Worlds Apart (Men of Orion Book 1)

by Laylah Roberts

  “These women are barbarians,” Mikael hissed. “They’re no better than savages. They think they’re the superior sex.” He snorted.

  “Well, sure looks like they’ve got some power over you. I don’t think I’ve seen such a well-spanked ass before.”

  Preston walked around to where Griz was standing and a fierce grin came over his face.

  “Like I said these women are barbarians, they treat men like children. You must take me with you.”

  “Must we?” Preston said, coming around to stand in front of him again. “I don’t think so. You come with us and I’ll kill you as soon as we get back to my ship. However, I leave you here and you’ll be punished over and over again. I can’t think of how I won’t sleep better at night knowing you’re getting exactly as you deserve.” He looked at Griz. “Gag him.”

  Before Mikael could protest, Griz placed the gag back in his mouth. Mikael made protesting noises, but they all ignored him as Griz and Preston pulled him back out of the tent.

  Garret took a moment to hug Kalia.

  “Let’s get out of here,” she whispered.

  He nodded. He couldn’t agree more.

  ***

  Garret didn’t like this at all. His instincts were screaming that something was wrong and that they needed to get out of here. Now. Having Kalia with him only put him more on edge.

  Gisella had offered to escort them back to their shuttle. She’d brought along three of her women and they rode on horses with Kalia while the men walked behind them.

  He wasn’t sure what it was, Gisella had been nothing but hospitable to them. But the way she looked at him made him nervous. Something was about to happen, he just hoped like hell he could protect Kalia when Gisella made her move.

  He watched as Kalia swayed on the horse.

  Garret glanced over at Preston. The other man nodded back at him, he felt it as well. Something was off. Garret sent the others a warning look and they all nodded in understanding.

  Suddenly, five other warrior women ran out of the forest on foot, their spears held up.

  “What’s going on?” Kalia said as Gisella and the other women turned on them, blocking their path. They were trapped on all sides.

  Garret took a fighting stance. He reached under his outfit for the blaster he’d hidden in a holster next to his groin. Luckily, no one had thought to check the men for weapons. He glanced around, and noticed the other men all held blasters.

  He didn’t like the idea of using blasters on women armed only with spears, but he’d do whatever he needed to in order to protect Kalia.

  “Gisella?” Kalia said in a demanding voice. “What is going on?”

  “You should have brought more of your sister warriors with you if you hoped to hold onto your men, Kalia,” Gisella said. “I offered to buy one, but then I thought why not take them all?”

  “Let us go, Gisella. We don’t want to fight you.”

  “Then don’t, you cannot win,” Gisella said in an arrogant voice. “You are one against eight and you are pregnant. We will not harm you in respect for your condition, but you cannot leave with your slaves.”

  “You might want to rethink that,” Garret said, stepping forward to stand beside Kalia.

  “Be quiet, slave,” Gisella ordered.

  “No.” He aimed his blaster at her. “Do you know what this is?”

  “Yes,” Gisella said between gritted teeth. “We are not totally ignorant. The punishment for pulling a weapon on your mistress is death.”

  “Luckily, you’re not my mistress,” Garret said. He waved the hand that held the blaster. “Get out of our way and we won’t hurt you.”

  “You dare to threaten me,” Gisella snarled. Turning her gaze to Kalia she sneered. “You let your slaves speak for you? Where is your pride? Why not face us like a true warrior woman?”

  “Oh, that’s rich,” Preston said, “considering its eight of you against one unarmed, pregnant woman. Now get out of our way. If we don’t return to our ship within the hour you will have a whole lot of men, all armed, descending on you. Is that really what you want? To make war with us?”

  “You do not rule them?” Gisella asked Kalia.

  “No.”

  “You allow them to rule over you,” she said with disgust.

  “No. We don’t have slaves where we come from.”

  “Why lie?”

  “We knew you wouldn’t deal with males,” Garret told her. “We were chasing after Mikael and needed to talk to him. The plan was to take him with us, but realized that leaving him here was better than any punishment we could dish out.”

