The Ta'e'sha Chronicles 2: Shards of the Mind

by Theolyn Boese

  She shook her head. “Almost.” She slid around him and nervously approached Barik’s mother, Karenina. The woman’s husband was trying to pull her from her chair, unsuccessfully. He glared halfheartedly at Thea but did not speak.

  Thea knelt before the shattered woman and took her hand.

  Karenina looked at her dazedly. Her hand was limp in Thea’s and her hair had fallen lifelessly around her.

  Thea took a deep breath and opened herself to the other woman’s pain. It was staggering. Sharp spears of agony radiated from her heart. “It wasn’t your fault. None of it was.” She drew the pain slowly away.

  Karenina’s eyes slowly focused on Thea’s face. “How can you know that? Both my children are gone. That is not the son I raised.”

  Thea caressed her face gently and ignored the faint growling noises Karenina’s husband was making. She could feel the anguish lessening and saw the results in the woman’s breathing, which was easier. “Remember him as he was before. Not as he is now.”

  “What did my daughter say to you?” she asked Thea hoarsely.

  Thea sighed and looked down. “It is not for me to say yet.” She patted Karenina’s hand. “Just remember what she said to you.”

  Karenina smiled wanly. “I will.” She touched the globe with a hesitant finger. “That is the color of her eyes. She had such beautiful eyes. Her laugh was as warm as sunshine. My baby girl brought joy to everyone.”

  Thea held out the globe. “Would you like to hold it?”

  The other woman nodded and took the globe gently. “It reminds me of her.” She cradled it gently in her palms. Her husband knelt beside Thea and gently touched a finger to it.

  He looked at Thea sideways. “I know what this is. I absorbed the English language when we were notified of what happened,” he said softly in English. He was referring to the subliminal lessons the Ta’e’sha used to learn languages while they were asleep. “Please do not say anything to my wife if you decide to refuse.”

  Thea looked at him in surprise. “I will not,” she replied softly, also in English. “I can’t decide right now though. It’s too fresh.”

  He nodded. “I understand.”

  Karenina gave Thea back the globe and squeezed her hand. “Thank you for talking to me. Thank you for not hating me.”

  Thea closed off the part of herself that was empathic and stood. “It was a pleasure. May I call on your family before we leave town?”

  Karenina nodded. “I would like that.”

  * * * * *

  Thea stared at the wall. She needed some time to herself, so she had sent the guys off to get some dinner to bring back to the room. Last night had been strained; she wasn’t used to eating dinner with a queen. Hopefully she didn’t offend anyone too badly. She really needed to brush up on Ta’e’shian dining etiquette. On the plus side, the queen was much friendlier than Thea had expected and had asked a great many questions about Earth and her cultures. It was her hope the queen would begin to see humans in a better light. But only time would tell.

  The princess was very shy and had barely spoken through most of the meal. She would ask a few questions and then seem to draw into herself to absorb the answers. It was somewhat disconcerting.

  The Royal Consorts, Bashar and Shaaden, had been more interested in the animals of Earth. Daeshen had gotten along with them very well, since biology was one of his favorite subjects.

  Although Thea now knew more about the physiology of naked mole rats than she had ever wanted to know. The queen had seemed quietly amused by the whole conversation.

  A thump in the hall brought her attention back to the present. A few moments passed and Thea decided it wasn’t her husbands returning. She glanced over at the green globe sitting on the dresser. She had placed a small pillow under it to keep it from rolling off. The small glowing light inside seemed to move closer to the side of the globe. Thea had the impression it was looking out at her. It shimmered gently and spun in circles before returning to the side of the globe again.

  Thea smiled sadly. It was alive. She could feel it in her heart. Every time she looked at it, she felt like it was looking back out at her. She made a mental note to cover it up when she had sex with her husbands.

  The door handle jiggled for a moment and then the door opened. Daeshen and Kyrin marched in wearing identical smirks. Uh oh, she thought to herself. “What’s for dinner?” she asked, ignoring the evil gleams being bestowed upon her.

  “You,” Kyrin replied with a rakish grin.

  “That doesn’t sound very filling,” Thea countered dryly.

  “The filling part is our job,” Daeshen said with a leer.

