Saving Jax

by L. M. Brown

  Ty shook his head and moved onto the next story, a boring report about new harvesting technology. "You don't want to know. Anyway, it looks like the story about the festival is the most recent and that was written before the festival even began. I think it'll be a few weeks before we get any news from after the festival."

  He turned off the holo-projector and secured it in the new chest they had purchased. He hoped the hidden drawer and retinal scan lock would keep it safe from any other thieves.

  After safely locking the holo-projector and Jax's chip away, Ty turned to his mates. Cal had settled down on the bed and Jax sat before him. Cal rubbed Jax's lower back, which had begun to ache a little the last couple of days.

  "How are you feeling?" Ty asked as he joined the two of them. He rested his hand on Jax's belly and Jax purred.

  "I'm a little tired," Jax admitted. "I just can't sleep while my back hurts like this."

  "Isn't the massage helping?" Cal asked.

  "Yes, it is, thank you."

  "You know what might help even more? A nice soak in the hot springs we're heading towards." Ty grinned at the look of horror on their faces. "All that hot water would really help ease those aches and pains."

  Jax hissed at him and shuffled closer to Cal, as though he might protect him from the threat of being immersed in water.

  Ty laughed. "That was way too easy. Don't worry, baby, I won't make you bathe in the springs. Though we're still going to visit them, since I don't intend to miss the experience. The Silver Springs are well-known throughout the galaxy."

  The two felines appeared to relax now the threat was over. Ty caressed Jax's cheek. "Hungry?"

  Jax flushed and nodded.

  "You should say something when you're hungry," Cal scolded.

  "I'm fine, I've been feeding once a day for several cycles now. I'm used to it."

  "You shouldn't have to be used to it," Cal replied. "You're our mate now, and that means you get to feed whenever you need to, remember?"

  Ty didn't give Jax an opportunity to reply. He fed him his cock and let him suck down the cream he needed for himself and the babies he carried. It would take time for Jax to become used to his new way of life, but Ty hoped in time he would become comfortable enough with them that he could ask to be fed when he was hungry. Not that Ty was the best person to lecture on that particular matter. His own reluctance to ask Cal when his own stomach was growling was evidence enough of that.

  Jax sucking his cock prevented Ty from dwelling on the thought, or any other. He spilled into Jax's mouth with a cry of pleasure that Cal swallowed with a kiss. Ty hadn't even noticed Cal moving around the bed.

  He fell down beside Jax, pulling him into his arms and alternating between kissing Jax and Cal.

  When Jax moaned, Ty realised that this time it wasn't in pleasure.

  "Your back again?" Cal asked.

  Jax nodded and shifted a little. "Just wait until it's your turn, Ty. You've got all this to look forward to."

  Ty chuckled as he took his turn in rubbing Jax's back. "I've been thinking about that, actually."

  "You've changed your mind about carrying a litter now you have a dual-gendered mate?" Jax's tone was one of resignation.

  Ty kissed Jax briefly on the lips. "Not at all. I was thinking about litter sizes."

  "What about them?"

  "Well, you said the healer told you that you'd be unlikely to carry more than four because of your size, right?"

  "Yes."

  "And high nobles are known for small litters compared to common felines."

  "What are you getting at?" Cal asked.

  "Both Jax and myself are likely to only carry small litters. Jax, because he's small in stature and me because I'm a high noble and dual-gendered. It's likely that our two litters combined would only be the size of an average litter born to any common female, and there are three of us to look after them. Even with Jax's older children, I think we could cope."

  "None of us have any experience in caring for babes," Cal reminded him.

  "The same could be said for any new parent."

  Cal gave him a knowing smile. "You don't want to wait, do you?"

  Ty shrugged and smoothed his kilt over his thighs. "I've always wanted to carry a litter, ever since I understood what I was. But if any one of us isn't in agreement, then we wait until we are."

  Jax squeezed his hand and gave him a smile. "There's nothing quite so wonderful as feeling new life growing inside you. I would never deny you that joy."

  "You wouldn't be denying me. We'd just be waiting a while, that's all."

