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Chapter Nine

Conn could see Alison’s frame begin to tense as they’d reached the end of their meal, and she’d just finished helping him clean up the kitchen. He frowned to realize that she’d only been up for a few hours and already the previous contact from sleeping with Kal was wearing off. He hoped that her body would adjust over time and the effects would take longer to come back, or her new life was going to be full of limitations that would become tedious to anyone.

“How are you feeling, Ali?” Conn asked as he came up to place a palm on her cheek. “Your skin is chilled. Do you need to rest?”

She sighed and looked as though she didn’t want to admit the weakness to him.

“Yes, I am getting tired and feeling a bit weak. But I just woke up. I don’t want to sleep right now.”

Conn debated whether he should take her back to their room to Tannen or not, but he figured that he’d try to take care of her first and see if she needed further assessment.

“I know just what we can do to rest then. Do you like vids?” he asked, sweeping her off of her feet once again and making his way to the observatory.

It was a lounge, of sorts. The extended windows gave the best view of the stars in the entire ship, and they had comfortable couches and large viewing screens set up on the walls. Conn set her down on the low couch and then went to select the program on the viewer. He chose a program which focused on their home planet and its evolution to what it was today, hoping it would be less of a shock for her when they arrived on Dolak in the next couple of days. Clearly she came from a planet filled with color if her bright green eyes and soft brown hair were any indications, and Dolak was an adjustment for many species that arrived there for the first time.

“I thought you might like to see some history of our planet,” he said as he sat next to her, only to grow more concerned when he felt her shivering next to him. “Ali, your symptoms appear to be getting worse. Should we wake Tannen?”

“No, I don’t want to wake him. I just need some rest, I think. Will you hold me while we watch?” she asked, pulling the blanket off the cushion next to her and placing it over her legs.

“Of course.” Conn sat next to her and pulled her in to rest against his chest.

He almost felt guilty for how much he was enjoying being close to Alison. This trade run had been a very long one for them. They hadn’t been home in ages and hadn’t been interested in partaking in any of the brothels found on their route. The three of them were lovers, of course, but he missed the softer touch of having a woman in their bed, and Ali was sweet, and soft, and oh so tempting. When Kal had come on shift this morning, he’d been wearing a ridiculous grin, so of course Conn had asked him why he was so happy. When he’d replied in his usual cocky tone, “I spent the night with a beautiful woman in my arms, why shouldn’t I be happy?” Conn could only agree. He’d spent hours the day before holding Alison as she’d recovered, and he had enjoyed it probably more than was proper.

“Wow!” she whispered, when the vid started with pictures of his home planet. “You weren’t exaggerating. It really is all in shades of grey and black. That’s amazing.”

He answered every question she had, but as time went on, he grew increasingly uncomfortable. Ali didn’t seem to notice that her hands had gone from simply moving over his chest to burrowing under his shirt to find bare skin. Which, of course, was all a part of her contact dependency as a result of the virus she’d been infected with, but her soft little hands were beginning to feel extremely good and other parts of Conn’s body were beginning to react.

Her shivering had finally stopped, but her need for contact clearly had not, so who was he to deny her anything? Conn pulled her hands away for a moment and saw the small flash of involuntary panic in her eyes.

“Oh, I’m sorry, Conn,” she said, trying to cover her face with her hands as a blush went across her cheeks. “I didn’t even realize I was doing that. Oh my God, how embarrassing.”

“There’s no need to apologize for taking what you need from me, Alison,” he said, as he pulled his uniform shirt off and threw it to the side. “You clearly need more skin to skin contact, and as you can see, I am enjoying it quite a bit myself.”

There was no hiding his erection now that the blanket wasn’t covering his lap, and her eyes went wide as he sat back and adjusted it slowly with his hand under her gaze.

“Come and take what you need, Ali. Trust me, I am more than willing.” Conn gently took her hand and pulled her back to rest against him.

