He grunted, “Sounds good. Hopefully our quarry won’t show up before we’re ready for them. Lasts order of business for the meeting. Allison, we’ll get you home, but we can’t take eight days out of our mission to return you to Kingdom space.”

  Allison frowned, “I’d like to help, as long as I’m stuck here. I’m a strong and experienced wizard, I just need some spell devices made. It’s personal for me. I… made mistakes. My anger and grief almost got me killed. I would’ve died, if you hadn’t taken the time to save my dumb ass, and those bastards need to be taken down. If only to keep the rest of my friends, colleagues, and family safe.”

  He pondered that for a moment. He’d learned that he’d made a bad assumption yesterday when he’d thought she must’ve been low on a crew. That Allison had been the captain of her ship, and she had a lot of practical experience in space and on ships despite her youth. She also was powerful, almost as strong as Riesa was, and not all that weaker than him either. She was probably mature and experienced enough to run a merchant ship, but she had found herself over her head in a military situation. She also lacked the government training everyone else had.

  He asked, “Can you follow orders?”

  Allison nodded, “Yes, especially in battle where seconds will count. I… didn’t do well on my own. Made mistakes, blew most of my magic far too fast in my anger. I have confidence and experience in ship operations and magic, but I know I’m too inexperienced at combat operations to choose my own path. Not again.”

  He said, “Talk to Daisy, she’ll fabricate some up. You’re part of the crew for the rest of the mission, or until we return to Kingdom space.”

  He wasn’t sure if that was the right decision or not, but she could be a strong asset, and she was obviously intelligent. Making her sit in her quarters for the next weeks or even months with her mind spinning in regret and grief wouldn’t do any of them any favors.

  But if she bucked his orders even once she’d spend the rest of the trip locked in her room.

  He wouldn’t risk his crew, his lovers, and the three women he was coming to care for, not to mention his mission, just so an immature eighteen-year-old hot head could get some revenge and work through her emotions through action. He could tell she was controlling herself in the moment, and that she’d edited her speech heavily to take out all the curses. The woman was not big on self-control, and clearly had impulse control and anger issues.

  The fact she had bright red hair made her fit the ridiculous stereotype, but in her case it was obviously just true.

  But that didn’t mean she wasn’t strong, loyal, and her heart wasn’t in the right place. Maybe he could help shave off some of those rough spots, while she worked through her issues and protected his crew with her power at the same time. The fact she seemed to hold him in some awe also wouldn’t hurt the chances that she’d behave and respond to his orders in a serious situation.

  In short, it was a bit of a gamble, but he was leaning toward trusting her to control herself enough to follow his orders. She couldn’t be completely flaky, not if she’d managed to run a successful merchant ship for six months.

  “I think that’s about it. Let’s get to it. Allison, you’re going to take the operations console during your duty shifts, I want you to focus on the differences between our ship and a civilian one. Daisy can guide you there, so you don’t waste a lot of time reading what does overlap. Which in truth, is probably most of it. Also, your civilian grade spell devices might be a little different, so review that as well.”

  Allison said, “Yes, sir.”

  They got to it.

  Chapter Nine

  Gia sat nervously in sick bay waiting for his arrival. The last week had been a dream come true on the personal level. She knew he had some issues, his lack of ability to love yet just one of them, but commitment didn’t seem to be one, or his desire to show his affection in the small things. That was really what had her over the moon, though she’d be the first to admit Dacen was the best sex she’d ever had in her life, that wasn’t what made her heart flutter with excitement, even if she really did enjoy that aspect of things. No, it was the way he held her, caressed her, or the simple and small gestures. He always seemed to know what to do for her too, he paid attention.

  Yes, he totally cheated with his magic, but to do that he had to want to. To want to he had to truly care about the pleasures and needs of his lovers.

  She’d even convinced him to use her as well, for getting some of that anger out. Not like Leanne though, Gia blushed at remembering the beautiful light blonde’s kink, but she did enjoy a harsh and selfish pounding from her man on occasion, sometimes she just needed her man to take the pleasure she wanted to give, and a harsh almost violent pounding always got her going. Part of her giving nature, and he more than made up for it.

  No, what had her nervous had nothing to do with their personal relationship.

  Well, almost nothing.

  Dacen walked in with a smile, and he took a seat a few feet away on the diagnostics bed. He usually came closer, brushed her face or gave her a light kiss when entering a room, but he seemed to divine her need for professionalism in this moment. No doubt part of his body magic, added to his generous heart and desire to give his ladies what they wanted, made him feel too good to be true at times. No man should be that insightful.

  He also wasn’t a pushover, he was intense, powerful, and commanding. His generosity didn’t take away from that manliness that she was so attracted to.

  She shook her head, “Thanks for coming. I need your help with something, and your approval for a redistribution of a few resources.”

  She handed the data pad to him, and she waited for his response.

  It all stemmed back to the mission a week ago. She was no warrior, and while she was accurate with weapons on the firing range and more than competent with them, her body was too slow and her reaction times were lacking.

  She was a healer at heart, it’s where her passion lied, but she wanted to be more than that too. She wanted to make more of a difference in battle, and there was only one way for her to do that. Her desire for revenge might also come into that, but she was sure she wouldn’t regret it.

