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  They kissed slow and deep, her heart pounding in time with Dallas’. She couldn’t remember ever feeling this desired and loved. Though the energy had dissipated with her orgasm, current simmered along her skin. No doubt Dallas and Thaegan could feel the effects, but neither seemed to want to rush this moment. Her energy had obviously affected the Ka’al earlier, though his patient ministrations to her body just now spoke of a man able to control his baser needs. But Dallas, Dallas was an enigma. An iron-willed male who had yet to succumb to her gifts. Still, his hands moved over her body in a leisurely dance of persuasion.

  The mattress shifted with the added weight of Thaegan joining them. She felt the heat of his muscular thighs as he knelt beside them and she wondered when he’d stripped. His fingers ran through her hair, lifting the strands and brushing them to either side of her neck so they curtained her and Dallas in a little cocoon.

  No one spoke. There was no reason for words. What they were going to share had nothing to do with QAL assignments, bounty hunting—or love. It involved nothing more than the primal drive of three people intent on using each other’s bodies to gratify their sexual lust. Despite the fantasies she wanted to weave, Lilly needed to remember that’s all this was to them.

  Thaegan’s tongue dragged along her spine, sending a shiver of anticipation along Lilly’s back. When his teeth bit into the tender flesh of her ass cheek, she jumped, but Dallas only tightened his grip around her back, holding her still. He’d read her right when he’d seduced her tied to the chair. There was something wanton and sexy about being bound and at the mercy of two lusty males.

  Moving between their spread legs, Thaegan separated her cheeks. His large hands squeezed and reshaped her butt, her hips lifting to expose her heated flesh. His thumbs curled in to massage the folds, flirting with her slick opening. His tongue rasped up her slit and speared hot and thick into her channel. His low groan of satisfaction as he lapped at her honeyed cream, sent another gush of liquid desire into his mouth. Dallas deepened his kisses, swallowing her whimpers of need.

  She couldn’t believe her body was ready. Lilly trembled with longing as Thaegan’s mouth nipped and licked at her clit, overwhelming her with the frissions of pleasure ricocheting along her muscles. Pulses of current flashed to her fingers and toes. Her entire body hummed with need to have them fill her.

  Thaegan’s fingers once again toyed with the rosebud muscle of her ass. Already stretched, Lilly simply moaned as the Ka’al pressed two fingers past the barrier muscles and deep within her back channel.

  Shards of ecstasy cut down her thighs. The pressure built. The thought of what they were going to do to her thrilled like no sexual encounter she’d ever had. Lilly wriggled with anticipation, mashing her breasts into Dallas’ furred chest and rubbing her belly against his erection, she begged them to take her.

  With the two men working in tandem once again, Thaegan continued his assault, his tongue and fingers pushing in and out of her body, while Dallas held her trapped against the hard wall of his torso, his mouth pressed against hers, giving and taking in equal measure.

  Lilly knew only one thing would satisfy her needy body. She pulled from Dallas’ mouth, forcing air into her lungs. “Please, I need you buried inside me.”

  “Both of us?” Dallas asked.

  She couldn’t remember ever feeling this desperate. This consuming desire to be joined with two men. Her head told her it was the sexual greed craving satisfaction. But her heart believed there was something more in their union. Regardless of which was right, her head or her heart, Lilly wanted both Thaegan and Dallas to have their cocks fill her completely.

  “Hell yes, both of you.”

  Thaegan sat back on his hunches, giving them room to maneuver. Lilly came up on her hands and knees, allowing Dallas’ cock to stand tall between them. With deft strokes, she circled the mushroom head of his erection and slid her hands down his veiny length, her fingers unable to circle its girth. Her name came out on a breathy moan as Dallas’ hips canted in reaction to the pressure of her touch.

  Brushing her hair to the side, Lilly looked over her shoulder at the Ka’al. He smiled when she caught his eye, his yearning desire sparking in their golden depths. If the hooded look he gave her was any indication, then Thaegan was a male skirting the razor edge of control. She held his gaze as she slid the tip of Dallas’ cock around in her cream, pleasuring herself before guiding it to her entrance and sheathing him in her heat.

