The way her eyes widened in surprise, she hadn’t known anything about our planet’s history. It seemed she didn’t know much of anything about Viken, just as we knew nothing of Earth. I was relieved, for it gave me the opportunity to tell her about the VSS and my family without any preconceived notions on her side. I took a deep breath and blurted out the rest.
“My father and brother are high-ranking members of the VSS. I was to follow in their footsteps, take over as a rebel military leader from my father.” I looked down at the dark blanket, then back up at her. “But I didn’t. I was caught trying to burn a government building to the ground when I was young and sent to prison. I chose to join the Coalition Fleet instead, and because of this, my father vowed never to speak to me again.”
“I’m sorry.” She lifted a hand to my jaw and there was no malice in her eyes, no judgment. “That stinks. So, you were all in the Coalition Fleet. Are you are done with that now? I noticed your uniforms. All different colors. What does that mean?”
She was between us naked, not concerned about modesty. I watched her closely to ensure she didn’t chill, but I would not have her covered. Neither, I was sure, would the others. I enjoyed seeing her body, breathing in the musky scent of our seed mixed with her arousal.
“We are members of the Viken United Royal Guard now. Our uniform colors represent the Sector where we were born and raised, but the red band around our arms signifies our loyalty to the kings and the Coalition Fleet. This station houses the most important communication system on the planet. We are deployed here to maintain the array and keep it safe. Without the array, we would lose contact with the Fleet and be vulnerable to Hive attack.”
Evon added more. “Our transport capabilities would be severely limited, and we would be unable to transport warriors or brides on or off the planet.”
“So, where are we?” she asked. “What’s it like outside? I have seen nothing of the planet.”
Evon stood, went to the window, naked as the day he was born, and pushed a button. The darkening filter was turned off and the view of the frozen landscape filled the entire wall. The brightness of light dancing off snow made me wince.
“Wow.” She stood and went over to the window to look outside. Evon moved to stand behind her, to wrap his arms about her. While I wasn’t interested in seeing Evon’s bare ass, I enjoyed seeing our mate relaxing in his embrace. She was safe. Content. And that was all that mattered to me. Seeing the hard edges around Evon’s eyes relax was practically a miracle.
“It’s so beautiful,” she exclaimed. “It’s like the North Pole. Where are Santa and his reindeer?”
“We do not know this Santa. Is he a warrior? And what are reindeer?” Evon asked.
She laughed and the sound made all three of us smile. A rare occurrence indeed. “It’s a fairy tale for children about a jolly old man who delivers gifts to children at Christmas. He lives at the North Pole, surrounded by land that looks like this. Completely white, covered with ice and snow.” She shivered, then laughed again. “God, just looking at it makes me cold.”
“Then I shall warm you.” Evon pulled her more tightly to him, completely enfolding her in his arms until she disappeared from my view. “We are in the far north of Viken. This station sits on the tip of the planet, closest to the Coalition Fleet where we have a direct line of sight to their nearest transport and communication station.”
“So, this station controls all of Viken’s communication with the rest of the universe?”
I moved to sit on the edge of the bed, grabbed a slice of fruit from the plate, and popped it in my mouth. “Yes.”
She sighed. “No wonder they sent bad-ass military personnel to guard it.”
“Bad-ass?” Rager asked, sitting up so he leaned against the head of the giant bed. “My ass is very good, mate.”
Bella began to squirm in Evon’s hold. He loosened his grip, let her step back. The bright winter light illuminated her. I couldn’t miss the flush that crept from her cheeks and down her neck. Before our eyes, her nipples hardened and she rubbed her thighs together.
“I’m too hot when you hold me like that,” she admitted.
I smiled. “Too hot, mate? Don’t you mean, aroused?”
She looked to me. “No.”
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Rager nod before rising from the bed to stalk toward her. With the pretty flush on her skin, I’d be right behind him.
She took a step back, then stopped, her arms crossed over her breasts. “Wow. You’re right,” she admitted. “I’m…god, I’m horny.”
