Dual Abduction

Dual Abduction – Eve Langlais

Dual Abduction (Alien Abduction #3) By Eve Langlais

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Copyright © February 2012, Eve Langlais Cover Art by Amanda Kelsey – Razz Dazz Design © February 2012 Content Edited by Brandie Buckwine Produced in Canada Published by Eve Langlais Suite 126 — 2377 Hwy #2 Unit 120 Bowmanville ON, L1C 5E2 www.EveLanglais.com ISBN: 978-0-9869-154-9-9

Dual Abduction is a work of fiction and the characters, events and dialogue found within the story are of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, either living or deceased, is completely coincidental. No part of this book may be reproduced or shared in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including but not limited to digital copying, file sharing, audio recording, email and printing without permission in writing from the author.

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They both wanted her. The question was, could they share her? Abducted by alien slavers, along with her group of teenage misfits, Louisa doesn’t think her week can get any stranger until two big purple warriors arrive to the rescue—and then fight over who gets to keep her. Not interested in a winner, she clobbers them, but when they regain consciousness, they’re even more determined to claim her. Best friends, Brax and Xarn, share everything; loot, jobs, and trouble, until they come across a luscious human who stirs their possessive side. Their battle over who gets to keep her ends in a tie due to matching concussions, but what’s a bruise or two when it comes to winning her as a mate? When she keeps denying them both, they put aside their rivalry to team up and claim the one they want. Watch out universe, because if you thought the purple warriors known as Brax and Xarn were a menace to the galaxy before, then hang on tight, because hopelessly in love, they’re more deadly—and hilarious— than ever.

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Chapter One The bus plunged over the cliff, and Louisa could only watch, a helpless victim—who was more than a tad annoyed. How did a vehicle, driven by a man with more than thirty years of experience, on a perfectly clear night, on a dry road lit by bright street lights, manage to depart the asphalt? The answer to that resided thirty seconds in the past. Picture a short bus filled with a rowdy bunch of teenage girls, orphans of the state in most cases, returning from a trip to the local museum—an exercise in futility when their interest kept wandering to the cute tour guide instead of the exhibits. Louisa, their mentor, teacher and house mother for the last three years—because continuity, or so the pilot project stated, was supposed to provide some form of comfort to the delinquents in training—supervised the outing, retaining her sanity through regular doses of Tylenol. Although, the joint she confiscated from Chloe might have proven more effective. After an exhausting day spent chasing down teens who kept slipping away, trying to steal a smoke, tease the cute security guard, having one return three wallets, and making another apologize for sticking gum on a statue’s marble nuts, she couldn’t wait to return to the group home and lock herself in her room, letting the night supervisor take over. The pay sucked, the accommodations left a lot to be desired, and her students were trying to render her to an early grave, so why did she do it? She hoped to find out at her next mental health evaluation. But, she digressed. So there they were, ambling along the deserted road, bordered by a sheer drop off, guarded by a flimsy rail, when ‘it’ appeared. Sitting in the front row, idly staring out the front window, Louisa blinked when illuminated by the headlights, the goblin-like figure came into sight. Its squat body remained unmoving even with the bus barreling at it, possibly because 5

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it put all its hope in the gun it aimed at them. A sane person might have assumed a hallucination, or that one of her girls slipped her acid again, but she could only presume the driver saw the same thing because he slammed on the brakes just as a red beam of light shot from the mirage on the road. A forgiving person wouldn’t blame the underpaid driver for veering off the asphalt in a panic, even if she personally would have kept her course and run down the foul creature. She didn’t quite understand how the idiot behind the wheel thought travelling the verge would help the situation. The rough, gravel shoulder shook the bus. It also screwed with the vehicle’s traction making them careen out of control, the jerky swerves sending them sliding across vinyl seats. But even the suddenly valid argument for seatbelts on buses was better than when the driver stopped driving altogether, his uniformed body slumping over the steering wheel. A heart attack or a cowardly faint, either was possible given the fright he received, the pussy. And then things went from bad to worse, because, instead of his foot sliding off the pedal, the unconscious moron applied pressure to the gas. They hit the guard rail— which tore loose with a groan of bending metal worse than nails on a chalkboard—and the bus went airborne. Speechless with shock, Louisa couldn’t believe her eyes, but her ears had no problem processing the screams of her students as they went flying where no bus was meant to go. The training she received over the years didn’t teach her how to deal with such an unexpected dilemma. As for getting aide from the driver, she doubted he’d provide any given he still lay face down on the wheel. Cowardly idiot. She pushed aside her less than Christian thought, and instead, said a quick prayer for the driver, asking God—or any deity listening since she wasn’t really picky with death staring her in the face—to forgive his lack of calm and apparently exaggerated driving ability. She also prayed for help—and bladder control.

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The quick prayer didn’t seem to have much effect though, because the driver remained unconscious, time didn’t roll back to the moment before the bus swerved, but, she did manage to not pee her pants. Barely. Her muttered, “Oh shit! This is going to suck,” also had no effect on their flight, a flight that without wings would prove short, a fact her students, well versed in the laws of gravity—along with the laws the juvenile court system— ascertained. With Josie leading the way, uttering a scream of “We’re all going to die!” her class of eleven girls yodeled in terror as they hung suspended in the air. Suspended? Louisa blinked, certain she was experiencing one of those time stopping moments where everything slowed down. The calm before death. A time to think back on her life and what she’d accomplished. Not much. A moment later, her belief that her demise approached coalesced further as a bright light enveloped the bus, its pure white brilliance shining through the windows, halting the screams so that only hiccups and murmurs of awe filled the air. Holy shit, there is a God. Dropping to her knees on the dirty, rubber matted floor, she clasped her hands and gave thanks to the Lord who’d descended from his lofty position to save them and bring them into his open arms. She also begged for forgiveness for all the times she’d taken his name in vain, all the times she’d doubted his existence, and well, for not living exactly a pure Christian life. With evidence of his power all around them, she felt kind of stupid now for not having faith. Although, if he wanted me to believe, he could have done something along these lines before. Figures he’d wait until my death to show his hand. Just like a man. Dammit! She whispered a few more prayers for forgiveness under her breath, forcing her mind to repeat ‘Amen,’ over and over lest more uncharitable thoughts seep in.

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“Ms. Fontanna, are we gonna die?” inquired precious—on the outside—Anne, interrupting her inner monologue. “Probably.” Okay, honestly was not the best policy in all situations, she thought with a wince as the cacophony of wailing resumed. “Girls. Girls!” She shouted to be heard over their clamor. “Stop your weeping. You should be rejoicing, or something. I think we’re going to heaven. Last I heard that was a good thing.” Even if it was happening kind of young, especially for her charges, but such was the will of God— who really shouldn’t let panicky men drive buses. Oops. Once again, now probably wasn’t the proper time to question His plan. Why am I trying to piss Him off? Breaking into song, she quickly whipped her girls into a forced joyous frenzy, the only religious song she could think of being a Christmas one, but at least is had some kind of churchy overtone to it. Although, who cared about the words, the sweet voices of her students were a beautiful, make that enthusiastic, sound that would surely appease even the grumpiest of deities. Their dulcet notes staggered into silence though as a jostle went through the bus. The light abruptly disappeared and a deep rumble vibrated the vehicle all around them—not exactly reassuring, but still better than crashing to their deaths. I hope. Louisa turned from the questioning faces to peer out the windshield, squinting at the darkness. At first, she saw nothing. A tremble of doubt made her gnaw her lip. While her charges might have earned their spot in heaven by virtue of being underage—because they certainly weren’t angels— she possibly still had a teensy tiny bit of atonement to do. Starting with grade two when I kicked Lukas in the jewels for calling me his girlfriend. Her list of sins just grew from that point. Surely though, her position as a teacher—underpaid and undervalued—for orphans would count for something? Even if I sometimes compare them to the devil’s own. A sigh of relief escaped her as a faint light appeared and approached, a bobbing lantern surely held by Peter to 8

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guide them through the pearly gates. Or was it Paul? She never could keep their names straight. Of course, she never thought Peter/Paul would look like a green skinned goblin with sharp tusks and bright red eyes. Kind of like the one I saw on the road just before we jumped. But uglier. Uh-oh, maybe the mighty one had heard some of her impure thoughts. Don’t tell me we ended up in hell? That would suck. As it turned out though, God had nothing at all to do with what happened next.

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Chapter Two “Psst.” The tug on his sleeve had him turning to see who wanted to speak with him. Noting no one in the near vicinity, he was about to turn back to order another beverage when a harder yank, along with an irritated, “I’m down here,” forced his gaze lower. Brax flicked an appraising glance over the alien trying to snag his attention. The warty skinned female barely reached his waist, and her red eyes really didn’t render her very attractive, but maybe his drunken best friend, wouldn’t mind her less-than stellar looks. “Hey, Xarn.” He tapped his companion on the shoulder. Xarn whirled from the bar, a glowing drink in each hand. “What?” “There’s a female here in need of your services.” “Really? Who?” He peered around, grinning with his pointed teeth at the females in the environs, the wrong ones. Brax grabbed his head and aimed it down. Xarn blinked before shaking his head free. “She’s short.” “How short sighted of you,” Brax replied with a snicker at his feeble jest. “You should instead think of her as the right size for dick spinning.” Understanding dawned in Xarn’s eyes and he peered down at the green alien with a calculating eye. Then, he shook his head. “Not sloshed enough yet to ignore the fact she’s got razor sharp tusks.” Shrugging his shoulders, Brax addressed the female. “Sorry, but you’ll have to wait. Maybe if you come back later, after he’s imbibed a few more mugs of Quergon ale, he’ll be more in the mood.” Rejected, her features pinched and her nostrils—all three of them—flared. “I am not looking for sexual 10

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adventure. You are Brax and Xarn, are you not? Greatest mercenaries in the galaxy now that Xarn’s cousins, Tren and Jaro, have retired, yes?” “We were always the best,” Xarn replied as he whipped back around. He momentarily ignored his ale to answer the snide remark. “My blasted cousins just knew how to play the media better.” “If you say so. I don’t really care. I’ve got a job for you.” “We’re not really looking for one at this time,” Brax replied. “We just came off a few good heists, um, I mean supply acquisition runs, so we’re flush for the moment. We do, however, thank you for thinking of us.” “But there’s treasure.” “Not—” “Whoa, sword brother, let us not be too hasty.” Xarn placed a cautioning hand on Brax’s shoulder. “Tell us more of this treasure.” “It’s virtually priceless. And forbidden, which is why it is so valuable.” “How forbidden? The black market is a pain in my purple buttocks to deal with. Never know where that worm hole is going to spit you out. And I refuse to go back to that obsidian place. Damned thieves running that operation.” The gnashing of her teeth overwhelmed even the blaring sound of the live band. “Forget the treasure then. I’ll pay you. I’ll pay you double your going rate.” Curious, Brax asked, “To do what?” “Kill the crew of a ship, but most especially, the captain.” “Why?” “Because he’s a cheating bastard.” “Are you his wife?” Xarn asked. “No.” “His mistress?” “No.” “Then why kill him?” 11

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She grimaced, displaying yellowing teeth that ended in jagged points. “Because he cheated me at cards, and no one cheats me and gets away with it.” “What did you lose?” “Ten credits.” Brax’s brows surely hit the ceiling. “Ten credits? That’s not a reason to kill someone. Steal his boots and sell them. Put him over a barrel and spank him in public even, but you do realize, our going rate is much, much more than the ten credits you lost?” Her eyes squinted in anger, making her uglier than before, which he would have thought impossible. “Frukxing cowards. I’ll find someone else to do it then.” She stomped off, a grand exit marred when a taller alien hip checked her into a server who spilled his tray of drinks on her. Brax turned back to the bar as she shouted out she’d have them both killed for their temerity. “Crazy little thing, isn’t she?” Brax muttered. “Yeah, like we’d take on such a poor excuse for an assassination. We’re not desperate for work.” Too late, Xarn slapped a hand on his mouth. Brax still punched him. “You idiot. You better hope that stupid entity who thinks he’s a god didn’t hear you.” “I thought that Murphy fellow moved onto another galaxy,” Xarn replied, his tone not entirely confident as he peered around the smoky room. “That’s what I heard, but still. After what he did to us last time, you should know better than to tempt him.” As many inhabitants of the universe all over already knew, while Karma—the minor goddess of the Lost Galaxy no one seemed to recall—was a bitch, her brother Murphy possessed a frukxed sense of humor, one the friends knew unfortunately well. It wouldn’t be the first time Brax and Xarn ended up being the butt of Murphy’s joke. But unbeknownst to them as they continued tossing back shots of gut rot, this time, they

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wouldn’t be alone. Louisa was about to become acquainted with Murphy too.

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Chapter Three Waking up strapped to a table never boded well in the movies, and somehow Louisa doubted she’d discover any different when it happened to her. It especially sucked that she also lacked any clothes. “Dammit. God, or Aslan, or whatever the hell you’re calling yourself these days, if this is your idea of a celestial joke, then I’m not getting it,” she shouted at the ceiling, its surface bright with white glowing panels. She didn’t get an answer, not that she expected one. The suspicion that she’d left reality, and perhaps lost her marbles, grew stronger. She racked her brain, trying to see if she could remember how she might have ended up as a feature actress in a possible porn/snuff film. All she recalled after seeing the goblin with the lantern was slumping to the floor as gas filled the bus, suddenly exhausted, then waking to her current chilly dilemma. Sifting through the recent events, she put what she knew together and emerged with a startling conclusion. Bright lights, plus ugly green dudes plus a naked Louisa equaled alien abduction. And as everybody knew, aliens liked to conduct anal probes. Over my dead body! “Hey, you perverts, what are you planning to do to me?” she yelled, not willing to lie still and accept the penetration of any of her holes without a fight. The reply, in the form of a slimy hand on her calf, made her shriek. “Eeew! Get your hand, or thing, or whatever the fuck you have, off me!” Forget the years she’d spent as a teacher learning to curb her tongue—old habits returned quick. A garbled answer, spoken in a language that resembled gargling and snorting, had her screwing up her face. “Oh gross. Blow your nose or something first, would you?”

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More nonsensical speech accompanied slimy fingers gripping her ear. She screamed, some colorful invectives involving shoving objects up their holes, as something got jammed into her ear canal. Hopefully, not little alien eggs that would grow inside her brain and burst out at one point, killing her. Damn her ex-boyfriend, the jerk who’d forced her to watch the sci-fi channel. Because of her involuntarily induction into alien horror flicks, she couldn’t stop thinking of all the horrible things ET’s liked to do to squishy humans. It took her a moment of totally losing her mind before she realized the phlegmy sounds of her captor now had meaning. “You are a noisy creature. If you do not quiet, we will freeze your remains and sell them as stock for the herders on Hihala. Their beasts will eat anything, even tough, barbarian meat.” Stunned, she stopped yelling. I didn’t just hear that. Or so she hoped. Needing clarification, she said, “Excuse me?” “Be quiet or die,” announced the voice, the pronunciation of the English language choppy, as if being filtered through a machine. “You are our prisoner, barbarian female. You and the halflings under your charge.” “Halflings?” Oh, her class. Nice job forgetting them. Guess I won’t be winning teacher of the year—again. It belatedly occurred to her to wonder what they’d done with her students. Sure, they were orphans with attitude and problems, but dammit, they were her responsibility, her very own little maniacs one step away from juvie. If anyone gets to kill them for misbehaving it will be me. “You better not have harmed a hair on their heads. They’re children and I insist you return them home.” “Or else what, foolish female? Your backwards planet has no means of giving chase. Your threats are meaningless. Resistance is futile.” She snorted. “Copycat. I know that line. You stole that from Star Trek.” “Silence!” A face joined the stilted voice, a side effect she assumed of whatever translator they stuck in her ear. The 15

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visage glaring at her shut her lips faster than her ex-husband waving his thing around looking for action after a night of drinking. “We have taken you along to care for the little ones, but if you prove troublesome, we will not hesitate to terminate you like we terminated the male.” They killed the driver? The knowledge should have tempered her tongue, but fear tended to make her do the stupidest things. “Go ahead and see how easy you find it taking care of those brats. Do you know Angelic, who is nothing like her name by the way, put Vaseline in my shoes? And, Betty, the one with the dimple, dumped pepper in my cereal.” Of course, that was before they discovered Louisa, unlike the teachers and group supervisors who took care of them before, wouldn’t tolerate any nonsense. Revenge was her middle name. Literally, her mother put it on her birth certificate right before she named her father and took his ass to court for child support. Needless to say, with a name like that, she didn’t let anyone screw with her, not even little orphan girls. It took several months of her foiling their attempts to turn to the dark side, but they’d come to an understanding. Heck, she might even say she was fond of her charges—if forced at gunpoint. The goblin face disappeared and she heard a whispered conference. Curiosity wouldn’t let her hold her tongue for long. “Hey, so you never said what the plan was? What do you intend to do with us?” To her surprise, she received an answer. “The small females are to be sold as slaves to the pleasure planet where they will be taught how to become great courtesans.” That she had no problem understanding. Nor did she like it. “No.” “What?” A startled goblin appeared back over her. “You can’t seriously expect me to condone that. They’re little girls.” 16

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“According to our research most will achieve human levels of adulthood within the next two planetary rotations of your planet.” “It’s inhumane.” “And this discussion is over, barbarian female. Perhaps you are just jealous that your advanced years and overly large size make you good for nothing other than a menial labor slave.” “I am not old.” Twenty eight was a perfectly respectable age. She had no rebuttal for the size part though. At almost six foot, with wide shoulders and hips, along with more pounds than she should carry, she wasn’t a dainty little thing. A wet chuckle was the reply. “Oh yeah, well if I’m so ugly and ancient then why did you take my clothes? Huh? Answer that.” Why she insanely wanted them to see as her attractive, she’d never understand. “The primitive condition of your home world makes it necessary for us to cleanse. That includes decontamination of your pale, unappealing bodies to the incineration of your germ laden clothing. You will be assigned vestments appropriate to your station as slave.” Burn her clothes? Damn! She’d only recently gotten those jeans broken in to just the right point. The jerks. They stopped speaking to her at that point. A good thing, because she fought not to giggle as a strange fluorescent light ran over her body, tickling her. Once it passed over her a few times, the bands holding her captive retracted into the bed, and she sprang from her prone position to confront the aliens. How she intended to fight naked, she’d not quite figured out. Maybe slap them with my boobs. Gravity was no woman’s friend once twenty five hit. Alas, her confrontation didn’t happen, the ugly green dude left before she could act. The room held only the bed and a pile of cloth on the floor. Lifting the fabric, she again lamented the loss of her jeans, and now added to the list her 17

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underwear and bra. But, given the choice of her birthday suit or an item resembling a potato sack… The linen shift they gave her didn’t exactly scream fashion, but the soft material didn’t chafe and at least covered her crucial parts, barely. It also provided a measure of comfort to the girls who wore the same outfit, although given their shorter stature, theirs went to their knees and calves, not mid-thigh. She discovered her charges when a door slid open and she went to explore only to find herself in another room filled with eleven familiar faces. “Ms. Fontanna,” they squealed upon her return to them. “What’s going on?” Lila asked, her voice rising over the others. “We woke up in this room, naked. Our clothes are gone and all we got to wear are these things.” Lila pinched the hem of her gown with distaste. “Whoever it is, is going to fry in jail, ‘cause as soon as we get out of here, I’m calling the cops on the perverts,” Anne added. Letting the questions flow over her, Louisa took a moment to assess their surroundings. The entrance she’d come through disappeared as a portion of the wall slid sideways to shut off the space with an ominous click. The rest of the room didn’t take long to peruse. A dozen shelves bolted to the walls with thin pallets and blankets. A cylinder that rose from the floor in the corner that she feared was their only toilet, and a large metal grate in the center. Probably for sluicing down the blood when they need to kill me. She couldn’t let her trepidation over the situation show, though, or she’d have eleven sixteen-to-seventeen yearold girls shrieking their little heads off. And then I might be the one cleaning up blood when I snap and kill them. But what could she do to salvage the situation? Abducted by space pirates, on their way to be sold, with nothing but the potato sacks on their backs, how could they save themselves? We are so fucked.

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Giving up was not an option though, not while she still breathed. “What do you all remember?” “We went off a cliff,” started Katrina. “Then ended up sucked into a light,” added Jasmine. “And then some a-hole threw some kind of smokebomb on the bus and we all passed out.” “Anything else?” she asked. Shrugs and blanks faces met her inquiry. It seemed she was the only one to wake while they decontaminated—and insulted—her body. “Okay girls, listen up. Here’s the situation. We’re no longer on earth.” “Have we gone to heaven?” asked Chloe. “Nope.” “Have we gone to hell?” piped in Katrina. “No to that too. Girls, we’ve been kidnapped by some butt ugly, alien goblins.” Her class of orphans looked at each, rolled a few sets of thin shoulders, and then, began to laugh their little faces off. “I’m not kidding,” Louisa stated, planting her hands on her hips and giving them her fiercest scowl. “Sure, you aren’t,” snickered Angelic. “Did you get a buzz off that smoke? Or maybe get your hands on some roofies?” “Of course not. I’m telling you the truth.” “We’re not idiots,” Betty said with a roll of her eyes. “We can handle the truth. Admit it, we’ve been in an accident and we are all like in a coma or something.” “That’s just stupid,” Josie said. “If we’re all in a coma then how can we be talking to each other?” “Did you just seriously call me stupid, biatch?” Moving quickly, Louisa stepped between the girls before the fists flew, but it didn’t stop the glares and muttered threats of ‘later.’ “You’re both idiots, so shut up. We are not in a coma,” Nancy spoke, her eyes seeming large and owlish 19

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without her spectacles. “We’ve obviously been kidnapped by white slavers looking to sell us into prostitution overseas.” Screams accompanied her announcement—along with boastful claims of how so-and-so would fetch a better price than that skinny so-and-so. Louisa held up her hands. “Quiet!” It did nothing to reduce their freaking. She planted two fingers in her mouth and blew, the piercing whistle rendering them silent. “Jesus Christ. Stop your bitching and moaning. Since when do we allow ourselves to be victims? Did you not learn anything these last three years? I taught you better than this.” She let her gaze roam over them, catching each of their eyes, trying to instill some of her false calm and confidence. “It might look pretty impossible now, but there’s got to be a way out of here. So let’s put our heads together. We need to think of a plan before the aliens come back.” A snicker met her words, but the girls quieted when she stared them down. “You took the Lord’s name in vain,” Sade said in the sudden silence, her cheeks turning bright red as all eyes turned to her. “I hate to break it to you darling, but the Lord isn’t here to hear it. Now, the good news is we weren’t taken by white slavers looking to sell you into the sex trade.” “So what’s the bad news?” “It was alien pirates and they intend to sell you into some kind of galactic sex trade.” “Let’s say for a minute, we believe the whole alien thing, how is that any better?” “It’s not, but at least now you have the facts straight. The question is what are we going to do about it?” Jasmine raised her hand and waved it. “Yes?” “What do the aliens look like?” “Short, green and ugly.” “Like that?” All eyes followed Jasmine’s pointing finger and they stared with dropped jaws at the hulking goblin in the 20

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doorway. It brandished a metallic looking baton and grinned with jagged teeth when it realized it caught their attention. Louisa held in a smug I-told-you-so. She also moved forward to stand in front of the girls. Crossing her arms over her chest, she glared at the alien. “What do you want?” “The captain says you are too noisy.” “And? What are you going to do about it?” Her answer flummoxed him, until he recalled he held a weapon. He waved it at her. “Is that all you got?” She smirked, unable to resist the taunt. She’d taken down bigger thugs than the little green guy before. The situation reminded her of the time she took the baseball bat off Betty’s boyfriend when he came around not happy with a break up. Louisa taught him what bats were for—playing ball. Needless to say, once he managed to limp away, crying for his mama, he didn’t return. “I will harm you if you do not behave,” it threatened when its evil grin and wave of its bat didn’t have the desired effect. A chuckle slipped from her, probably partially caused by hysteria, and the ugly green face took on a perplexed expression. Go big or go home, her dad’s motto flashed through her mind as she let her gut guide her. “I’d like to see you try.” She took a step forward and lunged, roaring like she did when the raccoons thought to attack the garbage cans. To her surprise, the green dude recoiled, dropping his baton which hit the floor with a clang and rolled toward Louisa. She dove on the weapon, and wrapped a fist around it. She immediately popped to her feet, only to see the alien exit the room, the door sliding shut behind him. What do you know, even evil Martians are pussies if confronted by a strong woman. Turning back around, tapping her victory against her palm, she faced her stunned students. “Told you we were kidnapped by aliens.” The smug announcement matched her smirk. 21

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“And you totally psyched him out!” A true smile broke free as the girls high fived her. Breaking into excited chatter, her students huddled, throwing the occasional suspicious glance over their shoulder to see if anyone spied. They came up with a few plans. Most unfeasible, but at least it gave them focus. And best of all, hope, which no matter how dire the situation, Louisa wouldn’t take from them.

