a long time watching him at the facility and recognized the edge of worry in his tone and gaze.
“Right,” she muttered dryly. “No sex talk, straight to business. Can I come in? Maybe drop him somewhere and sit down?” she asked, jerking her thumb at Ridge behind her.
Sasha pointed the way, large brown eyes as wary as prey caught in the open. “Is he dead?” she asked abruptly, her tone surprisingly hard.
Neeri hid a smirk, remembering the unexpected steel in this little human’s spine. “Nope. Just doped to the gills. Figuratively speaking,” she added, moving into a small sitting area and easing onto the edge of a cushioned chair. The antigrav tether tugged Ridge into the room after her, floating him to a position next to her. “His species doesn’t have gills. I only handed him a piece of justice, dosing him with the same stuff he gave both of you. Have you noticed you’ve lost time yet?”
They gl anced at each other quickly and Neeri caught the flare of alarm that passed between them. Ocen moved closer and Sasha edged in behind him, frowning around his form at Neeri. “What are you talking about?”
“It’s not the sa me day as your memories say it should be. Sasha, you’ve only lost a couple of days maybe, but Ocen was gone a lot longer. Your memories were wiped. You were kidnapped by Ridge here,” she flicked a negligent hand at the bartender, “and taken to a research facility for a sexual behavior study. They let you go because the two of you mated true.” She paused, narrowing her eyes on them in speculation. “So it’s kind of odd that you haven’t had sex yet.”
Sasha spluttered again but managed to speak this time. “Are you crazy? That’ s the most insane story I’ve ever—” She stopped abruptly when Ocen held up a hand.
Neeri noticed his claw tips an d sighed. They looked exactly like Adin’s, black, sharp, and enticing. She shivered at the memory of them on her skin.
We have lost time, Ocen conceded. But how do you know what happened to us? How do you know my brother? What’s happened to him? Where is he?
“Oh, fuck me,” she growled through clenched teeth. “Scales, we so don’t have time for a long Q and A. I was at the facility, but I don’t know the exact location. Ridge does. We need to wake him up, get the coordinates from him, and get Adin out of there pronto. If the big boys guess what we’re up to, they’ll shut that place down and disappear. They might make the subjects disappear, too. Help me, Ocen. Help me save your brother.”
Ocen stared silently down at her, his scaled features troubled.
Sasha stepped around him, a fire in her brown eyes. “This is bullshit. Stop using his brother like that! So I can’t remember what day of the week it is—so what? What do you really want? Who the hell are you?”
Neeri cl utched the armrests to keep from lunging at the human, feeling her claws slide out and puncture the fabric. She cursed so ferociously that Sasha blanched and skittered back into Ocen’s chest. “We. Don’t. Have. Time.” With a growl, she eased to her feet, locking her gaze with Sasha’s suddenly wide eyes. “You have a birthmark like a birdwing on your right hip. You shave your pussy, but only the lips. You were sore when you woke up in that bar, inside and out, front and back, because Ocen has three scrumptious thick cocks and he worked them in you like a pro. He also calls you sayshin, which I think is kind of sweet. Now, stop asking questions and slowing us down. We have work to do.”
Ignoring Sasha’s slack jaw and red face, Neeri grabbed a fistful of Ridge’s shirt and tugged him into the center of the room. “I need a stool or a chair to sit him on. And something to restrain him.” She squinted at the squirming human. “I suppose it’s too much to hope that you have cuffs or leathers? A cock-ring would be helpful, too.” When Sasha said nothing coherent, Neeri rolled her eyes and looked pointedly at Ocen. “Find me
“Right,” she muttered dryly. “No sex talk, straight to business. Can I come in? Maybe drop him somewhere and sit down?” she asked, jerking her thumb at Ridge behind her.
Sasha pointed the way, large brown eyes as wary as prey caught in the open. “Is he dead?” she asked abruptly, her tone surprisingly hard.
Neeri hid a smirk, remembering the unexpected steel in this little human’s spine. “Nope. Just doped to the gills. Figuratively speaking,” she added, moving into a small sitting area and easing onto the edge of a cushioned chair. The antigrav tether tugged Ridge into the room after her, floating him to a position next to her. “His species doesn’t have gills. I only handed him a piece of justice, dosing him with the same stuff he gave both of you. Have you noticed you’ve lost time yet?”
They gl anced at each other quickly and Neeri caught the flare of alarm that passed between them. Ocen moved closer and Sasha edged in behind him, frowning around his form at Neeri. “What are you talking about?”
“It’s not the sa me day as your memories say it should be. Sasha, you’ve only lost a couple of days maybe, but Ocen was gone a lot longer. Your memories were wiped. You were kidnapped by Ridge here,” she flicked a negligent hand at the bartender, “and taken to a research facility for a sexual behavior study. They let you go because the two of you mated true.” She paused, narrowing her eyes on them in speculation. “So it’s kind of odd that you haven’t had sex yet.”
Sasha spluttered again but managed to speak this time. “Are you crazy? That’ s the most insane story I’ve ever—” She stopped abruptly when Ocen held up a hand.
Neeri noticed his claw tips an d sighed. They looked exactly like Adin’s, black, sharp, and enticing. She shivered at the memory of them on her skin.
We have lost time, Ocen conceded. But how do you know what happened to us? How do you know my brother? What’s happened to him? Where is he?
“Oh, fuck me,” she growled through clenched teeth. “Scales, we so don’t have time for a long Q and A. I was at the facility, but I don’t know the exact location. Ridge does. We need to wake him up, get the coordinates from him, and get Adin out of there pronto. If the big boys guess what we’re up to, they’ll shut that place down and disappear. They might make the subjects disappear, too. Help me, Ocen. Help me save your brother.”
Ocen stared silently down at her, his scaled features troubled.
Sasha stepped around him, a fire in her brown eyes. “This is bullshit. Stop using his brother like that! So I can’t remember what day of the week it is—so what? What do you really want? Who the hell are you?”
Neeri cl utched the armrests to keep from lunging at the human, feeling her claws slide out and puncture the fabric. She cursed so ferociously that Sasha blanched and skittered back into Ocen’s chest. “We. Don’t. Have. Time.” With a growl, she eased to her feet, locking her gaze with Sasha’s suddenly wide eyes. “You have a birthmark like a birdwing on your right hip. You shave your pussy, but only the lips. You were sore when you woke up in that bar, inside and out, front and back, because Ocen has three scrumptious thick cocks and he worked them in you like a pro. He also calls you sayshin, which I think is kind of sweet. Now, stop asking questions and slowing us down. We have work to do.”
Ignoring Sasha’s slack jaw and red face, Neeri grabbed a fistful of Ridge’s shirt and tugged him into the center of the room. “I need a stool or a chair to sit him on. And something to restrain him.” She squinted at the squirming human. “I suppose it’s too much to hope that you have cuffs or leathers? A cock-ring would be helpful, too.” When Sasha said nothing coherent, Neeri rolled her eyes and looked pointedly at Ocen. “Find me
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