Berrr's Vow (22 page)

A snort came from the tall woman. “Are your men as puny as your females?”

Looking up now, not glancing away, Shanna frowned. “We’re not as big as your people are for the most part. I’m shorter than an average woman and you’d be considered quite large on my planet but we aren’t a warrior race like Berrr explained to me. Women and men are generally considered equal.”

Alluwn stared at her for long seconds. “You aren’t cowering from me when you should be.”

Shrugging, Shanna sighed. “You obviously wanted to see me and talk to me since you had Berrr’s men bring me here.”

“I wanted to see what Berrr found fascinating.” The woman moved, walking slowly toward Shanna, and then circled her, leaving just a few feet between them as her gaze roamed her body. “You are not what I expected. He always tends to be drawn to dark-haired females like myself with bigger bodies. He loves a muscled woman to wrestle with but he’d break your bones or harm you if he played with you.” Alluwn stopped in front of Shanna, frowning down at her. “Do not take this personal that you are a means of revenge. I am impressed with your bravery so I will be kinder than my original plan, human. I will hope that you live by the end of this.”

Tensing hard, Shanna backed up, lifting her arms in a defensive stance. “What are you going to do? I’m assuming Berrr isn’t home.”

“You are correct. Berrr went to his dinner with some of his guests to discuss the wild problem and will not be home for many hours but a few of his guests were asked to stay for a special treat.” Alluwn sighed. “I hope you survive but I am not sure you will. I wanted to hand over your dead body to my bound when he returned home but I think you still breathing would be more effective. He will suffer knowing you suffer since you mean something to him.”

“Oh fuck,” Shanna backed up more, trying to mentally prepare herself for the larger woman attacking her. Her gaze flew over the woman, looking for weak spots. Knees, throat and stomach were the obvious ones since it would be hard to nail a woman in the face when she was that tall unless Shanna could kick her hard enough in the gut to get her to double over. “Please don’t do this, Bratha. You know he’ll be really pissed off and I have nothing to do with what happened between the two of you.”

“It matters none.” Alluwn let out a weird whistle sound and then five of Berrr’s men walked in the bedroom.

Dread and terror hit Shanna hard as five large Zorn warriors walked into the bedroom. She recognized one of them as the man who had come to get her at Rever’s house. He seemed to be leading the other guys.

“Who do you take orders from?” Shanna glared at him. “Berrr will kill you if you let her hurt me. Do you understand that?”

The big man frowned, his attention going to Alluwn, not looking happy. “With respect, Bratha, please do not order us to do this.”

She growled. “Hyvin is not home and you will do as I say the way you are duty bound to do.”

He showed sharp teeth as he snarled something that the translator didn’t pick up. Shanna was guessing it was a Zorn curse word. His attention locked on Shanna. “Do not fight and you won’t be severely
harmed.
Do you understand?”

It was an inner battle to not struggle as the large man approached her to grip her. His hand was gentle as it wrapped firmly around her arm. She stared up at him, slightly shaking, wondering where he was going to take her. Her first thought had been that Alluwn and the warriors were going to beat her. He actually looked regretful as their gazes met and then he gave her a gentle tug.

“Come with me, human.”

“Berrr is going to hurt you if I get hurt,” Shanna said softly. “You know damn well that they don’t get along and he’s a bigger threat to you than she is.”

“Do not fight and you won’t be severely harmed,” he repeated softly. “I have no choice since I must follow her orders when Hyvin is not in residence. It is law.”

Shanna would be up against six Zorn including Alluwn if she fought. Knowing she wouldn’t stand a chance, she let herself be led out of the bedroom and down the hallway, through Berrr’s house to another side of it where she hadn’t ever gone before. They passed more living rooms and then she was led through a hallway into a larger room. What she saw terrified her.

At least nine Zorn males were in the room sitting at a long table talking, all strangers but one. The one male she did recognize made her heart pound as he turned his head to watch her and the guards approach. Shanna stared at Ssshal and then forced her gaze away from his. The huge hairy guy scared the shit out of her still with his evil-looking black eyes. She turned her head to see that Alluwn had followed behind, her arms over her chest with a malicious grin curving her lips. The Zorn man still gripping Shanna halted, bringing her to a stop about ten feet inside the large room.