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Chapter Four Ducking the laser shots, aimed to kill rather than incapacitate, Xarn cursed his stupidity in daring Murphy. As usual, the deity chose to frukx with them, and quite spectacularly, too. “How much farther to the ship?” “Not far, but our chances of making it with all our body parts intact are looking pretty slim,” Brax replied before turning to shoot. A scream echoed behind them. “I can’t believe the nerve of that bastard, freezing our credits like that and framing us for something we didn’t do.” Xarn complained for the thousandth time since they’d gotten the news of the warrant out for their arrest. While their apparent murder of the governor’s mistress would enhance their reputation, it peeved him off. He preferred to get credit for things they’d actually done and while he or Brax would have done her in a heartbeat, they had this tiny moral code that didn’t allow them to kill females in cold blood. “Are you sure you didn’t accidentally screw her to death when you were drunk the other night?” “I’m sure.” What he didn’t admit was he’d woken in a pile of vomit on the floor of his favorite whore’s room. Despite his lack of prowess, due to over imbibing, she’d still pocketed his credits. I have got cut back on the alcohol consumption. More fun in his youth, the glamour of going on drinking binges that lasted several galactic cycles didn’t appeal as much. Now, after one night of it, he felt like reheated Jisu shit and it took forever to recover. I’m getting old. The idea depressed him and made him careless. A burning pain sliced across his arm. One of their attackers— also known as the police for this particular city—got lucky and scored a hit. Xarn took careful aim and fired. At least the pig, literally with a pair of hairy snouts, wouldn’t live to brag he’d 23

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damaged one of the famous purple friends. Known as the Dual Terrors, he and Brax maintained their reputation by daring deeds, devastating prowess and impeccable charm. Oh, and laughter, because despite their violent intentions, for some reason, beings found it hard to take them seriously. That worked in their favor quite often. His cousin, Tren, claimed their mothers had shoved some kind of lucky charm up their anuses when they were babes, while Jaro opined they’d sold their souls to some kind of galactic deity. Truthfully, he and Brax were just awesome and his cousins—who treated Brax like the brother he’d always wanted—were jealous. And that went double for the rest of the universe who had not yet recognized them as the most wonderful mercenaries and acquisitions specialists ever. Despite their impressive track record, the distinction of ‘Best’ kept bypassing them, although it did remain in the family. It recently belonged to Tren, who thankfully retired when he kidnapped a human, and then it passed on to Jaro, who got abducted and claimed by some female Zonian warrior. Their departure from the scene should have meant he and Brax finally got to bask in the attention they’d always deserved. Instead, there was talk of a new mercenary stepping in to take the spotlight, another cousin or uncle from his mother’s side of the family. Frukxing jerk. That spotlight belongs to us! We earned it. Murphy must have eavesdropped again, this time on his thoughts, because suddenly Xarn got his blasted spotlight. Literally. It shone from the sky while a loud speaker crackled, “Halt you murdering thieves and allow yourselves to be arrested. Or even better, keep running so we can shoot your scurvy hides.” Neither scenario appealed so Xarn took aim and shot the glaring white light. Blackness fell over them again and Brax cursed as he bumped into a wall, the sudden lack of illumination rendering them blind while they adjusted to the gloom. They got moving, hoping against the odds they’d

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somehow make it off the planet alive. It was one bet Xarn wouldn’t take. He preferred sure wins. “Psst! Purple warriors. Over here.” A voice called to them from the shadowy recess of an alley. Xarn halted and Brax plowed into him, sending them both stumbling. Good thing too, considering the number of laser bolts that flew past where they stood just moments before. Scrambling on all fours, they darted across the street into the crevice between the buildings where a short, cloaked figure beckoned them with a claw tipped hand. Since no better offers seemed in the making, they followed, only making a moue of distaste when their guide dropped through a grate in the ground, right into the sewer system below. “This is not how Tren would escape,” Brax grumbled as they slogged through the rancid mire. “Got a better plan, genius?” Xarn snarled, his stomach roiling at the stench. “Hey, you, guide person, where are you taking us?” “I know a way to your ship.” “And just why are you helping us?” Brax asked, halting. The cloaked figure also stopped and pivoted as it pulled back its hood. One ugly green female with familiar red eyes greeted them. “It came to my attention that you might need assistance escaping and perhaps even a job?” Her pointed grin seemed entirely too satisfied. “We’re not that desperate.” A rumble shook the ground around them and the agitated muck slopped over his boots. “Fine. See if you can find your way.” The irritating female turned and began to walk away. Brax glared at him and hissed. “Smooth move. Do you know your way out of here?” As much as it galled, Xarn sighed and called their guide back. “We accept the mission but we not only get twice our rate, we keep the treasure too.” 25

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“And you will guide us to our ship and ensure we can get away,” Brax added. “Done.” She answered quickly, too quickly in his mind. It occurred to Xarn to ask how the vengeful female would accomplish that, but, his stomach chose that moment to revolt from the stench and with more important things to occupy his thoughts, such as vomiting away from himself, he quickly followed as the cloaked figure led them through a maze of tunnels, which thankfully turned dry at one point. It took several galactic units to reach a ladder leading up to a grate. “Climb to the top and wait for the diversion.” “How will we know it?” Xarn asked. Their employer snorted. “And to think I chose you over the new purple champion.” “Hey, who are you talking about?” he asked, but the squat form of the female had already scurried off into the shadows. “I’m first,” Brax announced, clambering up the ladder, leaving Xarn to follow, the not-so-delightful view of his friend’s buttocks his penalty for not moving quicker. They hung on to the metal rungs, waiting. Even so, when the surprise arrived, it almost shook them from their perch. “Psycho frukxing female,” Brax whistled as flames lit up their narrow space and the stench of smoke immediately invaded. Pushing on the grate, they tumbled it aside and emerged into a blazing nightmare. Fires dotted the spacecraft docking area, and while beings rushed around with chemical hoses to spray the area, they couldn’t keep up with the burning. But amidst all the smoke and blazes, their ship stood unblemished, and it took them only a moment to dispatch the four guards left to stand over it, an insult really, given their reputation.

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Once on board, they didn’t delay, firing up their thrusters, neglecting their usual preflight check in favor of a rapid departure. They didn’t leave completely unnoticed. Their view screen lit up with the face of the governor, his usual red mien now a peeved yellow. “You do not have permission to depart,” he yelled. “Shut those engines off and turn yourselves in to face justice.” “Sorry, but we aren’t standing trial for something we didn’t do,” Brax replied, not even pausing in his key strokes to get them free of the atmosphere. “Let us know when you catch the culprit though,” Xarn added. “We’d love to come back for a visit someday.” Apparently, the governor didn’t feel the same way because a shudder went through the ship as something impacted their shields. Before they could retaliate, the biggest explosion yet went off, the force of it rocking their craft. “Certifiably insane,” Brax muttered, again referring to their employer. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Xarn asked. “Ditch the ugly witch?” “You took the words out of my mouth, sword brother.” However, it seemed their desire to abort their mission with the green female wasn’t about to happen. They broke free from the atmosphere and sped away from the planet, locked on a set of coordinates they didn’t recognize, and nothing they did changed it. It seemed, whether they liked it or not, they were about to kill a captain and his crew, and all because of a female scorned at cards. It was actually kind of embarrassing. Then again, it couldn’t be any worse than the time he killed a whole trio of beings for pronouncing his name wrong. And besides, this time there was treasure. It took several galactic revolutions before they caught up to their target, time during which they read with scorn the various inaccurate reports of their supposed crime and spectacular escape. Despite the falseness of the accusation, 27

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they did benefit with orders coming in for more jobs, a good thing too given their credit account was frozen pending the investigation. The vessel they tracked proved easy to find coming as it was out of the forbidden quadrant. Knowing their targets were pirates eased any remaining doubt he had about the job. He’d grown up on stories of his fathers—because his mother just couldn’t settle down with one—chasing down the dishonorable thieves and blowing them to pieces—after they acquired the treasure first, of course. A simple EMP—an electromagnetic pulse that frukxed with electronic controls— directed at the other craft, whose pilots foolishly didn’t have their shields at full strength, made coming alongside and docking easy. They setup an external space tube that linked the vessels, did a little bit of laser work to create a hole, and they were on board their victim’s vessel doing what they did best; causing havoc. The green goblin crew, who were half their size, and the single tentacled fellow they had manning the engines, didn’t stand a chance, not against two warriors of their caliber. So to make it sporting, Brax and Xarn, holstered their knives and took the pirate crew on with their fists. By the galaxies, both known and not, how he enjoyed the thrill he got from smacking someone around. It would have been nicer to face someone more his size, but he placated himself with the knowledge that his smaller attackers made up for it by diving on him in groups of three and four. Eventually, with only minimal bruises—mostly on their shins because the pirates were so short—they vanquished the lot, except for the captain who appeared to have gone missing. Xarn shook the last moaning crew member and when he saw the reds of his eyes, said, “Where’s the idiot in charge of the ship?” “Left.” “What do you mean left? Where did he go?”

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“He took off right after we acquired the cargo. Some other ship picked him up. He said he’d meet up with us before we hit the auction planet.” “And just what is the cargo?” The red eyes squinted and Xarn narrowly avoided spittle at the crewman’s next words. “Cursed, I tell you. If you’re smart, you’ll leave it behind. It’s been nothing but trouble since we picked it up.” “Picked what up?” But his informant was done speaking. His eyes rolled up and he lolled lifelessly in Xarn’s grip. “By the hairy balls of that whore on Jintora five. Our primary target’s not here,” Xarn cursed. Brax, wiping his hands clean of green blood, paused. “What do you mean he’s not here? Our employer seemed pretty damned sure.” “And she appears pretty damned wrong. Apparently, the captain must have gotten word, or a better offer, because he jumped ship a while back. And I for one am not in the mood to hunt him down. I say we lie if she calls. How the frukx is she going to know? We’ll blow the ship up and the evidence will be gone.” “Sounds good to me.” First though, they had a treasure to locate and unload. Never mind the supposed curse. They’d only transport it long enough to sell it. Xarn imagined mounds of jewels, maybe some ores from the forbidden Zonian planet. Or, how about some unique spices from … Heading down to the hold, he and Brax exchange grandiose tales of what they’d do with their half of the riches. Buy a new ship. Part of a planet. No, a bordello so they could fornicate for free. Or, how about a restaurant? Xarn always wanted to dabble in fine cuisine, a hobby he’d given up because of the lure of easier credits—and the taunts of his family. The door to the storage area of the ship was bolted shut, not that it stopped them. A few slices from their laser 29

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pistols and they broke through. On the count of three, they tugged open the portal and dove into the treasure room. Coming to a sudden halt, the friends stood side by side as they stared in disbelief at the dozen faces peering at them, humanoid halflings by the look of them. All except for one. Taller than the rest, but short compared to Xarn, the human barbarian was curvy and wearing naught but a rag that did nothing to hide a luscious amount of curves. With brown hair pinned atop her head in an untidy mess, and lips pursed in invitation, Xarn forgot everything in that moment, even his name, as lust took hold of him. Oh, she is so mine. The human female blinked in surprise. He smiled. She gasped and brandished a metal bar at them. “Stand back, you-you, mangy aliens, before I, um, hurt you?” She ended her threat on a questioning note, her bottom lip sucked in so she could chew at it worriedly. A prettier—more cock hardening—sight had never been witnessed within the known galaxies. As with one mind, and one voice, Brax and Xarn shouted, “Mine! Called it.” And from that short declaration, their careful raid devolved into a lusty fist fight. * Louisa blinked. Nothing changed. She closed her eyes, counted to five and opened them again. Nope, there were still two huge, purple dudes duking it out on the floor. Not exactly something she’d expected when the door slid open after a series of strange noises. “Um, excuse me?” she ventured tentatively, not quite sure what to make of the new situation. Unlike her short goblin captors, these two fellows, aliens, whatever she wanted to call them, looked a heck of a lot more dangerous. And surprisingly hot.

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Dressed in something Han Solo would wear— breeches, white linen shirts criss-crossed with leather straps— they sported bodies thick with muscle. If not for their skin color and pointed teeth, she’d have wolf-whistled them on the street back home. Unlike earth men though, they paid her no mind when she cleared her throat. “What are they?” Angelic whispered, creeping up to stand beside her, a smaller metal pole clutched in her hands. They actually possessed three at this point, the green dudes finally getting wise after she and her misfits kept swarming the guards that entered. They would have broken free of their prison by now as well if not for the damned smoke bombs their kidnappers kept dropping in their cell. Funny thing though, was while their captors, immune to the gas, managed to escape before Louisa could take on of them hostage, the idiots lacked the intelligence to strip the weapons from them while they lay unconscious. Not that their collection of batons had done them any good. They hadn’t seen slime or warts in what she guessed was a week now. Hard to tell with no windows or clocks. She counted the number of meals, delivered twice daily through a slot in the wall instead. “They look like idiots to me,” Louisa answered. “Hey boys!” The tussling duo ignored her, the meaty sound of fists striking flesh the only reply. “Hello?” She spoke a little louder, but too involved in their squabble, the two grown males, who more resembled children at the moment, continued their battle. And it was starting to tick her off. “Girls, turn around please.” With matching sighs and one muttered, “Talk about ruining our only fun,” her class turned to give their backs to the scene. Tightening her grip on the metal rod in her hand, Louisa took a step toward the combatants. They rolled toward her and she squeaked in an uncharacteristically girly fashion as she jumped back two feet. Her startled state didn’t stop her from swinging. She managed, in her wild thrust, to 31

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clobber one combatant on the head. He went limp on the floor which left the other one to stagger to his feet, a bloody grin on his face. “I knew you’d prefer me,” he said in a deep rumble that sent a shiver through her frame. He took a step toward her, reaching with one of his massive mauve hands. She took a single look at the wicked light in his eyes—that promised deliciously naughty things—and ducked so she could whack him in the shins. When he buckled with a loud “Ow!,” she bonked him over the head and knocked him out. Silence suddenly reigned, except for her slightly erratic breathing. “All right, girls,” she said as she spun around to see her troupe of misfits gaping at the two unconscious heaps on the floor. She pushed a loose piece of hair behind her ear and feigned nonchalance. “Forget today’s planned lesson on ball kicking and hair pulling. Instead, I think it’s time you learned to tie some knots.” And maybe do some alien probing of her own, she thought eyeing the large muscled frames of the purple hunks. Even passed out, they were daunting in size. Easily over six foot, if not closer to seven. Their skin shone a deep purple, which she had to admit she found more appealing than the green of her kidnappers. While the two unconscious males shared similar facial features—angular cheekbones, strong noses, dark and defined lips—their hair differed with one sporting an ebony, shaggy mane and the other close cropped white bristles. Their eyes, when they were open at least, shone a light blue that kind of reminded her of moonlight on snow. “Are you done staring at them, Ms. Fontanna? ‘Cause we should probably tie them up before they wake. I don’t think they’re going to be happy when they do.” Startled out of her thoughts, she jumped to work. “Right. Okay, let’s place them on their backs. Katrina, you and Chloe get those strips of cloth we made. Josie and Betty, you watch the door, in case there’s more.” One by one, she gave her students tasks, some of them just busy work to keep 32

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them from panicking or getting in her hair. What she really wanted to do was check out what lurked outside the open door. They’d all heard the sounds of something going on. The screaming, the thumping. Did it mean their goblin captors were defeated, or…dead? If they were, then did that make the purple guys on the floor their heroes and rescuers? She had only to think of the way they’d look at her— their eyes undressing her in a single moment, their claimed ‘Mine’ sending a shiver down her spine—to know they weren’t the cavalry come to free them. Judging by their words, I’d say they had ravishment on their mind. The idea should have frightened her, not made her nipples tighten into little points. I am such a slut. Actually, more like a horny teacher who’d not gotten laid in a few months. Actually, since she’d dumped her loser of a husband a few years ago, she’d only slept with one guy, while stupidly drunk, on the day her divorce was finalized. Somehow she doubted that murky experience, that involved a lot of sweating, grunting and falling out of the bed because it kept spinning, would compare to climbing atop either of the unconscious mountains on the floor and going for a spin. Big hands, big feet, big dick, let’s eat. Talk about a bad time to remember a dirty rhyme, one that made her snicker loud enough that Anne gave her a sideways glance. Kicking her mind out of the gutter, she proceeded to show her girls the proper way to tie a knot and truss up an alien like a turkey. And, she didn’t keep undoing them and redoing their attempts because she wanted to touch the purple dudes on the floor. She definitely didn’t want to see if those bulges were real muscle or body armor. As Angelic would say, liar, liar pants on fire.

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Chapter Five Brax regained consciousness, but wished he hadn’t considering the throbbing ache in his head. Oh, that’s it. No more drinking for me. He snickered. Like that would ever happen. He froze when a high pitched whisper showed he wasn’t alone. Which reminded him…I wasn’t drinking, I was raiding that goblin ship and found that sexy humanoid, who proceeded to clobber him with some kind of rod. Didn’t she know rods were for playing with, and not hitting? He’d make sure to give her lessons on their use later. Or, how about now? No time like the present. He opened his eyes and went to sit up. He didn’t budge. What in the galaxies? Craning his head, he peered at his body and saw himself tied in all manners of cord, from electrical wiring, to strips of cloth and even a short length of chain. Unlike Xarn’s cousin Jaro though, he didn’t wake up naked with a hot female on top of him. Damn Jaro for having all the luck. He turned his head and saw a still slumbering Xarn in the same condition. “Psst.” His sibilant whisper didn’t penetrate his friend’s thick skull and the tittering in the room became louder. “Xarn, you idiot, wake up. We’ve been captured!” “What?” His eyes flew open and Brax watched as his companion went through the same act of trying to get up only to discover himself trussed up like a virgin offering to the Fire General in the seventh galactic quadrant. “Frukx,” Xarn muttered. “I’m tied up. But where’s the naked female looking for my seed?” “I wondered the same thing,” Brax replied, again cursing his much luckier cousin. A weight settled itself on his chest and for a moment, he thought Karma was going to be kind to him and give him what he wanted. But he flipped his gaze back to see a

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miniature human sitting on him, brandishing a metal rod. Seriously? “Don’t move, sucker, or I’ll whack you,” she threatened. Between her white toothed ferocious smile and her freckled cheeks, Xarn had never seen anything cuter and less likely to hurt him, unless he busted an organ laughing. He snorted, then snickered, then full out chuckled while the tiny child warrior on his chest waved her weapon and growled. “Clarabelle, get off the gentleman’s chest.” The dulcet voice rolled over him and left him tingling. With an “Aahh” of regret, the halfling lifted from him. Craning, he sought a glimpse of the speaker and a surge of lust went through him at the sight of the female he’d briefly caught a glimpse of before his untimely capture. Looking just as fetching as he recalled with her pale skin and full red lips, he longed to explore the mounds under her ugly gown even if she only sported two. Bury his face between her creamy thighs. See if her honey tasted… A jab in his groin area brought that fantasy to a screeching, and painful, halt. “Ow! What was that for?” he exclaimed. “There are children here,” she exclaimed, pink spots of color dotting her cheeks. “Control yourself.” Chagrined he’d let his lust overcome him, Brax’s cock shriveled, aided by the pain of her blow. Laughter from his friend didn’t make the matter any better. “Ha. You just got told. Besides, it is obvious, she prefers me, the good looking one. Do with me what you will — Ow!” Brax grinned as the female subjected Xarn to the same punishment. “Would you both stop it? This is not funny. You are my,” at several cleared throats, she amended, “our prisoners. And as such, you will behave yourselves.”

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“Or?” Brax, usually the well-mannered of the two, goaded. “Or I’ll hit you hard enough that you’ll sing like sopranos the rest of your lives,” she threatened, raising the bar. Hmmm, perhaps baiting her wasn’t the best solution. “Fair enough. We are your prisoners. What do you wish of us?” he asked. Please let her say my body. “What do you mean, we’re her prisoners?” Xarn demanded. “We are the Dual Terrors, fighters extraordinaire, mercenaries of the highest caliber, masters of, well, just about anything. We don’t allow ourselves to be taken prisoner. We do the capturing. And the ravishing. Mustn’t forget that part.” “We’re tied up and helpless before this obviously beautiful and intelligent human. I think it best if we obey.” Brax waggled his brows at Xarn, whose face cleared as understanding dawned. “You’re right, brother in arms. We are caught and helpless. We are yours to command, oh luscious one. Have your wicked way with us. Me first.” A snort and a shake of her head let Brax know that his ploy to put her at ease failed miserably. “Screw the title Dual Terrors. More like a pair of clowns. And the only thing I want from you is to find out how to steer this piece of junk back to earth. I think I found the control room but I can’t for the life of me figure out what to do, and the buttons I pressed didn’t seem to accomplish anything.” “Unfortunately, we cannot return you to your home world,” Brax answered with a dramatic sigh. “Galactic clause five thousand six hundred and thirty one, subsection four hundred and seventy three. And I quote, in simple terms, once a barbarian is taken from their planet, they cannot be returned under penalty of death for all parties.” “Well how’s this for a clause? If you don’t, I’ll kill you myself,” she snapped. She planted hands on her hips and

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tossed him a fiery glare. By all the galaxies, she knew how to tempt him. “Xarn? What do you think of her offer?” he asked, having used the time of their discussion to assess the bonds that held him. With a rip that made the female’s eyes widen, Xarn jumped to his feet, followed by Brax who only managed to get one arm free due to the chain on his other. But it didn’t stop him, from ducking her first swing, then grabbing her wrist and squeezing until she dropped the weapon. Xarn on the other hand suffered many blows from the suddenly screaming halflings who converged wielding two metal rods and small fists. It took Xarn holding one of the little demons up and shaking her for them all to stop. “Back off, or she gets it,” Xarn threatened, tucking the small human with the freckles against his chest. The rest of the band receded but the female in Brax’s arms, who’d stopped struggling to watch the unfolding events, gasped, “Don’t you dare. She’s just a child.” “Yeah, mister. I’m just a little innocent girl.” Brax didn’t have time to shout a warning before the little hellion sank her teeth into Xarn’s arm and the children, more like miniature savages, jumped his friend again. The curvy form in his arms too resumed her thrashing, but Brax, who managed to finally free himself of the chain, quite enjoyed it, and pulled her against him tightly. He let his lips hover over her ear so he could murmur, “You know, in some cultures, this kind of violence is considered foreplay.” He rubbed his groin against her buttocks just to make his point clear. “Either call off your army, or I’ll skip to the main event. Did I mention it involves biting?” She instantly stilled, but while he imagined fear played a part in that, to his surprise, a musky scent reached his nose, one that made his cock even harder. Is that arousal I scent? An aroma he should well know given he’d caused it often enough, and even though she wasn’t a species he’d ever 37

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copulated with, his time spent around Jaro and his human mate, Aylia, the pair of them constantly fornicating, made him familiar with the scent. Forget Xarn, he could handle himself. Brax had something more important to take care of. I wouldn’t want to disappoint the barbarian. He nuzzled her neck, the slight graze of his teeth against her column making her shiver in his grasp, while her breathing quickened. “What will it be? Please say copulation. Xarn will eventually prevail whether I come to his aid or not.” “You wish,” she said. Her voice emerged throaty and low, and frukx if he didn’t love the sound of that. “Girls. Girls! Back off!” When only a few of them listened, a piercing whistle left her lips. Brax almost dropped her in surprise. It caught the attention of the hellions still hanging off Xarn. With reproachful looks, they let him go. In the spirit of goodwill, Brax ordered, “Let the halfling loose.” “She bit me.” His friend scowled down at her tousled head. The female in his arms spat, “Pussy.” The word, while not clear in meaning, was clear in implication. Xarn growled as he let the small female go to join the others. Glaring at them with beetled brows, Xarn muttered, “I say we take the big one and leave these little demons behind.” “Big one. Excuse me? I’m going to pretend you didn’t just call me fat. Oh, and by the way, nobody’s being left behind.” “No one said you had a say in the matter, female.” Xarn puffed up his chest and put on his most menacing face. The female in his arms snorted. “My name is Louisa. And, I don’t give a fuck who you think you are. You are not leaving my girls behind, unless you intend to leave me with them.” “You think you can pilot this vessel back to your planet yourself?” Brax tried not to sound condescending, but 38

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she must have deciphered his tone because the body in his grasp stiffened. “You think I can’t?” “Um, Brax,” Xarn approached a wall that sported a flashing red light. “I think we’d better leave this vessel soon. Someone enabled the auto destruct mechanism.” A chorus of, “Wasn’t me” sounded, and for once it wasn’t uttered by Brax or his brother of the blade. “Frukx! How much time?” “Not much.” Brax hoisted the female up until she dangled over his shoulder. Her shift rode up on her thighs and he got distracted by the scent of her, so close to his face, and so obviously bare. A shove from behind brought his attention back. “What are you waiting for purple man group? Get us out of here,” demanded the bossy freckled one as she elbowed her way past. Sighing aloud, Brax led the way despite his better judgment. What he and Xarn would do with a gaggle of illbred female children he didn’t know. But, as he nuzzled the thigh resting by his chin, while ignoring the snarled threats and pounding fists on his back, he consoled himself with the fact, that at least one good thing would come out of it. Fornication. And lots of it. * Dangling over the purple warrior’s shoulder, Louisa didn’t know what to think. First off, she was annoyed that the items she and her class used to tie the giant dudes didn’t work. But then again, she’d not expected them to be that strong. They snapped the fabric bonds with an ease that made her tummy tighten, and not in fear. When the one with the short white hair scooped her against him, she tried to fight, while all too aware of him as a male. Just how desperate am I that in a life and death situation I get all 39

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horny for an alien guy who makes no bones about the fact he’d ravish me in a second. Worse, she kind of hoped he would anyway. He rubbed a pretty impressive package against her backside when he tossed her that threat. If all else fails, maybe I can sacrifice my body to save the girls. She should be so lucky. Then again, perhaps she should rein her raging libido in. The aliens who’d taken over their capture definitely weren’t pushovers like the previous green dudes. Add to that pointed teeth meant for carnivores and she should perhaps watch her step — and her mouth. But, the other big guy even though he got attacked, never actually hurt any of my girls. Threatened, yes. Shook them and peeled them off to drop them with a grimace, yes. But, her girls only squeaked in bloodthirsty excitement, not pain. How bad could these alien guys be if they tempered their obvious strength against children? And why am I trying to talk myself into thinking they’re good guys. They were aliens, who made it plain they didn’t intend to return any of them to earth. So where did that leave her and her class? Lost in space. Hey, wasn’t that the name of a show? She bit her lip as a giggle threatened, thoughts of the comedic sitcom from the sixties running through her head. Of course, all thoughts of ‘maybe they weren’t so bad after all’ fled her mind when the one who’d captured her slung her over his shoulder and stuck his face awfully close to parts she considered private—and totally turned her on. Hitting him in the kidney area and calling him a few choice names did nothing but earn her a smack on her bottom. She screeched, but he followed his slap with a rubbing hand on her posterior and a whispered, “Some females enjoy having their buttocks spanked. If you continue to struggle, I will assume you are one of them and will endeavor to warm your posterior with my hand to please you.” As threats went, it was pretty good. On the one hand, she stopped dead, not wanting to have him follow through, but it was less about the pain of it and more the fact her body 40

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tingled something awful both from his touch and proximity. She blamed her arousal on the adrenaline of the situation. What was it people called it when they’d come close to death and violence and survived? Who cared, she just knew it made her horny. But now, in the grasp of a purple alien, was not the time or place to take care of that need—despite his apparent interest in doing so. While she let her mind whirl, they exchanged one spacecraft for another, the babble of her girls excited instead of fearful. Children could be so resilient. She tuned in to listen. “Oh my god, we really are in space. Check out the view from this window.” “I’m hungry. Do you think they have real food?” “That dark haired one is dreamy. I wonder if he’s into jailbait?” The last comment she stored to deal with later. The girls were definitely way too young for the alien duo. They needed a woman closer to their age, a woman of experience. Like me. She frowned. Hold on a second, she wouldn’t be giving in to the Stockholme syndrome even if for the first time in her life, she didn’t feel like an oversized cow. Hell, the way the purple warrior heaved her over his shoulder, without the least bit effort, made her hot and had her feeling kind of sexy. Most men were daunted by the fact she could wrestle them into submission. Attempting to date bigger guys didn’t work, they all seemed to want the cute little porcelain dolls, her ex-husband being a prime example. He’d married her because she could cook and had a job. He strayed not long after the wedding, not that she found out about his string of girlfriends for a while. His excuse when he got caught? He couldn’t bring himself to screw her anymore because she was just too big and unwomanly. The fucking jerk. So having a male, even an alien one, showing her the kind of attention she’d dreamt of—even if she’d never admit that kind of girly weakness — was kind of nice. Not that it changed her mind 41

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about her newest abductors. They were aliens, and she’d try to escape them no matter how sexy they were. Although, she wasn’t above using her feminine wiles if necessary to regain hers and the girls’ freedom. Ah, the sacrifices a teacher made for her students. The one who held her captive over his beefy shoulder left the cacophony of her orphans behind, his long stride, taking them up a hall. “Hold on a second. Where are you taking me?” “This way.” “That’s not an answer. Take me back to my girls. They need me.” “You are coming with me for the moment. Your demons will be fine. Xarn is currently herding them.” “They’re not sheep,” she snapped. “I do not understand your reference but my translator seems to think you are speaking of an animal. So in this case, the term herding is apt.” He kind of had her there. “You still haven’t said where we’re going.” “Here.” Here appeared like some kind of command center, or so she assumed by all the flashing lights. He shifted her from his shoulder and let her slide down his body—oh my—forcing her shift to ride up her legs. She immediately tugged at it, her cheeks flaming at his soft chuckle. He held her still in a loose hug, but she refused to look up at him, again an odd experience given she usually found herself eye level or taller than most men. He skimmed his hands over her hips, leaving a tingling awareness behind as he stepped away. “If we only had time…” he said almost mournfully. “But, alas, I fear the pleasure must wait as I need to pilot us away from the pirate craft lest we get caught in the backwash from the explosion. You may sit, lie down or stand, I care not so long as you do not get in my way,” he commanded. “And then?” 42

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“Then, I shall see what you hide under that flimsy gown.”

