by Marla Monroe
“What’s worrying you?” Edward asked frowning at him.
“I don’t know. I guess I’m having trouble accepting that things are different here. It worries me to trust someone else to give us the information we need. Back on Earth we couldn’t trust anyone or we ran the risk of losing our farms.”
“I hear you, man, but it is different here. They need us as much as we need them. The only way anyone will survive here is by pulling together and helping each other,” Edward said.
Porter looked out around them at the strange new sights surrounding them. A lot had changed from the first pictures they’d been shown while on the shuttle. New families didn’t have to put up their own fences anymore. Everything was set up for them from the start with the exception of starting a garden. They’d found that it saved time and prevented accidents from happening when there was already a fence in place.
There were five carpenter families on Alpha now that shared the work of building new homes. The supply ships from Earth arrived every three months bringing partially constructed housing now along with the last of Earth’s stores of supplies for them to manufacture their own things. It looked as if there would only be another few years before the Earth’s sun destroyed what was left of their original home. He didn’t think the women knew this since Hannah still hoped her sister might have a chance at a normal life. He wouldn’t be telling her about it either.
“Ready to start plowing?” Edward asked.
“Yeah. We need to get this ready for planting as soon as possible. You want to start off on the tractor?” Porter asked.
“Yeah. You keep watch while I get it started.” Edward strode toward the barn like structure where their equipment was stored. The back side was open to the fenced in area while the front side had a door that stayed latched.
Porter watched as Edward used the battery start up then drove the tractor out into the sunshine where the solar panels would convert the sun’s rays to power the tractor. When he started turning the earth, Porter kept vigil with the rifle cradled in his arms like a child.
Several times he noticed small animals that resembled a dog poking their heads up several yards on the other side of the fence, but they didn’t attempt to venture closer or stay long. Porter didn’t trust that they wouldn’t try and sneak closer, so he made frequent passes near the fence line checking the area. Phillip had warned them to watch for holes being dug under the fences. The thought of one of them getting under the fence to attack Hannah worried him. He planned to make sure she learned how to shoot as soon as possible.
After nearly two hours of plowing, Edward stopped the tractor at the end of one row and climbed off the machine to stretch. Porter walked over to see how he was doing.
“Need a break?” he asked the other man.
“Yeah. I’m going to grab a drink. Do you want something?”
“I’m fine. I’ll go ahead and take over the plow.” Porter handed off the rifle and walked toward the tractor. “Oh, there’ve been some of those dog things out there watching, but they don’t get very close.”
Edward grunted but nodded and turned to head for the backdoor to the house. It was obvious to Porter that the other man was a bit stiff by the way he limped as he walked. Neither one of them had gotten much exercise while on the shuttle. Instead, they’d been learning about the planet and how to survive.
One he’d climbed up on the plow, Porter started it and resumed plowing their garden. He figured another four or five passes over it and it would be ready to row up for planting. He doubted they would get it rowed before night fall even with the extra hour in the day. Still, considering everything they’d done and the late start they’d gotten, Porter was happy with their progress.
He realized it had been a few minutes since Edward had gone inside for that drink and wondered if something was wrong. Then he smiled to himself. If he’d been Edward, he’d have taken advantage of having a few minutes alone with their woman. No doubt that was what his partner was doing right then. A little envy broke through, but to his relief, true jealousy didn’t rear its head at the thought of the other man with Hannah. Porter felt only relief that he didn’t have to shoulder all the burden of keeping her safe among the dangers that Alpha provided. Hannah would be kept safe.
* * * *
Hannah heard the back door open then close and figured one of the men had come inside to get something to drink. She left the book she’d been reading about the first years on Alpha that someone had put together and went in search of whichever man had come inside. She nearly screamed when Edward walked into the living room as she rounded the corner from the office.
“Goodness. You startled me. Is everything okay?” she asked looking to see if Porter had come in with him.
“It’s going well. The garden will be ready to row up tomorrow and plant by tomorrow afternoon.” Edward wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close. “What have you been up to?”
“I was reading that book about what life has been like here so far. It was on one of the desks and I thought it would help me be better prepared if I knew more about what to expect.”
“Good idea. How are you feeling this afternoon?”
Hannah wasn’t sure what he meant. “I’m fine.”
He chuckled. “Not too sore?”
She felt her skin warm at the reference to their morning romp. She could only shake her head, her throat too clogged with embarrassment to say anything.
“I really want a taste of that sweet pussy, honey.” He backed her slowly toward the couch. “Think I could sneak a taste before going back outside?”
“Uh, I…” She didn’t know what to say. The arm of the couch hit her right below the ass and she nearly fell backward.
“Easy there, sweet thing.” Edward went to his knees in front of her and unfastened her pants, watching her face the entire time he undressed her. She could tell he was trying not to frighten her, but she wasn’t scared, just surprised.
“You taste so sweet, Hannah. I’ll make you feel real good, honey,” he said as he helped her out of her shoes and then her pants and panties. “I’m going to talk to Porter about making it a rule that you can’t wear panties when we’re around. It takes too long to get you naked.”
