by Becky Wilde
“Ditto, now go get your men,” Honey commanded as she hugged Rhi back then turned and walked away.
Rhiannon took a deep breath, pushed her shoulders back and smoothed all expression from her face. She raised her hand and knocked on the large doors. She waited and waited but no one came to answer the door. She was just about to turn around and head back to Honey, when she spied a control panel off to the side of the doors. She pushed the button and waited.
The doors swung open of their own accord, Rhi stepped through the entrance hesitantly. She knew her 60
mouth must be hanging open as she saw the long hallway, marble floors with gold running throughout. She stood frozen as her eyes took in the opulence surrounding her.
“Follow the corridor to the doors at the end,” a disembodied voice commanded.
Rhiannon walked the long corridor with a feeling of dread. She felt as if she was heading to her own execution.
She pushed the wayward hysterical thought aside and came to a stop in front of the big doors. She watched in astonishment as the doors opened to reveal a very large room which had gold in the walls, ceiling and floors. She took a hesitant step into the room and spotted her three mates across the vast expanse, sitting on a large sofa.
“Rhiannon, what are you doing here?” Adarm asked in a cold voice.
Rhiannon walked across the room until she stood a few feet away from her mates. They had no expressions on their faces as they watched her. Rhiannon felt as big as gnat as they stared at her.
“I have come to explain a few things to you. I need to explain why I acted the way I did. I know I hurt you all very much with my words and my behavior and for that I apologize profusely and sincerely. I would take it all back if I could, but I know I can't. I would appreciate it if you would hear me out before you say anything or decide what you want to do.”
“We are listening,” Thed said with a wave of his 61
hand.
Rhiannon took a deep breath and looked from Adarm, Gram to Thed and then she began.
“I grew up in an orphanage. That is a place for children who have no parents or any other relative. I met Honey in school and we have been friends ever since, she is the one true constant in my life. I've had a few boyfriends but as I began to come to care for them, they would always break it off with me and leave. I made other friends, not like Honey, but anyone who ever entered my life always seemed to leave. I am afraid of getting emotionally attached to anyone because, as I said, they always end up leaving.
I really thought I was hallucinating when you first came into my life. I was intoxicated because I was grieving for my one and only best friend in the whole world, universe. Again someone I loved had left me, even if it wasn't her fault.
I have always wanted to have lots of babies and when I realized you were actually real I was worried I would never be able to realize that dream, because we are different species. So instead of asking questions like I should have, to find out what the hell was going on, I cut you down with my tongue and contrived to ignore you.
Again because I was afraid. I needed to keep you at arms length so I couldn't be hurt, but in doing so I have not only hurt you three, but myself as well. I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me and give me another chance.
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I would like to take the time to get to know you and for you to know me, if you are willing. I'll try not to be such a coward and will make every effort I can to open myself up to you. I won't be able to do that overnight, I have been this way from a very early age. Habits of a lifetime are hard to break, but I'm willing to try.”
The silence in the room was so loud Rhiannon could hear her own heart beating. She looked at her three mates one at a time and gave a sigh of resignation. They still wore the same cold expressions on their faces. She felt tears prick the back of her eyes and turned away to head back the way she had come. There was no way in hell they were going to see her fall apart again.
“Rhiannon where are you going?” Gram asked in a deep husky voice.
“Honey's” she stated without turning around. The tears were coursing down her cheeks, she had tried but had failed. Well so be it, she was just one big failure after another. She took two more steps and froze as large arms wrapped around her waist from behind. Her body jolted as the electrical pulses of pleasure ran through her. She couldn't contain the moan that welled up from her throat.
“Ah, little one, please do not cry. We can feel your pain. You are not a coward, little Rhiannon. You are one of the bravest people I know. It took much for you to come here and talk to us. Now please come back and sit with us, so we have the chance to get to know each other,” Adarm 63
whispered against her ear.
Rhiannon could hold back the storm no longer. She turned in Adarm's arms and sobbed against his chest with relief. He thought she was brave and they were giving her another chance. What more could she ask for?
Adarm picked up their little mate and cradled her against his massive chest. He walked back to the sofa and sat down between Thed and Gram. They all surrounded her with their body heat and comfort until the storm abated.
“I'm sorry. I am so sorry for how I treated you and for what I said to you,” Rhiannon stated as she lifted her tear reddened, swollen eyes to look at each of her mates.
“We accept your apology little one. Please do not cry anymore. It breaks our hearts to see you so sad. We only want to see joy and love on your face,” Thed stated as he lifted a large hand and gently wiped her tears from her cheeks.
“We will take the time to learn of each other and if you are not happy we will return you to your home planet,”
Gram stated from beside her.
“You would do that for me?”
“Yes, little one. If that is what would make you the happiest, we will take you home,” Adarm said as he tilted her chin up to meet her eyes with his.
“Well thank you. It means a lot to me to know you would be willing to let me go, but I'm not going anywhere.
