Under By Treaty (SciFi Romance) (5 page)

“I want you to learn your place, General Jaden,” she snarled. “You belong
in my world now. Not yours.”

A huge force propelled him
through the air. He flew across the room and crashed into the wall, back first. Jaden slid to the floor. Sonil was in front of him, her hand around his throat, lifting him back up against the wall. He felt dizzy, he tried to kick her but nothing seemed to work. Then he detected that same heady scent. She was drugging him again with her pheromones. He began to fade out and then she was slamming him down on the bed, face down. He felt metal encase his achingly sore right wrist. Still he couldn’t move. Then his other wrist was being cuffed. He heard a whirring sound and his wrists were yanked forward and apart then up.

“Crap…”

When his arms reached out at full stretch his body followed until he rested on his knees facing the headboard, his arms suspended from two corners of the four poster bed. His head cleared and he looked up. He had been strung up by cable wire. At least the metal cuffs had less bite than the ones in the cage. He looked for Sonil and found her taking a belt from a drawer. His heart sank. He tested the cuffs. They were tight, not pinching – yet – but he felt the strain on his arms. There was no give in the cable.

Her bed was a
fucking torture chamber.

Sonil finished fiddling with the belt. She picked out another exactly the same and approached him. The mattress
sank a little when she crawled onto the pillows in front of him.

“
One minute you want to fuck me, the next minute you want to beat me. Never a dull moment,” he growled.

“
You’re proving a slow learner, but this lesson calls for something more than a beating,” she replied. He frowned as she strapped a belt around his chest. She untied the wrap and pulled his briefs to his knees then reached into a pocket.

Jaden
gulped at the sight of a double leather ring, clearly intended for the base of his cock. She snapped it on, securing it behind his testicles. Her touch was electrifying, setting his nerves on fire. He tensed as her fingers gently enclosed the swelling length of his cock and blood rushed in. Her fingernails traced a path down to his balls and then back up the shaft to its head. To his chagrin, his cock liked the attention and stiffened. He could not prevent an indrawn breath as she expertly massaged and teased him until his hips thrust forward involuntarily.

“Your mind and body appear to be at odds,” she observed.

“It’s the pheromones – doesn’t mean a thing.”

Her eyes crinkled mockingly.

He glanced down and was ashamed to see a glistening drop of pre-cum. Sonil bent down to lick it off, caught it on the edge of her tongue. She paused, tasting him. She seemed to approve as her tongue flicked out and swirled the top of his cock until Jaden was squirming. He broke out into a sweat trying not to push into the warm heat of her mouth.

Her mouth abandoned his straining cock and
seared a trail of soft kisses up to his smooth chest. “You’re trembling,” she said.

“I
’m cold.”

She pulled back.
“Liar.” She clucked disapproval. “I will cane you for that. Later.”

She reached to the side and picked up the second belt and secured it
around the top of his legs just above his balls.

Jaden
’s stomach lurched. His suspicions were confirmed when Sonil reached around him and hooked the straps to the beams above the bed. She tugged his briefs down and off the end of his feet. She moved around him. He felt more metal rings encase his ankles. Instantly, the bed’s internal mechanism began to pull his feet apart, stretching him out into a spread-eagled position. The cables and straps took his bodyweight, but not enough to prevent his torso from sagging.

The real pressure was on his arms and legs
. He fought to control the panic seizing him as the bed continued to inexorably pull his limbs in different directions. His body began to lock up. His cock pointed down, his erection trapped. He stifled a groan. The sheets were a good four feet below him.

H
is head weighed a ton and supporting it was sending shooting pains up his spine. He let it drop. The room was silent. Sonil had disappeared.

Jaden moaned
. He was stretched so tight his pelvis felt like it was being torn in two. “Sonil…” he whispered. “Please…”

He caught movement to his right.

“I will return. While I am gone, you can think about how much you loathe me. See the good it does you.”

He heard the door shut.
His cock throbbed for attention.

And h
e thought the cage had been hell.

Chapter Five

Sonil looked up from the report on Governor Tah. She listened to the slow thump of Jaden’s heartbeat and the rasping of his breath. He was reaching the limit of his endurance. His pain was acute, making it impossible to concentrate on anything else. She hated ruining a man like this, but the training required pushing him to his limits and beyond. And she was bored of reading complaints about the Governor’s increasingly feudal grip on his subjects while her body sang with need to feel Jaden deep inside her.

She wondered if his torture was equal to the insane itch his pheromonal
scent created between her legs. She feared she would be forever wet and ready in this man’s presence.

She closed down her console, rose, and stretched. Fortunately
, she could relieve her need. And increase his suffering at the same time.

The lights dimmed behind her as she walked to the bedroom. The door open
ed at her approach. She stood in the threshold, manually setting the light to a soft glow. His heartbeat picked up.

