Page 10 of Conquered Pet
Soon enough, the marks of civilization took over the green landscape of nature. Buildings drove up far into the air, their peaks not very far beneath Talyn’s airship. Panes of glass reflected the light of the setting sun. Some of them appeared to be inhabited. Others were dark.
The alien city seemed to go on for miles. It was staggering to behold.
How many of them were there?
In that moment, I realized something that shook me to the core. Humans didn’t stand a chance. We were never going to win against numbers like this. We were fighting with century-old guns and rusted knives, while the aliens had access to all of this. I was living in the inevitable decline of the human species andthere was nothing I could do about it. How much longer before we ceased to exist at all?
I released a shaky breath and Talyn said nothing.
I stared down at the alien city for several more minutes before we started to gradually dip down toward a series of buildings at the center of the city. It was nerve-racking to have him standing next to me while the ship landed all by itself, but I could do nothing bound as I was. The ship landed smoothly, almost as if it was perching itself on a cloud, before the doors slid open and the engines powered down. I sighed with relief when it eventually stilled.
“Where are we?” I asked a little bit anxiously.
“I’ve taken you to my penthouse. Tonight, you’ll be punished and tomorrow I will show off my newest acquisition to my brethren,” he replied.
“Your penthouse,” I echoed. My head tried to ignore his threat, but my pussy couldn’t.
“Yes. This is my city. I rule over everyone down below as their commander, as their general and from this day forward, as your conqueror,” he answered, and I shivered hard. He reached over me and slid his hand over the cuff. It opened slowly, releasing me from its clutches. I tore my hand away as he removed the other. I rubbed my wrists. They didn’t hurt or anything, I was just taken aback by their sudden freedom.
He did the same to my ankle cuffs before he offered me a hand. I took it, knowing that I didn’t have much of a choice otherwise.
Oddly enough, he was gentle as he led me out of the ship. When I stumbled on the step, his arm caught me around the waist, andI gasped the sudden security of his strength. I hadn’t expected that.
“Thank you. I’ve always been something of a klutz,” I fumbled, and he carefully lifted me back on my feet.
He didn’t answer. In those moments, I was reminded that he wasn’t exactly human. The texture of his skin was different than mine, firmer, scaly in places and quite a bit warmer.
He was the enemy.Don’t be an idiot, Raiza.
When I’d finally recovered enough, I lifted my head and studied my surroundings, absently hoping for some avenue of escape and finding none. We were on a massive balcony of some kind. To my left was his airship, situated in a specially made dock that cradled the ship. The wind whistled across my cheek, and I shivered, not necessarily from cold but at the strangeness of suddenly being submerged in the lap of luxury after living in the woods for so long.
To my right was a pool. It must have been heated because there was steam rising from the water. One of the sides was made of glass so that if you went underwater, you could still look out at the horizon. It was unsettling and decadent at the same time. It felt so foreign compared to the rivers I swam in growing up.
There was a soft carpet and a seating area that looked more comfortable than anything I’d ever had the opportunity to sit on in my life. String lighting hung over it, casting the entire area in light and shadow in a way that called to me. One time, I’d been lucky enough to sleep on a gritty old mattress. It hadn’t been much better than a pile of moss.
He took my wrist in his hand and guided me forward. I followed him without a fuss.
Perhaps I would have if I’d only known what was coming.
He led me to the carpet and released my hand. I swallowed, waiting as he circled me as if he was a hawk hunting his prey.
“I am perplexed by you, little human. You try to kill me and then you try to save me. In that, you have earned both my ire and my mercy,” he began coldly.
My legs trembled just the slightest bit beneath me.
He stopped behind me and reached over my shoulders. Casually, he lifted the edges of my jacket and removed it from my body.
“It’s a shame that you humans dress yourself in such rags. Now that you’re mine, I will make sure that you wear nothing less than perfection as my female,” he continued.
What did he mean by that?
Hisfemale.
He circled me again and I watched him warily, knowing that I was cornered now and there was nowhere to run. I lifted my chin and focused on the one thing I was good at.
Enduring.
He stopped in front of me, taking a long moment to look up and down my body.
