Geri snorted.“Duh.I forgot I could...oooh.Yeah, that’s the guy.Wow.There’s a bounty on me.A big one.Wait.Oh.Wow.There is one on you, too, Margo.Both of us are to be delivered to our respective males without any damage to us.”
Margo blinked.“That’s weird.He already knows I am not coming back.I don’t want to slaughter the women’s quarters to a man...or woman.Plus, he isn’t available as much as I would need him, so it would just be frustrating for me.”
Geri paused.“The name isn’t Aken-Var.It is Voru-Mel.”
Margo paused.“What?”
“Voru-Mel.He has put a capture bounty on you.”
“That is problematic.”Margo explained, “He was a challenger in the arena.He wanted the use of my body, and I wanted clothing without holes.I am a simple soul.He lost.I got a new fight suit, and he swore to have me.I figured it was whatever because he left.”
Geri said, “He’s offering a few million, the price of a basic Hmrain companion.”
“Yikes.That is...unfortunate.”Margo said, “Now, how about that list?”
Chloe said, “Margo, how much danger are you in?”
“Fair to middling.I just have to check the arrivals of any station we head to, and if there are any of his people there, I stay onboard with a needle gun.”
Skylar paused.“What do you mean?”
“I am the pilot on record.I am trackable.”
“Oh.Got it.”Skylar frowned.“So, you will be okay?”
“Yeah, until one of the big bastards gets a hold of me.I know what Aken-Var is like.I have a sick suspicion that Voru-Mel will be less careful.”
Delia said, “Okay, sex questions.That should help.”
Margo laughed.“Sex is usually distracting.Okay, ladies.Let’s answer some weird stuff.”
They started and covered from vanilla to body piercing for enjoyment.The pain-to-pleasure switch and how to know when it wasn’t going to flip.
They talked for hours, and then it was time for Margo to take the pilot station again.She was on duty tonight.“Okay, ladies, I am heading to the command deck.Call me if you need me.”
Chloe grinned.“Can we bring snacks?”
“You can, but we are going to be at Sanctuary Base in around twelve hours.That is the moment we begin to go our different paths.Cori and Isolde will stay on the base for a while with their sister.Chloe and Skylar will head up a new gathering of beings to help bolster a dying species.I will drive, and Geri will choose where she wants to be.I am owned by the ship, more or less.I go where it goes.Delia, stop trying to get Skylar to look up visuals of half the stuff.”
Skylar laughed.“Come on, Delia.Get some rest.You can bug your mother about bondage in the morning.”
Delia laughed and walked toward Skylar.
Margo headed back to the command deck.The clothes for Geri were next to her chamber.When she woke up, she could get dressed.
Margo settled and dismissed her guys.
Baket paused.“You are unsettled.”
“Varu-Mel put a capture contract out on me.Three million credits.I am just trying to make a plan.”
“He...that’s a lot.”
“That is the price of a companion-grade Terran.I am not companion-grade for a Hmrain.”She paused.“How public is that video of me and Aken-Var?”
“It is a matter of public record—oh.You think he saw and was jealous?”
“Not a clue.He and I weren’t lovers, and he fights dirty, but I still won.”
