PFC Stewart Peter Bate wasn't really sure what attracted him to the woman in the green dress standing amongst the tall reeds on the edge of the pond. Her head was turned away from him. She looked wistful as she stared out over the still water.
Was she pining over a love left behind? Or maybe admiring the natural beauty of the trees and rushes on the other side of the pool? It was a picturesque spot. If it wasn't for the sky—all purple and red roiling clouds—you could be forgiven for thinking this was a natural beauty spot on Earth.
Bate stalked towards her through waist-high grass. Why? He couldn't tell you. He couldn't even tell himself.
His heart was beating too fast. He felt strangely tense. His fingers clutched at empty air like metal clamps. There was a pounding at his temples that might be the beginnings of a migraine.
Or something else.
He didn't know why he was going to the woman in green or what he'd do when he reached her. It was as if he'd gone off-road and primal instinct had taken over the wheel.
An image of him throwing the woman to the floor and climbing on top to ravish her jumped to the forefront of his thoughts.
Repulsed, he pushed it aside.
That wasn't him.
Not anymore.
He stalked closer, his fingers clenching and unclenching of their own accord.
Who was this woman? One of the science staff? Medical? Either way, a green summer dress didn't seem very practical for a tour out in H-space. All she needed was a hat and parasol and she'd look like she was straight out of a painting you might find in one of the fancy-pants New York art galleries.
The girl turned just as he reached her. If she was one of the station staff, Bate didn't recognize her. He'd never seen her face around camp, and it was a face he'd have remembered. Her long, wavy auburn hair was glossy and perfectly framed a beautiful heart-shaped face. She smiled at Bate like a carefree girl-next-door, but there was altogether too much
knowing
in her bright green eyes.
"Oh, hi there." She didn't seem fazed by Bate's presence at all. "What do you want?"
Bate said nothing. Muscles twitched in his thick arms. His fingers clenched and unclenched.
What did he want?
That image of him throwing her to the ground, climbing on top, ripping that pretty dress aside and thrusting up into her tight wetness returned to his mind.
No. That wasn't him.
A pinprick of pain in the back of his calf jolted him. Damn, some marsh-dwelling bloodsucking insect must have bitten him. It was an irritation, but in some respects Bate was glad of it as it distracted him from the frightening dark animalistic thoughts swirling through his brain.
Introduce yourself, his inner voice cajoled.
His tongue, which felt swollen enough to clog his whole mouth, refused to comply.
The girl laughed at his tongue-tied silence. "It's okay. I know what you want. It's what all men want."
And then her bright green eyes were more than
knowing
. Her face went full-on slutty as she undid the buttons of her blouse.
Oh yeah, a proper little slut, Bate thought. His nostrils dilated as he pulled more air into his lungs. A proper little slut he should put over his knee and give a good spanking. And then...
No. You don't do that. Not anymore.
What material was her green dress made out of? It looked strange—shiny, slick, stretchy. The surface bulged and rippled as something moved underneath. What was that? It looked like a snake. Or tentacle.
What was going on here? Pressure pounded harder at Bate's temples.
He stared as the girl in the green dress opened up her top and revealed the lovely pink hemispheres of her titties. Bate's gaze was drawn to them and roamed all over her luscious pink curves.
"Do you like them?" she cooed.