“Are you always this irritated when you first wake up?” Laith asked, switching to German.
She turned onto her back and stretched. “You two must bring out the warm fuzzies in me.”
David snorted. “Life with you will certainly be interesting.”
She tensed and looked like she had something she wanted to say. “You never told me how you knew my language.”
He got the impression that wasn’t what she wanted to say.
“My last name is Ballack. Haven’t you guessed?”
“You’re German?”
“Yep. Born in Dusseldorf.”
“I knew standard English, of course, but when David became my blood-kin he taught me German. That is why he chose your camp to find a female to take.”
“You told her about us?” David asked incredulously.
“I told her everything, David. Including Julyah. Obviously, the plan is off, so we must think of something new.”
“Kath probably reviewed that station brawl,” David said. “It’s prudent to believe that our identities have been discovered. If we show up at the market more than likely his men will see us.”
Laith grunted his agreement.
“So Kath took Rell because she’s valuable,” Jordan said. “Why not lure him into a trap?”
“How?”
“Parade us through the market. When he comes to confront you, attack.”
“Hm,” he muttered. “That sounds possible.”
“Possible? You just don’t want to admit my plan is a better scenario than yours was,” she teased. “Score for me.”
Laith tickled her, and she squealed, laughing when he didn’t let up. David wasn’t sure what had happened in the few hours he’d been knocked out, but he liked the change. Laith seemed less uptight, and Jordan laughing? Two miracles.
And then the light play began to shift. Tickles turned to caresses and laughter to moans. David’s cock hardened, filling up the confined space in his trousers uncomfortably. The unyielding material had not been designed with lust in mind. He turned to curl up to Jordan’s back and his side screamed in protest, but it didn’t deter him from his goal. All his instincts were screaming at him to take her, possess her, claim her in the most primitive way possible.
He ground himself into her backside, loving how she cradled him, and imagined taking her from this position. Like wild beasts rutting toward ultimate fulfillment, burying himself as deep as possible so his seed would take root and grown within her womb. He’d never had such a primal need before, and it shook him to his core.
“I want you, Jordan,” he murmured into her ear. “Will you give yourself to me like you gave yourself to Laith?”
She turned her head, and he saw desire pooling in the depths of her brown eyes. “I want you, too. But I still won’t say yes.”
That confused him, but he didn’t dwell on it for too long because she leaned up and kissed him, and he opened his mouth to deepen it, sliding his tongue against hers with a moan. When the kiss broke, she stared at him with fever-bright eyes, and a devilish smile played on her lips.
“I want to try something,” she said.
Her words sounded naughty, and his dick jerked in response. “What?”
“Take me from behind,” she said. “Boys used to talk about it, and I want to know how it feels.”
He almost exploded right then and there. He came back from the brink with considerable force, but he couldn’t wait to sink into her wet heat.
****
Laith placed his hand behind her neck and pulled her into his body. Her hands rested on his chest, and she could feel his heat burning through his shirt, his muscles rippling with every breath he took. David moved in behind her, effectively sandwiching her between the two rock hard bodies. Feeling them against her, one in front and one in back, rendered her thoughtless, and before she could gather her wits and process what was happening, Laith’s mouth swooped down and covered hers.
As his forked tongue probed the secret places of her mouth an electrical current charged through her body. His lips were voracious, taking everything she had to give and demanding even more, and it made her juices run between her legs as need pumped hot and heavy through her blood.
He broke the kiss so David could divest her of her clothes. It didn’t take long, and she couldn’t help but notice that Laith had gone to bed naked, a fact revealed when he swept the sheet aside and she saw his cock standing upright, fluid leaking from the tip. David’s hand on her head alerted her to what he wanted her to do, and happily, she bent forward to engulf Laith’s cock with her mouth. The position thrust her ass out, and David positioned her legs a little wider.
Her heart thundered as she took Laith into her mouth. She’d never done this before and wondered what he would like, what turned him on. His essence tasted a little salty but also a little sweet, and she sucked to get more moisture out of it. Laith groaned and thrust upward. Unprepared, she gagged a little as he hit the back of her throat and her mouth closed involuntarily.
“Ah!” he gasped. “Be careful of your teeth.”
She widened her jaw and pulled her teeth away. Laith began to move his hips, pumping into her mouth, and Jordan wasn’t sure if she liked what he was doing or not. It wasn’t all that comfortable.
But then she got distracted as she felt David behind her. His tongue touched her pussy from behind, licking up her seam, flickering against her clit. She shuddered and wiggled, wanting more. His hands came to rest upon her ass cheeks, holding onto her, as he made a meal of her juices, causing her to moan around the hard dick in her mouth. The vibration must have felt good because Laith shivered and picked up the pace, fucking her mouth with quick jabs.
There was no way she was going to last, not with having her pussy licked so completely. She felt the orgasm rising up, breaking over her like a tidal wave hitting the shore. Pleasure burst, flushing through her body, and she convulsed around David’s tongue. Before she drifted down from her high, he withdrew, and she heard the rustle of clothes and knew he’d just taken off his pants. Then he was pressing into her, stretching her as he worked his big cock into her wet hole.
