Chapter 3

The next day started about the same as the others. Waking up, going to the galley to eat. Give the galley a good cleaning, then back to my room. There I cleaned the room, undressed wrapped a blanket around myself and waited for the first of the three guys for the day.

The first arrived. He knocked on the door. I got up and let him in. It was the young man that had fallen asleep in the cargo bay after his first encounter with me. I had him come in. For a Catteni he was shy. He told me his name was Quinn and that he was grateful for letting him and the crew have a way of easing the tension of the ship. It was almost too cute as he tried not to look at me. I took him by the hand and told him he didn’t have to be afraid and that he could do anything he wanted, at least for the next hour. He took a deep breath, sat up as straight as he could reached over and began to remove the blanket. Then he leaned in and began to nuzzle my breasts. Putting his face right between them, moving them back and forth, even suckling on them. As time went on he grew bolder, by putting a hand between my legs. All of this was nice. Finally he pushed me back onto the bed, ever so gently and moved to cover me. I felt him press himself in very slowly. This became more than nice. He continued for a long time moving very slowly. Then all at once he gave a soft cry and came. He collapsed down on to me. But his breathing was steady, better than the last time. Sadly though I looked to the clock and he had only 15 minutes left. He was just dozsing off when I had to wake him and tell him his time was up. He woke apologizing but I stopped him by telling him that he would make some Catteni girl very happy some day. He dressed and left quickly after that.

I cleaned up, wrapped the blanket around me again and waited for the next. The wait was not a long one. He pounded on the door and I let him in. I began to think that button to open the door next to the bed would save time. He walked in pushing me back gently. Turned me around and asked me to put my hands on a bar on the wall. As I did he took the blanket and tossed it to the floor.

As I took a good hold of the bar I could feel him press himself into me. Then he did something a little different, he picked up my legs so that I was practically lying in midair. It was interesting. When he finished he put me down and stood back. I stood up, turned and had to lean against the wall, I stood up too quickly. From were I was I could see the clock. He had only used a half hour. He must have seen where I was looking. “The Captain said that we could only have one turn. He said that if he finds out that it was more, we would not have a turn for several weeks. But he didn’t say we could not play and bring you to happiness.”

He picked me up, moved to the bed and set me down. He knelt at the side of the bed, opened my legs and began to play with my clit, then sliding his fingers into me. All of this was wonderful, absolutely wonderful. His fingers were very talented, and before too long I was coming. That was when I heard him give a soft moan and he slumped forward. I guess he found a way to have a second turn after all, I thought to myself. He had even grabbed a towel before and had used it to release himself with. He patted my pussy, got up and left.

The next man arrived and wasted no time, either, He picked me up and put me on the bed, removing the blanket as he did so. Then he covered me, parting and raising my legs. He shoved himself in and began moving fast and hard. Finally he came with a great moan. He collapsed to the side and almost fell out of the bed. He got up dressed and just before he walked out the door, tossed me a copper coin, the smallest Catteni denomination of currency. To say the least, I was surprised, but at least it was a sign of appreciation.

After cleaning up and putting the coin in a safe place, I checked the time. I still had several hours until I needed to be in the Captain’s quarters. So I went to the galley, got some food and sat with a few of the guys that were just sitting there. When they left I began to clean the galley. I was just finishing up when several of the off duty guys showed up giving me the hint that the watch was about to change. The men all watched me as I made my way to the Captain’s quarters. It was somewhat of a mess so I straightened thing up. Finally I undressed putting my clothing on a chair and climbed into the bed.

I heard several people walk passed the door. One stopped and I think it was Nevin, thinking that he should make sure I was in place but decided that he didn’t want to know and walked on. Then I heard the Captain. As the door opened and he looked in. He just nodded, closed the door and headed for the galley himself.

