Seht lifted his leg to straddle Aubrey’s left thigh. “You are rehkyt.” He pushed Aubrey’s right leg over his knee, turning Aubrey’s hips to the side.
Aubrey let Seht move him however he wanted. “What?”
Dovetailed between Aubrey’s thighs, Seht leaned over Aubrey’s body and stroked his tongue over Aubrey’s erect and highly sensitive nipple. “Ready for more?”
A bolt of pleasure sizzled from Aubrey’s nipple straight down to his dick. He shuddered and groaned. “More?”
“Absolutely.” Seht leaned up, positioned his still-rigid cock on Aubrey’s anus, and pushed.
Aubrey felt Seht’s cock slide into him with very little resistance. He groaned and hooked his bent knee around Seht’s back without even thinking. “You’re wearing my ass out, Syr.” The word just popped out of his mouth. He was too exhausted to even flinch.
Seht smiled. “That is my intent, pet.” He leaned down on top of Aubrey’s body, gripping his shoulders and pinning them to the mattress. He bowed his head and attacked Aubrey’s nipple with his tongue.
White-hot bolts of pleasure spilled downward into Aubrey’s dick, making it twitch, then fill. He grabbed Seht’s upper arms, but there wasn’t a drop of strength in his hands. “I can’t—”
“You can.” Seht bit down on the nipple and gently tugged with his teeth, then sucked.
Aubrey gasped out soft sounds of protest.
Seht merely switched nipples.
The sound of Aubrey’s gasps changed until they sounded suspiciously close to whimpers.
Seht reached down with one hand and closed his fingers firmly around Aubrey’s oversensitive and violently erect cock.
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The sensation was ferocious and immediate. Aubrey couldn’t stop his outcry. He grabbed for Seht’s wrist with both hands.
Seht stilled and turned his blue gaze on Aubrey. A low growl rumbled in his chest. “Release me, pet.”
Aubrey froze. His fingers loosened all by themselves. He eased his hands back and his chin lifted a little. He knew he was baring his throat, but he couldn’t seem to stop himself.
Seht smiled, and it was pure evil. “Very good.” He leaned up to press a light kiss on Aubrey’s lips.
Hungry for reassurance, Aubrey opened his mouth.
Seht’s tongue swept in to stroke against Aubrey’s; then he slanted his mouth to take full, hungry possession. His hand stroked down Aubrey’s cock, then upward.
Aubrey jerked, his hips bucking in reflex. His moan was muffled by Seht’s mouth.
Needing something to hold on to, he grabbed Seht’s shoulders.
With slow deliberation, Seht ground into Aubrey’s body while stroking Aubrey’s cock.
Unable to stop himself, Aubrey rocked against Seht’s slow thrusts. Climax rose unbelievably fast to clench tight and knot in his balls. Small sounds of mounting distress poured from his throat.
Seht released Aubrey’s lips and smiled. “Cum.”
Climax erupted and burned like acid through him. He screamed. A thin stream of cum spilled across Seht’s pumping hand, and his body shuddered violently.
Seht smiled. “Good. You are very nearly empty.” He leaned down and casually sank his teeth into Aubrey’s shoulder. He licked the wounds. “Again.”
Aubrey had barely had the presence of mind to realize that Seht had bitten him, but he knew damned well that his burning cock was getting hard again in Seht’s cool, stroking palm. “No! Please…!” He knew he was begging and couldn’t care less. His dick
hurt!
Seht’s lips brushed his ear. “Aubrey, to whom did you yield?” His hand continued to stroke.
Aubrey moaned and writhed. “You, Syr.” The answer left his lips completely without thought.
Seht ground into him, and the fat knob of his knot at the base of his cock slid into Aubrey’s ass. “And whom do you serve?”
Aubrey twisted under Seht and felt the knot swelling within him painfully tight.
“You, Syr.”
Seht stroked his tongue up Aubrey’s throat. “And how will you serve me?”
This time he knew the answer. He wanted to resist, but his body was too drained to summon up the energy. Tears spilled down Aubrey’s cheeks. “With obedience, Syr.”
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“Good, pet.” Seht gripped Aubrey’s hair, arching his throat back. He slammed hard into Aubrey’s body, then again, and again, grunting with each impact.
Aubrey cried out and bucked against him, unable to resist his body’s reflexive reactions.
