He still wasn’t sure what was going on, but he knew he had to have her. Had to claim her, had to put out the fire of her lustful need. Had to make her his, and the only way he knew to do that was to pound her into oblivion, and to make her cum again and again until she was spent.

  Something he excelled at, thanks to his body magic. He knew exactly how hard she liked it. How hard to pound her, how fast to pound her, how hard to twist her nipple and pull it. How hard to squeeze her whole breast, and how hard to spank her ass.

  Which was very hard indeed.

  The whole time he dominated her with his eyes, luxuriating in the silken pleasure of her of her nubile body, the delicious velvety friction as he slid in and out of her, over and over again. The building wave that a lesser man could not deny, but for him and his magic was a simple act of will.

  He existed in that blissful location, just an inch from orgasmic ecstasy, as he pounded her to her height over and over again. Then again, and again.

  The entire time he held her eyes hostage, with a dominant and demanding gaze, as he gave her as much pleasure as he possibly could.

  She of course, returned the favor ardently, passionately, and quite wildly with abandon. She was an incredible fuck, rocking her whole body since he had her pinned to grind him, squeezing hard around him making it better for him. Milking him with her heaven, drawing out moans unbidden from his mouth.

  Without magic, he doubted he’d have lasted two minutes at the punishing pace he’d set, along with the myriad pleasures of her lithe and tight body.

  With magic, he only and finally relented to the wild waves of pleasure rocking his body, when Riesa’s whole body started to tremble wildly between orgasms, signaling an impending overstimulation and painful crash.

  He simply released his will and magic. Her sex, wild cries, and begging look for his seed, for him to claim her body with authority, was more than enough to finish the job in two seconds.

  He grunted, “Riesa!” and let the wave overcome him. As always, after holding back so long the orgasm was potent, rolling over him like an avalanche. The ecstasy he felt, as he stared into those sexy golden eyes and started to fill her womb with pulse after pulse of his lust and thick cum was mind blowing.

  Riesa cried out and crashed into the abyss of pleasure one more time, and her pussy started to milk him wildly, as if desperate for as much cum as it could extract.

  He collapsed onto his elbows, and they were both breathing wildly. Out of breath, and completely sated for the moment.

  She said, “Thank you, sir.”

  He chuckled, and rolled off her body, snagging her side with a hand to pull her close. He kissed her lingeringly, and then nibbled her full bottom lip.

  “My pleasure.”

  She smiled, “And this is mine.”

  She was obviously spent, near overstimulation, which is why it shocked him when she started to kiss down his body. Nor was he stupid enough to stop her, as she coaxed his cock back to hardness with her teasing lips and tongue, then gave him one the best blow jobs he’d ever had in his life.

  It wasn’t just her tight lips, or her amazingly naughty and nimble tongue, or the way she purred and vibrated around him, and against the tip with her throat. Well, yes, it was all of that too. But it was also the look in her eyes, as if she’d found her place in life. The absolute contentment of it, as she dragged it out, and kept edging him to make it last longer.

  He’d have to say he liked her a lot already, but that was shallow feelings due to sex, he knew that. But for her part, she took true joy from it, and had true affection for him in her eyes, and he didn’t understand how that was possible.

  It was only after she’d sucked him dry, and moaned in pleasure during it like he’d done her a favor, that she clued him in.

  She crawled back up his body, and kissed his neck.

  “I see the confusion. I wasn’t expecting you to remember me. It was one of your first acts as a fully trained celestial knight. You broke up a sex trafficking ring on Demos. I was just thirteen at the time, and you saved me from a horrible fate, and rescued my mother from it.”

  He looked down into her eyes, “I think I do remember you now. I was just doing my duty, Riesa. Not that I wouldn’t save anyone in that situation anyway, but you don’t owe me…”

  She shut him up with a passionate kiss.