He returned a short time later. As he came in the room, he closed and locked the door, stripped and pounced on me in a frenzy, planting his face into my pussy, sucking on my clit till I was near the point of coming. Then he pushed himself in, thrusting fast and hard, until we both came. But he was far from done. He withdrew from me flipped me over and took me from behind. Holding me by my breasts, squeezing them sometimes so hard I thought they were going to burst. Then with one finally thrust he came with a great cry. He again withdrew from me but this time he collapsed on to the bed with his eyes closed breathing hard. I let him rest for a moment as I cleaned up a little, but I was not ready to let him sleep just yet.

He still was lying there with his eyes closed; I reached down and began to play with him. He only smiled but just stayed where he was. With his dick nice and hard again, I mounted him, moving up and down in a steady rhythm. He took one of his hands and began play with my clit, the other was caressing my breasts. He turned his hand over but kept his thumb on my clit and slid a finger into me. Then he slid in a second; this of course only made me tighter as I moved faster. I was in ecstasy as the pressure was building inside me. And the moment came; I could know longer hold back and I yelled, “I’m coming!!!” That must have been why I couldn’t hear him yell the same as he came as well.

I collapsed forward and didn’t want to move. I fell asleep right where I was. I guess he did too because in the morning I woke to feel him stirring under me. That was when I discovered we were a little stuck. His dick was still inside me and had dried in place. Oh, this was going to hurt. He woke and opened his eyes to find me staring back at him. “Well, however did we get like this?” I said in a teasing manner.

“I can think of several ways.” He pushed me up into a sitting position, making me groan. “But the question should be how do we get out of it? I didn’t know you could get stuck inside a female.”

“I did, but it was only because I had read a story about it. This is going to hurt when we pull apart.”

“Then why pull apart.” He had a smile on his face and I could feel him begin to get hard.

“Ahhhh” He was having fun with me as he made his dick dance inside. Until he was fully erect. He thrust himself up and pushed me down. I could feel the flesh peel apart and with a pop it released. I let out a gasp. He was moving me faster and faster as he felt the need to complete what he started. Finally he came and after all of the shudders had stopped inside him he lifted me off of him.

“I need a shower. And you need to get ready for your day too. I think it would be good for you not to come to me tonight but tomorrow you will.” He got up from the bed and went straight to it. I stayed in bed and let myself doze off until he was done. He woke me with a shake. I got up and went to shower too. He was gone when I came out. I dressed and went to get some food. There was no room for me to sit at the table as almost half the crew was eating too. I left the galley, went to my room and ate.

The clock told me I had just under and hour to get ready. But Nevin was there at the door, almost as it closed.

“How are you this morning? He wasn’t too rough with you I hope.” He said as he walked into the room.

“He was his usual self, but we did have a surprise this morning when we woke. We were stuck together. We both fell asleep before we could pull apart last night.” He looked green. I kissed him. “I don’t have to go to him tonight, so I’ll be here all night long.”

“Will you be able to work today?”

“Yes. But you need to get to the bridge.” I kissed him passionately and pushed him out the door. I heard him walk away, and made myself ready for the day's work.

This is how it went for the next 4 weeks. Everyone seemed to like the schedule and I didn’t mind my routine. I would wake, eat breakfast in the galley, have sex with three of the crew over the course of three hours, have lunch, clean the galley, then either go to the Captain’s quarters where I wouldn’t leave until the next day or have the rest of the day to myself. When the rotation ended I got to have a day off, from everyone, if I wanted to. But I thought that was a good day to do some laundry. And set about washing towels, blankets and some clothing of the Captain and crew.

Nevin seemed to resign himself to this. And whenever I had time to myself I wanted nothing more than to have him as close as I could. We continued to work on his English. I even started to teach him how to read and write too. At the same time he was teaching me how to read and write Catteni.

We were just at the end of the forth week and they had reached mining outpost we were heading for, when the Captain told everyone that the schedule would have to be placed on hold until they left. Nevin and I hid in the Captain’s quarters again. But they only stayed long enough to unload. The routine was picked back up the next day and continued until we found ourselves back at the way station for our last resupply.

