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useless after coming, but Daaron seemed to just be warming up. She
    leaned over and blew lightly on his member. Daaron groaned.
    “Whatever it was you wanted to try, you’d better do it soon,” he said, voice
    strained. “Or I’ll lose patience.”
    A wave of pleasure and power washed through Tessa. She loved how he responded
    to her, and thoroughly enjoyed the idea of using her sexuality against him. She blew
    again and then flicked her tongue out, catching the flared head of his penis with the tip.
    Daaron shuddered. Tessa gripped his length firmly in her hand and rubbed up and
    down, feeling the ridges of the veins within, pulling the soft skin up along his length.
    She shot a look up to his face to make sure his eyes were still closed before glancing at
    the floor. The fool had left his blaster sitting right there, next to his clothing. She
    gripped him harder and he moaned.
    This time she didn’t have to force a smile, it came naturally.
    Tessa leaned over again, took a deep breath and sucked his length into her mouth.
    The taste of him, salty and warm, surprised her. She wiggled her tongue against him as
    her roommate had described doing. Apparently she did it right, because Daaron bucked
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    against her and gave another of those deep moans of excitement. She pulled up. His
    hand reached down, gripping her hair and trying to push her head back down, but she
    grabbed it and pushed it away.
    “No, this is my fantasy,” she said. “Stay still.”
    He did as she asked.
    Moving quickly, she leaned over the edge of the bed and grabbed the blaster. As he
    started to sit up, she shoved the cold metal of the gun into his groin, right at the base of
    his cock.
    “I said stay still .”
    Daaron froze, eyes flying open. His face filled with rage, and she realized she could
    never, ever allow him to overpower her again. If she did, he might kill her.
    “You said you had some friends outside,” she said slowly. “I’m taking you hostage.
    We’re going to get my garnets and leave this damned planet, and your buddies better
    not try to stop us. Do I make myself clear?”
    “You’re my wife, you have to obey me,” he said. “That’s the way it works in the
    Warrens.”
    “How stupid do you think I am?” Tessa snapped back. “Women of the Warrens
    might have to obey their husbands, but only as long as they’re alive. Don’t push your
    luck.”
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    Garnets or Bust

Chapter Four
    Daaron took deep breaths, forcing down the anger thundering through him. The
    situation was his own damn fault. Losing control of your weapon was a fool’s mistake,
    and if one of his men had done it, he’d find himself cleaning latrines for a month. He’d
    forgotten just how intoxicating Tessa’s presence could be, and seriously underestimated
    the woman herself. Being near her all but wiped out his ability to think, and now they
    would both pay.
    Tessa stepped away from him, holding the blaster steady, and awkwardly pulled
    up her pants with one hand.
    “Get up,” she said. “We’re going to walk outside and you’re going to stand in front
    of me as a shield. I want you to tell your friends to leave us alone until we get to my
    cruiser. We’ll be taking the first available transport off-planet, and then I’ll make
    arrangements to sell my garnets and disappear. If you do everything I tell you, you’ll
    survive. Do you understand me?”
    He nodded his head, not looking forward to the next ten minutes. His team didn’t
    respond well to threats.
    “Pick up your clothes,” Tessa added.
    “Should I put them on?”
    She gave him a speculative look before offering him a rather dark smile.
    “No,” she replied sweetly. “It will be harder for you to run if you’re naked. Now
    we’re going to leave. I’m going to stand right behind you as we go out. You’ll pause in
    the doorway and tell your people to let us by. Then we’ll grab the garnets and go.”
    He nodded his head, knowing it wouldn’t get that