by M. K. Eidem
Taarig knew what Jamis wanted, knew how hard his cock had to be because Taarig's was the same way. He wanted back in Cali's pussy, too, wanted to feel all that tight silkiness wrapped around squeezing him, but he could tell Jamis was riding a razor's edge and needed to go first. So, after helping Cali up on the bed, he followed her and settled back against the headboard, his cock jutting straight up between his spread legs.
Cali wasn't sure she could move after the orgasm she'd just had but seeing Taarig spread out before her like a more decadent meal than they'd just served her, she began crawling toward him on all fours.
A pearly bead of fluid pulsed out of the tip of Taarig's cock as he watched Cali crawling toward him. "That's right, little one," he encouraged. "Come get what you want."
Cali's fingers dug into Taarig's thighs as she settled between them. Leaning down, she delicately captured the shimmering bead of fluid with her tongue. Humming her enjoyment at Taarig's taste, she wrapped her mouth around the engorged head of his cock and sucked.
"Gods!" Taarig cursed, his hands fisting the bed sheets as his hips bucked, driving his cock deeper into her mouth.
Cali readily accepted the thrust, dragging her tongue along the thick, pulsing vein on the underside of his cock as she pulled back, then took him even deeper.
Jamis watched for a moment as Cali greedily swallowed T's entire cock. He'd have her doing that to him soon, but first, his gaze went to her ass that was clenching and unclenching as she pleasured T. He would take her from behind.
Moving onto the bed, Jamis caressed Cali's ass as he kneed her legs farther apart. Opening her up completely, he could see her folds still swollen and glistening from her release. Coating the head of his cock with that hot slickness, he notched it at her entrance and thrust until he was hilt deep, his balls slapping against her external clit. Cali's muffled shriek, along with T's curse, had a wicked grin crossing his face before he pulled back then began thrusting into her with a punishing rhythm.
Cali's eyes wanted to roll back into her head at how full she felt. Both males were so well-endowed that taking them simultaneously, even like this, was pushing her to her limits, but she wouldn't have it any other way. Breathing in deeply threw her nose, on one of Jamis’s backstrokes, she attacked Taarig's cock more fiercely. She knew he was holding back, concerned he would harm her, but she wanted all of him, which meant she had to break that legendary Apreian control.
Sweat dripped down Taarig's face as Cali covered him to his root then swallowed. Gods, no female had ever been able to do that with him before. Still, he managed to hold onto his control, that was until Cali raised topaz-speckled eyes to him and winked.
"You want to play with me, little one?" Taarig growled, fisting her loose strands. "Then let's play." With that, he held nothing back as he drove his hips up, fucking her face as he held it in place.
Jamis’s eyes widened at what T growled. Taarig was always the calmer, less forceful of the two of them. He was the one that always made sure they never harmed the female during their encounters. But now, he was losing control with an Earthan.
"T?" Jamis tried to reach his friend before lust completely overwhelmed him, but Cali seemed to have other ideas. As soon as he spoke, she swiveled her hips, her channel clamping down on his cock, causing him to growl just as viciously as Taarig had. "Oh, little Cali, now you're going to get exactly what you're asking for." With that, he began fucking her without reserve.
Cali would have grinned at Jamis’s response if her mouth hadn't been full of Taarig's cock. Her body had been close to erupting before Jamis unleashed his passion on her. Now all she could do was greedily take everything her Apre lovers were giving her.
Taarig somehow managed to maintain a grip on her hair with one hand while he tweaked her nipples with the other.
Jamis continued pounding into her while somehow working her clit as if he'd been doing it for many years.
What one of them alone was doing would have given her a fantastic orgasm, the combination of the two of them? Her entire body felt like it was going supernova as her orgasm burst through her sending out a wave of energy, unlike anything she'd ever experienced before. Jamis and Taarig must have felt it, too, because both of them roared, with Jamis filling her pussy and Taarig exploding down her throat.
