Kya - Palace Lari'Sota 02

He kept her occupied, he took her to a spa and had her given a full deep massage and body rub, so that she was luxuriated and deeply cleansed by workers who knew their trade and put her totally at ease. He took her shopping, for some very elegant clothing that would fold up into a small ball the size of her fist, then unravel into a glamourous evening gown. They spent the night in the largest hotel at the spaceport, and Ashelob took Kiara as she stood on the balcony overlooking the spaceport. She gasped as his cock thrust into her from behind, revelling in the pleasure and his audacity to do this in such a public spot. He enjoyed it as much as she did, and carried her back to their bed, still impaled, to finish what he had started.

Two days out from Austrasia, Kiara lay on the bed, thinking about how to next seduce Ashelob, because on board the liner, there was little else to do. They had been intimate every day, sometimes two or three times a day, since they had left Tara. Kiara was very much enamoured by the guard, who had shown her nothing but affection, solid companionship, and rough but caring love when he or she had the urge.

She rolled over, pulling the sheet up to cover her bareness as she drifted, allowing her thoughts to wander. He had slipped out of the cabin to get them a meal, like he always did. He was as much a servant to her needs as she was to his desires. The door opened, and she smiled as he came back in, a tray filled with plates and mugs of Kaf burdening him. She rose as he put it on the table, and came over to sit on his lap, as she always did, giving him a gentle kiss, then picking up a mug and taking a drink.

Once the meal was finished, she rose, and brought him over to the bed, where she undressed him, then had him sit on the bed so she could straddle his hips and face him, her hands gently caressing his rising cock as she kissed him.

"Ashelob." She whispered as she nuzzled his neck, feeling his firm lips nuzzle and lick her neck and earlobes in return.

"Yes, my Kiara?" He replied, his hands gently rubbing her breasts and nipples as they pointed into his chest, feeling her hands getting him erect and ready for his most enjoyable duty.

"I'm going to come this time." She said, then looked into his eyes.

"Are you sure?" he asked her, then kissed her neck again and looked squarely at her.

Kiara looked at him, then nodded. "Yes, I will not be myself, but I think I need this release."

He gathered her in his strong arms and kissed her deeply. "I will take care of you, no harm will come to you, Kiara. You can enjoy the moment with me."

She relaxed, knowing that he was being truthful and feeling his strong conviction that he would protect her in this, as in every other thing he had done. She rose and slid herself onto him, feeling his cock slide into her as she moaned.

Kiara held on to Ashelob's broad shoulders with her hands as she rode him, rising and falling, feeling his hard cock slipping in an out of her moist sheath as they both enjoyed the pleasure that was growing. She had anxiety, this would be the first time she allowed herself to orgasm while giving pleasure. Before, with the Lord Emperor, it had been duty. He had ordered her to, and she could not refuse an order from him. As she began to focus on building the lusts and pleasure within Ashelob so that it would reflect back into her, Kiara continued to analyze her feelings and sensations.

She barely noticed whee Ashelob lifted her off of him and laid her on her back so that he could lie on top, with her legs up and pressed against her chest so that he could begin deep thrusting into her wet sheath, she could feel her body responding, and made no measure to control it. She was determined to let nature happen on this night and hoped that she would not harm herself, him, or any of the unwitting other tourists on board the luxury spacecraft.

Ashelob saw Kiara's brow furrow as he thrust into her, and began to kiss her, making her look at him as he drew her attention directly onto him, instead of the thoughts he could imagine were pounding their way through her mind even as he pounded his way into her body.

As her attention focused on him, he felt a surge of lust and strong reaction from her, he was aware that she was an empath, this was why he had been assigned to her months ago, as his own ability was an empathic shield. He had no way of controlling it, his ability was always active, damping broadcast thoughts from empaths so that even if she did fully let go, her uncontrolled thoughts would not go more than a scant met from them before his own cancelled them, making him the perfect means to hide this precious jewel of the Lari'Sota.

Ashelob was not immune to Kiara's ability, he was consciously aware that she had been guiding their coupling and lovemaking, building on his needs and his desires to ensure he gained great pleasure from their time together. He continued to thrust deeply into her, kissing her and keeping her eyes focused on his as he continued to push into her, making her keep her entire focus on them, on the moment, on the now. Not allowing her to detach and keep a part of herself separate as she normally did.

