Salene's Secrets
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“You don’t have to, Zerura,” Talus said. “We share in your happiness ourselves. We couldn’t be more excited to have Mali and Tab as our son and daughter.”
“I can see that,” Salene said. “I am curious though.”
“About?”
“When did our little Mali turn into such a chatterbox?”
“Right after we asked her and Tab if we could be their dads officially, and they agreed,” Kar said.
Salene nodded. “When she realized she didn’t have to be afraid anymore.”
“Yes, that’s what we think too,” Jon said.
“She’s so smart, Salene, they both are,” Talus said, shaking his head in wonder. “Everything they see is new to them, but they soak it all up like a couple of little sponges. And Mali is so much like you that it’s almost eerie.”
“She saved me, you know,” Salene said. “Without her, I wouldn’t be here.”
“We know,” Talus said. “We’d still love her if she hadn’t, of course, but we treasure her all the more for it.”
“Speaking of that, do you remember when you asked us to take the children to your parents if something happened to you?” Jon asked. Salene nodded. “We changed our minds about that. We want you to know that if we’d lost you, we would have kept them, and raised them, and loved them. We still would have joined you, but only after our children are grown and no longer in need of us.”
“Thank you,” Salene whispered. “That’s the greatest gift you could ever give me.”
“No, love,” Jon said. “They are a gift that you’ve given us.”
Salene smiled, her heart so full of happiness she barely knew how to express it. One look into the blue eyes of her men told her that she didn’t have to.
“Will you tell me the situation now, please?”
“There are currently fifteen Jasani battleships in orbit around the planet which, since it has no official name is being called SD-1, and another twenty on the way,” Talus said.
“SD-1?” Salene asked.
“You’re the first person within the Thousand Worlds to find it, so it’s yours to name,” Kar said. “Until you do, your initials are being used to identify it.”
“I’ll have to think about that,” she said. “I’m sorry for interrupting. Please go on.”
“Most of the other ships should arrive tomorrow. Nica’s Legacy is there, which you already know, and Garza’s new ship, the Dragonheart, will arrive tomorrow. With Khurda’s help the planetary Blind Sight was found over a week ago and shut down.”
“A week ago?” she asked in surprise. “How long was I in that tank?”
“Two weeks, love,” Jon replied. Salene thought about that for a moment, then set it aside for later. “Are Tani and Steel coming?”
“Yes, they want to personally assure all of the freed people that they are welcome on Garza.”
“So the other silos were found?”
“Yes. It took Jinjie a few days of digging through the data but it was worth it when he isolated the positions of one hundred and forty five silos, along with the locations of the Nomen’s bases. Warriors were sent to all of them in a coordinated, simultaneous attack. They managed to liberate about seven thousand people altogether.”
“Seven thousand?” Salene asked, tensing. “If there are approximately one hundred in each silo, shouldn’t there be closer to fourteen thousand people?”
“Yes, but the Doftle, realizing we were here in force and that this planet was lost to them, gave the Nomen orders to kill everyone and destroy the silos. In some cases the people fought back, managing to overcome the Nomen by sheer numbers. Some tried and failed. They also shot missiles from eleven hidden satellites, destroying eleven silos completely. The satellites were destroyed afterward, but the damage was done. On the upside, despite the Doftles’ efforts, there’re still plenty of silos, creatures, and computers left for our people to study and, hopefully, figure out what it is they’re up to.”
“That’s good news,” Salene said. “Have you spoken with Nia?”
“No, love, we haven’t seen her,” Kar said. “I’m sorry.”
Salene sighed. “I wish I had some way to call to her, but I don’t. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. From some of the things you’ve said, it sounds to me as though we’re no longer there, at SD-1. Is that right?”
“Yes, that’s right,” Talus said. “We left a week ago on the advice of the Council for three reasons. The first and most important of course was you. There was some question as to whether or not the tank would fully heal your neck without complications. When our ship’s physician determined it was safe to remove you, we sent all of the data he’d collected on your status and condition to the Council for review. They approved your removal this morning. We got very lucky, love.”
“Yes, I imagine so. What are the other two reasons?”
“Our Controllers are the second reason. The Council wants to examine us and try to find a way to remove them. Obviously we have no objection to that. We think they also want to be able to keep a close eye on us just in case the Controllers regain control, which we also have no objection to. The third reason is that the Aegl suffered a lot of damage in that explosion. While it was repaired well enough for us to get home in, it still needs a lot of work and isn’t capable of defending itself at the moment. For that reason we are being escorted by six battleships.”
“When will we reach Jasan?”
“In about three days,” Kar replied, surprising her. “We’re limping along very slowly, but there’s no rush now that you’re healed and out of the tank.”
Salene nodded, then sighed at the uncomfortable feeling of the gel on her skin. “I guess I best take that shower now.”
“Good idea,” Talus said, scooping her off the bed and into his arms before she knew what he was going to do. “We’ll help.”
“Um, okay,” she said uncertainly, not sure she actually needed help to take a shower.
“Close your eyes,” Talus warned just before he began moving so fast that everything around her blurred. She squeezed her eyes shut and waited for him to stop.
