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Kya - Palace Lari'Sota

By: chiangku



What the Hell is all this? This is a capsular erotic story set in the larger Center Worlds Universe. This has been written as a means of pulling different ideas together so that I can explore harder concepts than the main books convey, and also as a means to explore different directions that the characters may take. It comprises; erotic coupling, science fiction elements, war, violence, and some things that may be distasteful to tender readers. You have been warned, proceed at your own risk.

Kya Kilvanysa Desinlo ran like her life depended on it. All her life she had been a runner, easily able to outdistance anybody she had trained with. Her long legs were built for running, and now, she ran, as she knew her life depended on it. Once they found him, she would be dragged onto the block and executed by a monoblade through her neck. This was not something she could escape from easily, but she had to. Everything had gone wrong.

Her instep still hurt from where she had roundhoused him to the floor before grabbing the thin dress from the desk and bolting out the side door from his chambers. As she dashed down the corridors, passing surprised staff, Kya had swiftly pulled the dress over her naked shoulders and fastened it, then began to truly run. It would only be a matter of time before one of the advisers came in to find out why the Lord Emperor was quiet.

He was not the Lord Emperor. Not hers anyway. After meeting the Gods earlier, those horrific nightmares from beyond the edge clouds, Kya had been placed in his chambers to recuperate. She welcomed the respite, for the creatures that had created them all were truly a horrific sight to behold. Her mind could barely comprehend their shape, let alone understand what they were.

Lord Emperor Tyo Masilec. The last of his line, the consort to her Lady Aya. Kya let the tears flow as she ran down corridor after corridor. The palace was huge, easily fifteen square kilomers of buildings covering the Capitol of the Confederacy. Kya kept her focus and let her memories wash as she thought over the events that had led to this point.

Earliest memories were of being lifted from a broken place and being given to a warm other mother. She had been told that her own mother and family had been killed in an attack. She had survived, and Mistress Tya had been chosen to raise her. Kya had no idea of her power or potential at that tender age of four, or why she had been given special treatment. All she knew was she had a mother again, and she was safe.

A year later, she met the young Lady Aya. Also from a broken home, but this was different. The younger girl was horribly injured in an assassination attempt, and even young Kya understood that this other girl was more important than she was, this was a Lady. The Daughter of a Clan Leader. This girl was royalty. Mistress Tya was quick to correct that thinking with a firm swat to a bared behind. The girls were not different. They were her girls and they would be together. No special treatment, what happened to one would happen to the other, and that was that.

Lady Aya recovered from her injuries with no real effects other than specifically stunted growth that would mean as an adult she would only be 150 centimers tall. Fully developed, no health issues, but small. Since most of her clan averaged 200+ centimers, this was very dramatic, but, nothing they could do.

The girls grew together, Aya slightly jealous that Kya was growing taller, but it was never something to cause hurt over. They were inseparable. Always causing pranks and trouble for Mistress Tya, getting a firm spanking when they justly deserved it, and growing up in the palace and learning how to be proper ladies of the court.

Lady Aya, Kya loved her so much and now she was gone, possibly lost forever. That diminutive powerhouse. Barely coming up to Kya's breasts, but with so much energy and life that Kya could not help but love her dearly.

From an early age they had slept together, exploring each other as they grew, then being able to gossip about boys and plan their attacks. When they had reached the age of Majority, Lady Aya went wild. Kya thought that maybe she had bedded fifty in the space of a few short months. Finally being able to be free sexually.

Then, her Lady had set eyes upon the Lord Emperor himself. With Kya to assist her discretely, Aya had managed to get the Emperor into her bed and into her tight sheath. Kya giving her a gel cap before to ensure she had enough lubrication to handle the man's thick tool. Her lady was so sore, but yet satisfied afterwards that she could not stop talking about it for days.

Kya's own experiences were more sedate. She had been training for the past six years to become Lari'Sota. An Intimate Companion. Only in the Palace were Lari'Sota honoured. On the streets, they were considered common whores or courtesans. Kya head been trained in every aspect of Lari'Sota while the Lady Aya had been learning the ways of the court. Kya was ready to be with her lady until the end of days.

Those days came swiftly. The Lady became the Emperor's Consort, and although there was an angry upset when she learned that she could not carry a child to term. Aya had taken her anger out on Kya, until Mistress Tya stepped in and got firmly to the bottom of the matter, putting Aya back into the correct mindset firmly. Even at the age of nineteen, Mistress Tya had explained, the girls were still her girls, and they would feel her hand across their backsides if they stepped out of line.

Then came the night of the Emperor's celebration, when a covert team he had assembled, had broken a smuggling ring. He had celebrated with Aya and the covert officers, lots of food and bubbly wine. He had gotten drunk, and by the time he had noticed, one of the officers had taken a strong liberty with his Aya. He allowed it, his mind fuzzy with drink, and the Lady Aya had slapped him. The sound like a gunshot in the suddenly silent room.

He struck her back, and then she was gone. Not just gone from the room, but fled the palace. In her own upset and anger, the lady had taken a shuttle pod and tried to go to her own home, but entered the wrong set of coordinates into the autopilot.

Now the combined fleet was in pursuit, not just because she was a lady of the Clan, but because her pod had been captured by pirates, and they were heading for the fleshpots of Rygol, where the Lady Aya would not survive more than a week before she was torn apart by a T'Ressi male's two-pronged penis.

Kya stopped, breathing hard, she had reached the outskirts of the palace, and was close to the Lari'Sota meeting chamber. But, there was a noise she was not familiar with. Kya eased around a corner to take a look, her eyes widened. Guards were gathering Lari'Sota up and putting them on transports.

A tap on her shoulder made her jump and she reflexively lashed out, her hand brushed aside by Mistress Tya as she then gathered Kya into a firm hug.

"Come with me, quickly and quietly." Tya said, then vanished behind another wall. Kya obediently followed and slipped down a narrow staircase that disappeared as the wall rotate to cover it again. They began to descend a very long spiral staircase, seemingly carved from the rock itself, and it went down forever. Kya's mind wandered as her feet automatically walked down the never ending stairs.

She recalled being summoned to the Lord Emperor after Aya had fled.

...

"My Lord, what is the matter?" Kya said, slightly out of breath as she came to a halt in front of Lord Emperor Tyo Masilec.

"As a Lari'Sota, if your mistress ordered it, would you lie for her, Kya?" Tyo said, looking at the girl who was barely older than his Fal'Shia.

"My life is built upon honesty, My Lord. Lies are not part of my culture, and we do not lie, not for anybody. I will withhold information, but I will not say anything that is untrue. What is the matter?" Kya replied, sensing something was very wrong as the Lord Emperor was highly agitated.

"Is Aya in your chambers?" He asked.

Kya shook her head. "She was to spend the night with you, My Lord. Her bed had not been slept in this eve. What is wrong?"

Tyo sighed, then roughly grabbed Kya's arm and pulled the girl into his chamber, glaring at one of his adjutants. "Privacy, and for the sake of your foolish head, keep it that way until I say so." As the adjutant nodded frantically, Tyo swung closed the doors and to Kya's surprise, locked them.

"Please, sit down." Tyo asked. Kya immediately sat on the floor in front of him.

Tyo raised an eyebrow, then sat cross-legged in front of her.

"I-" he started, then felt a loss for words. Kya sensed something and reached forward to take both of his hands in her smaller gentle ones.

That contact allowed her empathy to flow forth and Tyo felt a calmness that was not normal, but still relaxing. "Tell me, My Lord Emperor, Tell me what is so troubling to you." She said in just barely a whisper.

"I struck Aya." Tyo said.

"You struck Aya." Kya repeated.

"She ran off, and I do not know where she is." Tyo continued.

"She ran off, she has left the palace?" Kya asked.

Tyo shook his head. "We have no idea. I have people searching the entire complex. So far, nothing. Kya, I was a fool, I need to find her and make this right." He finished, and she sensed the full weight of his sadness and despair.

Kya stood and gently pulled him to his feet.

"Come with me, my Lord. We will find her together." She said as he rose.

...

She recalled when she realized that she had to help him as her lady would have helped him. As a Lari'Sota, she was sexually available to Clansmen and women for pleasure and release. Kya was one of only two who had been granted Right Of Refusal. The other one was right ahead of her, descending this endless stairwell. Kya could choose her bedmates, and although she had enjoyed a few different men and women in her time, her heart and body belonged to the Lady Aya, and she liked it that way.

Now, the Lord Emperor had a need, and Kya knew that because of her bond with her Lady Aya, she could help him. His Lady was lost, Kya could sense that. The inner turmoil was tearing him apart and crippling his ability to make decisions that would let him rule the Confederacy.

She had spent the night with him, providing empathic comfort to his troubled mind so he could sleep, but not spreading her legs for him. She was Aya's companion. Not even the Lord Emperor would violate that. For he loved Aya as well.

The next morning, she could sense the one thing that Tyo feared. Aya's father. Ryo Camelin was the Fleet Commander for the Confederacy. His was a stringent military mind and brilliant tactical planner. Every time he had gone into battle, he had been the victor. He always fought for the Confederacy, and stood behind Masilec rule with no questions, even against the other clans.

Now, Tyo Masilec had to face him, for he was the only one who might be able to find the Lady Aya before something truly terrible happened.