  Dallas’ eyes closed, a satisfied moan erupting from his lips as Lilly bent her knees and buried his sizeable erection deep within her. Thaegan’s hands and mouth were once again on her ass, his tongue rimming her rosebud hole. She felt the warm wet of his saliva drip along her cleft before his fingers worked the slick lubricant in and out of her back entrance, widening the relaxed muscle.

  Lilly had no idea having the attention of two men would feel so incredible. At this moment, she was happy to accept what they offered and hold on to it in the lonely nights ahead. No male, regardless of her prior relationship with them, had ever been this mindful of her. Thaegan and Dallas could have finished this before it really got started. But their gentle touches had given her a sense of caring she hadn’t felt in a very long time.

  Dallas curled up from the mattress, greedily taking her pinched nipple deep into his mouth. His teeth bit into the sensitive pearl as his tongue flicked along its tip. With Dallas’ cock already stimulating deep inside and Thaegan working her ass, Lilly felt the flames of bliss sizzling once again, carrying her to the edge.

  Thaegan straightened, the hard muscles of his thighs pressing against the backs of her legs. One hand gripped her ass while the other teased her anus with the head of his penis. He’d taken so much time to ready her, Lilly quivered with anticipation.

  “Lilly, I want you.” Thaegan’s voice was hoarse with longing. “Tell me when you’re ready.”

  She’d never been filled by two cocks before, but her muscles vibrated with the desperate urge to have them both buried to the hilt in her aching body. “Fuck me, Thaegan. I don’t want it easy. Fuck me hard.”

  The tip of his cock pressed against her ass, but her need outweighed her patience and she rocked back on her knees, impaling herself on the Ka’al’s erection. Thaegan’s nails dug into her hips, a guttural moan ripping from his throat as he buried himself deep in her forbidden channel.

  “It’s all you, Lilly,” whispered Dallas as the men stilled to allow her body time to accommodate them both.

  With gentle movements, she pulsed her hips, enjoying the wonderful fullness that stroked the deepest part of her. Lilly buried her face in Dallas’ hair, the spicy scent of it mingling with the earthy aroma of their fucking. She mumbled their names, gathering the courage to demand more from the men. Every nerve compelled her to move, encouraged her to pull away from them, but not so far they separated. And just as demanding, rocked her back to fill her throbbing channels. Sensation tingled down her thighs and she groaned with the ecstasy radiating out from her core.

  Thaegan’s big hand wrapped around her thigh, anchoring himself as his hips moved in time with her cries of bliss. His other hand slid seductively up her back, tangling in her hair and twisting the flaxen strands in a firm grip. His name escaped her lips as the sensual tug jerked her body back and coated Dallas’ penis with a gush of cream.

  With Dallas’ cock stretching and filling her as well, his mouth suckling her breasts, Lilly had a hard time holding off her climax. She desperately wanted time to enjoy the pleasure of their joining. As Dallas rocked beneath her, Lilly’s clitoris rubbed against his soft halo of pubic hair, adding another dimension to the ecstasy overwhelming her senses.

  Lilly’s muscles bunched, sensations nearly swamping her with their intensity. Giving herself over to their skillful touch, Lilly let Thaegan’s and Dallas’ mouths and hands and cocks work her body. The sensuous, wet sounds of their fucking mixed with the rhythmic slapping of skin against skin and the guttural oaths of their drivi
ng passion.

  Her orgasm slammed into her with all the power of a tidal wave. The currents of rapture crashed into her over and over and she was powerless against the storm. Her energy surged through her adding to the intensity of her climax.

  Thaegan’s fierce cry of release followed only seconds behind her, but it was the warm release of Dallas’ seed filling her channel that lifted her once again to the peak and slammed her headlong into another thunderous climax. The three of them bucked and writhed against each other’s bodies, milking the last of the earth-shattering bliss.

  Thaegan was the first to separate, pulling away from her and collapsing on the mattress. Sliding from Dallas, her bones and muscles melted by the fire of their joining, Lilly snuggled between the men. Her head settled on Dallas’ chest, his heart beating a rapid rhythm against her cheek. The Ka’al threw an arm around her waist, snuggling her bottom against the heat of his lap, his face buried in her hair.

