Monroe, Marla - The Ranchers Take a Wife [Men of Space Station One #1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting)

by Marla Monroe

  “Okay, I’ll be ready. Am I supposed to do anything for this ceremony?”

  “No, other than be there when it is set.” Phillip grabbed her hand and squeezed it.

  “I’ll let you know when it will be. We’ll go over there day after tomorrow and set it all up.” Cam ran a finger down her arm.

  “Goodness. I forgot you wouldn’t be here tomorrow. Should I go and set it up?”

  “No. That’s our duty, and besides, I don’t want you going into town alone. There are a number of animals here that aren’t friendly.” Cam shook his head.

  “Oh, they didn’t tell us about the natural wildlife. You’ll have to teach me,” she said.

  “Don’t worry. We’ll teach all you need to know once you’re home with us,” Phillip said in a soft voice.

  Lacy shivered. That sounded like there was some things sexually she might not have been expecting. For once, she was nervous about her decision. Had she bitten off more than she could chew? What could they want sexually that she wasn’t prepared for? She knew there would be anal sex. She’d been prepared for that by the instructors when they’d been selected for the mission. Maybe they were dominant and would expect her to be very submissive in bed. She could do that.

  She licked her lips and bit her lower one. The unknown was something she had never done well with. She liked to know what to expect and be ready for it. She very nearly asked Phillip what he meant by that, but refrained.

  “We better go now. I don’t want to wear you out since you had a headache earlier. We’ll talk to you day after tomorrow once we have things set up,” Cam assured her.

  “I’ll be watching for you. I’ll have things pretty much packed tomorrow.”

  She saw them out and watched them leave the building. Now that she’d made her choice known to them, she was nervous about it. They were big men. They could easily overpower her. Somehow, she couldn’t see them abusing her. They were much too nice and had shown no indication of anger or aggravation around her.

  Lacy sighed and turned to look over the room. She hadn’t spent that many days in it, but was suddenly a little nostalgic about leaving it. It was her first home on the alien planet. She’d felt safe here. She hoped she would feel safe in her new home.

  Supper came and she hurried over to eat and get back to shower and go to bed. She wanted to be up bright and early to begin packing up her things.

  When she arrived, there were several women discussing her men. She smiled and told them they were off the market.

  “I claimed them this afternoon,” she told them.

  “You’re kidding. They were flirting with us,” one of the women said.

  “They were being polite,” she said.

  “I don’t call kissing me just being polite,” one of the women boasted.

  Although Lacy’s heart hurt at the revelation, she smiled and shrugged.

  “Still, I claimed them. They’re mine.”

  “Even after they kissed me? You would take them knowing they’d flirted with me, and asked me how I would like living with them?”

  “Like I said. I made up my mind and I claimed them. I’m sorry you’re disappointed but there are thirty-eight other men to choose from.” Lacy swallowed hard around the lump in her throat.

  The other woman grumbled and all but stomped off. She hated that the other woman was upset, but she’d chosen, and that was that. She wouldn’t go back on her word now. Even though she worried she might have made a mistake after all.

  * * * *

  Phillip and Cam hurried home. They would have just enough time before dark to move out a couple of the irrigation lines to get a head start on them tomorrow.

  Phillip was excited over the fact that Lacy had chosen them. Now he felt guilty about kissing the other woman, but Cam had kissed her first, and he felt obligated to kiss her after he did. He wasn’t sure what Cam was thinking. They hadn’t really been that into her at first.

  “Why did you kiss Rachel, Cam?” he asked when they’d returned to the house an hour later.

  “I wanted to see how it felt. Plus, I wasn’t sure Lacy was going to choose us anyway. I wanted to have options.” He obviously wasn’t going to apologize for it.

  “I feel guilty now,” Phillip admitted.

  “Doesn’t do any good feeling guilty. Just get over it and move on. It didn’t mean anything, and we weren’t claimed then.”

  “I suppose you’re right.”

  It was Phillip’s turn to make sandwiches for supper. He thought about what they would do when they brought her home. He hoped she would like the house. They had built it with a woman in mind. The master bedroom was huge, with a small sitting area and two walk-in closets, one for them and one for her. The master bath had an enormous tub and a large walk-in shower large enough for three.

  The kitchen had all the latest gadgets they could import in on the freighters that brought in the supplies needed to build the community. He was sure everyone had talked about their unusual taste in furnishings. Still, they wanted their woman to feel at home.

  After supper and discussing what they planned to do the next day, they each retired to their separate suites. Phillip peeled off his clothes and headed for the shower. He adjusted the water to a comfortable temperature before stepping into the spray. He washed off the dirt and grime from moving the irrigation equipment. Then he thought about Lacy and her sweet kiss.

  He gripped his dick in one hand and squeezed rhythmically at the base of it until a drop of pre-cum pearled at the tip. He rubbed the drop around the top of his cock to lubricate it as he ran his hand down the stalk of his dick. He set a slow, leisurely pace, wanting it to last.

