Running From Your Shadows

Chapter 20

From the atmosphere came a lone ship, and it landed just outside of Challenger's range for it's scanners. With it's landing gear down, and docking bay doors open, out stepped a lanky woman in nothing but a leather catsuit, deadly heeled boots, and a lavish fur-trimmed coat that was tainted with 4 distinct bullet holes. She eyes her lackeys on either of her side.

"Secure the area. Our mole should be along shortly. Prepare the payment, and please will someone deal with the stench of farmland?" She barked, then was met with a cacophony of "Yes, ma'am" and "Right away, mistress." The woman surveyed the area, and using her night vision implants to see there was nothing but foliage and some moas in the background. What caught her attention was her implants picking up the heat from a human walking towards her. The human revealed herself to be a young woman.

"Sicilia."

"Gemma Lozano." Sicilia bowed her head in respect to the gang lady, then stood as she handed over a drive. "Here is the layout of the town, in addition to routine schedules and addresses of everyone, including Sam's." Gemma raised a brow, her eyes shining a distinct yellow from her implants.

"You mean Locus?"

"Er, yes Locus." Gemma nodded, and motioned for the woman to follow her into the ship where Gemma plugged in the drive to bring up a holo of the town.

"Fascinating, a small town with numerous entry points, but no place to put an effective bottleneck for a sniper's nest. Locus was a proficient sniper since he was trained in stealth." Sicilia nodded in agreement.

"This is an interesting time since I read someone wanted to trade posts with S-Locus this morning, which means Locus will have an afternoon patrol rather than twilight patrol." Gemma sneered at this new information.

"You did well in spying on him, and now we have his heart right here in my hands. I shall take it apart bit by bit for what he did to me. I thanked our informant in finding his family, well the family that took him in at any rate." Gemma silently acknowledged two of her men to stand behind Sicilia, as if to cut her off. "I must also thank you for this new information, and do tell Papa I say hi." Gemma cruelly asked as she raised her magnum to Sicilia's head and pulled the trigger, her coat stained once again with fresh blood. It was then a scout came up to his boss.

"Mistress, we have the area secured. What are our next set of orders?" Gemma cackled as she turned back to the holo of the town.

"Here is our plan..."

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Sam found himself sitting on the edge of Marina's bed, looking at the beautiful woman before him. On her face was such a devious smile as she worked to loosen his tie, and used the tie to pull him in for a hungry kiss. Sam cradles her head in his hands as he pressed back. He could feel Marina remove the tie, then work on unbuttoning his shirt. He silently growled when Marina pulled away as she shrugged his shirt from his shoulders, looking at his body. Sam simply sighed.

"Are you sure about this? These scars are not pretty, and neither are their stories." Marina nodded with such a surety as she traced a scar across his shoulder.

"It's alright, Sam. I want to know you, but I won't force you if your scars make you uncomfortable." Sam shook his head in defense.

"No, sweetheart. I am okay, I just want to be sure you will be okay." Marina smiled as she circled behind him onto her bed as she pulled his shirt off, exposing his rich back.

"I'll be fine." Sam felt the dip in the bed come back as he watched Marina come back around, his shirt in hand, and she tossed away playfully. He could see the very prominent red stain her cheeks as he felt her eyes on his body. Sam wasn't sure what made him feel more modest, his muscles or his scars? Sam's breath hitched as he felt Marina place a warm hand on his pec, and traced a faint scar to his abdominals. Sam inwardly chuckled, thinking she was probably counting them like the sweet, curious woman that she was.

"You know, Samuel. Your abs can easily put a bodybuilder to shame." Sam sheepishly smiled as he looked away, wondering if that would help alleviate the rush of heat that came to his face. It didn't help that she used her other hand to cup his cheek, and direct his attention back to her face. The need was beginning to become unbearable, and Sam could feel some of the chains of his self-control beginning to strain, and possibly break.

Sam's spine shivered when he registered Marina was suddenly behind him, tracing each of his scars on his back. Her touch seared his skin, leaving behind a sensation that made him crave more of her touch. His heart beat sped up when he felt Marina's arms wrap around him from behind. Sam sighed with contentment as he placed his hands over her hands.

"You are a sight to behold, Sam. You're very muscular, extraordinarily handsome. You are the most perfect man I've ever met." Sam's response was a dark chuckle that transitioned into a low, lusty growl.

"Marina-" Sam was cut off by a startle gasp, feeling Marina's lush lips behind his ear, to his neck, even feeling her teeth hovering over his thick neck. He didn't think he had it in him to moan the way he did from what Marina was doing to him. The shackles of his self control were slowly coming undone, with a good many of them barely hanging on. His response was sharply turning around and pressing Marina down into her bed, and hungrily kissing her. He couldn't stop himself as he cupped her head, lacing his fingers through her soft brain hair, and placing his other hand at the small of her back in response to her body pressing against his.

"You have no idea how much I love you, how beautiful you are, and how close you are to breaking my self control with your teases." Sam whispered in between his kisses. He made his point by kissing along her jaw all the way to her neck, where he ghosted a lusty bit over her neck, causing her to gasp. He returned his attention to her face, and the desire intensified with how Marina hooded her eyes at him. She reached behind him, wrapping one arm around his strong back, and the other taking in a lock of his hair and twirling it with her finger.

"If you did lose yourself to me, tell me what your heart desires my love." Sam proceeded to kiss the underside of her jaw before leaning towards her ear, heavily breathing.

"I'd shower you with all the physical affections your heart could ever desire and much more. I'd take care of your every want and need, making you scream for me," Sam proceeded to rake his teeth down her neck. "I'd want to take in all of you, and worship every part of you and fill your heart and mind with nothing but the love I want to give. I'd make love to you, even if it took me all night to communicate how much I love you." Sam whispered before kissing her cheek. He listened to her lusty giggle.

"I think we can make that happen, if you can do one thing for me." Upon hearing that, Sam could feel himself fully harden as his exterior melted away, and hear her release a breathless sigh.

"Oh?" Marina then pulled Sam down to bring his nose against hers.

"You can do what you want to me when you wake up."

"Mr. Sam! Wake up!" Sam could feel himself come back to the world, and growled in protest as he was pulled away from the most wonderful dream he was having when he heard someone calling out to him. "Please, sir! I need your help!" Sam rubbed his eyes as he sat up, and was unexpectedly greeted by the sight of young Johnson on his bed.

"John, what are you doing here? What's going on?" Sam cautiously asked when seeing the look of fear in the boy's eyes.

"Some bad people came, and they took the entire town hostage. They are looking for a man named Locus. Who is Locus?"