“Like hell we you will.” But he didn’t reply, other than to grin and slap her ass as he walked past her to seat himself in some kind of Captain Kirk style chair. She felt a need to deny him again. “I’m not getting naked for you.” “I love a challenge.” “This isn’t a game!” He swiveled in his chair and threw her a smoldering look that made her knees tremble. “Isn’t it?” He smiled at her, a slow naughty curve of his lips, and winked before turning away. “Make yourself comfortable while I steer us out of here. And just so you know, the door is locked.” “Jerk.” She muttered it under her breath, but he must have heard because a low chuckle escaped him. She stuck her tongue out at his back and then proceeded to ignore him. Well, her eyes did. Her thoughts, though, seemed intent on giving her visual examples of things he might attempt. Gosh, the dirty things she could imagine. I hope his kind doesn’t read minds. Since escape seemed improbable for the moment, or at least until she understood the situation better, she graciously let him do his thing while she examined her surroundings—and tried to forget the titillating promise in his words and expression. Like something out of Star Trek, minus Spock and Aurora, there were panels with buttons, knobs, lights and a myriad other things she couldn’t make heads or tails of. Nor did she dare touch. Not after the booboo she made on the goblin vessel. I think I might have started that whole self-destruct thing when I had my tantrum and pressed all the buttons I could find. It turned out to be a good thing the purple guys woke when they did and took charge of the situation. She would just never admit it aloud. While most of the visual displays scrolled glyphs she didn’t recognize, she did however spot her girls on a small 43

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screen. They appeared to be in some kind of room with a long sofa like seat that wrapped around the wall. The girls faced off against the other purple alien. She moved closer to watch the unfolding drama. Clarabelle led the pack, Angelic at her side. She could see them talking as they gesticulated with their hands. He said something in reply that got him a bunch of waved fists, and probably some curse words. Planting his hands on his hips, his lips moved as he spoke. The girls began nodding. The big guy moved to a wall and hit something. A moment later, he was shoved out of the way as her students jostled for whatever he revealed. She lost sight of him as he left the room, so she turned her attention to her charges and noticed them moving away from the wall, holding items in their hands that they brought to their mouths. He gave them food? And judging by the happy expressions, decent stuff too unlike the unpalatable slop the green dudes fed them. Her stomach grumbled. “Hey, can I get some of what they’re eating?” she asked, pointing to the screen. A warm presence at her back, let her know her purple captor left his previous spot, on silent feet. “What will you give me in return?” he asked, grasping her with a light touch and spinning her to face him. She tilted her head back, way back to see his expression. Once again, his eyes bore that funky glow, and his dark lips split into a grin revealing his pointed teeth. “I have nothing,” she murmured, unable to look away from his mesmerizing gaze. “Oh, I think you do,” he replied as he dipped his head. The hands on her arms slipped to her waist and hoisted her the remaining distance to reach his lips. He kissed her, and she let him, lying to herself that she did it for the promised food. Curious to see how it would feel. Letting the simmering arousal in her body blossom into a full blown inferno.

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Expecting savagery, perhaps even pain from his teeth, instead he kissed her with a sensuality that stole her breath. He slid his lips across hers, feathery caresses, before sucking her bottom lip, the tip of his tongue teasing her mouth. “My turn.” She heard the gruff words, but stunned by the kiss, didn’t react until she found herself yanked from the alien’s arms into another set. Hard lips mashed down upon hers, taking up where her first captor left off, and she momentarily pushed at his chest, surprise making her react. Then his kiss softened, as did his grip, and despite herself, she enjoyed it, a languorous heat seeping through her veins, awakening her body. The second embrace ended just as abruptly as the first with her being held between the purple hunks, a precarious position that reminded her way too much of a wishbone at Thanksgiving. “She’s mine!” exclaimed the white haired one. “I kissed her first.” “And? I was taking care of the halflings she insisted we keep. So it doesn’t count. Besides, I saw her first so I get to claim her.” Back and forth they argued, the only saving grace, was they released her so they could stand toe to toe, a pair of bristling warriors on the edge of violence. She inched away, her head bobbing as if at a tennis match as they lobbed first words, then fists back and forth. Admittedly, she found it kind of hot. I mean, who doesn’t dream of guys fighting over you. Of course, mine are purple, but still… I might be one sick puppy, but damn, that’s sexy. She might have let them go at it forever, but a concussion rocked the ship, tilting the floor under her, sending her stumbling. “Frukx!” the white haired one yelled as he hurried to a seat and began punching at a flashing panel. The dark haired one busied himself at a wall, his hands moving in a blur. Ignored for the moment, she got to 45

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her feet and attempted to slip away, only to find herself pinned by matching blue gazes. “Where do you think you are going?” She went on the offensive. “I still haven’t been fed and my girls need to be checked on.” “Your vicious progeny are fine. I did not realize your kind produced such large litters at a time. I wonder if Tren and Jaro know.” “Who? Never mind. What do you mean litter? You think the girls are my children?” “Do you not lay claim to them?” “Yes. But not because I birthed them. I’m their teacher. Not their mother. But even though we’re not related by blood, and the teachers college never taught us what to do in case of alien abduction, until you either return them home or we get them someplace where they will be safe, then I’m responsible for them. Get it? So harm them and you’ll answer to me.” She shook a fist for emphasis, which worked really well with the short green dudes but just made the big purple ones laugh. “She is feisty.” “And funny. What is your name?” queried the white haired one. “I am called Brax. And this is my brother in arms, Xarn.” “Louisa Mary Revenge Bethany Fontanna.” “That is a long name. We shall call you Louisa. That has a pleasing sound to it.” “Whatever. Now that introductions are over, mind telling me what the plan is?” The one called Xarn, tilted his head. “I take it you would find yourself offended were we to suggest selling the demonic halflings at auction?” “Let me put it this way, how attached are you to your balls?” She made a snipping motion and smiled sweetly. Xarn’s lips split into a wide smile. “We have no testicles on the exterior of our bodies. So does that mean yes?” 46

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She growled. “What do you mean you don’t have them?”

“As an evolutionized warrior race, our reproductive sacs are tucked safely inside of us. I would be happy to show you if you insist.” “I don’t need a visual example. What else about you is different?” she asked, suddenly imagining penises with forked tongues or even scarier, teeth. “Computer, list exterior physical differences between Aressotle males and human ones,” Brax ordered. She paid avid attention as the computer began listing the differences: skin tone, teeth, general size, lack of visible testicles, extra ribs and muscles, no nipples. The last one threw her for a loop. “You guys don’t have man boobs?” “Mammary glands are for females,” Xarn stated. “Although, our pectoral area is very sensitive. Would you like to touch?” Yes. “No. And keep your clothes on too,” she added when his hands went to the opening of his shirt. “Ignore my overeager brother in arms. He lacks finesse.” “There is nothing wrong with my finesse, I assure you,” Xarn replied with a lascivious wink. Brax rolled his eyes. “So you keep saying. Before you waste your charm, why don’t we ask her?” “Ask me what?” she asked suspiciously. “Have you decided?” “Decided what?” she asked, flummoxed at his question. “Which one of us do you prefer?” Okay, that was blunt. They wanted her to choose one of them. Only one problem. Even if, hypothetically, she allowed herself to get involved, it would be with one and only one, but the problem of how to choose? Both turned her on. And she assumed they wanted her to select one of them for sex, which again, if she had to sacrifice her body and suffer pleasure to escape, then she’d martyr herself for the cause. 47

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But, was it sex they had in mind? These were aliens after all, what if they meant something completely different. Stalling for time, she demanded clarification. “Hold on a second. Exactly what am I choosing one of your for?” “Company,” stated Brax. “Pleasure,” Xarn said smoothly, arching one of his brows. “So you want me as a girlfriend?” “That depends. Do friends on your planet get naked and fornicate?” Xarn asked with a waggle of his brows. “I for one, would like you to mate with me,” Brax added shooting a dark look at his, what had he called him, brother in arms? Did that make them related or was it some kind of alien military type thing? Didn’t matter, they both wanted an answer. “So this choosing thing is your really messed up way of saying you’re both vying for my heart.” A wrinkle marred Brax’s brow. “We have no need of the internal organ that controls the movement of your blood.” “Although, if we did, I do have knowledge of a delicious alcohol based sauce. Served with some sautéed qi-qi leaves, it would make a nice meal.” She blanched. “Good to know.” “Now she thinks you mean to eat her,” Brax exclaimed, cuffing his companion upside the head. Eying her up and down, Xarn licked his lips. “Yes, yes I do. I might forgo real substance for days if given a chance to nibble —” “Stay back, you-you cannibals.” She brandished a fist in front of her, not exactly the most threatening of weapons, but all she had. “No one’s eating any of my body parts.” “You misunderstand,” Brax replied holding his hands up in a placating gesture. “No, she doesn’t. If she chooses me, I intend to get between her thighs and feast on her nectar until she goes hoarse from screaming her pleasure.” 48

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His words hit her right between the legs causing her sex to quiver. “Wait a second, you’re talking about eating me, and not eating me?” She could tell by their confused looks she’d lost them. “You don’t intend to kill me? You want to have sex?” They both nodded. Oh God, the arousal in her body went up several notches, her breasts heavy and aching for them to act on their words. But that would be wrong. “Even though we’ve just met, and we’re obviously not from the same species, you just expect me to just choose one of you to, um, have sex with? And what if I don’t want to? ” A stranger conversation surely never happened. “Why would you not? We are considered attractive by females and quite experienced in the art of fornication.” “I’m better at it.” Brax growled. “You are not. My copulation partners are always well pleased and tell me so.” “Mine are speechless,” his friend replied smugly. “I am older, hence, automatically more experienced.” “By only three galactic cycles.” She watched their byplay as they argued over who was the best lover with a slightly incredulous air. It seemed they’d forgotten one teensy tiny thing in their quest to display themselves as the most likely to please her. “Um, fellas, while I am flattered, I am not choosing either of you.” “Why?” The question came with an echo and she swallowed as they both left off their arguing to focus on her. “Because for one thing, I don’t know either of you. And secondly, I’m not interested in having an alien boyfriend. I still plan to find my way home.” “Not happening. The laws are clear.” “And we have no wish to be this boy friend thing. It sounds emasculating.”

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Talking with them was making her head spin. “What if I offered to willingly have sex with one of you, would you take me home then?” The friends looked at each other and then glanced back at her. Both shook their heads. “Sorry. Your home planet is lost to you. But, choose one of us and we will offer you a new life.” She pursed her lips. “A better one?” Xarn added in a querying tone. She snorted. “This conversation is over.” She whirled on her heel, and then stared at the closed door in consternation. “Press the panel to your left.” Lips tight, cheeks bright—and her sex unnaturally moist—she exited the room, surprised they’d let her escape so easily, but then again, they knew she couldn’t go far. More annoying, while she left their libido disturbing presence, she couldn’t chase them from her mind. What on earth, I mean space, am I going to do? How about both? snickered her dirty little mind.

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Chapter Six “I think she is playing hard to get,” Xarn announced watching Louisa depart, the swish of her gown drawing eyes to the fact the fabric molded to a rounded bottom that would look better bent over and bare of clothing. “Or she truly means what she says and has no desire to get naked with either of us,” replied his brother of the sword. Xarn snorted. “That’s just silly. What female doesn’t want to pleasure us? Do you think we insulted her by not offering to pay for her services?” Brax pursed his lips. “I’ve studied enough human culture since we met Jaro’s mate Aylia to think that offering her restitution for the use of her body might be an insult. Although,” Brax threw him a wide grin. “Feel free to try it. I’m sure if you fail, I will become the obvious choice.” “You’d like that wouldn’t you?” As if he’d do anything to jeopardize the female choosing him. “Just looking for ways to make her decision easier. She seems adamant about not choosing though.” “Perhaps it is because she is torn between my dashing good looks and your, um, intelligence.” Xarn smiled through his friend’s glare. “Ha. Ha. You should have chosen a career as a comedian. But seriously, you might be onto something. What if the problem is she’s attracted to both of us and can’t make up her mind? We are, after all, both excellent specimens.” “We should compete for her favor then, let her get to know us through a series of physical and social events.” “Or we could share,” Brax said slowly, his expression pained at even saying it aloud. They looked at each other and laughed. With females plentiful, that was one thing, they’d never done before, even if it was a common practice on their home world. For some 51

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reason, the females of their race tended to birth mostly males. The good thing though, was that their kind could impregnate several species aside from their own so there was never any risk of their race becoming extinct and never a lack of females to choose from, which made why some of their kind shared a head scratching prospect. Xarn’s own mother chose to cohabit with two warriors, which meant double the fatherly advice growing up, and twice the expectation to succeed. “So what do you think she wants if not credits?” Xarn asked, not ready to give up. How could he when a brief taste of her lips left him hungry for more. Feisty, temperamental and with a plush frame to welcome even the hardiest of warriors, she embodied feminine perfection, enough that he contemplated for the first time ever, something more permanent than usual. Perhaps, it is time I settled down with a female of my own, like the cousins. They seem content, most of the time. He was also of an age where he should think of siring his own line of little warriors. But first, he needed to win her over. “No idea,” his brother in arms replied, but Xarn could see the calculation in their depths. His friend had a plan. But so did he. Kind of. Very well, he didn’t, but he always thought and acted best when flying by the seat of his trousers. How could getting one barbarian human to like him be any different? Several galactic rotations later, surrounded by the nattering warrior children that formed an effective barrier to his future chosen mate, he revised his nonexistent plan—and made sure he added ear plugs to it. The closest he’d gotten to the sexy Louisa was by watching her on the video screens that monitored their captives. He liked what he saw and heard though, which made him decide to brave the antics of the halflings who guarded her. “So where are we going?” asked one of the girls for the fourth time. 52

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“Somewhere.” “Where’s somewhere? Are there going to be any boys?” queried another. “No.” “Do you have a younger brother?” “No.” “Cousin?” Did these creatures ever stop with their questions? Over the course of the last few rotations, he’d made several attempts to penetrate their barrier to get closer to the female who haunted his sleep. Didn’t happen. Although, he did now know the little she-devils by name. He also knew they were a step above wild animals, had a way with words to embarrass the most stalwart and had more mischief in one little finger than a tribe of imps from the lost galaxies. In other words, he kind of liked them. But he also wanted to throttle them for not letting him breach their ranks. “I wish to speak with your Louisa.” Who once again hid in the cleansing chamber. It occurred to him to charge in there and demand she speak with him, but he somehow doubted that would go over well. “Yeah, but she doesn’t want to talk to you,” giggled a female with pale curls. “You must have really annoyed her. It’s been like what, three days since she told you to piss off?” His translation of her words made no sense. “I did not urinate on her.” Shrieks of laughter met his response. “No, dum-dum, I mean you made her mad. What did you say to her?” “Brax and I told her she must choose one of us.” “Choose you for what?” He tried to think of a delicate way of putting it since these were after all young, innocent females. “We requested she select the partner she would like to become better acquainted with.” Pleased with his polite phrasing, he sat back and smiled.

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Sudden silence greeted his announcement and he fidgeted at the number of judgmental eyes that caught him in their sights. “What? Why do you gaze upon me with such shock?” “First off purple dude, you don’t ask a girl you just met for sex. What are you a pig?” “But I never used the word sex,” he protested. The one known as Josie rolled her eyes. “Oh, please we’re not stupid. Intimate equals sex. Naked crewing. Horizontal tango. Smooshing.” Snickers and grins all around let him know that all the odd terms meant the same thing. “Very well. Since you prefer I be blunt. My brother in arms and I asked her to choose a sexual partner.” Clarabelle, the freckled one made a clicking sound. “Dude, what is wrong with you? Didn’t no one ever tell you to not talk about that kind of shit in front of kids?” They’d done it to him again. Tripped him with his own words. He clamped his lips tight as the girls exchanged sage nods. “Lucky thing for you,” Angelic said with a sweet smile that hid her devilish nature, “we’re not really kids any more. So we can tell you what you did wrong.” He leaned forward at their urging, his shoulders bunching so he fit within the huddle of little heads. “First off, you need to romance her.” Perpetrate a gesture showing affection? “I saved her from captivity.” “You did that before you knew her so it doesn’t count.” “Gave her food?” “Oh, so you’re going to count basic necessities.” Anne made a wet noise in his direction. “No wonder you struck out. Haven’t you done anything nice? You know, something to show her you like her.” “Well, I did kiss her.” “Oooh.” 54

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Their collective murmur encouraged him to go on. “And I’m sure I did it better than my sword brother.” Stunned faces met that announcement. “Hold on, Mr. X,” freckled Clarabelle said. “Rewind a second. What do you mean you did it better than your buddy? He kissed her too?” “When I came upon them lip locked, I plucked her from his grasp and proceeded to show her my admittedly better technique.” Snickers met his boast. He leaned back and crossed his arms over his chest. “Oh boy, you really are one big clueless ox. You mean you guys took turns kissing her and passing her around. No wonder she’s pissed. Listen up, ‘cause we’re gonna help you. If you want to win her, you gotta —” “Do nothing because it won’t happen,” answered Louisa in a firm, no-nonsense voice having finally emerged from her hiding place. Caught, Xarn smiled at her sheepishly. “Hello.” Louisa glared at him—looking more delicious in person than he recalled—as she tapped a foot and pointed in a direction that sent the girls scurrying away. “What do you think you’re doing?” “Reconnoitering?” He raised a hopeful brow. “Unless you’re here to tell me you’re taking us home, then I have no interest in speaking with you.” “But how can you convince me if you ignore me?” he taunted. Her lips tightened. “Would paying you attention work?” “No, but I am willing to let you ply your wiles in an attempt to change my mind.” “Not happening.” “A male can try,” he said with a dramatic sigh. “But seriously, have you given any thought to our question?” “I thought I said no.”

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“Your kiss sounded more like a maybe. I think you just need more convincing.” “I do not.” She said it quickly, but he took note of how her cheeks flushed a pink color and the points of her nipples suddenly protruded through her gown. He’d been around the galaxy enough times to know what those signs meant. “How will you know if you do not give me a chance? This is the first time you’ve spoken to me in several revolutions.” “And if you hadn’t been bringing up totally inappropriate subject matter with my girls, I would have gone several more.” “But how am I supposed to change your mind if you keep avoiding me?” “You don’t.” “You know I’m bigger than you, right?” “Are you threatening me?” She towered over him, her arms crossed over her chest and her eyes flashing with ire. By all the deities in the universe, he wanted her. “Why are you being so stubborn? I can tell you want me.” The color in her cheeks got brighter. “I do not,” she sputtered. “You need to leave.” “We’re not done talking. I can smell your desire you know.” “I am not discussing this in front of my girls,” she hissed in a low voice. “Fine. Then we will go somewhere else to do so.” Manacling her wrist with one hand, he dragged her from the room, tossing a casual, “She’ll be back in a moment,” to the watching crowd. When Louisa tried to dig her heels in to stop him, he just picked her up, trying not to grin when the demon spawn started to cheer and laugh. Once in the hall, he slapped the control to slide the door shut, and locked it for good measure. He set her down on her feet. 56

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“What do you think you’re doing?” she demanded. “How dare you just think you can walk in there and manhandle me like-like—” “Like a male who desires a female,” he supplied. “No, like a caveman with no idea how to treat a woman.” Bracketing an arm on either side of her body, his palms against the wall by her head, he leaned in close. “In my culture, what I did would be considered romancing you.” “How is yanking me from a room and then pinning me against a wall romantic?” “Because I wanted to be alone with you.” He’d never spoken truer words. “Why? It won’t change anything.” The breathlessly said words whispered across his lips. Forget explaining, he showed her, pressing his mouth to hers like he’d dreamed of doing since the first time. Her lips tasted sweet, the flavor of the juice she’d recently imbibed still clinging to them. Before he could go any further, she pushed at him. “No. We can’t do this. Not here. The girls are right on the other side of this wall. Hell, knowing them they’re probably listening with their ears pressed against it.” If the location was the problem and not the kiss itself, he had a simple solution. He picked her up and carted her down the hall and around a corner before letting her slide down the length of his body. The curviness of her frame made him hard as he imagined her lushness, pressed naked against him. “Is this more suitable?” The smile that curled her lips and the mirth dancing in her eyes hit him like a low blow to the gut. “You really don’t like the word no, do you?” “Your mouth was saying yes. Shall I prove it?” He resumed their embrace, hungrier than ever for a taste of her. And this time she did not protest or halt him. Actually, she leaned into the kiss, her breathing emerging in fast pants. He 57

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sucked at her tender lower lip, coaxing her mouth to open and groaned when she did. More encouraging, her hands crept up to cling at this neck, pulling him closer and he obliged, wanting, needing to feel more of her against him. Slipping his tongue past the barrier of her lips, he ran it over her dull teeth before sliding it further. Her tongue came to greet his, the moist twining of their flesh fueling his hunger for more. Imbued with urgency, he moved the hands lightly clasping her waist to her buttocks, grasping the full flesh, kneading it. The fabric of the gown impeded his search, prevented him from testing the softness of her skin. He lifted up the offending barrier and caressed her smooth skin, distinctly feeling her shiver, hearing her delighted gasp. Palming her cheeks, he hoisted her, giving her better access to his mouth which she took full advantage of, devouring his lips with a passion not feigned or contrived. The heady knowledge that she desired him spurred him on. Bracing her back against the wall, with one arm anchored around her waist, he used his free hand to delve between their bodies, finding her moist sex with his digits, and he shuddered at the blatant evidence of her desire. Wet, so wet for me. He explored her cleft, learning its delicate shape. She mewled against his lips when he rubbed the protrusion at the top of her sex, a pleasure nubbin it seemed, that he stroked over and over as her cries quickened in desperation. A desperate need he also felt, even if his own sex remained still hidden in his pants. “Still want to say no?” he murmured, following up his soft taunt with a nuzzle of her throat. She arched into his embrace, a husky chuckle slipping from her. “You just don’t know how to quit when you’re ahead do you?” He thrust a finger into her, the hot, damp walls of her channel clamping around it tight. Oh by the galaxies, he couldn’t wait to sheath his cock into her welcoming heat. To

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pound her sweet welcoming flesh. To hear her crying out his name. “I never quit when I want something.” He raised his eyes to see her regarding him, her expression languorous and inviting. “And if I were to say no right now, you’d do what?” “Make you scream yes,” he growled. Oh he’d make her swallow her words, and maybe later his cock. She didn’t fight him, on the contrary her body welcomed his touch, but at the same time her words teased him for more. And he’d give it to her. He wanted to bring her to climax, watch her as she got swept away by pleasure, a tantalizing precursor to his claiming. Then, he’d bring her to the edge again, and have her beg him to take her. He slid in a second finger, and she clutched at his shoulders, her nails digging into him in a delightfully painful way that spoke of her excitement. He pumped her with his digits, in and out, savoring the suction of her muscles as they clung to him. His mouth watered at the feel of her increasing moisture, a nectar he could not wait to taste. Her cries, of “Yes! Yes!” grew more frantic, her body tightening around his fingers as he continued to thrust into her. When she bit his lower lip and her body bowed into an arc, he grunted in tortured pleasure. His own hips gyrated forward, his cock full and about to burst. Before he could ease it free and sink it into her, feel her glorious flesh all around him, he felt a tap on the shoulder. “What?” he snapped, turning his head to the side just in time for his face to meet his sword brother’s fist. * Coming across his best friend coupling wasn’t unusual, but who he chose to copulate with irritated Brax. Actually, more than irritated, it filled him with a jealous rage. Right after he stopped watching, that was.