  He tugged on his dick over and over, imaging Lacy’s pink lips around his cock, sucking it down her throat. She would tease him with her tongue and alternate between sucking and swallowing. He ran his hand from the base all the way to the tip and back down again. He began to pull faster as he thought of her swallowing around his cock when he had it down her throat. He used his other hand and manipulated his balls, slowly rolling them in his hand.

  The thought of her between them had him tugging faster on his engorged dick. He wanted to taste her sweet pussy and find out what it felt like to be balls deep inside of her. Her beautiful blue eyes would look up at him, drugged in pleasure. They would make sure she was pleasured.

  Phillip moaned. His climax was getting closer. He could feel the fire burning down his spine and settling in his balls. He didn’t want it to be over. Not this fast, but thinking about her upped the pleasure until he was shooting his cum in streams that landed on his abdomen and hand.

  He had to brace himself on the back of the shower to keep from losing his balance. He’d never come that hard by his own hand before. If just thinking about her did that to him, what in the hell would it be like to be between her legs, moving inside of her?

  Phillip cleaned up and shut off the water. He grabbed a towel and dried off before walking nude into the bedroom that would soon become a guest room. If everything worked out well, it would one day be a nursery.

  Even after having climaxed, he couldn’t relax and settle down to sleep. He pulled on a pair of jeans and walked to the front of the house and outside on the front porch. He wasn’t really surprised to see Cam out there as well.

  “Can’t sleep?” he asked.

  Cam grunted.

  “Me either. I’m too wound up. I want to go get her and bring her here right now,” Phillip confessed.

  “We’ll have her here soon enough. She seems really excited about it, to me. What about you?” Cam asked.

  “Yeah, I think she is. She sure as hell was responsive.”

  “What happens if she finds out that we kissed Rachel the other day?” Phillip asked.

  “She hadn’t claimed us. She should realize that we had the right to court anyone until we were claimed.”

  “You know how women can be, though. Rachel is sure to tell her and make it sound worse than it was.”

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p; Cam sighed and leaned both his hands against the railing. “Phillip, she’s ours now. We can make it up to her. She’s who we wanted all along, and we got her. Don’t go putting roadblocks up where there aren’t any.”

  “I know you’re right. I guess I’ll feel better once she’s actually here with us. How long do you think it will be before we can bring her home?”

  “Supposed to be able to have it the next day, so theoretically, we should be able to bring her home in three days.” Cam pushed back from the railing. “I’m going on to bed now. I’ll see you in the morning.”

  Phillip watched his friend walk back inside. He settled down in a rocking chair and looked out over the sky. It looked so different from Earth’s sky. Then there were the three moons. They reflected so much light that if there weren’t any clouds, you could almost work at night, and they had in the past.

  He wanted to walk her around their land and introduce her to all the beauty the land held before she learned about the harshness there as well. He knew she would go through a period of homesickness, but hopefully, it wouldn’t last long. Even he and Cam had a bout of it when they’d first gotten there and saw the amount of work ahead of them.

  Now, everything was set up and ready to turn into a community. They had the solar energy for electricity and running water. There was an abundance of clean water all around the planet and enough land for people to spread out once families began to grow. He hoped that their women would be able to have children. The animals had managed just fine. Still, humans were a little different, and though they had tested negative for the disease, they could still be barren.

  Would it matter if she were? It would hurt, but they would make the best of it. They would make sure she was happy and know they still cared for her despite not being able to have children.

  The thought of love kept nagging at him. What if they never fell in love with each other? Or worse, what if they fell in love with her and she didn’t fall in love with them? Could he stand it? As long as she cared for them and stayed with them, they would be fine. Not every marriage ended in love. Sometimes it was all about companionship. Still, he longed for love, had wanted someone to love for years. He wasn’t sure how Cam felt about it. His friend was closemouthed about emotions. Phillip hoped it wouldn’t prove to be a problem with their new wife.

  * * * *

  Lacy finished packing all her things except for the dress she planned to wear for the ceremony. She also left out her bathroom kit. She’d checked and double-checked the closets and drawers to be sure she wasn’t leaving anything. Between the nervous energy and the frogs jumping around inside her tummy, she wasn’t sure she would be able to remember her vows.

  She’d been given a little booklet explaining the ceremony and what her part was in it. She had read it so many times it was already worn and frayed at the edges.

  The men promised to care for her and see to her every need. She promised to take care of them and provide for their home. They as a family promised to attempt to add to the population by conceiving a child as soon as possible. As far as marriage ceremonies went, it didn’t get even close. Still, for the reasons they were there, it covered the bases.

  The entire reason for the space station on Alpha was to see if humans could prosper and breed in the planet’s strange atmosphere. So far the animals were doing fine. If they proved to be able to have healthy children, they would begin colonizing other areas of the planet with more space stations.

  They had two other planets they were doing the same thing on, Delta and Omega. She’d signed up for Alpha on a whim. Life on Earth was difficult. All young women who hadn’t been positive for the disease had been confined in the underground bunkers to keep them safe. Never seeing the sunlight or the moon and stars again had been a pretty pathetic way to live as far as she was concerned. So she took the chance and signed up.

