Talia's Match [Coalition Mates 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour)

by Sarah Marsh

  “You are not a slave, Talia. We have purchased your freedom for you, but not for the reasons you think,” he said as he motioned for her to sit across from them on the couch. “You are on our home planet Adoan, in the capital city of Xexos, and we do not condone slavery here of any kind.”

  As she sat down, the other male with the dark hair began to speak as he poured her a glass of something that looked like red wine.

  “This is Prince Asher of Adoan, and I am Grae, his consort and Royal Liaison to my home planet of Dali,” Grae began as he handed her the glass. “We assure you, Talia, you are quite safe and will be under our protection as you begin your new life here on Adoan.”

  “But I just want to go home,” she said in a quiet voice as she looked from one man to the other hopefully, “I have money saved. I can pay you back what you spent if you take me home.”

  Ash sighed. He had expected her to want to go home, of course. He and Grae had contacted Daegan and his human female Sarah as soon as they’d arrived back on Adoan. Sarah was able to give them the rundown on how most human women would react to this situation, although she did say that woman were all different and it was difficult to pinpoint how exactly she would react, but the tears were not a surprise. What was a surprise to him was how her obvious distress seemed to fill him with an all-consuming need to eliminate her troubles and ensure her happiness. He’d always softened at a female’s distress and helped in any way he was able, but this reaction was far beyond what he’d experienced until this point.

  “I am sorry, my dear, but Earth is not part of our Coalition of Planets and is therefore against our laws to interact with,” he said, knowing darn well what her next question was going to be.

  “Well then how in the hell did they manage to kidnap me in the first fucking place?” she said with an indignant snarl.

  Both men grimaced at the obvious question, knowing that their answer would be of little comfort to her now that she was here. Grae decided to take the bullet and answer her.

  “Just like in your society, I am sure, in ours there are criminal elements who do not adhere to our laws. You were abducted by those beings, and now I’m afraid will not be able to return to your planet,” he said gently. “You are not the only human female we have come across, though. We have a very good friend who has permanently bonded with a female of your species just recently.”

  Talia was surprised at that, but it gave her hope that she wasn’t quite as alone as she was beginning to feel. “Is she here on Aodan? Can I speak to her?”

  “Sarah’s mates are not from Adoan, they are from Zorn. But they are traders and spend most of their time travelling. We spoke to them yesterday and Daegan said they would return for a visit in a couple of weeks,” Ash said, glad he could at least provide her with some news that was not awful.

  Talia was nodding to herself when something in the conversation suddenly hit her. “Wait a minute, you said mates?” she asked, looking up at them. “As in, she has more than one?”

  Both men looked at each other warily, then Ash turned back to her carefully. “The Zornan have different physiological requirements than most species. They form bond clans when they mature sexually and they are made up of multiple males and one female. Sarah has bonded with five males, but theirs is a permanent bond. They were very fortunate to have found Sarah. She saved them all from certain death.”

  She could tell from Asher’s tone when he spoke of the other woman that he genuinely liked and respected her. In fact, both men began to smile when they had spoken of this Sarah woman. She was almost inclined to feel something akin to jealously, absurdly enough, until she had heard that the woman had five husbands. Talia couldn’t imagine living with that many men at once. One usually ended up being enough of a pain in the ass!

  “But here on Adoan you don’t have these bond clans with multiple partners?” she asked, remembering that Grae had introduced himself as consort to the strapping blond man.

  Grae’s smile grew even broader and he moved his hand to lie on Asher’s thigh. Ash simply kept looking intently at her face to see how she reacted to their relationship. That was another thing Sarah had mentioned about most humans. They generally were sexually conservative, and whereas same-sex relationships were now more accepted, relationships with multiple partners were not common on Earth.

  “We do not need to form bond clans as the Zornan do. Adoan has a very liberal view on sexual relations and relationships. As long as all parties are willing, single, and of legal-consent age, there are not many things that will garner judgement here,” Ash said as he laid his hand over Grae’s and moved it slowly up his thigh. He was very aware that Talia’s eyes were following their movement as her breathing and heart rate increased. He was certain the idea of them being lovers was intriguing her, and when Grae’s hand tightened on his thigh, he knew that Grae could smell her desire as well.

  Talia snapped her gaze away from their hands, which had inadvertently led her gaze to the impressively growing bulges in their pants as well. Being embarrassed to have been ogling them was one thing, but to be this turned on at the thought of these two men making love was a surprise to her. She’d never been overly sexually adventurous in her life, and fantasies of being in a threesome had never even occurred to her before now!

  Ash watched as Talia licked her lips and stared at their joined hands. As her eyes eased over his cock, he felt it almost like a caress. He was too hard now to worry about alarming her with their size. He wanted inside of her so bad it was all he could do to sit on the couch and not jump her, but as Sarah warned them, this would be a delicate matter of seduction. If they wanted to keep this beautiful woman, they would have to make it seem like it was her idea. That was their game plan. Now all they had to do was to put it to work.

  Chapter Eight

  Talia cleared her throat as she managed to look away from the devastatingly hot sight before her. “I’d like to freshen up, if that’s all right.”

