Authors: Abby Blake
Blake, Abby - Mikayla's Family [A Bride for Eight Brothers 6] (Siren Publishing LoveXtreme Forever)
A Bride for Eight Brothers 6
Mikayla's Family
Mikayla and her men are relaxed and trying to start their family. The farm on Earth is proving to be a challenge they all enjoy, but their idyllic existence is interrupted by a threat from Mikayla’s past.
Jet Killarney has been released from prison pending a retrial on his involvement in human trafficking, and the suspicious loss of Mikayla and Tracey’s recorded testimonies has everyone on edge. Expecting that Jet’s next move will be to attack Mikayla and Tracey, their husbands move both families into the research station, now parked behind the farm house.
But as the waiting grows longer and the threat seems nonexistent, can Mikayla’s husbands distract her enough to keep them all safe and happy?
NOTE! You are purchasing Siren's newest serialized imprint, the LoveXtreme Forever Series. This is the conclusion of the A Bride for Eight Brothers collection. These books are not stand alone. Each is a continuation of the previous book and must be read in the numbered order. Each book may end on a cliffhanger but usually with a happy-for-now for the heroine and one or more men. The final book contains a happily forever after for the heroine and all her men.
Genre:
Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Science Fiction
Length:
23,071 words
MIKAYLA’S FAMILY
A Bride for Eight Brothers 6
Abby Blake
LOVEXTREME FOREVER
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MIKAYLA’S FAMILY
Copyright © 2011 by Abby Blake
E-book ISBN: 1-61034-724-2
First E-book Publication: July 2011
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DEDICATION
For Alexandra who kept me sane when everything seemed too hard. Thanks, hun, I owe you heaps.
And for my wonderful readers who bought every book and followed Mikayla’s journey with me. Thanks. I simply couldn’t do it without you.
A Bride for Eight Brothers
ABBY BLAKE
Copyright © 2011
Prologue
The man let his head hang low. It helped to hide the smile that kept trying to break free, but it also served a valuable purpose. If they thought he was defeated, they would likely underestimate his determination to be free.
“Jet Killarney, this hearing is to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant a retrial. Do you understand that if a retrial is granted and you are found guilty once more, that the result could be an increase on your current sentence?”
He was already serving six life terms. Threatening to extend his stay in prison wasn’t exactly frightening. Would they keep him locked up even after he died? The thought nearly made him laugh. He shifted slightly on his feet, careful to give the illusion of discomfort, not amusement as he answered.
“Yes, Your Honor, I do.” He kept his tone respectful and lifted his eyes momentarily to the judge’s face so that he didn’t appear rude. Her gaze was impassive, but he could see the compassion lurking there. He knew this woman believed in the law and would quickly move to correct an error if she felt him wrongly convicted.
The lawyers took over then, arguing back and forth on what was new evidence and what was already discounted in the original trial, but in the end the judge granted him a retrial.
Then, just as they’d discussed, his lawyer requested Jet be released on bail while he awaited his day in court. The room was filled with low murmurs, but again the judge ruled in his favor.
Stepping into the sunlight as a free man for the first time in several years, Jet was careful to hide the elation running through him. Now all he had to do was find the two witnesses who put him in prison in the first place. Without their testimonies, he would remain a free man.
Chapter One
“Spit on this, please.”
Ryan held a strange, plastic looking thing up to Mikayla’s mouth and stood there looking at her expectantly. She was so surprised by his request that she couldn’t even force out the question
What the hell?
Mouth firmly closed, she crossed her arms and waited for an explanation.
Ty seemed to think it was rather funny, so she turned to him and gave him the same stubborn look. He held his hands up in mock surrender and backed away.
“This, Mrs. Davidson,” Ryan said, waving the plastic stick thing like a wand, “is a way to tell if you are ovulating or not.”
“How?” she asked suspiciously. Ryan and Ty were always clowning around, and she couldn’t fully discount the idea that they had a bet going to see if Ryan could actually get her to spit. Saliva on a stick didn’t sound like it had anything to do with making babies.
“This is an old fashioned ovulation stick. Basically it detects changes in your mucus and can indicate where you are in your cycle.” She still wasn’t convinced. Ty must’ve realized just how suspicious she felt because he stepped into the conversation.
“They’re not terribly accurate, but the medical researchers used them back on the jungle planet. They seem to work quite well with the ‘mouse tears.’”
“And, as you know, we were all quite anxious to know when those little demons were getting ready to mate,” Ryan filled in. Yes, she remembered exactly why they needed to monitor that, although considering that her husbands had been loving and attentive but more interested in cuddles than sex lately, maybe a small dose of the mouse tears wouldn’t go astray. After six months of deliberately trying to fall pregnant it felt a little strange to get only snuggles.
“Trust me,” Ryan said in that voice that had her thinking the exact opposite. “Would I lead you up the garden path?” She raised an eyebrow, and he laughed. “Okay, maybe I would, but not this time. This is solid medical science. Well, semi-solid medical science. Like Ty said, it’s not terribly accurate with humans but it will give us a vague indication of when you’re ovulating.”