He slid his hands behind her back and shifted so that she was again on top, but as he was sitting, so she also sat, their hips joined, legs behind each other, touching very intimately, and faces as close as possible without being a single person. Ashelob gazed into Kiara's eyes and she felt him twitch in her as he exercised muscle control. She smiled and bore down, sending a ripple through her sheath which was stretched to accommodate him, so that he felt every delicious centimer of that ripple through the length of his hard shaft.

He placed one hand on her buttocks and began to bounce her up and down on his shaft as he bent his head down and began to kiss and lick her breasts and nipples, bringing a sigh to her lips as Kiara felt the fires of her own passion begin to rise, coupled with Ashelob's own need, she could feel that it was going to happen, and this time ... it was by choice, not honour, not duty, not even need ... simple choice.

She felt a flush go through her as her body began to generate excess energy in preparation for her climax, and she began to kiss Ashelob hard, biting his lip and her fingernails began to dig into him as she felt her body begin to lose the control she so valiantly fought to keep during a normal coupling. He held her firmly, guiding their movement to ensure she continued to build, even as she began to buck and whimper, her upper body showing a blush from the rising flow of her approaching climax.

Kiara didn't know what to do, she was now caught in the moment with a man who she could feel cared for her and or her only. This was not duty, this was maybe not love, but it certainly did feel right. She threw back her head and cried out as she climaxed, her sheath gripping Ashelob in spasms as her entire body flexed and relaxed as the waves of her climax sped through her.

She felt at peace, as he held her in his sturdy arms while her body surged and her mind expanded, but he anchored her, and she returned to him without disorientation, only intense fatigue. She could feel his seed spraying into her womb as he also found his release, and that felt right, she felt complete. Kiara held on to her Ashelob tightly and slept.

Austrasia was the closest Frontier world to Camelin space, and was the centre of United Suns commerce with that clan. There were crew from Camelin ships walking the streets and the security looked more like Camelin than Confederacy. This world felt safe, to Kiara.

They came from both sides, hitting Ashelob and Kiara with sedation caps as they were bodily struck by two or three each. Ashelob dropped into combat posture and swiftly dealt with two of them, even as the drug began to course through his system. He fought to get to Kiara, who had gone into a deadweight curl then lashed out with her foot to break the ribs of one of the men and propel his screaming body into another. He grabbed her and flung her into the lift shaft, slapping the button to take it up. "Get on a ship, anywhere!" He yelled as the door closed, then she saw him turn and begin to fight as the three remaining men approached him, glittery knives visible.

The drug swam through her system, making her very drowsy, but Kiara managed to stumble out of the lift into the embarkation zone and up to a staff member.

"May I help you?" She was asked, and then fell into the arms of the crewman.

"Get me on the ship, please." She said, holding her credstick.

The other woman shrugged, and began to help her walk towards the ticket terminal so she could buy passage. The lift opened behind her and two of the men came out, shouting for her to stop.

Kiara looked up at the other woman. "Help me, please."

She didn't feel herself being lifted up by another crewman as the first turned to face the intruders. Nor did she see the fight that again broke out, this time very one-sided, and ended with two bodies to be disposed of.

Kiara woke in a small but adequate medical bay, with the crewman she had first seen sitting on a stool keeping an eye on her as she felt a vibration under that indicated she was on a ship under thrust.

"You're awake, good. Whatever they hit you with has kept you under for most of a day. We weren't sure if you would wake up. My name's Aquaria." She said by way of introduction.

"Where am I? Ashelob?" Kiara said, looking around.

"You were the only one who got on board, miss." Aquaria said, helping Kiara to sit up so that she could get steady.

"Ky-Kiara. My name is Kiara." She said, smiling faintly at the other woman.

"Where are we?" She asked.

"You are aboard the Grain Carrier Bountiful. We are headed for the primary Clanworld at the heart of Camelin space. I hope that is somewhere near to your destination?" Aquaria explained.

"Yes, I need to get to the Clanworld. How many days until we arrive?"

