The King and I: Celestial Soul-Mates, Book 1 (3 page)

Captain Gaman strolled in front of them, taking in their rigid stance with approval. “At ease.”

The crew shifted to a slightly relaxed posture. The captain turned back to face Aria. “Let me introduce you to my senior crew. Each one has very special talents I think you might appreciate.” He moved to stand behind the armchair, then glanced at his crew. “First, there’s Baryn.”

The man in the middle stepped forward.

“His field of expertise is women’s breasts.”

Aria felt her cheeks flame. Why on earth was he telling her this?

“On his world, women’s breasts are worshipped. Men learn to bring a woman to orgasm without moving below the waist.”

Baryn smiled at her, his gaze trailing over her breasts then back to her face.

Her cheeks flamed hotter still.

“Next is Larson.”

The man on the far left stepped forward as Baryn stepped back.

“With his lips and his knowledge of kissing, he has made women faint dead away.”

Larson’s gaze burned through her, sending a quivering ache through her belly.

“But don’t worry,” Larson’s deep voice rumbled. “I know how to revive them.”

He stepped back and the woman stepped forward.

“Casey has home court advantage. She knows a woman’s parts from both sides of pleasure.”

Casey stroked her hands over her own breasts, her lips curling up in a cocky grin. To Aria’s complete horror, Casey unfastened the top few buttons of her uniform jacket and slid one hand inside. Her eyelids drooped and her head sagged back in obvious pleasure at her own roving hands.

Aria felt her own nipples harden at the thought of Casey stimulating her full breasts under the conservative uniform jacket and the knowledge that the men also knew exactly what she was doing.

Aria’s gaze shifted to Captain Gaman and skittered away again when she saw he watched her intently, his gray eyes taking in her flushed cheeks. Her entire face tingled with the blush flaming her skin. Could he also tell that her breathing had increased? Thankfully, her suit jacket hid her erect nipples.

Why was he doing this? Did he expect her to pick one of them to have sex with?

The captain returned his gaze to his crew and cleared his throat. Casey’s eyelids snapped open and she stepped back into line. As Terrien stepped forward, Aria noticed that Baryn had moved beside Casey and slid his hand under her jacket. She leaned back against his chest, the dark green fabric shifting at his movements. His fingers must be stroking her bare, hard nipples, Aria thought. Aria’s breathing became more difficult as her nipples distended more, aching to be touched.

“You’ve met Terrien already.”

Aria’s gaze shifted to the familiar hunk.

“Let’s just say Terrien knows all the right moves.”

By way of illustration, Terrien moved his lower pelvis in spirals, pivots and exciting little thrusts. Aria’s groin started to ache, as she imagined his penis sliding into her, shifting and circling, stimulating her insides to heights of pleasure.

“He can take a woman to climax lightning fast…or excruciatingly slow. He can also make a woman’s orgasm last an eon.”

Her vagina clenched as she imagined it clamping around his hard male organ and squeezing it, an orgasm igniting within her like a match to a wick, then burning through her in a scorching flame of ecstasy.

Aria glanced to Casey and Baryn. With her eyelids at half-mast and the way she leaned back against her crewmate in a tense stance, Aria wondered if Casey would orgasm soon. Casey noticed Aria’s attention and winked as she shifted her gaze to Terrien and back to Aria again. Aria would bet Casey had experienced some of Terrien’s skill.

The last man stepped forward.

“Now, Darrick’s qualifications are best appreciated visually.”

Darrick unfastened his pants, easing the zipper down slowly, then let them fall to the floor. Aria gasped. He had the largest penis she had ever seen. Probably that any woman had ever seen. Any Earth woman, anyway. It hung almost to his knees and was as big around as her wrist.

“But you can’t get a good idea with it like that,” Casey crooned. She slid away from Baryn and walked toward Darrick. Her jacket gaped open, exposing most of her breasts, her dark rose nipples peering out occasionally as she walked. Her arms twined around Darrick’s waist from behind and she touched his sagging member. Her hands curled around him and she stroked the length of him. She wrapped one hand around the head and the other cupped his testicles. His eyes closed and a half-smile curled his lips. Under Casey’s ministrations, his cock, which had been huge to start with, grew to enormous proportions. Well over a foot long. Darrick and Casey moved toward her.

