Star Seduction

Star Seduction by RaeLynn Blue

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Star Seduction By RaeLynn Blue

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Star Seduction by RaeLynn Blue A Silk’s Vault Electronic Publication, in arrangement with author RaeLynn Blue. Copyright © 2006 by RaeLynn Blue Cover Design and Art by Carmel St. James, © Copyright 2007 Edited by Lyza Berry

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All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in part or whole, in any form or by any means, without permission from both the author and publisher. All characters, incidents, situations, institutions, governments and people are fictional and any similarity to characters or persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.

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Chapter 1 The blast from the lynx-canon, a laser gun, left a big hole in the soldier's chest about the size of a pizza, complete with lots of sauce and crusty skin. The soldier couldn’t have been more than eighteen, but Darius always played it the same. "No touching the girls," Darius muttered and tipped his hat back off of his head, exposing three sets of eyes. They swarmed over Jackson and then moved on to other things. Darius saw everything. His eyes slept in rotating shifts, so that one set of eyes was always watching the floor and the other, the clients that came in. “Don't misunderstand; the poor boy didn’t lose his life just because he touched the girls,” Old Man Lad laughed up some more. “The problem that Darius had was that the boy didn't want to pay to touch the girls.” Darius’s hat, even when he was wearing it, only covered the third set of eyes. Well, not really, the third set of eyes had eyeholes cut into the hat, so that Darius had an eye on everything. "Must have been new around here," Old Man Lad cackled and sipped the fallen soldier's beer just as the music started up again. "He won't be needing this." "Cheers." Jackson lifted his glass and Old Man Lad just about drained his. The smoke infested room held many shadows amongst the dust, drab and stank of spilled beer, dead corpses, and sex. "Back in here again I see, Jackson," Stella purred as she wrapped her furry tale around Jackson’s whittled waist and pulled herself closer. "You don't need company tonight?" "Not your kind of company, Stella. You got that boy killed," Jackson said, his voice traveling low amongst the shouts, murmuring, and cries of random chaos. He carefully leaned his head away from her. “That ain’t the kind of trouble I’m looking for, kitty.” Stella’s long fingernails, painted the color of amethyst, traced the jagged scar that stretched down from his left eye. They felt cool against Jackson’s skin, and he temporarily closed his eyes and relished the casual touch. Just as he felt her breath, hot against his lips, Jackson’s ice blue eyes slowly opened. He snatched her narrow wrist into his fist and said, “No.”

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She pouted, making her whiskers wiggle. Her cat-like, mustard eyes were wide with forced innocence. "Oh, no, Jack. It wasn't like that. He wouldn't pay." "Hmmm..." he replied and sipped some beer. "Poohy on you!" Stella unleashed him and headed towards the back room with her lip protruding in disappointment. Jackson promptly forgot her as he turned his attention to the front door of the Cat's Meow. They’d just blown open in a gust of manufactured wind. The doors swung back as three more soldiers spilled in. They were dressed in the flat, gunmetal gray trousers and shirts of the T’ahoro Territory. Fresh cuts, scraps and bandages littered their face and hands, hell, even their spirits were wounded. "They don't look older than snot," Old Man Lad yelled as the soldiers passed. "Eh, see Jackson, they're recruiting babies." "Yeah," Jackson muttered and singled the bartender for another. "Only two so far tonight, Jackson. Slowing down on me?" Eddie accused as he poured another glass, straight from the tap. Jackson watched lazily as it rushed out in quick gushes as if eager to be consumed. He’d fulfill its wish, no doubt about that. "Don't worry. I'll make it up to you. None of that watery crap either," Jackson shouted down to him, but his heart wasn’t in the bottom of the tank yet. “I mean it this time, Eddie!” "You know nothing but the best for you," Eddie said with a smirk. “Straight from the tap gets the absolute best beer. Beer shipped from Earth has better quality than the watery, sour tasting beer of the colonies. The second best probably came from Venus, but the Venusians have beautiful women and good weather. It wasn't Earth's sister planet for nothing, you know.” The old, weathered man Lad cackled so loud and hard, he almost tittered off the stool to the floor. “Tell it, Eddie.” “Yeah, yeah,” Jackson replied, swearing at the absurdity of it all. Eddie kept grinning like the toilet salesman he was at heart. On the wire were transmitted games of soccer. The Mars colony, "Red Thunder", was getting the tar beat out of them by Saturn's "Royal Rings.”

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Static and several wavy lines rolled through the wire, but the Cat's Meow had to be one of the few places that picked up the games on the entire Moon. The Moon, dark, gray and pretty much dull, had been home to furious fighting amongst the two Earth colonies that had decided to park there. Jackson had come as a guitar player for a band sent to inspire the troops, but after an accidental bomb exploded in his ship, and witnessing the demise of several of his friends. He’d been stuck. Albeit a forced, self-induced solitary life, Jackson couldn’t go back to Earth. Too many memories, too many unanswered questions. So, he’d parked his butt here, at the Cat’s Meow, and that’s where he remained, each and every day for nearly ten months. “Crappy game,” Eddie said, looking over the top whish of his rag, cleaning the bar with only slight interest. “Nothing else on though.” “Yeah,” Jackson said back, not really interested in the conversation, the game, or Eddie for that matter. He wanted to be left alone, to sulk his life away in the bottomless mugs of beer at the Cat’s Meow. The Moon masqueraded as a place of new frontiers, freedom, and peace, but instead, had been home to fighting. Sure some of the soldiers won their citizenship back to Earth, and many of the fighters wouldn’t survive the war to make it back to the planet below at all. The divided territories that were once the United States and what remained of England fought it out about every other day, with a stalemate arriving at the day’s end. Then sometimes, Jackson heard word that the divided territories won the next day in turn. It was all the same to him. Someone down closer to the door lit another cigarette, and Jackson inhaled it gratefully. The pungent fumes filtered across the patrons’ heads to the opposite end of the bar where he sat. He could see the fine, red glow of the cigarette, and he could smell the pepper of tobacco and coke that laced it. And Jackson wanted some. His fingers trembled and started to shake. The swirling in his stomach had started again. No, not again. Jackson shuddered beneath his threadbare jacket and gripped the bar’s wooden surface with pale, shaking hands.

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"Gotta go, Eddie," Jackson said, and plopped the coins down on the counter. He stood up with the bar quickly twirling and that churning in his stomach speeding up. He had to either get a fix, or get the hell away from here. He grabbed the counter once more to stop the swirling. He struggled to hold the rising mixture of beer and, well, more beer, inside as he hurried out of the Cat's Meow. About three steps into the parking lot, Jackson fell to his knees, held his stomach and lost all the great beer he’d just consumed…and paid for. "That's just nasty," grumbled a voice, definitely female and not like one Jackson had heard before. "Have you no manners?" Wiping his mouth with the back of his jacket’s sleeve, Jackson caught a whiff of the odor, sour for sure, and rocked backwards. "Watch it!" the female voice barked. “Jerk!” With determination Jackson pulled himself up and whirled around to face the woman doing all the complaining about a drunken man in the parking lot of a strip club. "Excuse me," Jackson growled through the pangs in his stomach, trying to show he still had a decent upbringing buried somewhere beneath the emotional calluses. "Whatever," she huffed, sidestepped him and planted her foot directly into the pile of bile and sour beer vomit. "Ugh!" she cringed and swiftly removed her foot. She had short, curly brown hair that had hints of honey throughout, and a wide nose that stopped short just above her full, thick mouth. Her skin was the color of hot chocolate with cream. "Let me help you with that," Jackson offered, extending his hand. She raised her foot and allowed him to slip the shoe off, a red stiletto with pointy tips. They looked dangerous enough to stir his senses, to craft naughty thoughts in his mind. Who still wears these things? he thought as he wiped off his own bile from the slick, saucy shoe. She hopped on one foot as Jackson attempted to clean the dreadful shoe with his shirt and her mood seemed less bitchy, almost cute. She was settling down and Jackson could almost feel the anger crack and peel back from him. "So, you're new here," Jackson said as he tried to get the last of the substance from the side of her shoe.

