Del's Pirates [Sequel to G'baena's Pirates] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) (7 page)

Fully seated, Cooper stopped moving. He held her tight, the grip on her thighs and buttocks almost painful. Orgasm swirled closer. “I’m sorry, Avery-girl, but I want you too much. I’m not going to last.”

He pulled out, thrust back in, groaned, and did it again. Over and over he slammed into her willing flesh, his grunts nearly guttural as he lifted her higher. He nodded at Del, some sort of signal, because Del pushed his hand between them, his fingers finding her clit again, the pressure thrilling her as her focus began to splinter. She screamed as her orgasm exploded through her, every muscle shaking as her vision blurred and her entire world narrowed to only these two men.

Cooper grunted, his cock swelling even as her pussy muscles caressed him. She felt his cum pulse deep into her body as he collapsed forward, his full weight pressing against her briefly before he lifted himself on his hands.

His arms shook with a fine tremor as he leaned forward and kissed her forehead. “I love you, Avery-girl.”

Those pesky tears filled her eyes once more and she nodded as she wrapped her arms around him. “I love you, too,” she whispered.

* * * *

Del couldn’t quite believe how incredibly satisfied he felt just watching Cooper make love to Avery. She was so beautiful in climax that Del had barely contained his own need. But when Cooper started whispering instructions to Avery that included her rolling from the bed and grabbing the small jar of oil that Cooper seemed to have liberated from the kitchen, every inch of Del’s skin felt like he was on fire.

He wanted Cooper to make love to him with a need that went beyond anything he’d ever felt before. He’d never been with another man and yet something about his best friend called to him.

As Avery went to grab the oil, Cooper helped Del to his knees, a firm grip on the back of his neck pushing his mouth toward Cooper’s slightly softened cock. “Get me hard again, babe,” he instructed as Del leaned over and licked the warm, slippery cream from Avery’s pussy that still coated Cooper’s cock. “She tastes delicious, doesn’t she?” Del nodded his agreement and opened his lips to take Cooper into his mouth. He tried to remember everything that Cooper had done for him earlier, but the addictive taste of both his lovers distracted him and he found himself dipping lower and lower to lick at every last drop.

“Whoa, enough,” Cooper said with a wheezing sort of laugh as he pulled his cock from Del’s mouth. “And here I thought you’d never been with a man before.”

Del shook his head, wanting Cooper to know how much this meant to him. “No, only you,” he blurted rather anxiously. But he shouldn’t have worried. Cooper simply smiled, eased Del onto his back, and then kissed him with a ferocity that had them both gasping for air. Cooper moved over him, pushing Del’s legs apart, and he settled between them.

“We’ll take it slow,” he promised with a soft kiss. He rubbed his cock against Del’s, the warm, slippery feel of his own saliva that still coated Cooper making the sensation more incredible. Avery crawled back onto the bed, her gaze glued to their cocks.

“Come here, Avery-girl,” Cooper ordered as he beckoned her to them with his outstretched hand. She came to them with a shy smile on her face, but she moved to lie beside Del and wrapped her hand around his cock. “That’s it,” Cooper encouraged her. He winked at Del. “Avery is going to make sure you have something else to think about while I make certain you’re prepared.”

Cooper tipped the oil into his palm and gently massaged the cool liquid into Del’s balls. The sensation felt strange, unusual, Cooper’s hand moving slowly as he moved lower. Finally, a thick, lubricated finger touched the pucker of Del’s anus and he moaned as pleasure swelled outward. He’d long been curious about anal sex, yet hadn’t quite gotten around to self-experimentation.

But as the thick finger pushed past the ring of muscle, Del had no thoughts other than the sensation bursting like fizzy bubbles in his gut. His cock grew harder, the gentle caress from Avery’s hand doubling his pleasure as Cooper’s finger thrust in and out of his ass slowly.

“Okay?” Cooper asked. When Del nodded, Cooper pushed a second finger deep into Del’s ass, the slight stretching, burning sensation lasting only a moment before warmth radiated outward once more. By the time he added a third finger, Del was pushing down, wanting, needing more.

