Tears slide down the side of my face as I’m completely exposed to him. He just stares at me, taking in every inch of my body, and I can’t help but feel my body start to heat up.
“Exquisite,” he mumbles, his hands lightly trailing up my legs.
A shiver makes its way through my body, and I clench my thighs together, wanting to feel whatever I’m feeling course through me even more.
“Daddy is going to take good care of you.” He smiles at me. “Such a good girl, my Little companion.”
I grit my teeth as he calls me his Little companion once again. Does he not understand that I am a human being? That I am not a companion but a female?
“So angry,” he murmurs as he leans down and kisses the inside of my thigh.
“Wait!” I scream, pulling my legs away from him and accidentally kicking his shoulder. “I’m dirty! I peed myself!”
My stomach grows nauseous at the thought of him getting my pee in his mouth. What is he thinking? I’m clean, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t contract something from me.
Wait.
Why am I so concerned about him? I should be trying to get away from him. But there is a connection between us that I can’t deny. Something happened after they gave me the injection.
His eyes narrow on the as he stands to his full height. Nerves bubble up inside my stomach as he grabs my ankles, holding them in place.
“Please, I didn’t mean to. You were just kissing my inner thigh, which is dirty,” I agree with him. “You don’t need to cuff my legs. I promise I’ll keep them still.”
But he doesn’t listen to me. Instead, he places my ankles in cuff, making sure they are snug up against my flesh. I yank at my arms, trying to see if they’ll break free from the restraints.
The only my thrashing around does is dig into my wrists, pain spreads across with each tug, letting me know I’m going anywhere.
“I told you, no kicking me.” His voice is deep and commanding.
“But it was an accident!” I cry.
“Accident or no accident, you kicked me, and I gave you a warning. you knew and yet you still did on accident,” he tells me.
“But… But I was only trying to warn you. I am unclean!”
“Clean or unclean, I know everything. I know you wet yourself before I got to you, and it doesn’t matter. I won’t get sick from kissing your thigh that might be coated in your pee.”
How was I supposed to know that? Everything about these Venkorians is a mystery. Is it a mystery for them, too?
Everything has to be a mystery because he keeps calling me Little companion like I’m a pet and I am far from a pet.
Is Luna having the same problems, or is her owner treating her like an actual human being?
“Luna! Where did you take Luna? Where is she?” I fire off the questions, demanding to know.
“The other girl?” he asks.
I nod.
“She is none of your concern now. She is Julan’s pet.”
“Pet! We are not pets! We are human beings who can take care of ourselves,” I say, raising my voice.
“We paid money for you, which means you are ours, no one else’s.” Daddy pulls my legs apart.
“We are our own people!” I screech, getting tired of hearing we are owned by them.
Daddy stops moving and looks at me, cocking his head to the side, and takes a deep breath. I still and watch him, waiting to see what he does. He doesn’t look happy at all. He walks away for a couple of seconds, opening a drawer and pulling something I can’t see out.