“Yes…” Seht groaned and ground deep into Aubrey. “Cum.”
Aubrey stiffened. Climax exploded through him in a white-hot firestorm that broke his voice and burned his mind utterly blank.
* * * * *
Seht, naked, clean, and gleaming in the fire’s light, leaned over him, rubbing a cloth down his thighs, apparently washing him. His long mane was combed his back into a snug braid that fell down his pale back.
Seht turned and smiled. “Ah, awake?” He sat back on his heels and wiped the back of his hand across his brow. “We were quite a bit of a mess, you and I.”
Aubrey opened his mouth to say something but couldn’t hold two thoughts together long enough to actually find something to say.
Seht reached out and ran his fingers through the hair falling across Aubrey’s brow. “Ah… Your pupils are quite dilated. Feeling relaxed?”
Aubrey still couldn’t find a word to say. He barely had the energy to lean into Seht’s hand.
Seht slid his fingers down and pressed his palm to Aubrey’s cheek. “Finally rendered speechless?”
Aubrey couldn’t care less what Seht was saying. All that really mattered was that Seht was touching him and pleased. It made him smile.
Seht snorted. “It seems so. Good, very good.” He released Aubrey’s cheek and turned away, reaching for something. “Only one more matter to attend to before we leave.” He turned back with the smooth black box in his hands, the one that held the syringe. He opened it and carefully extracted a thin band of plain metal. Superfine electronic pins clustered inside one end.
Aubrey focused on the ring. A chill sweat broke out all over him.
Seht lifted his chin and focused on the cave’s entrance. “It is still raining somewhat. Probably for the best.” He looped the ring over his arm and leaned over Aubrey. “Come on, pet, we need to go outside the cave for this.”
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With Seht’s help, Aubrey was able to sit upright, but actually standing on his trembling legs was nearly impossible. Almost as soon as he was on his feet, his knees buckled. He was just too exhausted.
Seht caught him around the chest and chuckled. “I have you.” He half carried, half dragged Aubrey across the fine sand to the cave entrance, then into the chill darkness outside.
Ice-cold drizzle spattered Aubrey’s bare skin. He shivered.
Seht turned Aubrey to face the rain-damp cliff wall. “Go ahead and kneel, pet.”
Aubrey didn’t care that the ground was muddy. He collapsed to his knees gratefully.
Seht knelt behind him. “You’re not going to like this, which is why I waited until I had you completely exhausted.” He lowered the ring before Aubrey’s gaze, then closed it around his throat.
Aubrey stiffened, his entire body sizzling with alarm.
A collar. A damned collar!
He leaned away. “No.” It came out as a whisper.
“I’m sorry, but this is how it must be.” Seht reached around to press his palm against Aubrey’s brow, holding his head up and still. “You have something embedded just at your hairline. No matter…” With one hard jab, he pressed the pins into the base of Aubrey’s neck.
The pain was swift and sharp. Aubrey took in a deep breath. It was nothing compared to the airlock, but it had cleared some of the fog from his brain. A sudden sweat broke out all over his body. He frowned.
What the…?
A blinding power surge went through his internal array. He gasped. His entire body shuddered hard under the assault. From far away, he felt Seht grab his shoulders to keep him from knocking into the cliff face.
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The surge spread down his spine. His fingers and toes twitched, and his skin tried to crawl from his bones. He bit his lip to keep from howling. A moan escaped instead.
It stopped.
Soaked in sweat, Aubrey panted, barely keeping himself upright on his knees.
Seht shifted behind him and took Aubrey’s wrists, pulling his hands behind his back. “Just a bit more, pet.” He set his palm back across Aubrey’s forehead and barked out something in a language Aubrey didn’t know.
Lightning blazed through him. He screamed and fought. Seht’s grip was all that kept him from thrashing against the cliff wall.
The lightning stopped.
Aubrey moaned and tears streamed from his eyes. “Son of a bitch… What the hell was that?”
Seht released Aubrey’s head and stroked his palm down Aubrey’s shoulder. “That was the command setting for punishment.”
Aubrey shuddered. “It’s a fucking control collar.”
“We call it a
shen
.” Seht closed his arm around Aubrey’s chest, embracing him, but didn’t release his wrists. “Rehkyt are very aggressive by nature and can be very dangerous to anyone other than their master.”
Aubrey stilled. “Dangerous? How dangerous?”
