My eyes stuck together when I tried to open them, and my head immediately spiked with throbbing pain. With a groan, I peeled open one eyelid, letting a horrible, bright light filter in. Groggy memories of being in Grishe’s clinic for a new chip filled my mind, and I let out a sigh of relief. It was over. I forced the other eye open, even if it meant staring at the glaring lights above. My body was heavy, but felt no different. While I didn’t actually believe Grishe would have

“I don’t think I can do it.” I was boycotting the chip swap, arms wrapped around my knees as I sat on the bed while Lovath got dressed. He shot me an unimpressed look. “Ksiva, you’re far safer doing this than not. I won’t drag you around the galaxy knowing anyone could take you from me.” Well, when he put it that way, it sounded kind of possessive and hot. I knew logically that we couldn’t leave until I had a Federation chip in my skull, but I was still scared. “I don’t want

“I take it your reunion with Derrick wasn’t what you hoped?” Lovath had taken me into a small guest room with a tiny bed to match, but I...

The place was a seedy bar with loud music and cheap drinks. I didn’t have that wrist implant that Lovath and his crew used to call each...

“How long is this going to take?” I watched as the exit ramp lowered from the cargo bay, trying not to think too hard about being on...

“Who the drek is Derrick?” Talisaar griped at us, spinning his chair away from the control board. “Gray’s friend. They were abducted...

His fingers gathered slick from his own cock, and then he slid one clawed finger inside me. I gasped at the sensation, forcing off the...

I woke up with a raging headache, but judging by the darkness of my room it was still ‘night’. The ship cycled regular days while we were...

Rizal Qua Station slapped me in the face with noise the moment we stepped off the elevator from the docking bay and into the thick of it....

“You haven’t given up on that shtec yet?” Talisaar’s surly voice was recognizable anywhere, and I didn’t have to look up from my tablet...

I sat crossed legged in the engine room, studying code on the tablet Lovath had officially let me keep. Machines hummed all around, and...

I woke up still snuggled into Lovath's side, his plush mattress comfortable beneath me. He was asleep, his xivpa spread around him on the...

Getting Lovath’s door unlocked that night was comically easy. As I crept into his quarters, I noted that it was a good bit larger than...

Everyone blinked at me owlishly, and Talisaar spun back around in his chair. A whistle came from behind me, and I turned to see Qwexil...

It was clear I’d had no idea how exhausted I was, because I fell asleep on the cardboard-akin mattress with no blankets and no pillow...

I scrambled away, backing straight into Lovath, but I didn’t care. His hands flew up to grip my shoulders as I began to breathe in short...

"We didn't drekking sign up to transport exotics!" An unnaturally deep voice snapped, muffled to my ears. My body felt heavy and I tried...

The water and blue slop came twice a day. I’d never been particularly muscled or large, but my diet of the gritty, bland stuff that...

I knew where I was the moment I opened my eyes. Everything around me was blurry, but it was clearly some sort of steel, sterile...

My eyes were crossing as I studied all my charts, certain the pattern was there. I’d just finished lining up the chart for where the...