Hy-Jinx (Terra Stellar Erotica)

By CG Powell

Being an officer on the Miden District Police Force is not all it’s cracked up to be—particularly when your partner is a total jerk.  When the chance comes along to move up in rank and lose her partner, Armindy Jinx doesn’t think twice about it, especially when she finds out that she’ll be looking for the detective she’s been fantasizing about for the last three years.

Undercover and in over his head, Detective Afintae Daedrik has spent the last five months trying to take down an intergalactic sex slave ring that’s responsible for a rash of kidnappings in the Miden District.  Just as he’s on the cusp of finding out who the big boss is, he’s surprised to find Officer Jinx cuffed to the arrival table.

Desperate to stop the sex slave kidnappings, Armindy poses as bait to draw out the big boss.   Embracing the sexual fantasies that await her, including the ones about Afintae, isn’t so bad—that is, until the head honcho shows up, and things go from fulfilling a curiosity to dangerous in the blink of an eye.

Can Armindy and Afintae hold it together long enough to nail their culprit, or will this risky business be the end of them both?

• Language: English
• Publisher: CG Powell
• Release date: Jan 24, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524266738

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Chapter 1

When I said ‘freeze,’ I meant stop running.  I grunted between heavy breaths before tackling my assailant to the ground. Why do you guys always have to run?  Now look at me, I’m a mess.  I placed one knee in the middle of his back and slapped a tractor cuff on each wrist.

You wouldn’t have to chase them if you would just use your stunner, said a condescending voice from over my shoulder.

The last thing I needed was Royce patronizing me.  I was out of breath and had blood dripping down my arm from the bite I’d received before the chase ensued.  Besides, he was one to talk. I didn’t see him pulling his stunner, either.  You would think after being partners for the last three years, he would have known I’m not such a good shot with the stunner, and Gornods always run.  Pissed that I had to get dirty and the bite was going to send me to the infirmary, I smacked the buttons on the tractor cuffs hard, causing them to snap together quickly.

Ouch!  Gentle, the Gornod growled.  You’re really strong for such a spritely little person.

Who do we have here?  Royce squatted next to the Gornod’s head and lifted his chin.

Oh look, Jinx.  It’s our good friend Jeffer.

Five years on this plant, and I still couldn’t tell one Gornod from the other.  To me they looked like a bunch of walking lizards.  Royce was not going to miss a chance to rub that in my face.  Reminding me that he’d been born on Rinwal and I hadn’t was one of Royce’s more annoying traits.  Another was the fact that I was a full head shorter than him and weighed half as much.  To many people, I looked more like a child than an adult, which didn’t work in my favor when it came to my job as a protections officer in the Miden district.  Even the other districts would poke fun.  They claimed that things had gotten so bad in Miden that they’d resorted to hiring children.

How’s it going, Officer Bradon, Officer Jinx?  Long time no see.  A wide reptilian grin crept across Jeffer’s face.

Royce stood and pulled Jeffer to his feet, without the assistance of the tractor cuffs.  It was against the rules since the cuffs were made to reduce injury to both the officer and assailant, but Royce liked prove that I didn’t have the strength for this job.  How’s the wife and kids? Royce asked as if they were long-lost friends.

Any weapons, needles, drugs I should know about before I check your pockets? I asked.

Nah, just a few stolen credits, he said to me before continuing his conversation with Royce.  The mother-in-law’s in town for the next two weeks.  Jeffer paused.  So what’s the damage?

Let’s see, since we recovered all the stolen credits, you only have the charge for running from the police.  That’s a mandatory two-week sentence, I said as I removed the contents of his pockets and placed them in front of the camera on the hood of the transport.  Relief washed across his face.  I just shook my head.  There are better ways to get out of seeing your in-laws.  Then the stinging on my arm reminded me of the bite.  Oh yeah, and two-to-six years for assaulting an officer.

The smile melted from his face.  Now wait, that was just an accident.  I can’t help the fact that my mouth was open at the same time you put me in a choke hold.

He’s right, Jinx.  You did kind of put your arm in his mouth.  Royce smirked.

Pft, whose side are you on? I crinkled my face and threw up my hands.  After bagging the stolen credits and placing them in the evidence storage box, I scanned his ID, placed it in the bag with the rest of Jeffers belongings, then tossed it to Royce.  This whole arrest was a scam, and I wanted none of it.  Very well, since I’m not charging you with assault, I don’t see any reason for charging you with resisting arrest.  I pressed the code into his cuffs and released him.  I’m letting you off with a written warning.  If you get picked up by the police again in the next two weeks, you will be charged with resisting arrest, assaulting an officer, and perjury.

Brows raised, Royce tilted his head and said, Perjury?

Yep, perjury.  As per the warning, you are going to promise to spend the next two weeks in the custody of your wife.  Failure to do so will result in your arrest.  Oh, and I took the liberty of notifying your wife to pick you up at the station.  I opened the back door of the transport and motioned for Jeffer to get in.  Willingly, he slipped into the back seat and let out a sigh.  After grabbing a couple of sani-wipes out of the first-aid kit, I sat in the passenger seat and cleaned my wound.

You didn’t have to be so hard on him, Royce said as he climbed into the driver’s seat.

This whole thing was a set-up and total waste of our time.  I don’t appreciate being used to get this low-life scum a break from life.  My eyes filled with tears as the solution from the wipe bit into my wound.  Instead of closing up, the wound continued to bleed down my arm which put me in an even fouler mood.

I understand where you’re coming from, but you’re ruining a chance to gain an informant.  As much as you might hate it, we still need people like Jeffer.  He started the transport and headed back to the station.  I’d reached my breaking point with Royce.

Once we were back at the station, I marched right into Chief Kreftin’s office and slammed the door behind me.  "You’ve