Standing, she turned the scanner on and ran it over her lower abdomen. Slowly, an image took shape, and then her legs threatened to give out. However, she didn’t have to worry. Jaxxon suddenly appeared next to her and carefully picked her up.
“What’s wrong?” He glanced down at her then at the machine in her hand.
She laid her head on his shoulders. Everything was gone from her brain except for three little words that repeatedly tumbled through it to finally escape her lips.
“There are three, three forms, heart beats. What are we going to do? We can’t have babies here, it’s not safe. I don’t have enough food…” She slapped her hand over her mouth.
“I’m babbling like an idiot.” Venus rested her head on Jaxxon’s chest. “What are we going to do? I don’t want to raise my children here Jaxxon. Surviving, always worrying.”
He lowered her feet to the ground and kissed her lips softly. “It will work out and I promise before the babies are born we will have a place for them.” Gripping the bottom of her sweater he stripped her of it and cupped her breasts.
“Soon these will fill and they will feed our children.” Bending his head, Jaxxon captured her nipple into his mouth and sucked.
“Jaxxon…” She moaned and held onto him when another set of hands reached around her and undid her pants.
Releasing her, Jaxxon stripped out of his clothes as Volund appeared in the room and sucked her nipple into his mouth. He bit down gently. “Volund!”
Jaxxon moved in behind her, brushing her hair away from her neck, and then bit down on the tendon there. He sucked and licked, eliciting groans from Venus as fire swept through her body.
Finally, he released the tendon and asked, “Forgetting something?” He slid a well-lubed finger into her ass as he prepared her to take him.
She moaned when Volund raised his hips, his pelvic bone bumping her clit. “I want you both inside of me,” she said, panting. “All of us must be connected when I tell him, Jaxxon.” Venus glanced over her shoulder, and he nodded.
“On the bed now,” Jaxxon said. He stepped back, when Volund scooped her up and laid her gently in the middle of the bed.
“What do you want to tell me?” He crawled in-between her legs and separated her pussy lips. “You’re even beautiful down here.” Volund bent down running his tongue and fingers through her wet folds.
He withdrew his fingers from her. Jaxxon faced her fully, giving her a show as he lubed his large cock.
“I still can’t believe you two can fit in me at the same time. You’re lubed enough, Jaxxon.” Venus slapped Volund’s chest after he bit her nipple. “Hey that hurt, watch it. These are touchy.” She rubbed her nipple where he’d bitten a little too hard.
Her outburst vanished as Volund slowly slid his cock into her pussy, making her forget about her sensitive breasts. “Always so tight and ready for us.”
He rolled over taking her with him as he plunged his cock in and out of her.
“Hold her still Volund I want inside her.” Jaxxon came up behind her and separated her butt cheeks. His cock breached the ring of her anus and she let the breath she’d been holding.
“Just a bit more, little warrior. Ahh, there we go.” Jaxxon kissed the back of her neck. “Now tell him.”
Venus grinned at Volund and then kissed his lips. “You and Jaxxon are going to be daddies, three times over.”
Jaxxon kissed her neck again. She watched as the news finally sank into Volund’s skull. His eyes grew bigger, and he glanced down at her stomach as his hand slid between them.
“A child. Three? Are you sure?” he whispered.
“Yes, Volund, we’re going to have three babies.” Excitement danced in Venus’s heart.
Once more his gaze jumped to hers, but then he frowned. “Multiple births are highly rare for Azutuans. Is everything okay with you?” He tried to sit up, but Jaxxon put his hand on his brother’s shoulder.
“I checked myself,” he told Volund. “The babies are fine. I guess it is not rare for Earth women to carry more than one child at a time. From what I have researched, one woman in the early 2000s carried ten.” Jaxxon shook his head. “We are truly blessed, Volund.”
His brother grinned, but his expression soon turned to that stubborn look he always got when he was going to lay down the law with Venus. “You will not take any more chances with yourself. Is that understood? There will be no more trapping female Bone Eaters, or hunting for you,” he ordered and slid his cock into her while Jaxxon began pumping in and out of her ass, taking Venus to a new high she had yet to reach.
“Guys?” Venus said loudly, her body burning and twitching as sweat rolled down her face. She tried to raise herself, but Volund held her to his chest. The slightly rough surface of his tongue swiped along the mark he’d made when he and Jaxxon had changed her to save her life.
Jaxxon repeated the same action the entire time they both thrust into her.
“Do you know what it means to carry our child?” Volund questioned. “To know you have not one but three children in your belly?”
“We never thought we would have a mate let alone a family. Wait until headquarters hears our news. There will be a celebration like none other,” Jaxxon half spoke, half groaned.
A deep rumble erupted from both of her men an instant before they once again sank their teeth into either side of her neck. The warm gel-like aphrodisiac from their fangs moved through her blood stream, and she screamed her ecstasy. The orgasm so strong brightly colored lights floated in her vision, her skin grew numb, and Venus could have sworn the air in her lungs disappeared when two fingers rubbed and pulled at her clit.
She could move no more and collapsed against Volund’s chest. “Please, I need to rest,” she whimpered. The instant the words left her mouth, another orgasm crashed through her. Venus cried out, the pleasure so intense she thought she would die.