Alluwn walked forward, standing some distance away. “It is my honor to present Hyvin’s honored guests with his latest house helper. She’s human from Earth and a rarity on Zorn. I know many of you have seen the vid of a human and a Zorn mounting one.” Alluwn chuckled. “Enjoy her, all of you, since it is well known that human females can take many mountings in a day. I just ask that you not break her.”

Horror washed through Shanna as her eyes flew to the nine men at the table, knowing now what Alluwn had in store for her and the kind of revenge she planned for Berrr to come home to. Shanna heard a whimper and realized the sound had come from her own throat. Ssshal’s chair hit the floor where it crashed backward at the quick speed of him rising to his feet.

“I get her first.” The huge hairy guy grinned, showing sharp teeth as he started forward.

“NO!” Shanna yelled and clawed at the man’s hand still gripping her arm. “Berrr said no one is to touch me but him.”

The hairy guy didn’t stop or even pause as he stalked forward. The only indication he heard Shanna’s words was to glance at Alluwn with a raised eyebrow. Alluwn chuckled and waved her hand at Shanna, urging the big ape onward. The guard gripping Shanna growled
,
she knew she was clawing his skin with her fingernails but he didn’t release her.

“Don’t put up a fight,” the now-bleeding guard softly growled, “and you will survive them. If you fight they could accidentally kill you by mounting you.”

That is his best advice?
To allow myself to be raped by nine men?
Terror flooded Shanna as she tried to back away but another one of Berrr’s uniformed guards grabbed her at her hips, his body blocking her escape. In seconds Ssshal was before her, leering down at her body and then two big, beefy hair-covered hands were reaching for her.

Reaction took over. Shanna screamed out and kicked hard at the ape’s hairy knee and her foot scored a direct hit with his kneecap. She saw his eyes widen a second before he bellowed out in pain, leaping backward out of her way. A snarl tore from his throat as he leaned forward to rub at his injured knee. He was still almost naked, just wearing shorts, with all that body hair displayed.

“You want to play?” His dark eyes narrowed. “You do not look tough enough to play the kind of games you are taunting me with.”

“I’m not playing,” Shanna struggled, trying to break free of the two men now gripping her. The guard behind her had grabbed her free wrist so she was held by both arms with the man’s larger body beside her and one next to her. “Hyvin Berrr told you I’m not a house helper. He doesn’t know about this and he’ll be really fucking pissed off if you lay a finger on me. I don’t want you touching me. I refuse, got that? I am saying a big hell no. Berrr will make you pay if you hurt me.”

Alluwn laughed, her dark brown eyes sparkling with amusement. “You are a house helper and Berrr can’t do anything to these men regardless of what you wish or not. They are all invited guests into his home and they all have the right to mount you as Berrr’s house helper. Fight if you wish, human, to warriors it is only foreplay for rougher mounting.” Alluwn gleefully put her hands together the way an excited kid would at Christmas. “If Berrr loses his temper and attacks any of the Vartas in his home he will be breaking Zorn laws, he will be arrested and punished for all Zorn to watch.” She laughed. “I will have my revenge.”

“You evil bitch,” Shanna hissed, still fighting the hands gripping her arms. “Maybe you don’t care about Berrr but what about your sons? Do you think they are going to hear about you doing this to a human and just let it go? They are married to humans. They’ll hate you as much as Berrr does.”

Alluwn shrugged her wide shoulders, her smile dying, as something in her eyes grew cold. “They are Berrr’s sons, Berrr’s blood, and they all share his weaknesses.” Her look ran down Shanna and then she spun around to give her back to all of them. “I don’t have any weaknesses. Mount her. I insist that everyone enjoy the house helper including the guards present.” She stormed out of the room, still speaking over her shoulder as she left. “As Berrr’s bound it would be an insult to their precious Hyvin for them to not follow my orders. Enjoy Zorn Warriors, pathetic human, for I doubt you’ll survive.”

Ssshal moved forward, lunging to Shanna’s horror, and grabbed her hips right as both of the uniformed men released her arms. A scream tore from her throat as she was lifted and thrown over a hairy shoulder. Her stomach slammed hard enough into his wide shoulder to knock the air from her lungs. She fought for breath, reeling from the shock of the sudden movement that left her in pain and dizzy.

“Clear the table,” Ssshal growled. “We may as well enjoy her here together.”

