Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 07

Larik'Ni's nipples were standing proud, waiting for Barret's mouth and tongue to lavish them with attention. He gently palmed her outer breasts, squeezing them and fondling them.

"My middle breast is lonely," she said playfully.

Barret didn't accept the invitation yet, instead, he shed his own shirt and pulled her into an embrace. They both enjoyed the feeling of their bare flesh touching.

Larik'Ni pulled away and got up on her knees, making her chest more accessible to her lover's mouth. She wanted her nipple sucked, and she wasn't taking no for an answer.

Barret gently took the pebbled blue nub into his mouth, sucking on it and running his tongue over it. Larik'Ni was running her fingers through Barret's hair, and making cooing noises as she gave herself to the pleasure her human lover was bestowing on her.

"My center nipple has always been more sensitive" she told Barret. "My first lover made me climax simply by stimulating it and by spanking me."

"I'll have to try that during the trip to Nova City," he said, releasing her breast.

"Please do," she replied. Larik'Ni slid off him and got on her knees, kneeling before him. She reached for the waistband of his shorts. Barret lifted his hips, allowing her to pull his remaining garments to the floor.

Larik'Ni gazed at Barret's erect cock. It was long, curved, and veiny. The head was rounded, but not as thick as its Birran counterpart. For Birrans, the head of the penis was the thickest part.

Larik'Ni loved human cocks. She had a human fetish, and she knew why. Of all the human dicks she'd had in her, this was her favorite. The fact that it was attached to a man she loved made it better.

Larik'Ni licked her lips, grabbed Barret's shaft, and gave it a long lick. "I have not sucked a cock in so long," she said. She'd wanted to go down on him this morning, but the encounter didn't work out that way.

Larik'Ni took him deep, almost to her throat, but not quite. She needed to relax before she completely swallowed him. Slowly she bobbed her head along his shaft, dragging her tongue along the underside. Barret let out a stuttering breath, enjoying the feel of her lips and tongue on his member.

Larik'Ni relaxed, opened her throat, and sank all the way down his shaft until her nose was touching Barret's lower abdomen.

"Fuck," he groaned. "I fucking love when you do that."

Larik'Ni tried not to smile lest it impede her efforts. She did love hearing when her skills were appreciated. Barret's praise made her want to please him even more.

She slid back up Barret's shaft, releasing him from her throat, then ran her tongue around his mushroom head. She was about to swallow him again when he stopped her.

"Keep that up and I won't last much longer," he said.

Larik'Ni kissed his cock, then climbed up into his lap. She kept hold of his member, positioning herself over it.

"Are you sure you don't want me to take care of you first?" he asked.

"I need you inside me, James." She rubbed the head of his cock along her slick vulva. "I am so wet. Can you feel it?" Barret only grunted, loving the way her damp flesh felt against him. "You can please me with your tongue later. Right now, I need you to fuck me." She eased him into her warm tunnel, relishing the feeling of Barret's cock filling her. Larik'Ni's body shuddered.

She melted into Barret, her arms encircling his shoulders, and her lips meeting his. Their bodies melded together, and she stifled a giggle when Barret's chest hair tickled her breasts. Barret's hands slid from her back to her ass, and he gently squeezed her cheeks, enticing her to move.

Larik'Ni's hips rose, then lowered, making Barret's cock slide in and out of her while her inner walls massaged his length. Larik'Ni knew this gentle lovemaking would soon build into the vigorous fucking she knew they both craved, but for right now, she took her time. She wanted to savor the feeling of Barret within her.

Barret sat still, letting Larik'Ni set the pace. Their lips parted, she gripped Barret's upper arms, and she leaned back, still rolling her hips. She sped up, and Barret began to move, pushing up on her downstroke.

Larik'Ni was almost snarling. Her teeth were bared, and her eyes were locked on Barret's, staring intently, as if she was fucking his eyes with her own. A low growl was vibrating in her throat as she bucked atop her human lover.

Barret was holding onto Larik'Ni's hips, trying to goad her into speeding up. "Come on," he almost hissed. "Fucking ride me."

"Patience," Larik'Ni replied, her voice harsh and determined. "Allow me this indulgence. Let me ride you at my own pace, and then you can fuck me as you please."

Barret's silence was his assent. He gripped her ass and continued to push his hips to meet hers. His face was a mask of determination. He was fighting the urge to speed up. He struggled to keep her slow pace.