A little sooner than Tyo anticipated, the shuttle landed and he watched the distant figure of Ryo Camelin step out, talk to an adjutant, then stride towards the chamber where Tyo was nervously pacing while Kya sat serene as always.

Ryo walked into the room and up to Tyo. "By your leave, Emperor. What is so gods damned important that we had to pull out of a survey that was four cycles in the planning? Where's Aya?"

"That is the problem, Ryo. I don't know." Tyo said.

"What?" Ryo exclaimed. "Kya? Where is your mistress?"

"We do not know, Lord Camelin. Aya left the palace last night without warning. She took a shuttlepod which entered neospace. We do not know where she left to or why." Kya said as she rose and stood by Tyo, who looked like he was about to fall over if a strong breeze blew in.

"Tyo, sit down, Kya, please attend to him." Ryo snapped, then turned and pulled out a comm and contacted the massive battlecruiser in low orbit, as Kya led the Emperor to a chair and pressed him down into it with firm hands.

"Captain Kalen, we have a situation. Shuttle pod left the palace without a flight plan, hopped into neospace, and nobody knows where it went, Aya is on board, and it may be flying blind. Which Pod, and which landing skirt?" He asked.

Kya replied "Pod G63, skirt 12. Concierge has the details."

The Captain still on board the orbiting battlecruiser acknowledged as he pulled the records. Then linked them to the navigation array in orbit around the planet.

"Neospace plume corresponds to pod, insertion point on vector 62. Commander ... That's the buffer." Kalen reported.

"Kalen go! Don't wait for me, go! Get her, now!" Ryo yelled into the comm.

"TGX-2 acknowledge. We're making Vortex jump now. I'll let you know when we have intel..." The line dropped as the massive ship jumped into Vortex from low orbit, causing a shockwave that was visible in the atmosphere as a plume of white stratospheric cloud.

Ryo walked over and sat down heavily in a chair, but waved away an attendant with a drink.

"That's going to play merry Helva with planetary weather for a month. What in the worlds possessed her to try and fly a shuttlepod? Aya can't drive a flitter without crashing into a support post." Ryo muttered.

"That would be my fault, Lord Camelin." Tyo said, getting to his feet and standing at stiff attention.

Ryo looked at the Emperor. "You addressed me as Lord. You don't address anybody as lord ... my gods, Tyo. What have you done?"

Try sorrowfully told the tale, and as he did, Ryo sat and listened. He did not leave any detail unsaid, and then sat down, allowing silence to fill the room.

Ryo chuckled. "Tyo Masilec, you are a fool."

"I know that, Lord Camelin. I am a fool twice over, I struck your daughter and I have then asked for your help to locate her." Tyo said, unsure how to react.

"Oh drop the lord preamble, Tyo. I'm not upset at you. Ye gods, if Aya had been really angry she would have gutted you, right then. You know how stubborn she is." Ryo said, waving Tyo's concern off.

"I thought you had done something really foolish, like hurt Kya, or managed to run over her favourite clustercat or something like that. This ..." He got up and grabbed Tyo by the shoulders, gently shaking the younger man. "This is a lover's quarrel. We'll fix it, Tyo. We just have to get Aya back."

"Was definitely pirates, Commander." Came Kalen's voice over the comm shortly thereafter. "We have the drive signature and are tracking it using the Inertial buoy network. We'll have it narrowed down in a few more hours. We are in pursuit. Do I have permission to cross the Buffer?"

Ryo looked at Tyo who nodded. "Confirmed, TGX-2. You are clear to enter United Suns space. Track that ship and bring them back alive."

...

Kya and Mistress Tya paused to recover their breath. "How deep are we?" Kya asked.

"About half a kilomer, we're not there yet, my girl. We need to continue, are you ready?" Tya asked her.

Kya felt the ache in her legs from the running, and now descending so many stairs, but she nodded, and they continued their descent as her mind kept drifting back to process the memories.

...

With the Commander back on board his ship to directly take charge of the search for the Lady Aya and the pursuit of the pirate vessel, the Lord Emperor could no longer put off the requirements of office. He had to govern the Confederacy.

"I've got to go be government for the Clans, Kya. You stay here and keep an ear out for any incoming from our group. I need to know of any changes, as they happen." Tyo said with a sigh.

She got to her feet. "I will stay with you, My Lord. I have a comm, if any messages come in, I will relay them to you as they occur."

"I'm not too sure how well I'm going to do. I cannot stop worrying about what may be happening to Aya," He said as they walked down the hallway towards the section of the palace that governed the Confederacy. The major feature was the Great Hall, where every Clan held council and the real decisions were made and passed into law.

Kya had her hand gently resting on his arm, and she sensed all the tension in him. She made a decision and steered him into a small conference room, then closed the door, and before he could realize, secured it.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"I am going to do what my Lady would do in this circumstance, Lord Tyo." Kya said as she stepped back from him and reached behind her to unfasten the top of her dress.

Tyo came forward and grabbed her arms, preventing her from loosening her dress. "Kya, you don't have to. You are not under that sort of requirement." She stepped back out of his reach and wriggled her hips. The dress shimmied down and pooled at he feet, leaving her breathtakingly naked in front of him.

She smiled and held out her arms to him invitingly. "I do not have to, however, I wish to. This is what my Lady would do, so I will take her place, for now, and until she returns."

"Aya will kill me." Tyo said, unmoving.

Kya stepped up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck so she could whisper into his ear. "My Lady will understand. I know her, my Lord. I know how she thinks and what her heart sings."

Tyo still was very undecided. Kya could sense the turmoil within him, anger tinged with violence tinged with sorrow and loss. She gently led him to a couch, then bent over so her bottom was presented. "Then punish me, My Lord. It may make your feelings easier if you apply a firm hand to an errant Lari'Sota who has overstepped her boundaries."

She reached over taking his wrist, firmly slapped her buttock with his hand. "Punish me, My Lord. It will help." She then turned and rested her head on her arms.

She winced as his hand connected again, with her other buttock. Tyo had large hands, and they definitely stung. Kya could also sense his emotional pressure, and focused on that, not on the physical. No matter what he did, her body would heal. His emotional state had to be dealt with or he would lose function.

Tyo struck her again, and again, leaving red handprints on her alabaster skin, until her buttocks were aflame with the overlapping marks from his hand. Kya stoically lay there, accepting her due as being somebody who was coming between him and his Aya. He was angry with himself, angry with Aya, and angry with Kya.

Tyo put one hand on the small of her back and continued to slap her bottom. Firmly overlapping her cheeks with his hand as he struck her, adding colour to her buttocks until they were a deep fiery glow.

Kya shed silent tears as he continued. Feeding off his emotions and sensing when the mood was fluid and was beginning to change, she turned and grabbed his hand, then kissed him firmly.

"Now, my Lord. Use this errant Lari'Sota for the purpose she is here for. She has been punished, now take your pleasure from her. Use her for your need." She whispered, then returned to her position, but spread her legs apart for his access and balance.

Tyo's head was a whirl with emotions, but his desire was strong and foremost. This little slut had offered herself to him. Aya was gone, but this was Aya's girl. Aya's servant. She was like Aya, and would do fine for him to use.

Tyo opened his pants and pulled out his cock, feeling a hardness that belied his inner turmoil. Kya's reddened buttocks and the cleft between them beckoned. She braced herself as she felt his hands firmly on her hips, then his thick shaft split her open and he drove into her with a savage fury.

Kya gasped as the Emperor groaned. Her sheath was tight and lubricated. Not glove-tight like his Aya, who was so small he had to be careful at times. Kya was almost as tall as him. So her body fit him better, and there was no difficulty. He began to thrust into her, fingers gripping her hips and digging into the skin as he pounded against her sore buttocks. Feeling the heat rising from them as he pressed his belly and thighs against her.


Kya - Palace Lari'Sota 02



On the run from the Lord Emperor, Kya and Ashelob have made their way to the surface of the planet and are now looking for a way to get off world.

They made their way down a lane filled with markets, people trading or selling and buying all type of products, Kya saw none of this, she was aware of only two things, Ashelob's hand firmly holding into her arm as he escorted her through the crowd, and the other guards who she had noticed soon after they had emerged, and who she thought may now be following them.

Ashelob pressed her up against a wall and pressed himself against her in what looked like an embrace. "Hold me, Lady, so they do not suspect." Kya wrapped her arms around him and he buried his head in her long hair as she pressed her lips against his neck. She saw through the corner of her eye, four guards walk past, one of them looking over at her and laughing, then they were gone, and Ashelob withdrew, releasing her from the tight embrace.

"Out here, Mistress Kya, you are not Lari'Sota. You are a citizen. Lari'Sota here are whores, courtesans, night walkers. They do not enjoy the same privileges as in the palace." He whispered, his lips close to her ear, Kya could feel his hot breath and could also sense a need in him, he was pushing it down so very hard, but it was there.

She pulled him back into an embrace and kissed him. "Out here, Ashelob, I am your woman. You help me get off world, as Tya wished, and we will both be safe."

He looked at her, before saying very carefully, "You are the Lord Emperor's bedmate."

Kya took his face in her hands and kissed him again. "I am the Lady Aya's companion, and I choose my partners, dear Ashelob. We need to find some privacy, I am weary after the events of this day and also famished."