“Do you want to touch it?” Casey asked.

“No, I don’t think…” Aria responded, her throat dry. But she did want to. The sight of it totally fascinated her.

Casey gently guided Aria’s hand. She could have tugged it away easily, but she stood mesmerized by the huge, erect cock in front of her. She wanted to touch it. In fact, she wanted to do more than touch it.

Casey guided Aria’s fingers around the huge head. Hard. Pulsing under her skin. Casey encouraged Aria to move her hand up and down. Darrick groaned at the feel of her hand stroking him.

“You want to do more, don’t you?” Casey smiled. “What woman could resist?” She leaned close to Aria’s ear. “Go ahead. Taste him.”

The brush of her breath against Aria’s ear sent trembles through her.

She stared at Casey. Anxiety quivered through Aria. She was way too close to doing what the woman suggested.

“No,” Aria protested, shaking her head as if that might actually convince the inner voice urging her to do it.

“Well, if you won’t, I will.”

As Casey kneeled down in front of Darrick, Aria drew back. Casey’s tongue, slim and unusually long, slid out of her mouth and swirled across the end of him. He moaned at her damp touch. Aria clenched her fists, digging her nails into the heels of her hands in an attempt to stop herself from shoving Casey aside and swallowing that large cock in her own warm, wet mouth. To suck on that incredible, rigid flesh until he exploded inside her.

Casey lapped at the tip of him, then licked him, bottom to top. She positioned her mouth over the head, then drew him into her mouth. Aria looked on, both jealous it wasn’t her and horrified that she sat here watching such an intimate act between two other people, especially with so many strangers around.

She wanted to glance at Captain Gaman, to see if he was still watching her, but she couldn’t bear to meet his gaze. Her cheeks burned so hotly she feared they would burst into flames.

When Casey had taken in all she could, her cheeks went hollow as she drew hard on his male flesh, sucking him deep into her mouth.

She released him and locked gazes with Aria.

“Look how he suffers with so much skin exposed.” With an extended finger, Casey stroked the large part of his giant rod that did not fit in her mouth. “Take pity on him and help me.” Casey took him inside her mouth again, staring up at Aria as she slid her lips over him.

Aria reached forward with her extended index finger and touched the exposed, deeply veined flesh jutting from Casey’s mouth.

Hot. And incredibly hard.

Aria’s eyelids closed as heat rushed through every part of her. She couldn’t believe how much she wanted to wrap her mouth around one side of him while Casey took the other side. The two of them would slide up and down, their hands wrapped around him to cradle the entire length in warmth, until he grunted and shot his load into the air. How far would such a huge penis send his stream of semen? How much would there be?

She had to fight the incredible urge to join the other woman in pleasuring that giant penis. Even with all these people watching.

But that’s all it would be. A penis. If she were going to have sex with a man, it would be because she was attracted to him—all of him.

Aria shook her head and drew her hand away.

“Ah, too bad.” Casey wrapped her hand around Darrick’s member and tugged on it, leading him along behind her. “Come on, Darrick, sweetie. I bet one of the other women will be interested.”

The other crewmembers followed them out, and the door slid closed behind them.

Aria drew in a deep breath. The other women Casey referred to must be Eva and the others. Aria shivered, wondering where they were and how they were coping. Even though she hadn’t known them very long, Aria had felt a connection with those women. If she’d met them back home, maybe they could have become friends.

Her stomach knotted. Oh, God, if this was real, then she would probably never see her home again. Her small, cozy townhouse might not be much, but she’d been there for eight years now and it was the only home she’d ever really known.

And her kitty, Rex. Marcia next door was taking care of him right now, but what would she do if Aria never showed up to take him back? She knew Marcia would probably keep him, but Aria would miss her little furry friend. She loved the little guy.

Her hands clenched into fists. This was so unfair. She had friends at home. People who would miss her.