Larik'Ni could already feel the first inklings of her climax. Her clit was tingling, and she felt her body beginning to tense. She fought to keep her eyes open, and locked on Barret's face. She wanted him to see the desperation in her eyes.

"You make me like this," she said. "You make me lose myself. You make me want to let it all go, and become completely shameless." Her breathing became more and more ragged. It was going to be a big orgasm and she knew it.

The first tremors started to ripple through her, and she flung herself back into Barret's embrace, mashing her mouth against his, hoping that their kiss would muffle her screams enough that they wouldn't wake Vas up.

Larik'Ni's body was on fire. Pleasure raced from where she and Barret were joined, and flooded her with bliss. Every move of her hips, and every time Barret's cock slid within her, that fire burned hotter. Finally, she couldn't take it. She had to pull away from Barret's kiss and let out, what she hoped, was a subdued yowl.

Barret removed one hand from her ass, and placed it on her center breast, gently pulling and twisting her nipple. That slight pain added to the pleasure, ramping her orgasm up even more.

Barret held her shuddering body close to him, and probed her mouth with his tongue. Larik'Ni finally had to pull Barret's hand from her chest. The stimulation was just too much. She continued to buck and grind, letting her orgasm play out, and letting herself calm. When she had, she again collapsed against Barret. He held her close and rubbed her back as she tried to get her breathing back under control.

"I needed that," she finally panted.

"Do you need to stop?" Barret asked.

"Not on your life! We stop after our thirst for each other has been slaked. I am not yet satisfied, and I do not think you are either." She pulled back to look Barret in his ice blue eyes, and she gave him a wry grin. "Unless you do not think you can keep up."

Barret returned the grin, lifted her up, and practically threw her down on the couch, eliciting a laugh from Larik'Ni. Barret covered her body with his, and slid his rigid length into her tunnel.

"I love it when you get insistent," Larik'Ni said in a breathless moan as she was filled by Barret's hot flesh.

"I'll get really insistent when we don't have to worry about waking Vas up," he said. "I'll bend you over this couch, spank your ass till it's bright red, and pull your hair while I slam into you." He began to slowly move. His thrusts were smooth and deliberate.

Larik'Ni pulled Barret's mouth down to hers, letting their tongues meet. Her arms and legs wrapped around Barret's body, holding him close to her and relishing the feeling of his hot skin.

Barret abruptly slammed his hips into her, and she let out a surprised yelp. Barret slammed into her again, and again, building up to the faster pace they both desired.

"You fuck me so good," Larik'Ni almost whispered. "I finally get to have you for more than a day."

"I hope you don't get bored with me."

"Never," she said with conviction. "You are my first love. Not the first I shared my body with, but the first I gave my heart to. You will never be rid of me, because I refuse to let you go. You and Vas are part of me, and I will not give you up. You both are mine."

Barret smiled, kissed her, and kept the pace he had set. The sounds of heavy breathing, grunts and moans, and the echo of their bodies clapping together filled the room. Larik'Ni started to feel herself tense up again as another orgasm came knocking at her door.

"Yes," she sighed. "I am going to cum again. Do not stop!"

Barret had no intention of it. He felt his own climax beginning to build up. A tingling sensation started at the base of his cock and was climbing his length. He sped up, driving them both to their inevitable release.

"Yes," Larik'Ni begged. "Please fuck me. Please make me cum."

Barret's answer was a loud growl as he approached his breaking point. He tried to hold off, to keep from erupting until after Larik'Ni reached her own apex.

He sat up to a kneeling position, and rubbed Larik'Ni's clit with his thumb. That was what set her off. Larik'Ni's body shook and convulsed, and her back arched. She grasped her outer breasts and gave herself to her ecstasy.

Barret pushed into her a few more times before it was too much. He pulled out in time for long jets of milky white cum to shoot out across Larik'Ni's teal skin.

Barret fell forward. He caught himself, keeping himself propped up on extended arms. He and Larik'Ni both fought to catch their breath.

"That was wonderful," Larik'Ni said. "It always is."

Barret leaned down and gently kissed her. "Always," he repeated. He looked down at the semen streaking her abdomen. "I'll go get you a towel."

"No need," a voice from the doorway said. "I grabbed one."