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"No!" She rolled her eyes, a brilliant green even for this dreary place. Then hesitantly, she said, "Okay, yes." "Well, let me be the first to welcome you to the Moon," Jackson said with a smile. It seemed strange on his face, causing a tingling sensation, a sort of stiffness in the muscles of his face complaining about the unusual stretching. Had it been that long since he’d smiled, truly gave a grin to someone else? "Thank you." she smiled back revealing a set of slightly crooked teeth. Remarkably, they didn’t distract, but rather added to her appeal. Jackson returned her shoe, but he now had a shirt full of vomit. "Here you go." “Thanks!” "See you around." She looked at the shoe, then back at his shirt. "Whoa, this smells." "Yeah, going to go home right now and wash up." Jackson leaned in then to pitch his offer for her to join him, but the smell pushed her further back. "Good idea." She laughed, making her slender shoulders beneath the thin blouse rise. With a sort of puzzled glance over her shoulders, she walked off and entered the Cat's Meow. As Jackson started for home, something struck him as funny. What was a nice girl like her doing at a dump like that?

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Star Seduction by RaeLynn Blue Chapter 2

Star Summers entered the Cat’s Meow and immediately felt all the drunken moths stare. Shoving the urge to bolt through the doors down into her determination, she started for the back room, where she’d set up to dance the night away. All other things being equal, working at this dump wasn’t even close to being fair. Yet, she had to accumulate the funds to get transport to Earth, and that took a lot of money she didn’t have. Blame her ex-boyfriend, Preston. He convinced her to come to the Moon, but then he met a prettier girl, a daughter of a general, dumped Star and headed back to Earth, leaving Star out of funds, and in great economic crisis. “Star!” Darius demanded, his eyes on her. “You’ve got five minutes to get back there and shake your ass!” “I’m going, I’m going!” Star said beneath her breath, walking fast, past the aromas of coke, beer and body odor. “Give me six minutes.” “You got five.” As she reached the back room, she entered the dressing room, or what some of the girls called the stables. Like prized horses, each exotic dancer would prance out in front of the judges and do her thing for prizes and money. Yeah, the stables fit perfectly. Stella rolled through the dusky, once red curtain, back into the stables amongst weak, whiny applause. Her fur was slick from sweat and her tiny nipples poked through the finer hairs like minuet touches of paint. “Whew!” she purred, snatching a towel and drying off her coat. “A real mob out there tonight, Star.” Funny, Star thought, it didn’t sound like it. Around Stella’s waist was a belt, a skinny black leather thong that wrapped around her tail in the rear and sliced the triangular outline of her puss for patrons to place their hard-earned or ill gotten money. A few slivers of silver strips stuck to Stella’s belt, but not many. Stella’s eyes met Star’s. “You thinkin’ you can get better, newbie,” Stella said, her voice threatening and sinister, but with all the sweetness of poisoned honey. “Huh?”

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Star stiffened. Getting into it with Stella wasn’t a good idea. The oldest of the six girls, and the most alien, for she was from Saturn, Stella was more den mother than actual fellow worker. “Of course not,” Star said brightly, feeling sick at the cheeriness in her voice. “You’re a pro. I’m just trying to figure out how to be as good as you.” Stella stared at her, sizing her up. At last her face relaxed and she said, “You do that.” “Star, you’re on!” boomed Darius into the microphone and the back room’s interior sound system. “Star!” The speakers banged out the bass, and Star hurriedly shimmied out of her blouse and miniskirt, secretly cursing the Fates and their precious luck. Dressed only in her slate blue thong and matching bra, Star stepped onto the stage, parting the curtain as if her life depended on it. The brilliant stage lights fell on her, nearly blinding her from the crowd of men, aliens, and patrons in the room. The lights were hot, and instantly, she felt her skin break out into a sweat. She didn’t feel sexy, and she had to feel sexy to get through this. Making herself turn, she twisted to the beat, bouncing her head to the bass, and strutting like a pro in her high heeled shoes. The same shoes that sported a nice stench of vomit. At that thought, she grinned. And the audience erupted into applause for the grin must’ve been what they were looking for. It had all the sensations of being horribly naughty. She rubbed her hands over her body, sliding them down her thinly restrained mounds, across her arms and down her slender thighs, all to the beat. Tapping her foot in time, she shimmied up the rest of the runway, moving around, shaking her ass and thinking of the stranger in the parking lot. A deadbeat for sure, but a dangerous, deliciously looking one. With her eyes squinting against the glare, Star slid onto the pole, making her loops as if it were second nature, a habitual routine. But her mind was far away from the backroom, out into the parking lot; to the man she met with the cold blue eyes and the hideous scar. Beneath, buried perhaps, was kindness, a gentleness that Star discovered she wanted to unearth, to feel. That thought caused her to hesitate, but for a second, before moving through her routine. Already she could feel the energy in the room change from boredom to hot lust, thickly crawling over her.

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With a brief twirl, she ripped off her bra, tossing it into the audience and hearing the men all clamor for it like a piece of raw steak with a pack of rabid dogs. Could the mysterious man be here now? He had come from the Cat’s Meow, so he frequented the place. Reeking of beer, he no doubt played here too. Let him be in here now, lined up against the back wall, smoking, watching her with his hand in his pocket… Yes, Star thought as she tossed her head back and forth to the bass and dropped down to all fours, she pumped against the floor for the men ogling at her feet, she did want that stranger to be here, hidden in the room watching her, getting horny for her… Like she was for him.

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Star Seduction by RaeLynn Blue Chapter 3 "Door Open."

The hike up the stairs to floor eleven was getting to be more and more of a hassle for Jackson. The next time he saw the maintenance men, he’d have a short word. Very short as in “Fix the fucking elevator.” "Voice print identified," the computer replied. The door to his apartment slid open to the dismal, yet comforting palace that was his home for the last ten months. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t a palace, and maybe it wasn’t his since he was renting, but it’s the place he laid his head. And tonight he needed to drop it like a ton of bricks. Jackson tossed the now dried vomit ridden shirt to the floor closest to the hamper. The only thing he could think about was a nice shower, a cold beer and…her. He got into the shower, and instantly thought about her. Nice, well-put-together women did not go to the Cat's Meow for fun or social parties. The Cat's Meow was billed as a gentleman's club, but somewhere the gentlemen got lost and the place simply became a club. Females like Stella and other aliens danced in the back room for tips, but made their real money in the illegal and oldest profession on the books, prostitution. Stella had told him once that dancing and engaging in the horizontal hello was better than shivering cold and hungry on the back streets of the colonies. She recounted how she and many, many others begged for food and in return was often beaten, raped or otherwise abused. "It happens a lot to non-humans," Stella said. “At least Darius protects me.” Protection, yeah, right, Jackson thought with a groan escaping his throat. His stomach felt better since rejecting all the load of beer, but he still felt emptied out, hollow. Who did Stella think she was kidding? Guys like Darius pimped them out to the highest bidder, which isn't always the wealthiest man in the group. Wealth at the Cat's Meow was if a guy could make his beer money and not skip out on 'ole Eddie. The hot water had been drained and used up like an old harlot; recycled water would take several more hours, so Jackson settled instead for a cold one. The cold shower woke up his mind, crisp pellets plowed into his skin, pounding in clarity and erasing the muddy murk between his ears.

