Chapter 59

“So why am I not dead?” James asked Dusty.

He understood her reasoning even if he was not sure being Hasid was a good cover. He had a feeling that things could get very complicated if they went this way. However, he knew he would do it for Dusty.

Dusty grinned, “The same reason we aren’t dead. You faked your death and disappeared. The Australian government made a mistake because they were not sure what you looked like.”

“James, Hasid had hidden bank accounts all over the world and off-world. I believe he could do glamours and even change his fingerprints. That was why he was such an effective assassin.”

James nodded and frowned as he paced, “Yes, we could say that I had only recently re-joined with my father, and I’ve been hiding on Mars. Fiaz has a huge shipyard and his own dome on Mars with over twenty thousand people working there. A man could easily disappear for a couple of years out in space.”

Dusty nodded and chipped in, “One of his sisters runs the shipyards, and Patty said that she would do anything for Hasid. It would be a good cover. We could say that you were coming to Terra to run things for your father since they believed that UNSEC had no jurisdiction in their new nation.”

“You survived the ship blowing up when it was hit by an asteroid, but you received a concussion when the pod was shot away. As a result, you have suffered some loss of memory.”

James took back over the discussion, “Pods are supposed to aim towards the closest planetary beacon, so I could have easily landed near Rupert’s camp on Sheldon.”

“I could say that I stole this gunship when I realised that Rupert had been taken prisoner by UNSEC. It wasn’t safe for me to stick around, so I went to Haven. When I got to Haven, I used the cavern near Amber to hide it in while I got supplies and healed.”

“I found the hidden room and the vambrace in the cavern. I’ll only show the brace. Hiram will believe that I truly am more powerful than I was. I can always add a bit of suggestion to reinforce that notion if I need to.”

“As for you, I saw you in Amber and stole you. A bloke has got to have some company on a long trip,” he said and grinned at Dusty, who had to chuckle.

“What if Hiram says that UNSEC blew the ship up,” Dusty tossed at him.

James shrugged and said in a voice that sounded eerily like Hasid’s, “I was wounded when tossed out of my bunk. I got into a pod when I heard the sirens. What would I know? I thought the idiot pilot had hit an asteroid.”

Dusty nodded. She was quite sure James could pull this disguise off, as he was very apt at adopting a role when they decided they needed to go undercover.

She rubbed up against him, “So, am I your tart or your paramour?”

“Oh, definitely, my paramour. No man would be stupid enough to share a beauty like you. Plus, I mind-warped you so that you believe that I love you and that you are my wife.”

“I even knocked you up. As you know, touching a man’s pregnant wife is a big no-no, especially my wife. I think Hiram would know Hasid well enough to know that he doesn’t share a woman that he has claimed.”

Dusty nodded, “I agree. Patty’s memories support that Hasid killed one of his friends at college when he found him with his girlfriend at the time. He also killed her for being unfaithful since they were in the man’s apartment, and she had driven there herself.”

“See, I don’t share well,” James said pompously.

“Says the man who told me I could experiment,” Dusty retorted to wind him up.

“No, that’s different because I said you had to do it with me,” James replied and gave her a superior look.

“I can live with that, my love,” Dusty replied and grinned as she hugged him.

“Plus, you have to fuck them with a cock first,” James added in the same tone.

Dusty cracked up. When she finally got her mirth under control, she retorted, “You are not planning to share me for some time then, are you?”

James blushed and then chuckled to himself, “My possessiveness is too obvious, huh?”

Dusty sniggered, “Predictable. Fine, I accept your condition. I think that you have to be female when we do it. I want to watch you squeal when the two of us fuck you.”

James’ eyes went wide.

“Aaron and Kola both say that you have to try it. The girls said that the guys turn into right tarts once they get them to change and double team them.”

“Hum, it seems I’ll have to have a bit of discussion with the boys,” he replied. “I forgot that you women talk about everything.”

Dusty grinned, “Well, Kola and Arron were female at the time.”

This time, it was James letting out his mirth.

James turned more serious when he looked Dusty over.

He said, “So, my pretty, how are you going to look more beautiful but not look like my Dusty?”

“Hum, how about this,” Dusty asked him.

She took several steps back so he could see what she achieved when she changed. Her hair went a darker red, and thin hot pink streaks appeared. Her hair then curled tighter, so her waves formed into ringlets that went a third of the way down her back.