When Jamis finally withdrew from her channel, Cali collapsed, her cheek coming to rest against one of Taarig's thighs as his sated cock slipped out of her mouth. She tried to regain control of her breathing and scattered thoughts but wasn't sure she could. Gods, she'd never experienced something that powerful before, and it made her wonder if there would be ramifications.
Were her eyes glowing?
Was her hair moving on its own as it did when a Zagreus was fully empowered?
"Cali?" Taarig ran gentle fingers through her sweat-dampened hair.
"Hmm?" she asked, keeping her eyes closed.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm stupendous," she murmured back and didn't have to see it to know Taarig was grinning. She could sense it. Males. Compliment them…
"You're sure we didn't harm you?" Jamis asked and had her turning her head to look up at him through her lashes carefully.
"I'm tougher than I look, Commander. I thought you learned that when we crashed."
"This is different."
"It is," she agreed. "This was pure pleasure."
When Jamis just continued to frown down at her, not reacting to her eyes, she opened them wider, hoping she wasn't giving herself away and glared at him. "I'm fine. Just give me a few minutes, and I'll be up for round two if you are."
She glanced at his flaccid cock and saw her words had the desired effect as it began to stiffen. Jamis growled and jerked her up off the bed, capturing her lips for a hard kiss, and so began the rest of their night.
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"Where are you going?"
Cali heard Taarig's low whisper because she'd woken up several moments earlier when Jamis had gotten out of bed. Their night together had been long and active. They'd fucked in nearly every imaginable position, and a few she'd thought impossible, but she'd enjoyed every one. Now, though, it seemed Jamis had had enough, even though it was still several hours before the light shift began.
"I need to get to the Command Center," Jamis responded to Taarig just as quietly as he moved to his closet for a clean uniform.
"Your link pinged?" Taarig looked to Cali to make sure she was still resting then carefully slid out of bed. Anything important enough to wake the Base Commander before the light shift began usually went through him first. When Jamis just continued to look at him, Taarig got the message.
"I'll see to it that Cali is taken care of," Taarig told him.
"I knew you would."
With that, Cali heard the faint rustling of clothes pulled on and the nearly silent slide of the resting chamber door opening and closing, telling her that Jamis had dressed and left her again with a made-up excuse.
She heard Taarig mumble something unintelligible under his breath, then the slide of another door opening and closing. This one closer. It told her Taarig had gone into the cleansing room, where they'd fucked in its huge cleansing unit and on the counter. But this time, she knew Taarig wasn't expecting her to follow. He was going in there to cleanse so he could escort her out.
Well, ruk that!
Her feet silently hit the floor as she rolled out of bed, and she looked around the dimly lit room. Spying her clothes in several different areas, she quickly pulled everything back on except for the scrap of fabric that made up her underwear. She gave up searching when she heard the cleansing unit shut off. Moving out of the resting chamber, she went through Jamis’s private living area and into his outer office, stopping just before the exterior door activated. She didn't want the lenses that lined the corridors to catch her. She also didn't want to take the long lift ride back down to her level.
Closing her eyes, she gathered her power, then without touching Jamis’s se
curity panel, stretched out her arm, palm up, and sent out an order. Several moments later, the bio-chip in her hand vibrated, and Jamis’s door opened. Walking out, she quickly moved down the empty corridor, knowing she didn't have much time. Touching one spot in the seam of a panel that looked identical to all the others lining the corridor, it slid open. As soon as she entered the hidden passageway, the door closed behind her. Low lights automatically came on, illuminating a door at the other end of the passage. Moving toward it, Cali again activated the door with her bio-chip and stepped into the waiting lift.
As the lift started to descend, Cali leaned back against the wall and closed her eyes. She didn't know how she expected her night with the Commanders to end, but it hadn't been with Jamis lying to avoid her again or him leaving it to Taarig to 'take care' of her. She'd never heard any of their other lovers commenting on it, but then again, Jamis was probably never ashamed of being seen with one of them.
