Kidnappping Casey Read online

  She was clueless how to answer that last part. “You never came across a bear,” she finally said. “They are dangerous and big.”

  “I did not.” He opened his shirt to tear it off his body completely. He threw it at the open door to the bathroom area. “Remove your wet clothing. We’ll shower. I am hungry. They will bring us something to eat. We have brought foods that the other human woman who is bound to my brother eats. She likes them so I hope that you will as well.”

  She shook her head. “Back up.”

  He frowned but took a step back from her. Casey almost snorted.

  “Not literally. It’s a figure of speech. You’re losing me. What implant? What do you mean some of your men came here to find women? Aren’t there any women on your planet? I’m so confused.” She took a deep breath. “And what is your name? I’ve been calling you Bigfoot but you’re not one.”

  He chuckled. “My name is Argernon. My people call me Argis Argernon. Argis is my title and place on my planet. My father leads Zorn. I am second son in line to lead. Do not be intimidated by my place. My father is very healthy and so is my older brother Ral. I will never have to lead my planet. An implant is something I’ll have you fitted with soon but I don’t want to do it here because it would be painful without a healer to insert it. We don’t have one on board currently. It is a small device that will be painlessly placed inside both your ears. That way we don’t need a conis to translate for us. You’ll be able to understand me and any other Zorn who speaks.” He chuckled. “And there are women on my planet. It’s just that some men wanted bound to human women. My brother’s bound made quite an impression on a lot of our males.”

  “Conis?”

  He pointed. “I think you would call that a computer. Is that correct? My brother’s bound has been working with the translation programmer so humans can understand some different words like our conis to your term computer. Some of it is still being tested but she gave me a few words with the translation. She said they would be useful to test. Computer was one of them.”

  Casey bit her lip. “What other words did she tell you?”

  He grinned. “Clit.”

  “What did you say?” She was sure she had to have heard him wrong.

  “Unis is our word for clit.” His smile spread wide as his eyes lowered to the V of her legs. “Our women have a unis. You call it a clit. That is the part of you that I—”

  “I got it!” Casey flushed as she cut off the rest of that sentence. She remembered too well what he had done to her. “Okay. What other words did she give you to toss out there at humans?”

  He cocked his head. “I think we’ll discuss those words at a later time. I feel dirty and we are both wet with river water that doesn’t smell good. Take off the clothing. Come with me to the shower. I will wash you and feed you.”

  Standing slowly, Casey reached for her clothes. “I have to return home soon.”

  He studied her. “I assure you that you will be returning home soon, Casey.” He smiled slowly at her. “But first I want to get to know you. I want to get you out of those clothes.”

  She hesitated. He was an alien from another planet. She’d made love to him before thinking he was a legendary creature. She got up as she undressed slowly. He might not be a Bigfoot but he was sexy as hell. She wanted a repeat of his touching her. Their gazes locked as she stripped.

  He watched her as he removed his boots and his pants. Naked, she soaked in every wonderful exposed inch of him. Her attention fixed on his middle. Instantly her body responded to his thick arousal pointing right at her showing how turned-on he was. Her inner muscles quivered as moisture flooded between her thighs.

  The bathroom was tiny. She eyed the toilet. It was obvious what it was but it wasn’t the same as the one at home. The shower captured her attention most. There weren’t doors or even a curtain separating it from the rest of the bathroom.

  Argernon chuckled. “I apologize for the lack of amenities but this ship was designed as a jumper. Our women are not warriors so we do not transport them on it. It wasn’t built with female comfort in mind. We couldn’t bring one of our larger ships close to your Earth for worry that your planet’s defenses would pick us up. When the jumper leaves orbit we will meet up with our larger ship that waits for our return to get back to Zorn.”

  “A jumper?”

  “A small craft designed for speed to transport our warriors from one place to another. Usually this craft is used to transport our injured or to get us to battle quickly. There are only ten living quarters that are private and one crew room they share and it only has two decks. This is the largest living quarter on the jumper that I took from the captain since I’m Argis. I wanted more privacy that is afforded to me on the jumper than on the larger ship we use for distance travel.”

  “And Argis means what?”

  “I told you. My father leads Zorn. Argis is a title of my family. Argis is…” He paused, his mind working, before he shrugged. “It is my family status on my planet. My brothers and I are all Argis.”

  “Do you have sisters?”

  “Yes.”

  “Are they Argis as well?”

  He shook his head. “Bratha. That is their designation. It means the female of my family. My mother is Bratha Alluwn. Her name is Alluwn. My sisters are—”

  “I understand.”

  He grinned. “Do you understand how much I want you?” His gaze raked down her body.

  Casey’s body responded to the hunger glowing in his eyes. “Yes, Argernon.”

  Large warm hands reached for her, gripping her waist as he lifted her over the edge of the shower stall. It just had a rim to keep the water from pouring out on the floor. The water came driving down like rain instead of from a single stream. Argernon made the flow start by reaching up to wave his hand in the air. He grinned as Casey gasped in surprise at the sudden soaking of warm water.

  “Sorry. I startled you.”

  The water was coming down so she couldn’t look up at him. She pushed her wet brown hair out of her face and lifted her hand to protect water from running in her eyes as she looked at his chest.

  “How do you see?”

  He chuckled. “They aren’t meant for sharing. They are meant to clean up fast. We will wait for sharing our bodies when we get out. Just stand there to get unsoiled. The water will wash us with chemicals in it but do not swallow it or it will make you sick. It cleans your skin and hair.”

  She let the water pour down her but moved closer to Argernon’s body. He moved his hands on her hips, brushing his palms on her skin. One hand left her to wave the air above them to stop the water from pouring down. Casey wiped at her face with her hands so she could look up at him. He tossed his wet hair back. She stared up at his strong features realizing just how handsome he was even if he wasn’t human. As far as aliens went he was damn fine looking.

  “I want inside you now. Close your eyes and do not startle. You will feel heat.”

  He reached over to push on part of the shower wall. Casey heard a click and shut her eyes. She gasped as hot air hit her from above and from the sides. It was like being in a wind tunnel of blasting heat. If someone hooked up fifty blow dryers in different locations it was a close comparison. The water started to dry on her skin. The air blasts suddenly shut off. She opened her eyes to look at Argernon.

  He was grinning. “It doesn’t dry hair but if you push the button enough it will. You do not want to do that though. It will make your skin dry and itchy.” He reached for her again to brush his fingertips over her skin. “You are so pale and soft. Your skin is delicate.”

  Biting her lip, Casey eyed him. She let her teeth release. “Are we going to talk or are you going to take me to your bed?”

  A grin split his face. “Follow me.” He let his hand slide to her hand to grip it. He tugged at her to follow him out of the bathroom. “Let’s go.”

  She followed him back to the sleeping area. It was a big bed, longer than a standard king-size bed bu