Free A Touch of Lilly by Nina Pierce

With each step, the urge to
throw her on the ground and fuck her was overwhelming. And it kept
growing until every cell in my body burned with the need. Then…I
don’t know…it just sort of swamped me. Everything washed
over and completely inundated me. I must have blacked out.” He
looked over at Dallas. “My cock feels as if it’s going to
explode if I don’t get some relief soon.”
    “ So,
you’re saying when I did the vertical mamba in the alley with
Miss Serph-a-whatever back there, she made me do it?”
    “ Actually,
I’m not saying that at all.”
    “ Then
what the hell are you saying, Thaegan?”
    Thaegan
looked down at Dallas’ thigh. “How’s the leg?”
    Dallas
had no idea why his partner changed the subject, but he pulled open
the slit in his jeans, offering Thaegan a view of the flesh. The skin
was a raw welt, but it had completely closed and the pain had
subsided to nothing more than an annoyance. The dried blood on his
thigh and jeans were the only evidence of the mortal wound Lilly had
inflicted. “It’s fine. But I don’t know how that…”
Then he understood. Dallas looked up at his partner. Thaegan’s
mouth quirked in a knowing smile, one eyebrow arched as if to say I’m
not crazy .
    “ Amazing
stuff that synthetic blood,” said Dallas.
    “ That’s
exactly what I’m thinking.”

    The
foggy edges of unconsciousness receded, but darkness still enveloped
her. Panic ripped through Lilly and she fought to keep it at bay. A
quick assessment found her lying on her side, hands bound behind her
back, her shoulder smarting with the familiar burn of a laser. A soft
cloth had been thrown over her head. Her mouth wasn’t gagged
but making any sound when her captors believed she was unconscious
would not be wise.
    From
the low hum surrounding her, Lilly surmised she was in a vehicle.
Perhaps the van from the alley. The sounds of a heated discussion
drifted from the front of the vehicle and she strained to hear them.
It took a couple of minutes for her brain to make sense of their
words.
    “ How’s
the leg?” She recognized the deep baritone of the Ka’al.
She’d pushed him to his limits in the alley and overloaded his
sexual circuits enough for the big alien to black out. She was
blaming him for losing the Znedu and the bounty that came with him.
Lilly hoped the guy had a painful hard-on the size of the Sears
tower.
    “ It’s
fine,” said Dallas.
    Relief
flooded through her. Lilly had only meant to threaten Dallas into
letting her go, but when she’d lunged at the man, the Ba’alkin
dagger had honed in on an artery of its own accord and sliced his leg
wide open. No wonder the knives weren’t street legal. She’d
been sickened to see his life’s blood spilling on the tavern
floor.
    Though
their encounter had been brief, Dallas’ talented hands had been
both gentle and masterful and had played her body like a maestro
coaxing sweet music from the instruments at his command. Her body had
definitely bowed to his whim. She could use some of that now. The
gentle vibration of the vehicle made her acutely aware of the energy
ricocheting along her nerves, adding to her agitation. But she needed
to keep it on edge. There was no telling what these men intended.
Lilly may need to use her gift again. Having the current powered up
meant less of her energy reserves would be used in defense, leaving
more for an escape.
    The
van stopped and the engine was cut, making it easier for her to hear.
    “ So
do you at least believe it’s possible?” the Ka’al
asked.
    What
was possible? What had she missed?
    “ Until
proven otherwise, I’ll go with your hypothesis. But that
doesn’t answer the question of what we…” Dallas’s
voice drifted off as they left the van, both doors shutting with a
soft click.
    Relax, she instructed her body. She might as well play this unconscious
card until she got some information from them.
    The
door at her feet opened. “…until we have Hij’Rozhod . Then if