  The men stood, and Grae motioned her forward to the doorway they had entered from.

  “Of course, dearest. Right through here you will find the bathing chamber, and just beyond that is our room, if you should have any questions. You will find clothing and personal products in the closets. We normally bathe each evening before taking our meal in our room. You are, of course, more than welcome to join us for both, and we can begin to help you to acclimate to your new home,” Grae said as he took her arm and led her into the bathroom. He knew it would be moments before she thought about what he’d said.

  “Wait, join you to bathe?” She stopped and looked up at him with a surprised look on her face.

  “Yes, of course. Bathing is an opportunity to relax and unwind from one’s day. We enjoy the solitude before our evening meal,” Ash said as casually as he could manage.

  “But you bathe naked, right?” Talia tried not to sound like a scared virgin as she asked the question.

  Both men at this point were trying not to openly smile, and retain their innocent appearance, but it was a challenge when this endearing female blushed at the thought of them naked. If she knew half of what they were already imagining doing to her between the two of them, she would be aflame right now.

  “Yes, we bathe naked. Do you not bathe naked on your planet?” Grae asked politely.

  “Ummm, yes.” she said, looking at the tile, “But we bathe alone. We value our privacy for things of such a personal nature.”

  Gods! Ash thought, she was so adorable! “We understand, Talia. We will leave you to your privacy, and we will bathe after you,” he said as he showed her how the facilities worked. “You will join us for dinner after in our room?”

  Talia released a noticeable breath of relief and smiled. “Yes, thank you, that would be nice.”

  As she lay in the hot, wonderful water, Talia couldn’t help that her mind kept on wandering back to what it would be like to bathe with both Grae and Asher, soaking her naked body along with theirs. There was no way that she’d be abl
e to hide her lust if those two men were in here with her, and wouldn’t that be embarrassing, lusting after two gay men in a relationship? She cringed when she thought of how quickly they’d probably vacate the bath once they noticed her interest!

  Thoroughly disgusted with herself, she pulled her waterlogged body out of the bath and finished up, yelling out to the guys that she was all done as she retreated back into her room.

  Ash couldn’t help but chuckle at the look of glee on Grae’s face as they entered the bathing chamber to begin their first attempt at sexual warfare. Grae was so mischievous sometimes, he could almost picture how much trouble he would have gotten up to as a young shifter.

  “Are you ready to play, love?” Grae asked seductively as he waded naked into the hot water.

  Watching Grae’s beautiful ass lower into the water was enough to have him hard and ready. Ash grabbed his cock and slowly stroked up and down along his length, already knowing how good it was going to feel as he sunk it into Grae’s tight hole. He walked up behind him, gently pulled Grae’s dark hair back from his neck and carefully bit and sucked the way he knew the shifter liked. As he reached around to wrap his fingers around the beautiful cock he knew so well, Grae let out a loud moan, loud enough that they both heard Talia in the other room drop whatever she was holding and gasp in the sweetest voice.

  Chapter Nine

  Ash pushed Grae over toward the far side of the bath, to where they both knew that Talia would be able to watch them if she ventured toward the doorway, which they were counting on. On the first step, the water only came up to mid-thigh, just low enough to give their Talia a good show.

  Talia was fighting with herself on whether or not to give in to her raging lust and inch closer to the bath when she realised that her legs had already decided, and all she had to do was peek around the corner to see the prize. She wasn’t quite prepared for what she saw when she did, however—the two most beautiful men she’d ever seen in all their naked glory. Human men were simply just not made that way, or at least none of the naked men she had ever seen. They looked like two Greek Gods playing in the water.

  Ash had embraced Grae from behind and was kissing him fiercely while stroking the other man’s huge, hard cock. She could see Ash’s hips slowly grinding into his lover, making Grae almost desperate for a faster pace. How she wished she was on her knees in front of Grae helping Ash pleasure him until he exploded down her throat. Talia had never wanted to taste any man so much that her mouth had started to water, and when Ash released his man’s mouth, they were both moaning loudly. Grae was pleading for Ash to fuck him harder. She couldn’t stop her hand from travelling down her stomach and slipping along the folds of her wet, empty pussy, and she had to bite her lip to keep from moaning herself when she began to rub her hard clit in time with Ash’s thrusts into Grae’s ass.

  “Gods Ash, fuck me harder. I want to feel you in my ass for the rest of the night, baby,” Grae said through gritted teeth.

  Under his breath, Grae said so low that he knew only Ash would be able to hear, “She’s rubbing her clit, Ash. She’s getting herself off while watching you fuck me. I can almost taste her sweet pussy on the air.”

  That was enough to push Ash’s control to the limits as he braced one arm on the side of the pool and began to viciously fuck Grae’s tight ass. He felt his lovers cock explode as he came all over Ash’s hand with a loud bellow, and not a second behind, Ash’s erupted into his lover. They both collapsed onto the tile with huge smiles, and they waited for their breath to return to normal. Underneath him, he felt Grae chuckle and quietly say, “Phase one complete.”