“We’re there,” he said and she opened her eyes to see Kar pushing a door open. Then Talus carried her into the Aegl’s master suite, crossed it, and entered the bathroom. She only got a brief impression of ivory and chocolate before he set her down on the long countertop between two of four shell shaped sinks.
She watched Kar strip off his clothes and toss them in a corner before stepping into the shower. She shivered, her nipples hardening as hot chills raced over her at the sight of his hard, muscular body.
“Are you cold?” Talus asked. She looked up and shook her head slowly then turned her gaze back to Jon who was already naked. She swallowed hard, then looked back at Talus to find him smiling down at her. He reached for the hem of the med gown she still wore and helped her off with it, then stepped aside to remove his own clothes while Jon took his place.
“Even covered in tank gel you’re beautiful,” Jon said. Her hands rose to his chest, then ran lightly across his smooth, warm skin.
“After all that’s happened, it’s hard to believe how well everything turned out,” she said. “I guess the only problem now is that we can’t soul-link, and that’s my fault.”
“It’s no one’s fault, Zerura,” Talus said. “We’re not meant to link now.”
“When the time is right, we will link our souls as one,” Kar added. “Right now we’re together, and we have our family. That’s enough.”
“I don’t understand. Why do you say we’re not meant to link yet?”
“Do you really think that the Creators can be so easily diverted from their intended path, whatever it might be?” Talus asked with a faint smile. “You were chosen to power bond with Wolef, just as he was chosen to lend you his power, and his counsel. Everything is as it was meant to be.”
“Then why didn’t they say so?” she asked. “Why not just tell Wolef the truth?”
“How do you know? How do you know this is how things are meant to be?”
“We don’t know, love,” Jon said. “We believe. Now, you ready for that shower?”
Salene hesitated for just a moment, then nodded, deciding to let it go. “Yes, please.”
Jon lifted her from the counter and carried her into the shower, Talus and Kar behind them. Then he set her on her feet and she stepped directly under the spray of one of the shower heads in the ceiling and turned her face up, her eyes closed. The feel of the hot water running over her skin was so good it made her skin pebble. She would’ve stood there longer, but after a couple of minutes Talus urged her gently out from beneath it.
“I know that feels good, but we’d like to get you clean before we give you the first part of your punishment.”
“Punishment? For what?” she asked in surprise.
“We warned you, love, that if you let yourself get so much as a scratch that we’d spank you for it,” Jon reminded her.
“True,” she said archly, watching Kar pour shampoo into his hand. “But I didn’t get scratched.”
“Cute,” Talus said, grinning. “Irrelevant, but cute.”
“It seems to me that three big, strong men such as yourselves could think of something better to do with a naked and willing woman besides spank her,” she said, closing her eyes as Kar began massaging the shampoo into her hair.
“Oh, don’t worry, love, we can, and have,” Jon said with laughter in his voice. Her eyes opened as the overhead showerhead suddenly stopped and she saw Talus kneeling on the shower floor in front of her with a jar in his hand.
“Spread your legs,” he said, opening the jar and setting the lid aside. She did as he asked, watching curiously as he scooped a large dollop of cream out of the jar and began applying it to her pubic area. Realizing what he was doing, she relaxed and closed her eyes again. A few minutes later the water came back on and Kar used a hand sprayer to rinse her hair, while Talus used another to wash away the cream he’d applied along with every strand of her pubic hair. The feel of the hot water against her newly unprotected flesh was startlingly intense.
“Much better,” Talus said, stroking her lightly with his fingers before standing up. Salene shivered, her nipples hardening to twin points. Talus smiled down at her and, unable to stop herself, she stretched up onto her toes to kiss him. The moment she slipped her tongue into his mouth his taste flooded her senses, making her shiver with anticipation. Suddenly she wanted to taste more of him. She wanted to taste all of him.
She left his mouth and trailed kisses along his jaw, down his neck to his chest and shoulders, taking her time, exploring with her hands and mouth, committing every inch of his body to memory. She worked her way down to the hard ridges of muscle that cut across his stomach, dipped her tongue into his belly button while her hands stroked his hips. Then she was kneeling on the floor, the warm water of the shower cascading over her back and shoulders as she wrapped both hands around his hard, thick cock. She stroked it gently, causing a thick drop of pearly liquid to leak out of the tiny slit. Leaning forward, she caught it with the tip of her tongue, her eyes closing as this new, muskier version of his flavor burst in her mouth.
She looked up to find all three of her men watching, their bodies hard, their expressions taut with tightly leashed arousal. She smiled up at them, then leaned forward again, this time taking the head of Talus’s cock into her mouth. Her eyes closed and she moaned softly at the feel of him against her tongue. She continued her explorations, circling the broad, plum shaped head, tracing the pulsing veins along his silky length, and caressing the heavy balls that hung between his legs until she’d memorized his scent, his flavor, his texture, and the sound of his moans when she stroked her tongue along one particular area beneath the head. But, as hard as she tried, she couldn’t get more than a couple of inches of him into her mouth.