I had not heard that word before, but it translated just fine. Especially when she cupped her pussy with one palm, her eyes drifting half closed as she rubbed the soft mound.
“Is this from your seed power? I mean, I like sex and all, and I think you three are the hottest guys I’ve ever seen, but I’ve never been like this.” She shuddered, caressed her own breast, pushed two of her fingers deep into her feminine heat and the wet sound of our seed filled the room.
I growled, coming up off the bed, my cock hard as a rock, more than ready to ease her.
Evon reached out, but she side-stepped. I expected him to be his bossy self, but he said nothing.
“Never been like what, mate?” Rager asked. I saw him grip his cock, begin to stroke it. I was hard, too, but I didn’t reach for my own length. I wanted no touch but hers, right now. Her hand, her mouth, her pussy. I wasn’t choosy. Just seeing her finger herself, to know that she was hot for us, made me want to bend her over and fuck her again. Make her scream.
“Like I want to get on my knees and suck all your cocks. Like I need more of that seed.” She moaned, then closed her eyes, pumping her fingers in and out of her pussy as we all watched, mesmerized. “Like I’m going insane.”
Rager moved closer and stood beside Evon. “Not insane. You’re our mate and you desire us.”
“Desire you?” she asked, her eyes becoming wild. “I want to devour you.”
“Here you go, mate,” Rager said as he held the base of his cock so it pointed directly at Bella.
Evon’s cock was just as hard, but he did nothing, just kept his hands at his sides, remaining silent.
“Don’t you want to boss me around?” she asked, looking to Evon. Gods, she knew us so well already.
Evon shook his head. “This time you take what you want.”
Perhaps that was no different than issuing another order, for he was commanding her to do whatever she wished. He watched her intently, eager to see what she would choose to do now that she was in control. I waited as well, barely able to breathe. Would she drop to her knees and take one of us deep into her mouth? Would she leap into Rager’s arms and impale herself on his hard length, beg Evon to take her from behind? Would she stand between them and work both of them with her hands as I watched?
Every possibility raced through my mind, and I wanted to see them all.
She moved then, taking the few steps that separated them and falling to her knees so she was directly before their bobbing cocks. She didn’t take them in her mouth, instead gripped the base of each one in her small hands. As she did so, Rager’s and Evon’s hips bucked, but she turned her head to me. “I need you, too.”
I didn’t wait for a second invitation. Fuck, no. If she was going to suck all three of us off, to fill her belly up with our cum, to ensure she was completely under the spell of seed power, then I wasn’t going to deny her. Gods knew, I could deny her nothing already.
I went to join them, but the door chime stalled me.
I looked to Rager and Evon, whose cocks were being stroked by our mate’s fists. She was licking her lips, her gaze meeting mine. I knew what she intended as she used her tongue to tease me, stroking her bottom lip in blatant invitation. My mate was eager to swallow my cock—and there was someone at the damn door?
I ignored it. We had our mate. We were on leave. We didn’t need to answer the fucking door. I stepped right up to Bella so my cock brushed against her cheek, a smal
l smudge of my seed left there as she licked the broad crown.
She moaned as the small dose of seed power hit her. I groaned at the feel of her tongue swirling over me. I vaguely heard the door chime again, but she’d licked down the underside of my cock to take one of my balls in her mouth.
“Fuck,” I growled as my eyes rolled back in my head.
I heard a commotion, heard Evon say something, then other voices, but I didn’t give a fuck. I’d never had my balls in my mate’s mouth before and I was going to shoot my load all over her face if she didn’t swallow me down.
“Liam Chyron of Sector 1,” someone bellowed.
I felt Rager’s hand on my shoulder, heard his words. “Step back and protect Bella. We have company.”
Bella’s mouth was gone. Only then did I open my eyes and groan. She wasn’t on her knees before me any longer. My balls ached. It was then the needy haze cleared. I watched as Rager stepped between us and the door. Evon wrapped Bella in a blanket, covering her from neck to ankle.