Jaxxon released her neck and pumped into her twice more before he released his seed.
“Ours!” Volund claimed and rammed into her so roughly her body lifted up from the force.
“By The Twelve Galaxies, what is wrong with you?” Jaxxon snapped. “She carries our children!” Jaxxon pulled out of her and fell to the side of the bed, drawing her with him.
“I’m fine.” Venus snuggled on Jaxxon’s chest until she noticed the clock on the wall. “Volund didn’t hurt me, but next time he decides to get rough, I better be able to have some fun, too. And no more biting and tiring me out,” she mumbled. “Only going to get to sleep for two hours. Have to be up at three A.M. to check on the woman.”
Volund grunted.
Rubbing her back, Jaxxon laughed. “We will see.”
Chapter Four
Venus peeked over her shoulder. She nodded to the tray by Badden where he stood leaning against the doorframe. “Grab that and bring it here, would you?” She smiled and swiped the sweat from her forehead with her forearm.
“So what are you doing up at this ungodly hour?” She grabbed the tray he handed her and set it by the older female they’d captured first. She cleaned off the yellow goopy sweat covering the creature’s face.
“I couldn’t sleep and I remembered you said something about the Bone Eaters’ changing, so I wanted to be here for it.” He crossed his muscular arms over his chest. “Plus, are you supposed to be here alone? You know your mates will not approve.”
She noticed a small marking on his bicep. “What’s that?” She nodded, indicating the place on his arm, not yet prepared to answer his question. It was essential to take blood samples from this female since she’d already started the transformation. She knew Volund and Jaxxon would have tried to stop her. Venus picked up the syringe from the tray and focused on the female’s arm that was still strapped down. “This will only hurt a moment, I promise.” She cleaned the creature’s skin with alcohol.
Badden pushed her away from the table. “I will do it. You do not need any of her fluids on you.” He frowned as he took the syringe from
Venus and quickly withdrew the blood from the Bone Eater’s vein. “The mark on my arm is to indicate I lost my female. It’s the way those of my family show our devotion. I carry her with me for all times.”
Venus sighed, pointing toward the microscope set up on a sturdy stainless-steel counter. “That is beautiful. Here on Earth, before all this happened it was rare for a couple to be together for any long period of time. My parents’ marriage was not the norm. They were together for over forty years.”
Pointing to the slides, Venus sighed. “I’ll need two samples on the slides and then two more to run through the hemoglobin machine my father designed.”
At his curious frown, she motioned with one hand. “That machine, over there on the right. Anyway, it will tell me how the serum is working—if it is working—and then maybe I can pinpoint the difference between the males and females. As for the other test, I’m trying to figure out how old this female is.”
She laid her hand on Badden’s arm. “I’m sorry for your loss. I know what it’s like to lose people you love. As the years ago by, the ache slowly goes away leaving us with the pleasant memories.” She smiled and sat on a stool opposite him. “How are you and Acwel related, if you don’t mind me asking?”
Growls and shouts suddenly echoed through the heating vents in the building. She jumped. Thankful she didn’t have anything in her hands. Volund and Jaxxon’s angry vocalizations followed the other noises.
Badden laughed, tilting his head back, his long pink hair swaying over his shoulders. “I told you they would be furious.”
She rolled her eyes. “I’m not outside hunting and I have a protective shield over my stomach that my parents insisted pregnant employees wear when they worked in their laboratory.”
She lifted her shirt to show Badden the metal sheath-like garment against her skin. “Besides, my mates knew I needed to be down here. They’re bossy at times, but I know they mean well.”
Running her hand over the metal, Venus could see her father and mother laughing at the first experiment that turned out right. “They were so proud to have finally made something that would protect them while doing research on the Bone Eaters.”
She glanced up at Badden to find Volund and Jaxxon next to him. “We had a special dinner that night. Mom cranked up the juke box. Dad found two bottles of aged wine, and we all danced and ate until early in the morning.” A tear slipped down her cheek.
Jaxxon kneeled in front of her, smoothing the tear away.
“That was the last night we were together, before Randle…” The rest of her words lodged in her throat, her eyes watered, and her hands trembled. Once again her emotions were all over the place, but Volund and Jaxxon seemed to sense something. Volund disappeared before Jaxxon scooped her up in his arms and transported them upstairs. He laid her in bed next to Volund, and both of them began stroking and comforting her.
“I’m fine,” Venus whispered and rested her forehead on Volund’s chest. “I don’t know why I acted like that. It’s been years and yet, it almost felt like it was yesterday.” She glanced up at Jaxxon, who frowned.
“When our females are pregnant, their emotions are chaotic, their sexual drive is fiercer. On the positive side, their gestational periods are shorter than a humans.” He rubbed his hand over her still-flat belly. “We were going to tell you today, but you’d already slipped downstairs to work.” Jaxxon got out of bed and paced the floor.
“Venus, you cannot go on like this. You work too hard, pushing yourself, and this puts you and our children at risk. We do not want you around the Bone Eaters. Stay away from anything harmful after this.” Jaxxon paused and stared down at her.
