{"id":1012,"date":"2022-03-10T11:43:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/?page_id=1012"},"modified":"2024-03-20T06:08:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:08:22","slug":"surprise-present","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/read-online\/surprise-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\r\n  .su-tabs-nav {\r\n    display: flex;\r\n  }\r\n  .su-tabs-nav span {\r\n    flex-basis: 100%;\r\n    text-align: center;\r\n  }\r\n  .su-tabs-nav span:last-child {\r\n    margin-right: 0;\r\n  }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"button\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/fan-fiction\/surprise-present\/\">Return to the Title Page<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a8e71c1156c44023956263' value='6a8e71c1156c44023956263'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a8e71c1156c44023956263' value='WARNING: FICTION WITH AN \u201cX\u201d RATING IS NOT FOR MINORS. 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margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#cover\">\u00ab Cover&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4062\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4062 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">The Story \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span data-post-id=\"1266\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1266 \">  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>Surprise Present<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <h4 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 30px;\">By Ardath Rekha<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<span data-post-id=\"4504\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4504 \"><p><b>Synopsis:<\/b> A newly-confident Jack decides she wants to give Riddick a very special gift\u2026<\/p><\/span>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Category:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-genre\/#fiction\">Fan Fiction<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Fandom:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-fandom\/#pitch-black\"><i>Pitch Black<\/i> (2000)<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Series:<\/b> None<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Challenges:<\/b> None<\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Rating:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-rating\/#rated-x\">X<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Orientation:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-orientation\/#het-pwp\">Het (PWP)<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Pairing:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-pairing\/#riddick-jack\">Riddick\/Jack<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Warnings:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#explicit-sexual-content\">Explicit Sexual Content<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#bdsm\">BDSM<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Number of Chapters:<\/b> 1 \r\n\r\n<p><b>Net Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12b8d3_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12b8d3\" data-settings='{\"position\":\"top\",\"behavior\":\"hover\",\"hideDelay\":0}' tabindex=\"0\"><sup><i class=\"fas fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#243a68;\"><\/i><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"display:none;z-index:100\" id=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12b8d3\" class=\"su-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-inner su-tooltip-shadow-yes\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%);color:#D9ECFB;font-size:16px;border-radius:5px;text-align:left;max-width:300px;line-height:1.25\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-title\"><\/span><span class=\"su-tooltip-content su-u-trim\">In the Read Online section, net word counts exclude cover pages, publication data pages, tables of contents, chapter titles, page links, original post date medatata, and \u2014 in the case of Lyric Wheel stories \u2014 song information and lyrics. In the case of articles, contextual notations are also omitted. Afterwords and chapter notes are treated as part of a text\u2019s overall body.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12b8d3_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 924\r\n\r\n<p><b>Total Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12bee8_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12bee8\" data-settings='{\"position\":\"top\",\"behavior\":\"hover\",\"hideDelay\":0}' tabindex=\"0\"><sup><i class=\"fas fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#243a68;\"><\/i><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"display:none;z-index:100\" id=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12bee8\" class=\"su-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-inner su-tooltip-shadow-yes\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%);color:#D9ECFB;font-size:16px;border-radius:5px;text-align:left;max-width:300px;line-height:1.25\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-title\"><\/span><span class=\"su-tooltip-content su-u-trim\">In the Read Online section, total word counts include all text present in the story tabs, excluding forward\/back page links and tooltips. This count tends to be slightly different from the eBook Total Word Count reported on the title page.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a8e71c12bee8_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 1,171\r\n\r\n<p><b>Story Length:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-story-length\/#flash-fiction\">Flash Fiction<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>First Posted:<\/b> September 20, 2003\r\n\r\n<p><b>Last Updated:<\/b> September 20, 2003\r\n\r\n<p><b>Status:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-status\/#complete\">Complete<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<span data-post-id=\"4457\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4457 \"><p><small>The characters and events of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0134847\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Pitch Black<\/i><\/a> are &copy; 2000 USA Films, Gramercy Pictures, and Interscope Communications; Directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0878638\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Twohy<\/a>; Screenplay by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0003117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0923646\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Wheat<\/a> and David Twohy; Story by Ken and Jim Wheat; Produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0257259\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Engelman<\/a>. This work of fan fiction is a transformative work for entertainment purposes only, with no claims on, nor intent to infringe upon, the rights of the parties listed above. All additional characters and situations are the creation of, and remain the property of, Ardath Rekha. eBook design and cover art by <a href=\"https:\/\/laraklaber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LaraRebooted<\/a>, incorporating a photo by \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@fotografierende\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fotografierende<\/a>\u201d licensed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pexels<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fontmeme.com\/fonts\/clicker-script-font\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clicker Script<\/a> font from <a href=\"https:\/\/fontmeme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Font Meme<\/a>, and background graphics &copy; 1998 Noel Mollon, adapted and licensed via Teri Williams Carnright from the now-retired Fantasyland Graphics site (c. 2003). This eBook may not be sold or advertised for sale. If you are a copyright holder of any of the referenced works, and believe that part or all of this eBook exceeds fair use practices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/contact-me\/\">please contact Ardath Rekha<\/a>.