They walked down the lanes, deftly avoiding other groups of guards and security until Ashelob found the place he was looking for and guided Kya in the doors of a small inn. It was dark inside, but as her eyes adjusted she could see that they had an eating area set up and a staircase that led to an upper floor where resting areas were positioned. She waited as Ashelob went to the counter and made arrangements. After a few minutes, he came back to her with a pass card, and indicated for her to go up the stairs. Kya went up and then was guided to a room where Ashelob opened the door for her.

It was small, but adequate. The bed was large enough for two with room, and the refresher was adequate, not luxurious like she was used to, but at least she could get clean.

"I will arrange for a meal, my Lady, you rest. This is where we will stay until I can arrange passage."

The door closed as she said Thank you, and he was gone. Kya sighed, then dropped the cloak he had given her and went into the refresher. She turned on the water. No pool here, just a solid shower of water to drain, so no lying in a deep bath to rest sore muscles. She slipped out of the dress, and carefully examined herself. She had some bruising on her neck where Tyo had gripped her so tightly, but nothing else of note. Her breasts looked fine, she gently caressed her nipples and enjoyed the sensations, then stepped into the refresher and let the heated water pour down over her.

Ashelob came back to the room to find Kya sitting on a stool, brushing her long hair, and did not immediately notice until he had closed the door, that she was naked. She turned and smiled at him as he blushed upon realizing.

"I will wait outside until you-" He began but was stopped as she rose and put a hand on his arm.

"Ashelob, you do not need to be embarrassed or put yourself distant from me." Kya said as she wrapped her arms round him, and then pressed herself against him, feeling the rough fabric of his clothing rubbing against her sensitive skin.

"We are going to be together for some time, my dear Ashelob. I know you have a desire, why not take advantage of it. I am willing, Sir." Kya finished as she kissed him.

"You are not mine, Mistress Kya. You have Right Of Refusal." Ashelob stumbled through his words, even as Kya could feel the desire rising in him.

She pulled him over to the bed and stood there, naked, her arms holding his wrists so he would not pull away, then she gently lifted his hands and placed them on her breasts. "I am not refusing you. I need this as much as you do, Ashelob. Everything has changed. Help me to remember who I am. Help me to feel alive again."

"My Lady, my needs are a bit unusual." Ashelob said. Kya smiled and leaned forward to kiss him. "Then allow me to enjoy you, unusually." She said as she turned, pushing her buttocks back towards his pants so she could feel his firmness pressing against the material.

A firm arm wrapped around her front, holding Kya in position as his other hand freely roamed along her smooth back, caressing her from neck to bottom. She held his head with one arm as his own lips found the side of her neck and she was kissed and lightly bit along her nape.

Then he pushed gently, and she fell across the bed, onto her hands and knees. Kya looked back as he swiftly unbuttoned and undid fasteners. He was naked swiftly, and joined her on the bed, pulling her against him, still curled behind her, so his hands roamed across her front, rubbing her breasts and caressing her between her smooth legs, stroking the nub of flesh that was eager for attention.

She moaned as his cock slid into her from behind, pushing her hips back so he slid in deeply, knowing this would not last long and enjoying what she could. His hand was busy with her front, rubbing her clitoris and bringing her up the pleasure chain. Kya enjoyed the sensations, but remained fully in control, as she had to ensure this man was fully satisfied. She had no need to fill other than comfort.

She felt him shift and slid off him, moving up so that he pressed against her back passage. Now that he was slick with both of their fluids, Kya pressed back against him and he slid into her rectum. A passage not much used for this, but which Ashelob needed, and Kya was more than willing to satisfy this need in the man. She sighed and relaxed her muscles as he filled her rectum, then he began to move his hips as one of his hands continued to rub her breast and roll a nipple, as the other worked on her clitoris.

Kya relaxed against her arm and held the other against Ashelob's hip as he began to thrust into her. She winced every now and then as her bottom was not used to this, having only enjoyed anal for a few times during her training, and the Lord Emperor did not enjoy this type of coupling.

She focused on breathing, feeling Ashelob moving in and out of her, bearing down as he pushed in and relaxing as he pulled so that he got the most pleasure from the experience. She draw what enjoyment she could from the sensations, fullness, slight pain, and the comfort of the coupling itself.

She could feel him intimately as he moved. Every vein, ridge and ligament on his shaft was directly stimulating her.

Kya turned her head and pulling his head over her shoulder, firmly kissed him as he began to pulse, his climax approaching. Within minutes she felt it as he groaned, his seed spurting into her, filling her bowels with his outpouring as his muscles tensed and then relaxed.

She lay there, allowing for him to make the move to uncouple, and after a moment, he slid out of her, and she felt his seed oozing out of her bottom. She lay for a minute longer, then rolling to look at his face, she kissed him gently, then was off into the refresher. She came out after a few minutes, cleaned, and he was snoring on the bed. 'Typical man.' She thought, then gently washed him from the evidence of their encounter and putting the cloth and bowl back in the refresher, came back onto the bed and cuddled up beside him. It did not take long for him to roll over, putting an arm possessively around her as she lay on her side.

Kya relaxed into the embrace and slept.

She awoke some time later, to find the bed empty, but not for long. As she rose and was looking for her dress, Ashelob opened the door, carrying some bags. He handed them to her and closed the door behind him.

"I hope the lady will not mind. I did some clothes shopping for you as you slept. You will need to look more ... common." He said, a bit bashful.

Kya smiled at him impishly and dove into the bags, quickly laying out an assortment of tops, skirts and dresses that he had used the one dress she had been wearing as a size guide for.

"Do you wish a fashion show, Ashelob?" She asked, then gasped as she saw what else was in his hand.

"No, you cannot do that. Ashelob, I can't do that." The glittery scissors were for one purpose only, and Kya was determined not to allow it.

"My Lady, your hair is a dead giveaway of your real status. We need to hide you." Ashelob explained.

"I have been growing my hair for fourteen cycles, Ashelob. It will not be cut off. I will find a way to conceal it, my Good Sir. Please, put those away." Kya said, frozen as she stared at the scissors.

Ashelob turned and placed the scissors in the bag that he had taken them from. "You cannot look regal, my Lady. Even though you are, you must look common. Common women do not have hair that touches below their hips."

He sat on the bed as Kya swiftly tried on every article of clothing he had supplied, then dressed in a simple top, shift and skirt that on her, looked elegant, even as it was just a common fabric and cut.

She twirled for him then took his hands in hers. Kya rattled off a quick list of items and told him to get them and return, as she knew what to do.

An hour later, Kya emerged from the Refresher. Her flax coloured hair was now jet black, and had been carefully braided and weaved so that although it was still long, it looked nothing like the cascade she had been born with.

"Do you think, Good Sir, this will suffice?" She asked him shyly.

Ashelob looked at her, had her do a full turn, then pronounced her Common enough. Kya laughed and they left the rooms to descend for a meal, as Kya was hungry enough to eat half a Clustercat, raw, if she had to.

They ate heartily, Kya ingesting more food than she normally ate, but with all the events, her appetite had spiked dramatically and she needed sustenance. Later, they retired back to their room and she looked out the small windows at the capitol city, as Ashelob joined her, they noticed a brilliant flash in the sky as what looked like an explosion lit up the coming darkness over the polar region. They looked at each other, knowing civil war was brewing, and Kya gently drew him back to the bed.

This time, Kya took full initiative. She undressed him, pulling off his tunic, then unbuttoning his pants and pulling them down his muscled hips to drop to his feet, where he stepped out of them. She saw the tent in his shorts and firmly gripped his cock through the material, then her fingers found their way inside and he sighed as her warm hand wrapped around his erect shaft.

Kya rose, shedding her clothes as she did, so that she pressed against him, his cock a hard bar between them, pulsing against her lower stomach as she kissed him fully, mouth open, tongue darting to fight with his, beginning to rouse a real passion in her protector.

Kya then slowly slid down, leaving a trail of hot kisses down his bronzed and toned skin as she reached his cock. She gently stroked it, then pressed Ashelob back onto the bed, and gently climbed onto his lower legs, squatting as she kissed around, then took his erect cock into her mouth to suckle and lick him into full rampant erection.

Ashelob laid back, feeling the intense pleasure as the girl sucked him. Her tongue dancing on the head and licking around the glans. Lips tight and moist as she took almost his entire length into her mouth and partially down her throat. The feelings were intense, better than he had ever experienced before.

Once he was fully rampant, Kya released him from the warm prison of her lips and she slid upwards with one hand firmly holding him so she could rub him against her wet lips, then she slid herself down onto him, taking his hands and again putting them on her supple breasts as she began to ride him. Moving her hips to bring them both pleasure.

Ashelob caressed her and gripped her round breasts as she focused on working her inner muscles, squeezing and pulling at his cock internally as she moved, bringing him to a level of pleasure that he had not really experienced.

"You may enjoy my back passage at your leisure, Ashelob." She whispered, letting her braided hair drag along his chest as she lay down on him, gently kissing his neck before returning to his full lips. "For now, I will enjoy you the way I wish to."

She fed off his emotions, drawing pleasure and pushing his lust to a high plateau as she rode him, feeling his hard cock sliding in and out of her as her weight allowed for her to fully settle on him, then lift until he was almost out of her before sliding down to fully impale her again.

