Del's Pirates [Sequel to G'baena's Pirates] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) (6 page)

Del felt his cock harden again. Cooper laughed quietly, dropped a sharp slap onto Del’s naked ass, and urged him to get dressed.

“Later,” he promised once more.

* * * *

Avery stuck close to Ruth. It was obvious by her pale color that she probably shouldn’t be working, but it was the complete absence of nagging that convinced Avery that Ruth probably needed a doctor. But the obstinate woman flat-out refused.

“Fine,” Avery said, not even trying to hide her annoyance at the woman’s stubbornness. “When you fall flat on your face, try not to hit the counter this time.”

Ruth laughed at Avery’s partially joking words, but she did slowly lower herself to the seat Avery had dragged into the main part of the kitchen.

“I’m sorry,” she said in a tone of voice Avery had never heard from the older woman before.

“Why?” Avery asked quickly, shocked by the woman’s words. It didn’t seem like she was apologizing for not going to the medical bay.

“I’m sorry for not being able to protect you yesterday.”

“You’re kidding, right?” Avery moved to stand closer to the woman. “You stepped in front of me when those bastards came through the door.”

“I did?” It wasn’t like Ruth to be confused, and again Avery wondered if she shouldn’t just ignore the woman’s protests and drag her to the medical bay. Under different circumstances Avery might have, but yesterday had been traumatic for all of them and the medical bay still held many wounded crew members. “But I saw you…with the knives.”

“Yeah, well, Del managed to save the guy so it doesn’t count.”

The relief on Ruth’s face was a clear indication of why she’d felt the need to apologize. She’d probably thought Avery had killed the man, and Avery knew the woman well enough to know she’d blame herself if that had happened.

“Well, look at that. Both my favorite ladies in the one place.”

Avery smiled when she heard Cooper’s voice. He’d always been the charmer and Ruth had always liked him. Ruth, of course, looked very relieved to see him.

“What do you want?” Ruth asked in her usual straightforward manner.

“You,” he said with a wink. Avery smiled at Ruth’s snort and felt a little more confident that Ruth probably didn’t need medical attention after all. “Actually, G’baena asked me to come get you so that you can meet the baby.”

“Now?” Ruth asked, glancing around the room. Breakfast had been a struggle, but lunch was mostly prepared and dinner was already organized. Avery could finish the rest on her own—assuming that she could convince the woman to take a break.

“Yes, now,” Cooper said with mischief in his eyes. “I also am under strict instructions that if you refuse I’m to throw you over my shoulder caveman style and carry you to G’baena’s quarters.” Ruth patted her ample hips and snorted once more. Cooper just gave her a confident grin. Ruth might not be a lightweight, but Cooper was more than capable of carrying her. Finally, the stubborn woman laughed and backed down.

“Fine, I was planning to drop by later. I’ll take some food with me, just in case G’baena isn’t quite up to coming to the dining room.” She hurried around the room collecting enough food for a party and preceded Cooper out the door.

Cooper winked at Avery, mouthed the words “Back soon,” and then followed the woman from the room.

* * * *

As soon as he caught up with her, Cooper relieved Ruth of the heavy tray of food. The woman was as stubborn as they came, but she was also the closest thing to a mother many of the younger crew members had ever known. Both Avery and Del thought of Ruth that way.

“G’baena had a girl, yes?” Ruth asked, sounding far more enthusiastic now that the decision to go had been made.

“I believe so,” Cooper answered with a wide grin. Ruth would one day make as doting a grandmother as G’baena’s mother, Flynn, was proving to be.

“You haven’t seen her?”

“Not yet, but I’ve been reliably informed that she is the most beautiful child ever born.”

Ruth chuckled quietly. “Which one of her fathers told you that?”

“Both of them,” he said with a grin. “Did you know that Avery delivered G’baena’s baby yesterday amid all the chaos?”

Ruth looked stunned. “She didn’t say anything.” Ruth glanced back the way they’d come. “Maybe she should be the one taking some time off.”