  Jax shook his head. "Wait until when? Until I've given birth, or until we've located my other children? It could take many cycles to track them down."

  "I hope it doesn't take that long."

  "You're missing my point. If you put off carrying a litter now, then it will be all too easy to put it off later too. If you wanted to, you could delay it forever."

  "Jax is right," Cal agreed. "If you want to carry a litter now, then I think we could cope. Like you said, even with the three litters combined, it's unlikely that we'll have as many babes as your average common feline carries in a single litter."

  "And my first litter won't be babies any longer," Jax added. "We can manage, I know it."

  Ty took one of Jax's hands and one of Cal's and held them together. "Are you sure? Maybe we should wait until we're back on Furyne and everything is settled."

  Cal shook his head. "Actually, it might help if you are carrying when we go home."

  "What do you mean?" Jax asked.

  "Well, if Lyndon does try to claim your litter he could invoke territorial rights to claim you. But if Ty is carrying your litter then as a high noble, Ty outranks Lyndon and there's nothing Lyndon can do about it."

  "Lyndon won't want to claim me, so no problem there."

  "But if we can't convince everyone your litter is mine, he might try to take your babies again," Ty reminded him. "Cal is right. If I'm carrying your litter then it binds the contract far more powerfully than simple signatures."

  Cal grinned. "In the past, female high nobles were sometimes kept locked up for fear they might be taken by males and forcibly claimed. Once they were carrying a litter, the parents of the female were unable to do anything about it and had to agree to the claiming."

  Jax gave him a dubious frown. "I don't think anyone would believe I've abducted and forced myself on Ty. He could overpower me in a minute."

  "You're right, of course, but they weren't the only ones to use this method to their advantage. Many an unsuitable couple has fled in the night, hidden themselves away, and only emerged once the female is carrying an undisputed litter."

  Ty nodded. "That still happens occasionally, though not as often as it used to."

  "Then are we agreed?" Cal asked. "By my calculations, if Ty becomes pregnant now, the morning sickness should be over by around the same time Jax is due to give birth."

  "That's a good point," Jax said. "So, what do you say, Ty?"

  Ty took off his kilt and put it aside. Jax was already doing the same. "Cal?"

  "I understand," Cal said. "It has to be Jax who does this. If you give birth to a litter with my markings it could ruin everything."

  Ty kissed him and rubbed their foreheads together. "My next litter will be yours, I promise."

  Jax nodded. "And I don't mind who gives me my third litter, as long as it's one of you two and not Lyndon."

  "That feline will not touch you again," Ty promised as he crawled over Jax and hovered above his lover's hard cock. "You belong to me and Cal, for as long as you wish it to be so."

  "I'll never stop wanting to be yours," Jax whispered.

  Ty stared at him in surprise. "Do you mean that?"

  Jax's face reddened and his blush spread over his neck and chest. "I should probably have said something sooner, but I thought you knew how I felt."

  Ty sat back a little and tugged Jax up into a sitting position. "Come here and k
iss me."

  Jax flung his arms around Ty's neck, clinging to him as they kissed desperately. Ty moaned as Jax rubbed against him. His cock ached, but that wasn't all. He needed to feel Jax inside him. He tumbled backwards and spread his legs so Jax could settle between them. Jax didn't need any more direction than that.

  Ty moaned as Jax entered him. Even though both of his lovers had fingered him, and they had occasionally used Jax's fake phallus to pleasure him, nothing could compare to the hard heat of Jax's cock inside him.

  "Fuck him," Cal said. "You know how badly he wants this, so give him what he needs."

  Ty nodded and grabbed Jax's arse with both hands. "You heard him, baby. Give me everything. Don't pull out until you've spilled every drop inside me."

  Jax pulled back and drove in again, his moan long and low.

  Ty clenched around him, quivering with need. He had never wanted anything as much as he wanted this. He glanced to the side and saw Cal's expression was one of eager anticipation. Even though he was only watching, he appeared as aroused as Ty and Jax. A closer look revealed that Cal was fisting his own cock, his hand flying over his length.