  “He will not be harmed here,” Gisella said.

  “No, but the humiliation is much better than any physical harm we could do,” Preston told them. “Now we’re wasting time. You know you’re no match for our blasters so you’re going to go back to your village and forget that you ever met us.”

  Gisella said something in a low voice to the other women.

  The women all took a step back, their faces drawn into masks of rage. Gods, he hoped they could make it to the shuttle before they got to their camp and brought back reinforcements. They could overwhelm them through sheer numbers.

  “We’ll need our horse,” Gisella said.

  Garret reached up and helped Kalia down with one arm, keeping his blaster trained on Gisella.

  “Take it.” Keeping Kalia beside him, he stepped forward. The men formed a circle around Kalia, never taking their gaze off the other women.

  “Go,” Gisella said. “But do not ever make the mistake of returning. We will not be caught off guard again.”

  “Don’t worry, we won’t,” Kalia said, leaning on him.

  Gisella took off, the other women following her.

  “Let’s go,” Garret said. “Move fast. I don’t trust them not to come back with reinforcements.”

  “Want me to run ahead and get the shuttle ready?” Siren asked as they jogged along. Garret looked down at Kalia in worry, knowing she wouldn’t be able to keep this up for long. Hell, he wasn’t even sure if it was safe for a pregnant woman to be moving this fast.

  “No,” Garret said. “We need to stick together. Ace can start up the shuttle. You have my com, baby?”

  Kalia nodded. “It’s in my pocket.” She stopped and pulled it out. Garret put it in his ear, activating it before he picked up the pace again. Kalia tripped and he took more of her weight.

  “Cap?” Ace’s voice came through the com. “Everything okay?”

  “Not quite,” Garret replied. “We’re making a fast exit. Can you get the shuttle powered up for us?”

  “Will do,” Ace replied.

  Garret tightened his hold on Kalia.

  “We need to step up the pace,” Siren said, a grin on his face.

  “You’re enjoying this?” Preston asked.

  “Hey, it’s not every day a man has a pack of women chasing him down, wanting to make him their sex slave.”

  Garret groaned. “Focus, Siren.” He handed his blaster to Kalia. “Hold this, baby. We need to move faster.”

  Without stopping he swung her up into his arms and stepped up his pace.

  “Remember they want you as their sex slave,” Griz said to Siren. “They only care about their own pleasure.”

  Siren shrugged. “I got no problem with that.”

  Griz clipped him around the back of the head. “Move faster, idiot.”

  Sweat started dripping down his back, his forehead, but he ignored the discomfort. He had to get them all to that shuttle.

  Just as his lungs were starting to burn, they arrived at the shuttle. They raced inside. Garret quickly put Kalia down as Siren hopped into the pilot’s seat.

  “Here we go. Bye-bye sexy ladies,” Siren called out. Garret looked out the window as they rose into the air and sure enough, there were at least thirty warrior women on horseback, shaking their spears at the shuttle as it rose.

  They’d made it just in time.

  Cha
pter Fourteen

  “What if they don’t like me?” Kalia asked nervously, rolling over to look at Garret. Talon was in the bathroom, showering. They were due to arrive on Talon’s home planet within the next few hours. She was nervous about meeting his family. It was obvious how much Talon cared about them and she wanted to make a good impression on them.

  “Why wouldn’t they like you?” Garret said.

  She rolled her eyes. “I should have known you wouldn’t understand. You’ve never had a lapse of self-confidence in your life. There are plenty of reasons they might not like me. They might think I’m not good enough for you or Talon. Then there’s the fact that my family sold me into slavery. Oh, and that I’m carrying someone else’s baby. They could pretty much hate me for any of those reasons.”

  Garret sat up, looking down at her with a frown. “You don’t have to meet them. We can have the ceremony without them. All we need is a priest. We can get one from a different village.”

  “We can’t do that!” She sat up, horrified. She grasped hold of the blanket, pulling it up to cover her bare chest. “Then they would really hate me! Urgh, you don’t understand. I’m going to have a shower.”