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When he’d first seen them, Louisa’s legs wrapped loosely around Xarn’s waist, kissing him with wild abandon while Xarn pleasured her with his hand, he stopped and stared. How could he not? The sight was mesmerizing and erotic beyond belief. His cock grew hard, aching to be a part of the unfolding sensual feast of the senses. He panted along with Louisa as her pleasure mounted, and his cock jerked when she came. Then, anger set in that Xarn dared to seduce the female he wanted as mate behind his back. Never mind, she’d not officially chosen him, or that he only recently decided he wanted her for something more permanent than just a copulation partner. Since the moment he’d seen Louisa, he wanted her. And I will have her. Ire that his brother in arms thought to steal her from him made him act. He tapped Xarn on the shoulder, and when he turned to snarl “What?” he punched him. As his closest companion reeled from the surprise attack, he scooped a limp Louisa into his arms. Still in the throes of pleasure, eyes closed, she didn’t seem to notice the change in partners until he kissed her, unable to resist the swollen invitation of her lips. Her eyes flew open, and they stared at each other, their lips still clinging. “What the hell?” she gasped. A tap on his shoulder arrived before he could answer. Brax sighed against her mouth before he put her down. “Just give me a moment while I take care of this.” He turned to face Xarn who glowered, but that was okay, because Brax was bloody simmering. “What the frukx are you doing interrupting me like that?” Xarn growled. “What the frukx were you thinking seducing her like that?” he snarled back. “Can I help it, she chose me?” boasted his sword brother. “Like you gave her a choice,” he snorted. 60

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“She’s standing right here,” Louisa snapped. “And I haven’t chosen anybody.” “Then why did you allow him to touch you?” Brax asked, not completely able to hide the hurt. “I didn’t mean to. It just kind of happened. It won’t happen again.” “What do you mean, you won’t let me pleasure you again? But you enjoyed it,” Xarn sputtered. “I felt you come on my fingers.” “Yes you did. Thanks. It was fun.” Brax laughed. “So much for your technique. Wait until she tastes mine. It will put yours to shame.” Her eyes rounded in surprise. “Hold on there, purple stud. Who said anything about you getting a shot?” “It is only fair that I be given the same opportunity as my brother in arms to pleasure you so that you might decide which of us you prefer.” “First off, I’m not choosing anybody, and second, just because he caught me off guard and copped a feel,” she blushed, “doesn’t mean I’m going to turn around and let you.” “Yeah,” Xarn said, crossing his arms over his chest with a smirk. “Unacceptable. I insist on having the same privilege of making you orgasm.” Her blush deepened, and of interest to him was the fact she tried to hide the fact her nipples protruded through her gown. She could deny it all she wanted. She wasn’t being truthful when she said she had no interest. “Are you guys both deaf? Does the word no not mean the same thing out here as it does on earth?” “My hearing is perfectly fine,” Brax replied. “As is my sense of fair play. Brother, if you would excuse us, it is my turn.” Xarn snapped, “You heard what she said. She doesn’t want you.”

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“Are you afraid that once I pleasure her she will know who is the true master of the sensual arts?” Brax couldn’t resist the sly taunt. And it worked. A glower crossed his friend’s face. “Fine. Try your best, she’ll still prefer me. But since I never got to use my dick, neither do you.” A smile curved his lips. “Deal. My lips could use a workout. Now, if you don’t mind.” “Hello, still here and I do mind,” she sputtered. “You lie because I can see and smell the interest in your body.” Brax waited until Xarn stomped off before he turned back to face her and let his grin widen. “Fear not, you will enjoy this.” “But I don’t…” Her protest faded as he dropped to his knees and placed his face against her mound, the thin material of her shift covering it but not masking her scent. He nuzzled her, inhaling her fragrance, strong because of her recent climax. “What are you doing?” she asked in a husky voice. “I just came. You’re wasting your time. I can’t come twice in a row.” “If that is your belief then where is the harm in letting me try?” Placing his hands on her thighs, he pushed the material of her gown up until her cleft appeared. He pressed his lips against the vee of her legs, feeling her tremble. “You shouldn’t do this. Isn’t there like some taboo rule about making out with the same girl your buddy has?” “Actually, many friends choose to share the same female as mate.” “Well, that’s insane. I am a one guy kind of gal.” “As am I. So, we are well matched. But with two such fine specimens to choose from, let me help you make the right choice.” “You’re going to audition for the part of my boyfriend by trying to make me come? Are you nuts?” “I am not a hard shelled fruit, but I am very aroused.” “So jack off.” 62

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“Do all human females speak as much during intimate moments?” He breathed his question against her soft mound. She shivered. “Ah hell. You aren’t going to give up are you?” “No. So prepare to enjoy yourself.” He pulled her thighs apart, not that she truly tried to stop him. Inserting his face between them, he let his tongue trace the delicate edge of her lower lips. The sweet nectar of her body made him close his eyes in pleasure. He licked again, parting the folds, delving into her sex. She gasped and her fingers came to rest on his head, her nails digging as he lightly stroked her back and forth. Already sensitized from the ministrations of his sword brother, her flesh quivered under his delicate onslaught. He tongued over a protruding nub and her hips arched against his face, her violent reaction almost knocking him over — and delighting him. Holding onto her tightly, he played with the sensitive flesh, flicking it, sucking it, even grazing it with his teeth. She keened, she arched, her nails clawed into his scalp, and he enjoyed every moment of it. “Oh God, I’m going to come,” she exclaimed at one point. What a beautiful thing to hear, but he wanted more. He wanted her to scream like she had for Xarn. Scream for him as she came. A few more flicks of his tongue against her nub, and her body went rigid. A low, cry left her that grew in pitch. He thrust his tongue into her shuddering sex, and to his shameful delight, as her orgasm rocked her body, his cock answered, pulsing hot cream into his trousers as he drank her climax, felt it gripping his tongue and shuddering against his lips. He’d never experienced anything so arousing and fulfilling in his life — and without his cock even making an appearance. Standing, his hands bracing her shivering body, he hugged her to him, never wanting to let her go.

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“I can’t believe you made me come a second time,” she gasped, her face buried in the curve of his neck. “A less chivalrous male would say I told you so.” She chuckled. “I think you just did.” “So, shall I tell Xarn your choice?” “Sorry, stud. While that was fun, and I mean really fun, I’m still not budging. I am not selecting one of you as a boyfriend. So now what?” “In the spirit of fair competition, I should take my leave but do not wish to,” he admitted. “You can’t leave yet,” she squeaked. She leaned back to peer at him with wide eyes. “Not only can I not stand, even if I could walk, I can’t go back in there looking and feeling like this. My class will know we made out.” “This ‘made out,’ it is a human expression for me pleasuring you with my tongue?” “Yes.” The dark red flush in her cheeks delighted him. It seemed his feisty human not only hid a passionate nature, but a softer side as well. “Come, I will take you somewhere you might rest alone. And when you wake, there are bathing facilities you may use to cleanse yourself.” “I’ve seen your facilities. I’m going to need more than a toilet and a sink.” “Mine has a large shower.” “But my girls…” “Will be notified that you are resting in a quiet location and will return after the sleeping period.” He scooped her into his arms and took her to his room. Xarn wouldn’t like it, but Brax didn’t care. His female needed time to recover and what better place than his bed? Once she finally chose him — how could she not with the pleasure I just gave her? — it would make the speed with which he could sink his cock into her all the quicker.

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Chapter Seven Slut. I am a purple alien slut. How she’d gone from adamantly refusing to consider either of her captors to letting both of them bring her to orgasm, she still didn’t quite grasp. They touched her, and she melted like a popsicle in a July heat wave. And even more shameful, she loved it. More than loved it, she came so hard she couldn’t think straight. And forget standing — her legs wobbled like Jello. She didn’t have the energy to protest much when Brax carried her to his room and tucked her in with a light kiss. She didn’t give her charges a second thought, leaving them alone, probably scared and uncertain. Okay, that was probably inaccurate. Left alone to their own devices, her girls probably plotted which meant all manners of havoc would occur. A part of her knew she should get out of the comfy bed — where she’d slept long enough to feel rested. But, Brax did mention some kind of bathing option, and boy, did she need it. Washing in a sink didn’t exactly leave a woman feeling fresh. But a shower wasn’t her only reason for agreeing to stay in his room. If she were to dig deeper for the truth, she still felt kind of horny, a problem compounded by the fact Brax’s scent lingered on the sheets cocooning her. What was it about them that acted like some kind of aphrodisiac? Smelling a guy shouldn’t make her squirm in heat. Remembering his touch—Xarn’s as well—shouldn’t make her hand slide under the covers to rub over her slick flesh. Knowing it was wrong—so naughty—didn’t stop her from stroking herself, a sigh of pleasure leaving her as she caressed her sensitized clit. Her hips pumped against her hand as she wound her pleasure tighter and tighter…

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The swish of a door sliding open froze her and she opened her eyes in shock to see both her purple studs wedged in the entrance, struggling to make it through at once. The smoldering blaze in their eyes sucked the breath from her but she still managed a choked, “Get out.” “But we could see on the monitor that you have need. Just tell us which one you prefer and the other will go,” Brax stated, the heat in his eyes making her pussy quiver. Worse than her body’s betrayal, she almost shouted, I need you both. She refrained from saying it and stuck with, “Get out.” “There is no need for embarrassment, my sweet barbarian,” Xarn coaxed. “I am more than eager to take care of your insatiable desire for me.” He winked. She wanted to kiss him until he went crossed eyed. Go down on him until his eyes rolled up in his head… Ah fuck. Aroused, caught masturbating, and wanting to take them both up on their offer, she fluctuated between mortified and annoyed. “Get out!” she yelled, needing some space and privacy to figure out what the hell was going on. With chagrined looks that put puppy dog eyes to shame, they left. And she immediately regretted it. Her pussy still ached for fulfillment. But now that she knew they had cameras watching, she couldn’t do a damned thing about it. Actually, she could, but that would be like pouring oil on an already out of control fire. Grumbling about voyeuristic alien perverts—hot ones that confused the hell out of her—she stumbled from the bed. Her shift clung to her, and one whiff told her it needed changing, but into what? She didn’t exactly have a wardrobe at her disposal. Or did she? While no visible chest of drawers adorned the room, lucky her, she found some clothes draped over a chair. The pants appeared way too large, but the shirt would cover her more than her current gown. Apparel situation solved, now she just needed to find a way to wipe the scent of pussy from herself. 66

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A narrow entrance in one wall led into a cubicle like room. A bathroom? But how did it work? The one that adjoined the rec room they’d imprisoned them in had something similar to what she was used to on earth; a toilet and a sink, albeit a streamlined, futuristic version. She popped back out and looked for another door, but other than the one into the room, only the empty one adjoined. Brax did say his room had a bathroom, so logic said she’d found it. She scrutinized the cubicle. Several raised buttons on the wall, bearing glyphs, mocked her. How bad could it be if she hit one? I mean, it’s not like they’d keep a selfdestruct button in a closet right? Or so she hoped. Taking a deep breath, and hoping she didn’t harm herself by accident, she slapped the first button and a mirror dropped from the ceiling, startling a shriek from her—more because she had the worst case of bed head she’d ever seen. And were those swollen red lips—well kissed ones—truly hers? A second press of the button and the mirror receded and she moved onto the next protrusion. Pressing it, she watched the ceiling. Wrong! Something shot out of the wall and molded itself from the top of her belly button to the middle of her thighs. The strangest sensation went through her and she struggled to get free only to have the contraption release her on its own and slide back in the wall—the bottom half of her gown gone with it. Once she’d ascertained it wouldn’t return to attack her, she realized that her urge to pee, along with a number two pressure, had disappeared. Holy crap. The contraption molested me for my urine. She wasn’t sure she approved of the device but couldn’t deny it would probably save on the annoying task of toilet bowl cleaning. One button remained, and after her recent experience, she debated if she should touch it or not. The odor of her body decided for her. She closed her eyes and pressed. A click made her eyes shoot open and she noted the opening to the bedroom was gone. Before she could panic, a 67

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light mist surrounded her, the moisture warm on her body and making the remaining half of the gown she still wore damp. “Now that’s more like it.” She stripped the rag off and dumped it in a corner. Raising her arms, she spread them wide and let the water hit every part of her, but the mist didn’t spray hard enough to truly rinse her, and she really wished for some soap. Peeking around, she noted three new buttons had appeared. She poked one and the mist turned into a blue foam. She squeaked in surprise, but then laughed as she noted that it didn’t sting her eyes, and tasted sweet when it accidentally hit her lips. Assuming it acted as some kind of cleansing agent, she rubbed it on her body, her hands lingering over her breasts, their full weight in her palms an aching reminder of their neglect when the friends played with her previously. A stroke of her thumbs over the peaks and she shivered, the nipples shriveling into tight buds. If only I’d not acted so hastily and sent them both away. But that would have meant choosing one of them and she couldn’t, because despite their short acquaintance, she liked them both. Sure, she’d not conversed with them much directly, but despite her hiding in the bathroom, she’d watched—and learned. She noted how they took time to talk to her girls and learn their names among other things. Even when her mischievous class pulled some pranks, like dumping juice on their crotch and snickering at the wet spot, the warriors just shrugged and laughed along with them. The purple dudes treated them quite well actually if one ignored the fact they restricted them to the one large room. For the safety of the ship, or so she’d heard. She couldn’t really blame them. She’d seen her misfits in action, beside Louisa had already accidentally blown up one ship. It wouldn’t do to destroy another. Despite their captive status, if her observations were correct, their captors were a decent pair who showed not the slightest interest in her jailbait girls who kept parading half 68

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naked in front of them. It stunned Louisa when some of the girls more precocious antics to get noticed didn’t even earn them a batted eye. Her ex-husband, the pig, would have been on them at the first flirty smile. Not Brax and Xarn. They reserved their lusty looks and suggestions for Louisa. And fought over who would get her. Fuck, I would think of that and make myself even hornier. What a shame they’d not come to her one by one, like they did before. A token resistance against their seduction would have made this morning a whole lot more fulfilling. A quiver went through her at the thought of them touching her again, their large size making her feel petite, dainty. The reverence in their expressions spoke more than words of their attraction to her. What a heady feeling for a woman who’d spent a lifetime lamenting her wide hips, and rounded belly. It figures the two guys to turn me on wouldn’t be human, and worse, they’re best friends. How can I choose one when it might hurt or piss off the other? How can I be responsible for them fighting? But if she abstained from choosing, who would put out the fire in her pussy? She sighed. Who indeed? It wouldn’t be the first time she needed to take care of herself. It just sucked that she needed to when there were two virile males willing to do it for her. But short of doing them together, which would be so wrong—even if it titillated her beyond belief—she would just have to take care of her needs herself. Crouching down, she leaned back against a slippery wall, parting her thighs and exposing herself. Cupping her hand, she let the spritzing foam fill her palm before she brought it to her pussy, rubbing it over her sex. Lubed with the odd soap, she started to work her clit, her finger rubbing back and forth across it with the ease of familiarity. But, it seemed she dallied too long in the soap cycle because the mist of before returned, and it brought friends in the form of jets which buffeted her body, distracting her. Standing, she decided to give up on trying to get off—the odds seemed against it. As she turned to rinse, the 69

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angle of one of the water streams hit her just right. Mmm, that felt good. Tilting her hips, she sought a better position and sighed as the warm spurt hit her clit. She rotated her pelvis, making the liquid jet dance on her pussy, doing the pleasuring work for her. Oh yeah, just like her detachable showerhead back home. Head angled back, she moaned as she cupped her breasts, thoughts of purple hands filling her mind. Imaginings of a hard cock thrusting, made her channel clench, and when she came, she swore it felt like they were with her, basking in her pleasure, showering her with their delight. I wish. * In the command room, matching groans erupted as Xarn watched, along with Brax, while the female he wanted to possess pleasured herself in the shower. Wrong so wrong, although whether he meant that she climaxed without him, or the fact he watched when he knew it would irk her, he couldn’t tell. Both, probably. If only Brax hadn’t also noticed her actions on the screen when she awoke, Xarn could have reached her first and taken care of her need. Instead, she’d ordered them both to leave. But it didn’t stop them from returning to the control center and watching her, then almost dying from the torture of not joining her as she touched herself in the shower. At least I’ve learned one important thing, other than my cock might self-destruct if I don’t take her soon—my human has a lusty temperament. That wasn’t all she had though. She possessed an odd sense of courage that allowed her to stand up to them no matter the fact they could make her obey if they truly wanted. Loyalty to her charges, demanding they save them, or else. Stubbornness in refusing to choose him over his brother in arms, even though he knew he gave her great pleasure and

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could tell she wanted more. She owned many intriguing qualities that he wished to explore. She also possessed a bunch of demonic students that would surely drive him to an early grave. A warning went off, the third in a series of alarms, all originating from the leisure chamber where the troublemakers were penned. Switching cameras, he peeked in on the brats and groaned. “What are they doing now?” A frown creasing his brow, Brax leaned forward. “I believe they have demolished the seating area to create weapons.” They started misbehaving not long after the pair had taken Louisa from the room. In an effort to placate their initial rowdy behavior, he delivered them garments to keep them occupied and grateful. They mangled the clothes he sent to them, turning perfectly respectable shirts and pants into items bordellos would pay a fortune to own. Since then, they’d also started a fire, trashed the place with a food fight, and conducted a few brawls that taught him some dirty moves he catalogued for later use. And now they destroyed the furniture. “This is not seemly behavior from female children,” Xarn stated, a comment which would have probably caused more than a few of his acquaintances to choke, probably in mirth. “At least they are no longer lighting things on fire and sucking on the fumes,” Brax added. “What will we do with them?” Xarn asked. “We cannot keep them on board for long. They are liable to destroy the ship at their current rate.” “Or mutiny and take over.” They exchanged a glance, not entirely joking. As their female rested, a drug induced slumber they’d both decided she needed, they came to the conclusion that despite their urge to kill the young humans, they couldn’t. Louisa would most definitely get angry if they did. Dumping them on a planet also seemed out of the question as did trying them up, or using the mind wipe on 71

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them. In a quandary, they didn’t know what to do—although defying the laws of the galaxy and retuning them home was appearing more appealing all the time. “Look, our female has located them and appears to be taking them to task.” She appeared in the leisure room, dressed in Brax’s shirt, the hem of it falling mid-thigh while a belt cinched her waist. With the ferocious demeanor of a battle queen, she planted her hands on her hips, her lips pursed and her eyes narrowed as she spoke to the unruly brood. “Turn up the sound. I want to hear what she says.” “I can’t. Some of the food from their previous battle has jammed the receiver. All we’ve got is the video feed.” But given Louisa’s angry mien, he could guess what she said. A grin split his lips as he waited for the miniature wrecking crew to fall to their knees and plead for forgiveness. Instead, the young females raised their makeshift weapons, their eyes alight and their mouths open on a chant that while he couldn’t hear, he could guess at. “Um, Brax, I think we might have a situation.” “Do you think she knows we watched her in the shower and is retaliating?” “Perhaps. I will tell her it is your fault.” “I was just making sure she did not accidentally injure herself. What’s your excuse?” “Ha. Like she will believe that. I will tell her, I only watched to make sure she rinsed all the cleansing foam from her body.” He and Brax exchanged a glance. “On second thought, let us pretend neither of us watched.” “A better plan. She and the halflings are on the move. Should we arm ourselves?” “And harm her precious brood?” An arched brow said eloquently what he thought of that. Brax sighed. “So, we are to let them take us captive?” “Do you have a better plan?” “No. Let me lock in the coordinates for Aressotle and place the ship under autopilot. Short of an attack or a newly 72

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formed asteroid belt, we should then at least make it safely to our world.” “Home? To our mothers?” “And where else would you have me take us? Tren’s planet? Honorary cousin or not, I do not wish to return and listen to more of the piercing shrieks of his infant.” “Good point. And Aylia is no fun since she began breeding. But you know how our mothers feel about us bringing females to the house.” “But Louisa’s different.” That she was, and gloriously so even at the head of her demonic army, which crowded in behind her as she swept into the command center. “Surrender your ship or else,” she stated, her unbound hair spilling around her shoulders, her legs bare where they peeked from under the shirt. Exchanging a quick glance with Xarn first, Brax stood from his seat and with a shrug of his shoulders, slid to his knees and said, “You win. I cannot hope to prevail against your human savagery. I am yours to command.”

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Chapter Eight Okay, slow motion blinking seemed to be part of her new norm as events kept unfolding in unexpected directions. Annoyed that she couldn’t put two purple hunks out of her mind—and couldn’t help imagining them in between her thighs—she enlisted the aid of her girls in staging a mutiny. She never expected it to work, but she needed something to occupy her mind and to keep the girls busy. And maybe she’d kind of hoped her purple hunks would ‘capture’ and maybe punish her for her temerity. Nope. Instead, she ended up with two big dudes, on their knees, hands over their head stating she could command them. Unfortunately, the only things she could think of ordering them to do weren’t suitable for the current audience. Thankfully, while her tongue remained tied in knots, Katrina knew what to ask for. “Take us home or else.” She punctuated her threat with a jab of something sharp and pointy they’d torn from the couch. “We regret that is not possible.” “Okay. I wasn’t that keen on going back anyway. How about the nearest McDonald’s then?” Talk about a rapid change of direction that took Louisa by surprise. “A what?” Brax looked adorably confused. An ooh went through the girls. “You’ve never heard of Mickey D’s? Like how can you have lived if you’ve never tasted a Big Mac?” “Whoppers are better.” “Are not.” “Are too.” Louisa found her tongue. “Girls, you’re getting off track. Rewind a second. I thought the mutiny was about going home?” “No, that was your plan, Ms. F. I’d rather not go back.” 74

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“What do you mean, you’d rather not go back, Katrina?” “I’m with her on that one too actually, Ms. Fontanna. What have we got waiting for us back home? Nothing. In less than a year, I’ll be eighteen and out on the street.” “But…” “She’s right, Ms. F. You know and we know that if we go back, chances are most of us will end up in juvie or jail at some point. The system ain’t got no room for girls like us.” Nancy’s explanation emerged matter of fact. “It doesn’t have to be that way. There’s programs. I can help you.” It appalled her to realize her girls thought they didn’t have a future if they went home. It stunned her even more to recognize the truth in their claims. Abandoned children like these, without the proper support networks, often fell through the cracks despite all the best intentions of the government agencies that cared for them in their youth. But I won’t let them down. “You already have helped us. The fact you’ve managed to keep eleven of us out of serious trouble for three years is almost a miracle, ain’t it girls?” Heads bobbed all over the place. “We understand though if you want to go back. I mean, you had a career after all, and without us dragging you down, you’d probably have a life.” Tears pricked her eyes. How can they think they’re dragging me down? She loved the challenge of working with them, seeing their smiles when they accomplished something they’d thought impossible. Reveling in their control when they did the right thing instead of the easy. Looking into their faces, it shocked her to realize she cared for these girls, and more than just as students and charges. They were her girls. And despite their numerous flaws, she loved them. As if she’d leave them to go back to an empty life without them. “You aren’t getting rid of me that easily. Someone needs to keep the galaxy safe from Chloe’s nimble fingers, and Betty’s way with words.” Cheers met her words.

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“Excuse me, but while I am sure this discussion is important, shouldn’t you be fastening Brax and I to something, stripping us of our clothes and torturing us to do your will?” “And just so we’re clear, we’re talking about Louisa doing these things,” Brax added with a fierce glare directed at her charges. A wide grin spread across Betty’s face and her mischievous dimple appeared. “The purple dudes are right. We haven’t mutinied properly at all. Girls, let’s leave Ms. Fontanna to torture them into taking us to a cool planet with really cute guys.” “And beaches. I need to work on my tan.” “Shouldn’t we stay and help her?” Sade asked. A comment whispered in her ear by Clarabelle saw her eyes widen and an “Oh,” emerge from her. Sade scurried from the room, her cheeks pink with embarrassment, and Louisa wanted to groan. I can just imagine what she told her. Probably the same thing I’ve been thinking. “They’re all yours Ms. F. Don’t worry, we’ll ignore any screaming we hear, so feel free to go wild.” Anne winked as the girls left, the door sliding shut behind them. Mouth suddenly dry, hands sweating, and her pussy suddenly throbbing despite her recent shower fun, she turned to face the two males on their knees. Prisoners my ass. They weren’t even tied down. Shit. Backing away, she gnawed her lower lip as the sought a way out of the odd dilemma she found herself in. “Where are you going, little human?” “Would you prefer to torture us one at a time? Are we wearing too much clothes?” “I’ve got handcuffs in my room if you’d like me to fetch them for your use.” Xarn grinned. She almost moaned as the vivid image of him spread eagle and bound, naked of course, flooded her mind, along with various ideas of what she could do to him “I’m not torturing anyone.” Other than myself by not giving in. 76

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“I disagree,” replied Brax coming to his feet. “The fact you refuse to choose me, or touch me is torture.” Had he read her mind? “My sword brother speaks true.” “Stop it.” She stamped her foot in agitation and shook a finger at them, not caring how childish she appeared. “I don’t know how you guys are doing it, but stop making me so damned aroused I can’t think straight.” “Which of us needs to stop?” They both stared at her, waiting for an answer. “Both of you. So stop asking me to bloody choose. I can’t, which is totally insane. I mean, I’ve known you what now, three days? Maybe a little more. I need time to think. And now apparently, I need to also find me and the girls a new place to live. Any ideas on how to do that?” An answer to that query would have to wait it seemed though as a blast rocked the ship and the computer blared a warning. “Direct impact to shields. Shields holding, but weakened in sections eleven through fourteen. Unknown vessel detected. Unknown vessel arming weapons. Weapons firing. Impact imminent.” “Frukx. Get strapped in.” Brax manhandled her into a seat against the wall and straps emerged to restrain her. Just in time too. The second volley jostled the ship hard, and more sirens wailed, while lights flashed all over the place. Poor Brax ended up knocked off his feet, but he recovered quickly, scrambling to his console. “My girls!” she shouted, worried about them getting flung around and hurting themselves. Seated across from her, Xarn’s fingers flew. “I’ve got the computer guiding them into emergency impact seats. Two of them are complaining of bruising from a fall, but the rest seem fine, if frightened.” Oh thank God. The ship shuddered again, and Louisa closed her eyes, blocking out the disturbing messages of the computer with ominous warnings of, “Shield breached.