Finally, she again felt his climax approaching, and took his hands to firmly grip her hips, she began to move faster as he began to push into her. Ashelob groaned out his release as he emptied into her womb, Kya pushing against him to maximize his pleasure and release. She lay on him, a firm weight against his strong chest, and allowed him to recover normal breathing. Kya gently rose, feeling his flaccid length slide out of her along with some of his seed, and again cleaned them both so that the evidence of their lovemaking was dealt with. Then she laid beside him and slept, his strong arm wrapped around her.

The next day, they walked the backstreets of the Capitol together. Not quite hand in hand, but comfortably close. Ashelob checking travel kiosks and booking booths to see if the interdiction zone had been lifted. He finally found one that showed the zone was going to be lifted.

A group of palace guards came walking down the lane, and Kya grabbed Ashelob into a deep kiss, letting her bare leg wrap around his muscled thigh as they passed so it looked like just another passionate couple. "Three days, my Lady. Then the Interdiction zone will be lifted and we can depart this world." He whispered into her ear as she held him tightly.

He stepped back slightly now the guards had departed and they resumed their walk. "I can wait three days. Where will we go? I am sure there is no direct flight to Camelin space." Kya asked.

"We will have to take a roundabout course. The Zone is being fully lifted. The United Suns have not allowed for a war at this time. Too much economic disruption, so they are acceding to the Emperor's demands, for now." Ashelob explained as they walked. "We will have to travel out of the Confederacy into the buffer, then dip back in at Austrasia, where we can book passage on a direct flight to our goal."

"The buffer is not safe." Kya said as they strolled towards one of the many plazas that filled the capitol.

"It is the best way to get where we need to go." Ashelob said.

"There is piracy in that zone." She stated.

"You'll be safe, my Lady. I will not leave you." He replied.

Kya laughed. "I'm more worried about you, my hero. I can take care of myself. You, might just get shot for no reason other than you look like somebody wants to fight you."

Ashelob grunted in acknowledgement with a small smile as they walked into the plaza, seeing the crowds milling about. They stopped at a street vendor and got some broth for her, and Kaf for him, then walked to sit by the large fountain that dominated this plaza.

Kya insisted that he sit right by her, and made sure her hip was in contact with his thigh as they sat. To ward off hungry eyes that she could feel swarmed over her body. Not too sure if they were looking for her, or for companionship. Either way, she was not interested.

Pockets of guards walked around the plaza, but nobody paid them any heed. Kya relaxed. With her hair done differently, colour changed, and dressed in simple clothing. Se looked very little like the palace Lari'Sota that the Emperor and his, things, may be looking for. If they were even looking for her.

That night, they stayed in a different inn, closer to the main spaceport.

Kya took Ashelob and he took her, so that both were fully satisfied by the morning and as they bathed, she smiled at him, enjoying the smile he gave her in return. The companionship was much more important to her than the sex, she knew that. Ashelob had no real idea why she continued to couple with him. This was a Palace girl. She had been the Emperor's mate. Why she desired him so much, he had no idea, but he enjoyed it as much as she offered.

Another day wandering the streets, slowly getting closer to the spaceport. It was also getting busier. The crowds were thicker, and the security was getting more pronounced.

Another night in a different inn, this time, Kya focused specifically upon Ashelob and allowed him to define their sex. He enjoyed dominance, which Kya was fine with, as a Lari'Sota she could handle anything he could throw at her, he also enjoyed anal, which was almost fine, for him, she would take it without question or protest.

Ashelob's domination was physical, he enjoyed disciplining a girl before using her, so Kya chose to pick a fight with him, gently but firmly goading him to discomfort, then pushing him back onto the bed to put him off balance and jumping on him.

Within a few seconds, she found herself firmly held in a strong grip, face down across his lap, as his rough calloused hand firmly slapped her skirted bottom a few times, listening to him growl at her how much he did not enjoy her lack of sense.

She flipped her head back and looked at him over her shoulder "Are you done?" She asked with a light snap to her voice.

Ashelob growled, not fully aware of how he was being emotionally manipulated, and his rough hand pulled her skirt up to expose her bare buttocks then he began to firmly slap her across her cheeks, raising colour and heat as he firmly spanked her with his rough calloused hands. Kya wriggled as his hands left impressions on her pale olive skin, bringing a pink blush to her bottom as he continued to slap at her.

As he would slow, she would look back at him and say something flippant or rude, to entice him to give her more of the dominant attention that he felt needed to be delivered to this errant girl laid across his lap.

Her bottom slowly changed from a light pink tinge to a more solid red colour, and she could feel the welts from his callouses as her bottom began to properly suffer from his attentions. Kya could feel Ashelob's emotions roiling through him, and she fed off them, drawing out his anger and strengthening it with her comments, enticing him, but not stoking the fire too much, he had to enjoy this, not actually cause hurt.

She could also feel a strong arousal as his hard cock was now firmly pressed against her hip where she lay supine across his lap as he continued to smack her reddened bottom with those large rough hands. Kya allowed for her legs to slip apart, further exposing her cleft to his attentions as he slapped, and began to push arousal and lust in him, beginning to draw down the anger and frustration that had guided him. Domination was all fine and good, but a good hard coupling would serve his needs better now.

She smiled to herself as his hand began to firmly caress her, her highly sensitive bottom flesh feeling every single callous and wrinkle as his hands kneaded and strongly rubbed her stinging flesh. She felt him pull her cheeks apart more than once, and fingers began to explore her, testing her own arousal, which she allowed as Lari'Sota had to be ready at any time, arousal was easy for her to self-generate.

He pulled her to her feet and began to tug her shirt off, Kya helped without being very active as this was his game tonight, and was swiftly naked before him, looking all the world like an errant girl, punished by her Lord, and now ready to be taken by him and used for his need and desire.




Kya - Palace Lari'Sota 02



Ashelob ran his hands over her pale olive skin, caressing down the sides of her face, feeling her high cheekbones and full lips, small nose, stroking down her exposed neck to the peaks of her firm and full breasts. Kya was not overly endowed, but as with all Lari'Sota, was not enhanced or modified. She was all natural, and this was the way she would remain. In Ashelob's large hands, her breasts fit perfectly, his hand would cover an entire globe, with the small dark cherry colored nipple peaking into his palm as his fingers wrapped around the outer mass. His hands roamed lower, her smooth belly, kept that way by daily exercise and gymnastic routines she followed every morning as she had for the past six cycles, then down towards her cleft, which had been fully depilated cycles ago in preperation for becoming a Lari'Sota. No body hair remained on Kya except above her neck, she was completely smooth, so as to better perform her physical functions as a Lari'Sota.

Ashelob's thick fingers roamed over her cleft, pushing in to feel her wetness and roughly rubbing her nub of flesh that caused Kya to gasp, only to get a firm slap across her bottom and a growl to keep quiet. He pressed her legs apart and one finger slid into her with no resistance, she was quite wet now, as a part of her worked to quickly process the spanking sensations into pleasure reactions and ring her body up to a level of full sexual readiness.

He roughly turned her so that she faced away from him, and his hands started their inspection again, drawing from the back of her neck, down her nape, then down her spine to the top of her buttocks, still aflame from his attentions, he pressed, and she bent forward, hands resting on her knees for stability, as his finger explored between her cheeks and rubbed both her pussy and one finger worked its way into her rectum in preparation for Ashelob's thick cock which would soon be nestled there.

She was still able to stoke his fires, but was now focusing on lustful thoughts, tamping down the frustration until it was just a dull roar and bringing his lust and desire to a high flame, she knew he was ready, his cock was a rock hard bar in his pants and would soon be buried deeply in both of her holes, but, this was his time, and he would dictate when things happened.

His hands firmly on her hips signalled a change in the tempo, and Kya felt herself tossed into the bed as Ashelob shed his pants only to take her. She did not really open her legs, giving him a token resistance as he then grabbed an ankle and opened her for him to mount. He lay on top of her, and his hard cock slid into her deeply, in one thrust as she gasped soundlessly against him, hands gripping his tunic as he pushed home into her, his hips grinding against hers as her tight sheath gripped him wetly and sucked him into her fully.

Ashelob brutally thrust into Kya, grunting with the effort of driving his cock home into her. He felt savage, needing to punish and control this wilful slut beneath him. No, that was wrong, but right now, it felt correct. Some confusion, but that faded quickly as he looked into Kya's eyes and pushed deeply into her, making her mouth open in a soundless gasp as his cock pushed into her all the way, the tip brushing her cervix as his groin pressed against hers.

She needed him wet and slippery for the next change in tempo, she had no way of naturally lubricating her back passage, and even with relaxed muscles, Ashelob was fairly thick and it would not be comfortable, so Kya thrust against him allowing her body to respond partially and making sure she was as slick and wet as possible to give him good feelings and prepare herself for his next assault upon her willing body.

She wrapped her long muscled legs around him, locking her ankles behind his broad hips to ensure he was notable to withdraw and worked her own hips, ensuring his thrusts were as deep as possible to draw out pleasure from his body. Rocking her own body back and forth as she held on to his upper arms with her hands tightly gripped, making sure he could feel the press of her trimmed nails through the loose fabric of the tunic, Kya looked into Ashelob's eyes, her own deep green ones boring into his brown portals, searching for the depths of his entire core as he thrust into her.

He pulled back, slipping out of her, and she wriggled her hips to help flip herself over, then shifted back onto her knees and pressed her thighs together as she felt the slick tip of his cock rubbing against her cleft, then against the smaller entrance to her back passage.