  Lilly couldn’t remember a day when she’d powered up the energy so many times in such a short span of hours. Between the excitement of the hunt for the Znedu and what the men had done to her body, her muscles no longer wanted to work. She couldn’t even lift her hand to toy with the soft hair of Dallas’ chest.

  Dallas’ pounding heart slowed, his breathing becoming deep and even. Thaegan’s soft purr of sleep vibrated against her neck. Swaddled in the safe cocoon of her two lovers, Lilly closed her eyes and gave herself over to the exhaustion.

  * * * * *

  Gruff voices filtered into her dream and drove away the pleasant images of a Chicago summer. Still lost in her childhood, Lilly couldn’t orient herself. Couldn’t decipher the words spoken in harsh whispers. And definitely couldn’t figure out why she felt so comfortably content.

  Images of the kidnapping flooded back first, the heat of the laser and her body bound and hooded. But the soft cushion below her and the heavy weight of the blanket covering her belied that memory.

  “What the fuck’s that supposed to mean, Thaegan?”

  “I was there too. Remember?”

  In full clarity, it came back to her. Her body was pleasantly sore and she knew immediately where she was and what had transpired. Thaegan and Dallas weren’t cuddling with her anymore. Whatever it was that they were arguing about, they’d waited until she was sound asleep and not part of their discussion.

  “Yeah, I remember the whole damn thing,” said Dallas. “Which is why Lilly’s not stepping one goddamn foot in that tavern tonight.”

  “She’s not Sarah.”

  Dallas was silent, but she heard the scrape of a chair against the floor and curiosity got the best of her. Daring to peek, she watched Dallas pacing, the curves and hollows of his bare torso highlighted in the low light from over the sink. It warmed her heart that the men had been considerate enough to turn the lights down and cover her, allowing her time to sleep, though the volume of their voices had made that nearly impossible.

  Sitting on the far side of the table, Thaegan’s mahogany chest was burnished to a slick copper color. His hands fiddled nervously with the centerpiece Dallas had swept to the floor earlier in the evening.

  “I know she’s not Sarah, for chrissake. Sarah was a trained QAL agent protected by her team and she couldn’t keep herself out of the line of fire.” Dallas stopped pacing and stared at his partner. “I couldn’t keep her safe.”

  “And I didn’t protect either of you.” Thaegan snapped the dish in his hands in half, anger drawing tight lines across his forehead. “Damn it, Dallas. I lost a teammate and a lover as well. You seem to forget that part of the equation.”

  Dallas leaned on the table, his head dropping to his chest. “Being with Lilly…”

  “Brought it all back.”

  “Yeah.” Dallas hesitated. “No. I mean it is different.”

  “Because Lilly’s human?”

  He lifted his head. “There’s that. But it’s more. Sarah never intended to let us in. In the months we worked together and even after we shared a bed with her, she never let down her guard. Never wanted to be vulnerable.”

  “Znedus tend to do that.” Thaegan shrugged. “They hold themselves separate. I never expected anything more.”

  “Yeah, well humans aren’t hard-wired that way. At first it was great. But I’m getting tired of the love ’em and leave ’em attitude of deep space. I had myself believing Sarah wanted more. I guess we’ll never find out.”

  “I repeat. Lilly. Is. Not. Sarah.”

  Dallas laughed, a bitter sound that tore at Lilly’s heart. “No, she’s a bounty hunter looking for revenge against the very organization we work for.”

  “Whether you like it or not, she’s the only one who can identify Grebetz’s boss. I understand your reticence, but there’s no way she can draw the tattoo well enough for us to identify him.”

  Lilly hadn’t shared with them that her photographic memory would have allowed her to do just that, but she’d thought the two of them were being hardheaded and unreasonable. Now she understood Dallas couldn’t bring himself to lose someone else under his command or perhaps—someone he’d come to care about.

  “I’m resigned to the fact she’ll be there,” said Dallas. “But I won’t survive if she gets hurt.”