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Depressurization in sections…. Sealing off chambers… Enabling emergency landing.” She watched enough science fiction movies to decipher they were in deep shit. The vessel lurched, a screeching whine filling the air. “Brace yourself,” Brax warned. “This is going to get bumpy.” Understatement of the year. Or at least the portion she experienced. She got knocked out after Xarn muttered, “Oh frukx. Murphy you bastard, I can’t believe you’re going to let me die before I’ve had a chance to copulate with her.” The last coherent thought she had before she lost consciousness was, who the hell is Murphy?

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Chapter Nine Brax regained consciousness and groaned. The straps holding him in his seat, bit into his flesh, and from the aches in his body, he’d wager the sturdy harness received a good workout during the crash landing. The ship that fired on them, taking them by surprise and disabling their shields in record time, had also damaged their thrusters. Maneuverability severely compromised, breaches in the hull making the whole vessel unstable, he did the only thing he could do. Aim for the nearest planet. However, even that proved risky given their disabled status. It was pure luck that kept them alive on that treacherous and bumpy landing, although the ship didn’t seem to have fared as well. But at least we’re not dead. Small consolation when he still couldn’t understand how the enemy vessel snuck up on them. Given their lifestyle, which not everyone approved of, he and Xarn had their ship outfitted with the latest technology, including state of the galaxy detection systems. Even if the enemy vessel was cloaked, a prized ability that few owned due to the secretive nature behind it, they should never have been taken so off guard. Then again, he’d found himself kind of distracted at the time, so it was possible the warnings were present and he just didn’t notice them. Which wouldn’t have happened if we’d paid attention to our flight instead of Louisa and her gaggle of children. But really, what male could have resisted being at her mercy, seeing the flush in her cheeks and the desire in her eyes. Thoughts of her made him squirm and he craned to see her. He noticed her slumped in her seat, but appearing unharmed, or at least not bleeding from any visible wounds, and his tension eased partially. As for his best friend, Xarn grunted as he stirred. It would take more than a bumpy ride to hurt his brother of the sword.

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Their situation not appearing urgent, Brax turned to peer at his console, wondering about the ship’s current status—bleak was his guess. Most of the lights, signifying active systems, were gone, the controls unresponsive. The dim illumination in the control area indicated they’d switched to backup power which meant while life support functions were active, the ship itself was dead. Since his last recollection saw them hurtling through a nearby planet’s atmosphere, he presumed they’d crashed to the surface instead of ending up in the planet’s orbit. What he couldn’t be sure of was if the location they found themselves would prove habitable. At least he’d fired off an emergency signal before the impact, which meant so long as he kept the beacon near him, help would eventually find them — and ridicule Brax and Xarn for once again getting into trouble. The concept did not amuse. For some reason, he didn’t want Louisa to think him incompetent. Her opinion of him mattered, which meant he needed to do something, before aid arrived, to raise his esteem in her eyes, something to counteract the certain jibes that his being caught unaware would entail. The clasp to his harness refused to release when pressed, so he leaned under the console and withdrew a knife which he used to saw through the thick fiber. “Where are we?” groaned Xarn. “Not sure. I was going to release Louisa and then grab an analyzer and check out the surface.” “Louisa! Is she—?” “She appears fine, but you might want to grab the medical unit so we can run a scan to search for internal injuries. She is much more fragile than us.” Her color appeared good though, and her breathing even, reassuring signs he hoped as he cut through her straps and eased her into his arms. “What of her students?” Xarn asked, managing to unbuckle his restraint. He stood and stretched his frame.

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“I’ve lost all onboard communication and controls. We’ll have to go see for ourselves. But I don’t wish to venture forth with Louisa until one of us has scouted first. I would not see her aggrieved should her charges have come to harm. And, we must ascertain the air quality.” “I will go. You are better versed in using that stupid medical unit.” “Better arm yourself. We don’t know if whatever coward fired upon on the ship followed us to the surface.” And it worried him that even now they might have their weapons trained upon their vessel, ready to blast. However, leaving the possible safety of the craft for the unknown outdoors was foolish until they knew more of their situation. “How did they sneak up on us anyway?” Xarn asked as he went to the locker and opened it, perusing its contents. He tossed a portable communication unit to Brax, who caught it one handed. He lay Louisa down on the floor, wishing he had a cushion for her head. Hands free, he switched on the com device and tested it, saying, “No idea. It’s almost as if the computer didn’t perceive them until they were on top of us.” Xarn frowned. “Someone tampered with our vessel?” A grim nod from Brax, who’d mulled that possibility already, saw Xarn snarling. “That stupid green bitch. I’ll bet you she frukxed with our ship when she tampered with the guiding system.” “Probably,” he replied as he stood and joined Xarn at the locker, grabbing the health device as well as a laser pistol and another knife. It paid to be prepared. “Probably looking to cover up her tracks once we finished the job. She’ll pay for her actions, but first, we need to survive long enough to get off this planet.” Xarn groaned. “Please don’t tell me you activated the beacon?” “As soon as I regained consciousness.” “Ah frukx. Couldn’t you have waited and seen if we could flag a ship or commandeer one?” 81

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“Saving ourselves is one thing, add Louisa and her halflings, and we need help.” “I hate it when you’re right,” his sword brother grumbled. Brax returned to Louisa’s side and knelt. The medical unit came on with a beep and he ran it over her body as Xarn outfitted himself with a hip holster that sported a pair of guns, some knives, spare ammo and a light stick. The first scan returned normal. He relaxed, a knot of tension in him easing that he’d not known was there until he ascertained for himself she was not severely hurt. He relayed some extra instructions to Xarn. “You’ll want to grab the laser cutter, the wrenching bar and a few face masks along with the air quality unit. Oh, and a medical aid kit in case you need to patch up some wounds that can’t wait.” “I’ve done this before,” groused his friend, adding those items plus a few more to a sack which he hoisted on his back. “Anything else, mother?” he mocked. “Be careful.” “Always. Take care of our human until I return.” With a nod, Xarn left and Brax placed half his attention on Louisa, the other half on listening for sounds that might signal trouble arriving. When his second and third scans showed no signs of internal damage other than some minor bruising and a bump on her head, he leaned back on his heels. She’s going to be fine. From the crash anyway. How she’d react if some of her students didn’t make it, he preferred not to dwell on. In the short time he’d known her, Louisa, with her feisty actions and words, had come to mean a lot to him. To his best friend as well. The dilemma of who got to keep her plagued him. On the one hand, he wanted her with an urgency and possessive need he’d never imagined. I want to make her my mate. On the other, he possessed a premonition that if he got to keep her exclusively, or if Xarn did, it would damage his relationship with the male who’d grown up with him and shared all of life’s important events. 82

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Odd how one barbarian human might be the one thing that managed to drive a wedge between them, but what else could they do? Letting her go wasn’t an option, but how to deal with her choice? But what if she didn’t have to choose…Could he handle sharing her, possibly for a lifetime with his sword brother and best friend? To his surprise, the idea didn’t make him want to yell no. However, would Xarn be agreeable to something like that? Of course, now was not the time to mull over the situation of Louisa and her affections. He caressed her cheek with the pad of his thumb and leaned down to brush her lips before standing. Unable to do anything more for her, he returned to the locker and armed himself with the same hip holster as Xarn. He also filled a sack with a water purifying unit, nutritional bars, ammo clips, and compact, thermal blankets. He packed a rope dispenser as well. A part of him hoped they could stay on the ship and wait for rescue, but he’d not lived this long by not being prepared for the worst. He filled a second smaller sack for Louisa, because already knowing her stubborn nature, she’d probably insist on helping if they did have to leave. As if thinking of her roused her, he heard her muttered, “Holy fuck my head hurts.” Hurrying back to her side, he whipped out the scanner again and ran it over her face. He ignored her batting hands. “Hey, what the hell are you doing?” “Scanning you again, now that you’ve woken, for signs of concussion or brain bleeding.” “I’m fine. Nothing some acetaminophen won’t fix.” “Some what?” She squinted at him through pain filled eyes. “Got anything for a headache?” One step ahead, he pressed an osmosis syringe against her arm. With a hiss of pressure releasing, he gave her the medicine, and she sighed in relief. His sigh occurred

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internally. He’d not known how she’d react to aid meant for his kind. The crease of pain disappeared from between her brows. “Oh, that feels better. What happened?” “We were hit by enemy fire and crashed.” “We what?” Her eyes widened as she sat up and peered around. “Where’s Xarn? And my girls? Is everybody alright?” “My sword brother has gone to verify on your charges status. As well, he will take some planetary surface readings and judge its suitability for our life forms.” “Are you trying to tell me we might be stuck on a planet like Mars where we can’t breathe and stuff?” “I know not the planet you speak of, but there is a chance the planet might prove hostile to our bodies. If that is the case, then we will hopefully be able to remain aboard with the life support systems until help arrives.” “What do you mean help? Did you call the outer space equivalent of 911 or something?” “I’ve activated an emergency beacon if that is your query. But I cannot estimate the length of time it will take before someone arrives with a means of transportation off the planet.” “How long will this life support thing last then?” “Each unit is room specific, so we can in theory last almost twenty or more planetary revolution by moving from to room, using up each life support unit one at a time. We are more likely to die of starvation before that happens though.” “Great. I feel so much better now,” she grumbled. The door to the command center slid open and Brax rolled into firing position in front of her, his gun aimed at the opening. He lowered it when he saw Xarn. A chill swept through him at the look on his face. “Where are the girls?” His friend blanched and swallowed visibly before replying. “I don’t know. Our ship split apart as per its design. 84

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The section they were in cannot be seen. I fear they might be gone.” * And here came her now-familiar slow blink again. “Excuse me? What do you mean, gone? That’s just not possible. How can your ship split into two?” “Actually that would be four,” Brax corrected. At her blank look he explained. “The fabrication of our vessel is such that if exposed to great stress, in order to allow the greatest chance of survival, the rooms seals themselves and the ship breaks into four sections. The engine compartment probably exploded on impact. The storage section should have weathered the rough landing though and will provide extra supplies once we locate it. We are in the control section while your halflings were in the leisure part. They are the most heavily armored parts of the ship.” “So, if we survived, then chances are they did too. We just need to go outside and find their section.” Xarn fidgeted. “Yes, and that brings me to the second problem. We need to evacuate soon as our compartment has landed in a marshy area and is sinking. If we do not get out within the next thirty galactic units or less, we will be submerged.” Mouth open wide, she stared at him. From bad to worse. Or did he still have more to impart? “Anything else, oh bright ray of sunshine?” He frowned. “Did the crash addle your wits? The sun is not shining. Actually, it is overcast and I predict a possibility of rain.” “You went outside?” “Yes. The air is thick, and the humidity levels very high, but they shouldn’t prove harmful.” He and Brax continued to discuss the surface conditions, while scrounging through some cupboard, stuffing stuff into some bags. Stunned, she tried to process 85

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the fact her girls might not have survived. She couldn’t believe it. Wouldn’t. They’d not made it through shitty childhoods only to die now when a new life beckoned. I’ll find them. They’re out there somewhere, I know it. Decided, she brought her attention back to her purple hunks and whistled low under her breath. They’d stripped off their shirts, revealing slabs of mauve muscles that made her almost drool and definitely incited a hunger that owed nothing to do with food. The lack of nipples on their developed pecs didn’t look as odd as she’d feared when she first heard about it. Besides, they had more than enough ridges to make an exploration of their upper torso fun. Not that she would do any exploring. Over their bare chests, they put on a harness and then used them to sheath honest to god swords down their spines. They were like barbarian warriors come to life. And holy hotness. Something of her awe—or arousal—must have shown in her face because Xarn caught her eye and grinned—a smile that said ‘I know what you’re thinking, and I second it’. “If I’d known how impressed you’d be by our swords we would have shown them to you sooner.” Of course, her gaze immediately dropped to peek at their groins, and she blushed as she watched the fabric stretch. Brax groaned. “You choose the worst time to show an interest in that. We must go.” “Yes. You’re right.” She shook herself mentally. She needed to focus on something other than the ache between her legs. Like rescuing an alien planet from her girls because god only knew what they would do alone, without supervision. Something came flying her way and she caught the odd rubber object, and frowned in confusion. “What is it?” “We call them slips. You put them on your feet to protect them,” he said. “You cannot hope to go out there bare foot, and while not as sturdy as our boots, it will offer some comfort.” 86

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Examining the rubbery thing more closely she noticed there was actually a pair, with a hole in each one. She pushed her foot into it and the strange textured slipper wrapped around her foot. She slid the other one on and stood. Spongy to walk on, she wondered how her feet would smell, sockless, after a day spent sweating in them. “Got any underwear in there?” she asked, realizing that while a long shirt, on board, worked to cover her girly parts, outside might prove a whole different experience. A documentary she’d seen years back about the Amazon made her think of little critters that liked to crawl up warm wet places. Probably not the best thing to think of at a time like this. “If you mean undergarments, then no, nothing that would fit your smaller frame. Fear not, we will guard it from unwelcome entry.” But who will guard it from the two of you? Because with her resistance pretty much gone where they were concerned, it was only a matter of time before she let them seduce her. Or I seduce them. “Come. We must make haste.” Forcing her thoughts away from the direction they tended to go when in their presence, she went to join them. She jumped when Brax slid a belt around her waist, its weight heavy with a pistol and knife. “Just in case you need them.” he said at her surprised look. “And he doesn’t mean on us,” Xarn added with a slap to her bottom. “I’ve got better weapons to use,” she sassed, and she cupped them both for a second before walking past them and out into the hall. She let their matching groans distract her from the fact she was about to set foot on her first alien planet. Holy shit. Screw NASA’s one small step for man. This is one big step for Louisa.

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Standing in the hatch, peeking out at a dimly lit landscape, she couldn’t help shaking her head. Science fiction movies and Star Trek just couldn’t prepare a person for the reality of an alien planet. First of all, the colors were all wrong. “Bubble gum pink water? Really?” Who knew how many light years from planet earth, and she’d landed on a pastel planet that looked like it belonged in Barbie-verse. “It is the minerals that render it that hue,” Brax supplied coming up behind her. Startled, she swayed, but he caught her around the waist. Anchoring her with an arm, he pulled her against him. She ignored how nice that felt and continued with her perusal. “How do you know that? Have you been here before?” “This planet in question is not known to me.” He snagged her hand and tapped it against a device at his hip. “The analyzer is feeding me information.” “Cheater.” He chuckled. “I prefer the term prepared.” “Okay smarty pants, so if minerals make the icky water pink, then why is that tree thing over there, sitting in it, white?” And freakish looking. She understood it wasn’t a tree in an earthly sense, but what else to call the tall thing with its weaving, feathery limbs. “The water leaches the color from it. You will see once we leave the marsh. The foliage will probably span a range of colors.” “Speaking of leaving, how are we going to do that?” she asked peering with a wrinkled nose at the muck. Pink or not, she did not want to set foot in it. “Lucky for you, all of our ship sections come equipped with basic emergency gear such as a hover platform. You won’t need to get your feet wet.” Still loosely held in Brax’s grip, she turned at a sound behind her. Brax shuffled them back as Xarn waved them 88

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aside holding aloft a little black box. The distraction of Brax’s body against hers didn’t completely tear her attention from Xarn, but only because she forced herself to watch. With a grin and a flourish, he tossed the cube into the air, and her jaw surely dropped as the box pulled a magician’s trick and unfolded into a hovering platform. Only about an inch thick, and appearing solid, while her brain couldn’t grasp what magic held it aloft, she found herself suitably impressed. “That was cool,” she breathed and then smiled at Xarn. “He had nothing to do with it,” grumbled Brax from behind her. “Come my, little barbarian, and I will show you how to guide it.” Xarn hopped onto the floating raft, which barely wobbled, and held out his hand. She clasped his fingers, but before she could leap, a pair of hands grabbed her bottom and heaved her forward. “We have to leave now!” Brax said, his tone urgent. Tumbling forward, she landed against Xarn. She squeaked as Brax leapt on the platform and it dipped. She clung to Xarn, who chuckled as his hands stroke her back. “Fear not, little human. We will not sink. I can’t vouch as much for our ship though.” Turning, Louisa could only watch as the command center sank, the pink mud swallowing it whole and releasing an air pocket burp. She scanned the swamp around them, wondering if the spaceship section her girls found themselves in suffered the same fate, but with them trapped inside. A tremble shook her as tears formed in her eyes. He read her thoughts. “No crying,” Brax said, his thumb brushing at her lower lash to wipe the moisture. “Your halflings are much too vicious to allow themselves to sink in a quagmire.” “That is if they even landed in it. Look past my body and you will see there is solid surface not far from us.”

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“And according to my calculations,” Brax added holding up a handheld item that resembled an iPad, but made of clear plastic. “Their section should have found itself propelled in that direction.” He pointed behind her. Her eyes followed Brax’s pointing digit and she peeked around Xarn’s arm, to see the colored trees he’d previously claimed would appear the further they got from the bog. “Thank you,” she replied softly, touched at their attempts to raise her spirits. “Thank me later when we’ve found the little demons. “And when he says thank us, he means naked,” Xarn added with a waggle of his brows and a suggestive leer. With laughter erasing her tears and bolstering her determination to find her charges, they set off, the platform hovering over the thick muck and guided by a simple lean of their bodies when they stood on a green square. They almost managed to reach dry land when Brax said, “I told you we’d keep you dry.” Xarn yelled, “You idiot! Why would you say that?” before disaster struck, and even odder, Louisa could have sworn she heard a disembodied chuckle before it hit.

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Chapter Ten The tentacle struck out of nowhere, wrapping around Brax and yanking him off the hover craft. Louisa shrieked, “Giant marsh squid!” and pulled out her gun, which personally, Xarn found scarier than the creature attacking them. “You’re not funny, Murphy,” Xarn growled, speaking to thin air, knowing the troublesome entity hovered nearby. It didn’t take a genius to figure out he was probably next to get his feet wet. Xarn drew his sword, just in time as more waving appendages sprang from the muddy waters. He sliced them before they could snare him or touch Louisa, but while he kept her unencumbered, he was unable to prevent the chopped stalks from spraying her with a milky ichor. “Eeew!” She made a moue of distaste, but didn’t faint like many females would. Definitely not weak in spirit, a trait he appreciated. A sense of relief allowed him to loosen his tense poise as Brax’s head popped up from the surface of the pink quagmire. Not that he truly worried about his sword brother. Or so he told himself. Brax waded to the side of the platform while Louisa clapped her hands, happiness shining on her face at his reappearance. “Brax! You’re alive.” Xarn snorted. “Of course he is. You did not seriously think a mere swamp creature could best one of the Dual Terrors? We teethed on creatures scarier than that.” He should have heeded the warning glint in her eyes. He didn’t, thus he was not prepared for the shove she gave him that sent him over the side, head first into the bog. The bottom proved not far, and he planted his feet and pushed himself to the surface. Emerging from the mire alongside his brother, he spat out a mouthful of gunk and glared at her. She laughed. 91

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“Not funny, human,” he growled. “Funny depends on where you’re standing,” she taunted. Planting her hands on her hips, she beamed down at them, probably not realizing that in her current apparel— Brax’s shirt and nothing else—they possessed a clear view of what she hid. And it looked enticing. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Xarn muttered. “Most definitely.” They reached up and each grabbed a hold of a corner. Rocking in one direction, then the other, they wobbled the floating platform. “Hey, what are you doing?” she yelled. Xarn, his eye on the prize which kept flashing him as she spread her legs to keep her balance, grinned. “Revenge.” “Is my middle name,” she laughed before plopping herself onto the deck and crossing her legs tight. “Now, if you’re done trying to cop a peek, can we finish getting to land before some more nasty swamp creatures show up?” Not wanting to cover her in the same mud they bore, they trudged alongside the raft until they reached solid ground. Striding forth, in gear heavily coated in grime, Xarn grimaced. “We need a bath.” “Yes you do,” Louisa agreed. “You stink.” She held her nose for emphasis, her eyes twinkling with mirth. This time, they didn’t even look at each other before they acted. He and Brax sandwiched her between them, rubbing their murk covered bodies against her. Retaliation was the goal, but pressed against her lush body, her laughing shrieks and giggles music to his ears, an urge of a different sort assailed him. And he wasn’t alone. He could see the same lust on Brax’s face. Oddly, it didn’t bother him as much as it had in the beginning. They’d shared a lot of things over the years, almost everything, actually, except a shared genetic background and women— although given how often they hung out with each other, their parents and family just treated them both the same. Was 92

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it truly that insane to think that when it came to a mate the same female would draw them? “Okay, you’ve made your point,” Louisa laughed pushing at his chest, her eyes bright with amusement. “No more making fun of you guys even if pink is your color.” Xarn tweaked her nose and left a smudge of mud on the tip. He kissed her quickly before she could squeak. But one kiss wasn’t enough. He possessed her mouth, and it yielded under his touch, opening for him, her tongue venturing forth to tangle with his own. He gripped her hips, pulling her tighter against him, and became aware his friend still remained pressed against her back. He opened one eye to see Brax kissing her neck. Even more fascinating than the fact he found it intriguing to watch, Louisa didn’t seem to mind at all. Perhaps Brax’s earlier suggestion of sharing wasn’t so far off the mark after all. Did they really need to make her choose? Couldn’t they …? The rain he predicted chose that moment to come down in torrents, its only saving grace its warmth, and the fact it sluiced the mud from their bodies. But it also ruined the moment. Louisa broke free of the embrace with a gasp, a blush coloring her cheeks. They let her move away from between them at her gentle shove, but Xarn couldn’t help his mind moving in a different direction, one that no longer involved a competition to make her choose, but one where he shared her with his best friend. A matter he’d discuss with Brax at the earliest opportunity. First, they needed to locate her students, find or create shelter and try to discover exactly where in the galaxy they found themselves. Xarn pressed a button to reduce the platform into a small cube again, and placed it in his sack. It could come in handy again later. As expected, Louisa insisted on carrying something so they handed her the smallest pack with the lightest items. With Brax leading the way, followed by their human, then himself, they set off in the direction the analyzer 93

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predicted the leisure section of the ship might have landed. Somehow he doubted the discovery would happen quickly given the heavy jungle they needed to travel through. The foliage seemed determined to hinder their passage. The ground underfoot was treacherous with ruts while the thick brush required careful perusal before stepping in, with the unfortunate chance something hid within its depths. Their boots could handle a lot of abuse—and bites—Louisa however with her wading shoes and bare legs couldn’t. And while he would enjoy sucking her skin, he preferred it not occur because of a need to aspirate poison from her flesh. Trudging through the tepid downpour didn’t bother him much, but after long galactic units of it, he could tell it taxed Louisa, although she didn’t complain. But as they continued on, walking in the rain, climbing and skirting obstacles, her body betrayed her, with her steps coming sluggishly, her teeth chattering while her breaths emerged in heavy wheezes. He swept her into his arms. “What are you doing?” she squeaked. “I can walk.” “You are tired and unused to this type of atmosphere. This however is nothing to us. We used to train in much worse.” “But, I’m heavy.” Xarn snorted. “Not by my standards.” “What if we come across something dangerous? How will you fight?” “Are you calling Brax weak? I know, he is not as handsome and virile a specimen as I am, but he is capable in a fight.” “Of course he’s a good fighter. But—” Brax chuckled. “Stop teasing her. Fear not, sweet Louisa. I can hold off any attacks long enough for Xarn to put you down and draw his weapon.” “I guess arguing won’t get me anywhere?” she replied with a sigh. “No.” 94

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Her body relaxed in his grasp, and her arms curled around his neck. She rested her head on his shoulder. The moment proved strangely intimate and Xarn enjoyed the trust she placed in him along with the lush feel of her body. A mate should know when to depend on her male. And he liked getting the chance to show her he owned the right traits to be that mate. Quiet for several units, he thought her asleep until she suddenly said, “What are you guys? Because, I got the impression at first you were friends, but I’ve heard you use the term sword brother and brother in arms? Are you related?” “No, but due to the close friendship of our mother’s, we were more or less raised as if we were. We learned to fight together and drew first blood at the same time. When you are that close to a male, the term sword brother is used.” “I am the older brother though,” Brax announced. “By mere cycles,” Xarn retorted. “It is because my father’s seed was stronger,” boasted his friend with a grin. “No, it is because mother loved me more and wished to keep me within her longer.” That wiped Brax’s smirk. “And a babe borne of two seeds takes more time to cultivate. “Hold on a second,” she said, lifting her head and peering between them. “What do you mean two seeds? Was your mother artificially inseminated?” Xarn couldn’t stop his horrified, “No! Who would forgo the pleasures of sex to let a machine impregnate them?” “On earth, some women who need help have it done. It’s fairly routine.” “Not on our world it isn’t. My mother bore me the traditional way by copulating with two warriors, her mates. It is a mark of the strength of my fathers that they both managed to impregnate her at the same time.” “Your mother slept with two men? At once?” “According to her, there was little sleep,” Xarn replied with a wink.