“Sonil,” he croaked. “Please
…” He fell silent.

“You want to make love to me?”
she teased.

He moaned. “I can
’t…”

“
Then you are asking me to release you?”

He
did not reply and Sonil sighed. Jaden had a real problem asking for relief. Perhaps for him it felt akin to agreeing to make love. The thought was unsettling, but his stubborn sense of honor intrigued her. She moved closer to check that the cock ring was not too tight. His skin looked a good color so she entered the bathroom and prepared for bed. Her body pulsed with excitement, high from the pheromones he exuded. When she was ready, she moved to the bedroom and paused in the open doorway where the bathroom light would silhouette her. His elevated position allowed him to see her easily.

She untied her robe and let it slide off her shoulders.
She saw him swallow. Pain crossed his face. She allowed the robe to slide over her breasts and pool around her ankles. His gaze shifted as if the sight of her was an agony too far. She stepped over the silky material and climbed on top of the bed sheets on hands and knees before lying full-length directly under him. The bed creaked and he moaned. She smiled and expelled pheromones that made most males fight to the death for her attentions.

“
Fuck
…” he whispered. “Don’t…”

“
Don’t what?”

“Move
.”

“
Look at me.”

He did
. He groaned. His hips thrust down and he cried out.

“Make love to me, Jaden. You know you want to.”

“I can’t.” His voice cracked. “You ask the impossible.”

“Maybe I am.” She waited for him to process her words. “
Maybe I should let you down.”

He blinked slowly
. Hope flared in his eyes then faded.

S
econds ticked by.

Sonil waited patiently.
She had given him the opening, but he had to ask. When he held his silence, she shrugged. His pride was a stoic enemy.

She
reveled in the sight of his naked body suspended above her with his rigid cock straining to reach her. Her breasts hardened. She caressed her nipples with her thumb and forefinger. Her body writhed in response.

Jaden
thrust down and moaned.

She
reached between her legs and searched her silken depths. Pleasure lanced her body. Her back arched. The bed was fixed solid, but he seemed to feel the slightest movement. His moans increased her desire. She probed deeper, connecting with the pulsating nub controlling her. She had to be quick. He could not take much more.

She groaned, her eyes clos
ing as her fingers moved in and out, rapidly taking her to the edge. She pulled and twisted her nipple, timing each tweak to synchronize with the sensations consuming her. When her jerking body exploded, she screamed. As she floated down she heard Jaden whimper. When he moaned no longer, she realized he’d passed out.

She listened to his slow and steady
heartbeat.

The general was stubborn.
It would be his undoing. Then again, that same quality had been the reason she had chosen him.

The Qui deserved no
thing less.

*****

Jaden awoke to an erection that paled the rest of his distressed body into insignificance. He stared down on Sonil sleeping peacefully. The warm room removed the need for a covering. She was naked, the soft light giving her powder blue skin an iridescent gleam and throwing her curves into light and shade. He hung above her, too terrified to move and too wired to sleep.

He was an idiot.
She would have released him if he’d asked, but the thought of begging for relief yet again stuck in his craw.

Was his pride
really worth this misery?

The longer
he put off the humiliating moment, the worse the recovery would be. She wasn’t going to give way. If he was willing to take it, she would assume he could.

His
gaze traced the gentle swell of her pert breasts. She had a body to die for. And his cock knew it. He moaned.

Below him
, Sonil stirred. Her lizard eyes opened and locked onto his. Somehow the alienness of her had lessened. She was no longer an object, an enemy. She had become a person, a woman. Watching her orgasm had changed his whole outlook on this fascinating creature.

A question formed
on her face, silently offering him a way out, if only he would ask.

Jaden swallowed
painfully. The action reminded him of Rooster’s words:
Swallow your pride, your anger, your hatred. For Earth.

The
memory gave him the out he needed.

He licked dry lips
, and banked on her sharp ears hearing him. “Please… let me down.”

Her eyes glowed.
She rose onto an elbow. He winced as she moved to a kneeling position in front of him then cried out as she unsnapped the cock ring. She climbed off the bed and out of sight.

He
’d never known arousal could be used as a form of torture, more cruel than any other he’d ever experienced.

Sonil moved into his line of vision.
“The cables will let you down slowly. The pain will feel intolerable, but it will pass. Are you ready?”

“Yes.”
Nothing could have prepared him.

The pain
raked Jaden like a knife. He screamed until the darkness claimed him.

*****

Sonil carried Jaden’s unconscious body into the bathroom, his head lolling over her arm, his feet dangling the other side. “Hot tub,” she ordered.

The floor opened. She walked down
seven steps into the curving smooth tub filling with warm scented water. She sat down on the curved seat, allowing the rising water to support his body.