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Sighing noisily, Jackson crept back to the living room and peeked out the front windows towards the glittering fireworks being set off in the north. He dried off his body, making sure to not leave wet foot prints on the carpet. The war was moving closer; soon this block of apartments would be a battleground. The gates and high-level security in various apartments and rented rooms to the northeast is where the government military officials of both sides lived protected. Their lights burned brightly against the ink-black sky. Funny, Jackson thought, the generals and the England officials lived just blocks from each other where the streets and jurisdictions had been drawn carefully. No all out fist-fighting had erupted. No, the generals let the poor soldiers kill each other instead. Clothes and other trash, mostly bottles, clanked around the floor as Jackson hopped onto the sofa, where he closed his eyes for a little sleep. But it wouldn’t come. Not yet. Pressing matters lay plain in the cool air of his apartment. His penis’s rigidness and resistance to sleep stood like a flag pole on the Fourth of July, happy, ready and waving for some praise and attention. Groaning at his long, lengthy member, Jackson sighed. The shower had done more than just awaken his mind, it had also awaked his lust, his loneliness that had been beaten back to the far corners of his dismal life, but now… He closed his eyes and tried to roll over to his side. Yet her face appeared, the girl from the parking lot. Except this time, her sheer blouse and little skirt were gone, only her long brown legs and shock of kinky hair remained—and her smile. Goodness, she was attractive, and Jackson’s cock throbbed in agreement. Clean, petite, with smooth chocolate skin, the woman made an odd person to be at the Cat’s Meow, yet that matter was for his brain to stew over. Jackson’s libido languished around the delightful body of the woman. Stretching out, turning over onto his back once more, Jackson’s eyes opened and he stared at the ceiling, begrudgingly. He wanted to see her again, had to see if she was all right. The Cat’s Meow was rough with ridges sharp enough to cut glass and flesh. Not everyone, hell, not even half were on the right side of the law.

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Come to think of it, what was the girl’s profession? Hooker, a holy saint, what was she? Whatever she was, right now she was driving him made with desire. Oh, but to place her on his sofa, carefully part those sexy legs and slip himself in between her silky warmth, making her sensual mouth curve into throaty oooohs and ahhhs and moan with multiple levels of pleasure. This he could give her. And this he longed to give her. In that moment, with his hand reaching down to release his stirring horniness, Jackson vowed to do whatever it took to possess her, for real. Or he’d never get any sleep.

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Star Seduction by RaeLynn Blue Chapter 4

The next day, Star sat perched on a bar stool, but not at the Cat’s Meow, at a dive of a diner called Trenton’s. Dressed in her other uniform, a one-piece pale pink dress, Star’s badge read SS, ask me about today’s special. Trenton’s held the same dingy dullness that blanketed everything on the moon colonies, even inside the booths, tables and counter all were washed in despair. A bowl of oatmeal puffed up steam as Star drank a glass of powdered milk, grimacing at the crudeness and wishing for home. She hadn’t been to bed yet, and already the sunlight made her head hurt and her heart ache for the days spent playing outside in her yard, free from the threat of friendly gun fire and bombs. A girl’s gotta work and the second job at Trenton’s was making small steps in her ladder to get back to Earth. “You here early, ain’t you?” asked Honey, a female Venusian, with streaming gold hair and perfectly bluish tinted skin. Her eyes were also a cyan blue, and met Star’s with wild curiosity. “It ain’t even noon. You start at 12:30.” Star laughed. “Oh, so you saying I’ve got to have a time limit for coming in here?” Honey shook her head. “Nope. Just razzing you kid. What you do last night anyway?” “Danced.” “Oh,” Honey said, her hair flowing out from her head, as if Honey was underwater. Its strands surfed the stuffy air, giving her the look of having a halo. “When you heading back to Earth?” “When I get the money,” Star said sullenly. “Darius takes a 60% cut from the tips I make dancing and another 40% from the wages he pays. At this rate I’ll never get home.” “That alien’s a louse,” Trenton coughed from the back window, fixing his crooked chef hat. “Jerking your chain there Summers!” Boy did Star know it. Overall Darius still paid better than Trenton, but it wasn’t exactly Trenton’s fault. The lunch crowd, if it could be called that, hadn’t headed into Trenton’s and the place sat pretty much deserted except for Honey, Trenton in the back, and Star. They cooked for all three meals, but with the war zone’s spiraling outward, they all knew it would only be a matter of time before this block of retail space would be engulfed in the carnage.

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“Don’t say never,” Honey said, smiling at Star with all the softness of a mother. “It might take you awhile, but you’ll get it.” “Stella told me last night one of the men asked for a private party with me—loads of silver offered up front.” Honey shrugged. “Would that get you the money you need?” Star sat still, thinking, the spoon of oatmeal hovering above the bowl. “Yeah, I reckon, but I said no. I mean, those men don’t want to just watch me shake my butt, Honey. They want to do other things that require me minus my clothing!” Star ate a bit of oatmeal, and dove in for another. Honey frowned at her, and then as the idea clarified in her mind, she said, “No, no, no…that won’t do.” Star didn’t think it would either. And the pressure to engage in selling her body grew steadier each evening she worked at the Cat’s Meow. Darius had said the gig was dance only, if that’s what she wanted, but now, two weeks into it, well, it didn’t look like he was going to hold up to the dance only rule. He was using Stella to try to bribe her, gently, into doing it but if that didn’t pan out, Star knew Darius would demand it, at the end of his lynx-cannon if he had too. He wouldn’t lose customers because Star wanted to be chaste. “So, what are you going to do?” Honey asked. “You can keep working here, but it don’t look like we gonna be open for too much longer, girl.” Star knew it, but wanted to see Honey’s face smile again. “Oh, come on, we’ve got at least a few months.” Honey laughed. “Sure.”

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Star Seduction by RaeLynn Blue Chapter 5

That evening, Jackson headed across the parking lot to The Cat’s Meow. Shaved and showered, with combed hair, he’d taken an effort to not look like such a drunk. It had been awhile, but Jackson finally figured out how to braid his raven hair into a long, solitary plait. What are you doing, Jackson? This girl ain’t gonna want some old drunken, former band musician. Jackson thought to himself for perhaps the ten millionth time since leaving his apartment, Just go get yourself a drink and settle back to the way things were. Something stirred in his gut and he winced as it shot up to his throat. It tasted metallic against his tongue. It was fear. He was afraid. He hadn’t gone a single night without drinking, or trying to drown himself in the cold brew for ten months—not since the other four members of his band were killed in an accident, leaving him stranded emotionally and physically on the moon. Jackson said to the cold night air. “I’m going to try this. Hell, I don’t have anything better to do.” With that, he pushed through the doors and headed over to the bar, but didn’t sit down. "Darius, it okay I go on to the back?" Jackson squeaked the question as brief shots of the dead soldier from last night flashed across his eyes. All three sets of eyes opened wide. "You know the rules right?" "Yeah, I know, but tonight I'm feeling lucky," Jackson said shakily, the comment about the luck being purely fabricated. He wanted to feel lucky, but that was only a feeling. "Sure." Darius smiled and continued his scanning of the bar area with his other two sets of eyes. “Head on back there, Jack.” “I hate being called Jack”, Jackson growled beneath his breath, low so that Darius didn’t hear him. Jackson had slept like a baby last night, once his prick puttered out and withered down. His dreams were of the strange, out-of-place girl he’d met. He couldn’t remember anything else. This morning as Jackson drank bitter black coffee, he thought more about why she was here. All the females at the Cat’s Meow where here for one thing. And it wasn’t milk and cookies. It couldn't be true, but Jackson had to see for himself. If she danced here, then all pretense of making it a date, being in love with her, were off. Even though, deep down, the roots of her allure snaked into his heart, wrapping satin strings across it, binding him.