  Did she regret her decision? No. Was she nervous? Hell yes. This would be an entirely new way of living. She’d read up on frontier days while on the shuttle knowing they would be roughing it to some extent. She had prepared herself, she thought, for most anything, except for Phillip and Cam.

  Lacy really thought she would end up with someone she wasn’t attracted to and would have to make the best of it. Finding out they had the privilege of choosing had surprised her, and now she was worried she’d made a mistake choosing them. They’d kissed Rachel and asked her about living with them.

  Was she second choice and they were disappointed to have been chosen by her and not Rachel? She didn’t know if she could live with that knowledge if they seemed disappointed in her. But she had made her choice and there was nothing for it but to honor her promise and move on with life. Surely they would also wish to make the best of it and put Rachel behind them.

  Several of the women knocked at her door to help her dress and escort her to the community center where the ceremony would take place. She was secretly relieved that Rachel wasn’t among them. It would have been hard to be nice to her while she got ready.

  The women talked and laughed and made generally naughty suggestions for her first night with her men.

  “Remember, they will both want to take you. I don’t think they will take you at the same time, but they might. You did read all the material they gave us, right?” one of the women asked.

  “Yes, I did. I know what to expect. I’m not a virgin,” she reminded them.

  In fact, none of the women were. It had been one of the requirements that they not be for the first set of women sent to the planet. They didn’t want them even more stressed by the prospect of taking two men to bed and still being innocent in the ways of sex.

  All the women tittered and winked. She endured their chatter and continued suggestions with good humor. They were all anticipating their time for their ceremony. She could tell several were nervous. She was nervous.

  Finally, it was time to head to the community center. They all crowded around her to keep her hidden until they entered and walked her to the front where her grooms would be waiting. When they parted and let her walk the rest of the way alone, she was pleasantly surprised to see that the men wore suits. She’d expected new jeans and shirts, but not suits. She was glad she had chosen her prettiest dress.

  The ceremony was over in a matter of minutes and each of them kissed her. They all three wore plain gold bands and joined hands to walk out to their transport. She realized they’d cleaned it up and had a blanket over the seat where she wouldn’t get anything on her dress. She was touched that they’d thought of something so trivial.

  Phillip helped her up, and each of them got in on either side of her. The well-wishers waved them off as they drove out of town and out into the wilderness in the buggy. This was the beginning of her new life. She prayed it would be a good one.

  Chapter Four

  When they arrived at the house several hours later, Lacy hoped she would be able to change clothes and perhaps take a nap. She was exhausted from the anticipation and then the drive out.

  “Welcome to your new home,” Phillip said. He helped her out of the buggy and led her up the steps of the wraparound porch to the front door.

  Cam took her hand then and startled her by swinging her up into his arms before walking through the door. He let her slide down his body until she could plant her feet on the floor. As she did, she was well aware of his cock, hard and long against her belly. She shivered in awareness.

  “Welcome home,” he said. “Phillip is going to show you around while I see to some things around the farm. I’ll see you again in a little while.” He bent and kissed her lightly on the lips before straightening up and walking back out the door.

  “Let’s start with the living room and then the kitchen.” Phillip seemed excited about showing her around.

  Lacy couldn’t help but wonder if Cam really had chores to attend to or if he just wanted away from her? She huffed out a breath and chastised herself. Don’t go making assumptions. Give him the benefit of the doubt before you st
art accusing him of ignoring you.

  Phillip led her out of the entrance hall to a large living area complete with a leather sofa and two lounge chairs. There was a massive fireplace in front of them. She realized there would be no TV or entertainment since they were across the galaxy from Earth. What did they do for amusement during leisure time?

  “Through here is the eat-in kitchen. We got all the best appliances we could that would work here. For some reason, microwaves don’t work, so there isn’t one of those.”

  She marveled at the granite countertops and the beautiful wood cabinets. It was indeed a well-thought-out kitchen. She could easily see herself cooking in it.

  He then led her to a mudroom and laundry area. It was large enough for a washer, dryer, and utility sink. There was also room for the men to strip down after a hard day’s work and toss their dirty clothes in the washer right there.

  “It’s all so nice. You really worked hard on this house.” She was impressed.

  “Wait till you see the bedrooms,” Phillip said.

  He led her upstairs and showed her the three bedrooms there. There were two bathrooms, one that was shared between two rooms. They were obviously the rooms the men slept in. The last bedroom had its own bathroom. She wondered which bedroom would be the one they shared.

  She followed Phillip to the other side of the hall. He opened double doors to the largest bedroom in the house. This was the master bedroom, she realized. There was a huge bed that took up one side of the room and a small sitting area on the other side. He showed her the closets and she noticed her suitcases were sitting next to them. Cam must have brought them in while they’d been upstairs.

  The master bath blew her away. It was beyond luxurious, as far as she was concerned. It could be described as decadent. She loved it. She could already imagine soaking in the tub. Fatigue caught up with her then, and she yawned.

  “You’re tired. Why don’t you take a bath and then a nap? I’m cooking supper tonight. It will be around seven so you have plenty of time for a nice soak and a short nap,” he assured her.