Of Another Dimension (27 page)

"Where did you get such a pretty dress, chomcharra
, and why are you out riding around right now? Has Teivel driven you so mad you've decided to brave the weather and leave us?"

"No," I laughed, missing his teasing. "We had to take Teila to a transmitter and got stuck in the storm. We stayed at the unicorn man, uh, I mean
, Gostach's place."

"Ahhh," Sieren murmure
d in understanding, "And why didn't you just stay here, chomcharra, the weather is bad? Did you really want to see our world that badly?"

I gave him
a dirty look and poked him in the belly.

"
I
didn't
want
to go at all. I wasn't really given a choice. Teila went all psycho on everyone and Teivel didn't want to be left alone with her. He
made
me go," I complained, sighing heavily, giving him my best sad eyes.

"You poor thing," Sieren soothe
d sympathetically with an innocent expression, giving me a patronizing pat on the butt.

"Oh
, shut up!" I snapped, dropping the act, smacking at his chest.

He chuckled happily.

****

I'd just changed into my usual dress of Kieve's shirt and my own blue jeans, making my way to the kitchen to help with dinner when Teivel came in.

He stopped me in the hall, crowding me with his much bigger body and pinned me to the wall off of the kitchen.

"You are being quiet and you
've been ignoring me?" he informed me, making it sound like more of a statement than a question.

I pursed my lips and said nothing.

"You
are
mad," he observed, leaning down to inhale deeply, his fingers running over the end of my braid, playing with the hair at the end.

Brilliant
, Sherlock! What else?

And aren't you one to talk
, Mr. Pissy pants!

I pulled my braid out of his reach and gave him a dirty look.

"Oh, and you have just been molly manners the whole day, haven't you?" I growled in exasperation.

"Why?" he asked, leaning in more with his whole body.

"Why what?" I asked testily, flattening myself against the wall.

I made sure we didn't have any direct contact.

"Why are you mad? I don't like it," he stated bluntly, yellow eyes trying to bore holes into mine, his look intent.

"
You
don't like when
I'm
mad? Oh, that is rich!" I laughed bitterly.

He scowled at me, lips tightening at my tone.

"You are upset. It bothers me. I. Don't. Like. It," he gritted out.

"I don't like when you're an ass. It bothers
me
, so I guess we're even," I retorted sarcastically, rolling my eyes at him.

I pushed at his chest, grunting to get him out of my way.

"Move," I hissed at him.

"No," he grumble
d adamantly.

"I promised to help Sieren with dinner," I reasoned.

"It can wait.
He
can wait."

"Is that a hint of jealously I'm detecting, Teivie
, my sweet?" I taunted him, "You're not envious of your brother are you? ...or should I say brothers?"

"NO," he clipped
, a weird expression on his face.

He backed up a little and I saw my chance.

I ducked under his arm and rushed into the kitchen, hurrying over to the sink.

Teivel came storming in after me, fire spitting from those demonic yellow eyes.

"You
will
talk to me, female!" Teivel demanded, hand raised to point at me, eyes narrowed into little yellow slits.

"
I
don't
have
to do anything!" I disagreed, walking over to the counter after I'd washed my hands.

Teivel growled and stalked towards me.

"You
will
or I will beat your little ass!"

"You even
think
of touching my ass and I'll hand you yours on a platter!" I shouted.

Sieren stepped in.

"You will not threaten my female," Sieren told his brother calmly in that scary quiet tone of his.

"She is
my
female," Teivel snarled, surprising Sieren.

Sieren glanced back and forth between me and Teivel.

"Chomcharra?" Sieren asked doubtfully.

I spluttered and gaped for a minute, eyes darting back and forth between brothers.

God, how to answer that...

I
don't even know if we're mated.

"I uh.
.. I don't know," I blurted helplessly in a quiet voice, biting at my lip, chewing on it worriedly with my top teeth.

"You don't know?" Sieren asked, a bemused expression on his face as he quirked a brow at Teivel.

"I'm guessing you did something wrong if she doesn't know if you're mated or not, brother." Sieren grinned.