  Thea had to laugh at that.

  Kyrin dropped a few bags and started digging through them. Thea watched curiously. It’s a good thing I’m not starving, she thought to herself. It looked like dinner had been postponed.

  Kyrin pulled something out a bag and held it up to her with a flourish. It looked like a bodysuit made out of wire.

  She stared at it blankly.

  The men stared at it like kids in a candy store.

  A minute passed.

  “Okay, I give up. What is it?” she finally asked.

  “It’s a Sparker,” Daeshen said in a reverent tone.

  “What’s a Sparker?”

  “We’ll show you, my beauty,” Kyrin replied, drawing her out of her chair. He began unbuttoning her shirt.

  “Umm, babe?” Thea wasn’t sure about wearing a pair of wire underwear with a name that implied electricity. She batted at Kyrin’s hands as he started tugging at her pants. “Guys?”

  They just grinned at her.

  Her muscles started twitching when they didn’t answer her. She grabbed Kyrin’s wrists and shook her head nervously. “No, Kyrin, stop, I don’t want to.”

  He stilled and met her gaze. She trembled. “It’s okay, love. Trust us; you know we won’t hurt you.” He cupped her face, her hands still circling his wrists. “You trusted us once. Trust us again; don’t let him take that from us.” He pressed a gentle kiss against her lips.

  Thea sighed into his mouth and her eyes fluttered closed. He was right, she had trusted them, but now she couldn’t stand them dominating her. She couldn’t tolerate feeling helpless. Her mouth tingled where his lips feathered soft kisses across it.

  She broke the kiss and met his soulful gaze again. She saw the awareness in it. He knew what he was asking of her. If she said no they would respect that, but at what cost? She had missed the delicious sensations of their hands bringing her those painful pleasures she craved. They had missed them as well. But, even more, they had missed the casual touches and being able to enjoy making love without having to think about and weigh the consequences of their every action.

  She slowly released his hands and smiled tremulously. “I’ll try.”

  A tear slid down Kyrin’s cheek. He drew in a shuddering breath. “Thank you, love. You are everything to us.”

  She stood on tiptoe and kissed him tenderly. She had never meant to hurt them.

  Daeshen came forward, his face solemn. “If it’s too much just tell us to stop, Thea.”

  She looked up at him. He rarely used her name; instead, he almost always called her darling. It told her how very serious he was. She gave him a wobbly smile. “I will.”

  They carefully removed her clothing. Holding Daeshen’s hand for balance, she carefully stepped into the suit. It fit her perfectly. She had no idea how her husbands had managed it.

  Kyrin went to his knees before her and gently spread her thighs. She gripped Daeshen’s hand tighter and placed her feet about three feet apart. Kyrin’s fingers brushed her soft, hairless mound. She hadn’t noticed that the crotch of the suit was split open until he began to clip the edges to the rings piercing her labia.

  He paused to nibble on her soft flesh. Thea moaned in reaction, tipping her hips into the caress. After a last lingering lick, he fastened the final clip. He reached up and adjusted the wires circling her nip
ples. That finished, he stood and smiled down at her.

  Daeshen spread his fingers under her hair and tapped the wires gently.

  The suit began to shrink around her. It stopped just short of pain. She looked down and her skin puffed between the latticework of wires. Blood flowed into the constricted areas making her skin more sensitive.

  Daeshen reached into another bag and drew out a wide black velvet ribbon. Watching her face, he slowly wound it around one of her wrists, then the other. When she didn’t protest, he finished winding the length around both wrists and tied the ends into a pretty bow.

  Thea trembled, and she knew she was watching them with huge, nervous eyes. Kyrin’s hands skimmed over the skin puffed out by the suit. It was an amazing sensation; her nerves jumped and sang as the blood-engorged skin was stimulated. “Oh,” she murmured softly, “that feels nice.”

  Daeshen moved behind her and rubbed her ass slowly. His lips feathered across her shoulder and up her neck. She quivered when his teeth nipped her ear. “I want you here tonight,” he whispered sensually into the shell of her ear. His fingers slid between her cheeks and rubbed the rose of her anus.