“Liam Chyron of Sector 1.”
I spun about, saw the station commander standing in the doorway, surrounded by three guards. Their gazes flicked over the four of us, what we’d been doing—or about to do—quite obvious. Other than them seeing Bella on her knees naked, I didn’t give a fuck.
Rager held out his hands to halt their movement. He was huge, and mean as hell when riled, and everyone knew it. The guards stopped dead in their tracks, trying to look everywhere but at our raging hard-ons. I wasn’t ashamed of my desire for my mate. I’d had my mate’s tongue on my damn balls and they’d interrupted.
We formed a solid wall between the guards and Bella, all three of us naked and ready to fight to the death to protect our mate.
“What is the meaning of this, Commander?” Evon demanded. His family had served Viken in the Coalition Fleet for generations. His father was a respected Fleet commander, higher in rank than even the man standing before us.
Bella tried to peek over my shoulder, but I wrapped my arm around her and gently pushed her to stand behind me. This was strange, to say the least. They’d broken into our private quarters, armed and were now pointing weapons at three members of the Royal Guard. Something terrible was going on here, and until I knew what, I didn’t want her exposed to these men who could turn out to be our enemies.
The commander nodded his head to Evon in a show of respect. We’d served under him for several years now. “My apologies, gentlemen, for interrupting your private time with your new mate.”
“Then why are you here? And why did you break into our quarters?” Rager’s question was more growl than actual words, his fists clenching and unclenching at his sides.
“We are here for Liam.” His gaze turned to me, and all three of his companions shifted so that their weapons pointed at my chest. None too gently, I used my other arm to nudge Bella over to stand behind Rager. That was a lot of firepower aimed my way, and I would not risk her being caught in the fire.
“What?” I growled, my hands in fists. “I’m right here. What do you want? What is the meaning of this?”
The commander looked me dead in the eye. “You’re under arrest for treason.”
Chapter Six
Bella
Watching three brutish guards escort Liam from our bedroom was like a blow to the solar plexus. One moment I’d been in bliss, surrounded by my new mates, eager to take them into my mouth and bring each of them pleasure. I’d felt powerful and beautiful at the same time, something I’d never experienced before. And now?
Now I wanted to take on the three guards dressed in black and scream.
Had Liam done something wrong? What had I gotten myself into? Was my mate a traitor? A criminal? Had I walked out of the frying pan and into the fire, choosing to leave Earth behind? My conviction had been vacated when I became an Interstellar Bride, but would I be matched to a criminal because I’d been one myself?
Doubts crept into my mind, slowly, like a dark sludge suffocating my joy. The glow of our mating faded quickly, leaving me cold and shivering even as Evon and Rager stood between me and the others, a living, breathing wall. Nothing was getting through them. I knew that. And that knowledge was the only thing keeping me on my feet as this ice-covered world ripped the rug out from under me.
Evon and the commander faced one another in silence as Liam walked silently between the others.
“There has been a mistake,” Rager insisted.
“I’m afraid not.” The commander was unapologetic. Even his eyes were empty, resigned. “Liam’s security codes were used to transport stolen weapons and communications equipment to Sector 1.”
“That’s impossible.” Evon shook his head, even as he took a step back. I couldn’t see his face, but I could hear the shock in his voice.
Liam was gone, vanished into the hallway with the three guards. They hadn’t even allowed him to put on his clothes. No, they were going to parade him through the halls to somewhere—jail?—like a savage, naked and exposed. And that really made me want to kick this guy in the balls.
“The judicial hearing is scheduled for two hours from now. If you’re going to prove him innocent, I’d hurry.” With that, the commander spun on his heel and left me alone with Rager and Evon.
The moment the door slid closed behind the intruders, Evon turned to face us, his cool mask slipping away to reveal pure rage. His eyes, usually icy blue, were filled with heat now, but a very cold heat. “He didn’t do this, Bella. I promise you.”