Teivel growled and bared his teeth.

"She is mine," he stated baldly.

"On what planet?!" I burst
out.

Teivel looked at me sharply and his face flushed blue.

"What exactly
did
you two do? What am I missing here?" Sieren studied our reactions closely.

I flushed bright pink and crossed my arms over my chest.

"We are
not
mated. He didn't finish it, so it doesn't count," I said desperately.

"Didn't finish what? What doesn't count?" Sieren asked curiously.

"He couldn't uh... you know... so it isn't
finished
. I didn't bite him back either."

"I could have!" Teivel jumped in, embarrassed at the implication.

His face turns any bluer and he looks like he might just pass out.

Embarrassed flush or not, that color just screams oxygen deprivation to me.

"Okay, fine," I said tightly, "He
could
have, but didn't
want
to. He got up and stormed from the room, leaving me in the middle of it. He didn't
want
to finish. He didn't want
me."

Sieren, for once, didn't know what to say.

"Happy now?" I snapped at Teivel.

I looked at the yellow eyed devil, who was seething at me, matching him glare for glare.

I stepped around Sieren and marched right up to him.

"You are a complete and utter ass! I wouldn't mate with you if you were the last male in existence!"

"That can be arranged," Teivel ground out.

"Don't you dare lay a hand on him!" I bellowed, stepping in front of Sieren.

Sieren smiled, amused by my defense of him.

"Or Kieve
either! I'll never forgive you if you do!"

"Oh
, yes, you're 'precious Kieve'. Wouldn't want to deprive you of two dicks, now would we?" he shot back.

"What is your fucking problem?!" I practically screamed.

"You!" he bellowed, storming up to me.

"Me?
Me
! What the hell have I ever done to
you
?" I asked in disbelief.

"If you hadn't come here, I wouldn't be arguing my claim with a little,
weak
human who can barely fend for herself! Maybe then I wouldn't feel the need to make sure you don't get yourself killed! You are a maddening female that doesn't know her head from her ass! You drive me crazy!"

Is that all I am to him?

...how he really sees me?

All I've ever been?

A responsibility? A chore?

A pea brained being lacking all common sense?

I felt my blood boiling at his accusations
.

Who the hell does he think he is?

"A weak little human who can barely fend for herself?" I seethed, "You think I'm just some insipid, helpless creature that you feel compelled to look after?" My voice was dangerously soft as I asked.

He didn't say anything, but I thought I saw apprehension and remorse cross his features briefly before he careful blanked his expression.

"Don't you worry about me," I said quietly, "I have Sieren and Kieve. They like me just the way I am. I don't need
you
."

"No," he said bitterly, "You don't need me, miquatka, but you have no problem fucking me like a brartna if I offer it, don't you?"

The slap I cracked across his jaw had the kitchen suddenly tumbling into a deafening silence.

I only looked at Teivel's face long enough to register his stunned expression.

"How's that for weak, asshole?" I stormed out of the house, letting the back door slam shut behind me.

Chapter
20

"I thought you'd be out here," Sieren said
quietly as the barn door shut behind him.

"And how do you figure that?" I asked
just as quietly, stroking Chub's back softly, smiling as the little beastie let out another happy chuff.

"The younglings." He gestured
at the litter of pups Chub had gotten off a female chomcharra.

"May I sit?" he asked
politely, waiting.

"You d
on't need my permission." I shrugged.

"I do," he insisted
and grimaced, "It didn't work out so well last time I didn't."

I gave him a small smile as he joked about the mud pit incident.

"I think it would be kind of uncomfortable to sit naked in the barn, but hey, knock yourself out." I snorted, gesturing at the floor.

He smiled at me warmly and sat down, scooting towards me to set me in his lap.

"Ignore him, chomcharra. He is confused. Teivel doesn't know how to deal with his feelings well."

"No shit?" I asked innocently, feigning shock.

He laughed and kissed my temple, chuckling at my foul mood.

"Do you forgive me?" he whispered near my ear, referring to the mud stunt he'd pulled.

