Page 11 of Found Treasure Bride

Once my eyes could focus again, I saw we had reversed out of the station, the tossing and turning we were now doing entirely due to them doing their best at avoiding the tractor beams they were trying to lock onto us with.

“Get ready to punch it!” Jakrah told Grorsch. “I got her; you just open that hyperspace window as soon as we;re-clear.”

My heart thundering in my ears, I prayed to an unknown god that we wouldn’t get caught by the seeking beams and hauled back. Stationmaster Prilraziin was going to be pissed, and I did not want to have to face him. I felt it, then, the odd lack of motion that happened as a ship slid into hyperspace. The universe became streaks of lights against the velvety darkness. It reminded me of looking through rain-spattered glass at the streetlights outside. It was beautiful. Then we popped out and were somewhere else.

“And sub-light engines are now on.” Jakrah got up and strode over. He gave me a crooked grin. “Told you we’d make it out of there. See, we’re even one piece.”

I wish he hadn’t said that. It made it seem all the more likely that this tub of bolts had been at real risk of breaking apart, an impression reinforced by Grorsch’s barking out something in reply.

Jakrah glanced over at his co-pilot. “Yeah, yeah, but you’ll be able to fix that after we stop. You’ll also be able to buy the stuff you wanted to fix her up a bit more once we’ve been paid.” He turned his attention back to me. “We’ve got the course plotted. We should be where you want to go in two days or so.”

“Two days? We can’t just jump again?”

He frowned at me. “No, our size engines are designed only for short jumps. We just pushed her to the max after taxing the engines and hull to break free of the clamps, too. Grorsch needs to check her over carefully to make sure we don’t damage her any further.”

I licked my lips. Two days wasn’t that long. “Okay, that makes sense, sorry. Um. Where will I sleep?”

He jerked his thumb over towards the bed. “It’s big enough for two.” He gave me a suggestive wink. “I can keep my hands to myself if you’re worried about that. Or not, whichever.”

I decided to play him at his own game. I could use some tension relief, and a good fuck might just do it. Besides, I could burn off this stupid attraction once I’d scratched that particular itch.

“You got condoms?” I asked.

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Jakrah

I grinned at her. Did I have condoms? I most certainly did since I had my human father’s libido and ability to get it up for someone other than my mate.

“Ribbed, lubed, and in a vast array of colors,” I assured her.

She pursed her lips, glancing meaningfully at Grorsch. He stood up and stretched, uttering the sounds that my chip translated as “I’m going to the engine room.” He gave me a thumbs-up as he passed us to go down the ladder to the level below us. I closed the hatch and sealed it.

Turning to her, I said, “And now we have a bit of privacy.”

She blinked at me. “Oh, so you want to do it now, do you?” she purred at me, striding over to pluck teasingly at the collar of my shirt as she spoke.

“Stop teasing me, woman!” I growled.

Her response was to nip my chin before backing away to pull her top off overhead. I could scent her desire now, the heated honey pooling between her legs a siren call. I shucked off my vest and hurriedly removed my own shirt. She licked her lips, watching me, and thumbed open the button at the top of her pants. I watched as they fell to the floor, leaving her wearing only a plain white bra and a pair of white, high-legged briefs. Practical and her very sexy.

My mouth watered, and I opened my trousers and slid them down over my ass. I freed my erections and waited to see her reaction. When she hurried over and dropped to her knees, I knew I was about to become a very happy male indeed. Her hands darted out, a cock in each hand as she grasped them gently. She gave them an experimental stroke, and I groaned at the feel of the small callouses on her hands as they added gentle friction.

“One for each hole,” she breathed, her tongue darting out to lick a bead of precum from the tip of my cock.

“If that’s the way you want it,” I replied.

She looked up at me with eyes blown wide from lust. “Oh, I want.”

“You still have on too many clothes.”

“So do you,” she said.

“We best remove them, I suppose, and I need to suit up.”

“You do that,” she replied, releasing me and standing up. She took a step back, then shucked off her panties s she walked towards my bed.

I quickly finished divesting myself of my pants and undies, hurrying over to grab the condoms we needed before joining her over at the bed.