by Ines Johnson
He had done that. He'd worked to ensure her success. Liam didn't think twice about allowing her to take credit for his work. That may have shown his love for her. But it didn't show her love for him. But that was okay. As Jaspir said, his love for her was without condition. It was just...
"I don't know if it's going to make her happy," Liam admitted. "I've never actually seen her smile or laugh in the presence of her Mother. Yesterday, in your bed, is the happiest I've ever seen her."
Jaspir didn't disagree.
"Do you think..." Liam looked up at Jaspir, feeling as sheepish as a child asking. "Do you think she might ever come to realize that, and come here to find you?"
Jaspir smiled at the thought. "It's another one of my dreams, and as you see, I don't give up on my dreams." Jaspir rose from the well. "Stay for dinner?"
Liam looked up. "Yes."
"You can stay the night, if you'd like."
The fire of desire in Jaspir's eyes made the parameters of his invitation crystal clear. Liam's cock throbbed in his pants. He couldn't speak. He only nodded his head.
Jaspir smiled, this time it was that confident, knowing smile. "Maybe you'll stay for a while." Jaspir turned and headed back to the house. "Grab the crate of food from the car, will you?" he tossed over his shoulder.
Liam sat rooted to the well long after the screen door had closed. The taste of Merlyn was amazing, but his first taste had been of Jaspir. The idea of Jaspir grabbing the back of his neck and teasing his open mouth made his pants feel tight. Liam remembered the feel of Jaspir's cock pressed against his ass, and wanting to push back until there was skin on skin contact. Well, tonight, he'd have it. And maybe he'd have some more for a while after.
Liam hopped up from the well and made his way to the car. In the distance, he saw another conveyance headed to the house. As it drew near, he gaped. The car came to a stop before him and Merlyn tore out of the driver's panel.
In her arms was that blasted plant. She set it down on the ground and flew into his arms.
"Liam." She grasped him tightly.
Liam's arms came around her.
"Liam, you're here."
"Yes," Liam stated. "I am," he reached for another fact. "And so are you."
Merlyn pulled away from him. "I told them at the Sisterhood. I went back and told them that it was your math."
"I don't care about any of that." He couldn't help himself, he smoothed a lock of her hair from her face. She leaned into his hand. "Are they going to move forward?"
Merlyn frowned. "I don't know. I don't care. I left while they were debating."
"This was your big contribution to the field of science. You have to go back."
"I told you, Liam. I don't care about any of it. All I care about is--"
The front door creaked open.
"Jaspir."
Merlyn tore from Liam's arms and threw herself into Jaspir's. Jaspir gathered her to him without a question. "Hello, my love."
"I don't want to ever be parted from you again," Merlyn said into his chest.
Jaspir pulled Merlyn away from him so that he could look in her eyes. "Then you won't be." He took the nape of her neck in his hands and pulled her in for a kiss.
Merlyn moaned in ecstasy. Jaspir answered her with a growl. They backed into the house, the screen door slapping closed behind them.
From the bottom of the steps, Liam stood rooted to the spot, staring at the closed door. He could hear their sounds of love from behind the closed screen door. The wind kicked up. It blew by Liam's ears, whispering words from his childhood when he'd watched his father stare at a shut door. It rattled the door open and then slammed it closed once more. Liam was left standing on the outside, his heart paralyzed on the ground.
Chapter Five
The sound of Merlyn's voice coming through the door hadn't shocked Jaspir. It hadn't surprised him. It fit. It made perfect sense to him. When he saw her standing at the bottom steps of his house in Liam's arms, he didn't feel an ounce of jealousy. He felt a sense of peace. When she flew up the steps and into his arms, he felt whole.
Jaspir carried her into his home as though it were rehearsed. It had been rehearsed. In his mind he'd done this a thousand times. The only thing unexpected was Liam.
Liam had always been the farthest thing from his imagination when he dreamed of Merlyn. But now that he'd had them both, in reality, the moment was all the sweeter.
Jaspir felt the wind on his back through the screen.
"Liam shut the door behind you." He didn't wait for Liam to follow, he carried Merlyn straight to the bedroom. He'd expected to have Liam on this mattress in a few hours. His dick had throbbed to pierce that virgin skin. It could wait. They had an eternity after all. All three discarded from that great house. Now they had this piece of land and home to share. A home where they were free to do and be as they pleased, a home where no one could ever kick them out or tell them they couldn't be together.
Jaspir set Merlyn down on the bed.
"You were right," she said.
"I was right about what, my love?" Jaspir pulled Merlyn's shirt over her head.
"You said you'd bring me to your house."
"Our house." He unclasped her bra and pulled it forward, relieving her breasts.
"You said you'd grow me a garden."
"I will." He unbuttoned her skirt.
"And I'm here." She looked shame faced. "I didn't believe you."
Jaspir captured her face. "I didn't ask you to believe me. I would never ask that of a scientist. I said I'd prove it. And I have." Jaspir captured her lips. The kiss wasn't slow nips, it was a fast claiming. He lifted her hips and pulled the skirt off along with her underwear.
"Liam?" Jaspir said when he came up for air. Jaspir didn't turn to see him, but he knew Liam stood in the doorway. "I need a moment alone with her."