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Yet he pushed that thought away. If she was a prostitute, he couldn’t, no, wouldn’t give her a chance. Though for the first time in months, he prayed vehemently that she wasn’t hooking the alien crowd. He knew he wouldn’t share her with anyone. The smoke thinned as Jackson headed toward the back room. The whining music proceeded to get louder and by the time he entered the darkly hot space, the level was at full blast. He could barely hear himself think, which was just as well. His thoughts were increasingly muddled. The bar area smelled mostly of smoke and beer, but this place had another scent all together. It was the musty, sweat-stained aroma of sex. Dim and unlit except for a few candles and illumination devices scattered throughout, no one smoked back here. The smoke might interfere with what one’s actually looking at. A sparse crowd of men sat across the room at makeshift tables. On the stage, Terry, an occasional waitress and an all the time prostitute raised her hand and the guy in the bright yellow suit raised his glass in an offer of thanks, or an invitation for later. Jackson wasn't sure. Terry shook her long lustrous blonde hair in conjunction with her three round, full breasts. The music blared on and Terry seemed oblivious to the rhythm. She just kept bobbing and bouncing to the boom of the song. Jackson wondered if the men in the crowd knew that she was tone deaf. They howled and whistled in encouragement, but Terry didn't need it. She was too busy riding high on the act of exhibiting her firm and furry body. She was from Saturn too, and Saturners always had a great deal of hair. They reminded Jackson of cats except they walked on two legs instead of four. Stella was from Saturn too. Jackson hated cats. For the most part, many of the men remained seated. There were those toward the front of the room who rose up to offer bills and coins, which she snatched quickly with cat-like speed and precision. A few males from Neptune booed at Terry's act. She ignored them and made sure to shake her ass to the males down front who were paying. "I need a beer," Jackson mumbled and brushed past a male with four arms and a sickly bluish tint to his skin. He was snorting in sync with music.

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He must be a regular. As Jackson made his way down the cramped hallway to the bar, he noticed that some of the backroom spectators had trickled out to the bar area in favor of more entertaining programming. Soccer. "Give me a cool one," Jackson called to Eddie as he cleared the hallway, his nerves shot, his hands shaking like an addict. What the hell had he been thinking? "Sure thing, Jackson." Eddie slid the glass filled with the good stuff down the counter. The heady foam sloshed over the rim and spilled. "You back so soon?" "Terry's on,” Jackson shot back, growling the words out like rocky pebbles. "Not your type for sure," Eddie said and laughed. Jackson nodded again to Eddie, but said nothing. He didn’t want to talk about it. The thought that the girl was still hanging around this dump was stupid. Sipping the cold bitter beer, Jackson watched as Eddie wandered down the bar to serve other patrons. "Like the show Jack?" Darius asked as he lumbered up the hallway. "No." Darius grunted at the response. He shook his head, sneering a bit in Jackson’s direction. "You should come back later tonight, like eleven. Star's performing." "Star?" "Trust me." He produced a loud, bellowing laugh, exposing his tiny, yellow teeth and forked tongue. “You’ll like her for sure. Petite little thing. Strong mouth, nice, round pair of hooters you earthmen like. Strong legs like a real dancer. Trust me.” He patted Jackson’s back and went toward the rear room. Yeah, right. Trust and Darius. Definitely two words that didn’t go well together. Jackson finished his beer and felt funny sitting there all clean and dressed nice—for what? A pipe dream. A girl like the one he met in the lot could dig him, but only in his dreams. “Idiot,” he swore to himself, pushing himself up from the bar stool. “You say somethin’ Jack?” Eddie called down from the other end of the bar. “No,” Jackson said, shoving his hands into the jacket’s pocket.

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As he made his way across the parking lot away from the Cat's Meow, Jackson wondered how Darius and Eddie had known that Terry wasn't his kind of female. Was he that transparent? Sure, he was human and unlike most of his fellow humans, Jackson preferred humans, not the exotic, otherworldliness of aliens. Some of the soldiers loved the Saturners and especially the women from Venus with all their flowing hair and mermaid like traits But Jackson liked good ole regular humans. The girl he met last night wasn’t regular, but special, no, more than special, she was something extraordinary. He hadn’t really been in the market for anything but another drink, but now he couldn’t stop thinking about the woman he saw last night. And as much as he enjoyed drinking beer, sometimes his body needed a break from it. Fridays were the days that he normally rested and recouped. But Darius's invitation to come and see Star made him curious. Jackson wanted to see what this Star was all about. Surely, he could kill another ten minutes. So he settled for returning later that night to check out the buzz girl. Perhaps he would get lucky, after all.

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Star yanked on her coat, a leather jacket given to her by her mother several years ago. Faded and worn, it still staved off the cold and it made her feel like her mother’s arms were holding her tight. Not that she needed any more reminders of why she had to get back to Earth. Honey glanced up from the electronic news and said, “You off then, kid?” “Nearly ten o’clock, I’ve got to get over to the Meow.” “Be safe,” Honey called out and then got up wearily as the sole customer signaled for more coffee. “See you tomorrow.” “Yeah, okay,” Star said, stepped through the automatic doors with a heavy heart and a banging headache. She’d eaten and drank a load of water, but nothing could push the ache back. It was stress. And she knew it. “I should just go in there and tell Darius I quit,” she said to her shadow. “Easy enough when a lynx-cannon isn’t in your face.” As she walked down the sidewalk to her little apartment some four blocks up from Trenton’s, Star entertained possible replies from Darius. None of them were good, some were violent. How could she get herself into such a jam? Oh, that’s right. She fell in love with a self-centered, soulless jerk! Kicking a small pebble, Star screamed out loud. This late at night, the fire of cannons, guns, and bombs exploding just a mere six miles lit up the sky with fireworks in the artificially created atmosphere, drowning out Star’s curses and screams. Not calloused enough to steal, or ruthless enough to kill, Star had been shucked aside to die. Forgotten by the man she loved most. That night, while still recovering from their steamy, hot loving, Preston had said… “You know tomorrow I’m leaving for Earth,” his green eyes cast at something on the floor, perhaps his wallet, his pants and his boxers, “You, uh, can’t come with me.” Star shot up, placing her hand on his naked back. She could still feel him move inside her, his hard, stiff cock beating out the desire they shared only a few seconds before this declaration. Confused, she rubbed his back, racking her nails gently over his sculpted shoulders. “What did you say?”

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Now, coughing to clear his throat, Preston repeated his words, turning slightly to make sure they fell over his shoulder and into her ear. “What!” Star shouted, shaking the covers off her body and standing up. “You’re leaving me?” Preston got out of bed too, his now flaccid member hiding amongst the thicket of coarse, blonde hair. Cowardly so, like the rest of its owner. He shrugged as if it didn’t matter. “I’ve got another girlfriend, okay? She’s the daughter of a general, Star, a fucking general! Do you know what that means? Instant citizenship on Earth, if and when I marry her!” Star knew exactly what it meant. Free medical care, free education, free status as a citizen of Earth, which was why so many others were on the moon dying in the ditches, trying to win their citizenship papers. And here was Preston, screwing his way to the front of the line. Disgusted, she threw a pillow at him. “You just had sex with me, Preston. Me! And now, after all the shit I’ve been through with you, the women, the lost jobs, the tasteless jokes, you’re leaving me!” Preston was busy pulling up his trousers over his black, silk boxers, which until that moment, Star hadn’t realized she didn’t buy him. A smug look of satisfaction set his handsome face into pure demonic glee. “For old times sake, or something like that,” he muttered, yanking his shirt over his brawny chest. “Consider it a present. Listen, I’m sorry Star, really, but I can’t pass this up.” “And about loving me? Wanting to take care of me? Marrying me?” Star stammered out, her fury unfurrowing like a caged tiger, decisively slow, considering the best mode of attack. “I love you, you know that,” he said, not even bothering to look at her. He’d said the line so often she doubted he had given it any thought as it spilled out of his mouth. “But, babe, this thing here is good for me.” “Out!” Star screeched, unable to stave the tears from her eyes, unable to look upon his handsome, fine face any longer. She just wanted him gone. Without thinking, she snatched up the vase from the tiny side table and threw it with all her might. She wasn’t aiming for him, at least not consciously. Barely dodging the flying object, Preston slipped his feet hurriedly into his sneakers, grabbed up his backpack, called her a “black bitch” and promptly scampered out of the apartment.