Her eyes still hadn’t left the outline of his hard cock through his pants, and he had to stifle a groan when she absently licked her lips.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with me,” she whispered as she slowly ran her hands along the warm expanse of his chest. “But I have the strongest need to touch you all over. I swear I’m not normally this hands-y.”

“It’s okay, Ali.” He hated to see the confusion that warred with the lust in her eyes. “Tannen said that the side effects of the virus were unknown. We’re here to help you. There will be no judgment.”

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Alison felt like her body was on fire with the need to touch this man, and he was so beautiful sitting there in front of her. She’d never been the kind of woman to follow her instincts and act on her urges. One of the side effects of growing up in a small town meant she’d always been afraid of other people’s judgment of her behavior. She’d been afraid of the cruel gossip and how awful people could be. But that life was over now, so why not use this opportunity to explore everything she’d always desired but was too scared to reach out and take?

“Will you kiss me, Conn?”

As Ali looked into the handsome face of this large and imposing man, her breathing became erratic and all she could see were his full, luscious lips as they came closer to hers. She licked her lips and heard him groan before she felt his breath, hot on her mouth.

It wasn’t the aggressive, powerful kiss she expected from someone so commanding. First his lips just brushed over hers, and then the tip of his tongue stroked ever so lightly along her bottom lip. She was losing her self-control, and she needed to feel him consume her. She put her arms around his waist and tried to pull him closer, ending up practically in his lap. She opened her lips and licked him back, and that seemed to be all the permission he needed. He pushed forward and kissed her hard and deep. Her hands clutched at him as she moaned into his mouth, kissing him back with all the emotion she couldn’t seem to control. Then he pulled away from her, and as she looked up at him though passion-dazed eyes, she saw him as breathless as she was.

“Wow.” It was all she could say as she lifted her hand to her mouth and touched her lips. She had never been kissed like that before. She’d never felt so much intensity.

“I agree,” Conn answered in a low voice before he gently pushed her onto her back and followed her down until his weight was resting on her in the most delicious way. He gripped her wrists and brought them up above her head as he moved his lips down to kiss and lick along her neck, making her moan.

Ali could feel the hard length of his cock rubbing against her mound through the shirt she wore. She was so wet already, and just imagining how hot and hard he would feel if they were fully naked was making her pant.

Just then the sweet aroma of caramel teased her nose. It was a smell she’d recently become addicted to just last night, and she knew that they were no longer alone.

Chapter Ten

Kal had been trying all morning to get some work done, but his mind kept wandering back to delectable little Ali, and eventually he just quit what he was doing and went to track down her and Conn to see what they had gotten up to. He certainly hadn’t been expecting to find what he had when he’d walked into the observatory, but the sight of the two of them half naked, kissing on the couch brought his cock to full attention in a matter of seconds.

“I see I’ve arrived just in the nick of time.” Kal smiled as he walked up to the couple and ran a finger gently along Alison’s flushed cheek. “Is there room for one more?”

He loved the way her blush got brighter as she bit her lip and nodded yes to him. Conn lifted his head from nibbling on her neck, and Kal slowly leaned in to take the other man’s mouth in a sultry, deep kiss. Alison’s breathing became even more rapid and her eyes went heavy with lust as she took in the scene before her.

Kal had his suspicions that Ali would enjoy seeing him with Conn and Tannen, and it seemed he was correct. The aroma of her desire was filling the room, causing their own pheromones to increase in return. Their sweet little Alison couldn’t have been a better match for them if she’d come straight from their wildest fantasies. It seemed that his plan to convince his two bond mates of that fact was coming to fruition without much interference from him at all. He stopped for a moment to watch as Conn continued to grind himself against the woman below him, drawing sweet whimpers from her lips.

“Get naked and get over here,” Conn said to him after he broke the kiss, and returned to torment Alison with kisses on her neck as Kal rounded the couch and began to undress.