Aquaria laughed, then helped Kiara to her feet and walked her around a bit. "This is a Grain transport, love, not a liner. We barely touch neospace at maximum thrust. We'll take six weeks to get to the Clanworld."

Six weeks! Kiara tensed, then relaxed again. At least she was safe. Who ever had tried to grab them had not gotten her, but she felt the loss of poor Ashelob.

"We don't have much in the way of entertainment also. You paid for your passage, so we're very glad of that. The currency for your ticket allowed us to fully stock up on food, so it won't be dry rations either. I do thank you for allowing us to fly you where you needed to go." Aquaria said with amusement as she carefully walked with Kiara down the hallway. She stopped in front of a cabin, then pushed open the door.

"It's not much, but it's got a bed, refresher in there. The commons is just down the end of the corridor. There are only five of us on board, love. So feel free to say hi anytime you want to." Aquaria said, then with a friendly wave and a not too subtle pat on Kiara's rear, she was left in the cabin to regain her bearings.

Kiara laid down on the small bed and slept, dreams filled with scene after scene of Ashelob fighting for her life, standing down the men, being shot, being knifed. Being pulled apart, life oozing out of him, so cold. Kiara finally woke, covered in sweat as she realized her body had dealt with the drug, and she was now alert and aware.

She stripped off the clothing and had a short shower, knowing water on these small ships was constantly recycled and the tanks were never big enough, she was sure to not take more than an appropriate share.

She sat cross-legged on the bed and carefully brushed out her long hair before braiding it and securing it in a loose tie that made it look a lot shorter than it's hip length. Then she rose, pulled on a loose dress, and went to visit the Commons and meet the crew.

Introductions were quick and pointed. Aquaria was the Captain and primary navigator. The only man on board, Jaseb, was Aquaria's brother. He was immense, easily two mets tall, he was the one who had carried her on board as Aquaria dealt with the intruders. Jaseb was docile as a rock, and Kiara felt nothing from him except soft thoughts of sleep and rest. His mind was not fully formed.

Aquaria was just slightly smaller than Kiara, but strong. Kiara had felt that she she had fallen into the other woman's arms back on Austrasia. Aquaria could probably throw Kiara around like a rag doll, and possibly even take down Jaseb if she needed to. She had short brown hair, a small and compact body with no signs of excess fat or loose muscle on her compact frame.

Hastor and Astor were twin women who served as the engineers and cargo handlers. A small crew for a massive ship. Kiara could see the immense bulk of the cargo shell above the ship from the windows in the commons. The oblong was three kims long, capable of carrying over a million cubic mets of grain from the farming worlds to the hungry citizens deep within Confederacy space. Ships like this were slow, but very important, and even pirates avoided them.

The twins always wore nearly identical outfits, but always had a difference. Hastor always wore outfits with a stripe down the right side, and Astor always wore them with a stripe down the left. Even their hair was the same, yet different. Hastor had bright red hair with a stripe of pure white down her right side, while Astor was solid white hair, with a strips of red down her left side. They were a head shorter than Kiara, and more rounded than she would have expected of a spacer crew. Although that may have had some extra padding, they certainly had no issue with it, or doing their functions, both women worked in silent unison, maintaining the Cargo ship with an efficiency that Kiara knew came from decas of practice and also the psionic bond between the twins, both emotional and mental.

Jaseb was ... Jaseb. A giant of a man, taller and wider than most Hablis Kiara had ever seen, and so full of muscle she was amazed he could even move without tearing the outfits he wore they seemed so skin tight. He was he first one she really found a common contact with, as his mind was not all there. His emotional depth was very shallow; pain, food, sleep, and simple relaxation were all that he had capability for.

She found that he enjoyed songs quite by accident, as she was sitting in the commons, browsing the small ship's catalogue and found the music to an old childrens' song from the Desinlo world. Kiara put the music on low and began to quietly sing the simple rhyming song.

Aquaria and Tara, all roads lead home

in to the fire, out to the cold

Up to the dust, down to the ice

Around the glow we go, and come back to home

She looked up to see Jaseb sitting right in front of her, such a peaceful and eager expression on his face that she was not startled, she just repeated the simple song again, to his intense delight.

