They’d pushed the horses hard for several hours without stopping or even speaking when Kendra finally gave the orders to let them rest while they got their bearings straight and decided what to do.
“We need to go to Center Land,” Ari said with conviction as she hopped off her horse.
When Kendra simply pursed her lips and looked away, Felix spoke up. “Is it really that bad there? I mean, other than what Baelil did to you, what else was done that was so bad?”
Kendra could think of nothing. In fact, she had to admit that, although she felt as if she’d been kept on the sidelines when it came to socializing, she’d been treated well enough. Even so, the memories that place held were still fresh in her psyche and periodically tormented her in her dreams. As far as she was concerned, if she never saw Center Land again, it would be too soon.
Ari stood before Kendra with her
Felix marveled over how quickly the slender, shapely legs of Ari’s petite body were able to cover ground as his longer, lean muscled ones struggled to catch him up with her. If she’d remembered his club foot, she wasn’t giving him allowance for it as she moved along at a pace that was as close to a jog as one could get and still be walking.“I don’t need a bodyguard,” she hissed over her shoulder as she leapt over a log-like branch that had fallen off a half-dead tree.“What’s bothering you?” he managed with labored breath. “Geez, can you slow down just a bit?”“If you can’t keep up, then go back,” she snipped. “I didn’t ask you to come along to begin with.”His ankle was beginning to pain him from the unfamiliar demands that he was putting on it, but he held firm. “I’m not going back.”She abruptly stopped
Kendra adjusted the wrap that she’d just created from a bed sheet to secure Eugene to her back. Although Felix frowned upon carrying him in that fashion - preferring to have him snuggled close to his chest – Kendra found it both comfortable and convenient. It kept her arms free for important issues such as defending them with her bow and arrow. She could feel the heat of his relaxed body against her as he peacefully slumbered off the meal he’d so greedily consumed.She envied the security and peace that he was enjoying. She couldn’t remember ever having the privilege of experiencing such a feeling, although she probably did when she was a baby as well. Her memories began with the traumatic destruction of her village and the murdering of her parents. It was a foggy and abstract type of memory that would mostly present itself during sleep, but it was a memory that she found impossible to erase.
Felix marveled over how quickly the slender, shapely legs of Ari’s petite body were able to cover ground as his longer, lean muscled ones struggled to catch him up with her. If she’d remembered his club foot, she wasn’t giving him allowance for it as she moved along at a pace that was as close to a jog as one could get and still be walking.“I don’t need a bodyguard,” she hissed over her shoulder as she leapt over a log-like branch that had fallen off a half-dead tree.“What’s bothering you?” he managed with labored breath. “Geez, can you slow down just a bit?”“If you can’t keep up, then go back,” she snipped. “I didn’t ask you to come along to begin with.”His ankle was beginning to pain him from the unfamiliar demands that he was putting on it, but he held firm. “I’m not going back.”She abruptly stopped
Kendra adjusted the wrap that she’d just created from a bed sheet to secure Eugene to her back. Although Felix frowned upon carrying him in that fashion - preferring to have him snuggled close to his chest – Kendra found it both comfortable and convenient. It kept her arms free for important issues such as defending them with her bow and arrow. She could feel the heat of his relaxed body against her as he peacefully slumbered off the meal he’d so greedily consumed.She envied the security and peace that he was enjoying. She couldn’t remember ever having the privilege of experiencing such a feeling, although she probably did when she was a baby as well. Her memories began with the traumatic destruction of her village and the murdering of her parents. It was a foggy and abstract type of memory that would mostly present itself during sleep, but it was a memory that she found impossible to erase.
The leg that bore the burden of his club foot buckled from beneath him as he slid from the saddle after a long night’s journey to safety. Felix quickly grabbed the saddle horn with one hand while holding tight to Eugene with the other, giving thanks for the fact that his mount was not an overly zealous one when it came to exerting his energy through unnecessary movement.Ari was quick to rush to his aid. “Are you okay?”Embarrassed by his weakness, he turned away. “I’m good. Nothing to worry about. My leg went to sleep from sitting for so long.”Realizing that her show of concern may not have been the best thing for her traveling companion at that time, she backed away. “It’s happened to me more than once. I hate riding in the dark like that. You can’t relax your muscles at all.”Relieved by the direction the conversation was going, he sighed and gave her
Rough shaking of his shoulders roused Felix from the deepest slumber he’d experienced in a very long time. It took him several moments to register where he was as he looked around. When he did, he sat up to see who it was that was shaking him with such aggression.He didn’t recognize the male figure that towered over him. As his eyes focused more solidly on him, he could see that his tormentor was around the age of twenty. He had a solid, muscular frame that was well defined. It was easy to see this since he was bare from the waist up. Although Felix had a well-defined and muscular frame as well, his torso was narrower than this intruder. If his perception was correct, he was also a few inches shorter than the man.“Who are you?” he asked with an annoyed tone and a voice that was still filled with sleep.“Wake up!” the intruder growled. “Ari’s been waiting outsi
A loud grunt flew from her mouth as cyborg Rex flung Kendra onto a narrow cot that was positioned against the cold, concrete wall of an equally narrow cell. He said nothing as he turned to leave. She would have asked him where she was, but he’d slammed her down so hard that she was still working on regaining her wind when the metal door slammed and locked behind him.She lay in silent misery while thoughts of what might have happened to her poor baby tormented her. When she could no longer stand worrying about it without the means to do anything, she shifted her concerns to where Rex might be and finding a way to escape.Her stomach felt bruised from enduring his rough gait while trussed over the cyborg’s shoulders. He may look like Rex, but that’s where the similarity ended. Rex would have been more concerned about her comfort, even if she was his prisoner. Of course, Rex was human and a conscience was a human attr
Time was a blurred mixture of breeding her with the alien’s chosen male studs and milking her breasts to feed orphaned infants. She’d lost count of how many men Josie and the guards had paired her with or how many times the guards had used her on the sly. Peanut had been timid and resistant at first, but he soon fell into sync with Les with his desires and frequency.She was sure that she was pregnant. It was impossible for her not to be with the bounty of semen being deposited into her multiple times a day.Exhausted from being roused every four hours to pump her milk and having sex forced upon her up to four times a day, she waited for Josie to come to take her to the shower and feigned illness. As she guessed, the doctor was sent for and a thorough examination ensued.The doctor fit the description of the old docs in the western novels that she’d read while convalescing back home. His abundant mustache was just a shade dark