Eight weeks later found us pulling in to their homeport. The rotation schedule was placed on hold until a cargo was loaded and we were to leave again. I, of course, was told that I could not leave the ship unless I was with the Captain or with Nevin and I would have to wear a collar and leash every time as to not get the Captain into trouble. The night before they were to dock the Captain gave me 20 chits, and told me that if I wanted to, he would take me into the market and let me buy anything I could afford. I didn’t dare tell him that some of the guys had been giving me little things as gifts. Some of which was 5 chits and Nevin had told me that some of the guys had also given him money to buy something nice for me too. So I gave him my money to hold for me also.

It wasn’t a shock that after four days later Nevin came to me with a collar and leash. The Captain was going to go into the market and thought it was a good day to go. Several ships had left and he found out that there would be several days before any others were due in. Nevin put the collar on me and handed me the end of the leash. We left my room and met the Captain at the hatch. He put his hand out and I handed him the end of the leash.

As we left the ship I could feel lots of eyes on me. For a moment I wanted to run back to the ship. But knew the Captain would be unhappy if I did. Nevin had told me he would be right there but I was not to look at any other Catteni, as they might get the wrong idea and the Captain didn’t want any trouble. As we walked to a flitter, Nevin was right behind me, and had it take us to the market square.

The Captain had made up a great story of how he had won me in a game of chance. This is what he told his friends anyway as we ran into them in the market. We stopped at several stalls, as the Captain needed to do business with the stall keepers. By the time we reached one of the eateries that the Captain liked, both Nevin and I were loaded with stuff the Captain just had to have. He told us to put down the stuff when we reached the eatery.

“Nevin, take her over to that stall. She knows what is needed.” He tossed him the leash end, turned and ordered himself a drink. Nevin and I walked over to a shop that had fabric and other things. Oh, the colors. I missed it. I looked to Nevin for permission as was in keeping with the role. “You have a job to do. Get started.” Was his reply.

The stall keeper was surprised, “What is it doing?” He asked.

“She is to make a new dress for the Captain’s wife and needs things. She will also be making gifts for the Captain to give to others.” Taking a cue from what Nevin had said. I began looking for fabric. I found some that I liked a lot, even a few large bolts of fake fur. The idea of soft fuzzy blankets came to mind. Then I found thread, needles and other notions to use. I found other earth made items like soaps and shampoos. This, of course, I had to have. I moved through the stall picking this and that, wandering if I would be allowed to buy it all. That was when I found some of the most exciting items yet. Someone had looted a sex shop somewhere on earth. There were dildos, vibrators (but I didn’t see any earth made batteries), condoms (of course there was nothing in the size needed for Catteni dicks), shackles, blow-up dolls, and party favors of every description. With a hidden smile I grabbed up a few things. This would solve some of the problems that I believed would eventually come up. When I brought them to the counter, Nevin was confused. In English I told him what they were, then in a broken Catteni said for the Captain to use with his wife. Nevin made a big show of laughing and carrying on with the stall keeper. He had not known what the things were for. He even wanted Nevin to have me show him what and how some of them were used. Nevin laughingly said that he didn’t have the authority to do that and the Captain would have his hide if he did. Then they began haggling over the price of the goods and the delivery. When a price was agreed upon he paid the man and we left. We joined the Captain as he finished his meal, picked the other stuff up and went back to the ship.

By the time we got back, all the stuff I had bought had been delivered. I went to the Captain and asked, “Would it be all right with you if I put some of the things I purchased in the other brig so I have an area to work on the things I’m going to make for you and myself.”

“Making things for me? What is it?” he was surprised, please and curious.

“If I tell you then it wouldn’t be a surprise. But I think you’ll like it.” I looked at him with a shy smile.

“You are being sneaky. But yes, you can use the other brig.” He turned me and swatted me on the backside.

I quickly got all of the items that I bought into the little room next to mine. The sex toys I hid in my room, of course. I was not ready for the Captain to see any of those things. Not that I wasn’t going to use some of them with Nevin. Nor was I going to tell the Captain that I was going to make him a fake fur blanket, but right after a make myself one.