“Please,” he begged as he watched Cooper drizzle more oil over his cock. Del watched, fascinated, as Avery moved to smooth the slick liquid over Cooper’s thick erection before returning her attention to Del. But when Cooper moved, adjusting Del’s position, lifting his ass higher so that he could press his hard, slippery cock against his back passage, Del could barely contain his excitement.

“Now that is what I wanted to see,” Cooper said as he pressed the thick head of his cock into Del’s ass. His slow movement and watchful gaze made Del feel more loved, more cherished than he ever had before. Avery’s caress on his cock grew a little firmer, a little faster. Cooper grunted as he pushed in, holding still a moment before pulling back and thrusting a little deeper. Again and again Cooper thrust into Del’s ass, each time getting harder, deeper, growing faster, the sensations more intense, more delicious, making Del want more, need more.

“Come for us,” Cooper demanded as he thrust harder, pulling Del onto his cock, Cooper’s big hands gripping Del’s thighs in a tight grip.

Tingling heat filled his balls, his cum spurting from him a moment later to coat his stomach and Avery’s hand.

Cooper gave him a curious look, but then groaned and gripped Del harder, thrusting deep into his ass as his own orgasm claimed him. Avery stared at her hand, a slight smile gracing her lips as she swirled her finger through Del’s cum.

Finally spent, Cooper dropped forward, trapping Avery’s hand between them, smearing Del’s cum over them all as he kissed Del softly. “I love you,” he said with a wide grin as he lifted up, “but you could’ve warned us that your cum is blue.” Avery giggled as she leaned over to press a kiss to his lips.

Del felt his own laughter bubble up in response to his best friends’ mirth and realized that no matter how much this changed things between the three of them, they were all still the close friends they’d been yesterday.

* * * *

Cooper lay over the top of his best friend, his cock slowly softening in the man’s ass, and had never felt more content. This was where he belonged. This was where he needed to be. He leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to Avery’s lips and then glanced at the chronometer and groaned. He barely had enough time to get cleaned up before he needed to get back to engineering.

“Come on, you two, shower.” He coaxed them both into his arms, the three of them weaving tiredly into the bathing area and into the waterless shower. Avery leaned against Cooper as Del took over and set about getting them all clean. Del’s caring nature was more than obvious and his gentle stroking motions set Cooper’s mind aflame with all the things the three of them could share in a lifetime together.

Assuming that they lived that long. With the events of yesterday, a long, happy life seemed unlikely. How ironic that the thing to push them all together could be the one thing that could tear them apart.

Del caressed Avery’s face lovingly and Cooper couldn’t help the swell of pride he felt for his lovers. Unlike Cooper, neither of these two had chosen this life. Yet somehow, not only had they managed to move forward from the hurts of the past, they’d also dedicated themselves to the cause of saving others from the fate they’d suffered.

After everything Del had been through, nobody would’ve thought any less of him if he’d simply moved to the planet of his people, Pendaria, and lived out the rest of his life in relative peace. Cooper had seen the haunted look in his friend’s eyes a time or two, but Del was always quick to replace it with determination.

Avery denied anything had happened to her in the short time she’d been held as a slave, but Ruth was especially protective of her and they seemed to share a bond, or maybe an experience, of which neither had ever spoken.

Hopefully, his love would go a little way toward healing Del and Avery both.

“So what happens now?” Del asked Tee-ani. They’d spent the last three days treating most of the crew. Just about everyone had needed some form of medical attention.

“I don’t know,” she said, shaking her head. Her hair had started to grow back so she’d cut the rest short and dyed it deep gold. The color and short cut suited her but he’d grown so used to her blonde hair dyed purple that every time he looked at her he was struck anew by how many things had changed in so short a time. “Keytark won’t stop until he destroys us so we really have no choice but to destroy him first.”

“But we’ve spent four cycles trying to disrupt the slave trade in this sector, with only limited success. How in Lukilo’s name will we manage a full-on assault?”