  * * * *

  Talia didn’t think she’d ever come so hard in her whole life, and it took her a good twenty minutes to collect herself before she was able to join the men in their suite for dinner. The main suite was much larger than hers, and as she was sitting in the dining area sipping her wine, it occurred to her that the room she was staying in wasn’t really a guest suite, but an actual extension of the main suite.

  “Is the room I’m using a guest room?” she asked tentatively while Grae was setting her plate down. She could see the startled look flicker for a second across Grae’s face before he looked toward Ash to answer her.

  “The room is a part of our suite, normally used for the royal consort. It has never been used, as Grae and I enjoy sharing our space,” Ash managed to answer her casually enough.

  “Won’t people get the wrong idea if I stay here with you? You can move me to another room. I won’t cause any trouble,” she said back, looking from one man to the other. This time it was Grae who responded.

  “We felt you would be safer here with us until you were more established here on Adoan. We would also ask that you let a guard accompany you anywhere outside of the suite,” Grae said, firmly enough that she knew it wasn’t really a request, but it also concerned her a bit to know that they thought it may be dangerous for her.

  “I don’t understand. Why do I need a guard?” she asked.

  Ash put his meal aside and decided that now was as good a time as any to disclose why she would be in danger if she wandered out alone. “You must understand, Talia, when a planet reaches a certain level of technology and advancement, it usually comes at a price of hard lessons learned. Many of the species under our Coalition are extremely advanced and have in the past done a great deal of genetic manipulation and experimentation. The results of such arrogance and tampering with the Great Mother’s work has made it very difficult to procreate for the majority of them.”

  Talia nodded, remembering the advancements in genetic research that had happened on Earth in the last couple of decades. “I understand, but what does that have to do with me?”

  “As we have told you, Earth is not part of our Coalition and therefore is virtually unknown to us. When Daegan and his crew found Sarah and bonded her, it was only a matter of months before she was breeding, and it was completely unintentional,” Grae said, watching her reaction carefully.

  “Of course,” she said. “If they weren’t using any contraceptive, it’s pretty common to get knocked up, especially if she was doing it with five horny men!”

  “Perhaps it is common on Earth…” Ash said pointedly, waiting for her to grasp the insinuation, and as her eyes went wide, he knew she had understood.

  “Wait a minute! You’re saying that someone would want to steal me to impregnate me?!” she yelled.

  “Earth females are a rare commodity, and now that word has spread about the Zornan’s success in breeding with them, it gives you an undeniable lure beyond that of your beauty,” Grae said gently, trying to calm her down.

  “We assure you we will make sure you are safe here, Talia. You can trust us to take care of all your needs,” Ash said as he moved to the other side of her and placed a gentle hand on her knee.

  As soon as Ash’s hand settled on her knee and she heard him say they would take care of her “needs,” her mind immediately went to the gutter, imagining all sorts of things these two men could do for her, and she blushed. Trying to make sure they didn’t notice, she let a small chuckle out. “I suppose living with you two would be the safest place for me, then, wouldn’t it?”

  She could see both men relax immediately now that she had as well, but then she noticed Grae had a contemplative look on his face.

  “Of course, Talia. We would never impregnate you without your permission.” Ash said moments later before he returned to his chair across the table.

  Chapter Ten

  That statement left Talia with her mouth hanging open in confusion, thinking they must have some sort of surrogacy program for the same-sex couples here, but not wanting to get into it at the dinner table, she moved the subject on.

  “Will I be able to go out and explore a bit tomorrow?” she asked them as she finished her meal.

  “Grae and I have both taken the week off so we can show you Adoan and take you to the markets,” Ash said as he removed the empty plates. He must have not
iced the surprise on her face as he cleared the table. He just shrugged. “Even Royalty on our planet are taught the importance of helping oneself, and Grae and I value the privacy of our suite.”

  Grae continued, “You will find the palace staff will only come into our suites once a day to clean. Other than that, if you require anything and we are not present, you may access the digital panel and summon one of the attendants,” he said as he gestured to the computer screen at the desk in the corner.

  After dinner was cleared, they moved over toward the large balcony where they settled on some low, comfortable couches while Grae lit a fire in the beautiful stone fireplace. The sun was just beginning to set, turning the sky an amazing orange hue. Settling over the purple shade of the ocean beyond, it was truly breathtaking.

  “Your planet is quite beautiful,” she said, staring at the bright colours.

  “Adoan is quite different than my home planet of Dali, but yes, I find it to be one of the most beautiful places we have ventured to,” Grae said as he poked away at the fire absently. He sat so close to it that Talia was sure he’d get burned as she could feel the heat from where she was sitting across the couch.

  “Would you tell me about Dali? What is it like there?” she asked, wanting to know more about the handsome, quiet man in front of her.

  Grae smiled at her interest and tried to think if he should tell her now what he was or let her discover it on her own. He knew from Sarah’s excitement about his nature that Earth only had children’s stories about shifters. Sarah had asked him over and over again to see his beast, and then when he had finally laughed and changed, she abruptly fainted. It was the most curious thing.