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As the automatic doors hushed close, Star collapsed onto the bed, and wept.

Star reached her apartment, just as the memory slid down her face in watery tears. Yeah, it still hurt because her future was gone, all gone. Sucked up like a sponge by Preston. And she had foolishly let him. Now, stuck on the hunk of rock, she had no way to get to Earth, to pay for citizenship there or make her life ascend from the crappy pit she’d been tossed into. The only sliver of illumination came from the hope that if she earned enough, she could pay her own fare back to Earth and once there, perhaps work her way up to citizenship. Sighing, she went inside her apartment to shower off the scent of food and to get going over to The Cat’s Meow before Darius tossed her in to another kind of pit—a funeral one.

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The parking lot of the Cat's Meow was filled with ships. Jackson had never really seen it packed to the gills like this, but then he usually stayed home on Fridays, especially this hour of night. Judging from the parking lot, this Star was something big. Or else the intergalactic soccer tournament was on. Jackson entered the club, his doubts on his sleeve and his desire in his pocket, ready to pounce on the delicate creature he’d seen last night. "Hey, Jackson!" Eddie threw up his hand and waved. The bar had only two tired and ragged looking soldiers sitting towards the door. It was empty. Jackson waved back at Eddie, but headed straight for the backroom, not stopping to even think about drinking. He wanted clarity tonight, nothing cloudy to interfere with his purpose. As he reached the back room, once again the music blared, but this time the space was filled with so many people, they were standing in the hall. Closer to the stage, a huge crowd of soldiers, aliens and plainclothes guys swarmed. There were no seats and most men were standing. Jackson bumped and shoved his way closer to the stage, eager to see what was so fantastic. This supposed Star that Darius and Eddie thought was just his type of woman seemed to be everyone’s type of woman. "Watch it buddy!" squealed a pig-nose marbler, a known collector of galaxy trash, from the Oryan’s Belt galaxy. He slammed a hard elbow into Jackson’s ribs as he continued his mad dash for the stage. "Don't mind him; he's just excited." A dark man approached with tightly kinked hair and a black collar about his neck. He wore a shirt and regular jeans. "Aren't we all?" Jackson muttered as he rubbed his injured ribs. "Yeah, but tonight Star's on," he said with a wink. "Star?" Jackson gazed back at him baffled. It was just a girl, another exotic stripper set about her ordinary goods. What was so great about that? "Yeah. Star." The guy shook his head in disbelief. "You don't know who Star is?" "No, I'm a virgin," Jackson said with a laugh.

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He didn’t want to tell the guy that strip clubs and prostitution wasn’t his mug of beer. You’re moving beyond that, right Jackson. You want to, and the cutie you saw in the parking lot last night is your ticket, your key to pulling it out of neutral, Jackson’s little voice spoke against his heart. Yeah, that’s exactly what he wanted, what he hungered to gain from this late night jaunt out into the unknown. "Half the cats in this place are here to see Star," the dark guy explained, busting into Jackson’s thoughts. He waived his hand across the crowd. "The Cat's Meow ain't that great a place for females, but Star is something else." Following his lead, Jackson shoved his way through the mob of horny, slobbering males to the front where the most disturbing and deeply erotic scene he’d ever seen was displayed. "See, what I tell you?" the guy yelled into Jackson’s ear over the deafening music. Seated on a white fur rug was a vision of a fallen angel. Or a fallen Star. Alone on the rug, nestled beneath a solo lamp, Star stared off into space. She seemed to not be aware of the pack of men just below the stage who drooled and panted for her. Slick and glossy from the overhead illumination, Star spread her legs far apart, exposing all of herself to the audience, all of the thin cloth covering her from full exposure. The material though was pressed tight against her labia, which was outlined clearly. Jackson fought down the urge to run onto the stage, cast his clean shirt over her nakedness, throw her over his shoulder and run for his apartment. It was her—the girl from the parking lot. On stage, her body available for every male in the room to observe, to drool over, to want. Mesmerized by what he saw, Jackson could not look away, for he too had become ensnared by her beauty. Her eyes never made contact with any of them. It was if she existed alone on some deserted planet with only her basic hormones to entertain her. Throughout the place the music blared as Star performed to the beat, dancing with the song and losing herself in the bass just as she did routinely, Jackson surmised. She alternated fingers diving in around her body, and emerging wet where sweat ran freely over her skin, making her shimmer. She would run a finger over her clothed clit, and then back again, gyrating against the rug.

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An older man who stood off to the right, just behind the mob, had sat down on an available chair, unzipped his pants and had started to masturbate to Star's rhythm. His eyes were shut for the most part with only one eye opening occasionally to get another eye-full of her. His face, twisted in pain, and beads of sweat as he concentrated. Star removed her hands from her breasts, throwing the bra into the audience. She fondled them slightly. They were full and inviting. The nipples were a darkened cinnamon, like her lips and she squeezed them in unison. Moaning, she swung around the pole, her bosom soaring as she twirled. Jackson’s own passion started to tingle in anticipation. He could see the tip of her tongue as it made contact with her finger. She sucked it deep into her mouth, and carefully, slowly pulled it out. Then she flipped upside down on the pole, her hardened legs locked in place so she didn’t fall. She roughly rubbed her breasts and cooed into the crowd. She made sure everyone saw. Jackson’s pants grew tighter and more restricting. He wanted to be free, to be on-stage with her, and filling the well she had so carelessly exposed. "Oh!" screamed the older man as he erupted onto his pants as some onlookers clapped. It wasn't long before everyone's attention was back on the real star. Breathing heavily, Star reached into the corner and pulled out a massive black dildo. "Oh, boy, here comes the show!" the guy screamed into Jackson’s ear. In fascinated horror, Jackson watched as Star placed the dildo into her mouth and proceeded to suck it with a slow, in-and-out motion. Then she turned over on all fours and while rubbing her swollen clit with one hand, gently worked the dildo into her waiting and still wet puss. She even used the dildo to push aside her rather flimsy thong. As she proceeded to make love to the dildo, Jackson longed to be that lucky item, diving into her inviting wet warmth. Oh, how he would love to take her home. Jackson blinked as yet another male’s groan rose up from the shadowy dark. This was no long lost puppy. Star was here doing this fantastic demonstration for any Joe who paid. At the front of her stage was a mop basin filled with coins. "We're almost to the climax," the guy said with more enthusiasm than Jackson was feeling right then.

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He tore his eyes away from Star, and looked around the room. Four or more guys lined along the room's walls had stolen precious alcove shadow and were busy pleasuring themselves. The older man had long since left, unable to wait out the voluptuous vixen. On stage, Star had lost the beat of the blaring music and was busy with her own rhythm. Faster and harder, she worked at a frenzied pace as some of the men quickened their own rhythm to keep up with her. "Yeah, baby!" one young, blonde soldier shouted as he reached his end. Next to him, two of his fellow soldiers continued in the marathon where everyone would come out winners. Sex and tension filled the air. Back on-stage, Star's body tensed and she made a soft little, "Uh." There was a round of applause and she stood up, bowed, and left the stage making sure to snatch up her basin of plunder. And like a pirate, Star had run off with Jackson’s heart—and his passion. The music stopped short and the house lights came up. Like vampires fleeing the first slivers of daylight, many of the men fled the room. Darius came onto the stage and announced that Stella was up next…and towels were available in the men's room.