"I dunno," I said quietly, letting out a put upon sigh, examining my finger nails.

He chuckled, his chest rumbling against my ear as he pulled me close.

"Then I don't know if you can have
this
." With a flourish, he held something out to me.

It was a present.

"What is it?" I asked curiously, sitting up, taking the wrapped bundle.

"Open it and see," he said
excitedly.

I opened it up and found a large purple compla.

"Oh, wow, this one is bigger than the other one. Does it do the same thing?"

"You
already have one?" Sieren sounded so disappointed.

"I do, but I love them both," I assured him.
"I love purple." I ran my hands over it. "Do you just touch it like the other one?" I asked eagerly, ready to play with my new present.

Awesome!

"You do this," he advised and showed me how to get it to work.

I put it on the ground and placed my hand on it, just like he'd shown me.

The compla lit up and a hole opened up in the top.

I watched it and waited, completely engrossed.

It started up and I grinned as Kieve's voice came out, singing our song.

"Oh, this one has
voices!" I cried happily, unable to contain myself, "It repeats it perfectly."

Sieren grinned widely, pleased with himself.

He cocked his head and listened as the song played on.

"Is that Kieve?" he asked
, stunned, truly surprised.

"Mmm hmm," I said absently, humming along.

"I didn't know he sings," Sieren said thoughtfully.

"Do you really not h
ave any couples dances?" I double checked, just to be sure.

"What is a couple's dance? Do you use swords? What does the female do? Do you throw swords at each other? How does that work?" he asked
interestedly, looking at me like he really didn't think so, but was going to ask anyways, just to be sure.

"No," I smile
d, laughing, "you dance to the music. All different kinds of dances for all different kinds of music."

Rain started pattering down on the barn roof suddenly and Sieren glanced up.

"We'd better go inside. It's only going to get worse out here the longer we delay."

I scrunched my face up at the idea of dealing with Teivel again.

"You go ahead. I think I'll take my chances with the chomcharra puppies and the rain," I muttered sardonically.

"Teivel is in his room pouting," Sieren informed me, "I don't think he'll be coming out anytime soon."

"Pout? Teivel?" I snorted at the idea.

Right.

"He’s upset, knows he's wrong and doesn't want to admit it. He's pouting," Sieren said seriously.

I chortled at the idea.

"If you say so," I replied agreeably, using a thinly veiled, placating tone.

"I do," he chuckle
d, laughing at me.

He got up and held his hand out to me.

"Come, chomcharra."

I tucked my compla under my arm and let him pull me up.

He kept his hand in mine and I smiled as I looked at our joined hands.

Mine is much smaller than his big powerful one, but he holds it like it
’s the most precious thing in the world to him. ...like I am.

He gave my hand a gentle tug and we raced to the steps of the back porch.

I stopped when we he would have gone inside.

"Wait." I stopped him
and let go of his hand.

I walked to the eave that wrapped around the house and set my compla down where it wouldn't get wet.

Touching the top of it, I put on a song and smiled when it started to play.

"Come on," I urge
d and tugged him into the rain.

"What are you doing, chomcharra?" Sieren asked w
ith an adorably befuddled expression on his face.

"We're goi
ng to dance in the rain!" I grinned and twirled around in front of him.

"I am not doing...
that
." He folded his arms stubbornly, gesturing at me with his hand like he thought I'd lost my mind.

Maybe I have.

I let out a happy laugh that bordered on a giggle.

One glance at the house almost spoiled my mood, but I’ve decided not to let it.

Teivel is not going to ruin my night,
I thought as I effectively dismissed him from my thoughts until further notice.

Take that
, evil eyes!

I danced up to Sieren
, pulling him with me into the rain and put one of his hands in mine, the other one low on my hip.

Our height difference was ridiculously laughable, but I wasn't
too concerned about it.

"You hold me like
this
and we dance like
this
," I explained and demonstrated.

He picked up on it quickly, his natural grace and confident attitude making it easier for him.

We had a good laugh when I tried to show him some other dances I knew, but we were both soon busting a gut at how absurd we looked trying to manage it.

