River's Run(45)

“There is a training room, My Lady, on the lower level that might suit you.” The Captain of the Guard replied softly. He had been watching her as she gazed out the window, privately enjoying how her figure was silhouetted against the huge window.



River sighed. She really like the Captain of the Guard but it drove her nuts when the people here called her ‘My Lady.’ “Can you show me where it is? I haven’t worked out in almost three weeks and it is driving me crazy!”



Jo and Star wouldn’t be coming over today. Star was working on the modifications for the dresses and Jo was grounded for mouthing off to Manota again which meant he wasn’t letting her out of his sight.



“Of course, My Lady.”



River just rolled her eyes at Kev Mul Kar watching as he fought to hide the smile curving his lips at her response to calling her by her title.



River stopped by her and Torak’s rooms to change into something more appropriate for working out. She hoped Star was going to be finished with her new designs soon because the gowns were a pain in the ass. River pulled her black duffle bag out from under the bed and pulled out the black pants she had worn on the warship and a sports bra. She didn’t have her shirt any more as Torak had destroyed it when she had been shot. Thankfully, Jo had rescued her other clothes. Pulling them on, she grabbed one of Torak’s shirts and slipped it on over her outfit. It hung to her knees and covered her almost as good as the gowns did.



As she was closing the bag her eye caught on a shiny disk. River laughed as she pulled out not one but almost a dozen DVD’s. She had forgotten all about them! She had found some old videos from when her, Jo, and Star had been little all the way through to two years ago when Jo and Star had left the circus. Walter, the ring master, had always been really big on video-taping everything and had made the disks for her. She would have to ask Torak or Kev if they had a way of viewing them. Setting the disks aside on the table near the bed, she zipped the bag closed and slid it under the bed.





River looked around in amazement at the training room. It was like a huge indoor playground with ropes hanging from the ceiling, open areas covered in mats, climbing walls, hoops, loops, and every kind of obstacle ever imagined. River thought she had died and gone to circus heaven.



Kev Mul Kar swallowed past the lump in his throat as decided he had made a very serious error in showing Lady River to the training room. The lump grew when she kicked off the slippers she was wearing and dropped the shirt covering her. Standing with her back to him with her hands on her hips, he let his gaze travel over her figure. Clad in black form-fitting pants that showed off her sweet backside and long legs, he choked when he saw she was only wearing a small piece of material over her breasts. He heard the two other men groan when she suddenly pulled her leg straight up over her head standing on one foot while holding the other in her out-stretched hands.



“Have you ever seen a body bend like that before?” The younger elite force member asked. “She isn’t even moving!”



All three men gulped when River suddenly did a back bend, bending until she was actually looking out from in between her legs.



“I don’t think a body is supposed to be able to do that, do you?” the other elite force member whispered.



For the next three hours the men panted, gulped, gasped, and sweated as they watched River twist, turn, bend, and flip in impossible positions. When she went over to where the targets for target practice where located they were left just shaking their heads in amazement as time after time she would hit the targets in the middle even after she had Kev blindfold her.



Torak came in just as Kev Mul Kar was untying the blindfold from River’s eyes. He stood back in the shadows as he watched his Captain of the Guard. River said something to Mul Kar causing him to laugh. Whatever his response was, River must have liked it because she laughed in return smiling up at Mul Kar. Torak had enough when Mul Kar reached down and gently pushed a stray strand of River’s hair back behind her ear.



“River.” Torak called out as he strode over to where River and Mul Kar were standing. Torak’s eye’s narrowed as he took in the flush on River’s cheeks and lack of clothing.



“Oh Torak, I had the most awesome time! This place is like having my own private playground!” River danced over to him.



Torak looked at Mul Kar with dark, cold eyes. “Why is she here?”



“Lady River wished to work out. This was the only acceptable place I could think of.” Mul Kar answered calmly.



“What I have seen is not acceptable at all.” Torak said with a deadly calm. He was furious. No other male should be seeing as much of River’s body as she was showing right now. He let his gaze rake over River’s scantily clad figure, before looking up at Mul Kar again.