“I’m not sure,” she said, shaking her head, “but I have learned never to underestimate the members of this crew.”

Del nodded in agreement. The crew was full of amazing people. Granted, he didn’t have much for comparison, having spent most of his life as a slave, but Jordan had built a team of people with the most incredible skills Del had ever imagined.

If anyone was equipped to defeat Keytark it was probably the people aboard this ship. That was assuming, of course, that the man—no, the
creature—
was beatable in the first place. Keytark and his followers might be sentient beings, but they sure had nothing in common with the men and women aboard this vessel.

“How are Avery and Cooper doing?” Del smiled. Tee-ani was a good friend and caring doctor and her concern for all the crew was obvious.

“Still working nonstop.” In the past few days, Avery had spent almost every moment repairing, scrubbing, cleaning, and cooking for the entire crew, and Cooper had barely left the engineering area. Del understood they all needed to keep working, but he worried his lovers were going to work their way into exhaustion.

“Battle stations!”

Again the warning rang through the ship. Several times in the past few days they’d been attacked by a ship from Keytark’s fleet. Fortunately, they’d only run into them one at a time, but because they were also disguised as merchant ships they were damn hard to pick out. The only point in their favor had been that Devlin and Cooper had been able to reinforce and change the ship’s security and frequency codes so Keytark hadn’t been able to bypass their ability to defend themselves again.

Del sent a brief prayer to Lukilo, Pendarian god of mercy, and went back to work. His instincts clawed at him to go find Avery and Cooper, but neither of them would appreciate his hovering. They were grown adults, capable of doing their jobs, very aware now of the price they could pay, but still willing to do what they felt was right.

Several tense minutes ticked by. Even after three cycles on this ship Del still couldn’t get used to the idea that the ship could be literally exploding around him but until the inertial compensators were damaged they wouldn’t feel a damn thing.

“Stand down. Well done, crew.” Tee-ani smiled when Ben’s voice came over the loudspeaker. Within moments Trey’s voice came through the medical bay communicator.

“There shouldn’t be any injuries, Tee. Get some rest.”

“Are we safe?”

“For now,” he answered honestly, “but Devlin’s getting tired of fixing the ship. He’s talking about landing somewhere.”

“Landing?” Del asked before he could stop himself. The ship hadn’t landed in all the time he’d been onboard. He hadn’t even known it was possible.

“Yes. Dev wants to drop down to a deserted part of a planet and get the rest of the repairs done without the constant interruptions. Jordan wants to evacuate nonessential crew to a safe location so we may be able to…What is the expression humans use, Tee?”

“To kill two birds with one stone?”

“That one, yes. Maybe one day you will explain to me what a bird is.” Tee-ani smiled but didn’t enlighten either Trey or Del. “Get some rest,” Trey said. “I will let you know what is happening when things are decided.”

Del glanced at Tee-ani. “Just give me a moment to check on Avery and Cooper. Then I’ll take first shift.” She nodded and he headed out the door.

* * * *

Avery looked up just in time to see Del walk into the kitchen. She wanted to be mad at him for checking on her when he should be in the medical bay doing his job, but after the heart-pounding uncertainty of moments ago it was good to see him. It also meant that there weren’t any injuries in the latest attack. Del would never have left the medical bay otherwise.

It felt a little weak to want to be held after what was essentially a minor, failed attack against the ship, but when Del held his arms open she couldn’t resist the need to step into his embrace.

“Now that’s a beautiful sight,” Cooper said as he also walked through the doorway. He wrapped his arms tightly around them both and pressed a kiss to first Del’s lips and then Avery’s. “My two favorite people in the one place.”

“Coop,” she said in exasperation, “you didn’t need to come all the way up from engineering to check on me.” The medical bay was only a hundred yards or so down the hallway. Engineering was on the other side of the damn ship. “You’re both too busy to be worrying about me.” God, even as she said the words she wanted to hold on to them and never let go. “Next time, just check on me via the intercom.”