Just as last night, Kal could feel her eyes roaming over his skin as he took off his clothes, and a thrill went through him at the thought that she admired what most of his people saw as a defect. The only other two beings in his life that had ever looked at him that way were Tannen and Conn, and once he’d found them, he’d vowed never to let them go.

Kal loved the sound of her gasp as he took his briefs off along with his pants this time, revealing his long, hard cock that was aching for both her and his Captain.

“Isn’t he beautiful?” Conn whispered in her ear, as they both watched Kal undress, with rapt desire. “It always takes my breath away to see the contrast of his skin against my own.”

Ali looked from one to the other, a slow smile forming on her beautiful lips, and Kal could only hope that she was imagining them entwined in each other’s arms.

“He is,” she finally agreed on a sigh, as Kal finished and moved towards them.

Conn finally released her arms, only to move his hands down her torso, and he began to slowly raise the shirt that had been covering her.

“May I?” Conn asked, looking deep into her eyes for permission to remove the barrier.

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Alison was so enthralled by the directness of his gaze that she simply nodded in agreement, biting her lip again once the shirt was removed and she was naked to them.

“Ah, no biting, lovely. That’s our job now,” Kal said as his eyes dropped to her mouth and he knelt in front of them both. “I’ve been dreaming about these lips.”

By the time he leaned in and pressed his soft mouth against hers, she could no longer hold back. She grabbed the back of his head and pulled him in for a deep kiss. He seemed to be surprised at first, but then she felt his hands move down to caress her aching breasts and he returned her kiss with exactly the passion and heat she was craving.

“You two are so sexy together,” Conn said as he claimed one of her breasts with his mouth, sucking her nipple deep into his warmth.

She could feel his still-covered cock lightly rubbing back and forth against her pussy. To have the both of them touching her at the same time was scrambling her senses with sensation overload. The harder Kal kissed her, the more Alison felt as though she wanted to crawl right into him, and she couldn’t help but slide her hands into his wavy dark hair to pull him closer. She felt her nails dig into his skin, but all she could do was moan and suck at his tongue wanting everything he had to give.

Kal pulled away, and Ali was bereft at the sudden loss of contact. When she opened her eyes and looked up both men were staring at her with such a look of hunger it took her breath away.

“Why did you stop?” she asked desperately, panting hard.

“Gods, Ali, you could burn me alive,” Kal said in a low growl. “Why don’t we help our Captain out of his pants?”

Ali watched as Kal knelt on the couch behind Conn and began to nibble and lick on the other man’s neck, causing Conn to moan, his head falling back in pleasure. Kal took one of Alison’s hands in his own and slowly brought it down to caress his bond mate's chest and stomach until finally they found the closure to his pants and released it. Conn groaned loudly when both Ali and Kal’s hands reached inside and found his long, hard cock and stroked it together.

“Are you two trying to kill me?” Conn growled as he opened his eyes and looked down at their combined fingers gliding over his hard flesh.

Alison looked down at Conn kneeling between her thighs, his dark skin such a lovely contrast with Kal’s silver arms around him and the pale cream of her own hand wrapped tightly around his thick shaft. Their skin was a slightly different texture than hers. It was almost like a soft velvet, and she couldn’t stop wanting to roll her entire naked body against them both.

The pleasure was so decadent, she almost felt high just from touching them, especially with their combined scents playing at her senses.

“You need to take the pants off, Conn,” she said, tightening her grip on his cock and stroking it slowly, gratified to see a small bead of moisture collect at the tip.

“As you wish, my lady,” Conn said, before leaning forward to kiss her and then climbing off the couch to remove the last of his clothes, leaving him just as naked as she and Kal.

Alison was distracted watching the thick muscles of Conn’s well-toned body as he stood back up, and then she felt Kal’s hands move along her thighs and open her legs further as Conn laughed out loud.

“You bastard!” Conn teased. “I knew you would steal my spot!”