“Damn, you feel good,” David said a bit breathlessly.
He began to pump, thrusting in and out of her with abandon. His fingers dug into her skin, holding on tight as he moved in her with strong, deep strokes. It was Laith who exploded first. He pushed deep into her mouth, holding her head still, and she felt him tense just before his hot cum shot into her throat. After the second load, she thought she might choke, but swallowed as much of the sticky jizz as she could. Some of it dribbled out the side of her mouth.
When he was done, he let go of her head and fell back to watch David pound into her. Laith’s release must have sent David over the top because he was grunting now as he sweat ran down his body to drip onto her. Laith moved and ran his hand down her hip, over her pelvis, to slip inside her curls and find her clit. He didn’t seem to mind that he also felt David. It only took two light rubs to make the world explode again. She cried out and convulsed around the rod pushing into her, and a second later his cock swelled as he exploded in a deep, hoarse cry.
It was several long minutes before David collapsed onto her back. He slid from her body, and all three dissolved into a boneless heap.
She lay there for a long time, trying to come to terms with her actions. She had to keep reminding herself that sex was just sex. She’d heard that often enough in the camp as her friends tried to talk girls into dark alleys. But as much as she tried to warn her heart not to get involved, she was afraid it was already too late.
Chapter Eleven
Laith had always considered himself brave, a true Xyran fighter. But as he sat in front of the viewscreen, his fingers hesitating over the call button, he doubted his own strength to say the words he needed to say.
He took a deep breath. He couldn’t ignore this, couldn’t put this call off. Forcing himself to put it through, he waited with bated breath for hi
s father to answer. Instead, his mother’s face appeared.
“Laith,” she said. She didn’t smile at him in greeting, and his stomach sank.
“Mother,” he whispered. “I … need you. I need to talk to Father.”
Her shoulders relaxed, and a soft smile came across her face. “Of course, Laith. We’re both here for you. No matter what.”
In the next second, his father appeared next to his mother, and the weight of the past settled on Laith’s shoulders. He bowed his head in shame at all the things he’d said to them in the past. The accusations, the hate, and the lies. His words were a poison lingering in his soul.
“Laith,” his father said with concern. “How can I help you?”
He opened his mouth to tell him, but the words stuck in his throat.
His father held up a hand. “Let me call you back on a secure channel. All right?”
Laith nodded, and the viewscreen went dark. He didn’t have long to wait for his father to hail back, but the few seconds allowed him to gather his wits. When his father’s call came through he opened the viewscreen immediately, noticing his mother was gone.
His father looked older. Grey turning his black hair to iron, lines bracketing his mouth. He’d aged a lot in the year since Julyah’s death.
“Now,” his father said. “How can I help you, Laith?”
Laith took a deep, steadying breath. “First of all, I need to apologize for all the things I have said over the years. How I accused you of being a traitor to your race because of your beliefs. How I scoffed at your concerns over my enlistment. I am so sorry, Father.”
“There is no reason to be,” his father murmured. “I raised you to know your own mind, and you had to follow your own path. I understand. I was once a headstrong youth myself, you know.”
Laith took a deep breath. “My path has brought me back to you, and I need your help.”
“Anything.”
“I need a way to save an Alphan child.”
His father’s mouth fell open. “What?”
“Also, I have found my mate.”
At this point, his mother pushed his father out of his chair and took over the call. “Oh, really? None of your brothers have found a female mate yet. Could I possibly have a grandchild soon?”
The thought of a pregnancy suddenly hit him between the eyes because he hadn’t given birth control any thought. His mother clapped her hands happily. He shook his head and held up his hand.
“Please, Mother, this is not the time. I need to save—”
“I know,” she said. “I was listening. You want to help save an Alphan child.”
“A female child.”
She waved his father over, and they crowded onto the small screen. “We know the perfect man.”
****
The planet where the Targin Market was located wasn’t at all what Jordan expected. The conditions were so bad nothing could exist on the surface. Storms blew constantly, fierce winds blowing hundreds of miles an hour. It reminded her of a hurricane, only never ending. David landed the ship down into the ground where a large hanger had opened. He powered the ship down immediately as a vehicle came up to manually maneuver the ship down a runway where several other ships were parked in the huge underground docking station.
“Do you think one of those ships belongs to Kath?” Jordan asked.
“One can only hope,” Laith muttered.
“I need to talk to Rell,” she said. “I’ll be back.”
The little girl was in the galley, digging through the food packs even though she was already munching on something she’d found. She smiled up at Jordan and held out an opened silver packet, but Jordan shook her head. She still hadn’t gotten used to Xyran food.
“Rell, we need to talk about this plan to get you back to your people.”
Rell sat back on her haunches and blinked up at her. “All right.”
“How much do you know about the Xyrans?”
“My father calls Xyrans bad names, ones I’m not supposed to say. But you’ve told me that one is helping us.”
“He is. But you know there’s fighting going on between your people and theirs.”
Rell nodded.
“Well, we can’t really fly to your home because your people might attack us. Does that make sense?”
Again, Rell nodded as she munched, but Jordan wondered just how much the little girl actually comprehended.
