Chapter 24

Pleasing Alpha Skye was one obstacle I had recently learnt to overcome by having some kind of warped and twisted emotional bond form between him and I. Master and slave. I had accepted, to some degree, that was my immediate position. Part of me is comfortable in obeying Skye's order, even his punishment… however… that didn't mean every part of me was ready for this moment.

With a hand on each of Raygar's knees, I look him in the eye and I ask him seriously, while I kneel before him, "I have doubt. Did you really kill my father? Or did you lie to torture me?"

I ask it since we are now alone, and for one of the first times, Raygar seems slightly more comfortable around me.

And now he doesn't hesitate to answer while holding my gaze steady, "No, Ryder, although you are brave to question my teasing. I only witnessed that murder happen… and although I do enjoy the murder of worms… I do not enjoy it for anything but the instinct that ignites in them, fighting till the last breath; that is quite entertaining to witness," Raygar corrects himself, while he sits quite comfortable on the edge of Skye's bed, waiting for this pet on her knees to face her punishment for failing to obey the Alpha.

I nod now, I suck in a breath and I banish my thought of blood and death and loneliness.

I look at Raygar's pants, and right there, his bulging cock is straining against the material.

A purpose.

He wants me. He's… seduced by me? Or maybe he's just sick for enjoying this.

Lemeri was quite obsessed with getting the Alpha male Genesis to this state of mind. Easy play. That's what she called it.

Easy play… I didn't understand her but maybe it had something to do with the way they started to relax in this kind of setting, out of war.

"I suppose I better get this over and done with –" I murmur while staring down, and I end up with a finger pressed across my lips. My eyes shoot up, toward his menacing smile.

"You'll take your time and be gentle with me, worm," Raygar pets a second hand through my braids, while his finger tip traces my lips and he tests their resolve, "It's not so hard when you go… slowly… I like it slow…"

"You enjoy these sexual acts with 'worms'," I state, quite uselessly, as my hands inch up his thighs, "…Alpha Raygar…" I add on his title, which gets an expected and pleased chuckle out of Skye's younger brother.

"…it's because it feels good and as an Alpha, I need to breed my species with my cock… and you're just a side dish… an appetiser for my later ventures during the day… I'm quite a busy man with my entire breeding schedule," Raygar is surprised as he speaks lazily and I confidently release his cock from his pants.

However, though my hands are quick to do the work, my eyes remain downcast to avoid his judgemental gaze.

I can do this.

I can't do this.

But I have no choice.

So… I have to do this.

I gulp and blink as Raygar's cock is inches from my lips, as I lean in, inch by inch, considering how this will affect our future relationship.

I close my eyes, ready to take it.

I stick out my tongue, but I'm too afraid to swipe it across on my own.

Raygar clasps the back of my head gently and pulls me forward, so my tongue has a taste.

Moments before my tongue slides down any further, a loud shatter echoes in the room.

I snap open my eyes, skiting back across the floor in embarrassment while on my butt, as I turn to see Lemeri standing and smiling by a dresser after punching a glass vase off the counter, making a shatter loud enough to interrupt the event. Even her knuckles bleed a little from the impact.

I do not hold her gaze, but it doesn't matter, as she is all eyes for Raygar.

"You mangy and disgusting beast of a man," Lemeri hisses, while smiling, "You've got no sense beyond sex –!"

"You can join if you like," Raygar wiggles his brows and leans back further on the bed, "Please, come, come."

"Ryder, go to Skye's office," Lemeri speaks to me without needing to make eye contact.

"Oh, shut up, Meri," Raygar scoffs, while drawling, "It's not your residence to rule."

"I might be a permanent hostage, but I live by my own rules in a world of rules I do not favour," Lemeri stalks over and wraps her hand around my forehead, jerking me further away from Raygar, she shoves my shoulder, to give me a push out of the room, "Move off, girl, there is no law to suck their cock, in penalty for anything. You're free to go."

I crawl backwards, while Lemeri nods at me, tight lipped as she gazes between the both of us, Raygar and I.

Oh, I didn't really think about how she would cope with me near him, since she was in love with him.

"Thank you, Lemeri," I whisper in a panic as I keep shuffling toward the next room, stumbling to my feet while Raygar is now finally all eyes for Lemeri, who is pouncing on his chest, slapping him across the cheek.

"You missed a flare signal from Cat Dominion, you foolish bastard!" Lemeri scolds Raygar, who I hear shoving her off and standing.

"What?" his voice booms in a slight panic.

I am already out of the area, as I eventually scramble to my feet and then waltz into Skye's office, blushing red, but he is in a bit of a panic himself.

Skye is sending out orders, over a speaker system, "Set up for a long term camp at the Ryer Valley – Zrot Company will depart soon to regain ground," for a moment, I almost hear Ryder – but it's just my hearing, as Skye repeats it again, "…what do you mean the Ryer Valley is full of them…? It is unheard of…" Skye glances at me while he's listening to some kind of report only he can hear, "What do you mean they're coming for Lemeri, they've never cared about her in the past – WHAT? I am not marrying her!" Skye roars it into the phone, while laughing now, "So… we have a spy in our midst, of the recent – where's the Medivian, Lulu… she's biased with the Cat Dominion, is she not? Bring her to the lower level Nesting. Yes. Highgrade Nesting. Yes. I said Highgrade – I'll meet her there. No, I certainly won't kill her," Skye's voice lowers as he swipes the call to end, on his fancy high tech desk, while he slowly smiles up at me, giving me the pleasure of more details, "No one can kill a Medivian, Ryder… but there is no law against Beast's choice in meal. Zrot hates liars – keep that in mind," Skye winks as he stands, not so stressed anymore.

"You have a… another war to face?" I question, "I assume?"

"Yes, you're coming along," Alpha Skye rounds his desk, "I will not ask what happened in there," he shakes his head, as he looks toward his bedroom but does not comment, "Raygar…" he faces me, as he approaches he grabs my chin, and Skye checks my lips, looking for poutiness, and satisfied when he finds none, "…is subdued by power… so I give it to him occasionally…"

"His Alpha mentality perhaps?" I ask, pulling out of Skye's finger tips, "And why am I coming to… a war…?" I try to ask it bravely but my fear peaks through.

I hated fighting, I hated tearing limbs and screaming, screeching and bloody sand… I could tolerate it to survive but it didn't mean I enjoyed any part of it.

"You'll have to get tough, use that fire inside – and your stubborn chin with Xrat, he is coming too," Skye gulps, weary of the prospect, "It's time for him to face war as well."

"Neither of us are ready, we're useless right now –" I try to bargain.

"No one is ever ready – but it will make you ready, and you have an operation to begin enforcing, how you please," Skye speaks to me like I am… I gulp… almost his equal… it terrifies me how confident he is as he speaks without pause, "Lunette Ryder."

"What is that?" I raise a brow.

"That is your position, un marked, but you'll be looking for your kind – and bringing them to Wolf Dominion."

"What if I die?" I ask, "What if I fail?"

"You won't have the breath to answer that, because you'll be dead," Skye drawls low while his smile doesn't fade, while patting my cheek, he seems entertained by my blush, or maybe the pale dread, or maybe my empty eyes as anxiety hits my gut at the unknown prospects of my future. I'm thinking so cowardly, I don't notice Skye leaning into my ear, as he walks past and expects me to follow, "You forget you won't be alone."