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Her cheeks turned a bright red color that stood in stark contrast to her pale skin. “I am totally wigged out right now,” she exclaimed, using yet again another human expression that did not translate. Her hair seemed fine, why would she require a wig? Before he could ask what she meant, the analyzers at both of their waists began to beep. Holding his up, Brax stopped walking to aim his at the jungle. “What is it? Did you find something?” she asked. “I think we might have located a section of the ship. I’m reading a large metallic structure in this direction.” Xarn set Louisa on her feet. He drew his sword and gun. “Stay behind me,” he ordered as they crept in the direction the analyzer indicated. Brax went ahead, his movement silent through the thick brush as he sneaked up on the area. At his shout of, “All clear,” Xarn pushed through the thick foliage to see a swathe of destruction. They’d found a section of the ship, its rough landing creating a wide furrow in the ground with ripped up vegetation plowed along its sides. Jogging to catch up to Brax, who disappeared in an opening in the side, Louisa panted as she ran past him to the broken spacecraft. “Is it them? Are they okay?” she shouted. Just as she reached the doorway in the side of the vessel, Brax reappeared. “It’s the leisure section we’ve been looking for, but the little females are gone.” Louisa dropped to her knees and wailed. “No! They can’t be dead! They’re so young. So—” “I meant gone as in not here,” Brax hastened to correct, extending a hand to help their human back up. “From what I perceived, they all survived the impact. There is no blood or bodies. They managed to get out of their harnesses and found the compartment with supplies. The sacks are gone as are most of the items. They took supplies and weapons with them it seems before they left.” 96

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“Are you trying to tell me, they’re out there, alone in an alien jungle?” She seemed just as horrified by that prospect as when she thought them fatally wounded. “With supplies,” Brax reiterated. “And weapons,” Xarn added. She smacked him in the arm and Xarn winced at her yelled, “You idiot! Don’t you dare try and placate me. My girls are out there, by themselves, scared and alone. They could get eaten. Or fall in a swamp, or something else that’s really horrible.” Xarn snorted. “I doubt there is much that would dare eat those little demons. As for falling into anything, you don’t give them enough credit.” He didn’t buckle before her glare, and her shoulders eventually slumped. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to yell. I’m just so frightened for them.” “As any proper guardian should be. There is no shame in caring for them.” “They can’t be that far ahead of us,” Brax interjected. “We will locate their trail and follow it. You will be reunited with them soon.” But a quick reunion proved a difficult task. With the rain still pouring, the tracks the halflings might have left were more or less obliterated. He and Brax relied on all their hunting skills to stay on the right path, keeping a close eye for broken branches and crushed foliage. Their careful perusal made for slow going however, and even though they took turns carrying Louisa, eventually fatigue dragged at them all. “We make camp here,” Xarn announced, dropping his bag in the next clearing they stepped into. Brax didn’t question his decision, despite knowing they could have kept going for many more galactic units, wearied or not. Unused to the atmosphere though, Louisa couldn’t. “We should keep going,” she panted. “I’ll be fine. Just give me five minutes.” “You are unused to the thicker air and moisture of this planet. There is no shame in resting. You will become a 97

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liability in the search if you collapse from exhaustion or illness.” She pursed her lips in annoyance. “I’m not a wimp, and my girls need me.” “They need you alive. We are making camp here,” Xarn replied. “Fine.” She tossed her sack on the ground and sat on it, her scowl warring with the obvious relief in her body that they’d stopped. Inclining his head, Xarn motioned Brax to the edge of the clearing, under the guise of collecting materials to build a shelter. Turning his back on her, in a low voice he said, “Louisa can’t go on. She needs to rest. But one of us needs to keep looking for her girls. The longer they are out here alone, the less likely we’ll find them alive.” Despite his earlier claim they were tough, the reality remained they lacked experience and the skills needed to survive on an alien planet. “Agreed. She needs protection. But which of us should go? It would make sense to leave the one she likes best, which you stubbornly refuse to admit is me, but until she does and crushes your fantasies, how do we decide?” “You wish she liked you more. Actually, I’ve been thinking about the whole dilemma revolving around her choice,” Xarn replied casting an eye on Louisa as she yanked on the tall fronds growing from the ground and placed them in pile. “I think it’s time we stopped fighting over who gets her.” “I’m not giving her up,” Brax snarled. “No one said you had to.” “You are stepping aside?” Brax stopped pulling on a limb overhead to glance at him. “Not a chance. I want her as much as you do, which is why I think it is time we do what we do best.” “Cause trouble?” “No.” “Kill something?”

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For the smart one, his sword brother could at times prove awfully dense. “No. You idiot. I’m talking about sharing her.” “Oh. Fine by me.” The easy, nonchalant reply took him by surprise. “Fine by you? That’s all you have to say?” Brax shrugged. “I’d already come to the same conclusion. It is obvious she is attracted to both of us and that the fact we are forcing her to choose is what is creating her unwillingness to mate with either of us. Sharing seems to be the obvious solution. But who goes first?” Not having thought that far ahead because he’d expected more argument, Xarn gaped at Brax. He recovered quickly. “My idea, so it should be me,” Xarn announced. “I’m older, so the privilege should be mine.” “You had the last turn, so by rights, its mine again.” “She’s wearing my shirt.” Xarn frowned. “What the frukx does that have to do with anything?” A shrug lifted Brax’s shoulders. “Nothing, just thought I’d mention it.” “Me.” “No. Me.” Standing toe to toe, gathering forgotten for the moment, they glared at each other. “If we fight, she will know we are talking about her,” Brax said, faking a smile for Louisa who stood watching them with her lips pursed and her hands on her hips. “Antimatter, supernova or black hole,” Xarn said. A childhood game of chance that had broken up more than one stalemate. Grinning at the solution, Brax nodded in agreement. They each held out a fist and bounced it three times. “Ha. I win,” exclaimed Xarn, holding up his fingers in a ring, to Brax’s spread fingers. “Black hole swallows your super nova.”

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“Frukx. I knew I should have gone antimatter to reverse your polarity.” Brax bundled the broken plantation into his arms. “I guess I’m going to go look for the halflings trail.” Leaving Xarn alone with Louisa. My luck is finally looking up. Returning to the clearing, he and Brax dropped their load of materials. “Took you long enough,” Louisa said. “If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were planning something.” Her stern eye saw right through them, so Xarn avoided it, dropping to his knees so he could rummage through his sack for his cord dispenser. He intended to use it to bind the limbs into a frame so he could create a shelter to divert the rain from their bodies. “As a matter of fact, we were talking. While you set up the shelter with Xarn, I will continue to scout and look for clues as to your charge’s location,” Brax announced. “Alone? Are you sure? I’m good to go,” she said. “Stay here and rest. I’ll use the communicator if I find anything.” Brax lightened the load in one sack, leaving a pile on the ground. “But I’ll expect a warm dinner and bed when I get back.” He winked and grinned, replying with a waggle of his fingers to Xarn’s rude gesture done behind her back. In a bold move, Brax twirled Louisa into his arms and plastered her lips with a kiss. When he released her, her eyes shone with desire, and while a smidgen of jealousy nipped him, Xarn consoled himself with the fact, he was the one staying behind with her. Brax slapped her buttocks in parting before strutting off quite pleased with himself. Xarn didn’t care. He was now alone with their human. And I get to be first! Louisa continued to stare after Brax long after the foliage of the jungle swallowed his shape. “Will he be alright all by himself?” A snort escaped him. “I’ll pretend you didn’t ask that.” He lifted the frame he’d created and covered it in a waterproof tarp. 100

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She whirled to gaze at him, a smile tugging her lips. “I didn’t mean it like that. It’s just there are obviously some big nasty creatures out there, not to mention those guys who shot us down. On earth, there’s an expression; safety in numbers.” “You are worried about his wellbeing? You care for him?” he asked it nonchalantly even if he was anything but. As he waited for her answer, he used a longer pole to prop the frame at an angle, forcing the rainwater to run down and away from the shelter. The leaning wall covered a space large enough for the platform which he popped opened and floated into place. “I care for both of you, even if you’re macho and annoying.” “What is macho?” She struck a pose and flexed her arms while raising a brow. “Look at me. I am so strong and sexy.” He grinned. “You think us attractive?” “Well duh. I’m not dead. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to choose one of you.” “So have us both,” he replied casually as he piled the foliage she’d gathered on top of the platform for a cushion. “What?” He peeked at her from his spot on the ground where he spread the blankets over the makeshift bed. “It seems we both bring you enjoyment. And since the decision to choose is taxing you unduly, then perhaps, the best solution would be to not choose at all.” “Wow. I wasn’t expecting that. I thought you guys were one on one type of fellows.” “Usually we prefer to keep our females separate, but we are willing to make an exception in your case.” “Why?” She cocked her head when she asked, curiosity in her eyes. He stood from the shelter he’d created. “Because you are special.” She made a funny sound. “So I’m a novelty you both want to bang.” 101

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“If you mean copulate, then yes, that is one of our goals. But, you also intrigue many of our other senses. For me at least, I quite enjoy your brave nature, and wayward tongue.” “I like you too, but…” “Shhh.” He held a finger to his lips and pulled out his gun, his eyes scanning the foliage. The sensation of eyes watching made the skin on his nape prickle. Louisa didn’t cower, although her face took on an ashen hue. Trepidation or not though, she pulled out the knife they’d given her and held it in front of her, her pose useless but brave. A rustle to his left, made him spin on a heel. He saw the glow of eyes before something charged, snarling and slavering as it barreled at them. He fired once, hitting the creature between the eyes and it dropped. But it wasn’t alone. Xarn whirled as another beast lunged from the shadows, this time aiming for Louisa. Quickly, he wrapped an arm around her waist and reeled her to his side while he fired with his free hand. She trembled, clutching at him, her knife dropped in her fright. “What the hell were those things?” she squeaked. “Did you see all the freaking teeth it had?” “Forget the teeth, it’s the poison that would have killed you,” he replied, recognizing the ugly beasts having seen them in the marketplace in the past. Their venom was much prized by assassins. He’d make sure to get some of it when she wasn’t watching. It could come in handy later. “I am so reassured,” she snapped. He peered down at her, saw the fright that still clung to her, and raised a hand to gently brush a strand of hair from her face. “I would not let anything harm you. Ever.” I’d give my life for you. A true thought, and one that made him realize that she truly was his mate even though he’d yet to claim her. More than fornicating, or winning, he wanted this female, at his side, bearing his little warriors, being his companion for life. And he’d wager, Brax felt the same way too.

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She buried her face against his bare chest, the warmth of her breath tickling his skin. He brought his arms around her in a hug, feeling her shivering ease. Danger averted, awareness took its place. He noticed the lushness of her body pressed against his. The warmth of her skin. The things he wanted to do to her body… First though, he needed to finish securing the camp lest more visitors arrived to interrupt. Something I should have done in the first place. He placed sensors forming a hexagon around the clearing. They would notify him of motion within thirty paces of the border. Plenty of time to grab a weapon and protect his female. But beware to the entity that dared to interrupt before he’d taken his pleasure with his human, because Xarn’s need was great. And I am done waiting.

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Chapter Eleven Camping wasn’t something familiar to Louisa. Then again, trudging through the pouring rain on an alien planet after having crashed and then escaping some mutant swamp monsters wasn’t a skill she’d learned either. Lucky for her, the purple warriors who abducted her seemed to know exactly what to do. On the ship, they seemed large, daunting at times, and capable. Off the ship, she added dangerous, and really, really hot. And not just because they’d taken off their shirts to display impressive chests layered in muscle. They handled themselves with ease, their demeanor calm even when under attack. Keeping her safe without breaking a sweat or losing a beat. Calming her when she would have panicked at the discovery of the empty spacecraft. She knew she slowed them down, and yet, they didn’t leave her behind, instead they adapted their pace to hers, carried her when she lagged, and while she would have kept going despite her fatigue, they knew when to make her stop. A rest she could grudgingly concede she needed. Besides, even her weary brain could understand that alone, Brax would make better time searching. If the girls were nearby, he’d find them quicker than if he had to lug her fat ass around. Of course, being left alone with one purple warrior came with its own set of problems. Such as how aware she was of him and the fact they more or less had some privacy. And a bed. But hadn’t she decided not to choose? How could she when they both attracted her? And they both obviously desired her. Or had that changed? The fact Xarn stayed behind could indicate Brax gave up. That he conceded to his friend, in effect making the choice for her. That sucked. She’d 104

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thought he wanted her too. Had her stubbornness changed his mind? Did he not find her attractive anymore? However, didn’t she recall Xarn saying something about why choose, why not share? A hallucination? If not, then surely he joked. What guy shared a woman? Maybe a guy who knows he and his best bud might be lost in the jungle for a while with just one pussy to share. Was that it? Did they plan to share her like they would a blanket? She wished she had the nerve to ask. But really, how did a person phrase something like that? So hey, I was wondering when you said share, was it because you both really like me or because I’m the most convenient hole around? The answer either way left her perplexed. On the one hand, casual sex with both would scratch her sexual itch without strings—and make her a true alien slut. But…could she really have sex with both and remain unemotionally involved? Not likely. Hell, she already cared for them a heck of a lot more than she wanted. Throw sex in the mix and she was done for. Lost in her thoughts, she jumped when Xarn brushed against her body from behind, his hands sliding around her waist to hug her against him, the hard ridge at her back evidence of his happiness at seeing her. “You are deep in thought.” She turned in his arms and peered up at him. “I was just wondering about a few things like, what are you going to do with me?” “Do? First, I’m going to strip your sodden clothing. Then I’m going to caress every inch of your body until you cry my name. And then —” Heat rose in her cheeks, but it was nothing compared to the fire in between her legs. “That’s not what I meant. I was asking about —” “You talk entirely too much sometimes.” He covered her lips with his own, stifling any reply. She should have pushed him away and demanded answers. Stood her ground and refused his touch. But really, why bother? She knew just 105

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how good he could make her feel. And she wanted it. Wanted the stress relief and yes the pleasure he could provide. Yet, by accepting his embrace, letting him make love to her, she would make her choice, even if by default, because despite his mention of sharing, Louisa was a one guy kind of girl. So be it. Torn with indecision, it was easier to let Xarn make the choice for her. Sorry Brax. She raised her arms so she could clasp her hands around Xarn’s neck, holding him tight to her, loving the feel of his body against her own. His hands clasped her waist, the solid strength of them imprinting her skin. He lifted her, carting her a few paces to the shelter he’d built. He placed her on the bed of leaves and blankets, the abrupt halt to the rain a welcome one. His eyes roved her body, lingering on her breasts which pushed up against the fabric of the shirt she wore. Her nipples tightened under his regard, protruding blatantly. A half smile curved his lips. “For a female with only two breasts, you are very attractive.” “I am not going to ask how many boobs you consider normal. And by the way, that wasn’t a very good compliment.” He reached a hand out to cup her through the wet linen. “Do you need me to tell you how beautiful you are? How you make me wild with desire? Since the moment I met you, I’ve wanted nothing more than to tear your clothing from you and caress every inch of your barbarian body.” Oh, now that was sexy. It deserved a reply. “You make me hot too.” A smile curved his lips, the sharp points of his teeth peeking. Not that she feared them. She knew they wouldn’t hurt her. “You are a treat, Louisa.” Taking a page from his book, she sassed him. “And you talk too much.” She grabbed him by the hair and pulled him down, mashing her lips against his. He got the hint, using

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his tongue for other oral pleasures, such as sliding it along her own, creating a tingle in her body. He shifted himself over her, his thick, muscled body, settling between her parting thighs. The weight of him, against her core, made her shiver and she thrust her hips, an ache already building in her sex. She kissed with hungry abandon, forgetting everything in that moment except for his touch. He broke the embrace, rearing up over her, his blue eyes glittering with light. He watched her as he let his hands trail down her body, unfastening the closures to her shirt, revealing her body, inch by inch. Her breathing hitched at the smoldering desire she saw in his expression, the need. The hunger… He trailed a finger down the valley between her exposed breasts, his simple touch electrifying her senses and making her back arch, presenting herself to him. He bowed his head, swiftly, taking an erect peak into his mouth and sucking. She cried out at the sudden pleasure of it, her fingers lacing through his hair, holding him to her. The edges of his teeth grazed along her sensitive skin, teasing, delighting. He switched breasts, lavishing the same attention on the other, while she moaned, the heat and moisture in her pussy building. As if sensing her growing urgency, one of his hands skimmed down the length of her body, slipping between the juncture of her thighs. He groaned as his fingers met her moistness. He released her nipple with a wet pop, and with glittering eyes that held her gaze, slid down her body until his face hovered over her sex. “I’ve dreamt of tasting you,” he said in a voice thick with passion. He dipped his head and she moaned at the first swipe of his tongue. Trembled at the second. Lost most of her coherent mind at the third. Lost in a maelstrom of pleasure, before she knew it, she screamed out in bliss, her orgasm rocking her body with tremors. She vaguely felt him

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shifting, and opened her eyes to see him overshadowing her again. Something hard, and hot, pressed against her sex. “I want you,” he stated baldly. And God, how she wanted him too. She drew him down by linking her arms around his neck, whispering against his mouth. “Take me.” With a groan, he thrust into her, and she cried out, the thick, long length of his cock filling her, stretching her, taking her recent climax and somehow reigniting it. In and out, he pumped, strokes that got quicker and quicker, but she didn’t mind. As she panted against his lips, her kisses more like breathy rubs of their mouths, she begged for more, showed him what she wanted by arching her hips into his thrusts. Legs wrapped around his waist, she invited him as deep as he could penetrate. She found herself riding up the pinnacle of pleasure again, but this time he came with her, and when she shattered into billions of blissful pieces, he climaxed as well, shouting her name, as he spurted hotly inside her. It took forever to come back to earth — make that whatever alien planet they’d crashed on. She wished she could have stayed in that high forever. Lying in the circle of Xarn’s arms, ear pressed against his chest, she listened to the steady beat of his heart as she regained her breath. Talk about climatic. Sex with a guy from back home never came close to this. Never made her feel like she’d died and gone to heaven. I was such an idiot for not letting myself enjoy this before. But there was still time to make up for it, she hoped. A part of her still wondered what the future would bring. Would Xarn play a part in it? What about Brax? Would he be angry? Hurt? And what about her girls? Had he found them? Were they okay? So many questions needed answers still, but she pushed those and her doubts aside, allowing herself to bask in the moment because who knew when she’d ever get a chance to enjoy it again? Apparently, not anytime soon even if the

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cock pressed against her hip seemed partially ready to go again. The perimeter alarm went off, and she scrambled to sit, pulling her shirt together and fumbling for buttons, unlike the less prudish Xarn who leapt to his feet, a gun in one hand a knife in the other, his dick swinging like a purple pendulum. Stopping for a moment, fingers slipping from the buttons, she couldn’t help admiring him; tall, muscled and even while naked, dangerous looking. His lack of balls made his prick seem larger, more defined. And she needed to stop staring. Danger arrived. She’d just managed to do up a few of her buttons when Brax appeared in the clearing, and her emotions went to war. On the one hand, she was happy to see him back, safe and sound. On the other, disappointment made itself felt when she noticed he returned alone, which meant her girls were still lost. And finally, guilt and embarrassment flooded her. How could it not when she’d just had sex with his best friend, knowing he wanted her, and worse, she couldn’t hide what happened? Heat rushed to her cheeks and she prayed for a rock to crawl under. Then she asked for one to bash against Xarn’s head when he smugly said, “I don’t know about you, but my time was most productive.” “Way to not rub it in his face,” she snarled standing up and attempting some form of dignity with her hair all ratty and smelling of sex. The rain of course had stopped while they enjoyed themselves, so she couldn’t even try and shower. Brax grinned, not seeming perturbed. “Productive and yet, you didn’t leave her with a smile. When my turn comes, rest assured, I will show you how it is done properly.” Rewind. What had he just said? “Um excuse me? What did you mean by your turn? I slept with Xarn. Doesn’t that mean I’ve kind of chosen him?” His lips pursed. “Are you saying you do not find me appealing?” “No, of course I do, but—” 109

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“Do you not want me to touch you?” “I’d rather not answer that. Actually, this whole conversation is awkward.” Xarn shrugged and leaned to whisper something into his buddy’s ear. Brax’s eyes slid her way and she ducked her head. No idea what was going on, but more confused than ever. She thought by sleeping with Xarn, she’d put to rest once and for all her difficulty in deciding which alien she liked best. She’d really enjoyed herself with Xarn. Really, really enjoyed herself and couldn’t wait to do it again. But… Seeing Brax, she discovered she still wanted to see what making love with him would feel like. And she’d wager she’d like it just as much. I am the biggest slut on this planet. And worse, instead of helping her they were implying she could have them both. Which was crazy. What guy wanted to share his girl; best friend, sword brother or not. It just didn’t happen. Sigh. Perhaps she needed to stop thinking about it because instead of achieving clarity of mind she was getting more and more confused, oh, and horny again dammit! Then reality smacked her and all urge to screw went straight out of her head. “My girls? Shit. I can’t believe I forgot about them. Did you find them? Any traces?” I’m probably going to hell for having sex and the time of my life while my poor girls are probably scared, hungry and god knows what else. Brax shook his head in answer to her query. “The trail I followed showed no signs of them coming to harm. And if the empty wrappers are any indication, they’ve been eating from their supplies. The darkness made me lose their tracks though which is why I returned. We will resume the search in the morning. I’ve left markings to make our trek quicker.” “But…” She sank bank down on the bed under the lean to, feeling like she should do something, anything to help them. Xarn knelt beside her. “We can do nothing for them tonight. They’re smart females. They will make camp like we have and we’ll catch up to them in the morning.” 110

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Not trusting herself to speak, because she’d probably start crying louder than the universe’s biggest baby, she just nodded. Xarn leaned in and kissed her softly, before getting up to approach his brother. She lay back down on the platform and wiggled under the blanket letting the murmur of male voices lull her to sleep, but they didn’t chase away the nightmare of her girls getting eaten by giant hairy creatures with great big teeth. * “I thought you were supposed to broach the whole sharing idea with her,” Brax whispered. “I did, and she didn’t take me seriously. Then I kind of got distracted.” “Lucky you. But what about lucky me? I only agreed to this because we were going to take turns. If I’d known you didn’t mean it, I wouldn’t have left you alone and I would have wooed her until she chose me as mate.” He’d seen the look in her eyes when he’d walked into camp; guilt, shame, confusion. Brax wasn’t an idiot. Louisa thought sex with Xarn meant she’d made her choice. Not frukxing likely. “Don’t get your dick in a knot. I meant what I said. We will share, but while you and I have come to terms with it, she might be having a few doubts.” “So how do we cure them?” “In the morning, I will leave under the guise of scouting ahead. You use that time to seduce her. Once we’ve both had a turn, she’ll hopefully grasp that we are in agreement with it, and we can go on from there alternating.” “I don’t know. Won’t she catch on that we’re manipulating her?” “Trust me. This will work, and even if she does know we planned it, once she’s had a taste of both of us, she’ll surely forgive.” Somehow he doubted it would be that easy. But he couldn’t deny he still wanted her. As he placed himself on 111

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one side of her in the makeshift bed while Xarn took the other, he just hoped that their subterfuge in getting her to mate with them wouldn’t be the thing that took her away.