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decide. I could never leave Honey, she is a sister to me. I have nothing to go back to on Earth. My life is here on Calt and I really want to get to know you three, if you'll give me another chance.”
“We would like that very much, little Rhiannon,”
Thed said as he surrounded her from behind with his arms.
“Thank you for being so generous. I know I hurt you all with my verbal assaults. I will do anything I can to make it up to you,” Rhiannon stated earnestly.
“Would you be willing to come and live with us little Rhiannon? You can have a room of your own, of course. If and when you decide to join with us, all you need do is let us know,” Adarm stated with abated breath.
“Yes, I will come and live with you. I will need to let Honey know I won't be back and I have been borrowing her clothing so I will need to get a change of clothes as well.”
“I will inform your sister of the new arrangements and we will provide you with anything you need, little one.
Do not concern yourself so,” Thed stated as he moved over to a concealed wall panel. He pushed a few buttons and then came back and sat down again. “Honey is now aware of the new living arrangements.”
“Where do you live?” Rhiannon asked with curiosity.
“We have apartments here in the Temple, little Rhiannon. We do not need to travel far to be home,” Gram 65
replied.
“Would you like to see your new home, little one?”
Gram asked as he stood and held his hand out to Rhiannon.
“Yes, I would like that very much,” Rhiannon replied as she placed her hand in his. She got another electrical pleasure jolt and gave a gasp. “I don't think I will ever get used to that.”
“We hope not little one, we would not like you to become bored. The pleasure you feel whe
n we touch, is just the beginning little one. If and when you decide to join with us you will understand. You were not yourself the first time we joined and even though we know you felt our life's spirits and reached your pleasure, the next time will be much more,” Gram said with a smile.
Rhiannon walked with Gram out of the large double doors to the main chamber of the temple, letting her eyes wander as they walked. Thed and Adarm followed behind and they all answered her questions until they came to a door hidden in the wall in the long hallway. If you didn't know the door was there it would be impossible to find. It blended in with it's surroundings so well and their was no hint of any cracks to indicate the door existed.
Rhiannon was impressed by their living quarters.
They weren't as opulent as the temple, which she was thankful for. She didn't want to spend her time being worried about breaking anything. She followed Gram into the living room area and gave a tentative sigh as he seated 66
her on the sofa.
“Would you like any refreshments little one?” Thed asked as he sat down next to her.
“I would kill for a coffee right now, but I don't think you have that on this planet.”
“Explain to us what coffee is, little Rhiannon and I will see what I can do,” Adarm opined.
“Well it's made out of ground up coffee beans. You pour boiling water over the beans and if you want, you can add cream or milk and sugar. It gives you a bit of a perk up, first thing in the morning.”
“Hmm, maybe I can get the food simulator to replicate this coffee by programming it into the machine,”
Adarm replied.
“Oh if you could do that I would love you for life,”
Rhiannon stated. She bit her lip nervously when she realized what she had said. She didn't want to give any false hopes to the men in the room or make any slip ups where they were concerned. She was already treading on thin ice after they way she had treated them. “I'm sorry.”
“Ah little one, please do not be sorry for using your Earth terms on the spur of the moment. We would like nothing better for you to love us, but we will not push you into anything before you are ready,” Thed said from her side as he took her hand into his.
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spend the rest of our lives with you but if that is not what you decide, then so be it,” Gram said as he knelt in front of her and took her other hand.
God they were so handsome. Every time she was near them she could feel her panties getting damp with her need. She didn't think she would ever get used to having three Adonis's wanting her in their beds, their lives. It still scared the shit out of her, but she was determined to take one day at a time and not look for ways to sabotage what could be the best three beings to ever happen to her.
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Chapter Eight
Life took on a routine for Rhiannon and her mates.
They did not pressure her into joining with them as she took the time to really get to know them and they her. Her men counseled the single males of their small community as well as any mated spouses. Not that there were very many.
Rhiannon had asked her mates if they would be adverse to her helping to counsel the single males, as well as letting them touch her, to see if she had come into contact with any of their mates. Since they were only too happy to help the males they let her join Honey in the worthy cause. She arrived back at their suite exhausted from her counseling and unfulfilled desires, even if she had found sexual release from the touch of other male hands.
She was feeling empty inside and knew she wanted to feel the pleasure that only her true mates could give her. She was becoming attached to her three mates and wanted to bridge the gap between them, but she had no idea how to go about it.
They were solicitous to her needs such as clothing, food and drink. They taught her how to use the food simulator properly, instead of just pushing buttons 69
haphazardly. Adarm had indeed reprogrammed the food simulator and she was ecstatic to be able to have her morning ritual coffee. He was so sweet, he had even gone and reprogrammed Honey's simulator to include coffee.
Honey arrived at their usual meeting place in a unused adobe which had been set up for counseling single males, full of excitement.
“Hey Rhi, guess what?”
“What?” Rhi asked.
“Do you remember my friends Jord, Biel, Tiem and Miga?”
