Tangled Shadows (3 page)

They hurt her.

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Hang on,
he said to Nikolai.
Our kiss may have aroused her body, but I sense pain. Let’s
keep our focus on her.

From the research they’d done on Brooke, up until the unexplained loss of her crew and cargo, she’d been a respected pilot and mercenary.

Neither of them believed the amnesia story. They’d planned to read her mind, but her shield made that impossible. Galen needed to know what had happened and the extent of Brooke’s involvement, but he also wanted to fuck her senseless.

Their whole exchange had only taken a few moments, but Brooke frowned at them.

“If you’ve changed your mind, tell me. I need no pity fuck.” Nikolai snorted. He took her hand and put it on his hard cock. “Believe me, there will be no pity involved when we fuck.”

“Your lover just kissed you, doesn’t mean your dick is hard for me.” Nikolai’s brows rose and he grinned at Galen. “Did you hear a challenge?” Galen rolled his eyes, but fell in. “I believe I did. What is your response?” Nikolai pretended to contemplate for a moment. “How about we take her back to the
Mercy
, tie her to the bed, and torture her with pleasure until she falls unconscious?” Galen laughed and nuzzled Brooke’s neck. “Fabulous plan. What do you think?” Brooke swallowed. Her scent grew more fragrant. “You two have overblown egos.

There’s no way in hell you could make me lose consciousness.” Nikolai jumped to his feet, grabbed her hand, and pulled her close. He proceeded to kiss her until only his arm around her waist supported her weak knees. “I can never resist a challenge.”

Galen stepped up and leaned against Brooke’s back. His erection pressed against her ass as he sandwiched her between them. His hand found the sensitive crease between hip and thigh and caressed her.

He nipped her earlobe with sharp teeth. “Now you’ve done it. He won’t rest until you pass out from pleasure.”

Brooke leaned into him, rubbing against his cock. “Bring it on, boys.” Galen suppressed a sigh. Nikolai had locked into the challenge. There would be no turning back now, especially if Brooke continued to perfume her surroundings with her musky smell.

They depended on her memories. Without the knowledge, lives all across the galaxy were in danger.

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Brooke felt as if she drowned in her arousal. The world took on an unreal quality.

Nikolai and Galen surrounded her with their heat, their scent, their sexuality. Every breath she inhaled sharpened her responses. Her nipples were hard and her clit throbbed with every step. Her wet panties chafed against the sensitive button as she walked out of the bar.

She had no idea how long it took them to reach their ship or where on the station it had docked. The men stopped her constantly and pulled her close for another mind-bending kiss. She had a vague memory of a boxy Delta-Design covered in Tachyon cannons, but their scent and taste filled her mind, the memory of the feel of their cocks under her hands.

It should bother her that she was about to fuck a Vampire, but her explosive orgasm had beaten her thinking-self into submission. She wanted more and she would take more.

For once, she would throw caution to the wind.

Galen opened the hatch and the ramp lowered with a hiss. Nikolai stood behind her, his heavy arousal a firebrand at her back. “Have you ever had it up the ass?” he asked, his arm around her waist, his hand wandering from her stomach to her breasts.

He teased her nipples with touches so light she thought she’d imagined them.

She froze at the thought of having his massive cock squeezing into her. His breath caressed her neck.

Sweat trickled down her back. “That’s off the menu.” She swallowed and hoped he would let the subject go. Her hang-ups were none of his business.

Nikolai shrugged and increased the pressure on her nipples, as if to ease the tension invading her body. “There’s plenty left to feed on.” He played with the hard tips of her breasts and looked at Galen, who’d turned back to them. “She ordered me around. I think she needs to be punished.”

Galen smiled. “I knew you’d find a reason.”

Brooke pushed a little away from Nikolai and looked between them. “Punish me?

That wasn’t in the cards.” Her voice was nearly drowned out when the engine of a neighboring ship roared to life.

Nikolai swung her into his arms, strode up the ramp and entered the ship.

Galen chuckled as he followed, his footsteps echoed in the hallway. A hallway wide enough Nikolai carried her without difficulties or having to adjust his pace. “Not much you can do about it now.”

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Brooke turned her head and frowned. “You will not hit me.” She struggled to get out of Nikolai’s arms, but the Vampire only tightened them.

She couldn’t move.

Brooke felt a spark of fear in the pit of her belly. She was combat-trained, had cyborg-enhanced strength and speed and had experienced enough battle to feel she could look after herself. It had never occurred to her she could be in physical danger.

Galen’s face softened. “We’re not going to hurt you, Brooke, I promise.” She believed him. His expressive eyes instilled a sense of peace in her.

