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    I snuck a nce past Master Evan''s shoulder to see Master Damien standing several feet away


    looking annoyed. Everyone else also looked a little put out. I walked toward them with my head


    down and thought about what to do. They didn''t like it when I acted scared, so I had to act


    apologetic without being wimpy.


    I remembered what Master Damien had told me. They wanted me to touch them without fear. It was


    decided, I would do what they wanted.


    I looked up into Master Damien''s eyes as I approached him and put my arms lightly around his


    waist.


    "I''m sorry I didn''t listen to you, Master Damien," I said leaving my face tilted to his.


    I prayed he wouldn''t strike me or push me away.


    The men from before were still standing around and theymented as I touched Master Damien. I


    just left my eyes on him. He kept his arms folded across his chest as he leaned down.


    "Apologize to my brothers, just as you have to me," he said and returned to his former position.


    I apologized to Master Bane and Master Kein the same way. I approach Master Christof, slower.


    There was no way not to do this now. I slowly wound my arms around his waist and looked into his


    brilliant purple eyes; they looked wild.


    "I''m sorry, Master Christof," I said quietly and stepped back.


    He had looked like he wanted to hit me.


    Master Evan was right in front of me when I turned away from Master Christof. "You didn''t apologize


    to me, Ciara, and I had to go get you," he smirked.


    I put my arms around his waist and looked up to find his face inches from mine again.


    "Why do you put your arms around us?" Evan asked.


    "You don''t like me to use words from my firstnguage," I stuttered slightly unnerved at how close


    his face was.


    "Just this word, then," he said considering, "tell us what it is."


    "It is a hug, Master Evan, it is a sign of affection," I told him.


    He didn''t move or say anything, so I apologized like I had to his brothers. I tried to move away but


    he stopped me and grinned wickedly.


    "You should kiss me to prove you''re sorry," he said with authority pulling me closer.


    "Brother..." I heard Master Christof say and I could hear the warning in his voice.


    I had to get on my toes to reach Master Evan''s mouth. His lips were full and perfect for kissing, so I


    did. Master Evan''s blue eyes looked a little surprised when our lips touched. I loved the look of


    shock when I ran my tongue over his bottom lip, he wasn''t the only one that could taste.


    I felt Master Damien pressing up against my back as he wove his fingers into my hair and pulled my


    head back slightly. "We were going to y a game of chuke, Ciara. You wille and watch us.


    That is, if you are done apologizing to my brother."


    "Yes, Master Damien," I said smiling.


    The look on Master Evan''s face was priceless. Women must not kiss them I surmised.


    The men walked me out of the courtyard and into a vegetated area. It resembled grass, but was


    lighter in color. They left me kneeling in a small tent with several other ves. I was told to stay on


    my pad in the grass.


    The men all stripped, leaving their clothes in piles. The only thing they wore out onto the field was a


    small cup over their privates. Oddly, I didn''t see anything holding the cup on, it just stayed there.


    The twenty or so men already on the field cheered their arrival.


    "Hello again, cousin," came cheerfully from my left.


    I grinned, d to see a familiar face. "Hello Fuji, it''s nice to see you again."


    "Cousin, you can talk with us, but keep your eyes on your Warriors," the warning came from my


    right.


    I readjusted my gaze to see Master Bane looking over at me. He went back to the game a moment


    later.


    Furtively, I took in my surroundings. I could make out tall walls on every side of us. We were in a


    field, but still inside theirpound.


    "Caution, cousin," a voice hissed from my left, "you cannot run from this ce."


    "They watch us," another voice whispered, "if you keep looking around, they wille over here."


    "They like us to watch," Fuji instructed. "When your men make a point you should cheer with them."


    I couldn''t run inside a walledpound. Since I was on an alien, running at all was seeming


    like a foolish thought. Instead I concentrated on what Fuji had said.


    "How do I know when they make a point?" I asked watching the confusing disy in front of me.


    It looked like there were multiple balls in y and the men were running all over the ce.


    "Just cheer when your men cheer," was the answer from farther right, "I''ve been watching this game


    for ages and I still don''t understand it."


    All the women in the tentughed at that. Suddenly, Fuji rose up and jumped around, when she was


    done she knelt back down. Some men on the field had also been cheering.


    I saw a ball pass to Master Evan and he threw it in the air shouting. The rest of my men also made


    a lot of noise. I''d yed drums in the marching band, so I''d cheered in many football games. I


    hooted and hollered like back then.


    "Perfect," the voice from my right said, "they loved that! I''m Rose by the way."


    "Rose?" I asked questioningly, "Didn''t they re name you?"


    "Yes, they asked for the name of the most beautiful thing on my home and that was the first


    thing that came to mind. I was so scared, it''s a wonder I didn''t end up with some horrible name.