With a sigh, she felt him push into her, roughly, but not brutally, and his thickness filled her rectum as he slid into her, Kya focusing on muscle control to relax and allow this intrusion without discomfort. The hurt would come later, after the coupling, she would process and deal with it then. For now, Ashelob needed his pleasure.

She knew he was already close, because of all the build-up beforehand, and she could also sense that he was nearing completion with no sense of urgency or premature release. In his emotional mind, this was the final act, and it could end when he released, as quickly or as long as it took. Kya massaged her rectal muscles to ensure it ended fairly quickly.

Ashelob began to grunt and his rough hands gripped her hips, pressing into her still sore buttocks as his hips slapped against her cheeks firmly, driving his firm cock deep into her bottom, then she felt the peak and pushed hard mentally, driving him into a real peak of pleasure as she felt him begin to come into her. It felt like forever before he began to float down from his orgasm, and Ashelob finally pulled out of her as he pretty much fell onto his side, pulling her down with him where she automatically cuddled against him, pressing her bottom against his sopping crotch as her hand caressed the side of his cheek, allowing for him to feel the full release of pleasure and the afterglow.

One he had fallen into the sleep that normally followed an intense coupling, Kya gingerly got up and went into the refresher. She carefully cleaned herself, wincing at the pain of her very sore bottom. No nano treatments this night, my girl, she reminded herself. Not in the palace, so all of those easy benefits were also gone. Kya soothed a medicinal salve on her bottom, allowing for the less effective but still workable gel to soak into her burning flesh, it would be healed up by morning, which suited her fine. She took a bowl and cloth, then gently cleaned Ashelob as he slept, he did not even stir as she carefully washed away the evidence of their coupling from his flaccid cock, with a final gentle kiss to it's head, she put the bowl back in the refresher. Kya then curled up beside him, moving so his hand gently rested on her welted bottom as she listened to him breathe until she slept.

The final day, she stayed in their room, sleeping and resting her mind and body as Ashelob went to book passage. He returned later than expected, and was in a frantic hurry. He grabbed her by the wrist, took the small bag that had her belongings in it, and they were off. This time, out the back door of the inn and down streets that she could barely recall or recognize.

She did not question him, or even make a noise, until they were seated in a small cafe by one of the many plazas. About two kims from the inn they had been sleeping at. He silenced her with his eyes until the server had put down two mugs of Kaf and some food for them, then he held out his hand.

"Give me your hand." Kya laid her hand in his, and he pressed the end of a small cylinder against her thumb, where she felt a sharp pain that vanished almost immediately. He then rose and put the cylinder, on a golden chain, around her neck.

"That is half our funds, Kya. It is also your booked ticket for a round trip that will end on Austrasia." He explained.

"They are looking for us. The only way I can get us offworld is to split up. I will be on the same transport as you, just a different seat assignment. At the waystation, we have a shared cabin. And the liners also have us joined or the same cabin." Ashelob said as he kissed her hand.

"I have to get you offworld. That credstick has a full identity that will match your records as far as the spaceport is concerned. Once you are on the waystation, then we are much safer. For now, there is no safety. I do not even think I will sleep tonight." He continued to explain, watching her eat.

"We cannot use an inn?" She asked him as she finished the food and began to drink the cooling Kaf.

"They have begun to trace the funds I have. Tracking the Regals as they are used and following the purchase chain. By transferring them to your portable stick, I have secured our funds, but I can only transfer so much per day or it will alert revenue to the exchange, and that is a problem much worse than we have now." He said, leaning forward to caress her face.

"Then we will sleep at a park, or in the plaza, or wherever we can find a place. The weather is pleasant, a lot of facilities are open all hours. We will be fine, Ashelob." Kya said.

"One more thing" He said as he gripped her face firmly, making her look at him. "You are not Kya any more. You are now Kiara."

Sleeping through the night in the plaza was restless. Ashelob sat up watching everything as Kiara slept beside him, leaning against him in a fitful slumber. The swirl of people was constant, and more than once, he picked the sleeping woman up and carried her to another spot so that they would not arouse suspicion.

The next morning, they were ready. Kiara was not very awake, but she was alert enough for what they needed to do. They walked through the spaceport hallways heading for the transit portal on the orbital waystation. Each one pressed their ident stick into the reader and was passed through without delay.

Sitting on the transport, Kiara could see Ashelob sitting a few rows back from her. She was nervous, but simply smiled at the citizen who was seated beside her and refrained from much small talk. The transport lifted smoothly off and soon was docked at the orbital waystation, where interstellar ships docked and loaded cargo and tourists. Which she had now become.

Disembarkation was not an issue, and they met up again in the main zone of the waystation.

Ashelob guided her to the cabin that he had booked and escorted her inside. "Sleep, Kiara. We have twelve hours before our liner departs for the rim. You may as well get rest. We will have an active two weeks ahead of us before we reach Austrasia."

She did not argue, stripping off her clothes, she just laid down on the bed and was asleep instantly.

Later, she woke, to find that he had gotten her under the covers, and was dozing beside her, she cuddled to him, feeling safe, still concerned about what the future would hold. But safe. The credstick was a small solid weight between her breasts and she knew not to ever take it off. Nobody else could use it, it was genetically imprinted to only her, but if she lost it, that was it. No recovery.

Ashelob had a similar credstick, with his ticket and the other half of their funds that he wore on a chain around his neck. Regals were a currency traded throughout the Center Worlds, secured by banking facilities on both sides of the Buffer and modulated by an exchange rate that made them into a universal currency. War did not change that, the economy would survive even a devastating war that surrounded the entire region. It had before. The banking system was autonomous.

Kiara slept, she was awoken later as Ashelob began to rouse, and she sensed a growing need. Her hand slid down to caress his cock and it began to thicken and harden, so she caressed it and helped it to grow as he continued to slowly wake up. She leaned down and kissed, then gently sucked on it to bring it to full erection, then as he opened his eyes, he found her astride him, his cock buried in her to the hilt as she slowly rocked her hips back and forth.

"Morning, my Hero." She said. Ashelob looked at her, to his sleepy eyes, in the light from the cabin, she seemed to glow, her skin was alive with light and the arousal he felt was intense, beyond what he had experienced. She leaned down and kissed him, her tongue dancing with his as he fully woke up and she began to bounce on him a bit more quickly.

Kiara paused, then sent a rippling sensation through her sheath that made Ashelob gasp, and then as she laughed, he flipped her to her side and pushed her legs apart and back so he could mount her properly. She wrapped her arms around his neck as his cock darted in and out of her wet sheath. Sighing and gasping as he drove into her with some strength. This was the most passion she had felt from him, and it was exhilarating.

She kissed him, and he kissed her back, inside her mind, she finally felt a joining. His emotions were beginning to mesh with hers as his body and mind came to the same conclusion. This felt right. She bucked her hips as he pushed into her, feeling his hard cock driving deeply into her, almost touching her cervix on some thrusts, he was so long.

They lay that way for a time, her tightly wrapped around him as he moved his hips, pushing into and then pulling back from her, only to dive into her moistness again. Kya then rolled so that she lay on her side, with Ashelob spooned behind her, his cock hard and deep into her, with one knee up around her breast so he could still push fully into her. It was in this position where he came in her, filling her with his hot seed as Kiara came close to a climax of her own, but managed to push it down so that she did not lose control. Now was not the time.

Boarding the liner later that morning, they were hand in hand, like many other couples, and they went to their cabin, which was as spacious as some of the smaller palace chambers.

"Oh, I can finally have a proper bath, Ashelob." Kiara said, tossing the bag with her belongings onto a chair and falling backwards on to the bed as she relaxed, enjoying the space and room.

He laughed quietly as he put his carry-on away, then removing his jacket, draped it over the back of a chair and sat down to check on their itinerary.

Kiara got to her knees on the bed and looked at him.

"Ashelob?"

"Yes, my Lady?" He replied, not looking up.

"Why are you doing all this for me?"

He looked at her in some shock.

"All you had to do was put me on the first transport with a ticket. You did not need to come with me, my Good Sir. Why are you staying?" She pressed him.

"Do you not want me to be with you, Kiara?" He asked quietly.

"Of course I do, I need to understand why you do it though. I have to ... I need to know." She finished.

He rose and walked over to the bed, sitting down he gathered her into his strong arms, and Kiara sighed as she felt that firm strength around her.

"You, my dear Kiara, my dear Kya. Need to be protected, against the horrors that have occupied our world. Mistress Tya has had me close to you for some time now. Why do you think it was me who stopped that Clansman? Why was it me who helped you to bow to save your head against the Gods? We knew something was brewing, and you must be safe." He said, lifting her chin to look into her eyes, then he kissed her. A kiss that Kiara hungrily devoured and gave back to him.

She held him, drawing upon his strength to help her to balance, then looked up at him. "I think I am hungry, and I know I am dusty. I need a bath, would you join me?"

Ashelob smiled. "Not this time, you enjoy, I will prowl the ship to ensure who else is on board so that we can truly relax during this six day trip."

Kiara rose and with a gentle kiss on his lips, went into the refresher to have her long-needed bath.

When she returned to the bed, he was gone, but he also returned as she was sitting cross-legged, brushing out her hair, wrapped in a very short towel that really did nothing for her modesty. She smiled as he entered, carrying a tray with some plates and mugs on it. He placed it on a table, then handed her a mug of steaming Kaf, which she hungrily took and drank.