  “Bastower’s not a prick. He doesn’t blame you for—”

  “I’m not talking about my career, Thaegan. I’m talking about my God damn heart.”

  “She’s not going to get hurt. I’m sure she can handle it. Hell, if we hadn’t double teamed her tonight, I have no doubt she’d have Grebetz in custody. That talent of hers definitely can take a man down.”

  “Tell me what you feel,” Dallas asked quietly.

  “You really aren’t affected by it, are you?”

  “The woman turns me on like no female in a very long time. But it’s not the sexual madness that seemed to overtake you.”

  “It’s that chemical shit flowing through your veins, isn’t it?”

  Lilly had a hard time staying still. She had wondered about the knife wound and again the way Dallas had healed after Thaegan’s beating. The man had brushed it off and then circumstances had tumbled on top of each other and she’d never gotten around to asking him again.

  “The docs on Canus Delta told me the synthetic blood would keep me from ever getting drunk or sick and that cuts and bruises were a thing of the past. But no one mentioned that a Seraphelium’s touch would have no impact on me.”

  Thaegan laughed as Lilly’s heart tripped over itself.

  “When she’s not using it as a weapon, it’s quite a pleasant buzz. Guess you’re just going to have to live with your own libido guiding you on that one,” said Thaegan.

  “With that woman, it’s certainly not hard.”

  “No, that woman makes it very hard.”

  Both men laughed again and Lilly felt as if her prayers had been answered. What she’d felt from Dallas had been real desire, not a figment of her imagination or spurred on by her gift. She couldn’t hold back the smile that brightened her face.

  From her vantage point on the mattress, Lilly could see out the side window. The first and second moons had already set and the third sat low on the horizon. Though day would never break here on Garalon Five, she knew there were only a few hours left before the official morning started. She stretched and yawned loudly. There was a lot of work ahead of them.

  Chapter Nine

  “Bastower say you and Thaegan bring woman in.”

  Dallas’ cochlear implant translated the Xerick’s clicks and pops. In the comfort of the backroom at headquarters, his team spoke their native tongues. They were trying to relax before all hell broke loose at the tavern in a couple of hours.

  “Yeah, well, the way the bimbo handled herself in the tavern we thought she might know something about Grebetz,” Thaegan said.

  He and Thaegan had arrived nearly forty minutes ago. They’d taken time to change their clothes but hadn’t wasted time with showers. He could still smell Lilly on hi
s skin.

  “Gone you two a long while.” One head of the Xerick puffed on a cigar while the other ate and shot the shit.

  “Turned out she didn’t know anything.” Thaegan casually leaned forward and grabbed another of the stuffed purple flowers from the overflowing platter of food products in the center of the table. “Bringing her in wouldn’t have done any good.”

  As hungry as he was, Dallas knew the spicy meat and vegetable concoction in his hands wouldn’t satisfy. It would only add weight to the tight knot of nerves sitting cold in his gut. He didn’t like the idea of Lilly being at the tavern and in the line of fire, but it appeared if he wanted to bring down Hij’Rozhod, he didn’t have a choice. “Turned out she was nothing but a common streetwalker. There wasn’t much she could do for us.”

  The Drikspa next to him made a crude sexual motion with his hands. “Thaegan say you two enjoyed a little…”

  Dallas tried to tune him out. They’d been playing it loose and casual where Lilly was concerned. She and Thaegan had convinced him seeing her safely back to her hotel could be dangerous. Lilly wouldn’t even agree to spend the day in his residence. She couldn’t very well show up at the tavern tonight wearing the t-shirt and gym shorts he’d given her. He’d had to be content dropping her back in the center of the city, several blocks from her hotel. Dallas didn’t like leaving her alone and vulnerable, but he’d had no choice. Just like this fucking locker room conversation—it was all part of the charade. “Yeah, well, it never hurts to blow off a little steam, but she didn’t have any other information we needed—”

  The Xerick punched Thaegan. “Boom boom for you.”

  The Ka’al growled in response. Obviously, his partner wasn’t enjoying this farce any more than he was.