Elena

There are moments from the last few days where it feels like I’m living someone else’s life. We just spent the last hour winding our way through the streets of the outpost, looking for a safer place to stay. Somewhere that no one would think to look for us. It seems that because I’m pregnant with Bane’s baby, I’ve become a science experiment and the government is extremely interested in the results.

The device sits in my lap, the treaty files on the screen. I’m waiting for Bane who is off doing something while I’m here, anxious to show him the files and see what we can figure out. He comes in a moment later, closing the door and locking it behind him.

“Everything okay?” I ask.

“Yeah, no sign of anyone. We’re safe for now.” He walks over and sits next to me. “This is the file?” He reaches out, ready for me to hand it to him.

“Yup, this is it.” I hand it over and anxiously watch his face. He’s hard to read. Most of the time his face is set in a form of a scowl and he looks very serious. Every now and again I can get a little smile out of him.

“Okay,” he says, pointing to a few of the symbols that didn’t directly translate. “This means ‘miner’ more or less and this means ‘breeder.’ These phrases down here are coordinates. I assume the coordinates for a building a some sort.”

I lean over so I can see the screen at the same time. “So next to the names they either have the code of miner or breeder?”

“Yes.” He looks at me, waiting for me to figure out what it all means.

“Well, they’ve told the public that Earth is paying Kosmora for the resources we need. I guess this could mean that Earth is also sending people to help with the mining of the resources?”

“That makes sense.”

“I have no idea what it means by breeders, though.”

It only takes a minute and then it’s like a lightbulb goes off for Bane. I can see it in his face when the realization hits. “I do,” he says.

“What does it mean?”

“The doctor that came to treat you, he couldn’t believe it when your blood work showed that you were pregnant. He said women on Kosmora have been unable to bear children for years because of an element that was used for jewelry making and then traces of it ended up in the water supply. They have to create babies in labs.”

“Oh my God, that’s awful.” And then something the security guard at the embassy comes back to me. “I asked a guard at the embassy if he was married or had any kids. He said having kids was too expensive. I thought he meant raising them but what if he meant buying them?”

The thought of it sends a shiver through me. “Humans are similar to the species on Kosmora, our planets are very similar in composition so it makes sense that we are fairly compatible. What if they want to use humans as breeders?”

“You might be right. And I think I know how we can know for sure.”

“What are you thinking?”

“We go to this address and see what’s there.” He taps the screen, pointing to the symbols.

“Is it far from here?”

“Far on foot so we might need to chance it and use the transportation system. I’ll look into it. It’s possible we’ll be able to leave as early as tomorrow morning.”

“This is so crazy,” I tell him. Suddenly I’m tired and everything that has happened over the last few days is starting to build up. I’m feeling the weight of it all. “This isn’t what I expected to find. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t something like this.”

“It is crazy,” he says. He clicks the off button on the device and sets it on the table across from the bed. “Let’s put this away for now.”

We sit together for a little bit. It’s quiet in the room aside from the sounds of life proceeding around us from outside the windows. Eventually Bane asks, “Are you hungry?”

That makes me smile. Through all of this, I certainly haven’t lost my appetite. “I could eat.”

Night falls and from the sounds of things outside, it’s a good night for a party. Bane has been diligent about checking outside and in the lobby, making sure there’s no sign of anyone looking for us. Now that we have an idea what’s going on, I would be the perfect guinea pig for their breeding program. They would want to analyze me and observe how my body reacts to this pregnancy. If things go well, they’d probably want to keep me and use me to breed more babies for them. It’s all turning into a bit of a nightmare.

I’m looking out the window at the groups of partiers milling around outside when Bane comes back.

“Hey, everything okay?” he asks, walking over to the window and looking out.

“Yeah, it’s fine. Just a lot of noise tonight.”

“We’re close to some of the bars and clubs. It’ll be louder but there are more people and that makes us less noticeable.”

“Yeah, it’s good thinking.” I don’t want him to think I’m complaining or anything. He’s doing a good job taking care of me. I want to tell him that I know he’ll keep me safe but I’m feeling particularly shy now that it’s getting close to bedtime. Even though we’ve had great sex before, tonight it feels different. The stakes are higher and the way my heart pounds in my chest when I look at him tells me that I’m in danger of falling for him.

“You should try to get some sleep. We should leave early in the morning.” He reaches over and brushes one of my run away curls off of my face. As soon as his hand touches my skin, my body reacts. I think he feels it too because the color of his eyes deepen with desire. His fingers linger in my hair until he leans down and very gently kisses my lips. At first, I wonder if it’s just a nice kiss good night when he pulls back so quickly. But he must crave me the way I crave him because he leans right back down to kiss me again.

Where our other kisses were passionate and lustful, this kiss is slow, like squeezing an orange again and again to get all of the sweet juice from inside. When we were together the last few times, I was desperate for all of it, worked up in a frenzy, wanting his cock and all that comes with it. This time, I’m lost in his kiss. When his tongue sweeps over mine there are shivers of pleasure that course through me, all the way to my toes. His arms wrap around my waist, pulling me close, but it still isn’t close enough and I wonder if it ever will be. His kiss is all consuming and I wonder if this is it, if this is what love feels like.

He lifts me carefully and carries me to the bed, lying me down before climbing back on top of me and kissing me some more. His hands wander, exploring under my clothes, but his kiss is relentless and I feel it in my soul. When he moves down my body he pauses to unbutton my top and pulls off my pants, making me miss the weight of him. But then he slides between my legs, resting them over his shoulders as his tongue is busy pleasing me in other ways. The warm, wet lick of his tongue as it slides over my cunt makes me quiver. I reach up and grip the top of the bed behind me. I’m extremely sensitive all over my body. The slightest breeze from the window draws goosebumps in its path, making me long for the warmth of Bane on top of me while at the same time hoping he doesn’t stop what he’s doing. His slow patient licks are attentive to my needs, making me writhe underneath his expert moves until my orgasm blooms, slowly at first until it explodes from my core, rippling through me.

He doesn’t give me time to recover. I’m still lying relaxed and boneless when he climbs back on top of me. I feel the pressure of his cock stretch me and enter me, each ridge creating incredible sensations as he pushes deep inside of me. The first time we had sex, I didn’t think he was going to fit. Now, it’s like he was made for me.

He’s deep inside of me but he doesn’t start thrusting right away like I expect. “Are you okay?” I ask him.

He looks almost pained when he says, “Your cunt is so tight. It’s the best feeling in the world.” He smiles then and my heart flips. He doesn’t smile often and this is the most genuine one yet. It transforms him and gives me a glimpse of the man he once was, before life made him so hard.

His eyes are locked on mine when he pulls out and slowly pushes back in. “Oh God, you’re right, it is the best feeling in the world. Go slow like that, just for a little bit.”

“I’ll try,” he says, pulling out and ever so slowly pushing back inside. He pulls out and pushes back in, my hips raising ever so slightly to meet his thrust. We do this a few more times, our breathing picking up as I pull him down to meet my lips in between thrusts. He makes love to me with his mouth and his cock until he has me close to tears begging to come.

“It’s never going to be enough,” he says, picking up the pace. I tip my head back when I finally feel it coming, but Bane uses his hand to force me to look at him. “Never enough.” His eyes pierce through me with crazy intensity as we both come, together.

Never enough? I know exactly what he means.