Free His Naughty Little Mate by Sue Lyndon

eyes. She swallowed past the lump in her throat. They might have been rescued by the Blumerans, but now they were the aliens’ prisoners.
    “We’ve talked about your behavior before, Carmen, and you agreed to be a good girl. Just because the council voted to keep us here for the time being doesn’t mean they won’t eventually take us back to Earth. Now come on,” he said, leading her to a chair. “Let daddy help you release some of your frustrations.”
    Though she liked the naughty games they played in the evenings, she really didn’t want a spanking right now. She wanted to walk along the beach and get out of this building before the walls closed in around her. “I’m not frustrated, Erik!”
    His face darkened as he glared down at her. He took her chin between two fingers. “That’s daddy to you, young lady.”
    She gulped at the firmness in his tone, lowering her eyes. “Sorry, daddy. It won’t happen again. I will be a good girl, please, no spanking.” She cupped her bottom and finally met his hard gaze.
    They didn’t have much to do when the aliens left them alone, which was quite often now that they’d stopped conducting the intelligence tests, so they spent hours talking, kissing, teasing, and sometimes, Erik turned her over his knee for a playful spanking. Except the mood wasn’t so playful right now, and a tingle rippled across her bottom at the thought of real discipline.
    He led her to the chair he’d been sitting in, ignoring her protests. Her stomach fluttered and her pulse raced as the seriousness of the situation fell upon her. He meant to give her a real spanking. Gulping, she tried to pull away as he sat down on the chair, but he kept a firm grip on her arm and drew her in to stand between his legs. The tension in the room swelled, and she felt her bottom lip began to quiver. Embarrassed over her weakness, she bit her lip and looked out at the clouds.
    “Look at me, Carmen.”
    After a deep breath, she forced herself to meet his gaze. Maintaining eye contact with him only served to increase the flutters in her stomach. She fidgeted in place and tried to think of something to say, but she was still angry that he wouldn’t try to attempt an escape and she didn’t trust herself to speak. Hurtful words rested on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them down, not wanting to unleash them on Erik unfairly.
    “I will speak to Nuemis about letting us out of this building. He trusts me and I think he’ll listen and probably understand that we both feel cooped up in here. But you need to keep your temper in check, little girl, or the Blumerans might start keeping a closer eye on us. I understand that you’re frustrated, but we have more freedom now than we did when we first arrived here. They allow us to share a room now and visit the porch when we wish, and Blue and Spike aren’t following us around like they used to.”
    She nodded, her teeth still digging into her lip. “I miss home,” she suddenly said, surprising herself with the admission. But it was true. She missed Earth more than she cared to admit, especially considering she’d be in route to Mars right now if it hadn’t been for the accident on the asteroid. Being kept inside this building, day after day, left her restless and longing for some sense of normalcy. If she could walk along the shore, she could close her eyes and pretend she was at the beach house her grandfather had rented each summer in South Carolina.
    “I miss Earth too, but unless it appears the Blumerans are going to harm us, which I doubt they will, I think it is best that we continue to cooperate. The more they trust us, the better chance we have of leaving here one day.” He paused and straightened on the chair, his gaze sharpening with disapproval. “Throwing a hissy fit, trying to damage their property, and attempting escape is naughty, Carmen. We’ve talked about your temper before and you promised to behave. You’ve been doing better lately, but