She couldn’t stop the chuckle that escaped and put her hand over her mouth when it did. The expression on Edward’s face once she was naked from the waist down had her drawing in a deep breath. Hunger wild and deep darkened his light blue eyes. He closed his eyes and drew in a deep breath before standing back up and lifting her so that her ass rested on the arm of the couch.
“Don’t move, honey. I don’t want you to fall.”
“Fall?” She asked then gasped as he went back to his knees and spread her legs, lifting them over his shoulders.
The movement threw her back against the seat cushions of the couch with her butt still resting on the arm. She was spread wide open to him with her legs over his shoulders. This position had her pussy front and center to his intense gaze leaving her unable to move away.
“What are you doing?”
“Getting my little taste of heaven, Hannah,” he said just before he buried his face against her pussy and growled.
The vibrations against her clit had her squeezing her own eyes shut for a second at the amazing sensations tingling over the bundle of nerves. Then he licked her slit with long slow swipes of his tongue, teasing her folds before lapping again. He groaned as if in pain, but Hannah doubted that was the reason behind the sensuous sound.
His fingers were kneading her inner thighs like a kitten. One hand moved away and she gasped as he inserted two fingers just inside her wet opening. She couldn’t believe she was lying over the couch while he ravished her like this. What about Porter? Would he be upset if he found out what Edward was doing to her? There wasn’t supposed to be any jealousy, but they didn’t know each other very well yet.
“Your pussy tastes better than candy, Hannah. I could feast on you and not get enough of how
you taste,” Edward said around another groan.
He pressed his two fingers in deeper then pulled them out slowly. Over and over he sank them deeper inside of her until he was all the way up to his knuckles inside her cunt. When he moved them around inside of her, brushing over sensitive spots, Hannah hissed out a loud “yes,” causing him to stop and stroke that spot again and again.
“Right there, honey? Does that feel good?” he asked.
She couldn’t answer him when he sucked on her clit at the same time his busy fingers rasped over that sweet spot inside her cunt. Pleasure bloomed fast, spreading out from her abdomen through her bloodstream to include every inch of her body. It felt like warm chocolate syrup pouring over her body, encasing her in sinfully decadent pleasure. She never wanted to move from that spot.
“I take it that felt good,” Edward said with a chuckle. “I bet Porter knows what we’re up to in here. What do you think?”
“Oh, my, God! I was that loud? Is he going to be mad? I don’t want him to get mad at us.” She tried to reach up to him so she could get off the couch.
When he didn’t take her hand to help her sit up, she tried to roll over so she could roll off the couch. His hand shot out that time but only to hold her firmly in place.
“I told you to be still so you wouldn’t fall, Hannah. Don’t worry about Porter. He isn’t going to be upset. We’re all three together now. We’re each going to want some alone time with you once in a while.” Edward frowned down at her. “You don’t need to worry about upsetting us. We’ll work things out between us. It’s not your concern.”
She started to interrupt him, but the sight of him unfastening his jeans left her with her mouth hanging open. He was going to screw her right then and there. From the looks of his dick, he’d been as turned on by the oral sex as she’d been. He was swollen and throbbing as he lowered his pants letting his cock free.
“Like what you see, honey? It’s all yours,” he said with a grin.
Hannah closed her mouth and relaxed back against the cushions once again. Her belly ached from her attempts to raise herself up despite being unbalanced on the couch’s arm. Edward lowered himself over her, placing his hands on either side of her head. The focused look he gave her left no doubt as to his intentions. He planned to ravish her better than any of the historical rakes she’d read about in her books.
She watched as he slowly lowered his head until he was barely a whisper away from her. His lips brushed hers then he nipped her lower lip before she felt the press of his cockhead against her pussy. He nipped again then buried his face against her neck as he pressed forward with a deep groan.
“So good. So fucking good, honey,” he said in a muffled voice.
All Hannah could manage was a sigh as he slipped deeper inside of her. She’d never thought of herself as particularly sexual, but Edward and Porter made her feel sexy and needy all at the same time. She liked how she felt when they touched her. How could she feel this way after knowing them less than a day?
“What is it, Hannah? Am I hurting you?” Edward started to pull back from her.
She wrapped her arms around his neck to keep him there. “No! I’m confused, I guess. How can I feel this good with both of you when I don’t even know you yet?”
“We’re your men, honey. It’s okay to feel that way with us. There’s nothing wrong with wanting us as much as we want you,” he said, looking into her eyes. “We’ll get to know each other better over time. Right now, we’re sexually attracted to each other and that’s a good thing.”
She liked to see him smile. He hadn’t smiled when she’d first met him at the station, but then there had been the fact that she’d replaced their true wife. She didn’t want to think about that anymore. They were hers and she was theirs now. That was all that mattered. She pulled him down and kissed him.
Her kiss must have been what he needed to know that she was okay. He plunged into her cunt with one swift shift of his hips and all other thoughts flew out of her head. He felt so good inside of her.
