her body. None of that mattered, because escaping
and living were her only options. When darkness threatened to take her down,
she pushed it back and ran harder. Wet warmth seeped rom her at various points
of her body, but she didn’t dare stop and see all the places she was hurt. Everything
she owned that was of any importance was in her bag, lying on the floor next to
Maximo, who was bleeding out. But she was still alive, and that was far more
important than any physical possession she could have possessed.
Chapter Five
Erak and his brothers finished loading the ship with
a few supplies they purchased in the city. The little human female Luna had
never come back out, and despite his raging hard-on, he hadn’t gone after her
or looked for another female. Maybe he should have, but he wasn’t a male to
push a female to do his bidding, no matter how much he wanted to. Raimi had
been all about going to find her, but he had explained to his brother that they
were Aktulla males of the Asek line, and if a female
didn’t want them they certainly didn’t go and hunt her down for a little pussy.
Egotistical perhaps, but an Aktulla never bowed to anyone. There were no human
females where they were from, and so he decided she was a commodity, something
that was strange and delicate and piqued his interest. Their mission was far
bigger than fucking random females anyway. They need to find women to carry
their sons. But he also couldn’t dismiss that there was something about Luna that
called to him on a primitive level, and one that he hadn’t been able to shake
no matter how hard he tried or how he reasoned with himself. Just one thought
of her and he was hard as fuck. Her bow-like lips, so red and succulent, made
him imagine them wrapped around his aching shaft.
“How much longer until we take
off?” Genet stepped out from behind the ship, cords of rope in hand. His voice had a
hard edge to it, and he could tell Genet was just as pissed about not getting
to sample Luna as he and Raimi were.
“Once we finish loading everything, we should be
able to head out. It appears the majority of the other ships are staying put
tonight.”
“Lucky bastards.” Genet
mumbled under his breath. “I agree with Raimi on going back and finding the
little human female. My cock is still hard for her.”
Genet headed to the other side of the ship,
grumbling about blue balls. Erak should have never let his brothers talk him
into stopping at this fucking planet. . He tossed the last of the jugs of water
and nonperishable food in before latching the door shut. The main hatch was
still open, which meant someone wasn’t doing their job. He needed to get off
this planet and away from temptation.
****
Luna wiped the sweat from her brow and pushed
forward. When she had first run, the sound of Maximo’s voice had seemed to
follow her. She swore she had been able to feel him right behind her, his hot
breath right on the back of her neck. That just made her move faster. She still
had the money in her shoe, thank the heavens, and her plan now was to find
someone who was traveling and would be willing to take her with them. Maybe her
cash and virginity could buy her a way off this damn planet? At this point she
didn’t care who it was or where they were going. All that mattered was escaping
away from Maximo and her nightmare of a life. Because if she couldn’t get a
ride away from here, she would rather travel into the mountains and let one of
the beasts consume her.
The thick foliage around her made seeing anything
nearly impossible. Tripping over a dead branch, the momentum had her hurtling forward.
Red dust puffed around her when the ground met her. Pain lanced through her
whole body, and she bit her lip to keep from crying out. Male voices carried by
the wind wrapped around her, and hope sprang up inside of her. Crawling through
the brush, branches scraped her flesh like talons of the planet trying to keep
her from escaping. It was just