They both looked up to see Vas, clad in only a blue pair of panties, holding a towel in one hand. She was grinning broadly.

"Shit, Vas," Barret said. "We woke you, didn't we?"

"No, you weren't that noisy," she said. "My bladder woke me up. When I saw you were both gone, I was hoping you were getting some alone time." She came to the couch, got on her knees beside it, and started cleaning her mate's seed off of their lover's body. "I think you both needed it."

"It was not planned," Larik'Ni said as she sat up. She leaned back into the cushions, and Vas got on the couch, and sat beside her. "It was, however, definitely needed."

"Are you going to be okay?" Vas asked her.

"Eventually. I had tried so hard to do away with this kind of corruption, but it still found me. Even after the fall of my predecessor, those of his ilk still connived their way to power. Had you two not been here..." Larik'Ni trailed off. "They tried to harm you both. Attacking me is one thing, but going after those I love is quite another."

"They're locked up," Barret told her.

"But there is no guarantee they will face the consequences of their actions." Larik'Ni gave her lovers a weak smile. "This is Haven. Corruption is a fact of life."

"Didn't you say that corruption is acceptable, but a scandal isn't?" Vas said. "Well, this is a shitload of scandal. They may not be able to recover from this."

"So'Rit may," Larik'Ni said. "He has enough money to make anything go away. Also, he has connections back on Thelst. Last year, his brother was elected as the Birran representative to the Triumvirate." She sighed. "My mother was running for that same position when she was murdered. Had she lived, his family would not be untouchable."

"There's nothing we can do about it right now," Barret said. He stood up and gathered up clothes and the towel. "Let's go back to bed. I'll be along after I take this towel to the laundry."

"Hang onto it," Vas told him, "we may need it later."

Eventually, Larik'Ni would go back to sleep. After getting up for the day and bathing, she would return to work and set about building the city's new government. It was a daunting task, and one she wasn't sure she could accomplish, but she had no choice. Larik'Ni was the governor of Haven, and this was her job. She had to do it.

----

No amount of sleep of hot sex could calm Larik'Ni enough to truly deal with this. She awoke in the arms of her lovers, took a leisurely shower, and dressed for the day. Vas had prepared a nice breakfast for them all, and they, deliberately, talked about everything except the previous day's drama. Larik'Ni couldn't avoid it forever, though. She knew she would have to get the ball rolling on the prosecutions.

Larik'Ni looked with disgust at the man in the holding cell. Where once So'Rit's hair and beard were immaculate, he now looked unkempt. His hair was sticking up and spiky, and his beard looked dull, rather than the vibrant red it had been only a shirt time ago.

His suits had cost more money than most people on Haven made in their entire lives, and now he was wearing a drab prisoner jumpsuit. His face, once almost unbearably handsome, was a little drawn, and his yellow eyes showed the rage that was burning just below the surface.

Larik'Ni grinned at So'Rit's misfortune. He had only been incarcerated since the previous evening, but looked like he'd been locked up for years. Larik'Ni was fond of the human saying, "Oh, how the mighty have fallen." So'Rit had fallen very hard.

"What do you want, you clan-less whore?" So'Rit demanded.

"How little you know of our history," Larik'Ni said in a sage voice. "What you call a whore, our people once called a companion. Yes, they traded their bodies for goods or money, but they were respected members of our society. It was not until the Nitzhal came that the word 'whore' was introduced to our language, and the companions were vilified."

"Is that why you are here?" he demanded. "To lecture me about our backwards ancestors?"

"No," Larik'Ni replied with a smile. "I am here to gloat, and to revel in your misfortune."

So'Rit came right up to the transparent partition separating his cell from the rest of the cell block. "This place will not hold me!" he spat. "Even now, my legal representatives are filing to have me released, and are sending messages to my brother back on Thelst!"

"Your representatives may file all the motions they wish," Larik'Ni said. "It will do you no good. The proof we have is incontrovertible, and the means by which it was obtained falls within the law, and my rights as governor." She sneered at So'Rit. "You overplayed your hand. You, and your compatriots." Larik'Ni turned to leave, then stopped.

"As for your brother, he has no power here. He is welcome to plead your case if you wish, but I doubt he will be able to do much. Remember, I am the elected leader of this world. My authority supersedes a member of the Triumvirate. They lead Thelst, but this is not Thelst."

