Of Another Dimension (20 page)

"Oh, shut up," I laughed, "And you really shouldn't be teasing me about things like that."

I won't deny it. My man was very appreciative earlier.

I smirked to myself.

Maybe I should threaten bitches more often...

"Where is Kieve, anyways?" I asked, looking around "He said he'd be right back and that was a while ago."

"There was an...
emergency
. He had to hurry. That's why I'm here," he said quickly, smiling at me winningly.

"Did you have to get naked to do it?" I asked incredulously.

"Yes," he said succinctly.

"What kind of emergency? Is he okay? Is it Teila?
I swear!
Chub wasn't
really
going to eat her face! It's my dummy command to get him to scare people! If I say sick em, it means attack!"

"Very clever, by the wa
y. I loved it," he chuckled, smiling a little. "It wasn't
that
kind of emergency, so relax. It was a shaxna one. It will be fine."

He scooted a little further down, bringing him closer to me.

"Easy for you to say. You think it’s perfectly normal to talk with someone naked in a vat of warm orange mud," I grumbled.

I eyed him suspiciously, but didn't move just yet.

"Is it cooler or warmer over there?" He glanced around suspiciously, frowning down at the mud.

He reached a hand over by me and I jerked and jumped, sloshing towards the middle.

"Here!" I offered, "Have at it."

"Wait.
" He reached out to grip my waist. "We can share."

Before I could say anything else, he yanked me over to him and settled me on his lap.

"Sieren!" I shouted, "What are you doing?!!"

"Nothing," he chuckled, a very large rod digging into my back.

"
That
doesn't feel like nothing! What the hell has gotten into you?!"

"This," he growle
d and nipped at my mating mark.

I cried out and tried to move away from him
, sparks shooting through me, straight from my core.

My body lit up as he bit it again.

Wrong! No! This is wrong!

He rumbled in approval as I squirmed around, straddling his thigh, my sex sliding around on him intimately.

"Sieren!" I managed to gasp out.

"Just
this,
chomcharra." He sucked at the sensitive bit of flesh all around my mating mark and I gasped as my sex clenched and unclenched rhythmically, aching to be filled.

His hands came up to cup my breasts.

"Stop!" I panted, regaining a bit of sanity as one of his hands slid down to slick over my clit.

It was still sensitive from my earlier love making with Kieve and I shuddered as a wave of pleasure zipped through me.

I gasped in both delight and distress

Ki
eve.

My Kieve...

Oh, my god! Kieve!

"NO!" I bellowed and pushed away from him.

He sensed how upset I was and released me.

I hugged myself and moved away from him.

"What the fuck?! I'm mated to your brother!" I shouted, trembling from unsatisfied lust and shame for what I was about to do.

What
we
were about to do.

"It's normal for brothers to share a mate. I want you, chomcharra. I want to be with you. Kieve knows. I've already told him."

What?!

I gaped at him, looking for any sign he was lying, deceiving me somehow to explain himself.

He was completely serious and completely sincere.

I
know
he’s not lying and the truth of it cut at me.

My e
yes flashed and I growled, "And what did Kieve have to say?"

He stopped and watched my sudden change in demeanor.

"At first he said ‘no’. I kept asking and every time it was 'no'. But I asked him again last night on the way home and he said it was up to you."

He made a move like he was going to come towards me, but I put my hand up to stop him.

My hand shook.

His face softened as he watched me, worry creasing his brow.

No.

A ball formed in the pit of my stomach.

No,
I kept telling myself, wanting to deny it, make it go away.

"He was going to let you have me? Just like that?
Like… Like I’m… Do I mean so little?" I asked quietly, unable to keep the hurt from my voice.

My world felt like it had just t
ilted on its axis and not in a good way.

Is he tired of me already?

The pain of it was quickly followed by anger.

What the fuck was he thinking?

"No! You have his heart! You mean everything to him, chomcharra. He would do anything for you. As would I," he said earnestly and tried to take another step towards me.

I hopped out of the mud,
stumbling about, heedless of my nudity and tossed my shirt on over my mud caked self.

"If I mean
so
much, then why is he suddenly so eager to share me?" I choked out.

"Lil
, wait!" Sieren called, "You don't understand! Let me explain!"

I grabbed my boots and other clothes, running barefoot to the house.

****

Covered in orange mud and a wet clinging shirt, I ran up the front porch and into the house.

I froze when I saw Kieve in the kitchen peeling those green, potato tasting vegetables for dinner.

I slammed by boots down and Kieve looked up at me.

He seemed surprised to see me.

"Hey, I thought you were..."

"Did you tell Sieren he could have me?" I asked in a quiet voice.

Teivel and Teila walked in from the living room when they heard my boots slam down.

The look on Kieve's face already told me.

"I..."

"I thought you had an emergency?" I steam rolled him.

"What's going on in here?" Teivel asked, walking into the kitchen.