"Would you like to hear another?" She asked him, Jaseb nodded, and Kiara changed to a different song, again, letting her soft voice fill the room, in companionship to the music of the simple childrens' rhymes that taught the young the history of the Center Worlds and how to navigate within the region of space that surrounded them.

She did not even notice the passage of time, but by the end of an hour, she had the entire crew in the commons, sitting quietly, listening and enjoying the simple songs as she sang them for Jaseb and for her own peace. Kiara finally was broken from her reverie as Aquaria handed her a mug of Kaf in between songs and with a firm pat, had Jaseb sit with his own mug.

Aquaria laughed as Jasseb finished his drink, and then with the eagerness of a small child, hugged Kiara so tightly she squeaked, then was off to do his own duties tending the the ship's Neospace drive as it lumbered along.

"Thank you, Kiara. I've not seen him so happy in many cycles. I just don't have the time for him that we used to have when we were younger. You brought a real sense of peace back into that giant's heart, and I think he really misses that."

Kiara smiled. "I have no function on this ship. I'm not a pilot, not proper crew at all. I can run a recycler to save my life, but that's about all. What I do know, Captain, is people. If I can make him happy by singing a childrens' song to him, I'll sing until I'm hoarse."

"You have a lovely voice." Hastor said. "A lot better than ours, that's for sure." Astor added with a smile.

Kiara had a thought. "Captain, are we making any stops between Austrasia and the Clan World?"

Aquaria shook her head. "No, love, a straight run to the heart of Clan Camelin, then we offload, get our payment, turn this tub around and do it all again."

The next morning, when she came into the commons, all of them stared at her. She had spent the night removing the dyes and colourants from her hair and very carefully bringing it back to it's normal colour and length. Unbinding and straightening it so that it fell like a glimmering shimmer of golden light down to her hips.

She smiled at them and sat down to take some Kaf and a meal.

"I've never seen hair that long on a Citizen before." Aquaria said.

"You some kind of celebrity, Kiara?" Hastor asked.

"No, just somebody who has to deliver a message to the Clan. A message that could not be trusted to comm channels." She replied.

A few days after she had sung for Jaseb, Kiara got seduced, thrice over. She was drifting on the bridge, one of the many low-g areas of the ship, only the commons was in full gravity due to the power required for the generators, so she hung onto a handhold and watched the glowing particles from neospace stream past the clear panels of the bridge as the ship sped through the void faster than light, crossing Solar Lengths in days rather than years as it plowed towards it's far-off destination.

Aquaria was on the bridge, checking instruments and making sure the systems were running properly and that sufficient power was flowing to the neospace drive to keep the cargo ship and it's massive shell flowing through the bubble.

Aquaria snapped a panel closed to lock the controls, then spun out of the seat and was suddenly nose to nose and breast to breast with Kiara, who was then firmly kissed. Kiara knew better than to withdraw, this was the Captain, and the one who had saved her, she pressed back with her lips, letting Aquaria knew there was interest, and she took Kiara by the hand to her quarters.

Once safely inside, Aquaria dogged the hatch then turned and was in an embrace that Kiara returned even as she was cautious. This was not the Lady Aya, who had been the only other girl Kiara had been intimate with. She knew that Aquaria had a need, so she would do her best, and was sure she would be more than sufficient for the Grain Ship Captain.

Later, as Kiara made her way down the small causeway back to her own cabin, she was suddenly shoulder to shoulder with Hastor, who whispered something behind her, and then Astor took up her other shoulder, and she was steered into their combined quarters.

"You were just with the Captain." Hastor said, closing the hatch behind them.

"We heard you." Astor said as she pulled Kiara into the middle of their quarters.

"Was it good for you?" both women asked her.

Kiara looked at them both, she could feel their needs as clearly as they were broadcasting it, she knew that she would definitely sleep well this ships' night, and smiled at the two women, then simply undid the clasps on her dress and let it drift away from her, as she held out her arms in an open gesture, bringing both twins towards her with a lust and hunger in them that she hoped to sate.

The massive grain ship was finally easing into place alongside the Camelin skyhook. At the very apex of the hook was a cargo station where the ship would offload it's cargo, allowing a million cubic mets of grain to pour down the centre of the cable so that it could go to processing centres across the planet. One ship a day docked here, now it was Bountiful's turn.