Earth Moves
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Farrah nodded her head in acceptance and Alexi slowly removed his hand. The Donan brothers all stood at six feet seven and this girl must stand at least five feet seven or eight, judging by where her head rested in the middle of Alexi’s chest.
Marcus looked into her eyes. “I will ask you again. Who are you?”
“I am Farrah.” When she refused to add more Marcus continued.
“Where do you come from?”
“I am of the fire caste.” Marcus already knew that by the color of her top but once again she refused to add more. Marcus knew that she could not tell that he and his brother Alexi were also of the fire caste. Warriors did not wear caste colors as their women did. Marcus began bombarding her with questions faster than she could focus and answer them.
“Who are your people? Where did you travel from? Why are you here? Who do you seek? Why do you travel alone?”
Trying to catch her unguarded, Alexi quickly asked, “How old are you, Farrah?”
“I will pass my twenty-first summer in a few days.”
Marcus passed his hand over her unmarked flesh. “You are not claimed and yet you travel without protection.”
Her eyes widened as she realized what she had given away, but Marcus gave her no chance to speak. Moving quickly he pulled the cylindrical weapon from his belt and knelt before her. Alexi realized what his brother was preparing to do and quickly grasped her hands in his and crossed them over her chest. Marcus held the weapon against her lower right abdomen just above her skirt and used it to place the head of the wolf on her, marking her as the bonded mate of the Donan brothers from now on. They had played by the rules once before with Tamya, the sister of the Savari warriors, and in the end had lost her. This time he would claim first and worry about consequences later. Besides, if the girl was truly traveling alone then there would be no one to protest his action. Once she was marked and bedded there would be nothing to be done anyway.
“From this moment forward you will belong to us. You now bear the mark of the Donan clan,” Marcus informed her. “From this moment on, Farrah, you are the bonded mate of the Donan warriors and none will dare to interfere with our claim.”
Farrah looked from the mark on her abdomen to the fierce warrior in front of her and wondered how everything had gone so wrong. She had done everything just as her aunt had told her. The warrior before her was huge with bulging muscles. Unlike other warriors his blond hair was cut short, just barely brushing his neck in back and shaggy over his ears on the side. He had gorgeous blue eyes that were filled with lust as he looked over her body. She could already feel the stiff erection of the warrior holding her against him. It was like a club pulsing on her back.
And now when she was so close to her goal she was taken. Now she belonged to these men. No one would do anything to help her now since these warriors had marked her here where no one else was present to challenge their right. It would be their word against hers and she could tell by the sensual passion she saw in the one before her and her own traitorous body’s response to it that she wouldn’t stand a chance against them.
All she could hope for was that she could still get to the other Guardian while she was so close. Without any further concern for interrupting the pleasure of the three people in the glen, Farrah opened her mouth and screamed at the top of her lungs.
Instead of looking angry, the warrior in front of her just grinned and she could feel the laughter rippling through the chest of the one behind her.
Marcus leaned down and spoke with his lips just inches from hers. “No one can save you from us now, little one. We will not let anyone take you from us. But if you require an audience for our first mating then far be it from me to deny you.”
Farrah gasped in shock as she looked with dawning horror at the enormous bulge in the warrior’s pants. They would kill her with their lust. She would never be able to survive a mating with such a man, never survive a mating like the one she had stumbled upon in the glen. And her death would be the end before there ever was a beginning. Faint with hunger and tired from her long arduous trip, Farrah gave in to the darkness that over took her, fainting dead away against Alexi’s chest.
Alexi lifted the girl into his arms while Marcus called out to the Savari clan that they could hear rushing toward them from the glen. Marcus could only hope that Arik and Galen had been able to finish what they had started with Erika. He knew there would be time to learn more of their new mate, Farrah, when she awoke.
For now they would continue with their plans to visit with friends and celebrate the birth of such unique twins. Never before had a warriors’ woman given birth to a set of twins that consisted of one boy and one girl. It marked a new change in the ways of old. It would be interesting to see what happened now for all around them.
First he would see that Bannen was sent a message of their new mate. He looked for his brother to arrive close after nightfall. Tonight they would all find pleasure in the woman Alexi held cradled so gently against his chest. Marcus grabbed the end of her braid and began undoing it while they waited for the arrival of the Savari warriors. He was eager to have their sweet beauty bedded and fully claimed. Tonight would have to be soon enough.
The old woman looked down upon them. She took in the sight of the Guardian of Earth. The girl was strong and bold. She was training stringently for the task that lay ahead. She let her gaze fall to the other girl cradled against the chest of a tall warrior. The Guardian of Fire would learn quickly. When the time came she would be ready as well. She watched as they all came together, watched as the warriors greeted each other with smiles and the clasping of arms and smiled. “So it begins.”
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