“But we may spank you,” Nikolai interrupted. “And you’ll love it.” Brooke struggled some more, her hand pressing into the gap in his shirt. “I am not a child to be spanked.”

“No,” agreed Nikolai, “you’re a full-blooded woman in need of some punishment.

Trust me, anything we dish out will only heighten your pleasure.” When he kissed her, Brooke forgot her name. She had no idea how he managed to carry her to the sleeping chamber without knocking something over or bumping into walls. He held her captive through his kiss the entire way.

Nikolai finally released her mouth and dropped her onto a wide bed. One brief look showed her a huge chamber holding the usual assortment of personal belongings scattered throughout. Clothes in a corner, boots tossed against the wall, a half-open compartment in the wall showing something that appeared to be old-fashioned books, made from paper. The bed was big enough to sleep an army, covered in fabric so silky and soft it was a caress under her hands when she leaned back on them.

Galen and Nikolai towered at the foot end. Unfortunately, they weren’t undressing.

Brooke scrambled onto her knees. “What’s up, boys? Are we doing this or not?” Nikolai took a step forward, but Galen stopped him by putting a hand to his shoulder. She tried to clear the haze, to process the sensations running through her body, but it was impossible. She wanted to experience everything the men had offered her.

“Brooke, we need to talk,” Galen started, leaning toward her.

Brooke growled and came off the bed in a rush. She grabbed both men’s cocks through the fabric and squeezed. “Why do you suddenly want to talk? The time for talking is over. I want what you promised, a night to remember.” To drive the point home, she let go of their members and unbuttoned Galen’s pants. Under normal circumstances she might have shied away from being this aggressive, but right now she didn’t care, she wanted to experience this moment to the fullest.

Nikolai and Galen shared a look, appearing to communicate in some form. He patted Galen’s cheek and turned to Brooke.

He wore a wicked grin and his clothes disappeared with the flick of a finger. He climbed onto the bed. But Galen held back. Brooke still had her fingers around his cock and freed it from its confines.

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Nikolai knelt behind her, his legs outside hers, and caressed her through her trousers. He leaned over her back and nipped her neck. “I believe you’re wearing too many clothes. How about we get rid of them?”

Brooke tried to nod, but couldn’t stop caressing Galen’s cock. The heat and strength covered by silky soft skin engrossed her. Every tug and pull garnered a response.

Nikolai stroked his hands across her body. The heat of his palms burned her through her clothing. Her hand clenched around Galen’s penis. His head dropped back.

He groaned, reassuring her she hadn’t hurt him.

“I don’t think she’ll let go of you long enough for me to undress her,” Nikolai said.

“I don’t care.” Galen stood rigid and locked his knees. “She doesn’t have to stop while you take them off.”

Nikolai laughed. “My pleasure,” he whispered before he grabbed Brooke’s shirt by the shoulders and pulled. His Vampire strength ripped it to shreds.

Freed now of the constraining built-in bra, Brooke’s ample breasts swayed gently against her chest, rising and falling with each breath. The cool cabin air hit her torso, peaking her nipples into tight, hot buds. She quickly shook off the sleeves, which had slid to her wrists.

He covered her back, cupped her breasts, and played with her nipples. She finally released Galen’s cock and moved backward, leaning against Nikolai, thrusting her breasts into the heat of his hands.

Nikolai pulled harder at her nipples.

“Jade.” She tried to catch her breath.

“Would you want me to do the same to your clit?” he whispered as he kissed her sensitive nape.

Brooke had difficulties following his words. When they sank in, her breath stopped.

For a second she had a voice in her head she’d thought she’d left behind years ago.

Good girls aren’t supposed to like it hard.
Though good girls weren’t supposed to enjoy sex, either, and Brooke certainly did.

She pushed it back into the far corner of her mind.

His touch felt amazing and the thought he could do the same to her clit drove her higher. It would hurt, it would hurt so good.

Her eyes drifted shut.

She fell even farther backward and wrapped her arms around his neck over her head. His silky soft hair caressed her hands. She stretched her arms and tangled her fingers in his mane, reveling in the fact she was able to do so.

His hand stroked downward, sliding across her stomach. He opened her pants, his fingers moving closer toward her mound with every button he flicked open. For a second Brooke remembered her stomach wasn’t flat or hard as a brick, but it didn’t seem to bother him at all. Nikolai groaned when he reached her neatly trimmed bush.

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“Oh man.” He chuckled. “Been a while since I’ve touched one of these.” Galen’s rich laughter shot through her.

Brooke’s eyes flew open. Heat raced through her body.