  “It’s not about owing you, sir. It’s about feeling thankful and admiring you. It’s about a chance to serve you, and get to know you, and if necessary, watch your back and kick ass on your behalf. I also know you, much better than you know me. I have no expectations, only hopes that we will be friends and lovers, for a long time to come.

  “Plus, no one has ever fucked me that good, or gone down on me before fucking me for the first time. Nor been anywhere near that good at it. My whole body is a live wire right now.”

  He chuckled, and he pulled her back to the side and against him. He felt better about it now that he understood, and he had similar hopes. She was a royal guard, so she was trustworthy, and had discipline and ethics. She was also hot, and amazing in the sack. What wasn’t to like?

  “Alright, I’d like to be friends too.”

  She tilted her head, “Just friends?”

  He grinned, “I thought the lover part was a given, at least for me. Wild minx.”

  That was probably a little fucked up, but hookups with a beautiful woman didn’t really mean anything in the end. That part was easy, a quick fuck, lots of pleasure for both parties, and that’s it. Friendship on the other hand was messy, and involved emotions, vulnerabilities, and trust.

  She said breathily with promise, “You haven’t seen me wild yet, sir.”

  He laughed, “Looking forward to it, as soon as we’re in FTL we’ll have three days to kill, not just three hours.”

  “Bath?” she practically purred.

  He nodded, “In a minute. I’m enjoying you against me, and I’m also subtly restoring our stamina and backing you away from overstimulation with my magic. It’s delicate, and I don’t want to crash you or kill our after-buzz.”

  She sighed softly, “I won’t complain, if you want to hold me.”

  He felt protective of her at that revealed vulnerability, but also a little uncomfortable. He could be her friend, and he could even be her lover. But no more than that. He’d likely never see her again, after all, following this mission.

  Getting attached to that level would be… stupid. Deeper connections would just wind up hurting them both.

  That’s what he always told himself, at least. It was also true, as far as it went, but there was more to it than that. A deeper reason he refused to examine within himself. It didn’t matter, he couldn’t have it either way.

  He treated women right, and never lied about intentions, and he was an active agent who couldn’t settle down. That’s about the best he could offer.

  That didn’t stop him from holding her however until they were ready to resume the bath, it felt good to connect, even if it had to be transitory.

  The bath felt pretty amazing too, he’d never been bathed, dried, and dressed by another before, but he certainly didn’t mind. Riesa was an amazing woman.

  Daisy said, “We need to talk.”

  He grunted, not surprised at all by that.

  He was a little surprised it’d taken so long in fact, but to be fair it was his first time alone since he’d boarded the ship. The last day and a half he’d done nothing except get them into FTL and make Riesa scream in pleasure. He could barely keep his hands off of her, and even now when he had a moment alone, he was thinking of the next time he might sheath his cock into her body’s warmth.

  She was utterly insatiable, and she hadn’t been bragging when she said he hadn’t seen her wild yet. She’d taken his cum joyously with every part of her body, and on her body. She’d also gone absolutely insane when he’d double penetrated her while taking her doggie style, with his thumb in her ass while he spanked her at fetish level hardness.

  He pushed it out of his head and focused. He’d need his wits for this conversation. Not to mention the last thing he wanted to do was talk to Daisy while he was hard. And thoughts of Riesa inevitable made that happen.

  “So, what’s up?”

  Daisy sighed, “I missed you, Dacen. Is that so hard to believe?”

  He frowned, “Yes?”

  Daisy was silent for a moment, and then said, “I was too hard on you. I was terrified you’d never learn to control yourself, and as a result you’d be put down. A man with your power… well, you know.”

  He sighed, “I do know. You taught it to me, remember? I was out of control, angry at my father for being an abusive asshole, and angry at my mother for being a victim and allowing me to be one too.”

  Daisy replied, “But that’s the problem. I messed up. I didn’t heal you, I taught you how to hide and cover up that pain and anger inside. You’re still angry.”

  He froze for a moment, really not wanting to have this conversation.