Four days later found us pulling away from the dock. We were on our way to a mining planet with equipment and new workers. The next day the Captain had me to himself in his quarters. It was a very nice time indeed. He did try to get me to tell him what I was going to give him and I still wouldn’t tell him and began teasing him to distract him. The next day the crew rotations would start again, with one exception, we had a new first mate. I was, to say the least, a little scared and feared a repeat of Busch. The Captain told me, he had told the new first mate all the rules, and given time on the days that the Captain did not use, but only for 2 hours on those days.

When we got up the next morning, the Captain was moving a little slow. I went back to my room with my breakfast, ate and rested for a few hours. Quinn was the first for the day. He was getting better, more sure of himself.

I was cleaning up after the last of the men had finished, when I heard a knocking on the door. I wrapped a blanket around myself and opened the door. The new first mate was standing there.

“I am Roark. You are An-dy?”

“Yes.”

“The Captain has told me that you have sex with all of the crew. Is this true?” he looked both skeptical as well as hopeful.

“The Captain has told you the truth. He has told me that you are to be given 2 hours every other day. He has chosen to take the night off, so that if you wish, you may have your time today.”

“I have been with human females before but you are different from them. Why?”

“I am not afraid of Catteni.”

“If I want sex now, would you say no?”

I took him by the hand a led him in to the room, letting the door close behind him. This surprised him and for a moment he just stood there. I let his hand go, walked to the bed and sat down. I let the blanket fall away as if in invitation. He took it. He stripped and was on me. Raising my legs to push himself in. He took his time, pushing in all the way and pulling out, stopping just before coming out. In and out, in and out until finally he arched his back and came. He collapsed onto me. After a few minutes I thought he might have gone to sleep. Then he pulled away and sat up. “That was the best that I have ever had.”

“If you think that was good you should try it a different way.” I pulled him back down on to the bed. I began to play with his dick to get it hard again, then mounting him. As I began to move up and down, and just a little faster than he did, he began to moan with pleasure. I took a hand and placed it between my legs and not needing to tell him what to do, he began playing with my clit. This of course made me move faster and before to long we both came. This time I collapsed down onto him. I was starting to feel the need for a good break and didn’t feel the need to move, either.

“You are amazing. I don’t think even a Catteni females could hold a candle to you. No wonder the men of your ship didn’t start any fights while in dock. You must keep them very happy.”

“Thank you.” I said sleepily. “If I may ask, if you are satisfied for the moment I need a small rest.”

“For the moment I am. But my time is not up so then what.”

“Shhhhh,” I looked to the clock and saw he still had better than an hour. “I’m going to just close my eyes for say 20 minute. Then we’ll have another go.” I put my head back down onto his chest. He wrapped an arm around me and after a moment I was asleep. He shook me awake and I sat up. That was when I discovered he was still inside me. He sat up and wrapped an arm around me again then flipped us over. “I think I’m ready for another go.”

He brought my legs up again and shoved his dick farther into me. He definitely wanted another go, as he began moving harder and faster, in and out, with a hunger. Finally he gave a loud long moan and came. He pulled out and away from me to sit on the side of the bed. “I have never had such good sex. I hope I was not too rough on you?”

I shook my head no and smiled. He pulled a blanket up over me and dressed. Just as he was about to leave the room he turned, “I will see you in 2 days. This job is going to be a good one.” He then left the room.

I fell asleep again before the door closed.

This is how it went for, as near as I could tell, 8 months maybe 10. Six days of sex and one day off. We went to several planets and space stations; we even went to Cattan, but not to the planet. I knew all the guys and what they liked. I used the items I bought to make myself some clothing and I used a full bolt of the fake fur to make the blanket for the Captain. I was able to get a blanket and a rug out of the rest. Then we ran into trouble.