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Chapter Twelve Kisses woke her, soft nibbles against the back of her neck that had her moaning and squirming against the hard body behind her. A hand made its way up her loose shirt, cupping her breast, stroking the erect tip with a calloused finger. She wiggled her bottom against the hard cock pressing against her ass, all ready and wet for Xarn. But, were they alone? She didn’t want to rub Brax’s face in her new relationship with his best friend. “Where’s your other purple half?” she whispered. “Gone ahead to scout,” was the muffled reply as he spoke around a mouthful of her skin. He sucked on her nape, his hand travelling down her body to delve between her thighs. She lifted her leg, moving it back so it draped over his leg. A shift of position and his cock bounced free from its wedged spot to rest under her pussy. A lazy finger circled around her clit and she panted with need. He took his time though, dipping his digit, long, slow thrusts followed by a rub of her clit. She moaned. “Stop teasing me.” She reached down to grab his shaft, finding him even thicker than she recalled. She guided him into her sex as he continued to tease her, rubbing her nubbin, making her sex clench with need. Her pussy, hungry for his cock, sheathed him and he growled, low and sexy in her ear. A new sound that she found she liked. He thrust into her, from behind, his body plastered to her length, spooning her skin to skin. She grinded back, driving him deep, her climax hovering so close, especially with the way he kept stroking her clit. He nipped her shoulder, the sharp bite of pain making her exclaim and arch, her whole body tightening. With a grunt, and a further clamping of his teeth that almost broke skin, his hips

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pistoned forward one last time before he came in hot, pulsing spurts that triggered her own orgasm. She cried out as she came, her body undulating with waves of pleasure. He held her snug against him, pressing soft kisses against her neck, shoulder, ear, his breathing just as erratic as her own. “That exceeded my imagination,” he murmured in a soft tone. She froze. “Brax?” “Of course. You expected someone else?” Um, yeah, she did. She pushed away from him and scrambled to her knees. He lay on his side, his head propped on one hand, returning her stare. “You’re not Xarn. Oh shit. I thought you were Xarn.” “Xarn has gone ahead scouting like I mentioned earlier and will return in a short while.” “Oh no. This wasn’t supposed to happen,” she exclaimed. “He’s going to kill me. And you. Oh crap.” “Why would he do that?” “Because we had sex you idiot,” she yelled. “He’s going to be mad.” “Why, when this is what we agreed to. It was my turn.” “Excuse me?” He fidgeted, losing his soft smile. “I thought he broached the subject of sharing you while I was gone the previous eve.” “He mentioned it in passing. I thought he was joking. I’m not a whore. I don’t sleep with multiple men at a time, especially not best friends.” “You are not a whore.” “Really? Then what do you call a woman who sleeps with two guys?” “Ours.” The word sent a tingle through her, but wasn’t strong enough to dispel her shock factor, or anger. “But you didn’t even ask me. This is not my type of thing.” 114

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“I don’t understand.” He knelt on the bed, his eyes clouded with confusion, and hurt. “You enjoy my touch. You care for me. Or am I mistaken?” “You know I like it. And I like you. But that doesn’t mean you and your buddy can just decide to share me. What happened to asking?” “We did and you said you could not decide.” “So you decided for me. How nice. So how did you pick who went first? Toss a coin, roll some dice?” “I’d rather not say,” he mumbled, his gaze dropping. “Oh my fucking god. I was joking. You mean you guys wagered on who would get to fuck me first?” She scrambled from the makeshift tent in time to see Xarn step from the edge of the shadowy forest into the clearing. “You?” she yelled. “You knew he was going to do this?” A puzzled look creased his face. “Do what?” “Have sex with me.” “It was his turn.” She lost it. Scooping low, she picked up a rock and threw it. Her aim sucked and Xarn didn’t even have to move for it to miss. “You jerk. I thought when we had sex together last night it meant we were exclusive.” “I never said that. And I did ask if you found us both attractive and if we could share.” “I thought you were kidding.” “I do not understand your reference. Nor do I grasp your anger. You said you could not choose. So, we solved the problem and took away the need for choice.” “Let me get this straight; because I wouldn’t choose, you guys connived to both sleep with me?” Their sheepish faces were answer enough. “Seriously? What is wrong with the two of you? Did you ever stop to think how fucking confusing this is for me, caring for two freaking idiots, agonizing I might be hurting 115

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each of you because I couldn’t help but let you seduce me? It tore me apart wondering if this would wreck your relationship. And all along, the two of you were scheming to fuck me. Well, are you happy? You did. And now you can kiss this pussy goodbye.” “Why are you so angry that we came to an agreement to share you? Shouldn’t the fact that we care about your emotions enough to not force you to choose count for something?” “How is forcing me into a threesome caring for me?” “Because.” “Because? That’s your brilliant answer?” A painful ache gripped her heart. Foolish her, despite their plot to both seduce her, she kind of hoped their cahoots meant they both loved her and would rather share than not be able to be with her. But apparently, one of her previous musings was more accurate. They were horny and she was the only convenient female. They didn’t love her—which sucks, because despite how stupid it makes me, I’ve fallen for them. However, loving them didn’t mean she was willing to compromise her pride. Before she could tell them where they could shove their cocks from now on, a spear landed in the ground between her feet. Eyes wide, she stared at the quivering length of it, only half noticing as Brax and Xarn took up defensive postures around her. “Why did the alarm not sound?” Brax snarled. “I disabled it on my way in,” Xarn replied. “I hoped to sneak up on you and watch. However, someone was done too quickly.” Louisa bit her tongue lest she comment that quick didn’t mean it wasn’t good. “It was but a precursor to the main event. Why did you return so promptly? I was much more generous with you the previous eve,” he growled as his eyes scanned the jungle, his hands yanking up his trousers and fastening them. It

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reminded Louisa to finish doing up her buttons lest she be naked in the upcoming fight. “I thought I found something,” Xarn replied, his gaze equally attentive. “I’d say it’s found us.” She swallowed hard as a big hulking shape emerged into the clearing. Tall, its features almost birdlike with stubby wings sprouting from its back and one pendulous breast, Louisa had never seen anything so freaky in her life, especially once she realized the eyes regarded them with derision, a fact reinforced by the snorted, “Not you idiots again.” * Brax waved at the looming Zonian, glad he’d held his fire. It wouldn’t do to anger the fierce female tribe. They’d barely escaped the last time they went to the Zonian planet looking for adventure. Aylia got them out and just in time too. Mating with a Zonian female was never healthy, for other species at any rate. Brax smiled a tad too brightly. “Hello, Pak. Nice to see you again. I don’t suppose Aylia is with you?” “No, but I did find something else of yours you seem to have lost.” From the jungle all around them poured screaming demons, their faces painted with red lines and swirls, brandishing spears. Xarn groaned, while Brax held up a sagging Louisa who looked quite faint upon seeing all her charges safe. Katrina came to a skidding stop right before them, and grinned. “Hey guys. Isn’t this place the coolest?” “What the hell happened to you?” Louisa exclaimed. “I thought you were dead, or injured.” Betty strode up to them, her hair in pigtails, face painted in wide stripes, a dimple in her cheek. “Oh please, like this compares to the neighborhood we grew up in. Do

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you know how many times I had to sleep in the park because my step-dad was drinking?” “My neighbor’s pit-bulls were more vicious than the critters we ran across,” Josie added. “You know what they say, the city’s a jungle which means we were right at home, right girls?” Smiles and nods all around greeted Anne’s statement. “But…” Louisa seemed at a loss for words as she looked around at her charges, who’d done a better job of survival than even Brax would have credited. “How did you meet Pak?” he asked to give her time to recover her tongue. Jasmine giggled. “It was actually kind of funny. We caught her making out with some dude. The look on her face…It was almost as good as the one on his when he took off running in the woods.” Pak cleared her throat. “I was on a mating quest and was somewhat distracted when the females came across me.” Brax wisely held his tongue instead of commenting. Given Pak’s evident embarrassment, bodily harm could occur if he said the wrong thing. “Thank you for aiding the halflings,” Xarn said. “Our female was most distressed at their loss.” “Aid them? These warriors required no help from me. Once they found me, they took me to their camp. They’d already established shelter, foraged for food, and set a sentry to keep watch. Not bad for foundlings who’ve never been on a training run before.” “Warriors?” Louisa straightened. “I’m sorry, these are my students. And we weren’t on a training thing or whatever else you mean. We crashed here. And as soon as help arrives we’ll be on our way.” The violent, freckled Clarabelle smiled and tilted her chin with a stubbornness he’d gotten to know. “We already have a place to go. Pak over here says we can go home with her and learn how to become real Amazons.” “Zonians,” the yellowed eyed female corrected. 118

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“Yeah, sorry Zonians. They’ve got other orphans like us over there. Girls only. Pak says we’ll be given teachers, and we’ll learn how to fight and live off the land.” “Why would you want to do that? We’re going to escape here and go find somewhere nice to live. Right Brax?” She turned pleading eyes to him. He wanted to give her the answer she craved. But that would involve lying. “Truthfully, your charges would be safest with the Zonians. Keeping them unharmed will be hard, almost impossible unless we lock them up somewhere. Females of your kind are rare, and as such, prized on the black market. If they choose to go live with the Zonians, they will learn how to defend themselves. Have a home. More of a future than if they came with us.” Louisa’s expression grew tight and he saw the shimmer of tears on her lashes with each truthful word he spoke. “Even better, if we go with Pak, they won’t split us up.” “And you all want this?” Louisa’s voice emerged almost as a whisper. Heads nodded all around the clearing. Josie grinned. “You should have seen Pak take on the mega monster that came out of the woods. It was like totally epic. I wanna be able to do that.” “And I don’t want to be a victim ever again,” Sade added. “If that’s what you want, then I’ll come with you,” Louisa blurted. Brax didn’t say anything to her statement. He knew he didn’t have to. The Zonian shook her beaked head. “Only foundlings can be brought to live in the compound. You are no longer pure, and of an age to learn. The young ones, while older than we usually prefer, still have a chance and we can provide a place for them. But I’m afraid, while you may visit and stay at our outsider facility, you cannot come to live with them.” 119

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Her voice finally cracked. “But, they’re my responsibility.” “And now they are mine. You gave them all the skills they needed to get this far. I will carry on from this point and teach them the ones they need to go further and survive.” Louisa sagged in his arms, and he could see the tears rolling down her cheeks and feel them as they dripped onto his hands. Distress claimed her at the imminent loss of her charges, but his respect for her grew a notch when she didn’t wail or try to change their minds, honoring their choice. The halflings came and hugged his female one by one, exchanging whispers and promises, but despite the many wet eyes, none of them faltered in their resolve. Brax almost shuddered as he looked at the eleven demons standing side by side with their new teacher. Dangerous before, after a few planetary revolutions of Zonian training, they’d be deadly. You have no idea of just how dangerous, a voice whispered in his mind. A premonition or a warning? Before the group melted back into the shadows of the forest, Xarn used his head for something other than a handsome ornament atop his neck. “You don’t happen to know of a nearby spaceport do you?” Pak peered at them over her shoulder, her yellow eyes glowing. “Fear not. Your departure from this planet will happen soon. My sister in orbit received a communication from an approaching vessel. Aylia is part of the group that volunteered to rescue your unlucky purple buttocks.” Brax groaned. If Aylia was coming, then that meant Jaro would accompany her, at the very least. Embarrassing didn’t even begin to cover that scenario. With final waves, the little females disappeared with their new teacher leaving behind a very upset one. Louisa pushed out of his arms, and stalked a few paces before whirling, her tears replaced with a tight lipped anger. “How could you crash us on the one planet with some weird broad determined to steal my girls?” 120

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His jaw dropped. “How can you think we did on purpose?” “Are you going to deny you wanted to get rid of them?” “Actually,” Xarn said coming to his rescue. “I’ve grown quite fond of the little demons. Just imagining the havoc they would have wreaked when we loosed them on our home planet was enough to keep me in good spirits no matter what befell us.” Louisa growled. Xarn didn’t heed the warning and approached her. “They are in good hands, my human barbarian. Zonians are renowned warriors. Your females truly couldn’t have had anything more propitious happen to them. And even better, now you needn’t worry about their wellbeing. Does that not ease your mind?” Xarn reached out to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, and Brax winced as Louisa kicked him in the shin. “No it doesn’t.” She flounced off to sit on a rock, back to them, her spine a rigid steel girder that screamed, ‘Don’t come near me.’ With a pronounced limp he’d not owned earlier, Xarn came over to join him where he stood contemplating their current mess.” “How long do you think she will be angry?” “I have no idea.” As it turned out, a while. The morning passed, and while she accepted food and beverage from them, she would not speak, and she foiled their attempts to melt her with kisses and caresses. After the third such rejection, he and Xarn regrouped. “Still angry,” Xarn stated almost mournfully. “Very. I could not even manage to kiss her. When I got close, she hit me in the shin and, I quote, she threatened to kick my manhood next if I did not keep my purple hands to myself.”

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“I don’t understand. She wasn’t happy when we were making her choose. She was upset when she thought her students lost. And now that we’ve solved both problems, she is even angrier.” “We can do nothing about her charges unfortunately. It was the best choice for them. But how do we solve her sadness at their loss?” “We could always impregnate her and gave her more younglings to care for,” Xarn said. A babe born to their female? The idea had merit, but contained one big flaw. “In order to breed, we’d have to touch her which brings us back to our primary problem.” Xarn tapped his chin in thought. “She needs a distraction. Perhaps we should spar. Let her see us in action and become aroused at our prowess.” “Or, we tag team.” “Explain.” Brax lowered his voice. “She has already stated in the past, she couldn’t resist us. That our caresses and presence arouse her. So, we ambush her. You take the front, I’ll take the back, or vice versa. If we sandwich her between us, she can’t hurt us.” He hoped. “We will kiss and seduce her into submission.” Xarn finished, nodding his head. “But, will this not make her angrier?” They both turned to look at her. “Can it truly get any worse?” * Louisa understood she sulked. Pouted. Was acting like a right, bad tempered bitch. But she couldn’t help herself. Part of it had to do with Brax and Xarn’s manipulation of her. She’d gone through agony wondering how to deal with them without hurting someone’s feelings. She’d suffered guilt when she thought she betrayed them. And all along, they’d planned for it to happen. But while she could forgive them, eventually, what she couldn’t forgive or understand was how 122

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in the space of a week, she could think it was alright to sleep with two guys. Worse, she craved it. Wanted it. And not even one at a time which would have been somewhat okay. She desired them both to take her. To not leave one out while she reaped the pleasurable benefit. It both horrified and titillated her. Threesomes weren’t natural. Her love for two males at once, not right. But knowing this didn’t stop it. Not wanting to deal with her new slutty attitude about men, she tried to focus on other things, and found herself invariably thinking about her girls. Her sweet angels who found somewhere they could belong. A place that would teach them to be strong and wouldn’t punish them for their childhood or past mistakes. A chance to live. And selfish me, I envy them. She didn’t know what would happen to her next. Would she make it out of this jungle? Would she leave with Brax and Xarn? Would they ditch her at the nearest planet with civilization? And if they did, what would she do? How could she survive and support herself? A tough attitude was great, but she lacked anything else to go with it. What kind of job could she hope to get without skills or knowledge? It made her want to throw herself at the feet of her purple warriors and beg them to take care of her, to keep her. And that in turn shamed her. She didn’t want them hooking up with her out of pity, or a sense of obligation. She wanted them to care for her. To love me. Which sounded so stupid. How could a pair of hunky warriors like themselves ever care for a fat assed human who could offer them nothing but her love? It seemed like a poor trade. With no answers, she sulked, a pity party of one with no end to the misery in sight. She felt a presence at her back. Whirling to sit sideways, she saw Brax bearing down on her, determination on his face. She held up a hand to halt him. He sank to his knees and leaned forward until her palm hit his chest, his very

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naked and muscled chest. She couldn’t stop the heat which sizzled between them. But she tried. “I don’t want to talk to you.” “Neither do I,” he replied. His hand swept up to cup the back of her head, pulling her toward him. She reared away only to discover Xarn behind her, his body pressing against hers, trapping her between them. “What are you doing?” Her query emerged more breathless than she would have liked. “Seducing you,” Brax whispered the words against her ear before he nuzzled her neck. Xarn cupped her cheeks in his hands and drew close enough to feather her lips with his breath. “Asking for forgiveness the only way we know how.” He kissed her before she could protest. But his weren’t the only lips melting her resistance. Brax embraced the tender skin of her nape, pushing aside her hair to caress her sensitive spot. Warmth curled inside her, and a tingling sensation spread through her body. I should fight them. They used me. And pleasured me. It’s wrong. But it feels so good. Even her own mind couldn’t decide, so she gave in to what her heart wanted. At the gentle insistence of his mouth, Louisa parted her lips, allowing Xarn access, his tongue immediately sweeping in to claim her. At her back, Brax tickled her neck, sending shiver after shiver down her spine. Hands, she didn’t know whose, cupped her breasts, a pair of thumbs stroking over her erect peaks before pinching them. She moaned, lost in a maelstrom of pleasurable sensations. Forgot everything, her anger, sadness and even confusion, in the face of their dual assault on her senses. They brought her to her feet, standing her between them, the evidence of their desire pressing against her ass and mound. The heat of their bodies transmitted to hers and made her temperature rise, enough that she didn’t protest when they divested her of her clothing with deft fingers.

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Even better, they took turns stripping, keeping her occupied with hot kisses as they denuded themselves. The decadent pleasure when they returned to sandwich her, skin to skin almost proved too much. Thank goodness she was pressed between them, because her knees definitely trembled. Naked, she also couldn’t miss their hard cocks, the length of one pressing between the crevice of her buttocks, while the other, sank into the softness of her belly. Neither were anywhere near where she wanted them to be though. Someone lifted her, the brawny purple arm around her waist a visual reminder of their difference. But the cock that slid itself between her legs to rub across her sex also made her recall just how right they were together. She didn’t even realize who held her until she looked down to see Xarn kneeling, his face level with her mound. “What are you doing?” she gasped. He didn’t immediately answer. Grasping her legs instead to place them over his shoulders, seating her on him, brought his face close to her sex, close enough she felt his breath on her lower lips and her channel squeezed in reply. “I’m going to make you scream,” he promised in a husky voice. Brax cupped her breasts and fondled them. “We both are.” First though, they stole all her breath and coherent thoughts. Xarn licked her and she trembled. He touched his tongue to her clit again, swirling it around before dipping it into her core. She gasped and squirmed. It seemed so decadent to have him with his face between her legs, while another cock pressed against her back. Of course that was nothing compared to what happened a moment later. Wrapping his arms around her once more, Brax tilted her forward, far enough that the tip of his cock touched her sex. Then he plowed it in. She cried out at the sudden fullness of it. But as if having his thick shaft thrusting into her while suspended weren’t titillating enough, the tongue returned to lave her clit. 125

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One stroke, two strokes…She lost count, even though it didn’t take many, of how many times he licked her sensitive nub. She just basked in the unbelievable pleasure of having her clit sucked and titillated while her pussy was pounded from behind. Brax’s body curved over hers, skin to skin, his lips brushing the back of her shoulder as he claimed her with his cock. “You belong to us,” he whispered before biting, a sharp nip that surely broke skin, a pain echoed between her legs when Xarn nibbled her too, his pointed teeth sinking into the soft skin of her thigh. It should have made her mad. Should have thrown a cold bucket of water on her passion. Instead, an electrical zing went through her, like a fire igniting all of her nerve endings at once. It was glorious. She screamed as she came, her body milking the shaft inside her with twitching muscles. A moment later, while still coming, Brax shot his cream, his body thrusting into her one last time and holding. But they weren’t done. Brax sat down abruptly, his semi hard cock still buried inside of her. She opened eyelids heavy with passion to see Xarn standing before her, his cock angled just slightly higher than her mouth. He didn’t need to ask. She reached for him, wrapping her fingers around his swollen length, drawing him to her lips. Before taking him into her mouth, she let her tongue have a lick and he groaned. She swirled it over him again, wetting his big mushroomed head before making her way down his cock to the base. The lack of balls intrigued her and she stroked a finger against the empty spot, smiling in pleasure when the big body before her jumped. She rubbed harder just under his cock and he groaned. “Like that do you?” she murmured. “Lick me again while you do it,” he ordered. She complied, running her tongue around his fat head while rubbing him where his sac should have been. His cock twitched and grew even thicker. Precum pearled on the tip and she licked it clean, savoring his unique taste before 126

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drawing the head of him into her mouth. She inhaled his shaft, measuring his enjoyment by how tightly his fingers wound themselves in her hair. Apparently, the visual was appealing because Brax’s cock, still buried inside her pussy, grew hard. Even more amazing, she felt desire burgeoning inside her again. “Touch me while I suck him,” she murmured around the hard dick in her mouth. “Finger me, and fuck me.” The matching groans let her know that her words, while dirty, had their effect. Xarn’s hips pumped as he thrust his cock into her mouth, careful not to gag her, but controlling the pace. Brax’s fingers found her swollen clit and pinched it, making her cry out, a sound muffled by her full mouth. Full of dick, her clit being strummed like an instrument, her orgasm built and when she came, clamping down on the shaft in her mouth while her pussy clenched tightly around a prick, they both came with her, filling her with their essence and making her pleasure overflow until she thought she would faint from it. Sated, weak and blown away, she could only pant as she found herself cuddled by the two males, her body placed across two laps, two sets of hands holding her, hugging her. In that moment, she forgot her trepidation over loving two men. She could even believe it would work, and that they cared for her too. It was also the best apology she’d ever gotten. And she would have told them so if not for the voice that interrupted. “I told you those two idiots didn’t need saving.”

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Chapter Thirteen Would they never get a break? Xarn, sated and happy, recovered from his shock first, jumped to his feet and planted his naked body in front of Louisa. He trusted Brax would use his diversion to clothe Louisa, or at least cover the interesting parts belonging to them. Jaro came into view, his previous query already announcing his presence. He shook his head at them. “Only the pair of you would crash land on a Zonian training planet and find a human dumb enough to succumb to your advances. Have you completely lost your minds? You better hope the tribe females don’t see you’ve seduced her or they will hunt you down.” Straightening, Xarn scowled. “What makes you think she didn’t attack us and force us to do decadent things like Aylia did with you?” Jaro snorted, then full out laughed, a mirth cut short when a toned leg slipped around his and yanked it back, sending the warrior down. Or almost. Jaro recovered before hitting the ground and shot an irritated look at his mate’s back as she sauntered into the clearing. Dress in a low hipped skirt, leather tunic that stopped just above the hole in her rounded stomach, his cousin’s wife, as always, knew how to make her presence known. Amusement danced in Aylia’s green eyes as she looked him up and down. Xarn resisted an urge to cover his limp and dangling cock even as Jaro shot venomous daggers at him with his eyes. “Impressive,” she purred. “It must run in the family.” Xarn wanted to groan as his cousin’s gaze narrowed dangerously. “Cover it before you lose it,” growled Jaro. “Cover what?” said another familiar voice. Xarn resisted an urge to run, not easy given his mother strolled

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next into the clearing. “Xarn, why are you naked in the forest? Did you lose your clothing in the crash?” His hands did drop at this point to cross in front of his shriveled prick while behind him he could hear Louisa asking in a loud whisper, “Who are these people?” Brax muttered, “Family.” His mother, her hearing as keen as when he was a youngling knee-deep in mischief, grinned, revealing teeth more pointed than his own. She had them filed regularly when she went to get her hair trimmed at the beauticians. “Xarn, who is the pale morsel you’re trying to hide? And is that Brax flashing his buttocks at me?” Xarn sighed and looked to the sky, mouthing, “Murphy, you bastard, I am going to kill you.” Stepping around him, his pants around his hips, Brax pasted a weak grin on his face as his hands busily fastened the opening in his breeches. “Muna, how nice of you to come in our time of need. And Aylia, it’s always a pleasure, but did you have to bring the grumpy one?” “Which one do you mean?” she sassed. Oh please don’t tell me she brought… Xarn groaned as he saw the next person arrive. “By all the moons around the Juyin planet. What cursed place did you bring us to, Aunt?” Tren stomped into the clearing making the reunion almost complete. As Xarn hopped into his pants, using Brax as a shield, he wondered where Megan and her new squalling baby were. He cursed and said, “You brought both the grumpy cousins. Lucky us.” His mother beamed, never a reassuring sight. “Well, when the beacon went off, I knew right away you needed help, so I called them and they were most eager to aid me in rescuing you. We even used that brand new warp generator to get here more quickly.” “Which will cost me a fortune to get refueled,” Tren grumbled.

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Well that explained how they got here so rapidly. But interrupted from his pleasure, Xarn found it hard to be grateful. He pinned his annoyance on his mother. “You couldn’t have brought our fathers instead?” They would have spared him and Brax the embarrassment and just beat some sense into them for having gotten ambushed in the first place. Tren grinned, a wicked smile that sent more than one alien being running with urine running down their many legs. “I left your fathers with my mate and son.” “More like ran away as soon as they stepped foot in the door and tasked them with protecting the pair,” Jaro replied with a snort. “Megan is going to murder you when you return,” Aylia said with a shake of her head. “You should have escaped with her instead of leaving her with that noise machine known as your progeny.” “You should have,” Xarn’s mother added. “Frej and Korz would have handled the infant. They were quite adept with Xarn, and Ginta’s babe, Brax. As a matter of fact, they are so good at the task of fathering, I’ll bet you they’ll probably have the youngling holding its first sword by the time you return.” “Not if Megan has anything to say about it,” Tren mumbled. “Enough about my noisy successor and my sure demise at the hands of my mate. We are here to rescue the idiots. Although, from what, I’m not sure. They appear uninjured and their Zonian female seems done with them.” Xarn growled. “She’s not Zonian. And nobody’s done with each other yet.” “Really? Then why is she slipping away?” Jaro pointed to a spot behind them, and Xarn turned, along with Brax, to see Louisa just entering the shadowy edge of the jungle. “Ah frukx. She’s still mad.” “Mad? Why is she mad? And who is she? As the matriarch of our family, I demand answers. And Brax, if your mother were here, I’m sure she’d be demanding some too”

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Xarn’s mother stated imperiously. “Actually, forget that. I’ll talk to the barbarian myself.” They both shouted, “No!” but before they could get in the way of his determined mother, Jaro and Tren caught them in a hug from behind. “Not so quick, cousins.” Aylia came to stand in front of him, arms crossed and tapping a foot. She fixed them with a glare. “Just how did you get your hands on a human? Hmmm?” “Well see, we were given this job—” “More like forced actually. So we escaped and killed a pirate crew and we found her along with some little females—” “Louisa’s students, and we had to take them with us because the ship was blowing up, only we both wanted her— ” “But she wanted nothing to do with us, so the halflings gave us advice to get her, only it didn’t really work because she wouldn’t choose so—” Aylia held up a hand. “Stop. So you weren’t the original kidnappers?” They shook their heads. “And what are your intentions?” Aylia twirled her dagger as she asked. “Mate.” Their answers echoed and she raised a brow. “Both of you?” Again, they nodded. “Has she agreed?” “We didn’t quite get around to asking yet,” Brax sheepishly replied. “And yet, I thought I saw some teeth marks indicating you’ve both claimed her?” They looked at their feet, the sky, anywhere but the glaring warrior. “You mean to tell me, you marked her, without permission? And how do you think she’s going to take the news that she’s now wedded to the pair of you?” 131

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“We would have found out if you’d waited just a few more frukxn’ units,” Xarn grumbled. “Well, you can ask her after we get off the planet, if she doesn’t kill you first,” she replied sheathing her dagger and snapping her fingers. The arms around his chest loosened and Xarn whirled to growl at Tren who growled back. “We should probably go find your mother before she completely terrifies the female. She makes even Pak look mild. I quite like her and hope my daughter is as fierce.” “That’s because you didn’t grow up with her,” Xarn mumbled recalling only too well his mother’s inventive punishments. Poor Brax, he usually shared them as they tended to get in trouble together. It sucked having what amounted to a pair of overbearing, strict mothers growing up. But he still bore great affection for her, which was why he’d have to try and not kill her if she scared Louisa away. Speaking of whom, he jogged into the jungle after them, his pace picking up when he heard shouts. A concussion rocked the ground beneath his feet and he exchanged startled glances with his companions before they ran in the direction his mother and Louisa took. They arrived too late. Xarn cursed as he stared up at the receding end of a surface pod, its launching thrusters the sound they’d heard a moment before. “Louisa!” he bellowed, shaking his fist in the air while Brax gnashed his teeth in anger. “Those bastards stole our aunt,” Jaro said, his tone holding a note of disbelief. “Do they not know who we are?” “They will once we kill them and get her back,” Tren growled. “Aren’t you just the sweetest nephew, worried about me,” said the welcome voice of his mother. “Unlike some other ungrateful beings I know.” “I would have rescued you too,” Xarn stated, trying not to fidget under her gaze. She grinned. “Of course you would have, and meted death to those who dared kidnap me. However, it wasn’t I 132

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but the barbarian who was snatched, so what are you standing around here for. Go get your human from the nasty green alien who took her. That is if you still want her.” “Oh we want her all right.” “And someone is going to pay for taking her.” “In blood,” Brax added as he fondled his sword. Aylia whooped. “About time. I was beginning to think your rescue mission was going to be a completely wasted chance for violence.” “Violence? Not for you. You’re pregnant,” Jaro reminded. “Not dead, so unless you want to lose a body part, don’t get in my way.” Jaro grinned. “Don’t make me get the restraints out.” “Please do. I’ll be using those on you later. First, time to kill something.” And pity the idiot who stood in their way when five of the galaxies most renown and deadly mercenaries came after them.