  He said casually, “I have a wonderful life I enjoy. I work for the king, kick the ass of anyone that needs it, and I have a lot of fun in between. So, what’s the problem?”

  Daisy sighed, “But you’ve never fallen in love. I get that would’ve been painful, and you have your duty and assignments. It would make having a relationship a nightmare. But that’s not normal, you should’ve had a broken heart by now. You should’ve loved and lost.”

  He snorted, “That sounds like something best avoided. What’s your point?”

  Daisy said softly, “Son. You can’t love someone if you hate yourself.”

  He took a deep breath, and actually had to summon power to hold back the anger that statement engendered in him.

  “Enough. You have no idea what you’re talking about, and I certainly don’t hate myself.”

  He felt stupid even saying it, and where the fuck did she get off saying that? The anger… was just there, it was always there. That was normal. At least, for him it was. For as long as he could remember, that ball of rage had lived in his chest.

  “Fine, let’s talk about something else then. What the hell were you thinking?”

  He shook his head, “Be more specific.”

  Daisy said coolly, “Princess Daniella.”

  Oh, that. The reason the king didn’t even want him on the same planet right now, much less back at the palace.

  He shrugged casually, “She was drunk, first time drinking after she’d turned eighteen and legal. It just happened, I couldn’t help myself, and she was so easy to seduce. She’d always admired me after all. You know I can’t say no to a beautiful woman, and Daniella has the face of an angel and the body of a sexy nymph.”

  Daisy sighed, “Is that all it really was. She was… available, and you seduced her to add another notch to your belt?”

  He snorted, “That makes it sound sleazy. Daniella is one of my best friends, possibly the best friend I have, even if she is five years younger. I figured someone should set the bar, why not me?”

  He chuckled inside, while that was true there was more to it, but he’d rather be disgraced and banished than reveal it.

  Daisy asked, “Set the bar?”

  He nodded, “Sure, show her how a real man treats a woman right in bed. How nice guys finish last, but only the best are lapped several times before finishing the race. So that she would know the difference between a man being selfish in bed, and one that was focused on her pleasure entirely, letting his take care of itself. I can’t think of anyone better. As a result, her first time was a really good time, if you know what I mean.”

  He chuckled out loud that time. That sounded arrogant, but really he was that generous in bed, and thanks to his magic he was also that good. So, he took a small amount of understandable pride in it.

  Daisy asked, “So, no further intentions?”

  He snorted, “I’m her friend, and it was between us, for why I just said. Who she is has nothing to do with it.”

  Daisy sounded exasperated in her reply, “But it does matter. For god’s sake, Dacen Black. You seduced the king’s daughter, the heir to the throne, like she was just another one of your women.”

  He shrugged carelessly, “I already told you, not about that.”

  It really wasn’t. It had been about Daniella the woman and his friend. He wasn’t an idiot. He did know others might not see it that way, but he figured those that knew him would see it for what it was, eventually. The king wouldn’t stay mad at him forever, he didn’t think. He had no ambitions to sit on the throne, nor to marry Daniella. The whole idea was absurd, he’d make a terrible king.

  The affair was also a little longer than they knew, before they’d gotten busted by a servant. The whole thing had been idiotic, he never should’ve taken her in her receiving room like that. They’d acted like it was the first time and a mistake, but he’d been sleeping with her for weeks by then. She’d gone from a virgin to a talented goddess in bed in a very short time, and quite a breathtakingly eager and shockingly naughty one at that.

  He was also annoyed and so done with the conversation. Daisy couldn’t have picked two subjects more annoying and invasive than the two she’d chosen. Daniella, and his and Daisy’s relationship in the past. Typical of the artificial to go for the throat.

  He left the bridge without another word. He’d only gone up there to double check Daisy’s course anyway, and to refresh the spell connecting him to the magical navigation console.

  Chapter Five

  This wasn’t anything like his usual missions, though he had been trained for diplomatic situations. He kept that firmly in mind as they dropped out of FTL a few light minutes from the planet New Blessing in the Grand Communion.