On the way back to our base we had an asteroid collision. It was bad. I was in my room when it hit and the hull was breached near the cargo bay. The ship pitched and torqued very badly. I couldn’t even get out of my room because the door was jammed. That was, however, not the worst that happened. Quinn, Paxton, and Tynan were in the cargo bay moving some things around when it hit and were unable to get into the airlock because the door was jammed there too. We weren’t even able to get to the men or even into the bay until we made it back to base. Even I had to wait. Though a window was cut into the door so that food and water could be passed to me. The ship had been sent to an out of the way field for repairs, but it still took several days more before I could get out of the room.

The Captain found replacements for those who died. But I could tell that there was something wrong with the Captain. He was growing more agitated by the day. He would not tell me anything, even though, I did ask a few times. No one else was telling me anything, either, not even Nevin, though I had some ideas. We had not had the cargo runs that we were doing regularly and I think that was cutting into the profit margin.

One night the Captain said he was going out and he was going to take me with him. I got my collar and was waiting for him at the hatchway. On the way, it became evident that the Captain had only one thing on his mind and that was to get drunk. I hated it when he did; it always took several days to get over what he did. We walked very fast and ended up at what passed for an inn. It served food and had rooms on the second and third levels. When we got there, he met up with some of his friends. All of which I had met over the last several months but only two I knew by name. All five of us sat around a large table. The Captain keeping a tight hold on the leash end as he began to drink and I began to worry.

Several hours had passed, one of his friends had to leave but the others had stayed.

“You know, it was my lucky day when I found this one awake in the hold. She's been giving me and my whole crew continuous sex for 9 months. She’s the best fuck there is.” He told his friends with slurred words.

“This is something that you have told us before. I thought you were just making it up. But this time you brought her with you.” said Quillan

“She is definitely not like other human females. They’re all just screams and skin.” Said Ivar

“She likes it. She likes having sex with the crew. She likes having it 4-5 times in a row, sometimes with more than one.”

“Really. So you just let her have sex with all of your men. What of you? What does she do for you?”

“Anything I want.”

He pulled on the leash making me move closer to him and ordered me to stand. Under my breath I told the Captain not in public, but he was just to drunk to hear anything. He pulled me close, pushed my skirt up and shoved his hand in between my legs. I squirmed and let slip a small moan and a plea to not do this here. He pulled roughly down on the leash and told me not to talk.

“I have an idea. Why don’t the two of you take her up to your room and have her show you what she can do.” He tossed the leash to Quillan. Then he turned to me and said. “Take them upstairs and show them, everything. Now!”

I just looked at him and put out a slightly shaking hand to Quillan. The Captain took up his mug and emptied it. It was a big mug and when the drink was gone the Captain slumped down in his seat passed out.

The Quillan took my hand and began to lead me up to a room. And without looking, I knew Ivar was behind me. Quillan opened the door and the three of us walked into the room and Ivar closed it. Ivar then came to me and began to remove the collar. “I don’t think we need this.”

Quillan turned, looked at me and asked. “So what do we do now? Or do we just use our imaginations?”

“That would be up to you. I guess. The Captain and I had an agreement but I think he’s not been happy for the last few weeks and nothing I do has helped. So lets just get down to it. Who’s first?”

“That would be me.” Quillan answered, as he began to remove his clothing. I took off the dress that I was wearing and moved to the bed. He moved slowly to cover me. As I didn’t start to fight him, he raised my legs, parting them at the same time, then with one thrust he was in. He did not move slowly but he was not all that fast. He also had some stamina so we were quite some time before he gave a cry and a final thrust and came. He rolled off of me and out of the way. Ivar was next and moved to take his place. He slid his dick in and pressed it all the was to the back. In and out, he moved but I think before he was ready, he came and collapsed down onto me.