Feeling something run down her cheek, she reached up, surprised to discover it was a tear. Those two rukking idiots had caused her to shed a tear! Something no male had been able to do in the last two hundred years, since the first time her life span had 'ended.' Well, it stopped now.
As the lift doors opened, she angrily wiped away the solitary drop and stepped into the corridor that led to her living area. Well, she'd experienced what it was like to have two Apre males at the same time. Now it was time for her to put the Commanders behind her and get on with her life.
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"Cali?" Taarig stepped out of the cleansing room and frowned when he found the resting chamber empty. He hadn't thought he'd been gone that long. He'd just needed to calm down and work through his anger at Jamis before waking Cali. Twice Jamis had made up an excuse to get away from her, and while Taarig didn't understand why Jamis was doing it, he knew it was going to upset Cali.
While it wasn't unusual for Taarig to be the one to escort the female back to her quarters, Jamis usually remained to tell her goodbye privately. So, what was it about Cali that had Jamis so rattled?
Taarig had planned to slip back into bed and enjoy his alone time with Cali, but now she was gone. She must have overheard Jamis and been upset.
Ruk!
Knowing the only thing he could do now was give her time to calm down, he grabbed the spare uniform that he always kept in Jamis’s quarters. He pulled it on then headed to the Command Center to get a head start on his shift.
Jamis spun in his chair when Taarig walked into the Command Center. His eyes widened slightly. That hadn't taken Taarig long to escort Cali back to The Brink. "Sub Commander."
"Commander," Taarig responded. He knew what Jamis wanted to know, but instead of indulging him, Taarig went to his station and sat down. If Jamis wanted to know what had happened with Cali, he'd have to ask.
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Cali considered sinking into the rejuvenation tank before going to The Brink because she was feeling drained. Instead, she quickly cleansed in her unit and dressed. She wasn't planning on staying long, but this was the first night she'd spent away from The Brink since she'd become its owner, and she wanted to make sure everything had gone smoothly.
It was still too early or too late, depending on which shift you worked, for The Brink to be busy. Those who worked the light shift had long since left to rest before the start of the next one, and those on the dark shift still had an hour before they'd start wandering in. So, she was surprised when she found Mae behind the bar.
"What the ruk are you doing here?" Cali demanded.
"Oke didn't show up for her shift," Mae said as she finished drying a glass.
Cali cursed under her breath. Oke's attitude had been crap ever since Mae chose Ujana to work behind the bar. Cali decided significant changes were needed.
"You should have notified me."
"Why?" Mae demanded. "I'm the manager. I managed it."
Cali looked to Tay, sitting at the end of the bar, and saw he was just as frustrated with Mae as she was.
"You are, and you did, but that doesn't mean you're the one that has to work a double shift. You could have had Ujana do it."
"Ujana stayed late. But she is also scheduled to work the light shift today, so I sent her home to rest."
"Then it sounds like we need to hire some more help."
"But…" Mae gave her a distressed look.
"But what?"
"More help means fewer shifts for everyone else," Mae whispered.
Cali immediately understood Mae's concern. Every credit counted when you lived on a Star Base. They shipped everything in, making it expensive. Triz kept costs low by employing a small staff. The staff made more credits that way, but so did Triz. Cali wasn't concerned about making more credits. She was more than willing to give up some of her profits, so her staff didn't suffer.
"We're busy enough that there should be more than enough shifts to go around, but if it becomes a problem, we'll adjust." She looked to Tay, who had moved down the bar toward them. "Is the door covered?"
"Yes, Lin is on it," he told her.
"Then I don't want to see either of you for two full shifts."
"What?" Mae's eyes widened with shock. "No, I'm supposed to work the next dark shift."
"Well, you won't be. You're with offspring, Mae. You don't work back-to-back shifts anymore. And if you argue with me about it," Cali continued when Mae opened her mouth, "then you will be off three shifts." That had Mae snapping her mouth shut then moving out from behind the bar. "Take your mate home, Tay. Make sure she eats and rests."