“Already organized,” he said, feeling a little smug. “Avery is taking the afternoon off. She just doesn’t know it yet.”

Ruth placed a hand on his arm to stop him. “You’re a good man, Cooper. I can’t think of anyone better to love Avery.” Cooper dipped his head, feeling the heat of embarrassment travel across his cheeks. “Or Del,” she added with a knowing smile.

“Yes, I love them both,” he confessed quietly.

“About time you came to your senses,” she said with a look that proved she was far more observant than many people realized.

They finally reached the door to G’baena, Devlin, and Kam’s quarters. Ruth lifted up to press a motherly kiss to his cheek as she took the tray from him. “I’m happy for the three of you. Tell Avery not to be late tomorrow.”

Flynn opened the door, smiled at Ruth’s latest bossy order, and gave Cooper a wink before she took the tray full of food. Cooper nodded his good-byes and headed back to the kitchen.

* * * *

Avery wasn’t really surprised when G’baena’s sisters came into the mess hall. The two of them had been helping in the kitchen more and more in the past few months, but with most of the crew being human and preferring the types of foods that originated on Earth, G’darlee and G’deece had needed to learn a lot of things from scratch.

Fortunately, with almost everything done for the day, they really only had to deal with serving and cleanup—something that they were both quite capable of doing.

“How’s G’baena?” she asked as the two young women grabbed aprons and got to work.

“She’s great,” G’darlee said. “You did an amazing job delivering my niece. Thank you.” Avery blushed. She hadn’t really done much, but it was an experience she probably wouldn’t forget.

“And the baby is
so
cute,” G’deece said with the enthusiasm only the very young or very naive could show toward a baby. Avery remembered the early days with her little brother. They’d been an exhausting blend of sleeplessness, anxiety, dirty nappies, and uncontrollable crying. Her mother hadn’t coped well at all, and most of her brother’s care had fallen to Avery. Ironically, of all of the family members she’d left behind when she’d been abducted, her younger brother was the only one she missed.

The three women worked together to get the meal completed and Cooper arrived just as the lunch crowd was starting to thin. “Your afternoon off, Avery-girl,” he said in a voice that brooked no argument. G’darlee and G’deece waved her away and she couldn’t really think of a reason not to leave. The two women had the kitchen well in hand and she and Ruth were only an intercom call away.

“Okay,” she said quickly. “Thank you.”

“No worries,” G’deece said, sounding more human than G’trobian these days. “We’ll call if we have any problems.” G’darlee rolled her eyes at her sister’s words and waved good-bye to Avery and Cooper.

As soon as they were out of the kitchen, Cooper pressed her against the wall and kissed her like he wanted to inhale her. His lips caressed hers feverishly, his tongue mimicking what they both wanted. Eventually, they broke apart, gasping for air. “I missed you, Avery-girl,” he said as he grabbed her hand and led her down the corridor.

“It’s only been six hours.” She grinned as he pulled her closer.

“True, but I only have an hour before I need to be back and I plan to have you and Del so exhausted that you’ll sleep all afternoon.”

“Oh,” she said as need wound through her. Her body felt like she’d touched a live wire. Just the thought of what the three of them were likely to do made her tingle all over. A small internal voice worried that they were about to alter their comfortable friendship irrevocably, but the idea of being loved by these two incredible men was something she couldn’t resist.

They made it to the medical bay in record time and Avery smiled when she saw the look on Del’s face. Obviously, he’d been expecting them. He glanced at the chronometer, spoke quickly to Sarah, and then hustled them out of the medical bay without a word.

“I’ve got a couple of hours,” he said, glancing at Cooper. “But Sarah will call me if there’s an emergency.”

“Well we better not waste any time, then.” Cooper grinned widely before lifting Avery into his arms and speeding up their walking pace. Cooper was a big man, his height and long legs eating up the distance probably as fast as Avery could run. Despite not being quite as tall, Del had no trouble keeping up.