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Using a ratty towel to wipe herself down, Star sat at one of the chairs in the stables, feeling like a heel, and like a dirty little tramp—though somewhere underneath, was a zinging thrill of excitement. She knew she’d scored a big time hit with the men tonight. Her bucket was brimming and she wondered how best to hide it before Darius arrived backstage for his cut. “That was some stunt you pulled out there,” Stella said, her whiskers stiff with anger. “I’m not going to lower myself to masturbating for men.” Yeah, okay, but you’d screw them for money. What’s the difference? Star thought, but let it slide. Again, Stella was jealous, as her eyes gave it all away. “I’m sure no one liked it,” Star said quietly back, fighting the urge to laugh—Stella still ran the stables, and she didn’t want to be kicked out just yet. “After all, they’re cheering for you, now.” Stella stiffened to listen, and when she found nothing, but the noise of patrons moving around, she scowled at her. “Funny newbie.” Star feigned innocence. “I could’ve sworn I heard them, Stella, really.” With a look of daggers and dangerous anger, Stella stepped onto the runway, and disappeared through the curtain. Star figured she’d best get her butt out of there before Darius and Stella pounced on her. Hurriedly dressing, pulling on a pair of slacks and an old tee-shirt that once belonged to Preston; she shrugged into her leather bomber and started shoving coins into the pockets. A huge shadow fell over her, just as she was picking up the bucket. “Some show tonight, Star,” Darius’s growling voice announced and though it was a compliment, it sounded like a rehearsed line in a play. Star looked up and already his massive arms were crossed over his chest. He wanted something, and it probably wasn’t going to be good for her—judging by his frowning face. “The bucket.” She handed it to him. “I’ll bring it back once I counted it and taken my cut. But tonight, you’re going to service one of my best customers,” Darius said, his tongue tripping on some of the words. Though Star got the drift.

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“Service.” “Yeah, fuck him, literally, or do whatever he wants.” Darius could be so articulate. Star cleared her throat as the words hammered home. No way was he serious? “Darius, I don’t have sex with men for money. Remember, you agreed. Dancing only.” Darius’s eyes all rose in mild distraction, for he was busy counting the coins in the bucket. “You’ll do what I say, or you’re outta here! So get your ass undressed, into the private room and wait for him! Now!” With that he turned and left. Star had a feeling she wasn’t going to see the coins or the bucket again tonight.

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"Jackson, come see me at the bar," Darius called down to Jackson, who was seated at the bar with a glass of water. He had to calm his nerves, to wash away the dry, cottonmouth he had. Several of the guys looked around as Jackson slipped off the barstool. Darius didn’t make calls to customers unless they had done something wrong. The last guy Darius called out ended up with a hole in his chest. Jackson swallowed hard, and melted back to the booths, where yet another game of soccer was on the wire. "Jackson! Good to see you." Eddie waved. Jackson’s stomach felt sickened. Yet, he took his favorite seat at the end of the bar, furthest from the door, with butterflies in his stomach that couldn’t lie still. If he pretended that he hadn’t heard Darius call him, maybe, just maybe, he could sneak out without incident. He never had to come back this way again. There were other bars, but… But they didn’t have Star. "So, Jackson. What did you think?" Darius asked as he snatched the seat next to him, spooking him. One group of eyes was focused on Jackson and the other two were probably searching the bar. "Hot!" Jackson said causally, trying to make his voice light. "Yeah, well," Darius shrugged and chuckled. "Where did you get her?" Jackson asked, surprised at his own directness. If Jackson’s tone shocked Darius, he didn’t show it. “She came to me. I didn't rescue this one, Jackson." He waived off Eddie's attempt to give him a drink. For someone who owned a bar, Jackson had never seen Darius drink. "Really?" Jackson asked in disbelief. Hard to believe that a young, pretty girl like that would come to this dump to work. "Yeah." Darius stood up and placed a heavy seven-fingered hand on Jackson’s shoulder. "Go on back there to her, Jack. I know you like her kind. So let me just tell you. I like you Jack, but you know the rules."

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"Yeah, Darius I know them." Jackson swallowed the lump that had resurrected itself in his throat and any remaining hardness from Star's show wilted. Darius wanted him to go back to Star, for what, sex? If she gave it up like this, Jackson knew he had a problem. He was in love with her that was no doubt. But he couldn’t share her with others. He couldn’t let her work for Darius. His sole thought was of possessing her, loving her, making her his woman for life, or however long they lasted. He could walk on out the double doors, leaving the Cat’s Meow forever. Or he could go to her now and risk it all. "Straight back and past the stage. It's the second door," Darius said with hardness in his voice, the usual slight threat threading the undercurrent. “You know the rules.” Go or stay? Without even thinking, it seemed Jackson started back to her room. His feet fled to her without his knowledge or a conscious okay from his brain. Jackson approached the second door and waited. Perhaps, he should go back to the bar, have a few more beers and call it a night. That's how most nights usually ended up. Why should tonight be any different? Because, a small, frightened, but faithful voice employed, you love her. The door opened and Star, dressed in a robe and house-slippers offered another of her crooked smiles. “You?” she said, her eyes betraying her surprise. “Me.” “Hi!” she said brightly as if she had just won a million silver coins. "Hi," Jackson echoed back. Boy this is awkward, Jackson thought. Her hair had been picked out into a halo of kinky waves and the room smelled of deodorant and cleaners. Pink carpet, wallpaper and furniture made up most of the room. Clothes, belts and collars had been tossed about here and there. A bed and chair had been set up along the northern wall. "Come in and shut the door," she said, peering over Jackson’s arms for someone. “Before Darius comes back.”

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The door locked from the inside and Jackson shut it. Was there a hint of terror in her throat at the mention of Darius’s name? Hell, even I thought of Darius in terms of scary, not friendly. Why wouldn’t she? She sat down in the chair and smiled at him, a smoky shot of sexuality. "How did you like the show?" "Nice," Jackson mumbled, rubbing his hands together. “Steamy.” "Nice?" She scoffed then laughed. “I’m sorry you had to see me like that.” But something in her face told him she wasn’t, not really. "How did you know I was here?" Jackson asked, nervous because if she decided to scream right then, he was dead. "It's dark in there but not that dark," she said with a knowing smile. She crossed her legs and sat straight in her chair. “Besides, I, well, whoa, this is strange. I wanted you to be there.” "Wanted me to be there? How come?” Her dark eyes met his and Jackson’s breath caught in his chest. “I wanted you to see me,” she said, huskily, heat hounding each word as it left her soft lips, “to want me.” Stunned, Jackson couldn’t concentrate on the words that formed in his mind, let alone speak them out loud. Had she just said what he thought she said? Disturbing the quiet, Star said, "I’m glad you’re the one Darius sent back here. I—I can’t, well, I don’t want to, but Darius. Oh, God, I’m stuttering all over the place.” "Yeah,” Jackson said, walking in tight circles. “You seem a little nervous. You all right?” "No. Yes. I want to offer you service," she said softly. Her eyes avoided his and Jackson wondered if she really meant that. Groaning, he slapped his forehead. "Why me?" Did he really want this prostitute? Risk it all for her? If he couldn’t pay Darius’s fees, touching her could mean his death. He had money, and that wasn’t the real issue. But touching her just once wouldn’t be enough. Jackson knew it—knew it as surely as he knew he was chosen to survive the accident for a reason, a purpose. Here was his purpose, dressed in a robe with smooth, soft skin and a crooked smile. A Star.