  Not after talking so frankly with the cyborg on Crossroads, he’d answered her questions quite openly on the drawbacks, and the advantages of such a course. She’d been thinking about it ever since, even if she’d kept it to herself, and the battle last week when she’d been too slow or too tentative out of fearing accidentally shooting Riesa or Dacen, meant she’d only taken one target down through the whole fight.

  Dacen said, “You want to use some of the state-of-the-art resources we were given to gain information, to replace your arms, and enhance your eyesight, hearing, and reflexes with a brain implant. You also want to enhance your sex.”

  She blushed at that last. Not a full replacement, just an implant that would allow her to give more pleasure to Dacen, and herself for that matter. She figured why not. It would give her control for rolling squeezes, instead of all or nothing, and it would also vibrate if she wanted, at varying speeds. That wasn’t just for him either.

  The only real downsides were the power cores only lasted about two weeks, which meant she’d need to be close to a wireless charging system, like on the ship, at least that often. Otherwise, she’d be virtually helpless when her arms ran out of power, not to mention blind.

  She replied, “Umm, we already found where the pirates sell and come to spend their money and off time. So, it won’t affect the mission since we don’t need to trade for information any longer. We’re at the point our only option is to take it from the pirates.

  “I’ll also look exactly the same, the eyes and arms will be covered by synthetic DNA which matches mine, and it ensures a low possibility of rejection problems. My reaction times will be faster, I’ll be smarter, and I won’t miss what I aim at even if my heart is pounding and adrenaline is flowing.

  “I’d also be a little stronger, but that’d be limited since I have no plans to replace my torso or legs. The equipment will also be shielded and not easily disrupted. Anything that would disrupt it, would have killed me anyway.”

  A few other things too, like seeing better in the dark, and being able to zoom in on things. She’d also be able to link with certain weapons and see a reticule in her eyes for targeting without using the weapons sites.

  He grunted, “And you want me to install it.”

  She nodded, “I can’t do it on myself, only someone else. It wouldn’t be prudent to be conscious during the procedure.”

  He sighed, “Are you sure about this? Your pussy is perfect the way it is.”

  She giggled, and blushed, “Yes, I’m sure. I want to, for both of us. I won’t have to use it every time, but it could enhance things and be fun on occasion. I want to raise the bar when it comes to my need to rock your world. No comment on the rest?”

  He shook his head, “I get that part, you want to be faster, deadlier, and to be able to defend yourself and us better. I guess I get the other part too, you’re very generous in bed. Smarter?”

  She tilted her head, “More speed of thought to match those enhanced reflexes. I’ll process things faster, and I’ll be able to keep track of the chaos more easily around me. I’ll also be able to interface with computer systems directly.”

  “Alright.”

  She asked, “Just like that?”

  He chuckled, “My team is small, it will make you a more diverse and effective crewmember. Plus, it’s your body and choice. I’d also admit to a little curiosity on the other, I’ve never slept with a sexually enhanced cyborg before.”

  She snickered, “Two days? I need some time to fabricate.”

  He nodded, “Two days.”

  Leanne loved the taste of him. The feel of his steely yet so very silken soft skin as he slid between her lips. The taste of his precum, and his wickedly long and fat cock. She wasn’t even sure how long she’d been on her knees for him, looking up into his eyes. That was even better than the taste, and the sensations of his cock in her mouth which filled her with contentment.

  The look of awe on his face, the pleasure, and she felt a thrill each and every time she extracted a deep moan from his mouth. It was a transcendent experience for her to suck his dick. She wasn’t entirely sure why, and she really didn’t care to learn it, she just enjoyed it. Perhaps it was because it was a fully giving thing, giving her man pleasure with out the pleasure of doing so for herself. There was nothing at all selfish or self-serving about being on her knees for her man.

  She knew his cock so intimately and perfectly, she’d been teasingly edging him for what seemed like hours now, keeping him right on the edge with her nimble tongue and wickedly tight cock sucking lips.

  Because that’s what her mouth was really for, giving him pleasure. Just like the rest of her body.

  She was fairly sure that’s why she squirted so hard, each and every time he abused her mouth as she edged herself and mauled her breasts. While he used her mouth and dominated her like she seemed to need. Because she got very little physical pleasure out of it, outside of the delicious tingling of her lips as he slid between them. She was truly used during those times, without even the attendant pleasure of his driving cock when he did so in her pussy, ass, or in between her tits.

  Being used like that turned her on so much, her kink to be taken and abused, that she couldn’t help exploding in the most powerful orgasms of her life each and every time he did it and sprayed the back of her throat.

  That seemed right to her. It made sense to her kink, but in the end she didn’t care. It also wasn’t what was going on in the moment. She was in control, and she had no intention of ending it anytime soon, even if a part of her did long to feel his cum fill her mouth and slide down her throat. She was making love to his cock with her mouth, giving him pleasure breathlessly, and she never wanted it to end.

  She thanked her goddess every day for sending her to him, for putting her into his path. She’d grown so much in the last month and more, learned things about herself that were shocking but she’d fully accepted it. There was something so… gratifying, in being his sexy and stunning vessel of pleasure.