"Oh, that is so good." She said, getting up she came over to the table, dropping the towel on the bed, and sat on his lap, naked, then began to pick at the food on the plates. She popped a morsel into his mouth, and as he chewed with a smile, she picked at other food, then continued, feeding him and herself as she sat on his lap, placing his hand firmly on her hip with a light pat to indicate that it belonged there and had best not depart.

Once she had ensured they both had their fill of food and drink, she kissed him firmly, then rose and pulled on one of the outfits while quickly braiding and then swirling her freshly braided hair into a loose cascade to drape around her shoulders.

"So." She said, leaning over a table while idly spinning a straw in some alcoholic beverage she had already forgotten the name of as she looked at Ashelob sitting opposite her, also enjoying a drink.

"How much is this little trip costing you, my Hero?" She said, then sipped some more of the drink, feeling the light burn as the alcohol rolled down her throat.

Ashelob chuckled. "About a thousand Regals each, my Kiara."

Kiara coughed, then had to hold a napkin in front of her mouth as she gasped, then glared at his amused expression. "Are you serious?" She hissed.

He nodded, sipping his own drink with wry amusement crinkling the edges of his eyes.

"That's almost enough to buy your own ship!" She hissed, then drank a gulp of her own drink, gasped, then glared at him again.

"Agreed, but we have no pilot, my Lady." Ashelob said. "The funds are available for this type of purpose. They are not my own personal funds, Kiara. They are Clan Camelin funds, I am from the same Clan as you are. This is a time of need, and we will help our clanswomen in need."

Kiara began to relax, invisible tension began to slightly drain away as she came to the understanding that there were very big things happening, far beyond her focus, but they involved her, and that many people were working to protect her.

Later that ship's night, Kiara lay across Ashelob's lap as he firmly welted her backside, caressing his cock under her as he drew colour and heat out of her buttocks. She rose as he began to slow, and mounted him, putting his hands firmly on her sore buttocks and began to ride him hard, not giving him much choice in the matter. As she felt her own passion rising, she put a hand down to grip him, slid up, and pushed him into her rectum hard, so that he was where his need wanted, and she also enjoyed the fullness and slight pain from this type of coupling, as long as it was with him.

Afterwards, as he slept and she lay curled beside him, the heat slowly fading from her sore bottom, Kiara felt a sensation of peace that she had not felt in a long time.

From Tara they travelled to Gillam's Point, a small world that served mostly as a repair and refuelling stop for ships on both sides of the buffer. Then they travelled into the buffer itself, Making stops at Parady, Gnesha, and finally Idolis. A day of rest, then they boarded the next liner which would take them to Austrasia. That trip took them through the heart of the Frontier. They skirted the Astolla nebula, and then the big liner stopped on Myrius for two days.

What are we going to do on Myrius for two days?" Kiara said, almost in a wail.

Ashelob pulled her to him in an embrace. "What is the matter with you?"

Kiara shook her head. She had no idea, just the thought of being immobile for any time when she had to get to Camelin space was beginning to frustrate her.

Ashelob ran his hands down her back in an effort to calm her, then walked her off the big liner and into the luxury centre of the Frontier.




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.




Kya - Palace Lari'Sota 02



Kiara was seated in the commons as the crew all were on the bridge, listening to them as they performed their functions. The ship rocked and surged as the grapples took hold, then it was done. With a series of switches flicked, Aquaria got up. "We're docked. Time to get off and enjoy the sights for ten hours while this tub gets drained of the cargo."

Kiara followed them as they walked towards the docking port and stepped through. Each crew member showed their ident card, Kiara showed her credstick, which was read, and then they were passed through. The top of the Skyhook was a massive circular plate, eighty kims across, full of vacuum manufacturing faculties, repair yards and mostly the anchor. A rocky asteroid that six hundred cycles past, had been pulled into orbit and used to anchor the skyhook as it was threaded planetward. This mass kept the skyhook under tension.

"We're not actually on Camelin territory yet, are we?" Kiara asked.

"No, this is still free space, Kiara. You go through those doors and past customs to enter Camelin space." Astor said as the crew walked towards the recreational zone for the docking cargo ships.

Kiara stopped them, and gave each one a firm hug, and a thank you, then turned and walked towards the doors that would finally bring her to her goal. She opened the doors, and saw the Customs station, empty, with a bored looking officer reading a newsfeed.

She walked towards him, but was stopped by a sudden grip on her arm. "You don't need to go there, lady. You'll come with me."

Kiara was turned and saw one of the men who had attacked her and Ashelob back on Austrasia, She also felt the firm snub of a gun pressed against her side. She walked with him as he walked her back through the doors and then towards one of the hundred gantry ways leading to a docked ship.

"Excuse me, young man. That is no way to treat a Lady." Kiara heard as the man turned with her to meet Jaseb's fist and was thrown back to strike the wall even as Kiara was pulled away by Hastor.

"Come on, we're going to get you where you need to be, Lady." Astor said as the four crew now closed ranks around Kiara and walked with her, Jaseb in the back, right up to the surprised Customs Officer.

"Identity, please."

Kiara handed him the credstick.

"Kiara Desinlo, what business do you have on the Clanworld?" He said in a tired voice, the same question, over and over again. The answer didn't really matter, he always had to ask it.

"I need to speak with Lord Camelin." Kiara said, looking him straight in the eye, not flinching or acting demurely.

"Lord Camelin has many important duties, I am sure one of the advisers can assist you. You can use one of th-" He was cut off as Kiara leaned over and grabbed him by the lapels.

"You send him a message. You tell him, Kya is here. Just those words. I can guarantee he will want to hear that message." She released him and leaned back, the Bountiful crew all shocked by this sudden firmness from their passenger.

The Customs Officer, now flustered by what had transpired, picked up his comm and contacted central command. "That is correct, those three words, Kya Is Here. She is very insistent, and very odd. Not a normal crewman at all, sir. Yes, I understand, I will comply."

He got up and opened the gate so that Kiara could walk through, then ushered the rest of the Bountiful crew through as well, and to their surprise, closed the gate and initiated a lock down so that nobody else could pass through the door.

"What's going on?" Aquaria asked. "My ship is unloading."

"I have been asked to keep all of you safe until this matter is resolved. Please, take a seat in the cafeteria, we will have this addressed shortly." 



Kya - Palace Lari'Sota



Kya focused not on the sensations but on emotional control. Tyo needed to clear his head, she had to help him burn out the anger and rage that boiled in him. She knew this would hurt, but she suddenly pushed against him so that he staggered back and then rose to stand before him.

"You call that taking me, my Lord? I have been used better by common soldiers!" She hissed, looking angrily at him as she projected just a tiny bit of his anger back into him, to trigger a response..

Tyo slapped her, then grabbing her by the shoulders, pushed her onto the soft carpet and thrust himself into her, forcing her to accept him. Kya fought, not too hard, just enough to keep him off-guard and focus his anger into a strong desire.

She bit his neck, clawed at his back, and swore at him, pushing him to impale her with his hardness as he thrust into her, drawing the anger and frustration out of him with the coupling so that she could ensure he would be clear-headed.

They ended up with him holding her wrists in his hands as he thrust into her, his head resting against her neck, breathing the fragrance of her hair as he finally released into her, shooting wave after wave of his hot seed into her willing body. His hands slowly relaxed, as did his entire body, and Kya sensed that his turmoil had faded. The anger and frustration was sated, for now.

Tyo got to his knees as he slid out of her, leaving a trail of wetness that she enjoyed almost as much as her Lady did. He looked down at her; breathing hard, breasts heaving, nipples still erect and sore from his rough attention. Labia open and wet from their activity, mons bruised, and with bruises forming on her hips, neck and wrists.

"Kya..." He started, but she reached up and silenced him with a single finger to his lips.

"Get dressed, my Lord. You have governing to do." She said, then carefully got to her feet as he adjusted his clothing and then helped him to look proper and appropriate.

"I will need a few minutes, Lord Emperor. I will catch up to you." She said as she walked into the small refresher, bruises and welts clearly visible on her still red buttocks.

Tyo inhaled. "I will wait on you, Kya. We started down this road, we shall continue down it."

"As you wish, My Lord." Came the reply as he heard the water run. Within a very short span, Kya came out, still fully naked, but not looking as ... used, as before. Tyo thought.

She walked over to where her dress lay, picked it up, and deftly pulled the length of fabric over her head, then did the fastener and smoothed it down. She looked as before, Tyo knew that she still carried the bruises and welts from their intense coupling, but she showed none of it.

Kya smiled at him, then unlocked the door and opened it. He was surprised to see another Lari'Sota standing there with a cup and a small vial of pills. Kya took the pills, then swallowed them down and handed the cup to the other girl with a whispered "Thank you." as the other Lari'Sota vanished into the depths of the palace.

"What was that?" Tyo asked as she took him by the arm and they walked towards the Governing Hall.

"Nano treatment. It will heal the bruises and any other evidence of our encounter, my Lord." She explained.

"I think I need to be sorry for how I just treated you, Kya." He said.

"Don't be foolish, my Lord. Being with the Lady Aya has curbed your aggressive side, what we just did, was nothing compared to some I am aware of. For me, it was quite firm. But not as intense as other girls have experienced at the palace. Even with you, it was gentle compared to your time before the Lady Aya." She said, then leaned up and kissed him on the cheek before releasing his arm as they came up to the main doors to the Governing Hall.