"Baby, Sieren..." Kieve tried to explain.

"Sieren what? He bugged you enough and you caved? Huh? Can I tell a female she can have a whack at you if she asks me enough?"

I'm hurt and I am spitting mad.

"No! It's not l
ike that! I love you!" Kieve pleaded, making his way towards me.

Sieren came rushing into the house, his chest still covered in mud, pants on, but undone.

Teila snickered and gave me a knowing look as she took us both in.

I felt cheap all of the sudden and I just wanted to scream.

"Lil..." Sieren and Kieve said at the same time.

"No," I choke
d in a quavering voice, "Just… no."

I walked
towards the stairs with my chin held high.

"See?" Teila called tauntingly, "
I told you
. You're nothing but a play thing to them!"

I paused.

"Jealous?" I inquired in as calm a voice as I could muster.

"
Brartna!
How does it feel to know your own deformed mate is already tired of you? Huh? At least he can't give you children. Who knows what those brats would look like!" she shouted, sounding totally disgusted by the idea.

Teivel was shouting at Teila to stop, but she just kept going.

"There's only
one
reason Sieren would deign to touch you," she sneered, "and we all know what
that
is!"

Sieren growled at Teila.

"CHUB!" I shouted.

He came right away, forked tail wiggling on his cute little ass.

I pointed at Teila without turning around.

"Sick her!" I shouted and walked the rest of the way up the stairs.

I ignored her screams of terror, Chub's snarls and the men's shouts as chaos erupted downstairs. I locked the bedroom door behind me and walked into the bathroom.

I dropped everything on the floor and stripped off my shirt. I fiddled with the tub until it filled up.

I even managed to wait until I'd cleaned up, gotten dried off and into bed before I burst into tears.

****

"Baby, please open up," Kieve pleaded from the other side of the door.

I ignored him and rolled over in the bed, giving the sunny window my back as I wasted a whole day away, lolling around in commiseration.

I can have a pity party if I want to...

It's my life.

"I have to leave in a little while, remember? I have to take the shaxnas to the inlet for auction. I'll be gone for four days... I don't want to leave with you upset. Baby? Lil?"

I didn't respond, just silently wiped at my nose and sniffled to myself.

I could hear his heavy sigh from the other side of the door.

"Go away
, Sieren! It's bad enough she's upset with me, you aren't helping things any!" Kieve snarled.

"I can be here if I want to! She's mad at me too!" Sieren growled.

"I said you could ask her about it!" Kieve growled, "What part of
ask
did you not understand?!" Kieve seethed.

"I didn't do it on purpose! It just sort of...
happened!
I wasn't thinking! She was
naked
, in mud! I lost my head, okay! And stop shoving me!" Sieren shouted.

"Maybe if you were thinking with the right
head
, she wouldn't be upset with
me!
She thinks I don't want her anymore! What the moons did you tell her?! And if you don't like my shoving, tough shit!"

"Stop!" Sieren roared.

"Make me, you
bald
old
gartnack!!" Kieve roared back.

There were odd scuffling noises and thumps from the other side of the door, followed by the occasional harsh thud.

"Get the fuck away from that door! You two have done enough! She'll still be here when you get back!" Teivel roared, rattling the windows with the vehemence of his outburst.

Growls erupted and something smashed.

I'm surprised Teila isn't shrieking away again...

Another smash and then a crash.

Come to think of it, I haven't heard her all day after she stopped screaming last night.

A couple of harsh pounding sounds erupted... someone hit the ground.

Hmph... Maybe Chub ate her.

I snickered at the thought.

Nah, I could never be that lucky.

It sounded like someone was getting their butt whooped in the hall and then there was a loud thud against the door.

I jumped and stared at the door, a little wide eyed.

What the hell are they doing out there?

"You go too!" Teivel snarled.

"But..." Sieren started.

"Now," Teivel snarled in a low guttural voice.

The sound of boots clomping down the stairs was followed by the slam of the front door.

I flopped back down on the bed.

Chapter 16

As dinner time rolled around, my stomach started to growl. I grunted and tried to ignore it.

There was a knock on the door.

I ignored that too.

A scraping sound started coming from the door and I rolled over to glance at it.

The door knob rattled and jiggled a little.

There was a 'snick' and then the door opened.

Teivel walked in and flipped the light on.

Like a true child of the night,
ha ha
, I hissed and covered my eyes.

"Get up," Teivel ordered.

"Fuck off," I quipped.

"You can pout and feel sorry for yourself with Sieren and Kieve all you want, but they aren't here and you need to get up," he demanded.

"No." I rolled over.

"Yes." He rolled me back.

"No." I slapped at his hands.

"Quit being difficult," he growled, "get up, get dressed and come downstairs. You're acting like a spoiled youngling! You heard them, they're stupid males that lack the communicative skills required to appease a female! Now get off your round, pink ass and go downstairs!" he bellowed.