She counted to ten and glared up at Jaxxon as she wiggled out of Volund’s arms. “I have agreed to let you two take care of the hunting. Also, I will agree to stay as far away from the Bone Eaters as possible—except for the ones in the lab. I will not stop working on Dr. Zeon’s serum experiment, but I will take extra precautions.” Venus strode across the room. She held up her hand as both men faced her ready to do verbal battle with her.
Volund clenched and unclenched his fists. Little beads of sweat formed on his forehead. Sensing he held back the demand he wanted to issue, she walked up to him and hugged him. Venus knew this had to be difficult for him since he’d lost his only child with first wife, Zi-Ahda.
She reached for his hands and twined her fingers with his. “I promise, Volund.” She glanced up and held his gaze. “I promise, if I need blood from a Bone Eater or one must be moved or if anything else dangerous is required, I will have you two do it, but I have to see this through. In a way, I’m finishing what my mom and dad started so long ago. If we can at least save the females, I’ll be happy for right now. Please.” She waited.
Behind her, Jaxxon caressed her back. “You will wait for us to be in the room while you work with the test subjects downstairs?”
She sighed. “You’re cutting my time in half, Jaxxon. The two of you won’t be able to be with me all the time. I need to work on the serum, and if it works, their rehabilitation.”
“I am sorry,” he replied, “but we do not know how this pregnancy is going to advance. Three children at once is unusual for our race. I want one of us with you at all times. We need to carefully monitor you. This is one of the main reasons the council sent us here. They will want details on everything.”
“I’ll be damned if you two are going to poke and prod me like a guinea pig.” Venus yanked her hands out of Volund’s and stalked away from both of them. “Why does it seem like I’m making all the concessions, while the both of you have done nothing? I know this is rough on you, Volund, but I’m not Zi-Ahda. If you plan on reporting my progress, fine. But you will not cage me like a rat.” She reined in her emotions. “Now, I’m going downstairs. The first female should be changing soon.”
Once again, more stupid tears formed in her eyes, and she whimpered, rushing through the door before her men could stop her. She needed to talk to Badden and Acwel before the females’ transformations started.
Wiping the tears away, she opened the door to go downstairs when Volund wrapped his arm around her waist and transported her to the lab. “There is no need for you to keep going up and down those stairs.”
She nodded and moved out of his arms, but he pulled her back again and placed two fingers under her chin, lifting it. “What’s wrong?”
She tried to pull away, but he held her still. “I’m scared, Volund. You’ve seen how it is out there. How can we bring babies into this ugly, dangerous battle zone? They won’t be able to go out and play, and what about the other children?”
Venus stroked her stomach. “How long is it going to take to make this area safe? What about a home?” She waved her hand, indicating the room. “This isn’t a home. This is a refugee camp.”
“You’re an alpha female, my love. You’re strong and determined. The three of us will protect our offspring and the other children. Don’t forget we have Miln’s kin here and more men and supplies on the way.” He studied her and then nodded.
“Okay, later today we will go out and search for a place to call ours. One we will slowly make our home. One that is safe and filled with love for our children, but we won’t give up, we cannot. It is our job to make this world better for our young and others, too.”
He placed his hands on her waist and lifted her so she was eye level with him. “One step at a time little warrior, but never give up on us. Now, why do you need to speak with Badden and Acwel?” He put her down and kissed the top of her head.
Venus smiled and took his hand. “Tell Jaxxon to come down here. He should hear this, too. I think what I have to say will help us tremendously.”
Almost as if he’d heard his name called, her other mate appeared before she could even move. She laughed. “Okay, you two have to stop scaring me like that. Now come on. Let’s talk to Badden and Acwel before the first female changes.”
Each of her warriors grabbed one of her hands and pulled h
er into the lab where the females lay secured. This time, their stench greeted Venus with a force that would have sent her to her knees retching, but Jaxxon removed something from his tool belt and smeared a salve under her nose to help.
She patted his arm and nodded. “Thanks, this is going to be a rough pregnancy if this stuff is already happening to me.” She glanced over at her friends. Badden stared through the microscope, his brow wrinkling.
“This cannot be right.” He moved to the next sample and frowned again. “Jaxxon, come take a look at these blood samples.”
“What’s wrong?” Venus hurried over to Badden, who glanced up.
“I have never seen anything like this serum your doctor friend created and I’ve seen plenty of things. It is completely taking over the mutant cells and destroying them in the female, replacing the bad cells with normal red blood cells. It is the strangest thing, and at the rate it is moving, I am guessing she will hit crisis within the next half hour. You said that is when she will shift. ” He moved aside and let Venus study the slides.
It was both beautiful and amazing. She straightened and looked at Jaxxon. “Later could you trap two or three males, and get me a few blood samples from them? I’d like a comparison to see what the formula does to the blood from adult males—and I’ll let you handle all the samples.”
“We’ll see. Now tell us your idea.” Jaxxon chuckled and led her out into the main lobby of the bank. All four men leaned against the supplies and waited.
“Can you bring up your ship’s computers from here?” Venus asked Badden, who nodded. “Good, and all four of you can read what the computer finds?”
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