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“You don’t need clothes here, Dreamy,” he says.
“But I have to go. I’m so late for work.”
Shah’s dark eyes mock me gently. “You’re not going to work. You’re not going back home. When you stepped over the threshold of the bar last night, you changed your life. Just like you wanted to.”
“Wh.. what are you going to do to me?”
“Fuck you,” he says simply. “I like your pussy. It’s good. It’s sweet. You shock easily, and that makes you fun. And that hot little ass, that will soon get used to my cock. And then, of course, there’s the leverage.”
“Leverage?”
“Oh, Dreamy,” he smirks. “You got my attention the day we met.”
“I’m just a worker.”
Shah takes me by the chin and shakes his head, dark eyes sparking with mischief. “No. You’re not. You’re something much more special.”
“So you’re going to hold me for ransom? They won’t care. I’ve already been replaced. I’m nothing.”
“You’re not nothing. You have all that precious worker code in your head. Besides, a ransom would mean I intend to give you back. I’m holding you hostage.”
“For what?”
“For whatever I like,” he smiles, tapping my nose with his forefinger.
3
Dreamy
BAM! BLAM! RATATATATATATA BAM!
A sudden onslaught of weapons fire makes me shriek. It sounds louder for being in the afterglow of a rough ravaging that has left me thoroughly satisfied.
The weapons fire is so much louder than I expected it to be, and I didn’t expect it at all. Shah’s room must be right at the top of the ship. There are clear panels above our heads, something like windows, but massively reinforced. Charges are bursting against them, and against the ship’s shielding, making it crackle in bright blue and purple grids.
“What’s happening?”
“If I had to guess, I’d say the Authorities have found me,” he says. “They’re attacking the ship. Someone has led them to us. I have to take care of this. Stay here. Do not leave this room, Dreamy.”
I couldn’t leave if I wanted to. Shah stalks out of the room, and the doors seal behind him. I’m locked up here, in his custody, and under assault.
Shah
“Someone led them here.”
Malik wastes no time in pointing the obvious out. We are still docked at the Colony port. It should be neutral territory. At least, unofficially, it is. Authorities don’t tend to strike here. They don’t want to turn the place into a war zone with so many cargo ships, merchant vessels, and civilian runabouts all docked. Can’t trade the merchandise of the Colony if the dock is on fire. Apparently. I am big enough news to make them sacrifice all of that precious peace.
“What do you think?” I ask Malik. “Revenge for not completing the deal?” Last night I was supposed to finalize an arrangement with a rogue Elite. Maybe he took my refusal to finish the deal personally. There are only two types of people in colonies. Elites, who make all the money, and drones, who do all the work. Elites are greedy. It’s not enough that they get all the proceeds of the labor of the workers; they like to cut deals on the side too. That’s good news for me, otherwise getting resupplied would start to get difficult.
“Maybe. Or maybe it’s about the worker you snagged.”
“You think they break out the heavy artillery for a worker drone?” I shake my head. It doesn’t fucking matter. The shields will hold up for so long, but not forever. We need to do something about this assault.
“Why aren’t we halfway to the next planet by now?”
“I can’t undock. We’re locked in port. If I try to activate the engines, we’ll rip ourselves apart. Even if we make it out of the dock, we’ll burn up with the slightest bit of turbulence. Someone’s got to go out there and unlock the docking clamps manually.”
“Fine.” I reach for an armored jacket. “I’ll go.”