She let out a chuckle. "Besides, it takes seven months for a standard communication to reach Thelst from here. Unless, that is, you have an entanglement communication system linked to the homeworld. Haven Security is looking for one in your estate, just so you know. The fastest spacecraft can make the voyage in a fraction of that time, but regardless, your trial will be over by the time anyone arrives to defend you."

"That's not fair!" So'Rit shrieked, forgetting Birran decorum and using a verbal contraction.

"And sending James Barret and myself to our probable deaths was fair?!" Larik'Ni spat. "Sending Endira Vas to face whatever it is the Verokk want her for is fair?! You do not get to destroy people's lives, then cry foul when you must face the consequences of your actions! Grow up, So'Rit! The world owes you nothing, but you owe recompense to the world for your crimes."

Larik'Ni had thought about confronting Agav, but decided against it. Besides, the Maylogi was in the maximum security wing. Her crime, the attempted murder of not only Larik'Ni, but of Barret and Vas, was seen as much more serious. The betrayal also hurt more. Agav was the closest thing to a friend on the council Larik'Ni had. Knowing that she wanted Larik'Ni dead was too much to bear.

----

Haven's only city spanned roughly five hundred kilometers, and encompassed six districts. The space port was in District Kovaal, which was a Maylogi word meaning "Beginning." Since it was the first part of the city constructed, that made sense.

Vas and Barret's destination was in District Lukill, a fifteen minute ride by magnetic tram from the space port. Vas was practically squirming in her seat.

"Is it weird that I'm excited and nervous?" she asked. "I almost feel like I did right before the first time I had sex!"

Barret let out a chuckle. "My first visit to a bordello wasn't like that for me."

Vas cocked an eyebrow at her bond mate. "When did you ever go to a, what did you call it, a bordello? And why is this the first I'm hearing of it?"

"Sorry, it just never occurred to me to tell you about it," Barret told her. "I went to one when I was in the System Patrol. The ship I was on, the Pisces, was stopping off at Mars on the way to the outer planets. We were going to be out around the orbit of Neptune for the better part of a year, so that was my last chance to get laid. I didn't report the visit to my superiors, though. Sex work isn't exactly legal in the Sol System."

"Wait a minute," Vas said, "wasn't the Pisces the ship you served on with Charlie Ross? The one you and another guy teamed up on her in the engine room?"

"She wasn't part of the crew yet," Barret said. "She came aboard after we got to Ceres Station in the asteroid belt."

"Okay," Vas said. "Well, I'm sure there were other ladies you could have hooked up with."

"This was my first tour of duty," he explained. "I was the most junior member of the crew, so fraternization was off the table. And I was only eighteen! I'd recently graduated from space flight school and basic training. Hell, I'd only been with one woman at that point. I was pretty shy around women at that age."

"I find that hard to believe," Vas said. "You?"

"Really," Barret said. "I was pretty shy back then. I lost my virginity to a woman I knew from high school. I was going off to join the System Patrol, and she was going to college at the University of Mare Imbrium on the Moon."

"And she was the only woman you slept with up to that point," Vas said, still not convinced. "Was she a girlfriend?"

"Not really," he said. "We were just good friends. Her name was Anna Darville. We were both eighteen when we slept together, about to leave home, and had never had sex with anyone. It seemed natural. I can't say that first time was the best experience for either of us, but we made up for it. I think we had sex three or four times that night."

"My first lover was Antis Hix," Vas said. She knew how Barret felt about her first lover. The man had wanted Vas to leave Barret for him the last time they were on Nova City.

"Hix is the only person I'm going to ask you to never sleep with," Barret said.

"No problem. He pissed me off to the point I never want to see him again." She let out an annoyed sigh. "I'm probably going to see him when we get to Nova City, and I'm not looking forward to it." Vas decided to change subjects. "So, this bordello on Mars, what was it called?"

"The Ares Consortium," he said. "It was named so no one would know it was a brothel, even though everyone on Mars knew it was a brothel. It made a lot of money, and they used some of that to bribe government officials."

"And the lady you spent the time with?"

"Her name was Gloria. And it was an intense night."

"Well, this is a first for me, and I'm looking forward to it." Vas grinned in anticipation. "What's this place called again?"

"Z'lio Lormil, which Larik'Ni said translates to 'comfort house.' Fitting, since that's what Birrans call places like these. You'd have to ask Larik'Ni or the owners why."