  "Come closer," Ty said.

  Cal inched nearer and Ty could smell his cream, almost taste it.

  "Spill over his chest," Jax said. "Cover him with your cream, Cal."

  Ty moaned again when a few seconds later the first spurt of cream hit him. The smell seemed to spur Jax on and he groaned as he deepened his thrusts.

  "More," Ty pleaded, though he wasn't sure whether he was speaking to Cal or Jax. It didn't matter, because Cal continued to spray him with cream, while Jax pushed inside him, each move of his hips sending him deeper. At this stage of his pregnancy, Jax could no longer manage the frantic pace that their earlier couplings had entailed, but somehow this was better.

  Ty gripped Jax's arse with one hand and used the other to stroke his lover's protruding belly. Jax whimpered as he struggled to maintain their connection, not an easy feat at all, especially at the angle they had chosen.

  "I'm close," Jax cried. "Ty!"

  The first rush of heat from Jax's release filled him and Ty held Jax close, keeping them bound, as his lover shook with desire. The cock inside him pulsed as Jax climaxed again. Ty gasped as the new sensations almost overwhelmed him.

  "Again," Jax breathed, and Ty realised Cal was touching him intimately. "Touch me there, again, oh please, again."

  Ty held Jax inside him as Cal continued to pleasure Jax with his fingers. From his position, Ty couldn't tell whether Cal was playing with Jax's arse or his vagina, but either way, Jax tumbled over the brink repeatedly.

  When Jax came again Ty was right there with him. He screamed as he spilled between them, even as he clenched around Jax's cock. His second orgasm, moments later, took him by surprise and he could barely draw breath to cry out.

  Jax reached his limit first. He collapsed onto Ty's chest, heedless of the stickiness of Cal and Ty's cream. He panted and gasped as Ty stroked his fur and Cal pulled out his fingers.

  Ty couldn't move. His own breathing was as laboured as Jax's. His lover was still inside him, and by Ty's estimation was still half hard. He had heard that some pregnant felines had voracious sexual appetites, and if this was any indication, then those stories seemed to have some truth in them.

  Cal stretched out beside them. "That was amazing."

  "It was," Ty agreed.

  "Hmm," murmured Jax as he pulled back a little.

  Ty moaned as Jax broke their connection. The loss of Jax's cock left a hollowness inside him. No, he reminded himself. He wasn't empty at all. Jax's cream filled him, and very soon he too might find his belly rounding with a litter of his own.

  He eased Jax aside, the feline curling up beside him, with his arms wrapped protectively round his stomach.

  "I'll get something to clean you both up with," Cal said. "I think I can brave the edge of the water long enough to wet a cloth to clean you up."

  Ty chuckled quietly so as not to wake Jax who was now snoring beside him. "If you can bear the horror of the water."

  "Well, it's not like either of you are in any sort of state to be able to get to the shower."

  Ty couldn't argue with that. Every bone in his body felt as though it had turned to water. He ached in places he had never ached before. He rested his hand on his stomach and smiled at Cal. "You're right about that."

  "Of course I am. Now wait here, I'll be right back."

  Ty had no intention of moving any time soon. Cal returned a few minutes later with a couple of damp cloths. He cleaned Ty and Jax, taking care not to wake Jax, and afterwards crawled into bed beside them.

  With his two lovers flanking him, Ty fell asleep feeling that all was right with the world.

  Chapter Ten

  Ty sat on the edge of the pool, his paws dangling in the warm water of the Silver Springs. Jax sat next to him, though he had repeated several times that there was no way he was going to be getting anything more than his paws wet.

  "How did you know for sure you were pregnant each time?" Ty asked. "What am I supposed to be looking out for?"

  Jax reached over and ran a finger lightly over his chest. Ty shivered as his nipples hardened at the touch. "That was the first sign for me."

  Ty frowned. "But my nipples do that anyway."

  "Yes, so do mine, but it was different. Every inch of my body felt sensitive, it still does, actually. Though it was the vomiting constantly that really brought it home to me that I was in trouble."