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"Because you were the only guy in that room tonight who wasn't turned on by me," she said with growing unsteadiness, her voice unsure. “Because since the night I met you, I haven’t been able to shove your face out of my mind.” "Oh, I was pretty turned on," Jackson said, as he backed away from her. If she touched him, he knew it would be too late for him. He wouldn’t be able to keep his hands from grabbing her into his arms and running them over her taut body. “Take my word for it. I want you more than I can allow myself to right now.” The reality was that she was the hottest thing he’d ever seen, but Darius's anger made it difficult for Jackson to concentrate on what she was telling him. Star removed her robe and let it fall to the ground as she stalked toward him, her tight body teasing him with each deliberate step. She finally succeeded in pinning Jackson against the door. "I want you," she said softly, her breath hot on his neck. “You just said you wanted me too. So let’s begin.” "I can't…" Jackson stammered and tried to melt into the door. His body seemed to be begging for her touch. His mind was screeching for him to run. "Why not? Don't you like me?" Star kissed his neck, his face and then his shoulder. She nipped it with her crooked teeth, leaving wet spots on his shirt. "Stop, this," Jackson demanded with little real force behind the words. Sure, he wanted her to stop, but did he really? "Why?" she asked between kisses. “Let’s get this off.” "Because I don't want to die!" Jackson grabbed her by her arms and gently pushed her away. “Darius will kill me.” "What?" She frowned as she looked at him. “Die?” "Darius will kill me if I don't make his fee," Jackson explained with fear gripping and slowly squeezing his windpipe. “You’re a prostitute, Star. I can’t, as much as I want to, I, I…” A deep frown appeared on her face; it was one of confusion. "You belong to Darius. And Darius charges a fee for the "gifts" the females give here," Jackson said slowly, the wrinkle of his scar blocking his vision. “And you know it.” Jackson couldn't believe she did not know it. Darius had murdered so many men who refused to pay his fees. The problem was that guy and his selected female would agree one fee,

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but Darius, who always had the last word on fees, said it was higher. The guy would refuse to pay and then he ended up paying with his life. Darius was legendary. And nothing, if not consistent. "I’m not a prostitute. I’ve never done this before. So I will not charge a fee." Star smiled as she again started toward him with hunger in her eyes. "I will have you for free." "Shh, they can hear you, even now," Jackson warned, his own blood screaming through his veins in horror. “Do you know, really know what you’re saying, Star?” Star sat down and crossed her legs. She pressed her index finger against her puckered, lipstick dusted lips. "Shhhh. What are you saying? Let’s start over. I’m Star Summers.” Sure. Start over. Yes, they should get on the same page. Jackson took a deep breath. “I’m Jackson,” he said back, trying with great difficulty not to stare at her nudity. Boy did he want her right then. He wanted to lay her down on the bed and devour her. His passion pushed into his cock, making it tall and solid with needed release. It pressed impatiently against his pants. Jackson decided then, he had to have her. But they had to plan in order to make this work. He had to try. That didn’t mean he had to go about it haphazardly. “I like your name,” she said, smiling. “It’s cool.” “Thanks.” “What do you want, Jackson?” she asked, pulling her clothes to her. They lay scattered on a chair beside her. Without even thinking about the sensual movement of pulling on her panties, she dressed casually—seductively. Jackson couldn’t keep his eyes off her, drinking in the round shape of her ass, her luscious legs and sexy arms. “I, I want to be with you, Star, like a date, like a couple, like something significant,” he said, surprising himself in how much he meant it. Yeah, that is what I want. She froze with her T-shirt suspended above her head. “Like a real deal?” she whispered, glancing back at him, over her narrow shoulder, the Tshirt still hovering.

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“Well, yeah,” he said blushing. He looked down at the carpet. “Why?” Star asked, this time, her midnight black eyes met his in earnest. She wanted an answer on this one for sure. “You don’t even know me.” “But I want to. I think I’m falling in love with you. Your spirit is beautiful, full of such potential to love. I, I’ve missed that this last ten months, drowning at the hands of my own demons, but since meeting you, I feel alive again, and, well, I want that to continue.” Those were the most honest words Jackson had said in months, hell probably years. Star merely gaped at him. With a silly smirk on her face, she tossed the T-shirt over to the small pile of her clothes, and strutted over to him, placed her hands on his waist, and tiptoed up to stare into his face. She touched his chin, and titled it down to her, his eyes finally diving into her own. “Such loss there,” she crooned, touching his face with gentle fingertips across his cheeks, his mouth, his eyes. “Let me make you happy, make you feel something wonderful." Star whispered heatedly as she unbuttoned the top one of his shirt. "N-N-No, it can't be this way!" Jackson pulled his shirt from her hands and hastily rebuttoned it. "I-I do want this, Star, but not like this." "What do you want to do then?" Star stepped back avoiding Jackson’s eyes. Her perceived rejection was obvious by her rigid stance. She doesn’t think I want her. For the heavens sake I do! Jackson thought. “I want us to leave the Cat’s Meow forever. You and me.” “But Darius won’t let me go,” Star said, fear bursting into her eyes for perhaps the first time that night. She crossed her arms over her breasts. Shaking, she hugged herself closer. “Yeah, he will,” Jackson said, an idea blossoming in his mind, a mind once soaked in the buzzing of beer. “We’re leaving! He doesn’t own you.” Star just stared back at him with raw terror filling her eyes, her throat bobbed as she swallowed nervously and loudly. “You can’t be serious?” she gasped. “Where will we go?” “Well, Earth for starters,” Jackson said down to her. “Okay, my apartment, than Earth maybe. Anywhere you want.” “Are you nuts?” Star balked, crossing the room to finish dressing. “The tickets on a transport to Earth are, are pricey! Men hava died for less.”

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“I was once a famous musician in a band,” he explained, “I have the money to take you to Earth, to my home.” Star pulled gently back. “You have money?” Jackson laughed, closing the gap between them, feeling his cock grow stronger at the thought of possessing her, of loving her, of tasting her. He’d have her now, not later. If they didn’t escape, if his plan failed, they’d never get another shot to be together. Her back was still to him, and his feet fell quietly on the floor, so that when he snatched her into his arms and held her, she gasped. Jackson noted how she seemed to fit just right in his arms—not too large or small, but perfectly. He bent down to the base of her neck, nipping the nap naughtily. “A little. I’ve spent most of it on beer, but I think you’re worth more than that. A lot more, so you up for getting off this rock?” “Oh, hell, yes!” Star exclaimed, reaching over and snatching a handful of his hair, tugging his lips into the nape of her neck and moaning aloud when his lips kissed her there. Jackson slowly spun her around to face him. He had to see all of her, every last inch of the delicious woman, despite having witnessed her total nudity and orgasmic rush on stage, here she was all for him—and him alone. No spectators, no pimps, no one but Jackson. With nimble fingers Star dismantled his shirt, not bothering to watch it fall to the floor. Already she was tugging on his pants, releasing the belt’s buckle, unbuttoning, and unzipping with a flurry of fast motions. Unable to withstand not touching her, he covered his mouth with hers, drawing her in and tasting her warm sensual mouth with ecstatic exploration. His tongue darted this way and that, entangling with her and ensnarling Star’s passion to a rising boil. Jackson got down on his knees between the two chairs as Star simply gazed at the swell of him. He kneeled between her legs, his body so hard, so rigid, it was all she could do to wait and not rush forward. With nothing on but his socks, Jackson beckoned her down on the floor beside him. He leaned back, and waved her to him. “Come on,” he said, his voice a hoarse growl. “Come get me.”

