"I will help Lexx get his sister…." Riley ground his fangs together in concentration. He was busily going over his options.
"Do you think that's really a good idea,… right now?" Damian sat the platter down on the table beside the couch and attempted to talk sense into the angry littan. "Lexx is doing good. It would tear him apart to learn about Zaile. You know how sensitive he is about things like family. He has a false sense of what family should be. Rishan families are not like ours. It's difficult for them to be."
Riley sighed and rubbed the back of his hand over his eyes. "It's just not right. Lexx deserves a family that actually ACTS like one."
"Yes,…" Damian tilted his head just enough to see behind him. He had heard a sound like someone breathing and trailed off. Kane was standing in the doorway, mouth open and eyes wide. She had obviously overheard a bit of their conversation and was leaning in to hear better. When neither Damian or Riley said anything, she quickly ducked back around the other side of the door.
'Hey … wait a minute. Did I hear that right?!' Kane exclaimed in her thoughts. 'Zaile?! If Zaile is Lexx's brother, then that means he's MY brother too … and he's rich!!' A slow cunning smile spread over Kane's face. Finally,… her ship was about to come in.
Lisaan tentatively stepped through a sliding glass door onto one of the many decks that overlooked the beach. Cautiously, she crept against the wall to the corner and sat down on the floor. She stifled a sob and rubbed her eyes. What was going to happen to her? They were on a planet now which did not have any courts to go to if her contract was abused and she was at Riley's mercy.
And if he sent her back to the facility, that would mean worse things for Lisaan. The contract specifically stated that in the event her company was rejected by a buyer more than two times, she would default to a secondary contract … in what essentially amounted to intimate physical services. It was a shorter contract, but one that Lisaan had been striving to avoid. It was how the facility made its money, one way or another. If she wasn't good enough for casual company, then she wouldn't be a good product to send to another owner.
The first time, it was because she was too shy and would not speak unless spoken to. The second time, her new Kourwine master had wanted to show off his exotic toy by having her dance for his friends. One of them was a little too impressed and had cornered her after the dance and attempted to rape her. She fought back and had sunk her fangs into his arm. Of course,… she was the one held at fault and returned.
And now? Now, she didn't want to do anything to further anger Riley. The horror stories she had heard from other less fortunate workers in the facility were far more terrifying than anything Riley might do to her. There was only one problem,… Riley had already said that he was going to send her back where she came from. He had not done it yet, so maybe she could change his mind when he was no longer angry. If she had to, she would beg and plead with him. Maybe he would show her some mercy, even though he hadn't yet. She still had that little bit of hope. It was all she had.