  She tried to move off the bed when he grabbed her arm. “I don’t want you worrying over this. If meeting Talon’s parents scares you then we won’t be going.”

  She realized he meant every word. Garret had been even more protective than usual since their close escape on Karem. It hadn’t helped that she’d fainted once they’d arrived back on the Orion. She guessed it had been a while since she’d eaten and whatever they’d given her to drink had made her extremely lightheaded.

  Since then he’d been extra vigilant over what she ate and drank and how much rest she got. She should have felt smothered, but it was kind of nice to be fussed over. The only people who had ever cared about her had been her sisters and even they hadn’t given her such attention. Her parents had always been too busy to spend time with their children and the series of nannies and tutors they’d had over the years hadn’t stuck around long enough to form any real relationships.

  Reaching up, she cupped his cheek. “I really do love you.”

  Garret’s eyes grew darker, his cheeks flushing. “I know you do.”

  He couldn’t say it. He might not ever be able to, but she knew he loved her as well.

  “I’m fine. I’m just a bit nervous.”

  “They’re going to love you, I promise,” Talon interjected. She turned to find him standing in the doorway to the bathroom.

  Kalia blushed. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like I don’t want to meet them. I’m acting silly.”

  “No, you’re not.” Talon held out his arms and she stepped into them. He kissed the top of her head, offering her comfort. “I have no doubt I’d feel the same way if things were reversed and we were about to meet your family.”

  “Believe me,” she told him. “You’re better off never meeting them. Well, I kind of wish you could meet my sisters. I miss them. But you’re better off never meeting my mother and father.”

  Sadness filled her. She knew she was never likely to see her sisters again.

  “Why don’t we take your mind off meeting my parents, hmm?” Talon said as he steered her back. Garret grabbed her around the hips, settling her on his lap. He placed her legs over his then drew his legs apart.

  Talon kneeled between their open legs and parted her pussy lips. “So pink and beautiful. I love this pussy. It’s addictive.”

  She gasped as he tapped her clit with his tongue. He licked at it like it was his favorite ice cream before sucking. Lick, suck, lick, suck. He soon had her crying out, her whole body trembling. Garret held her still, not allowing her to move, to thrust her hips forward, to push herself against Talon’s tongue.

  Garret shifted his hold, moving his hands up to her breasts where he played with her nipples, pinching them, rolling them between his thumbs and forefingers.

  They kept her right on the edge, driving her higher and higher, pulling away just as she was about to come.

  “Nooo, please,” she cried out with need. The torture was too much.

  Suddenly, Talon thrust his tongue deep into her pussy and she shouted as arousal washed through her, sweeping her away.

  She lay back against Garret, panting heavily. “I’m dead. I can’t move.”

  “We’re not quite finished yet, baby,” Garret said in her ear before lifting her and placing her on her feet. He stood, then turned her around to face the bed.

  Talon lay on his back, his hips at the edge of the bed, his legs dangling over the side.

  He was pumping his cock with one hand, his other arm bent behind his head.

  “Okay, princess?” Garret asked as he kept one arm around her waist to steady her. His fingers plucked at one of her nipples.

  She nodded, watching Talon as he squeezed his cock, drawing some precum from the end.

  “Do you want his cock?”

  “Yes,” she replied.

  “Where? Where do you want his cock?” Garret asked.

  “In my pussy,” she whispered.

  “And what about my cock?” he asked, pushing it against her lower back. “Do you want my cock?”

  “Oh yes.”

  “Where would you like it?”

  She blushed, unable to believe she was going to say it. “In my bottom,” she whispered. They’d been working her up to this with an adjustable butt plug that Garret often made her wear for hours at a time. He’d been increasing the size each night until it was close to his own cock.

  “Gods, I can’t wait to get my dick in your tight ass.”

  “Stop talking and someone start fucking me, already,” Talon demanded.

  “As impatient as always,” Garret whispered in her ear, making her grin.