    What did they call you?" she asked.


    "It used to be Rachel, but I guess it''s Ciara now," I answered her rxing.


    "Oh," Rose sighed, "whatever you do, don''t say that again. They get really angry if you talk about


    your home."


    "Yes, thank you," I answered staring nkly ahead.


    Survival may be more difficult than I thought.


    The conversation was pleasant with my new counterparts. I didn''t look over so I only knew Rose,


    Tamia, and Shi by the sounds of their voices. Out of the five of us only Rose and I were from Earth.


    I learned being from Earth had protected me from being sold onto a where ves were


    worked to death. That didn''t take long for a human. Earthlings were too frail for most others.


    Our needs for oxygen and water made us difficult to keep.


    The men hadn''t been lying about me never going home. The dimensional portals the vers used


    had trouble operating on earth, something to do with the atmosphere. It was getting harder and


    harder to acquire an earthling.


    Pateria had developed a simr shield against the portals. At one point, before the shield, the


    vers had tried to steal ves back. Rose shuddered when she talked about it. The Warriors were


    fearless and deadly. The vers that came had been massacred.


    As we talked, I watched the game and dutifully cheered when it seemed appropriate. All the


    screaming was making me thirsty. I was relieved when I saw Master Evane striding toward me


    with a jug.


    He made an impressive site. His broad shoulders and narrow hips covered in flexing muscle. His


    skin was glistening with sweat in the falling light. Master Evan was the kind of guy I would have had


    wet dreams about. Back home a man like him never would have looked at me twice.


    He fed me a long drink of the cool liquid while grinning down at me. I nearly choked when I got a


    good look at his mouth. His teeth had grown into long deadly looking sabers. He noticed me staring


    and set the jug on the ground.


    Crouching in front of me he continued to grin. His mouth looked wicked and I couldn''t stop gaping at


    it.


    "Do I frighten you, Ciara?" he asked teasingly running a finger down my arm.


    I lied, "No, Master Evan," as my breath caught in my throat.


    He brought his face to within an inch of mine. "Will you kiss me now, human?"


    I caught the dare in his eyes and just couldn''t back down. I ced my lips against his and closed


    my eyes. He didn''t attack me, so I continued to kiss him.


    I forgot about my new friends sitting less than a foot away and got bolder. I slipped my tongue


    between his lips and touched those evil looking teeth. Master Evan didn''t move so I continued to


    explore his mouth and brushed his tongue with mine.


    I pulled back to look at him and he was absolutely shocked. Master Damien was behind him a


    secondter asking if he was nning toe back to the game or not. Still looking unnerved


    Master Evan followed him back to the field, throwing nces over his shoulder the whole way.


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    "Oh,"ughed Rose heartily, "you''ll do just fine here, Ciara."


    "I swear to you he grew a mouthful of fangs, I swear it!" I muttered back to her still surprised by


    Master Evan''s appearance.


    "That is what happens when they get excited. They have a secondary set of teeth that grow," Fuji


    answered happily. "Didn''t they have sex with you today?" she asked curiously.


    I wasn''t reallyfortable discussing that with four new friends and they thought that was hrious.


    "If you haven''t noticed they aren''t really inhibited here, they are only wearing the cups to keep


    themselves protected," said Rose.


    "Yes," I finally answered embarrassed, "but I wasn''t looking at their mouths then. They had me on


    my hands and knees facing away from them."


    "Oh, that''s rich!"ughed Rose. "I had forgotten about how paranoid they are at first. They think


    you''re going to bite them. They act like your nails are daggers. It gets old really fast. Just when you


    think you''ve got them cured, they go to a coupling ande back twice as crazy."


    All the women were chuckling at the inside joke. "What''s a coupling?" I asked trying to understand.


    "This is going to sound odder than anything else you''ve heard today, so be prepared. The women


    native to this are... there isn''t even a word bad enough to describe them. They stand about


    nine feet tall and are covered in thick hair. Those fangs you saw on your Master are nothing


    compared to what the women carry and the women''s don''t retract. They also have vicious ws. To


    top it all off they can fly. They have these awesome leathery wings. The women here terrify the


    men."


    I sat watching the game stunned. Master Damien''s earlierment madeplete sense now. He


    didn''t mean I shouldn''t be afraid of them. Hisment was that they could enjoy me without being


    afraid of me.


    When I didn''t say anything Rose continued to talk. "The men here take turns with the women. Your


    Masters will leave you for several day cycles to go service the native women. All the men have to


    go at some point, there is a schedule. Sometimes the men here are kidnapped and held by gangs


    of women."


    "The Warriors protect the vige we are in from other viges, but also from women seeking to take


    men. When a man gets taken the Warriors go look for them in the mountains. When they find them,


    they alwayse back skittish," Rose finished and then rose to cheer her Warriors.