It was a few minutes before he moved. When he did, Quillan was back. He rolled me over and took me from behind, moving faster and a little harder than the first. By the time he came we had moved and were about to fall off the bed. He moved away and Ivar came to me, but to my surprise he had a towel and began to clean me off. When he was finished I made him lie on the bed and mounted him. I reached down and played with his dick to get him hard again, then slid myself down onto it. I began to move up and down faster than I think Ivar was expecting. I took one of his hands and told him to play with my clit. He did and the more he played the faster I moved. He let out a loud cry when he came and so did I for that matter.

I collapsed down on to him and was about to get off when I felt Quillan move in behind me. “Is it true that you have taken two at the same time, how?” He asked into my ear.

“Yes, usually it was after having one of the guys with a really big dick, and sliding one in from below and one from the back. Are you asking for me to do this?”

“Yes.”

I looked to Ivar beneath me, “Would you like to try this?”

“I would like too but I don’t know if I could…”

I started moving up and down very slowly as not to have him slip out of me. Slowly he became hard and I brought him to just to the point before he would come out. I told Quillan to place his dick right up to Ivar’s and I would press both in. I could feel Quillan doing it and as he was holding himself stiff, I pressed down. It was tight but I managed to get both men in. As tight as it was it didn’t take long to bring both men to climax.

That was only the beginning. The Captain began to get stranger and stranger as time went on. I was used to some strangeness to sex over the last month. Since I gave him the shackles and one of the dildos, and being tied to the bed was nothing new. But now he got mad very quickly, was not satisfied with the sex we had. He started asking for stranger things. Things I had said from the start I wouldn’t do. I sometimes would find myself being hung by my wrists from the ceiling and left there all day until I would agree to what ever the Captain wanted to do. Two months later, he was very upset about something and took it out on me. I was black and blue for days.

Nevin was kept too busy to help me. Most of the time, he wasn’t even on the ship. We had not had a good cargo run for 6 weeks. Then several members of the crew gave notice that they were going to take work elsewhere. The men he hired to fill the openings were to say the least scary and to say the most dangerous. This I told to the Captain and he blew up. Threw me out of his quarters and had one of the men take me back to my room and lock me in.

From there, things got even worse. I found the door locking unit no longer worked to let me out, but it worked alright to let the men in, at all times of the day or night. The only one that was not allowed to visit me was Nevin. Though he did manage to sneak in every once and awhile. He gave me several containers of water and several dozen of the Catteni ration bars. We both feared that, as the Captain and the crew, grew angrier, they might forget to bring food to me. Water was easier to get since there was a sink in my room.

After one brutal afternoon with the first mate, he took out a slave collar with leash and took me to see the Captain. The Captain was in a bad mood and was not satisfied with me, but after the fourth time he came, he calmed down some. He then ordered me to get dressed in one of the nice dresses that I had made and be ready to leave the ship. I was confused but did as I was told.

It was just getting dark when we left the ship and made our way into the area of inns and taverns. I was beginning to grow concerned at where and what we were doing. The Captain found the place he was looking for and took us both into a place that looked more like a garbage dump than a working establishment. 5 men came to look me over very closely then greeted the Captain. The Captain asked if they liked what they saw, and that they could each have there turn with me for 100 scells each. They balked at the price and began to haggle. They agreed on an amount and I was handed over to the 5 males. They walked me to a private area of the tavern, I was stripped of my dress and pushed over the arm of a couch, or at leased what passed for one.

Morning had come by the time the men were through, I could barely walk. The Captain told me that if I didn’t walk he would drag me back to the ship. He was quite pleased with himself, at the moment, though. When we got back to the ship I was put back in my room and all of the crew was told to leave me alone until the next day.

It was not hard to figure out that the Captain had found a new way to make money. I also found that if I protested what was going on, I was either beaten or the Captain would remind me that Nevin was still on his ship and if I didn’t want anything to happen to him, because he knew how I felt about Nevin, he would tell me that he would have him beaten and tortured, and of course all of this would be done while I watched and I would give in.