His emotions were now in check, Kya noted. He could perform his duties with a clear head, for now. She could almost feel the millions of tiny nanos running through her body, repairing and restoring her to full health. Healing the welts and cleaning up injury sites so her body would be ready for this evening. She knew that Tyo would need something again, and she had to be ready. With Aya now gone, nobody else here understood him the way she did.

...

Kya could see a soft glow from below, so they must be approaching the bottom of the seemingly endless stairwell. Right Of Refusal, she remembered the most recent time she had used it, to protect herself and to maintain propriety at the palace.

...

As Kya sat in the viewing hall, watching the political goings-on of the clans and Emperor, she noted a younger Clansman from one of the smaller groups had sat close to her. He leaned over and whispered "Pretty dry stuff this, I'd say."

She smiled back at him. "I have a vested interest in these affairs."

He looked at her, and she knew what he was about to say even before he said it. "I also have an interest, you will come with me."

Kya demurely smiled at him. "I am sorry, Clansman. I am not available."

He looked shocked, this slut, this palace whore was refusing him?

"I am from Clan Veritas, my branch runs the refractory where we mine Glimmerpearls. I have a need, and you will service me." He said, grabbing her by the forearm and lifting her partially out of the chair.

Kya firmly put her hand over his and looked him straight in the eye. "I am the First Consort's Lady. I have a much higher purpose than you can ever understand, young man."

"I." She firmly gripped his hand. "Am." She lifted his hand clear of her arm with a startling show of strength. "Not." She twisted his fingers hard enough to make him wince. "Available." She released him and he fell backwards into the burly chest of a palace guard who had come as soon as Kya had signalled, discretely.

"He has a need, find him a girl who can help him, and please, don't be too rough, he is very young and does not know how the palace runs." She explained to the Guard with a flashing smile.

"Of course, my Lady. You, come with me." The guard said, firmly taking the young Clansman along with him by a strong arm clamped across his shoulder.

"She's not a lady, she's just a Lari'Sota!" The clansman said as he tried to struggle free. "I was told all of them were for our use, they could not refuse. Who is she?"

He was slammed up against the wall by the guard who leaned in. "That is the Lady Aya's Lari'Sota. She has Right Of Refusal, and by the Gods above, and Helva below. If she says no, then every member of this palace will back her up."

"Who is this Lady Aya?" Came the stunned question.

"The Lord Emperor's Consort. You just tried to have your way with her handmaid. Be grateful she signalled me. She is trained in twelve different methods of killing, bare-handed, and the Emperor would defend her against any clansman who argued with her eliminating somebody."

"Come on, I'll introduce you to some safe Lari'Sota, who are more than willing to satisfy every need you have, and even some you can't begin to imagine. My Name's Ashelob, by the way, what's yours?" He said, putting an arm around the younger man's shoulders and walking down the hall with him as another guard took up station where he could see Kya if she signalled, but remained fully discrete.

...

The two women finally emerged in a long chamber, lit with dim lights. In it was a group of other Lari'Sota, some palace guards, plus some of the other staff and palace advisers.

"Where are we?" Kya asked.

"We are under an Umquat, my Kya. More than a kilomer below ground. I am so glad you are safe. What happened to you?" Tya said, hugging the girl to her, as Kya could feel the tension slowly ebbing out of her now that Tya felt safer.

"Lord Tyo is not himself. He attacked me, I could sense something else making him function. He was fighting it, he told me to strike him, I took him out with a blow to the jaw and fled." Kya said.

"That is the same as we have seen, Mistress Tya. The Lord Emperor is not himself. He has declared war on the United Suns with no army. Only a handful of warships and without the backing of Lord Camelin." came the words from two of the Clan Advisers who were huddled close to a heating element.

"The Gods have returned, they called for war against the Chak'zzz. They have possessed the Emperor." One of the guards said as he rose to come over to the main group. Kya recognized him as the one who had helped her with the young clansman a few days earlier.

"The Gods are just a legend." Tya said, then stopped as she saw Kya's face.

"Mistress, I saw them. They are as real as we are. They are horrific." Kya whispered.

Tya looked very thoughtful for a moment, then turned to the guard. "Ashelob, you have to get Kya off world. If the Gods have returned, and they find out who she is, we will all be lost. They will burn the world to cinders to find us."

"Mistress, I will not run." Kya said, then was silenced by Tya's hand on her shoulder.

"Any of us who remain on Tara will most likely perish, Kya. The Gods alone are not the danger, The Lord Emperor is not himself, but he commands so many loyal soldiers they will take this world apart atom by atom to find what he seeks. He still seeks you. You need to be safe." He looked at the Guard. "We have to get her to Camelin space."

"Yes, mistress. I can get her on a transport to orbit. No ships are allowed to leave Tara though, the interdiction zone is now in place." Ashelob explained.

"Inter-system transport will resume soon, Ashelob. Then you can make you way to Camelin space. Even The Emperor himself cannot hold back the commerce and resources that are required to feed this Confederacy for long." Tya said, then turned and clapped her hands so that all of the gathered citizens looked at her.

"Everybody, you will pair off and scatter to the four corners of the planet. You must conceal yourselves and not make notice or mention of any goings-on at the palace. You are just citizens now. You must hide." She said, then walked over to one of the Advisers and took his arm.

"You and I, Councilman Barok, need to visit the Rainbow corals, I think. They are supposed to be lovely this time of season." She said as the Adviser nodded.

"Ashelob, do you need currency?" Tya asked as Ashelob gently helped Kya back to her feet.

"No, Mistress. I have more than ten thousand Regals. I will take care of the Mistress Kya and ensure she gets to Camelin space." He replied. Tya came over and gently kissed Kya's cheek, then also kissed Ashelob's. "When you get there, tell the Commander that I will await his return."

She gently pushed them off in the direction of a passage. "Go, while you can. We must not be here when they come down this far."

Kya and Ashelob hurried down the passage, lit by a small light he carried to show the way.

"What is all this. Ashelob?" She asked.

Previous cycles of Taran civilization, my Lady. We have inhabited this world for almost a million cycles. The entire planet is tunnelled and cris-crossed by passages like this." He lead her over to an alcove and pushed on a section of wall, which spun to reveal a narrow and steep staircase. "We go up here, my Lady. I apologize for your lack of covering." Ashelob said. Kya was confused for a second, before caressing his cheek with a warm smile. As she began to climb the stairs, the light flickering around her, she knew he was getting a full view of her naked bottom under the thin dress she had grabbed as she fled Tyo's chambers.

Another full climb up a kilomer of narrow stairs. Kya's legs were already aching, now they would really be unhappy with the rest of her. She sighed and began to power upwards, letting her mind continue to work through events.

...

They had finished with the governance for the day, and she had walked with him to his chambers. He paused outside the doorway. "You do not have to stay with me, Kya. I am not yours, you were always meant for Aya alone."

Kya smiled at him and pushed open the doors. "Please get in there, and stop trying to tell me what I already know, my Lord."

Tyo walked in and noted that as usual the chamber had been cleaned and readied for the evening. Kya remained outside for a few moments, then entered and pulled the doors shut behind her.

"They will bring you a meal immediately, my Lord. Do you have a preference?" She asked him.

"Anything that does not contain alcohol, Kya. I have no need to lose my head again, Not any more." He replied, then went into the refresher and began to pull off his clothes.

He was surprised to feel her gentle hands on the clothing, helping to remove it from his tired body. She turned on the water flow for him, and gently slid his shirt, pants and soft shoes off so that he stood naked before her.

Kya then rose and undid the clasp to her dress, pulled it over her own shoulders and added it to the pile of laundry in the basket.

She got into the waist-deep water and held out a hand. "Come here, Lord Emperor. Come with me."

"Why, Kya?" Tyo asked as he took her hand and stepped into the hot soapy water with her.

"Do you not think, My Lord. That in a circumstance similar, this is not what my Lady would do for you?" Kya said as she began to slowly bathe him, allowing the soapy water to work its way into his skin in a thick lather as she kneaded his muscles and tendons with strong nimble fingers.

"Agreed. Aya would do her best to be close to me, to support me. Be ready to help me in any way." He stopped and grabbed her wrist. "You're not Aya though. This is not her hand." He lifted Kya's arm so that her breast became exposed above the waterline. "This is not my Aya's body. Why are you doing this for me?"

Kya gently caressed his face with her other hand. "I know how Lady Aya thinks, my lord. I have been with her since she was four. I know what she would do in almost any circumstance. Now, she would want to support you, in any way she could. If she could heal you through sex, my Lady would make you take her until the end of time. If it was simple touch, she would never let you go. Through words, she would sing to you until her throat burst. You are as much her life as she has become yours, Lord Tyo. As such, you are my life also. Anything Lady Aya needs, I must provide for her. In this case, in her absence, I provide myself, to you, until she returns."

Tyo had been watching Kya as she spoke, and as she finished, he sat in the pool and pulled her over so she straddled him, then gripping her hips, pulled her onto his hard cock so that he fully penetrated her. He was not gentle, but was not as violent as before, allowing her to guide the action, so that she drew actual pleasure from the coupling, not just serving his needs. He kissed her breasts, and the space between them, nuzzled her neck and lightly chewed on her earlobes as she sighed and gasped against him. Her tight sheath drawing him closer to climax even as he fought to ensure she had one of her own.