“Laith, our Xyran friend, and David, the human, are going to turn us over to someone to smuggle us out.”
“Are you going with me?” Rell asked, looking scared again.
“I am, but you have to play along. Can you do that?”
“Yes. Can I go back to eating?”
Jordan smiled. “Sure, sweetie.”
She watched Rell devour pack after pack of freeze dried food, feeling a little queasy at the unappealing quantity. Maybe because when she’d been a little girl there’d never been enough to eat. Food had been scarce even before the camps, and had only gotten worse once she and her mother had gone inside.
“Rell, I don’t want you to be scared, but David and Laith are going to put chains on us.”
“Pretending chains?”
“No, real chains, but only to hand us over to his friend.”
Her little brow furrowed. “The friend helping us?”
“Yes, sweetie. Do you think you’ll be okay?”
“Will you hold my hand?”
“Of course,” Jordan murmured.
Rell smiled at her, and Jordan hoped everything was going to work itself out. Her gut, however, churned with fear.
****
This would be a fight to the death.
He and David were prepared. They’d been prepared the moment they both swore a blood-oath to bring Kath down. They put on their armor and activated it. Laith felt the material harden unforgivingly. Once he strapped on his claw arm gauntlets, he looked at David who held a helmet under his arm. Under the armor and head gear, no one would be able to tell he was human. It made Laith feel a little better that David would have his back.
“We can’t fail,” David said grimly. “If we fail, he’ll have Jordan.”
“I know.”
David held out his hand, and Laith took it, intertwining their fingers to hold on tightly. There was a wealth of feelings he wanted to get out, but didn’t know how to express everything in his heart.
“You have been my rock,” Laith murmured. “I would never face Kath without you by my side.”
And then he did something he’d never done before. He pulled David toward him and kissed him. He put every single emotion he had into the kiss, all his frustration, fear and gratitude. It wasn’t a sexual kiss, but it was one of full of love. They may not have known each long, but they were closer than brothers, and now, with Jordan by their side, he felt like they were finally complete. Laith now had his own clan, and he’d be damned if he’d allow Kath to take that away. The Xyran had already destroyed part of his family, and he refused to allow the Commander to take any more. When he broke the kiss, he leaned his forehead against David’s.
“When this is over, David, we shall take Jordan as our bonded mate,” he murmured. “We shall form our own clan.”
“Yes,” David replied, panting a little.
“What if you both don’t return?” Jordan whispered, and he turned his head to look at her. She had her arms folded across her chest in a defiant pose, looking angry, but under the tough exterior he saw her vulnerability.
“We will,” he said confidently.
Her mouth flattened with her fear and displeasure. “My father told my mother he would return from deployment. He didn’t.”
Laith let go of David, and they both faced her. “What will it take for you to trust us? To trust in us?”
“I trust you to get Rell home,” she whispered. “But nothing more than that.”
“Jordan—”
She shook her head and turned to leave. “I’m going to get Rell ready.
When are we meeting your friend?”
“He is not our friend,” Laith told her. “He is a smuggler that my father assures me we can trust.”
“Fine,” she snapped. “Your smuggler. I need to make sure Rell is safe.”
“Nobody is safe here,” David told her. “Least of all a little girl.”
Her lips pursed. “You’re right. That’s why I’ve decided to go with her.”
“No,” Laith said, shaking his head. “You are our mate—”
“I am not your mate!” she snapped again. “You may not be slavers anymore, but I have to get back to Earth, and you’re dismissing me like I don’t have a brain in my head.”
“We’re not dismissing you, Jordan,” David said soothingly, holding up his hands. “But Earth is a doomed planet. To stay there is foolish.”
“There are places on Earth that are habitable, that aren’t affected by the crime and destruction. Earth isn’t dead yet.”
“I don’t know why you are acting so selfishly,” Laith said impatiently. “You know how important it is to me, to David, to bring down Kath. Once he is gone, we can talk more about this.”
“Fine,” she snapped again, anger lighting up her eyes. “Go ahead and get yourselves killed. See if I care. All I want to do is return to my home anyway!”
She turned and left as fast as possible, her posture rigid.
“Jordan—” David said, taking a step toward her, but Laith held him back.
“Let her go for now,” Laith ordered. “Her anger is masking her fear, and Jordan is the type of person who needs the anger. She cannot handle being afraid. Besides, we must prepare for Kath.”
“All right,” David said with a nod. “But once this is over we make her ours.”
“I couldn’t agree more.”
****
“Come on, Rell, it’s time,” Jordan said. She was in the small cell, looking around. She had no idea what she was looking for, but her thoughts were scattered.
They had taken her, chosen her for their bizarre path of vengeance, and yet she was the selfish one? Just because she wanted to back to her own planet? Laith had assured her that he’d changed, but that was far from the truth. He might not be selling women in the slave market anymore, but he still wanted to have his harem. Well, she would not surrender to temptation. She hadn’t known them long, but already they’d broken her heart. Her throat tightened and tears burned her eyes, but she refused to cry. It would never have worked anyway because how could she possibly be happy when her mother suffered back on Earth?
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