  She knew she had the face of an angel and a body for fucking, and it was satisfying to know it was his. In the bedroom and out, she was sworn to his service, and that turned her on more than anything.

  Yes, she wanted more, wanted his love desperately, and she loved him deliriously. Because he never abused that power she gave him, nor had he abused her kink to demean and shame her. But she was patient, and she could wait for it. He gave her everything else she’d ever wanted, and even things she needed that she never knew she did.

  “Fuck, baby. Let me cum in that sweet mouth.”

  A thrill raced down her spine at his forceful yet needy words, and she had to stop stroking her clit as she edged herself, or just those words would’ve been enough to tilt the scale and throw her over the edge.

  She moaned softly, even as she once again thanked the goddess for the opportunity to serve this man. The look of awed pleasure in his eyes drove her crazy, and she started to bob faster, jerk his base and twist it harder, and swirl his tip each time she rose to the apex of his perfect cock.

  He grunted, “That’s it, make me cum for you, fuck that’s good. Here it comes, gorgeous.”

  His praise made her double her efforts, and she started to stroke her clit a little more firmly as she felt his balls tighten, and his cock surged and jumped in her mouth. She moaned in wanton need around his thick invader and looked up into his eyes beggingly, nothing but his depraved and eager vessel of pleasure.

  The taste of him as well as the sensation of his thick creamy seed hitting the back of her throat send a powerful thrill down her spine and straight to her sex. She’d been right on the edge for him, and it was more than enough to catapult her into ecstasy. She’d long ago mastered the technique of swallowing between the potent waves of ecstasy that rocked her body, as he filled her mouth with rope after rope of his cream.

  She sucked in a dreamily contented way as she came down, softly and sweetly, while she continued to stroke his base to get anything left.

  “Thank you, sir,” she said softly as she popped off his cock.

  She didn’t even feel self-conscious about her need of him anymore.

  She was so much more than that. Sharply intelligent, seductive, trained in spying arts, and she understood the psychology of humanity very well. How to seduce, target, and gain information. She was quick on her feet, and outgoing. She read people naturally, and she’d been blessed by the goddess with an abundance of beauty and sex appeal. She was also fairly handy with a gun.

  But… she’d fully accepted that she was also shamelessly and utterly his creature, her body, pleasure, and wicked needs all belonged to him, along with her deep and powerfully growing love. Her one worry was one day he’d get tired of it and start to feel smothered by her needy service to him in all ways. It was intense, her need of him, and to be his. But that was a future worry, they were still very much in the honeymoon stage.

  He shook his head, “Anytime you need me, gorgeous. How about you let me return the favor?”

  She shook her head with an impish smile, “I already got what I needed, sir.”

  She giggled, as that made him blush. She also knew he wouldn’t have asked, if he’d sensed that need in her. He’d have just done it if he’d sensed that need, but he could probably feel how utterly content she was in that moment. He probably just felt… guilty, that he hadn’t reciprocated. Because that was very much him.

  She’d make it up to him later, by letting him lick and then fuck her ass. That seemed to be his kink, and he loved her juicy but still firm bubbled ass.

  He pulled her up into a kiss, and she lost herself in it, and her heart melted even more when he rubbed her abdomen. It told her that their child was in his thoughts, and it made her feel cherished. She felt dizzy with it, and so very blessed.

  She packed him away without even looking, as the kiss lingered, and then she crawled into his lap and straddled him. There was nothing better than post orgasm cuddling with his strong arms around her in her mind. The way he stroked her body absently in affection had her feeling warm inside.

  He asked, “So, what do you think of Allison being on the crew.”

  She tilted her head, “Too soon to tell yet. She’s unsteady, but she’s just gone through a lot. We won’t know for sure, unless she settles down or proves herself in a tight spot. But I think you made the right choice, in giving her the chance to prove herself. Both for her sake and ours. She’s powerful and makes us safer, and for her she needs a focus while healing, not to wallow in her loss of her ship and crew for months with nothing to do.”

  He nodded, “That’s what I was thinking, a win-win compromise even if it isn’t ideal. Daisy is almost in position to hack the satellite, so hopefully it won’t be too much longer before one of our targets shows up.”

  She said, “She’s also in awe of you, so even if she is a little flighty and has poor impulse control, I believe she’d follow your orders. Even if she disagreed or didn’t understand them.”

  “I’d noticed.”

  She nibbled his jaw, “She’s also quite attractive, and she’d jump at the chance to fuck you.”

  He nodded reluctantly, “I noticed, but I have no interest in groupie sex. She doesn’t want to connect to me or us, she just wants to fuck my brains out for the thrill of taking a celestial knight.”

  She snorted, “No interest?”

  He grumbled, “Well, she is quite attractive, with a body almost as sinful as yours. Not to mention nubile and barely legal. Of course I feel a mutual attraction on that level, but that’s not enough.”

  She giggled, “Which is new. What happened to not being able to say no to a beautiful woman’s needs? If I remember right, there wasn’t much more between us the first time we slept together. I had my orders to seduce you, and I was too hot for you to resist.”