She sucked in a deep breath and tears prickled at her eyes. Well, maybe not so much friends as acquaintances and work associates. She tended to work a lot, which left little time for socializing. Still, she did go out after work every Friday with her work-mates. At least for an hour or so. Most weeks, anyway. They would miss her.

Her chest tightened as she realized, maybe they wouldn’t. She’d received fifty birthday greetings this year, but all of them were on Facebook. She didn’t have any close friends. Deep down she was afraid to let anyone get too close. Because if they left, it would hurt too much. Now, it was too late. She’d disappear without a trace and no one would care. Or barely even notice.

God, if she ever made it back home, she’d change. She’d spend more time with people rather than work. Make true friends. Not just acquaintances and Facebook connections.

Chapter Five

Tai took a moment to settle his pulse. Watching Aria flush with excitement while she watched Casey stroking her own breasts had sent his blood boiling. Aria had watched with heated fascination as Baryn had worked Casey to near orgasm. Tai’s cock had hardened like a rock when Casey had coaxed Aria to touch Darrick’s erection. When she had considered taking him in her mouth, Tai had almost burst on the spot.

He stepped toward her, knowing he had to touch her. He slid his hands over her shoulders. She stiffened immediately and shrugged away, wrapping her arms around herself. He dropped his hands to his sides as she turned to face him, a scowl marring her delicate features.

“Why did you expose me to that?” she demanded.

“Aria, I know that you sense your
tanash’ae
. You probably have for several weeks now. You won’t recognize the feeling, but it will translate to a longing for sexual pleasure. What the crew has to offer won’t totally satisfy that need—only your
tanash’ae
can do that—but they can reduce the ache to a tolerable level.”

Her fingers tightened around her arms as she hugged herself tighter.

“I can’t just go to bed with one of those strangers.”

A devilish grin turned up his lips. “No one said it had to be just one.”

She sighed shakily. “It would only be one.”

He raised an eyebrow.

“You mean you’ll consider—?”

“No, I mean if I… I mean I won’t…” She groaned and paced across the room. “I’m just not comfortable with the idea of being intimate with a stranger.”

As he watched her, he realized it was more than just arousal sending her off balance right now. She was still suffering from the shock of being torn from her home. From the idea of being among aliens and going to a new world. And she had to be resenting the loss of control she felt.

But addressing any of those things would not help matters. She needed time to get used to the idea. And once she and Zander consummated their bond, it would be easier for her to come to terms with her new situation.

For now, the only comfort he could offer her was a solution to her physical need.

“The ache will get worse as time goes on. You might want to open your mind to the possibility. My crew has many talents,” he went on persuasively, “and could show you a great deal of pleasure.”

Aria shook her head, but remembered how close she’d come to joining in with Casey and Darrick. She couldn’t believe she’d actually touched him. The memory of the taut, satin skin of his rigid cock under her fingertip washed through her mind. Her vaginal muscles twitched. She was only kidding herself if she thought she could resist the rapidly escalating need.

“I think you might need something to eat,” Tai said. “Come on.”

He took her hand and drew her to her feet. At his touch, heat shimmered up her arm, then quivered through her body. She’d never felt such an overwhelming awareness of another human being in her life.

But then, he wasn’t human.

She drew her hand away and followed him through a doorway to a dining table. He disappeared into another room and then reappeared with two plates of food and two glasses of wine. She ate, too distracted to taste anything.

“So, what is the name of your planet?” She sipped the wine, welcoming the warmth spreading through her.

“My planet is called Sa’oul. It’s over a hundred light years from Earth, but there is what your science fiction writers call a worm hole only a few days’ travel from here.” He lifted a fork full of food to his mouth.

She gazed at him. “You’ve read science fiction books from Earth?”

“Of course. We get to know a culture as best we can before we visit. It is important for many reasons, but especially to help our new guests acclimatize more easily.”

New guests?
Abductees was more like it.

His lips turned up in a grin. “Didn’t you think it odd that we speak your language?”

She stared at him. Actually, she hadn’t, and now she felt like a total idiot. But then, everything had been so surreal. Like a crazy dream.

“Oh, uh… So you learned English…with no accent?”

“Our bodies, including our vocal chords, are a little more flexible than yours.”