Jaspir laid Merlyn down on the mattress. He looked down at her body, planning his attack. The sound of retreating footsteps brought Jaspir's eyes to the empty doorway.
"Liam," Jaspir called. "Where are you going?"
Liam reappeared in the doorway. His face a mixture of emotions. On the top most layer was confusion and despair.
Jaspir thought he understood where the despair came from. So he addressed the confusion he'd caused. "When I said I needed a moment alone with her, I meant without you in the bed with us. Not without you in the room."
The despair thawed somewhat, but the confusion remained on Liam's face.
"You've been inside her before," Jaspir explained. "I've only kissed her twice."
Merlyn reached out her hand to Liam. With heavy feet, he entered the room, and closed the door behind him with a soft click. Liam crossed the room and took Merlyn's hand. The confusion cleared, but the despair remained just below the surface. Jaspir would have to investigate that later. He had the love of his life naked before him to contend with first.
Jaspir stripped his clothes off quickly. "This will likely be a poor performance, my love." He knelt on the bed, aligning himself with Merlyn's entrance. "But I will spend my life making up for it."
Jaspir leaned down and kissed her, thrusting his tongue in time with his hips. Merlyn squirmed beneath him. Without breaking the kiss, he guided himself into her. It was the first time he'd ever been inside a woman without a cock ring. The pleasure hit him like a blast of heat. He couldn't catch his breath. He couldn't slow down. Jaspir's hips had a mind of their own as he pumped into her.
Merlyn met him stroke for stroke. She wrapped her legs around his hips, urging him deeper, faster. He told himself that he needed to last for her, but it was a mute argument. The joy in his heart was too loud. The taste of her on his tongue was too sweet. The feel of her around him too much. Jaspir felt his world explode into her. He emptied his soul into her, ending his climax on a sob into her neck.
Merlyn waited for him to recover himself, running a hand up and down his back. When Jaspir was able to pull free, he peered down at her. She smiled up at him.
"Marry me," Jaspir said.
"Of course," she smiled. "That is the natural conclusion to the events of our lives."
Jaspir kissed her, pulling her to him. One of her hands went into his hair. When he remembered what the other was tethered to, he pulled away from her. "Liam you'll need to redeem me in front of our wife." Jaspir pulled out of Merlyn and rolled to the side. "Show her what I taught you. Let her know that there will be pleasure in this union."
Liam stood frozen. "Our wife?"
Jaspir nearly laughed at the expression on the other man's face. Then he remembered the despair he'd seen earlier. He remembered Liam's words by the well. He thought Merlyn didn't love him, and would therefore not want to bond with him.
"Merlyn," Jaspir's eyes never left's Liam's. "Tell your husband-to-be to please you."
Merlyn freed her hand from Jaspir's hair and reached out to Liam.
Liam came to her, a bewildered expression on his face. "You want me?" he asked.
"No," she said. "I need you. I spent a day without you and I was miserable. I didn't realize how much I depended on you until you weren't there."
"As your assistant?"
"As my partner, Liam. In life as well as in love. I can't imagine my life without you."
"To be clear, you're saying you love me?"
Merlyn cocked her head in that bird-like fashion of hers. "Should we do the math?"
Liam's head tilted in the opposite direction. For a moment, Jaspir thought the two would actually whip out calculators, pencil, and paper to triangulate the proof of affection.
But then, Liam crushed her to him. Jaspir watched the man shed his clothes while not breaking away from Merlyn. Liam was naked in under a minute. Jaspir took a moment to admire the lean physique of Liam.
Liam spread Merlyn's thighs and gazed down for a moment before grabbing his dick.
"Wait," Jaspir placed his hand between the two. "Turn her over."
Liam did as instructed. Merlyn lay on her belly, face turned towards Jaspir. Jaspir ran his hand down the side of her face.
"Take her from behind. You'll get a deeper penetration and hit a different spot."
When Liam entered Merlyn they both gasped. Merlyn closed her eyes in ecstasy. Liam looked over at Jaspir, eyes impossibly wide, mouth shaped in an 'O'. Jaspir smiled knowingly.
"Take your time," Jaspir said to Liam. "I want to watch."
And watch he did until he noticed himself growing stiff watching Liam pump in and out of Merlyn. Jaspir leaned over and kissed Merlyn. She was in such a state of ecstasy that she barely noticed.
Jaspir came to his knees. Liam opened hooded eyes and gazed at him. Jaspir ran his hand down the other man's chest and then down his ass, asking for permission. Liam's eyes showed that he understood Jaspir's intent. Jaspir saw excitement flair there.
Jaspir climbed off the bed and went to his pack. From inside a small bag of toiletries he pulled out a jar of oil. He went behind Liam, oiling his dick. Dipping his hand once more into the oil, Jaspir ran it between Liam's ass cheeks. The other man tensed. His thrusting slowed and then came to a stop.
Jaspir lined himself up to Liam and began to push. Liam gasped and tensed more.
"Relax," Jaspir coaxed.
Liam did and Jaspir slid in further. Liam gasped again, but this time there was an edge of pain.