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Chapter Fourteen On the scale of embarrassment, getting caught having sex with not one, but two guys ranked pretty freakn’ high on Louisa’s list. Getting caught by his family and one of her lover’s mothers went beyond embarrassing right into nevergoing-to-live-it-down and a need to escape to the farthest reach of the galaxy. While her purple guys were distracted and exchanging pleasantries with their family—if insults and jibes could count as such—she slipped away. She had no clear plan of where she was going or what she’d do once she got there, she just knew she needed some space. And a chance to finish buttoning her shirt before anybody else got a glimpse of her tits. She should have known escaping humiliation wouldn’t be that easy. Someone followed her, not taking any care to hide their pursuit and a quick glance over her shoulder showed a very determined looking mother coming after her—with really sharp teeth. Like many a bunny caught in the path of a hawk, Louisa ran. Not far because the larger female barked, “Stop!” and for some insane reason, she listened, almost falling flat on her face so abruptly did she arrest her forward motion. Bracing her shoulders, and throwing on her most stoic teacher face, she whirled to face the matron. And discovered her smiling, which for the uninformed, really wasn’t that reassuring. “So, you’re the female who’s finally brought those two ruffians to heel. I have to say, I expected more breasts.” “Sorry?” She didn’t quite know how to reply to the odd statement. “For what? Ginta and I have been waiting a long time for our sons to find a female to settle down with.”

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Louisa hastened to reply. “Oh, nobody said anything about it being permanent.” “Did you not mate with them both?” A blush stained her cheeks. “It was a mistake. They ambushed me. I’m not the kind of girl who does that kind of thing, you know, with two guys. I swear it won’t happen again.” “Why ever not? Myself, I have two warriors. Poor Ginta though, she has only one.” The declaration threw her off balance. Was Xarn’s mother crazy? Why did it seem like she approved? “But—” “Behind you!” Before Louisa could react to the shout, she found her hair caught in a painful grip. “Stupid human. I expected your capture to be harder.” Twisting her body she blinked as she saw a metallic robot standing behind her, its thick fist the hair pulling culprit even though for some reason the voice made her think of a woman who’d smoked for at least forty years. A poke in her belly had her looking down to see an ugly green alien, kind of like the ones who originally abducted her. “I am the one talking to you.” “Release the female,” Xarn’s mother demanded. A sneer twisted the green face. “She is payment for the job your son and his friend didn’t complete,” hissed the red eyed creature, whom Louisa had a sneaky suspicion was female. With a battle cry to put any man to shame, Xarn’s mother charged, and a red beam of light hit her in the chest. The impact shot her in the air and she flew, limbs flailing until she landed with a thud and crackle of snapping foliage in a yellow and red bush. Before Louisa could see if she survived the landing, a metal arm wrapped around her waist and lifted her, carting her through the jungle to a dull grey egg like structure with an opening in its side. Thrust inside, she found herself quickly

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tied up and gagged by the robot while the little green witch slapped at a control panel. I am such an idiot. If she’d only stayed by Brax and Xarn, this would have never happened. Even if she was only a convenient hole for them to screw, they would have protected her, or so she hoped. Now, stuck on a tiny ship with a crazy alien, the future appeared bleaker than ever. Mumbling to herself the whole while, her kidnapper piloted the strange pod from the surface of the planet with a mighty rumble that shook them. Louisa closed her eyes and prayed, although, given how little God listened to her the first time, she didn’t really put much hope in rescue. She’d blown her chance by running away. Blown her chance at a future and happiness, even if it would have only lasted until the guys could dump her on the nearest planet. A tear slipped down her cheek, just one, because she refused to cave in to pity again. Her own misery was what landed her here in the first place. So now, she’d have to find a way out. But days later, locked in a room aboard a larger spacecraft with only herself for company, her method of counting time dependent on the meals delivered through a hole in the wall, she lost hope. It didn’t help that the green goblin enjoyed taunting her with her eventual fate. It seemed the plan was to sell her to the highest bidder as revenge on her purple hunks, and Louisa didn’t need any help picturing what would happen to her then. By the time the green alien bitch was leading her up to a dais, on some god forsaken planet that could have used a giant dose of air freshener, dressed in some revealing white gown that stopped mid-thigh, her hair looped and curled, her face enhanced with cosmetics, she didn’t care anymore what happened to her. Or so she thought until she saw the sea of faces in front of her. Well, sea of eyes and mouths because the visages in the crowd certainly didn’t come close to looking human. The skin colors ranged in hue, some even sporting the mauve she’d come to love. 136

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Despite herself, a teeny tiny spark of hope lit itself as she scanned the gazes trained on her, looking for two pairs of familiar blue eyed ones. Apparently, she still harbored a crazy dream that her purple warriors might arrive to the rescue. Might care enough for her that they’d try and save her from her fate. But only an idiot, or two, would try and brave the imposing robotic guards at her back and the avarice filled faces of the audience in front of her. The witch shoved her forward to stand close to the edge of the platform while some kind of announcer listed her merits, his smooth voice echoing all around from invisible speakers. Her attributes were played up and numbered more than she would have expected, but the focus of a few proved worrisome because who wanted to be known as the human with enough meat to feed a family of six for a galactic week. With so many gazes trained on her, many of them creepy, she dropped her eyes to stare at her feet, only vaguely noticing the commotion at the front of the stage as a trio of cloaked figures pushed their way closer. Sick freaks come to get a closer look at the human sacrifice, she thought with a touch of anger. Curling her fingers into her palm, except for one, she prepared to give them a barbarian salute when something about them caught her attention. Ivory skin, peeking from the shadow of a hood made her peer closer. Her jaw dropped in shock as the cowled figure tilted its head and she saw the redhead from the clearing. Aylia if she recalled the name correctly. Could this mean…? A mighty bellow, echoed times two, saw her lifting her head, then smiling as two figures came swinging from the balconies ringing the room. Big, purple and dashing, Brax and Xarn grinned viciously as they swung onto the stage, their booted feet aimed forward and knocking down some robots as they arrived. She’d never seen a more welcome and handsome sight.

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In one chaotic moment, Louisa found herself surrounded, by the good guys. It seemed her purple hunks had come to the rescue and brought their family. Four purple guys with swords and one red headed human—sporting a small pregnant belly—spun and swirled around her, the gleam of their weapons flashing. In no time at all, the hulking robots that were her guards, lay in pieces on the stage. And the crowd roared. They stamped their feet and whistled, exclaiming over the impromptu floor show. While the two strange purple dudes glared at the audience, Brax and Xarn swept a wide bow as Aylia shook her head. Louisa, still reeling from her sudden rescue, found herself swept into one pair of brawny arms and kissed soundly, a kiss cut short as she was pulled into a second tight hug for an equally fervent embrace. Breathless and still somewhat stunned, she ended up back on her feet, a possessive arm around her waist and another around her shoulders. The crowd cheered louder, but the exultant grins on her warriors faces turned into scowls when shouts began offering lurid advice—such as how much to get between her thighs. “Time to leave,” Xarn growled. “Past time,” Brax agreed as they turned her to face away from the leering faces. “You look surprised,” Aylia remarked to Louisa over her shoulder as they led her from the stage. “I am.” Louisa peered up at her purple hunks, a smile curving her lips. “I can’t believe you both came to rescue me.” ““Of course we did. We will always come for you, Louisa.” “We weren’t about to let you go,” Xarn said with a grin to curl her toes. “Or let you come to harm,” Brax added with a fierce scowl.

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“We would have been here sooner, but that green bitch did something to our craft.” Xarn sounded so adorably disgruntled she laughed. Giddy joy made her body light. “I am just glad you made it in time.” “As are we.” Brax hugged her waist tight. “It will make a great story to tell our progeny one day.” “Our what?” She wanted Xarn to explain what the hell he meant but having reached some kind of large reception area backstage she found her words lost as she saw Xarn’s mother, alongside an equally large purple female, holding her green captor between them. Suddenly, those red eyes didn’t look so scary anymore. “We’ve apprehended the troublemaker. She’s already admitted to causing the problem on the planet that saw your credits frozen. A transcript of her confession will be sent to the governor Did you want to punish her yourself for her temerity?” It took Louisa a second to realize they spoke to her and not her purple guys. What did they want her to do? Judging by the vicious looks aimed at the witch, violence at the very least. “Um, I don’t suppose I could leave that up to you?” The evil grin the matrons threw her way sent a shiver down her spine and suddenly made her glad they were on her side. “Our pleasure.” “Consider her screaming torture to be one of our mating gifts to you,” added the woman Louisa had an inkling was Brax’s mother. As they hauled the goblin lady away, screaming invectives that made the two purple mothers laugh, Louisa sagged as reality sank in. She was safe, from being sold at least. What would happen to her now though remained to be determined. Although, she definitely held a spark of hope in her heart. 139

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Aylia planted her hands on her hips. “That was fun. Can we do it again?” Jaro growled. “No. You do realize you’re pregnant?” Rolling green eyes were his answer. As they stalked off arguing, yet holding hands, Louisa couldn’t help but smile at their evident love for each other. A grin that faded as a big frowning purple dude planted himself in front of her. “My barbarian would greatly enjoy meeting another of her people. You will visit. Soon.” Not quite understanding, she did what she thought safest and said, “Um, okay.” With a terse nod, he left, his boots clacking and his scowl scattering aliens in his path. “That is our cousin, Tren,” Brax murmured as they also began to walk in a different direction. “He accidentally abducted a human and is now mated to her.” “Is that a good thing?” “Oh yes. You should have met him before. He’s actually quite pleasant now.” They considered that pleasant? “We will visit Megan and their child soon,” Xarn promised. “We?” As they crowded into a cubicle whose door slid shut after them, she peered up at them. Then squeaked as she ended up squished between them. “Yes, we,” Xarn growled. “Do you know how much we missed you while we searched?” “How we worried about your wellbeing.” They did? “From now on, you do not go anywhere without one of us.” “Or preferably both of us.” “So, you’re not going to dump me?” Brax frowned. “I do not understand your expression. But, if you are implying we would discard you, then I take offense. You belong to us.” 140

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“Do I get a choice?” A look passed between Brax and Xarn, followed by a shrug and a masculine grin that made her tummy flip. “No,” they said in synchronization. Brax stroked her cheek as he stared into her eyes. “It was explained to us that the affection and regard we have for you has a human word—love.” Xarn titled her head and devoured her with his intense stare. “We really love you and want you as our mate, which with our kind, means forever.” “And if I say no?” she said with teasing smile. Not that she had any intention of refusing, she loved the big idiots. But still, a woman couldn’t act too easy. “I think she is asking us to convince her.” “Most definitely,” Brax replied leaning back and slapping his hand on the wall. The cubicle, which she assumed was some kind of elevator, stopped. “What are you doing?” As usual, they didn’t ask her, they showed her. * Brax recognized her teasing smile for what it was— love. During the stressful voyage where they’d tracked her kidnapper, he had many chances to talk to Aylia, Xarn’s mother, Megan and even his cousins. He learned a few things he’d not understood before, such as, he needed Louisa, something he’d kind of figured out, but like the idiot male he was—according to Megan—never bothered to tell her. Humans, the females especially, needed affirmation, needed to know a male bore strong affection for her. Actions worked, but oddly, they required the actual oral presentation of the word ‘love’ to truly believe it. They also apparently really liked grand rescues. Megan compared it to a warrior rescuing a female from some kind of giant, winged lizard that breathed fire. Brax didn’t care. Once he saw Louisa on that stage, alone, frightened and being 141

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leered at by males who should have been struck blind, he would have fought an entire army to reach her side. To make her safe. To make her his. And he knew Xarn felt the same way. Together, they saved the female they loved. And now, they would show her, again and again if needed, that when they said mated, they meant forever. Only one thing made his battle hardened psyche tremble, the fact she’d yet to say she loved them too. * Xarn could read the emotions that flitted across Brax’s visage, because he felt them too. Relief they’d saved their female. Joy she was unharmed. Trepidation that while they wanted her as mate for now and ever, she’d yet to admit she wanted them too. During the chase to find Louisa, he’d spent too much time talking to his cousin’s mate. Megan, with great relish, told him how the females of her world enjoyed choice in who they would be with, needing love for happiness. It was not a reassuring conversation especially when he realized Louisa never said she loved them, as a matter of fact, she spent a lot of time annoyed with them and telling them to go away. Aylia said it was because she bore them affection, and she knew that for a fact because she felt the same way about Jaro. But Xarn worried. Once the most carefree of bachelors, the idea of not having Louisa in his life, with her tart comments, her wicked smile, and simple presence, seemed unbearable. For a warrior of his caliber the thought of failure, of any kind, was not to be borne. If he and Brax must battle for her heart, then they would do so, the way they knew best—together. Let her try and deny her affection for them when they had her screaming in pleasure.

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And if the fight for her love took more than one round, then so be it. Let it not be said that he wouldn’t sacrifice and do his best to please his mate. * She wasn’t sure what went through her purple hunks minds, although she thought she recognized affection, relief, a touch of doubt and then smoldering determination. Their admittance they loved her took her by surprise, and she almost said the words back, planned to actually, but not out of the blue, just like that. She wanted ‘the moment.’ And lucky her, judging by the way they sandwiched her between them, their hands roaming her body, sliding under the silky material of her gown, they would give it to her. Brax kissed her first, his embrace soft, and coaxing, melting her with gentleness until she panted against his mouth. When she would have demanded more, her tongue seeking his, he pulled away and spun her, giving her to Xarn who took her lips with a fierce passion. He boldly thrust his tongue into her mouth, conquering her, seducing her, while Brax’s hands slid under her top to cup her breasts. As he strummed his thumbs over her nipples, he whispered in to her ear, his warmth breath sending shivers down her spine. “I’ve missed touching you, my sweet barbarian. Missed your cries of pleasure. Missed the feel of your silky skin.” Oh how she’d missed it too. She found herself spun again into the circle of Brax’s arms, his mouth hard on hers now, taking what she offered and demanding more. She groaned before his passion, then trembled as Xarn slid his arms around her, his big hand cupping her sex through the silky fabric of her skirt. He nuzzled her ear lobe as he breathed. “Sexy barbarian, teasing us. You are so perfect for us, Louisa.

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Strong, beautiful and spirited. As our mate, we will worship those qualities, like we worship your body.” Again they whirled her, taking turns sharing her kisses until her lips were swollen with passion and her body on fire from their arousing touch. And yet, they still all wore their clothes. She wanted the skin to skin feel, the burning fire only they could ignite. She tugged at a shirt, and enveloped in soft masculine chuckles, she got her wish, clothes dropping to the floor to bare the purple skin she’d come to love so much. The filmy fabric she wore fluttered down as two pairs of hands made quick work of it. Naked, she moaned aloud when they pressed themselves against her, the heat of their skin so decadent against her own. A hand skimmed its way down her body to the space between her thighs, thick fingers sliding through her dampness. She clutched at Brax’s shoulders as a second set of fingers joined them in toying with her, teasing her wet folds and dancing across her clit. “Give it to me,” she begged, so aroused at this point she didn’t think she could bear any more sensual torture. “Give you what?” Brax replied before sucking at her lower lip. “Fuck me.” Crude, but so true. She only partially got what she wanted, Xarn thrusting two fingers into her channel while Brax stroked her clit faster, coiling her pleasure into a tight ball that wanted desperately to explode. “Tell us what you want,” Xarn said, his tone low and husky. “Tell us what you need.” “I need you both,” she panted, her hips jerking in time to the pumping fingers. “I need you inside me filling me up. I need you touching me. Loving me.” “And what will you give us?” The strokes slowed down and she wanted to scream in frustration. “I’ll be your mate.” “And…” 144

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“I’ll love you forever—now make me come!” In a heartbeat, she found herself bent over, legs spread and pussy exposed. A hard cock thrust into her, and she cried out at the fullness, the sweet stretching sensation. In and out it plowed, fueling her pleasure, tightening her channel. Then it disappeared. She cried out in frustration, only to gasp as a new cock took its place. Oh my god, they’re tag teaming. What once she would have found shocking, instead made her hotter, more aroused. Enough that she came. She screamed as she orgasmed. “I fucking love you both!” Or it was what she meant to say, though it might have emerged somewhat garbled given her breathlessness. They understood enough it seemed, because the cock inside her jerked, spilling its hot cream into her trembling channel. The spent shaft no sooner withdrew than a hard dick took its place, and God help her, she felt a second climax building. As he pumped her, faster and faster, she could only gasp and brace her hands on the wall. Screw talking—she could barely breath. And when a body dropped to the floor beneath her and a tongue began to flick her clit… Oh, she definitely saw stars that time, maybe a supernova, and she discovered there was a heaven. She eventually came to, draped across a pair of purple laps. Flushed, a little sweaty, but so damned happy it almost hurt. Hands still stroked her skin, light comforting caresses that made her feel warm, and loved. Peeking at their faces, she smiled at the soft looks on their faces. “Still need some convincing about the benefits of being our mate?” “Nope.” “Are you sure?” Xarn asked with a waggle of his brows. “We don’t mind.” Judging by the stirring under her, no, they didn’t. 145

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She laughed. “Later. First, shouldn’t we get dressed and out of the elevator before the cops come to arrest us for indecent exposure.” “Too late,” Brax said with a cheerful mien. “But don’t worry,” Xarn said. “This isn’t the first time we’ve gotten kicked off a planet.” “We are after all the Dual Terrors.” “And what does that make me?” she asked. “Ours.” “Forever.”

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Epilogue Several galactic cycles later… Mated life agreed with Louisa, when they weren’t running from the law, she thought with a smile. To her hunks credit, while they didn’t invite trouble, it had no problem finding them. It made life interesting to say the least. To her surprise, she didn’t miss earth at all, and while she did sometimes miss the lively antics of her girls, Brax and Xarn more than made up for it. Besides, she was getting regular updates on her girls progress—and mishaps. They were flourishing under their new teacher, and it filled her with joy to see them looking forward to the future. To her delight, her men outfitted the spaceship, which they spent a lot of time on, with a toilet more like she was used to back home instead of the one that liked to molest her for body waste. They’d also hired an architect to design a house for them. Xarn’s cousin, Tren, had graciously--after Megan harangued him--allowed them to build on his privately owned planet, on the other side thank goodness. Very few people possessed the fortitude to hang around for long at the home of the most renown mercenary, even the mercenary himself. The reason? One itty, bitty baby, with the lungs of a giant. Speaking of whom…Louisa winced at the continued screeching easily heard even though the child resided upstairs behind a thick door in the nursery of Megan’s home. They really need to start handing out ear plugs at the door. Despite her status of school teacher, Louisa possessed no knowledge of babies other than they pooped, slept and ate a lot. She also added screamed like a champion to that list. Poor Megan was at her wits end and Tren, well past that point. Her own mates took to scouring the markets when they travelled, looking for something to soothe the cranky 147

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beast, but short of the few moments the babe slept or ate, pure auditory hell existed. Tren entered the living room, his eyes bloodshot and his hair standing on end. Brax and Xarn followed him, the perpetual wince on their miens making her bite her cheek to prevent a chuckle. “How much longer can the babe scream?” Tren asked. “He’s been doing it since birth. This can’t be natural.” “Um, yeah it is,” Louisa replied. “Or so I hear. How old is he now? Three months, four? You still got months to go, buddy.” A groan left the poor father and he sank into a chair. Louisa took pity on him. “What you and Megan need is a nanny.” “That is what my mate said, but we’ve tried hiring caretakers for the child. The last two almost ate her and I had to kill them. Megan is exhausted though, and we must do something. I will not see her unable to tend my needs.” She snorted. “Liar. You just want to get a night’s sleep.” A mournful look crossed his face. “She won’t let me sleep on the ship. She claims since I am half responsible for the child, then I must endure every piercing shriek.” Louisa winced as the treble changed in pitch. “Bath time,” they all said. Automatically, they headed for the terrace where the screams, while still present, weren’t as strident. No sooner did they step outside, than the crying abruptly stopped. Eyes wide, Tren raced back into the house, and Louisa followed, her mates right on her heels. When she proved too slow, they scooped her over a shoulder and pounded up the stairs. The deathly quiet continued and she prayed Megan hadn’t killed the child. Or that something hadn’t eaten it. Stumbling into the nursery, they all came to a shocked halt. “Aunt Muna, what have you done?” 148

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Xarn’s mother looked up from the baby who cooed at her, while Megan, collapsed in a chair, gave them two thumbs up. “She’s like the baby whisperer,” Megan confided in a hushed voice. “I don’t know what she did, but Mren shut right up.” “You’re hired,” Tren announced. Muna laughed. “Delightful as your infant is, I must return home to my husbands. They are quite lost without me. Fear not though, help is on the way.” “You’re sending your clone?” Megan asked hopefully. “No.” “Sister?” “No. I’ve sent the wiliest warrior I know to fetch you a nanny.” Purple faces all around peered at each other. “Since we’re all here, you must mean Jaro?” A scoffing sound escaped her. “Of course not. Aylia would chain him to her bed before she’d let that one out to hunt. No, I mean you cousin Makl.” “Little cousin Makl?” Xarn laughed. “A nursemaid is more likely to think he is the one in need of coddling.” “You haven’t seen your cousin in years. He’s grown into quite the warrior.” At the bristling stance of the purple males, she smiled and added. “Not as good as you all of course, but now that you’ve got mates to care for, it’s best to leave these types of quests to unattached males.” Brax snorted. “That’s not a quest. It’s an errand. How dangerous can it be to hire a nanny?” “Not just any nanny,” his mother said with a feral grin that spelled trouble. “A human one who knows how to care for children.” “Too easy,” Brax said. “Wish I’d thought of it,” Tren said. “Um, how is he going to find her?” Louisa asked. “Isn’t my planet off limits?”

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The laughter told her more than words how ridiculous that question was in her current company. Annoyed, she fixed her mates with a stare. “You better hope he’s successful, because in about eight months, dudes, you’re going to be in the same boat.” She patted her tummy, her grin a mile wide when her purple warriors suddenly needed the wall to keep themselves upright. God, she loved her purple mates, and she thanked her lucky stars every day that an alien abduction led her to them. Oh, and sometimes she threw in a thank you to the minor god Murphy too, just because she knew it irritated her mates. Life couldn’t get any better. And even more awesome according to her dual abductors, it was forever. * In the obsidian galaxy, far, far away… Makl grumbled as he stalked through the marketplace. Sent on an errand indeed. Did his Aunt Muna not realize he had more important things to do than to fetch a nanny for his stupid cousin? What was so hard about placing an ad and conducting interviews until someone could be found to care for the spawn created by his egotistical cousin Tren and his barbarian female? Next thing he knew, they’d ask him to buy toys, or mind the child. How degrading. Although, the idea of flouting the laws and brazenly going to the barbarian planet to steal a female did sound like fun. While his reputation as a fighter was building, he still had a ways to go before he came out from under the shadow of his numerous cousins. Stalking past the marketplace, he headed toward his favorite brothel, determined to relieve his cock before undertaking the stupidly long voyage. He stopped dead though at the sight on stage. It seemed the goddess of Karma was smiling his way because there, dressed in a floor length cloak, head bowed, 150

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hands clasped was a human, or so the announcer claimed as he extolled her many virtues which would make her fetch a hefty price. Not that he planned to pay for her. As the Galactic Avenger, he would take her from right under her new owner’s nose. And maybe laugh while he did it. Little did he know, a bored deity was lurking, and with a giggle, did what he did best—frukx up the best laid plans and intentions.

The End Stay tuned for the next Alien Abduction installment, coming late 2012/early 2013.

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Author Biography So you want to know a little about me? Well, I'm in my later thirties, married eleven years to a wonderful, supportive man—yes, he's a hunk—who gave me three beautiful, noisy children aged eleven, eight and six. I work as a webmistress and customer service rep from home, and in my spare time—of which there is tragically too little—I write, read, or Wii. I was born in British Columbia, but being a military brat lived a little bit everywhere—Quebec, New Brunswick, Labrador, Virginia (USA), and finally Ontario. My family and I recently relocated to the Ottawa area to be closer to family and now that we’re here, I’m sure they’ll be putting the ‘For Sale’ sign up on their lawns soon lol. Wow, was that ever boring! Now for the fun stuff. I'm writing romance the way I like it—hot with a touch of humor and spice. I tend to have a lot of sexual tension in my tales as I think all torrid love affairs start with a tingle in our tummies. My heroes are very male; you could even say borderline chest thumping at times, but they all have one thing in common; an everlasting love and devotion to their woman. Visit me on the Web for news on current and upcoming releases at

http://www.EveLanglais.com Thanks for reading.

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More Books by Eve Langlais Published by Amira Press:

Published by Eve Langlais

Alien Mate Alien Mate 2 Alien Mate 3 Broomstick Breakdown Dating Cupid Taming Her Wolf His Teddy Bear Scared of Spiders The Hunter (Realm series) Pack Series: Book 1: Defying Pack Law, Book 2: Betraying The Pack

The Geek Job

Furry United Coalition Series: Bunny And The Bear (#1) Swan And The Bear (#2) Freakn’ Shifters Delicate Freakn’ Flower (#1) Jealous And Freakn’ (#2) Alien Abduction Series: Accidental Abduction Intentional Abduction Dual Abduction

Published by Liquid Silver Books:

Crazy Date With Death Hybrid Misfit Last Minion Standing Toxic Wickedest Witch Princess of Hell Series: Lucifer’s Daughter, Snowballs In Hell, Hell’s Revenge

Cyborgs: More Than Machines C791 (#1) F814(#2 coming soon)

Published by Cobblestone Press: A Ghostly Ménage Apocalypse Cowboy Cleopatra’s Men Fire and Ice My Secretary Series

Published by Champagne Books:

Chance’s Game (Realm series) Take A Chance (Realm series)

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