<\/small><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><small><i>Rev. 2022.10.09<\/i><\/small><\/p><\/span><\/span>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3995\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3995 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#cover\">\u00ab Cover&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4062\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4062 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">The Story \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-story\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;The Story\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3996\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3996 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">\u00ab Publication Data<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span data-post-id=\"1483\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1483 \">  <h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><u><b>Surprise Present<\/b><\/u><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Jack slipped under Riddick\u2019s clean sheets, loving the feel of them against her bare skin.  She smiled, imagining the look on his face when he came home and found her here.  With deft fingers, she prepared the bonds for her wrists, and then secured them.  Now she was <nobr>immobile\u2026<\/nobr> and ready for her new Master.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She closed her eyes, imagining the things she\u2019d seen on the tape.  There had been dozens of couples on it, but they all had two important things in <nobr>common\u2026<\/nobr> first, they all had the man dominating the <nobr>woman\u2026<\/nobr> and second, the couples always looked like <nobr>him\u2026<\/nobr> and her.  Finding that tape had been a revelation that had brightened everything in her life to a blistering shine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">For a while she recalled specific acts from the video, wondering if he would do them to her.  Would he hold her down and ram into her at a breakneck pace until her screams of pleasure could not be contained?  Maybe he would press her against the wall <nobr>instead\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Would he bite?  She had loved the biting sequences.  One of the videos had been taken from a vampire movie and hadn\u2019t even featured <nobr>nudity\u2026<\/nobr> well, until he\u2019d cut in a VERY explicit sex scene right after it, that had flowed so well for a moment she\u2019d thought it was still the same movie.  She wondered if he would bite her throat while he buried himself inside <nobr>her\u2026<\/nobr> and her back arched with anticipation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Soon she would find out.  Jack closed her eyes and dreamt about the things they might do, growing wetter and wetter.  And then an enormous thrill passed through her body as she heard his step in the hall, and the sound of the door handle turning.  In a <nobr>moment\u2026<\/nobr> at <nobr>last\u2026<\/nobr> she would be his.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <hr style=\"align: center; width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(to right, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%); height: 3px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;\" \/>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Riddick had had a hard day.  Full of aggravation and disappointments, nothing had gone right at all.  He\u2019d consoled himself with the thought of watching his <i>special<\/i> tape tonight, and perhaps even later looking in on Jack as she slept and imagining having the nerve to tell her how he felt.  He trudged up the stairs, into his <nobr>room\u2026<\/nobr> and stopped short, transfixed by the sight before him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Slowly, unbelieving, he moved forward.  Before him was something he\u2019d never imagined he\u2019d be lucky enough to see.  Jack, his beautiful, fragile Jack, tied to his bed.  And the look in her eyes as she gazed up at <nobr>him\u2026<\/nobr> He was completely, achingly hard in a second.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d he whispered, awed and afraid that the sound of his own voice would somehow shiver reality back into its prior form, the girl before him becoming once more unreachable, <nobr>untouchable\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cWaiting for you,\u201d she replied, clear green eyes open and guileless.  He\u2019d been propositioned by pros before, but had never received a more alluring look than the genuine, innocent longing on her face.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Slowly, his hand moved to the sheet covering her body and drew it down, revealing her nakedness.  He sat down beside her, gazing at her in awe.  Slender and pale, there was a delicate beauty to her that made him think of a fine porcelain <nobr>doll\u2026<\/nobr> <i>\u2018Assuming anyone ever made a porcelain doll who was this perfectly <nobr>sexy\u2026\u2019<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He\u2019d always wondered what her body looked like.  Now he <nobr>knew\u2026<\/nobr> sleek, creamy, and so delicate that for a moment he was afraid to touch her lest she break in his hands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cAnd why,\u201d he asked, fascinated by what her answer might be, \u201care you tied up?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">In response she nodded a little, pointing with her head towards his video screen.  It was dark, but something was on repeat-play in his recorder.  He switched on the screen with the remote, and gasped.  She\u2019d found the tape.  The special tape.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">His mind reeled with the implications.  He\u2019d never so much as told her how he felt, nor had he ever told her what his interests were.  But she\u2019d found the tape, somehow.  Probably, he realized, because if he wasn\u2019t mistaken, she wanted him as much as he wanted her, and had been snooping through <i>his<\/i> room the way he often did through <i>hers.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He knew the size, shape, texture and scent of every piece of her clothing, and which perfumes and bits of makeup she liked best.  He\u2019d never nerved himself up to buy her gifts of that <nobr>kind\u2026<\/nobr> not even for her eighteenth <nobr>birthday\u2026<\/nobr> but he\u2019d marked down what she liked best, and what she bookmarked and circled in magazines.  The one thing he\u2019d never been able to get into was her diary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She, apparently, had had much better luck in his room.  A smile quirked his lips.  \u201cYou know,\u201d he told her conversationally, \u201cSnooping is the kind of thing that can get a girl punished.\u201d  The look of delight that sparked in her eyes almost made him come on the spot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Now, finally, he knew he could touch her with impunity.  He didn\u2019t need a second invitation.  Resting his hands for a moment on the flat plane of her stomach, he stroked upwards until he had one of her small breasts captured beneath the palm of each hand.  \u201cWhat should I do first?  The possibilities are endless.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Jack purred softly beneath his touch, pressing up to meet his hands.  \u201cAnything you want, <nobr>Riddick\u2026<\/nobr> I\u2019m yours.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Riddick leaned down, shaking his head just a little.  \u201cYou aren\u2019t, not <nobr>yet\u2026\u201d<\/nobr>  His mouth brushed hers as he continued talking.  \u201cBut you\u2019re going to be.\u201d  Any answer she might have given was prevented by his devouring kiss.<\/p><\/span>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3996\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3996 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">\u00ab Publication Data<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"button\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 10px\">\r\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/fan-fiction\/surprise-present\/#comments\">Leave a review<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Return to the Title Page","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"bgseo_title":"Read Online: \u201cSurprise Present\u201d by Ardath Rekha","bgseo_description":"A newly-confident Jack decides she wants to give Riddick a very special gift\u2026","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-wpautop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4903,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012\/revisions\/4903"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}