He stirred in h
er arms. She felt his panic.

“You are safe. The warm water will help your muscles to relax.”

He stopped fighting her. She wrapped her arms around him, holding him tight. “That’s better.”

He shook his head.
Choked back a moan. “Fuck,” he murmured.

She decided to distract him.
“I still owe you a caning.”

He
tensed.

“You lied to me, remember?”

Several seconds passed before he nodded.

“Three strokes on the palm of each hand. Then I will give your body time to recover before continuing your training. Do you understand?”

“Are you asking for my agreement?” His voice was tired, already resigned to the inevitable.

“Yes.”

He sighed. His body relaxed. She reached down and around him and found his cock still erect. The ring had been the correct fit, not too tight, tight enough. But his erection had lasted too long.

“I won
’t make love to you,” he murmured.

“My stubborn general.”

He didn’t like that and tried to pull away.

She tightened her
hold on his upper body. “But you need to ejaculate.”

That made him think.

“I’d leave you to it, but…”

His groan was
irritable. “Just get it over with.”

“As you wish.”

Sonil adjusted her position to both support him and allow her a firm grasp of his erection. She lightly caressed the shaft. He bucked and she pinned him against her with her other arm. He had no control over his limbs; they floated uselessly in the water. She massaged his cock to release the trapped fluid. His breathing increased. She tickled his balls and his head tilted back. Jaden wanted this. He needed the release. He needed her.

S
o it began. First the dependency; Next the trust as he found his place; Then would come the fear of losing it. He was outside his world, a stranger in a forbidding and unwelcoming empire that would turn on him in a second without her protection.

She increased h
er grip. Working him faster, his hips began to thrust in and out. His neck muscles protruded with tension. His moans became desperate. She took him to the very brink, held him there. He was so close, straining with everything he had. His limbs thrashed in the water. She fought to hold him in place. His growl turned to a cry of pain.

When he reached the point of no return she expelled
pheromones on her breath that would take him beyond ecstasy and leave him craving for more.

He
yelled as he came. His whole body jerked once and then froze as his cock pumped away in her hand, his semen carried away by the constant stream of warm water. His cock continued to spurt out his seed. It was almost too much for him. He gulped in a huge sob. Finally, the explosive waves began to subside. He collapsed. Exhaustion claimed him even as aftershocks shuddered through his body. At last his cock began to withdraw from her grasp.

Sonil waited for the water to cleanse them both
. Then she lifted his body in her arms and carried him up the steps. Jaden did not stir. He was asleep. All his defenses down.

“Hot air.”

When they were both dried she carried him through to the bedroom and laid him on the bed on his back. There was not a cable or metal cuff in sight. She covered him in a light sheet and climbed in beside him.

She
rested on her elbow and studied the relaxed lines of his face. With the exception of the occasional tremor, Jaden seemed at peace; past caring that he was asleep in a K’lahn’s lair. His body would recover from the ordeal. The man that was a general would not.

*****

The room was dark when Jaden came to, naked and alone in Sonil’s bed. He struggled to lift his head, every muscle in his body aching and stiff. The slight movement triggered the lights on. He squinted against the brightness.

“Lights down.”

The room dimmed to an acceptable level and he sighed with relief, but as memory flooded back, his cheeks burned with shame. He felt sick and forced his feet out of the bed. He tried to stand and instead tumbled to the floor.

He crawled on hands and knees to the bathroom and managed to reach a sink and haul himself up before
throwing up. He fiddled with the controls and finally figured out how to make the thing spray water. He cleaned the sink of bile and then rinsed his mouth with water direct from the faucet.

He explored the bathroom, forcing his limbs to work until he could walk stiffly around. He worked out
how to use the facilities. The rancid taste left in his mouth had him eyeing the panels in the walls. She said he could use the bathroom. She also said not to touch the storage areas and he wasn’t ready to risk further punishment just yet.

His mind shut down the thought that he was due a caning. One he had agreed to. His face flushed hot again. How had she
beaten him down so quickly? She had controlled him absolutely since the moment she had forced him to his knees and placed him in that cage.

He leaned ove
r the sink and rinsed his mouth until he could no longer taste vomit. He walked back into the bedroom and stopped dead. Sonil was sitting in a chair, waiting for him. Her face was shadowed, her expression difficult to read. He thought back over his movements and didn’t think he had done anything to earn her ire.

“I needed the bathroom,” he managed to say.

“I’m surprised to see you moving about. You heal unusually quickly. Why is that?”

Jaden hesitated. But Sonil had a sixth sense for detecting a lie and there seemed little point hiding the truth.
“Medical treatment on Earth uses nano-robots to repair tissue after an injury. I’ve acquired a number of them. When you stabbed me –”