  He helped her straddle Talon’s lap, guiding the other man’s cock into her pussy.

  Talon pulled her down until their bellies met. “I don’t know about this position, what if we squash the baby?” Talon said worriedly, looking over her shoulder at Garret.

  “You won’t squash the baby,” she said with a moan of delight as Talon wriggled his hips.

  “Talon’s right,” Garret decided. “Talon, you take her first and I’ll prepare her.”

  Kalia refrained from rolling her eyes. Barely. Sometimes they were overprotective to the point of ridiculousness. But they were her overprotective idiots and she loved them.

  “Ride me, darlin’.” Talon ordered huskily, guiding her with his hands on her hips as she drove herself up and down his thick cock. She rested her hands on the mattress. Moving one hand, he cupped her breast, running his thumb across the nipple.

  “Ohh,” she moaned with ecstasy. Garret pulled her ass cheeks apart and covered her asshole with cool lubricant.

  “Does that feel good, darlin’?” Talon asked her, capturing her gaze with his. “My cock in your pussy? Garret’s fingers in your ass?”

  Garret pressed a finger deep inside her as Talon spoke, making her pause as her nerve endings lit up.

  “Yes. Gods, yes,” she cried. “More. I need more.”

  “Your wish is my command, princess,” Garret told her huskily as he pushed a second finger inside her, pumping in and out. Combined with Talon’s cock in her pussy, Kalia felt excited, wild.

  Both men worked in tandem, thrusting in and out and it wasn’t long until she was screaming her release, her pussy pulsating around Talon’s cock.

  “Oh fuck, yes!” he cried as he followed her over the edge.

  As soon as Talon came, Garret removed his fingers from her ass and helped her off Talon, positioning her on all fours, her ass at the edge of the bed.

  “Tell me if I’m moving too fast,” he told her.

  “I don’t want to wait,” she said. “I’m ready.”

  “Just relax and push back,” Garret told her.

  Talon rolled toward her and took her mouth in a deep kiss as Garret pushed his cock slowly inside her. She t
ensed as her muscles stretched.

  Talon ran his hand over her back as he moved onto his knees. “Easy, darlin’, just stay relaxed. Take a deep breath in and let it out slowly.”

  She followed his advice and Garret eased his way inside her, completely filling her. Talon kissed his way down her back, sending small shivers through her body. Garret moved, drawing back before driving slowly inside her.

  “Gods, that feels so good. I’m not going to last long, baby. Talon, help her.”

  Talon reached down and circled her clit with his finger.

  “Oh, it’s too much,” she cried out in protest. Her clit was too sensitive.

  Talon pulled away from her clit, instead pushing two fingers deep inside her. He curled his fingers inside her, rubbing against that special spot.

  She hadn’t thought it possible, but she felt herself rising toward orgasm once more. Talon kept up the pressure as Garret moved faster, harder, almost slamming against her.

  Garret let out a low shout and she felt his release in her ass as he came, shuddering. Talon continued to rub against that spot inside her until orgasm rushed through, making her head spin and her heart race so hard she thought she’d pass out. She collapsed on her side on the bed. Talon drew her against him.

  “Well, looks like I need another shower,” he said with a wink.

  ***

  Kalia resisted the urge to grab hold of Garret and Talon as they stepped out of the Orion. She didn’t want to appear weak in front of Talon’s family. She’d learned that one of Talon’s fathers was a lion shifter, his other father was an eagle shifter and his mother was a panther. Every shifter went through a ceremony when they reached puberty and were chosen by an animal spirit.

  She wondered if anyone was ever chosen by a mouse or a fly. That would kind of suck. Talon’s lion father was also the chief of the village.

  So, no pressure or anything to make a good impression.

  Talon pushed out ahead, striding toward a striking looking couple who were walking toward them.

  He wrapped his arms around the tall, sleek woman, hugging her tight. She hugged him back before stepping away so Talon could greet the man. It was obvious that he was his father; the resemblance between them was unmistakable.