  For one, there were three full fleets in system, around a world which was the central authority for fifteen other worlds as well. It was likely their most powerful wizards were in those defense fleets, which could equal his power quite easily in enhancing shields and weapons. They wouldn’t be weak like the mercenaries he’d taken down last week.

  Their fleet makeup was slightly different than the kingdom’s. They didn’t have destroyer class ships, but they more than made up for that lack with an extra battleship, two extra frigates, and four extra corvettes.

  Secondly, he was in an unarmed ship, save what spells he could personally cast.

  Fortunately, he wasn’t there to fight, but if it did turn out the Grand Communion was about to start a war, he’d be a prime target to take out while cut off from any support.

  Point being, if things went to shit then he’d have to depend on trickery, deceit, and running the hell away, and most likely even then he’d fail to get out. So, he was kind of hoping the new prelate wasn’t expansionist, otherwise this was really close to a suicidal mission.

  While his sensors picked up the fleets right away, it’d take the Prelate’s fleets a few minutes to pick up his arrival. He’d waited a good ten seconds by then, so opened a channel. The light speed comms would be chasing the light of his arrival the whole way.

  “Greetings. I am Ambassador Celestial Knight Dacen Black aboard an unarmed diplomatic ship, and here at the prelate’s invite for talks. I am maintaining position and waiting for course and destination instructions.”

  The two interstellar governments were at peace, but they didn’t really mix at all as a rule. He knew he wouldn’t want a ship from their government heading toward one of their worlds without a by your leave. The ship might’ve been unarmed, but it could do a whole lot of damage in a kamikaze mission, either a space station or a city on the planet.

  Riesa interjected into his thoughts, “We have a corvette two light seconds off our starboard, they’ve launched four missiles. Impact in thirty seconds.”

  He frowned, “Raise shields, and knock them down if you can.”

  Riesa replied, “Aye, sir.”

  The shields went up, as far as the missiles went he wouldn’t be able to swat them out of space with magic until they’d closed most of the distance.

  He opened the channel again, “I repeat, this is an unarmed ship on a diplomatic mission. Stand down your weapons.”

  “Daisy, can you identify that ship.”

  Daisy replied, “It’s a Communion ship. It’s current shield strength indicates its being flown by a powerful wizard or celestial. Perhaps we should scrub the mission.”

  He shook his head, “This is a terrible ambush. If the prelate wanted me dead, they’d have lured me close to a full fleet, and taken us down in one salvo. Save them ramming us, that ship will have a lot of trouble taking us down before we could escape.”

  Leanne nodded, “I agree, sir. A rogue element in their government that was laying in wait?”

  He shrugged, “Possible, or it’s possible they’re playing games. We don’t know what game we’re playing yet, so we can’t make any assumptions. Daisy, set a course to keep us on the FTL line in relation to the planet, that will keep us out of laser range of that ship. And implement.”

  As long as they stayed out of laser range, they could swat the four missiles every forty-five seconds all day long without breaking a sweat. If those weapons got in range, then they’d be in a lot of trouble. It was just a stroke of luck they hadn’t come out closer to the ambush coordinates. Or, maybe Daisy had picked those less than optimal exit coordinates for a reason.

  He didn’t bother asking, that was most likely just the truth, that Daisy had already saved their lives. An artificial didn’t make mistakes as a rule, or use less than optimal navigation, unless they had a driving reason to do so.

  Daisy said, “Implementing. The ship is following at top acceleration, but our slightly greater speed will only open the gap.”

  He hadn’t forgotten about that, removing all the weapons and lessening their mass by so much had made them more maneuverable and faster than other corvettes would be with a higher acceleration profile.

  He nodded, “Good, now let’s wait and see what the communion fleet ships make of it. It’ll be a few minutes, then well have to wait for them to figure out what to do. I’m curious what they’ll say and do.”