  Thea shivered before relaxing into the caress. They had never taken her there. She was nervous about it. They had prepared her for it with toys. Smaller toys. Daeshen would stretch her painfully, and she realized she wanted that.

  Both men stepped away from her and undressed each other. Smooth skin was slowly exposed with each dropped piece of fabric. Their bodies moved closer together as the last pieces fell.

  There was so much love in their eyes as they trailed caresses along the other’s body. She loved watching them together and never felt like she meant less to them. It was times like this that she felt the ties binding them together and knew she had made the right decision by staying with them and trying to build a life together.

  Kyrin cupped Daeshen’s face and pressed a deep, openmouthed kiss onto his lips. Their erect penises brushed and then were hidden from view as their bodies fused together. Kyrin’s arm twisted around Daeshen’s slim waist and he hauled the smaller man ever tighter against him.

  Thea toyed with her nipples as she watched them. Daeshen’s tongue flicked out to tickle the top of Kyrin’s lips. It wasn’t often she just got to watch; they always dragged her into their play. She sat back on the chair, hooked her legs over the arms, and caressed the dampening flesh between her thighs. The velvet ribbon tickled her thighs; she moved her hands so that her sweet spot was hidden by the bow.

  The kiss slowly broke off and both men turned to look at her. Cheek to cheek they stroked each other’s bodies as they watched Thea press a finger into her sheath and slowly stroke in and out. She smiled at them and drew the finger out and delicately licked her fluids off it.

  Kyrin moved to stand behind Daeshen. He cupped the heavy weight of Daeshen’s jewels and caressed the hard stalk of his erection. Daeshen’s head fell back onto Kyrin’s shoulder and he moaned softly.

  “Do you want him?” Kyrin asked in a harsh whisper.

  Thea spread her lower lips and trailed a fingertip around her clit. “Yes,” she replied in a hushed voice.

  Kyrin set his teeth into the curve of Daeshen’s shoulder and bit down slowly.

  Daeshen shuddered.

  Thea trembled, wanting those teeth on her. She wanted the mark that appeared as those strong white teeth scraped free, leaving a blooming pink. She licked her lips, watching them hungrily. Blood pooled in her breasts, engorging her nipples further. Heat pooled low in her belly and her sheath pulsed with empty aches.

  “He was mine first,” Kyrin murmured, turning Daeshen to the side and moving in front of him again. “Maybe I don’t want to share tonight.” He bent his head and lapped Daeshen’s nipples, pulling his head back with a firm grip in his hair.

  Daeshen purred, curving his hands around Kyrin’s arms. Thea whimpered, watching their bodies sway against each other teasingly.

  Kyrin turned his head and watched Thea from the corner of his eye as he bit Daeshen’s throat and suckled the smooth flesh.

  Thea whimpered, her fingers stroking faster.

  Kyrin slid down Daeshen’s body and took that heavy stem into his mouth. Thea watched, mesmerized, as he slowly drew the entire length in. It filled his throat for a moment before he slowly drew away. The head popped free with a wet sound. Kyrin rested his cheek against it as he watched Thea toy with her aching core. “Perhaps I’ll take him tonight, over and over again, until there is nothing left for you.” He turned his head a fraction of an inch and lapped Daeshen’s cock.

  Thea’s gaze flew to Daeshen’s face. His head rolled lazily on his shoulders. He gave her a smoky, heavy-lidded smile. She was not reassured. They won’t really leave me? she whispered to herself. Will they?

  Kyrin’s hair curled around Daeshen’s throbbing rod. It netted around him and pulsed, constricting and releasing him slowly as Kyrin’s tongue fluttered across and around the crown.

  Thea licked her lips again as a pearly drop of precum trembled on the tip. She moaned with disappointment when Kyrin’s tongue caught it and drew it into his mouth.

  He smiled darkly at Thea and hummed with pleasure. “He’s so delicious, lover. Do you want some?”

  She nodded, feeling dazed. Only they could cloud her mind with desire so quickly. She had never felt like this about anyone else. When she had lived on Earth, she had wondered if there was something wrong with her. The men hadn’t sent a single pulse of lust through her. Now, here she was, trembling with want, aching for them.

  She wished Sya’tia were here to see this. They could make the men shake like aspen leaves in the wind. She vowed that when they reached Sya’tia’s home that she would return the favor.