They headed straight to Cooper’s room, the closest to their current location, went through the door in a hurry, and let it slide closed behind them. Avery found herself sandwiched between the men, her feet barely touching the floor as Cooper held her close and Del kissed her like she was the most precious thing in the world. When he broke the kiss, he leaned over her shoulder and kissed Cooper the same way.

Liquid heat pulsed through her body as she watched her best friends kiss. It was hotter than anything she’d ever seen before, but she couldn’t stay still. She managed to get Del’s shirt undone and was in the process of lifting it off his shoulders when Cooper stepped back slightly and dragged her too-big uniform down her legs.

She yelped in surprise and turned to see the teasing glint in his eyes. “Kiss him, Avery-girl,” he instructed as he wrapped his hands around her middle and lifted the shirt over her head. Slightly embarrassed to not be wearing undergarments despite the fact that both men had seen her naked only a few hours ago, she wrapped her arms around Del, pressing herself against his warm chest.

Cooper removed her shoes and helped her to kick the pants off her feet before stepping closer and pressing his hard cock against the soft flesh of her ass. “We plan to make love to you, Avery-girl. Would that be okay?”

She nodded enthusiastically. “More than okay.”

Del stepped away, stripped his own clothing off, and then helped her onto the bed. She lay on her back, Del beside her, his head propped on his bent arm as he caressed her stomach lightly. “We don’t have to do this now,” he said in a reassuring voice. “You can take all the time you need to be certain this is what you want.”

She gave him a look that she hoped squashed that notion. She didn’t want to wait. She’d waited long enough, dreamed long enough. Yesterday’s reminder that life could be changed in an instant made her need even more urgent.

“Now. Please,” she said as she wound a hand behind Del’s neck and guided his mouth to her own.

“Good answer, Avery-girl,” Cooper said. She could hear him stripping off his clothes and she smiled when she felt him climb onto the end of the bed. She gasped into Del’s mouth when Cooper pushed her legs wide and managed to wedge his shoulders in between her knees. His warm breath on her mound was quickly followed by his tongue on her wet pussy. He caressed her leisurely, his fingers holding her open as he pushed inside her and then licked all the way up to her clit. She writhed as he suckled the hard nub and cried out when Del followed Cooper’s lead and began licking her breasts.

He held one breast in his warm hand, his fingers teasing the nipple as his tongue caressed the other. She gasped, the feeling so intense that she tried to wriggle away. But they held her tight between them, the forced immobility strangely erotic simply because it came from men she loved.

Heat swirled in her belly, her clit throbbing in time with her pulse, the blood rushing through her veins as tingles spread outward from the places they feasted. She could feel herself rocking against the mattress, the strange urge to undulate almost overwhelming as Cooper thrust his fingers deep into her pussy and sucked hard on her clit.

Her muscles shook as heat burst outward, the explosive release of her climax taking them all by surprise. She panted, gasping for air as every molecule in her body vibrated her release. She didn’t even realize she was crying until Cooper slid up the bed and pulled her into his embrace.

“Shh, Avery-girl. It’s okay. We’re here. Del and I are both here.”

She felt a little silly and half sobbed, half laughed in response. “That…that was…incredible.”

“Good to know,” Cooper said with a wink to Del. “We’ll be certain to do that quite often.” He caressed her face, wiping the tears from her eyes. “I need to make love to you, Avery.”

She nodded, glancing at Del as he nodded with her. Cooper wrapped an arm around Del, pulled him closer, kissed him like the world was coming to an end, and somehow managed to press his hard cock against her pussy at the same time. She lifted up, inviting him into her body, urging him to thrust hard and deep. But he slid into her slowly, his thick cock stretching her even as Del played with her clit.

She closed her eyes, barely able to believe that she was here, exactly where she needed to be—with both of her men. Cooper worked his thick cock into her pussy, pulling out slightly and thrusting back in a little deeper, a little harder, a little faster.

She moaned as Del began to kiss her, his hands roaming over her body, caressing and inflaming every part that he touched. She could feel another orgasm winding her tighter, pulling her higher, freeing her from the constraints of her body.