I couldn’t tell you how long this had gone on for. If I wasn’t with the Captain or his men, I was taken to some awful place and sold to the highest bidder for a few hours pleasure and then taken back to the ship. Too many men, too many beatings, too much of everything, I couldn’t take much more. I wanted out, and there was only one way. Through all of this, I never saw Nevin. I knew he had to be around, I would find more ration bars and fresh water in my room.

One afternoon, or at least I though it was afternoon, I was resting after a very bad night. I had been brought back by one of the men. I over heard him tell someone that the Captain, First mate and several others from the ship, would not be back for a few days and that I was to be left alone. I went to sleep after that.

I woke with the feeling that something was wrong. That was when I heard a noise and looked at the door. All that I could think of was that the Captain was going to be very mad at whomever it was who was trying to get in to my room for sex. But when the door finally opened the only one who came in was Nevin. I lay back down thinking it was a dream, until he touched me.

“Andy, wake up. We don’t have much time. I have to get you off the ship.” His English was much better.

“Nevin. I can’t. I can’t move. I hurt too much.” And tried to go back to sleep.

He picked me up and started to dress me in one of the standard jumpsuits. “Don’t worry, I’ll get you out of here.” I whimpered from time to time but he was very gentle.

“He told me, he would hurt you and make me watch. Why has he gotten so mean? I haven’t done anything wrong.” I said groggily.

“There’s very little trade going on right now. The ones who had ruled us for so long have been killed or driven away. The humans have been given back their planet as well as several other planets because of some of the colonization programs that were started. One we even made a drop of prisoners to. The new government has still to work out some things and in the meantime there are no new discoveries and very little in the way of commerce, but that can all wait till later. I drugged the ones on duty and I’m not sure how long it will last.”

He picked me up and carried me to the open doorway, then quickly down the corridor to the exit hatch. As he opened it, he stopped.

“Do you need any help with her, Nevin? We need to move quickly. I have a flitter over here.”

“I have her. Just lead the way.” Replied Nevin. All I could do was to hang on to Nevin. I didn’t even have the strength to register who it was that was helping us.

We got into the flitter and left the area. It flew over the city and out into the country on the other side of the city. I had dozed off so I was not aware of how long it took to get to wherever it was we were going. The flitter landed in behind a large building and Nevin helped me out. We were led down several halls and down several flights of stairs but finally came to a set of doors.

“These rooms are for storage. They’ll be kept stocked as best that I can.” said one of the men that were with us. I thought he sounded familiar. He moved his hand and a part of the wall moved and we walked into a large room. Nevin walked to the bed and placed me on it.

Not knowing where I was and not wanting to get into trouble. I started to remove the jumpsuit.

“Andy, you don’t have to do that. You don’t have to have any more sex, just rest. I’ll be near if you need anything. If you can’t sleep I can get you something that will help you. Do you want something to help you sleep?”

“Yes, please.” I was only too happy to get something to put me out for a while.

With in a few moments, he was holding something to my lips and urging me to drink. I could taste the sleepy drug and was glad. I fell asleep with a smile on my face.

Nevin move off of the bed after I was sleep and began to talk to the two who were in the room with us.

“She’s in a bad way, though I think with time she’ll be fine.” Nevin stated the obvious.

“That’s good. Had I known how bad things were I would have tried something sooner.” Replied Quillan

“I hadn’t realized that Captain Osric was having so much trouble. That he was actually selling her services.” said Ivar with a shudder.

“I know and I know that Andy will be very grateful to both of you for your help.”

“We should go. I think you’ll need to stay here for some time. Osric will have every ship searched trying to find her, and if someone saw us he may even come here. This room has everything you need. If you need more food or anything, check in the rooms across the hall. There are only one or two servants that come down here so I don’t think you should have any trouble. If something happens, there is a comm. unit next to the door. I’ll call on that to tell you to stay hidden or to flee. There is a small door at the end of the hall. Open it, and at the back of it, there's a small compartment and another door that leads to a tunnel that comes out in the forest. But that’s only a last resort.”

“Thanks a lot. Both of you.” Nevin continued as the three walked to the door. Quillan and Ivar walked out and the door closed behind them.

