Free Dangerously Mine by A.M. Griffin Page A

her personal space with a stranger. This will be different , she thought. Could she ever get used to her new circumstances? Living as a slave, a sex slave, a concubine?
    She’d been in one committed relationship in her life, with Alan. He had been everything she thought she wanted and needed in a man. They met while he was in residency at the hospital where she worked.
    Of course she fell in love with him right away. Who wouldn’t? He was tall and handsome, blond hair and blue eyes. Being a doctor definitely didn’t hurt.
    Unfortunately, she found out the hard way his feelings had not been the same. He had seen her as a way to pass the time, a nice “diversion”, he had told her. A diversion that lasted two years? She had broken his nose when he told her that. There was no way she was falling that hard for anyone ever again.
    I have to set Taio straight.
    Peeling off her clothes and kicking out of her boots, she made her way back to the closet. She would find her own pajamas, thank you very much. Something less see-through. Selecting one of Taio’s shirts, she pulled it over her head. Yawning and slipping under the array of large blankets, she drifted to sleep.
    Tomorrow. I’ll set him straight tomorrow.

Chapter Eleven
     
    Eva’s body sank into the plush bed. She imagined that the mattress was stuffed with a million feathers. She didn’t want to move. She could stay here forever, she thought, as she relaxed deeper under the blankets. She sighed as she thought of the only downside of the moment, the stab of pain in her ribs.
    Taio had one arm thrown across her body and the other was sandwiched between her ribs and the comfy bed. She moved to readjust her position for the fiftieth time. Those times, just as this one, she was met with resistance. Taio grunted and pulled her closer to him. Even in his sleep, Taio thought he owned her.
    He had her securely snuggled to his warm, muscular body. Not a bad place to be if it weren’t for the pain. Taio snored lightly. His breath came out in hot puffs on the top of her head. Tendrils of hair blew lightly with each exhalation. If she wasn’t a nervous wreck, she might have enjoyed the peaceful moment.
    She was on an alien planet being held hostage by an alien king who, by the way, thought she was his slave. She was the only human here. There was no possible escape. Even if she wanted to escape, where would she go? Eva let out a hard breath, finally coming to the conclusion that she had to make the best of it. Taio stirred and pulled her closer, as if he sensed she was thinking of an escape.
    She was trapped. She wouldn’t be able to escape from Sonis, let alone get out of bed, until after Taio woke up.
    Her only reprieve was the large window that took up the entire side of one wall. She watched as the suns rose, illuminating the darkened sky. The light breeze coming through the window caused the long, pale-yellow sheer curtains to open and close with every small gust. With daylight, she could clearly see Drazlan in the distance.
    Every so often, a winged creature squawked as it passed the window. Calling the thing a bird would be a far stretch. On the third pass by the window, the creature landed on the table that sat outside on the balcony.
    Its face looked more human than bird. It had lips instead of a beak. Short, stocky legs supported a plump body. Its green feathers were billowy and fluffy. Eva shuddered under Taio’s arms and snuggled closer. If those creatures soared through the skies, she was afraid to find out how the creatures walking on the ground looked.
    Taio moaned as her butt pressed firmly against his hardening cock.
    “This is a nice way to start the day,” he said, his voice deep and groggy.
    “Argh.”
    “Not a morning person, I take it?” Taio laughed. His chest vibrated against her back. His cock, now fully erect, pressed against her backside.
    “Since this is the first real morning I’ve had in three years, err, cycles, I can honestly say that I