Edward watched her face as he thrust in and out of her in slow deep strokes. She wrapped her legs around his waist and lifted her hips to meet each drive of his cock deep into her pussy. Hannah couldn’t say anything, her voice frozen with emotion. She’d never connected to anyone like she was to Edward right then. His eyes told her how much he enjoyed what they were doing, but they also told her she mattered. She felt him touch her all the way to her soul.
Pleasure built once again as he slowly increased his strokes until they were both sweating and gasping for breath. His intense stare held her gaze until her orgasm took her away, and she squeezed her eyes shut as she called out his name and soared. She dimly heard him shout hers a few seconds later and felt the heated pulses of his cum filling her.
When she opened her eyes again, it was to find his head thrown back with his eyes squeezed shut, enjoying his last tremors of release. Then he opened them and smiled.
“Just what a man needs after a day’s work, honey. Thanks.” He slowly pulled from her and helped her sit up on the arm of the couch.
“Um, I don’t think you’ve had a full day’s work yet, though,” she said with a shy smile.
He chuckled. “I expect Porter will agree with you on that. I better hurry on out there before he comes hunting me.”
Before she could do it herself, Edward knelt and started putting her clothes back on her. She felt embarrassed now that the heat of the moment and all had passed. She started to walk away once she was dressed, but he pulled her into his arms and kissed her soundly on the lips.
“Thanks, Hannah. We’ll be back inside for dinner in a few hours.” Edward released her and walked toward the kitchen to go out the back door.
Hannah touched her fingers to her lips, savoring the kiss for a brief moment. To her, that kiss was so much more than it would have been before their tryst. They shared something more than just sex that time. She felt a little better about their relationship now. She hoped he was on the way to forgiving her for her deception now because Hannah could see herself falling in love with him very easily. Love him while he carried a grudge would break her heart and just might break her spirit as well.
Chapter Six
“Looks like we’ve got it all planted, baby girl. You’ve worked hard today,” Porter said, wiping his arm across his forehead.
“I can’t believe how fast it went with all three of us working on it. Now all I have to do is keep it watered and weeded. I still can’t believe it will grow as fast as they say it will. Doesn’t seem possible,” she said picking up the empty packets of seeds. “I’ll pick up out here then clean up and start dinner.”
“Why don’t we all pick up and go get a shower? Then we can each make our own sandwiches tonight. I think we all deserve a rest,” Edward said, dropping a kiss on her nose.
“Sounds good to me.” Porter followed Edward as they took the garden tools to the doors leading down to the basement.
Hannah watched them and found herself thinking about that morning when they’d made love to her before getting up. She couldn’t believe how giving they were. Men weren’t usually so sensitive to a woman’s needs. She hoped it would last long enough for her to get used to them and their relationship. Learning to live with two men wasn’t easy to do. Plus, they’d gotten started out on the wrong foot to begin with. Feeling comfortable with her place in their lives still hadn’t happened for her yet.
She carried the empty see sacks to the cellar where they would store them until they needed to obtain more seeds next year. Nothing was wasted. Anything that couldn’t be reused was turned into fuel for winter.
Just as she reached the steps to the cellar, Porter climbed up and took her burden. He smiled and turned away to carry the box of empty seed bags down. That left her with nothing more to do except go inside. Hannah hurried to the back door and raced inside to make it to the shower before the guys made it. She wanted to at least rinse off before one or both of them joined her
. She felt as if she had dirt caked on her skin like a second layer.
The warm water felt great as she stepped into it and plunged her head under the pulsing stream. By the time the men arrived, she’d actually finished washing up and was shampooing her hair.
“What took you so long?” she asked in a teasing voice.
“Heard the radio when we walked inside and stopped to talk to Cam and Phillip. They want us to come over tomorrow around lunch time to visit and talk,” Edward said as he stepped in behind her.
Immediately nerves began to jumble her stomach. She froze for a second with her hands in her hair and shampoo sliding down her face.
“Whoa there, honey. You’re getting shampoo in your eyes. Let’s get you rinsed off before you burn them.” Edward urged her beneath the spray and proceeded to rinse her hair, making sure she got all of the soap off her face.
“Thanks,” she managed to say before stepping out of the shower.
He let her go seeming not to have notice anything was wrong. She wasn’t as lucky with Porter though. He wrapped a towel around her head before gently patting her skin with another.
“What’s wrong, baby girl? I can tell something is up.”
She licked her lips. “I’m just nervous about meeting the others. I mean what’s going to happen when you introduce me as Hannah and not Gladys?”
He froze this time then he shrugged. “Nothing. I doubt they even knew who was going to be our wife. They probably only knew that they were getting more help with the crops. I don’t want you worrying about it. Okay?”
She nodded, but Hannah couldn’t just forget. Now she had all night to worry. The one thing she was looking forward to was learning more about the planet and seeing their daughter, Julie who was two. It would be nice to be friends with Lacy since they would be so close to each other. She knew that another farming family lived on the other side of them. She didn’t know how often she would see them though. She wasn’t sure if they had a child or not.