I woke screaming from a dream. I continued screaming because I knew not were I was or who was with me. Nevin tried to comfort me but I was too hysterical and was flailing my arm and legs. I even managed to roll off the bed. Then when I would stop screaming, Nevin would look around a corner to see if I was all right and I would start screaming again. I stayed there for a very long time.

Nevin was wonderfully patient with me. I must have fallen asleep again and upon waking, I was still on the floor. I sat up and called out to him. “Nevin, where are we?”

“It’s alright you’re safe. We’re at Quillan’s estate. We’re going to stay here for a while until you’re all better. Then he’s going to help us get off the planet."

“How did we get here? And how long have we been here?” My brain didn’t seem to remember.

He told me the whole story, including that fact that for the last 2 days I had been in a hysterical fit, hiding on the floor practically under the bed. He eased himself to the end of the bed and just looked at me. He made no move to come closer for fear that I would start hitting and kicking again. “You can’t be comfortable, and I haven’t been able to get you to eat or drink in all this time. Please, won’t you let me help you? I won’t hurt you. I won’t even touch you if you don’t want me to.

“What happened to the Captain?” I asked as I getting to my knees and sure that when I looked into the room, HE would be there.

“As far as I know, nothing. I’ve not left this room nor you since we got here.”

I started to stand, but as he said, I hadn’t eaten for two day and became dizzy. And fell over onto the bed. He moved closer but stayed out of range. Seeing that I was not going to fall to the floor, he turned and went to a counter on the far side of the room. He then came back with a cup of something and a ration bar. He held them out to me. I took both as quickly as I dared, not wanting to spill anything in the cup. It was something like tea that I could tell had some form of alcohol in it. I put it gently on the bed and opened the bar and took a small bite, then a sip of the drink. I alternated between the two until both were gone.

Nevin had taken a chair and moved it closer to the foot of the bed. “I feel so bad that you had to go through what you did. I didn’t think the Captain would go so crazy just from a lack of cargo.”

“What happened? Why did we all of a sudden not have any runs?”

“A number of Emassi overthrew the Eosi government. It’s taking some time to work out some of the issues that have come up. There have been no new acquisitions of late and that means no cargo to transport. I think after he took you to town with him that one time when he had you have sex with Quillan and Ivar, he got the idea of selling your services. He made quite a bit of money in a short time. But I know it was killing you. On the few times he let me tend to you, you were in a bad state. I also knew you couldn’t keep going much longer. So, I made a plan to get you out. The other day I was in the market and ran into Quillan and he asked how you were. I told him what the Captain had been doing. He became very upset, and demanded to know what I was going to do about it. I told him my plan and he said he’d help and he has. I can only guess how the Captain reacted but I do know he will be sometime in looking for us. That’s why we're staying here, too. He will probably have the dock and the city searched. I can only hope that he will leave on a cargo run soon. When he does, Quillan has told me he’s got a small scout ship and we’ll take it and leave the system. If you want, I can take you back to Earth. Or I can take you to one of the other human controlled planets?”

“None of them would allow you to stay with me. I know my people they would think you had hurt me and kill you out right.”

“They might, but I won’t stay. I’ll just see that you’re safe and leave.”

“But what if the Captain finds me and you’re not there to save me…” I just looked at him with fear filled eyes.

“You would want me to stay?” he replied. I couldn’t speak, and just nodded my head. “Then they'll just have to accept me, if you will have me.” I was not sure how to respond to that. Was he asking me to mate with him or was he asking me to become his mate. “I know it might be too early to tell this to you but I love you.”

I was surprised to hear my words coming back to me. I looked at him and smiled, “Yes, it might be a bit too early to say that, if we had not already said it to each other months ago. I do love you Nevin, but right now I can’t….”

“Your people have a saying; Time heals. We will see if time will heal you. I, for one, believe it can. So what shall we talk about?’

“You, your family, I think that would be a good place to start.” I replied and so he did.

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