He reached up and pulled the mass of her hair, pulling her neck back so he could kiss along it's length. "You want to replace my Aya, do you? My Aya climaxes with me. Please me in that way, Kya. Let me feel your release so that I can fill you with my own." he gasped into her chest as she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and began to bounce hard against him in the warm slippery water.

Kya bit her lip as she felt the sensations beginning to flow through her. Orgasms were not permitted for Lari'Sota when they were aiding a person in need. They clouded the mind and prevented Empathic flow. But, he had commanded her. This is what his need was, to know he could provide her that pleasure. Now Kya was in turmoil as his thick cock filled her and she felt a deep sensation that did give her pleasure.

She allowed her body to begin to respond naturally to the Emperor, and felt the orgasm rapidly grow within her from his movements. Her clitoris swelled and she pressed her groin against him while holding on tightly so her breasts were also touching his chest, nipples fully erect and aching with tension.

Tyo felt the change in her movements, and began to move with her, to build the pleasure and to allow their coupling to finish with a mutual release. He felt her begin to ripple as her orgasm peaked, her vaginal muscles rippling along the length of him as she began to squeeze and milk him while her body rocked it's way to the height of pleasure.

As Kya came, she groaned, a low sound she could barely contain, she held onto the Emperor as her body was overcome with the pleasure, she could feel him thrusting hard, then his seed began to spurt into her, but it was almost secondary. The orgasm she was feeling seemed to go on for ever. Then it was done, and she relaxed, very tired and nearly fell off Tyo, had he not been holding her.

...

That had been the first time Kya had broadcast her empathic nature. Mistress Tya had explained what happened the next day, once Kya had recovered. As she came, her empathy had gone from receive to transmit, and three other Lari'Sota in the hallways and chambers had received her signals. As Mistress Tya put it, they had walking orgasms. Kya was a powerful empath, possibly the most powerful empath in the Confederacy. This was what the Gods wanted, and if they discovered her, she would be taken apart like a machine so they could determine how her empathy worked.

She had talked with Mistress Tya about her feelings for the Emperor, and had gotten some idea of why she was conflicted when they coupled.

Tya chuckled as she continued to caress Kya's face. "You are a woman, my girl. He can take you a thousand times and you will not react the same way. It is what he does afterwards that proves if he is truly a man or not."

"He took care of me." Kya said. "He must have gotten me out of the bath, dried me, and then put me in his bed. Then he set two places at his table. For me?"

"Lord Emperor Tyo Masilec is many things, cruelty and indifference are not traits he shares with his forefathers. Compassion for those close to him is foremost in his mind. I Know, Kya, right now he is pacing nervously, waiting for me to come out of here and tell him how you are doing. His concern for you is tripled right now because he has lost Aya, and does not want to lose you as well."

"But I'm just Lari'Sota. I'm not his consort. I could never be his consort, I'm just a palace slut." Kya said, then realizing her error, was forced to face Mistress Tya with that firm hand on her chin.

"Kya Desinlo. I ever hear you refer to yourself as just a slut again, you will be standing to take your meals for a full week." Tya said in that firm angry tone that Kya knew meant her backside was very close to being hotter than a sun.

"Yes mistress, I am sorry Mistress." Kya stammered out.

"You, my girl, are so much more than a common Lari'Sota. We are not sluts, that such a base misconception that I shudder at the word. We serve a purpose that keeps this Confederacy together. And you, my Kya, serve the Emperor and his Lady with that same purpose, especially now." Tya said, then released Kya's chin so the girl could bury her face in Mistress Tya's shirt.

"I do not understand his concern for me, Mistress. I am not Aya. I can never replace Aya." Kya said, tears falling from her eyes to dampen the shirt Mistress Tya wore.

"Nor does anybody expect you to, my girl. What you can do is what you have done, give him solace. Give him company, and give him pleasure.

...

Then horror had occurred. Just as they realized they had lost the pirate vessel with Lady Aya on board as it spun out of control passing through the gravity field of an uncharted black sun, Kya had seen the Gods as they entered the communications room where she had been standing with the Emperor, listening to the pursuit and then loss of the ship from the fleet.

"Return to Confederacy space immediately." Came a soft yet sibilant voice from the corridor. Tyo spun and dropped to his knees, even as other guards and staff did the same.




Kya - Palace Lari'Sota



"My Lords and Masters." Tyo said, bowing so low his forehead touched the floor in front of the Gods as they came into the Comm Chamber.

Kya was frozen, unable to move, and barely heard Tyo hiss 'Get her down, now!" She felt a guard briskly grab her and followed his movement until she bowed, terror in every fibre as she looked upon the face of the Gods themselves.

"My Lady, stay down, Do not look directly at them." The guard whispered into her ear, and Kya nodded numbly, glad to not be looking at the truly alien shapes that were now in front of her.

"Lord Helva, Lord Nysa, why are you here?" Tyo asked, still bowing deeply.

"Chak'zzz come. They are coming. The darkness swells. The eaters of light come. We will defend, you will defend. The Chak'zzz swarm around." Came the multi-tonal reply.

Kya now felt a terror beyond any she had ever felt. It was all through the room. Every Taran and Hablis in the room was afraid.

Chak'zzz. The very name was a nightmare told to keep children in bed and safe. They were very real, and the stuff of legend that filtered down from ages past. Chak'zzz were something from beyond the rim of the Galaxy. When they travelled through the galaxy they stopped at stars to refuel. When they left, any planets were molten husks, devoid of everything, even the air itself was gone, leaving a desiccated mantle glowing with the heat of desolation.

It was said they travelled in a cloud of pure darkness, and if the stars began to fade, then run, because the darkness consumes all.

That was almost as terrifying as the creatures in the room right now. Kya kept her head bowed to the floor, but she slightly turned to the guard. "Remove your glove." She whispered. He frowned, but quickly pulled off his glove. She grabbed his hand and pulled gently. She drew upon his sense of duty and his obedience to the Emperor itself to strengthen her own emotions against the terror she felt. Ensuring that she pushed a calming sensation into him so that he was not weakened, she applied a balance so they both retained enough sense to be calmer, even as the others around them swirled with frantic emotions of almost primal fear.

"We will defend the Confederacy against the Darkness, my Lords and Masters." Tyo said, still deeply bowing.

"We will withdraw. We will go rest. We will feed. We will remain. You will serve, Masilec. Provide us food, we will wait. We are hungry." The Gods said in their quiet sibilant voices that brooked no argument.

Tyo rose and bowed deeply to the two creatures in the room, then turned to one of the guards. "Do we have anybody in the cells?"

"Yes, my Emperor." Came the reply.

"Anybody on death sentence?" Tyo pressed.

"Yes, three who are to be executed in the morning." The guard confirmed.

"Good. Dope them with whatever you can. I want them awake, but not aware. I don't care if the dosage will kill them shortly. Just have them breathing for the next fifteen minutes, and bring them here." Tyo instructed. The guard bowed, then bowed deeply to the Gods, and quickly stepped out of the chamber.

"This one is interesting. Bring it to us. Bring it closer. We will examine it. We will explore it." The Gods intoned, and Kya began to tremble, realizing they were talking about her.

"No." Tyo said, and stepped directly in front of her. "This is Lari'Sota. She serves no purpose to you."

The Gods hissed and drew back, staring at Kya, and then at Tyo. "It is sex. It is not reproduction. It serves no function except pleasure. Why is it here? Remove it from our presence!"

Tyo nodded at the guard, and he briskly pulled Kya to her feet and escorted her from the chamber. Once they were around the corner and down the hall, Kya collapsed, and the guard hoisted her in his arms then prompty carried her to an anteroom to lay her on a couch.

She began to slow her breathing, noting the guard was looking at her with concern as he stood watch over her, and she sat up. There was a harried bunch of footfalls, and she saw a group of guards rapidly marching with three naked hablis, heads lolling in some stupor, down the hall, back towards the Comm chamber.

"What is going on?" She said.

"Trust me, the Lady does not want to know." The guard replied with a great deal of sadness emanating from him.

Kya stood, and walked over to the guard who had helped her.

"Thank you, Sergeant. I don't know what would have happened if you had not assisted me." She said, then leaned up on her toes to gently kiss him on the cheek.

He briefly smiled, then went back to his stoic position, she could sense no arousal or lust in him, so there would be no solace for her in that fashion right now. She sat down and looked at him, this was the same guard who had assisted her with the young Veritas Clansman some time ago.

"Those are our Gods?" She finally asked.

He nodded, "Yes, my Lady. Those are the Gods Nysa and Helva. If they have come, then the rest follow shortly. Our Gods are not a legend, Lady Kya. They do walk among us."

She looked at him. "How do you not panic when you see them. They are terrifying."

"Just as you are trained in many things, so are we, my Lady. We are trained in the shape and colour of them, so that if we do see them, we can still perform our duties." Came the reply.

"The Lord Emperor called me Lari'Sota, and they seemed to recoil. Do you know why?" Kya asked, but only got a curt shake of his head in reply.

Kya was snapped out of her reverie as they approached the end of the long stairwell, and she was roughly pulled against Ashelob so he could wrap her in his cloak to cover the fact that the dress really didn't cover anything. He then opened the concealed door and they both stepped into the light of the Tara suns.