“Extremely.” Seht pressed a kiss to the side of his brow. “Pushed too far, rehkyt have been known to rape to relieve their urges, and then there is
rahyt
, blood rage. A life threat to themselves or their masters can trigger a mindless killing rage in the more aggressive rehkyt.” He snorted. “And you, my dear pet, are very aggressive indeed.
The shen is designed specifically to stop a rehkyt that has gone beyond sense.”
Aubrey could see the practicality, he really could, but wearing one still made his skin crawl. “Is that all it does?”
Seht sighed. “The shen is also a telepathic tracking device.”
Aubrey turned his head away, his heart sinking in his chest. “I figured.”
Seht tightened his embrace. “Through the telepathic link, the shen allows you to find me as well.”
Aubrey frowned. That was different. He hadn’t heard of collars that worked both ways.
Seht’s hands tightened around Aubrey’s wrists. “This is the other command.”
Aubrey stiffened. “Another one?”
Seht barked out another phrase.
Heat and lust burst in his belly, then clenched tight with hideous strength. All thought fled but for the heat in his cock. He writhed, moaning in urgent need.
Abruptly the vicious hunger relaxed its grip.
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Aubrey gasped and shifted restlessly. The urgency was over, but his dick was violently hard.
Seht released his head and wrists.
Aubrey groaned and leaned against the cliff wall. “Bleeding Fate, I didn’t think I could get hard again.”
Behind him, Seht stood and brushed off his knees. “You are no longer human.
Your body is capable of enduring a great deal.”
“Fine, great, whatever…” Aubrey took in several deep breaths. “Are we done yet?”
“The telepathic commands are programmed. Turn around, and up on your knees.”
Aubrey turned around to face Seht. It was an effort to rise up on his knees. He was forced to grab onto Seht’s hips to keep from falling over. Despite his erection, he was still exhausted.
Seht stepped close, with his feet to either side of Aubrey’s knees. He cupped his hand under Aubrey’s chin. “Keep your head up.”
Aubrey frowned up at him. “What?”
“Be still.” Seht winced and groaned.
Hot liquid sprayed across Aubrey’s belly, soaking his erection and thighs. The scent of urine burned his nose. Aubrey stiffened. Seht was pissing on him? Abruptly Aubrey’s bladder reacted. Painfully fast, his erection left him. He closed his arms around Seht’s waist and pressed his nose into Seht’s belly. His control released, and his bladder emptied, all over Seht’s feet.
Seht stiffened. “You did not…”
His face pressed against Seht’s smooth belly, Aubrey let a chuckle escape. “What?
You did it to me.”
Seht grabbed a handful of Aubrey’s hair and jerked his head back. “I marked you for a reason, rehkyt!”
“Ow!” Aubrey winced. “Seht, what…?”
Seht grabbed Aubrey by the shoulders and pulled him up onto his feet. His nails dug bleeding furrows in Aubrey’s skin. He slammed Aubrey against the cliff and pressed hard, pinning Aubrey.
The wind whooshed out of Aubrey’s lungs. He gasped. “Ow! Shit!”
His eyes narrowed to feline slits, Seht bared his teeth in Aubrey’s face and snarled.
“Who is your master right here, right now, rehkyt?”
Aubrey couldn’t stop staring at Seht’s bared fangs. His heart slammed in his chest.
Seht was seriously pissed off. But…he didn’t want that. He didn’t want Seht to be angry with him.
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Huh?
He stilled utterly. He didn’t want Seht to be angry with him?
What in
Bleeding Fate?
The hair on his body rose. He had hoped that Seht hadn’t really meant what he’d said about mastering his mind as well as his body, but this strange need to please said otherwise.
Seht dug his nails in viciously and pulled Aubrey from the cliff face, then slammed him back against it again. “Answer me, damn you! Who is your master?”
The stone bruised his naked back. Aubrey gasped. “You, Syr.”
Seht curled his fingers through the front of Aubrey’s collar and tugged him close, practically nose to nose. His angry feline gaze speared into Aubrey, and his liquid growl rumbled. “I claim you by right of conquest as mine: my property, my pet, and my slave. Do you yield to my claim?”
Aubrey shivered with more than just the chill of the rain. “Yes, Syr.” Shock and despair warred in his heart. The answer had come far too easily. But what shook him to the core was that some small place at the bottom of his heart was pleased to say it.