“Uh…I…”
“Do you understand, Niki? You belong to me now, and you will obey me. ”
Nikolai could hardly believe his ears. This beautiful young man—his mate—wanted to make him his love slave. The irony alone was priceless. He felt a huge grin tugging at the corners of his mouth. What better way to pass the time until his family came for him? He needed to hide his enthusiasm, though, in case his little prince was under the impression this was some kind of punishment for Nikolai. If so, he hated to disappoint him by giving him a high five.
“So you wish to enslave me and hold me hostage, is that it?”
“You will address me always as master, and yes, that’s it, as you say. ”
“May I ask why me, in particular? Master?”
Jagger hesitated, looking uncomfortable. “We need your family to bring back the bauxite shipment immediately. We have to have it. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough diamond certificates in our coffers at the moment, and your family has refused us credit. We were left with no choice but to take what we needed. ”
“Oh yes,” Nikolai answered, “no choice at all. I can see the entire affair was my family’s fault. ”
The prince blushed and tightened his lips further. “I-I’m sorry you got in the way of things, but you are now my captive, and I consider you to be spoils of war. ”
“Spoils of war? Is my family at war with your country? I hadn’t noticed. ”
Jagger made an impatient gesture. “I won’t stand here and argue with you. You are spoils of war and my hostage and my slave, and that’s an end to
it. As my captive, I can do with you what I choose, and I choose to use you as my concubine. If you resist, I’ll shock you and punish you. It would go much easier on you if you’d cooperate and stop being so impudent!”
Nikolai decided to remain silent. Keeping his head lowered, he decided he didn’t want to fight with his little mate, or force him into a show of strength. For now it was best to just be quiet and learn as much as he could about his new situation. After all, being a sex slave to his own mate wasn’t exactly an onerous task.
After a moment, Jagger spoke again, this time with a softer tone. “There’s no use resisting, Niki. I’ll be a kind master, so long as you obey me. ” He tried to peer into Nikolai’s eyes, but Nikolai kept his head determinedly down. The prince sighed and tugged on his hand. “Come with me, then, and I’ll feed you. ”
Jagger pulled him over to the table and dropped his hand. He sat down and indicated a large pillow on the floor by his chair. “Kneel on the pillow beside me and take the food from my hand. ”
Nikolai dropped to his knees, keeping his face lowered. His erection was huge and his balls were drawn up tight to his body. The idea of eating from his little mate’s hand was not at all embarrassing to him. Rather, it was exciting to be so close to him, and to have his mate’s scent on every bite that went into his mouth would be beyond exquisite. He was greatly enjoying this little game. Perhaps if Nikolai had truly been a slave, the situation wouldn’t have been at all pleasurable. With anyone other than his beautiful mate, he would already have torn their head off. As it was, knowing this was temporary until his family came for him, and knowing he could snap the collar off his neck with a twist of his fingers any time he chose made this all seem more like an amusing distraction. It helped to know it was a game he would ultimately win. Someday soon, he’d have his little mate sitting naked, not on the floor, but on his lap, while he fed him every bite and made him lick his fingers too. The idea made him moan a bit, and caused Jagger to look questioningly down at him.
“Are you all right?”
“I’m hungry, Master,” Nikolai said innocently, and Jagger nodded. He picked up a medium-sized morsel of Moringian beef and held it next to Nikolai’s lips. Nikolai engulfed his fingers with his lips, licking at the underside with his tongue and then sat innocently back on his heels, gazing up at his little prince from under his long eyelashes.
Jagger looked down at him with alarm, then wiped his hand on his napkin. “It’s not necessary to take such large bites, Niki. There is plenty of food here, and I’ll give you what you need. ”
Nikolai certainly hoped he’d give him what he needed, and soon. It was getting harder and harder to kneel by his feet and not turn him around in the chair, rip his leggings off and swallow his cock down in one gulp. He clenched his hands tightly and opened his mouth for the next morsel.
This time, Jagger gave him a larger bite of meat, wrapped in a piece of soft, brown bread. When he opened his mouth even wider to take it, Jagger pulled his hand back and gave him a little tap on the cheek with the other hand. “Not such large bites. It’s not necessary to take my whole hand in your mouth. Now sit up straight and take a smaller bite. ” Nikolai nodded obediently, straightening his back and opened his mouth just a tiny bit, leaning forward so Jagger could place the bite on his tongue. As soon the morsel touched his lips though, he quickly opened his mouth wide and took in the morsel and Jagger’s fingers all the way to the knuckles, licking them thoroughly as he pulled them away.
Jagger jumped to his feet and stood over him with his fists clenched. “You did that on purpose! I know it! Are you being insolent, Niki?” His voice was low, but Nikolai could hear the underlying menace.
He shook his head and looked back up at the prince deferentially. “No, Master. I’m just so hungry. ”
Jagger stood staring down at him for a long moment, finally blowing out a breath in irritation. “Sit at the table, then, and fill your plate. I’m hungry too, and this will take forever at the rate we’re going. I can’t figure out if you’re impudent or just plain stupid. I’m not so sure your family will pay anything for you. I may have to pay them to take you back!”
“Yes, Master,” Nikolai said, “Uh…I mean, no Master. They’ll pay you, I’m sure. ” He got quickly to his feet, sitting on the empty chair next to his mate. Grabbing a plate, he took a little of everything. Actually, he took a lot of everything, but he was very hungry, and it all looked delicious. When he’d helped himself to the food, he sat back and looked down at it with satisfaction until he noticed the amazed look on his little mate’s face at the mounds of food on his plate. He smiled and shrugged. “As I said, I’m very hungry. ”
“Yes, I can see that. Well, eat your fill and then we can talk. ”
For the next few minutes, Nikolai addressed himself to his plate, finding the Jayronian food good, if a little bland for his taste. There were a few vegetables he didn’t recognize, but he ate them anyway, not knowing how long it might be until he was offered food again. He washed it all down with a large goblet of water sitting by his plate and then sat back, rubbing his stomach. He looked up and found the prince’s fascinated gaze on him.
Nikolai smiled and shrugged, then quickly lowered his head again at Jagger’s increasingly suspicious look.
The prince sat forward, leaning his elbows on the table. “I don’t believe I’ve ever seen anyone eat that much food at one sitting. I may have to include a food allowance in your family’s monthly tribute. ” He shook his head and stared at Nikolai. “Do you have any more questions for me, Niki? Anything about me or about your new life here?”
Nikolai shrugged. He had plenty of questions, but the prince would no doubt think they were insolent and refuse to answer. He decided that if he were to pull this off, if he were to make the prince think he was not a threat, the less he said the better. He shook his head, keeping his eyes downcast.