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And she did. Gracefully, she slid across the carpet, her now naked body a caramel in a sea of rich wine. Her eyes gleaming with gallant lust, and Jackson released a steady breath. He reclined on the carpet, in the shadows of the bed. No way was he going into a bed used by hundreds of others. He’d take her to his home, and then to his bed. Star’s hand shot out from her body and coiled around his meaty member. She couldn’t get her entire hand around the whole of him. With one slow lick of his purple head, Jackson surged in ecstasy. “Oh, oh yeah, oh,yeahhhh, right there,” he groaned, closing his eyes in his pleasure. He’d forgotten what a wonderful touch a woman weld when in the throes of passion. Star wasn’t done, but Jackson sat up, unable to wait, and pulled her into a tight hug, pressing his body into hers, drowning her with kisses. He rolled her over on to her back, and used his hand to part her legs. Urgency surged through him, but he sat back from her. His eyes drank her in, and a moan escaped his lips. “God, you’re so fucking fantastic!” As if his words were dart-filled with desire, Star arched upward, her pointy nipples poking the air. She raked her nails over her naked body, fondling her bellybutton ring and beckoning him to touch her. “Lick me, there!” “Now, please!” Star quietly pleaded. Jackson slid his face between her thighs. Not waiting, he plunged his mouth against her. Her little button throbbed happily against his tongue. He drew it into his lips, soliciting a howl from Star. She slid her hand into his hair, snatching strands with shuddering sensations. His thick tongue darted up and down her pus’s puffy lips, and his mouth met her clit, kissing it as if it was her mouth. Jackson felt powerful and passionate—alive! With each nip and plunge of his pink tool, he tore screams of pleasure from Star’s throat. They poured from her mouth with moans of monstrous delight. “Jackson, oh Jackson, fill me up! Fill me up! Fuck me hard and slow and long!” Smiling into Star’s moist mound, Jackson gave her one more lick, before moving up to her face. He took his cock in his hand and rubbed its knob around her moist tunnel.

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“You want this?” he asked huskily, the sensations from touching her most intimate area nearly forcing him to lose control. “Do you?” Writhing in pure rapture, Star answered. “Hell yes!” Clutching the carpet, Jackson had to bite his lip. “So wet, so good, ah, Star.” “Please!” she moaned, her eyes mere slits. “Now!” Jackson placed the tip of his rigid cock inside her—just the head disappeared between her wet folds. “Mmmmm, you’re so tight,” Jackson threw back his head and felt his body shiver with want. He battled back the desire to ram his cock into her pulsating puss. The sensations sizzled over him, sending little spasms across his skin and his body. He couldn’t wait any longer. Not another minute! Jackson shoved all his wide, strong meat into Star. “Ah! Oh! You’re gripping me so, oh heavens, tight!” he croaked out in pleasure. Star’s leg locked around his waist with razor precision, as if he was created out of clay, just for her. Her heels dug into his lower back, and set the rhythm of his hips. “Mmm, you’re so wide! Oh, so WIDE! FUCK ME HARD!” Star screamed, her heated lust lodged low in her throat. Jackson starved off the budding weight in his lower abdomen by leaning down to capture Star’s lips in his. Together they met, their bodies smacking in full body smooches. The vibrations, plunge after pleasurable plunge until it burst over them in a shower of massive, moving orgasm. “Augh!” Jackson roared, his cock buried to the hilt. “Oww!” Star screamed, arching as the waves of sexual sensations swept over her. Her nails tore into his back. “Oh! YES!” Jackson took her into his arms as he rolled onto his side, his wilting member still inside Star’s warmth. He crooned nonsense words of love into her hair. When Star could find her breath again, she said, “That was an outstanding performance.”

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Star Seduction by RaeLynn Blue Chapter 10 Darius knocked hard against the door. “Jackson, your time’s up. Pay up!”

No response from Jackson as he waited with Star by his side. He imagined Darius frowning face as he pounded on the doors harder with each smash of his fists. Jackson waved for Star to get ready. The automatic key unlocked and it slid back in a rush of cool air. As soon as the door opened, Jackson slammed his fist into Darius’s face, sending the massive meat block stumbling backward. Star slipped out between the created space, fumbled around Darius’s back pockets, before running down the hallway with all her might. Her shoes clicked on the tiled floor, several men trying to get her attention by shouting her name, while others reached out to grab and touch her. Fear forced her ahead with catlike reflexes, and for this, she managed to escape the throng unharmed. Darius recovered and swung at Jackson, who had already put several feet between him and the menacing manager. The plan had better work, Jackson thought. Or else we’re dead. He watched Darius for the last ten months destroy men and paying patrons alike beneath his greed, his gloating pride, and his goal of demeaning women. For Jackson believed Darius hated women. He’d never seen the three-eyed creature with any females of his own. Nonetheless, he knew that Darius had the same method of operation. He would pounce on the patron, when he least expected, punch them out or shoot them with the lynx-cannon he kept in his back pocket. A surprise attack was his method of operation. Darius was nothing if not consistent. Jackson was running, the air in his lungs felt both strained and stale, as if he’d been holding it for far too long. Not to mention, the numbness that filtered down his body, making him feel slightly dead and frozen with fear. Still he pushed himself on, thoughts of holding Star in his arms, burning through the cold terror twisting his heart. “Jack! Get back here!” Darius roared, loud above the music, murmurs and mumbles of conversation. “Now! I’ll kill you! I’ll fuckin’ kill you!” Darius reached into his back pocket, but found it empty. His lynx-cannon was gone. Nimble fingered, Star had picked his pocket as planned, for Jackson didn’t want to be dead. Cursing a blue streak, Darius shoved through the mob of people like a bulldozer, crushing patrons and pals alike into the walls and under his feet. Jackson made himself stop looking

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backwards or else he’d crash into someone too. Once he reached the doors, he and Star would be free—sort of. They’d be out of the Cat’s Meow and on their way to Earth within the hour. They’d have to lose Darius in that time frame. Still, if Star did what he asked, the two of them could put a good piece of distance between them and the pimp. Darius reached the bar area just in time to see Jackson’s jacket slip between the two double doors. But Jackson, unable to resist seeing the expression on Darius’s face, slipped back through the doors’ entranceway to see if Darius would follow. Darius roared in fury, and shouted at Eddie, “My gun, you ass! Jackson, you’re going to die for this!” Eddie’s sagging face broke into a smile.. With speed Jackson didn’t know Eddie possessed, he bent down, snatched another lynx-cannon from the shelf behind the bar, but instead of placing it in Darius’s outstretched hand, Eddie pointed it at him. “Who you calling an ass?” Eddie asked, and with a cackling chortle, shot Darius in the chest, sending him crashing to the ground in a smoldering clunk, scattering the bar flies, patrons, and some of the girls. “Idiot!” Jackson flinched. He hadn’t expected Eddie to kill him, only slow him down. That’s all Star was supposed to ask Eddie to do—stall Darius. He shot her a confused looked. She shrugged, hand over her mouth, visibly shaking. “Thanks, Eddie,” Jackson said, not quite sure of what just transpired, “for slowing him down.” “Yeah, well, I like Star, so you be good to her. Besides, this bloke was getting on my nerves,” Eddie pointed down at Darius with the lynx-cannon, before putting it back under the bar with care and slow motion. “Lad, get him up and outta here.” Old Man Lad hopped down from the bar stool and lifted Darius with one hand. “Get me another one ready Eddie, for when I get back in.” “Whoa!” Jackson said, disbelievingly, eyes the size of saucers, his heart threatening to burst from his chest. “Old Man Lad!” “Yeah, he’s a changeling from Pluto,” Eddie explained casually. “Darius wasn’t ever the owner of this joint, Jackson, that be me. But he came in as a manager and started taking over

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how I did things. I got comfortable letting him run the show, and, well, he turned the place into a sleaze. Be ‘bout time I got it turned back around again.” “Good luck with that,” Jackson said, somberly, giving the place one final visual sweep before turning to go. When he first arrived, he didn’t want anything but a place to hide, to be forgotten, to forget. And yet, despite everything, he managed to wrangle something out of it, something golden. “Yeah, you too.” Eddie called. “Take care.” Just outside, in the crisp air, Star stood with her leather jacket drawn tightly against the wind. She turned to look at him, and it was an expression so open and without reproach, without judgment, and without question. Yes, Jackson could get used to this kind of life, this kind of love.

The End