"Thank you, Cali," the big male murmured, then put his arm around his mate and led her away.
Cali moved behind the bar and got to work. Mae had done a great job getting the bar ready for the next rush, so there were only a few things she needed to do. Between waiting on the few customers in the bar, she worked on her screen, posting that The Brink was hiring. The slightest of vibrations on the floor caused Cali to look up and see Hamm moving toward her carrying a bag.
"Hamm," she greeted him with a big smile. She'd genuinely grown fond of the young Hogg. "You're in early today."
"I come to say goodbye," he told her.
"Goodbye?" She lost her smile. "But why?"
"No hire Hogg here."
"Oh, Hamm, I'm so sorry. What are you going to do?"
"Go to Zolia. Hear paid much credits when work mines."
Cali's eyes widened in shock. The mines on Zolia were hell holes; the fortunes made there only if workers spent months underground in conditions so hazardous that few survived.
"Oh, Hamm, no."
"Must. Must prove strong, so can return home and claim a female."
"Is…" Cali wasn't sure how mating worked for Hoggs. "Is there someone special waiting for you back home?"
"No. No female accept one like me," he told her. "Not for many years."
"Then why go to Zolia now?"
"Not allowed to rent den. Others no like Hoggs. Complain."
Cali's mind started to race. She understood what Hamm was saying. Like her being discriminated against because she was Earthan, Hamm was because he was Hogg, even though he had done everything in his power not to exhibit the traits so many found offensive.
"Hamm want to thank Cali Baker for her kindness. Hamm was," she could see he was searching for the word, "ass, when first met."
"Vaine used you, Hamm. You weren't an ass." But she couldn't help one side of her mouth from turning up at his choice of words. Thinking back to that night, she knew Hamm could have caused a lot of damage if he'd wanted to. Even as young as he was, Tay and her other Protectors would have had a hard time subduing him. It got her thinking. "Hamm, what if someone would hire you? Would you stay?"
Hamm's thick brows drew together. "Hamm like this Star Base, but even if hired, still no den for resting."
"But if there was?" she pressed.
"Then Hamm would stay."
"Great." Her smile returned to her face. "You're h
ired."
"What?"
"I need more help here at The Brink, and I think you would make a perfect Protector. You'd answer to Tay, of course. Is that going to be a problem?" It was well-known that Galaians and Hoggs often rubbed each other the wrong way.
"Tay treat Hamm with respect. Hamm treat Tay with respect."
"I’m sure he will."
"Hamm still not have den."
"There is a storage unit with access to a cleansing room back behind the cegin. I can have it cleared out if that would be acceptable for you. It's not large or fancy, but…"
"I take," Hamm quickly interrupted her.
"You don't want to see it first? Discuss credits?"
"No. Hamm hear how good Cali Baker is to workers. Know she will be good to Hamm."
Cali blushed slightly at Hamm's compliment. "Thank you. As soon as the light shift gets here, I'll show you the room, and we can start clearing it out. Until then," Cali handed him a menu, "order whatever you want to eat. On me."
Hamm's eyes widened. "Hoggs eat much."
That had Cali smiling. "I know, just as I know you've been going hungry a lot lately. I need my Protectors strong, so order what you need to be satisfied and remember that as part of your employment, you receive one meal of your choice per day." With that, Cali went to wait on a thirsty customer.
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"Want to tell me what's got you so pissed off?" Jamis grunted when Taarig's fist connected with his ribs again. They'd just begun to spar, but Taarig had already landed several full-force blows.
"What do I have to be pissed off about?" Taarig asked, moving through another intricate sequence of moves before striking Jamis’s jaw.
"Ruk!" Jamis dropped, resting his elbows on his knees as he rubbed his jaw. Seeing Taarig's hands lower slightly, he sprang up into action and pummeled his Sub Commander with a vicious series of hits that had Taarig stumbling back. "I told you never to drop your guard until you know your opponent is out."