Caged Mate by Athena Storm & Zora Black

Author:Athena Storm & Zora Black [Storm, Athena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Athenaverse Press
Published: 2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00

I drag her back to the cell. She keeps crying for a long time. It hurts me so much I can’t ignore it. Then I have an idea.

I’ve been wondering how I can give her things without raising suspicion. Now I realize I can use it as a tactic. I hurry to the hold and grab a few of the Egyptian cotton sheets we recently stole and take them to her cell.

I cuff her and blindfold her as standard security protocol. She keeps crying.

I put the sheets up along the sides of her cell. When I pull the blind fold off, she looks around in amazement.

“Curtains? You’re giving me privacy?”

I nod while I take off her cuffs.

“Gifts can be yours, Caroline. I can make you very comfortable if you tell me the truth.”

She crosses her arms.

“I have been.”

I shrug and walk away.

For the next few cycles, I don’t take her to the interrogation room. I bring her fancy chocolates, clean clothes and books. The other women seem to be going insane. I find myself sitting on the floor a lot, just chatting to her while she sits on the bed.

What I’m supposed to be doing is setting up a false sense of security. Make her feel safe and comfortable so she’ll accidentally let things out. The longer I stay in her cell, the more she talks.

She’s full of stories. She’s lived on so many planets, seen so many ships. I honestly believe no one could fake this. If she was a soldier this tactic would have revealed it. There’s nothing like comfortable conditions and a sympathetic ear to bring out everything some one knows.

She’s trusting me. She really is. We haven’t tried these tactics on the crew men, because they would never buy it. The fact that Caroline doesn’t suspect anything and runs her mouth off with ease suggests she doesn’t even know this is a tactic.

After several days, I’m not sure it is, either.

I’ve come to enjoy my time with her so much I find myself perusing our loot, looking for clothes she might like or music. I always find the fanciest food I can. We have an excellent cook who can make anything out of just about anything. I hassle the guy to get creative with sweets and pasta sauce, knowing these are her favorites.

I even manage to get her out to our locker area so she can shower. Even though I want to be all over her in the warm, soapy water, I respectfully wait for her to finish and wrap herself in a dress before I go in.

“Why are you being so good to me?”

I push her in front of me as I walk her back to her cell.

“I’m just trying to find out the truth.”

“I think by now, if you haven’t got it, you never will.”

I can only agree.

The stares of the other prisoners are deadly as we enter the cells. No one else has been able to wash except for Astor. He salutes with a cigar as we pass.

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