Her hair is still up in a bun, and her face is still devoid of makeup. I watch her eyes as they shift around to read whatever is on the tablet. She taps at the screen and then sets it on the table beside the bed before turning to me.
Our eyes meet, and I am filled with the warmth of her gaze. She smiles down at me, and my skin tingles. My dick hardens, and images of her pinned beneath me as I slam into her fill my head.
“Good morning,” she says brightly. “How do you feel?”
Horny.
“Fine,” I respond automatically.
“How are you really feeling?” Her smile is tight-lipped.
“A little dizzy,” I say after thinking about it for a moment. With my eyes, I follow the curve of her neck to her shoulder and lick my lips. “Confused.”
Why am I so drawn to her?
“I need to finish my report, but afterward we’ll talk, and I’ll try to answer your questions. Maybe then we can consider getting those restraints off of you.”
If my hands were freed, I could touch her.
I twist my wrists and clench my hands as I nod. Being able to move would be good though I don’t feel the same sense of panic and need to escape I had when I first awoke. I’m filled with anticipation instead.
Riley takes the tablet over to the computer table and sets it down. I tilt my head up to get a better look at her, but end up looking down my own body instead. My erection is clearly visible under the sheets, but I don’t feel any embarrassment by this. On the contrary, I wish she’d take a better look, maybe pull back the sheet, take my dick in her hand, and stroke it for a while.
The mirror wall. Someone may be watching.
I’m not sure I care.
The images in my head are doing nothing to help the condition of my cock. I close my eyes and try to empty my mind, but the thoughts persist. I should try to think about sports or kittens or maybe farming.
Farming?
“Do you have any specific questions for me?” Riley is next to me on the rolling chair.
“Where am I?” I ask as I try to direct my mind toward her words.
“You are in one of the Mills Conglomerate medical facilities,” she says.
“Mills Conglomerate?”
“The preeminent corporation in this hemisphere. The Mills Conglomerate is dedicated to the health of its people and is responsible for the safety of all the families in its occupied territories. The corporation protects its citizens and maintains the peace.”
“Protects them from what?”
Riley rubs her lower lip with her teeth and takes in a large breath. She leans back against the chair, crosses her legs, and locks her fingers together around her knee. I imagine my own fingers taking a hold of that same knee and pulling her leg back over my shoulder. I wonder if she tastes as sweet as she smells.
“Let me back up a little. Do you have any memories of the war?”
I blink and glance back to her face, concentrating on her question. I try to search my head for any information about a war, but I remember nothing.
“None.”
“We’ll start with a history lesson, then.” Her eyes lock with mine, and though my erection has subsided, my skin still feels like it’s vibrating when she looks at me. I can’t take my eyes off of her. “Thirty years ago, the four major corporations of the world were divided by specific tasks—health and safety, advancement of technology, education and job assignment, and agriculture and food production. Everything was balanced, resources were plentiful, and there was little need for disputes because everyone had what they needed. Trade flourished. People were happy and prosperous, but that all changed.”
A chill runs through me as she continues.
“Twenty-seven years ago, a giant comet passed through our solar system. The technology division, a corporation called Danuk, discovered what was coming three years before, but there was little they could do. They launched robotic probes to try to nudge if off course. The probes worked to a degree, altering the course enough to keep it from hitting the planet, but it wouldn’t be enough. We didn’t know exactly what kind of impact it would have, only that it would pass close enough to Earth to have devastating effects.
“When the comet passed by, chunks of it broke off and fell to the planet, some as large as a kilometer across. Massive impacts devastated equatorial landmasses and sent enough debris into the atmosphere to cool the entire planet. Crops died. Rainfall nearly ceased around the globe, and supplies of fresh water surpassed grain on the value market, which shifted the economy overnight. We had to rely on stored food for a decade as we tried to counter the devastation.