  Thinking about her beautiful fiancée made the ache inside her strengthen. She cried out, pressing two fingers inside her to ease the burn.

  Daeshen growled, watching her.

  She smiled seductively, arching her back so her breasts pressed even tighter against the wires decorating her.

  Suddenly, the wires began to vibrate and send delicate shocks through her breasts and nether lips. She arched against the chair in surprise and writhed.

  Through glazed eyes she watched her husbands smile darkly.

  “Enough of that, you,” Kyrin said, still lapping the head of Daeshen’s cock. “Bad girl, teasing your husbands like that.”

  “Bad girls should get spankings,” Daeshen murmured in a thick voice. “Hard, hot, fast spankings.”

  Thea’s breath caught in her throat at his words, but she couldn’t reply because that devilish suit continued to torment her with delicious sparks and tingles.

  Kyrin swiped a final taste and stood. “I think you are right, my heart.”

  They advanced on her with leisurely steps. She knew they were enjoying the view of her twisting and shivering in the chair while her fingers moved quickly in and out of her sex.

  Daeshen drew her out of the chair by grasping her bound wrists and pulling her fingers free.

  Kyrin approached, holding another ribbon she hadn’t seen him get. He lifted it toward her face.

  Thea realized he was going to bind her eyes and she drew back nervously.

  Kyrin smiled tenderly in response. “Trust,” he whispered.

  She nodded, her knees weak from desire. The fear was a sumptuous velvet wave inside her. She hoped she wouldn’t panic, but they were being so very careful with her that it gave her hope.

  The velvet slid around her eyes, and darkness fell. She felt him tie the ends behind her head and stood trembling as the wires heated and vibrated faster. Harsh gasps escaped her throat as Daeshen pulled her across the room, patient with her hesitant steps.

  Kyrin walked quietly behind the two of them. He and Daeshen had melded their thoughts together so they could better monitor Thea. She was feeling apprehensive, but the desire overrode the tension. He knew she wanted this and was trying to work through her fear.

  He loved teasing he
r and wondered why they hadn’t done it before. “We should tie her up and make her watch us make love next time. Perhaps even take Sya’tia and leave Thea aching for us…” he whispered in Daeshen’s mind.

  “Oh yes,” was the soft reply.

  They helped Thea onto the bed and pressed her shoulders so she knelt on the soft coverlet. Her bound hands were under her and they positioned her so her shoulders and upper chest were resting against the soft fabric.

  Each man took a position kneeling beside her; their hands rubbed and caressed her bound form. Their thoughts were so closely entwined they felt like one mind in two bodies. They had never tried this before but the sensations were wonderful.

  Daeshen’s hand slipped under her and he pinched her nipple hard. She gasped and jerked. Both men sighed at the honey-sweet pain flowed from her like wine ‑‑ warm, sweet, and just as intoxicating. His other hand traveled over her ass and slid a finger hard into her weeping sheath. Warm liquid flowed down her thighs.

  Kyrin growled low in his throat as he felt her twitching muscles welcome the intruder through their link. His hand crashed down on her upturned ass in a stinging blow.

  They all shuddered at the impact.

  Daeshen pulled his fingers free and trailed them between her ass cheeks. He moistened the tight rose there.

  Kyrin slapped his hand down again. Pink bloomed between the white lines created by the constricting wires. He watched Daeshen collect more nectar from Thea’s core and return to massage it into the tight hole he coveted. He twisted slightly to the side and snagged the bottle of lube they kept on the bedside table to toss it to Daeshen, who caught it and set it by his knee.

  She whimpered under them uncertainly. They reacted to the fear beginning to overtake her with soft kisses along her back. She gentled again only to tense as Daeshen’s finger began to slowly, surely penetrate her.

  Both men hummed with pleasure as the finger seated itself to the knuckle. Kyrin began to lay systematic slaps on her ass around his husband’s wrist as Daeshen leaned down to bite Thea’s shoulder. “We are going to fuck you all night long, little one.” His teeth bit down hard again. “Over and over and over until you are screaming, and then we will fuck you again.” The bite turned deep red, Kyrin noted with satisfaction. It would leave a pretty bruise.