapter Nine

Tiny beads of sweat reflected the thin rays of light that danced off of Kendra’s naked flesh in an almost surreal fashion as she lay in her husband’s strong arms and looked up at the lacey canopy above them.  She knew that they were risking being caught by a passerby and should dress just in case, but the feel of the warm, clean air upon her moist flesh was like a silken caress.  It was almost as seductive as making love with Rex.  She wasn’t ready to give it up quite yet.

“We’ve made love in the out of doors quite a lot,” she mused as  she nestled her cheek against his chest, “but it’s never felt like this.  The air is different here.”

“It’s untainted,” Rex said. “You can feel the purity of it long before you breathe it in.”

“It’s a bit heavier too, I think,”  Kendra offered.

He knit his brows together in thought. “I believe you’re right.”

She ran her palms over her upper arms.  “I love the feel of it on my skin. I think I could easily go without clothes all day long.”

He chuckled.  “I can’t say that I’d mind that one bit.”

“If only we didn’t have to be around the others,” she pouted.  “I’d do it except for that.”

“You have such a perfect body,”  he said with a glint in his eye. “You’d drive men wild. I doubt they’d get much done in a day.”

She giggled as she threw her leg over his torso and mounted him once more.  “Make love to me one more time before we have to give up this bliss and rejoin civilization.”

“I don’t mind if I do,”  he said with a grin.  “I love this body and can’t get enough of it.”

“We have lots of makeup sex to do before we’re caught up.  We’ll have to find ways to continue when we go to retrieve Eugene.  I fully intend to get my due from you, lover,” she whispered in a seductive tone as she began to ride him in a slow and easy manner.

“We’re planning on leaving tomorrow.” His words blended with a sensual moan as her seductive moves took effect.

“It’s none too soon for me.  I long to hold him in my arms again,” she said in a soft tone as she bent over and lightly traced his nose with the tip of her tongue. Her movements grew more powerful and she emitted a soft moan.  “I love having you inside of me, my big, strong love.”

“Damn, woman,” he said in a husky  voice as he held her far enough away from him to allow him a clear view of her nakedness as it moved above him. “Just look at you.”

“I’m looking,” said a female voice from somewhere in the trees. “She’s really quite beautiful.”

Startled by the intrusion, the lovers froze like automated dolls who’d had their batteries removed.  The only thing that functioned on either of them was their heads as they looked in the direction of the female’s voice.

They were so shocked and surprised at the sight of the extremely tall to the point of being giant sized next to them, perfectly proportioned, A****n type woman who proudly strode from the thick group of trees that had kept her hidden from sight that they didn’t notice the other females who’d stealthily approached from an opposite direction.

A squeal of protest escaped Kendra as several surprisingly strong females of equal height and size as the one who’d interrupted their love making pulled her off Rex while more women pinned his powerful body onto the ground to prevent him from getting up.  If they were exerting themselves to accomplish this, it didn’t show.  Their strength was astounding.

“Who are you?” Kendra demanded as she struggled against such powerful grips that she was certain bruises would be the result.

The woman who’d spoken gave her a broad, sensual smile.   “It’s a bit risky rolling around in the woods like two coupling beasts,  my beauty.  You never know who or what might come along.”  Her smile quickly faded when her large, violet eyes rested upon Rex.  “Bind him.”

Hearing her order, Rex summoned all of his strength to fight against the half dozen A****n females who were using their well-formed, almost masculine looking muscles, backed by their body weight, to pin him down. He managed to toss one female free from his leg before a primitive weapon that consisted of a rock tied to the end of a thick stick slammed into the side of his head and darkness consumed him.

Kendra screamed as she watched his body go limp. Whether it was simply from giving up or from the shock of what they’d just done to her husband, she couldn’t say, but her body went equally limp on its own. As hard as she tried to summon the strength to fight back and be free so that she could run to him, she was unable to get even one muscle to react. It wasn’t until she saw a woman toss away the broad leaves that she’d rubbed against her stomach during her struggle that Kendra realized that they’d used a plant to subdue her. Memories of the drug that the aliens used to control her flitted through her mind. The difference was that her mind remained very clear with this plant so she was fully aware of all that was happening as the leader of the A****n women moved in front of her to inspect her nakedness.

Her eyes went wide as the woman’s hands lightly inspected her curves with approval.  Cupping Kendra’s chin in her powerful hand, she tipped her head from left to right. 

“Take her to my tent,” she ordered before walking away with a regal air that denoted authority.

She helplessly watched as the women trussed Rex’s limp body to a long log before balancing the ends of the log on their shoulders. It took two women balancing the log on both ends to accommodate his muscled bulk, but, once they’d perfected their balancing act, they moved with assured speed and agility.

Since she was unable to walk, one of her captors tossed her over her shoulder like one might a flour sack.  She was thankful that she’d ordered two of the other women to dress her beforehand.  Poor Rex wasn’t as lucky. His clothes were left where they lay as the women proceeded to fall into pace with the others.

Frantic over what to do.  With the hope that someone might hear her and come running to their rescue, she filled her lungs with air and screamed as loud and long as she was allowed before something bludgeoned her in the head.  Her last thoughts before darkness took over was that they’d probably used the same weapon on her as they had on Rex.