"Shh," Jaspir hushed him. "It'll pass." And then he tilted Liam's head back and kissed him. When Jaspir felt Liam's body relax around him, he released Liam's head and began to thrust.
Jaspir retreated, pulling Liam back with him and halfway out of Merlyn. When Jaspir thrust once more into Liam, Liam went deeply into Merlyn. All three cried out at the impact. And so it went, Jaspir set the pace, his thrusts going into both Liam and Merlyn.
Jaspir put his hand over Liam's chest as he thrust deeper. He felt the other man's heart beating against his palm, the rapid beats in time with his own.
Jaspir heard Merlyn whimper below them. Her climax was imminent. Merlyn and Liam came together in a heated rush. Hot on the trail of their climaxes came Jaspir's. Jaspir withdrew from Liam and collapsed onto the bed. The sound of both of their pleasure was music to Jaspir's ears. Jaspir reached over and turned Liam's head around.
"Welcome home," he said.
Liam smiled back at him, no confusion, no despair. There was peace in his eyes. The two reached down and pulled Adom's blanket around themselves. Arms and legs wrapped one around the other and they all went peacefully to sleep.
Epilogue
Merlyn looked through her scope. "I think I've found something."
"Found what?" Liam came up behind her and planted a kiss on her neck.
Merlyn shuddered and momentarily lost her focus, until her hand grazed the cold metal of the scope. "Since beginning our study on the health benefits of the female orgasm, we learned that the muscle contractions can improve bladder control and calm inflammation."
Liam flicked his tongue out at her ear lobe. "Hmmm."
Merlyn cocked her head to the side to give him better access. "Well, I'm noticing increased antibodies in the immune system of Goddard 356."
Liam's lips paused. "Really? That's fascinating." He leaned over her to peer down into the scope.
Merlyn straightened and looked down at Liam's red head of hair. The sun chose that moment to shine into the lab and she noticed a golden tint to his hair. She had the urge to run her fingers through it. It was such a silly notion. But she did things like that now, silly things. And so she ran her hand through his hair.
Liam straightened with a smile. "This is a brilliant find, Merlyn. I'll get started on some calculations."
Merlyn's hand traced down the side of Liam's face to the stubble on his chin. Liam caught her fingers in his mouth. He sucked one in, running his tongue over the pad of her finger.
Merlyn gasped. The sensation went straight to her core. "I was thinking we could redo the orgasm experiment. But this time with a human test subject."
Liam grinned, his green eyes glittered. "Who did you have in mind?"
Before she could answer, Liam leaned down and captured her lips with his own.
"Get a room."
Merlyn felt Liam groan. She smiled against his lips as he turned and glared over his shoulder at Jaspir.
"We're in a room. And we're working in here," Liam said.
"Yeah," Jaspir slapped Liam's ass. "Working hard, I see."
Merlyn felt Jaspir's fingers encircle Liam's waist as his chin came to rest on Liam's shoulder. Jaspir winked at her and she leaned in for a kiss.
"Come outside," Jaspir said when he released her lips. "I want to you show you two something."
Jaspir led them outside. The garden he was tilling looked far more vibrant than it should for only three months of work.
He led them to a bench Adom had crafted for them on his last visit. Before the bench was a stone garden. At the center of the stone garden was a familiar plant.
Merlyn gasped as she went to it. It was her plant. Her impossible starbust, that had survived so many winters without a place to take root. In the light of the day it looked healthy and vibrant. And there was another color there she hadn't seen before, a stripe of purple. Merlyn reached out to it.
"I've been working on this for weeks," Jaspir said. "I've grafted on a third plant." He looked over at Liam. "It can thrive now that it has a place to take root."
Jaspir handed Liam a watering can, to Merlyn he gave fertilizer. Together they put the plant firmly into the ground.
They sat down at the bench and spent the rest of the day gazing at their creation.
Acknowledgements
This book would not have happened without my Dynamos! Leslye, Kara and Angela. I'd also like to thank my new friends in the Goodreads Fans of Interracial Romance group. And a huge shout-out to the Self Publishing Yahoo Group.
When I was about twelve, I got cable in my room. It was bootleg cable where my parents split the wire from the downstairs television with
legit cable and then ran it up the stairs and split it again so it could be in everyone's bedroom. That cord brought all kinds of entertainment into my bedroom at night. You'd think I'd be watching Cinemax After Dark -and I did. But what absolutely fascinated me was The Discovery Channel.
One night on Discovery, I caught a program called "Sperm Wars: The Science of Sex." It was based off the book by the same name. The title reveals the subject matter. Its about what goes on inside a fertile woman's body during conception. All the science of "The Loyal Steed" (that pertains to egg fertilization) is real. Its true that less than 1% of sperm is designed for fertilization of the egg. There are Terminator sperm that engage in warfare with enemy sperm from the Part-Time Lover. That information fascinated me as a tween, turned away some dates when I referenced the show in college, and has now wound up in a book which I hope you loved reading as much as I loved writing!
Next up is Alyss' story, along with Adom and Emet. Read on for a sneak peak.
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The story continues with Alyss, Adom and Emet
in "The Clever Fox"
Out June 2015
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