She sensed movement on both sides of her and released Talus long enough to look up at Kar and Jon. She smiled when she saw that they were both stroking themselves while they watched her.
“We want to see you swallow his cock, love,” Jon said, his voice little more than a deep rumbling growl.
Hot shivers raced over her skin at his words. “I don’t know how,” she said.
“That’s all right, dearest,” Kar said from her other side. “We’ll walk you through it.”
“Okay,” she said eagerly.
“Take him into your mouth, first,” Jon said. “As deeply as you can.”
Salene leaned forward and did as Jon instructed, taking Talus as deep as she could, which wasn’t nearly deep enough to satisfy her.
“Now, work your mouth up and down, taking him just a little bit deeper with every stroke,” Kar said, kneeling beside her. “It’ll get easier and easier each time.”
Salene followed instructions, wrapping her lips tightly around Talus’s hot flesh as she worked him in and out of her mouth, pushing down a little harder each time, her hands gripping his thighs tightly. She was surprised to find that it was working.
“That’s so hot,” Kar said hoarsely. Salene opened her eyes and looked sideways as well as she could with Talus’s cock in her mouth, pleased to see that both Jon and Kar were kneeling close beside her, stroking themselves, their eyes glued to her mouth. The sight made her shudder as a fresh wave of arousal gripped her, causing her to push herself even harder onto Talus’s cock.
“She’s got me at the back of her throat now,” Talus panted, placing his hands on either side of her head.
“The next time take a deep breath,” Jon said. “The moment he touches the back of your throat, swallow.” Salene took a long, deep breath through her nose. Then she pressed forward as hard as she could, determined to take him all the way this time. The moment he hit her throat she swallowed. Her eyes widened at the sensation of him popping into her throat and she started to pull away on reflex, but Talus’s hands on her head held her in place. After a few moments he relaxed his hold and she pulled back, took a breath, then pushed forward again. After the first three or four times, when she’d had a chance to get accustomed to him entering her throat, Talus took control. Holding her head in place, he pressed himself slowly into her mouth, squeezing his eyes shut as she swallowed him. This time he kept pushing until he was as far down her throat as he could get and his balls slapped her chin.
She felt fingers stroking her throat and moaned. “I knew you’d look good with cock in your throat,” Jon said.
Talus withdrew, she took another breath and he plunged back in all the way, then fucked her throat in short little strokes, his breath rasping loudly. He pulled back to let her breathe, then did it again, and again, and again.
“Get ready,” he bit out tightly, but Salene had no idea what he meant.
“He’s going to come now,” Kar said breathlessly. “Make sure you get a good breath first.”
Salene breathed in deeply, then Talus roared and thrust deep while Jon reached between her legs with one hand and pinched her clit firmly. She felt Talus’s cock jerk and spasm in her throat as her own orgasm exploded within her. She heard Jon and Kar shout as they came at the same time, then heard no more as wave after wave of intense, mind numbing pleasure swept her away.
The next time she opened her eyes it was to find herself in Talus’s arms while Kar and Jon used the hand sprayer to rinse their seed from her skin. Her body jerked and shivered, still reacting to the intensity of her orgasm.
“How do you feel?” Talus asked her with a little smile.
“Good,” she said, keeping it simple since sentences were beyond her ability at the moment. “You?”
Talus’s eyes darkened. “You’re a
mazing, Salene. It’s a good thing we’re strong, healthy Clan Jasani males or I have a feeling we’d kill ourselves with the pleasure of having you every chance we get.”
“Just don’t forget that I’m not quite as resilient as you three yet,” she said with a grin.
“Don’t worry love, we’d never forget that,” Jon said as he and Kar began washing her body with soapy sponges.
“I can do this myself, you know,” she murmured, though she wasn’t entirely sure she was capable of standing at the moment.
“No, Zerura,” Talus said. “Caring for you is our right and our privilege. All you need to do is relax.”
Salene smiled and closed her eyes. She really didn’t feel like arguing, and what they were doing felt so good that she had no problem whatsoever doing as Talus said. She didn’t realize that she’d dozed a bit until she opened her eyes to find that she was no longer in the shower, her hair was wrapped in a towel, and Kar was drying her off. When he was finished Jon covered her with a clean towel and Talus carried her into the bedroom and set her on the bed.
Salene was surprised and touched beyond words when they proceeded to pamper her in a way she’d never experienced before in her life. They towel dried her hair carefully and slowly, then Kar began combing it out, careful not to tug or pull on the tangles. Jon and Talus applied lotion to every single inch of her body, massaging it in gently, relieving aches in her sore muscles that she hadn’t even known she had. The only thing they didn’t do was brush her teeth for her.
“What’s wrong, dearest?” Kar asked.
“Wrong?” she asked in surprise.
“You look like you’re going to cry.”
“I’m just so…touched by this. How you’re taking care of me. That’s all.”
“We love you, Salene,” Jon said softly. “There aren’t words to tell you how much we love you, or how scared we were when we almost lost you.”
“As difficult as it was, though, I have to admit that we have a much better understanding and appreciation for you, our relationship, and our love for you,” Talus said. “We’ll never take you for granted again, Salene. That’s a promise.”