  "Not trouble this time," Ty reminded him. "You are claimed and the litter you carry will have three loving parents to raise them."

  Jax smiled and patted his bump. "That wasn't so the first time. At first I was excited, back when I still thought Lyndon was going to claim me. There was a week where I was almost sure I was carrying, but I hadn't said a word to anyone. I wanted to tell Lyndon first. He came across me the first time I lost the contents of my stomach, but he wasn't pleased at all."

  "What happened?"

  "He called me a slut and told me I should have had the sense to take some seeds to prevent such accidents. He accused me of catting around with anyone and everyone."

  "I'm sorry."

  "It's not your fault. I was a fool to think he'd be happy for us." Jax shook his head and smiled at Ty. "But that's in the past now, right?"

  "Right."

  "This time, I can enjoy being pregnant, instead of worrying about whether the father of my litter will claim them as his own. They will have three papas to care for them and lots of brothers and sisters."

  Ty rubbed Jax's belly. "Do you have any siblings?"

  "Yes, two brothers and one sister. My mama was even smaller than I am. She only had two of us in each litter."

  "Where are they?"

  "My sister Blanche is mated to an avian of the falcon clan and lives on his planet as part of her lover's nest. There was a lot of trouble over that."

  "What happened?"

  "I'm not sure, exactly. About a cycle before I matured, a small falcon clan were visiting us to discuss some trading agreement with my uncle. Things seemed to be going well, then suddenly there was a huge argument about Blanche and the son of one of the delegates who were visiting. My uncle called her a whore and threw her out of the house. She went to live on Falcair and I haven't seen her since."

  "What of your brothers?"

  "They both live on Furyne. Neither of them has come to see me since I brought shame on the family. Kelon moved out of our uncle's home the day we turned of age. They didn't get along at all. He said he was going to live off-world, but he never made it past the spaceport. He met his mate there and now they live near the spaceport, on the lower plains. He works at the port and his mate helps operate the sky car terminal. They're both pure males though, so they don't have any blood offspring. Or at least that was the case when I last heard from him, which was right before I realised I was pregnant. For all I know they could have moved off-world and maybe even a
dopted a baby or two."

  "Adoption is common on Furyne these days."

  "Yes, and I hope they have that chance. Kelon was the brother I was closest to, as we were from the same litter."

  "And your other brother?"

  "Rhys works for my uncle. He deals with the day-to-day running of the business with a view to taking it over one day. My uncle has made it clear he will leave everything to Rhys, not surprisingly, since he's the oldest of us. Lyndon continues to hope otherwise, but I doubt my uncle would leave the whole business to someone outside of the family."

  "Does your uncle have any children of his own?"

  "Not that I know of. As you probably gathered, he prefers to bed men. I've never known him to take a dual-gendered feline to his bed. In truth, I think we repulse him a little."

  "Could Rhys know where your first litter was taken?"

  "Maybe, probably. He'd never help me, though. He idolises our uncle and he agrees with him that I shamed the family."

  "Did your other siblings know about your pregnancy?"

  "I don't know. Blanche probably didn't, unless she came back to Furyne and I wasn't told. It's unlikely she'd have made the long journey again so soon. As for Kelon, I think he must have been told, or else he wouldn't have cut off all contact with me."

  "Could Kelon know where your litter is?"

  "I doubt it. My uncle knows Kelon and I were close, so he's unlikely to have told him anything important in case he chose to reconnect with me at some point."

  The sound of other visitors approaching brought an end to their discussion. They were taking no chances of anyone overhearing anything that might lead to trouble.

  Ty lowered himself into the water and sighed with pleasure. "You should come in too. It'll do your back the world of good."

  Jax shook his head. "It's doing much better today."

  "No, it's not. It's getting worse and will continue to ache until after you've given birth. Come on, it's not deep."

  "I don't care. I'm not getting any wetter than I am right now."

  Ty splashed him. "You don't know what you're missing."

  "Yes, I do, and I'm happy to miss it."

  Ty floated on the water next to Jax. "So, back to our previous topic, what other signs do I need to look out for?"