Glass broke, penetrating Shanna’s panicked mind, knowing the men were knocking their drinks and plates off the table to the floor to do as the asshole gripping her ordered them to do. She gasped in air, screaming again, as her body was flung hard as the big man bent. She hit the table on her back hard enough to knock the air from her lungs again. She stared up at the faces around her, seeing Ssshal reaching for her legs, her body dragged to the edge as he gripped her calves, pulling them apart so his hips ended up between her spread thighs. He bent forward, pinning her down, to hover over her face. Sharp teeth showed as he snarled at her.

“I have wanted to mount a human. Do you prefer facing up or down?”

Taking a few deep breaths, Shanna stared up at the asshole in terror. “Down,” she lied. “Back up and let me roll over and get my pants off.”

He backed up, moving to let her turn over. Shanna struck, kicking the son of a bitch hard in the crotch with everything she had while clawing for the edge of the table. She wrapped her hand around it and pulled herself hard for the side, kicking out at another man who lunged for her. Shanna screamed out again, kicking the man who nearly grabbed her. She hit him in the stomach and then fell off the table.

Shanna hit the floor hard on her knees, the action sending pain shooting up both legs, but she ignored it, diving under the table to crawl frantically away from two of her would-be rapists. Someone snarled but she didn’t care who it was. She just wanted to get away. She shoved at a chair and pushed up with her hands when she cleared the table, getting to her feet. Out of the corner of her eye she saw movement but didn’t turn her head. She sprinted for the doorway as fast as she could.

A roar sounded out behind her from one of the men, probably Ssshal expressing his rage, but the frightening sound only spurned Shanna to run faster. She made it to the doorway she’d come through, rushing past the five Zorn uniformed guards, who surprisingly didn’t lunge in her path to try to stop her. If she wasn’t imagining things they actually stepped back to clear her path.
Are they helping me escape?
She didn’t have time to think about it as she heard rough, heavy breathing and a growl was hot on her heels letting her know someone was pursuing her.

She almost slid into the wall when she had to turn for the curve of the hallway, her shoulder and hip bouncing against the wall, and then she was sprinting down the hallway. She saw it widening into one of the living rooms she had passed. She had no idea where to run for safety but as long as she got away from those men she didn’t give a damn where she ended up. She heard the man or men behind her closing the distance on her as the heavy breathing got louder. She turned her head to look, almost screaming, when she realized it was Ssshal running after her, and that he was only feet behind her. His arm reached out to grab at her.

Shanna opened her mouth to scream but instead she slammed hard into a firm, unforgiving large body. Two strong arms wrapped around her, lifting her off her feet, and spun her around in the air as the body turned with her in his arms, the sudden motion making her dizzy. When they stopped she jerked her head up and stared in shock at a frowning Vinlotti. The dark mocha-colored man with the flaming red hair looked as shocked as she did at seeing him after she’d run right into him.

He eased her to her feet. “Watch where you are going,” he huffed out. “That hurt. You might be small but be glad that I saw you quickly enough to cushion your impact by turning enough to just grab you. A direct hit would have sent you to the floor or worse.”

Ssshal growled. Shanna jerked her head around to stare in horror at the hairy asshole. He growled again at her, showing teeth, looking super pissed off.

“Hand her over. She ran from me,” Ssshal snarled. His evil-looking black eyes fixed on Shanna, showing his rage. “You will pay for kicking me and tricking me.”

Another whimper escaped from Shanna. She realized she was fisting Vinlotti’s black tank top. She jerked her head back to stare up at the huge Zorn male. “Please help me. Don’t let him touch me. You’re a friend of Berrr’s. Alluwn tricked me into coming here and she gave me to them to mount and you know Berrr doesn’t want anyone touching me.”

Shock made the dark-skinned man noticeably pale. “Not even Bratha Alluwn would be that cruel.”

“She was given to us,” Ssshal snarled. “Hand her over now. You may mount her after I am done with her.”

The hairy Zorn moved forward, reaching out to grab Shanna, but before his hand could close over her arm, Vinlotti spun away, yanking Shanna off her feet again and nearly tossing her into the corner as he released her. Shanna hit the floor on her feet hard and stumbled into the wall, barely throwing her arm up in time to stop her forehead from smacking into it. She was shocked that Berrr’s friend had thrown her. She was also shocked to realize she was still fisting parts of his shirt she’d been gripping so hard that his sudden action had torn his shirt when he’d tossed her away from him. A vicious snarl sounded behind her. Shanna turned around, keeping her back to the corner, to stare in horrified fascination at what was happening.