Rager agreed with a quick nod. “It’s impossible. Liam is ours. He’s fought at our sides against the Hive, saved both our lives. There is no way he betrayed Viken.” He pulled me into his arms, as much, I felt, to reassure himself as to comfort me.
“But…” I hated to play devil’s advocate, but I seemed to be the only one with a level head at the moment. Which wasn’t saying much, considering my mental state was shaky at best. The seed power lingered, but it turned to a fierce protectiveness for Liam, even while my mind wondered of his innocence. No, he was innocent. My body, my mind, ached from the confusion. “What about his family? Their ties to the VSS? The bad guys, right? Are you sure?”
Evon turned my head from Rager’s chest and kissed me hard and fast. Not long enough. A punishment. “I will forgive this line of questioning once, Bella, because you are new here. You do not know what we know. You have not seen what we’ve seen. You do not fully know us or perhaps the extent of evil of the Hive. But I vow to you on my life, more, on my honor, Liam would never betray us.”
It was hard to argue with the unbreakable steely resolve in his gaze. He believed what he was saying. So, I had a choice to make. If I refuted him now, I’d be betraying not just Liam, but Evon as well. “All right,” I said. I was willing to trust in the match, in them. “So, if Liam is innocent, who used his security codes?”
Part of me couldn’t believe we were even having this conversation. Hadn’t I just been on Earth talking about programming, hacking, identity theft? Hadn’t I just spent time in a jail cell for doing just that? “I can’t believe you guys don’t have this stuff on lock-down. For an advanced race who can transport living beings clear across the universe, this seems ridiculous.”
I turned and sat on the edge of the bed as my mates scrambled into their uniforms.
“The hearing will begin in two hours.” Rager moved quickly, already fully dressed in his dark gray uniform. He was magnificent, my mate, and the tight fit of his uniform only emphasized the width of his shoulders, the strength of his chest. He was power personified, and he was mine.
“We will begin at the transport station. Track the real traitor from there. I don’t care who we have to pound into dust to get answers.” Evon’s voice was smooth and even, despite the fact that his words were not.
“I’m going, too.” I stood up and walked to the drawer that Rager had opened in the wall, hoping to find something for me to wear besides the gauzy gown I’d worn when I arrived. Inside were more clothin
g items. I pulled out a pair of pants and held them up to my frame. “You have a belt?” If I used a belt, I might be able to strap the leather under my arms and wear the things like a jumper. It would be baggy, but I couldn’t walk around wearing a nightgown and nothing beneath.
“No, mate. You will stay here.” Evon wasn’t even looking at me, and Rager was waiting by the door, impatient to be off.
What?
“Summon Thalia. She can watch over our mate.” Rager grinned at me then, finding obvious humor in my proposed use of his clothes. I knew I looked ridiculous, but I had no idea where to find something that fit.
Evon glanced up at me and froze, the corners of his eyes creasing despite the fact that he didn’t smile. He helped me out of my oversized pants so I was bare once again, went and picked up the gown they’d stripped from me and helped me back into it. “For now, wear this. I enjoy knowing you are bare beneath for me. You must remain here, Bella. Safe. I will summon Thalia, my sister. She is stationed here as well. She will protect you in our absence.”
“No.” I shook my head, but my mates weren’t listening. Evon walked to me and took my face in his huge hands. His skin was calloused, but warm. His touch was gentle.
“We need to know you are safe, mate. And you need food. Rest. My sister is a trusted member of the guard. She served four years in the Coalition Fleet. She will allow no harm to come to you until our return.”
His kiss melted me to my toes, and before I could argue, Rager took his place. By the time he was done with me, I was swaying on my feet in a daze.
Damn, my mates could kiss the wits right out of me.
The door slid closed behind them and I dropped onto the bed to nibble on the fruit and cheese they’d left behind. There was enough food for a small army, or at least one average-size human and three hulking warriors. By the time I was full, a chime sounded at the door.
Energy renewed, I jumped to my feet and opened the door. A tall woman with long golden hair and Evon’s eyes stared down at me. She was close to six-foot tall, and beautiful.
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