“Um yeah. I couldn't forget them even if I was rather intoxicated. They gave me an orgasm when one of them touched me.”
“Hmm yeah. Well anyway, they have gone to Earth to abduct Erin Baker as she is their mate. They should be back within eight weeks or so.”
“Oh my god. Poor Erin. She is such a timid little thing, she is going to be scared out of her mind. Can't they do this another way?” Rhiannon asked with anger on behalf of a work colleague.
“What would you have them do Rhi? Walk amongst the humans on Earth and court Erin?” Honey asked sardonically.
“Um, well, yes, no, I don't know,” Rhiannon whined.
“You have no idea either. Admit it Rhi, they have 70
no other options.”
“Yeah, I suppose not,” Rhiannon replied as she chewed her bottom lip.
The two females made their morning coffee from another reprogrammed food simulator and opened the door to the abode for business. The morning flew by as they were visited by quite a few single males. The women knew they were an oddity on their planet and most of the males were their out of curiosity. They took their lunch break and had just reopened for the afternoon when Rhiannon felt evil slide up her spine. She looked up in time to see a large blue Caltese walk through the door with another smaller version of himself. They had to be twins, but for some reason Rhi didn't trust either one of them. There was something strange about them that set the hair on the back of her neck on end.
“Honey, can you contact your mates telepathically still?” Rhiannon whispered, out the side of her mouth.
“Yeah, why?”
“Do it, we are in trouble,” Rhiannon said quietly.
Honey looked at her friend then turned towards the door to see the two males standing in the living area of the abode. Honey couldn't see what the problem was, but she trusted Rhiannon's instincts without question.
“Sven, Cail, Igor can you hear me?”
“Yes little one.”
“Rhiannon wants me to contact you. She thinks we 71
could be in trouble. Two males have just entered the counseling abode and she doesn't trust them. Can you contact her mates as well?”
“Yes. We are on our way little Honey,” Sven stated.
“I want you to stay connected with our minds if you can, alright?”
“Okay.”
“Hi guys, how may we help you?” Rhiannon asked as she eyed the two men.
“You can come with us, little one,” said the smaller of the two males.
“I beg your pardon?”
“He said come with us,” stated the larger of the two.
“Look here. I don't know who you two think you are, but I'm not going anywhere with either of you,”
Rhiannon stated as she stood and moved away from the small table nearby. She loosened her muscles and prepared to fight the two men.
The big one moved quickly but Rhiannon didn't let his size intimidate her. She moved towards him grabbed his outstretched arm and flipped him over her shoulder using his own momentum to aid the movement. She turned quickly to deal with the other male but froze in her tracks when she saw he held Honey in his arms, a small metal object pressed against her friends neck.
“I don't think that was very wis,e little female. We are not going to hurt you, we just want to join with you.”
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“I don't give a fuck what you want. I am already mated with
your three High Chancellors, so too bad for you.” Rhiannon said through clenched teeth.
One moment she was frozen from any action, the next she was full of fury. She moved like lightning as she executed a well placed roundhouse kick and knocked the male holding her friend away from Honey. She grabbed his hand, bent his thumb back and placed the metal thingy against his own neck. The male let out a growl just before he slumped to the floor unconscious. She turned back to see the large male coming at her and leaped up with a well placed kick to the jaw knocking him on his ass once more.
She placed her forearm against his throat and blocked his airway. If she had weighed more she might have been able to hold him down.
He used his large hands and picked her up and threw her across the room. Rhiannon saw stars as her head cracked against the wall on the opposite side of the room.
She heard Honey cry out with fury or pain she wasn't sure and then she knew nothing as she slipped into the dark beckoning abyss.
Rhiannon wasn't out for long, when she regained consciousness it was to see her three mates, shackling the two rogue males in restraints and Honey's mates attending her friend.
“Are you alright, sweet one?” Adarm asked as he picked her up from the floor into his large muscle-bound 73
arms and cradled her against his chest.
“Yeah, I'm fine, but my head is pounding like a bitch,” she stated through clenched teeth. The movement was making her dizzy and nauseous, so she closed her eyes and hid her face in Adarm's warm comfortable chest.
“Honey?”
“Your little Honey is fine. We arrived just as that bastard threw you across the room,” Gram stated from her side.
“She cried out,” Rhiannon mumbled.
“It was in fear for you little one. She is unharmed I promise,” Thed stated from behind her.
“Hmm okay,” Rhiannon whispered and then went slack in Adarm's arms.
“A medic is on the way. He said he will met us in our suite,” Gram stated with concern.
The three men took Rhiannon back to their suite just as the medic arrived. Adarm placed their unconscious mate on his large bed and stood to the side as Medic Reaker attended her. She had a case of whiplash and a concussion which he dealt with straight away. He gave a sigh and a shake of his head and left. It seemed to him the more human females to arrive on Calt, the more rogue males were turning up. What was the universe coming to?