Galen stood at the foot of the bed, naked and stroking his big cock.

He didn’t have an ounce of fat on his strong body. His luscious, tanned skin was devoid of hair, except for the patch matching his head surrounding the erection, which stood at an angle from his body. Brooke could have sworn she saw the blood pulse in his length. She nearly drooled with the need to taste.

Brooke couldn’t remember ever seeing something more exciting than the picture before her.

“He’s hot, isn’t he,
milaya
?”

She shuddered when Nikolai whispered those words in her ear and nodded.

Nikolai kissed her cheek. “Though not nearly as scorching as you’re about to become.” He moved his hand farther down, and very lightly stroked across her clit.

Brooke couldn’t stop herself from coming up on her knees. She was too sensitive. One firm touch and she’d go over, but it didn’t appear Nikolai would let her get away so easily.

“Watch Galen,” he whispered. He played with her clit and fleshy lips, dipping his fingers into her moist entrance. “Watch him stroke his cock. See how big it’s growing, how hot he is.” He slowly penetrated her tight sheath, one inch at a time. “Can you see the drops on his tip? Do you want to crawl over there and lick them off?”

“Yes,” Brooke whispered, desperately trying to retain some sort of control over her body.

“Then do it,” demanded Nikolai. “Stay on your hands and knees and keep your luscious ass in the air.” He removed his touch from between her legs.

Brooke moaned.

Nikolai spanked her left ass cheek. She shuddered. The remains of her shirt tangled around her waist and she still wore her trousers. Nikolai had only opened them enough to push his hand inside. She didn’t feel the full force of the slap, but what she felt went straight between her legs. He slapped her again when she didn’t stir.

Brooke gathered enough equilibrium to move toward Galen and his glorious, aroused cock. She came close to falling flat on her face when Nikolai held on to the rest of her clothes. Struggling out of her boots and trousers, she got back on track.

She knelt in front of Galen and forgot about his gorgeous face and his smile. All her concentration focused on the big, beautiful length right in front of her face. The head was swollen and flushed red. Galen’s big hand stroked up and down the steely-soft length.

Brooke had never been a big fan of blowjobs, but right now she wanted nothing more than to suck on the treat in front of her.

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She leaned forward and gently licked the tip. His taste exploded in her mouth and his scent grew musky. Above her, Galen groaned.

Sweat moistened the skin under the hand she’d rested against his abdomen. She licked and sucked his dick as if it were her favorite choc-toff indulgence. He bellowed his appreciation. His fingers clenched in her hair and he thrust into her mouth.

The sting of having her hair pulled raced through the length of her body. She moaned.

Nikolai made a noise. “Looks like you’re having fun, Galen. Want me to turn up the heat?”

Brooke ignored their exchange, too focused on the treat in front of her, until Nikolai began to caress her naked bottom. He reached between her legs and fondled her entrance. The slight touch drove Brooke higher.

Galen’s grip on her hair tightened, adding to the sensations racing through her.

Nikolai thrust two fingers into her dripping wet channel.

Brooke tried to pull back, but Galen’s hold made movement impossible. She was caught between the pleasure of sucking on Galen’s dick and Nikolai fingering her pussy. She was so close. All she needed was one firm stroke, or Galen pulling just a little harder.

Brooke wanted to say something, wanted to voice her needs, but the other part of her, the part which still listened to the lectures of her mother, silenced her.

She screamed around Galen’s dick when Nikolai moved to lie beneath her spread knees and began to lick her pussy. Her arms nearly gave out under her. The pleasure was too much.

“Hm, like the best Ziesta. Sweet and just a little hint of spice,” Nikolai groaned while he continued, leaving Brooke’s clit untouched. As he spoke his warm breath caressed her.

He stabbed his tongue into her tight channel, licked her outer lips and raised her level of sensitivity beyond anything she’d ever felt. Her eyes closed and she leaned into the caress. She wanted to beg for that one touch, that one stroke to throw her into the abyss, but she couldn’t.

Nikolai didn’t let up in his ministrations, pushing her out of her comfort zone. She tried to pull back, but he wouldn’t let her.

Her world shrunk more and more with each of Nikolai’s strokes. It was all she could do to stay conscious. When he bit her clit, her world exploded. She could hear a high-pitched scream from far away. Her vision narrowed and grayed at the edges. She had trouble catching her breath. The pleasure drowned her body.

Galen clung to his control while Nikolai drove Brooke over the edge. When Brooke screamed as if her life came to an end, he relaxed his control and enjoyed the vibrations along his cock. He followed Brooke only by seconds, his climax violent but leaving him 21