Height difference can definitely mess with some of the dances
, we soon discovered, but it was fun.

I wonder if
he'd ever do the chicken dance,
I thought off handedly, grinning.

****

"I like your dances," Sieren admitted as we came in the back door, drenched from top to bottom.

"Anytime you wanna dance
, sugar, I'm all yours," I teased, winking at him.

"Are you?" Sieren asked as he picked
me up and cradled me in his arms.

"Wha!" I squealed in surprise and clung to his neck. "Don't you dare drop me!"

"Are you mine, chomcharra? Can you love me and Kieve?" Sieren asked earnestly, his heart on his sleeve.

I didn't say anything for the longest time and I think he got the impression I was going to say 'no'.

"I promise to cherish you always. You are in my heart, Lil. Will you accept me as your third?" he asked hopefully.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and wiggled until I was
straddling his waist, his large capable hands making sure I don't fall.

Looking into t
hose beautiful blue eyes, I gazed at him and told him honestly.

"No, I'm sorry, but I can't."

Sieren cleared his throat awkwardly and quickly averted his eyes.

"I
can
however, take you as a plain ol’ regular mate," I tacked on, grinning at him mischievously, kissing him on the lips the second his head whipped back around to gape at me.

I planted kisses on his lips and giggled when he growled at my tease and crushed his lips to mine.

His tongue plunged in to tangle with mine, letting me know with his ruthless possession that my sweet, inquisitive mate likes to be in charge in the bedroom.

He deftly took all control of the kiss.

"You're a mean little thing, chomcharra, scaring me like that," he growled in mock anger, but couldn't keep the happy grin off his face.

Sieren hurried down the hall and took the stairs two at a time as he raced towards the bedrooms.

I stopped him when he would have gone into his room.

"Uhm, you might want to go into Kieve's room... Teila might have messed with some of your stuff..."

He gave me an arch look and I hurried to explain.

"It was
all
Teivel's fault," I swore, "
I
had nothing to do with it."

Sieren busted out laughing, carrying me to Kieve's room as I sold Teivel down the river.

****

I mumbled and woke up when I felt teeth graze the cheek of my ass, jumping when a tongue came out to lick across it.

"Sieren!" I squirmed, pinned to the bed on my stomach.

He had one hand keeping me in place while the other teased the lips of my pussy.

"Just one more time, chomcharra, then I'll leave you alone," he promised.

My tired wrung out body
hummed to life as his tongue came out and licked across the same spot.

"Do you have an ass fetish?" I asked
, a little annoyed, looking at him from over my shoulder, glaring at him when he kissed his mating mark and crawled his way up my body.

"I love
your
ass," he chuckled, pulling my hips up to place himself at my nether lips.

The head of his shaft kissed the mouth of my sex, but he did nothing more.

"Sieren," I moaned, pushing myself down on his shaft a little.

"Did I say you could do that, chomcharra?" he asked playfully and rubbed his hand over my mating mark, letting his hand land with a
harsh crack as he slapped my ass.

I called out in both embarrassment and pleasure as the bite mark the overzealous Sodraden had le
ft on the right cheek of my bum made my sex clench.

"I'm going to get you back for that," I murmured darkly, a wea
lth of promise to my words.

Sieren snorted.

"You already have by refusing to mark me back, my little chomcharra." And with that he thrust into me, burying himself to the hilt.

I cried out as he gripped my hips and plowed into me, unmerciful as he pummeled my sheath with his impossibly thick, fat cock.

He grunted and moaned when I clamped my sex down on his shaft and squeezed him as hard as I could.

"Ahhh, chomch
arra, how you please me," he whispered reverently and pulled out quickly, almost slipping out, to thrust back in

I laid my head down on the bed and arched my backside high in the air, giving him a better angle as I reached down between us and cupped his sac in my hands.

He gasped in pleasure and arched into my caress, shuddering and pumping faster as I pushed back against him, letting my hand wander to the base of his penis.

I wrapped my fingers around his cock as much as I could, letting out a little purr of satisfaction when he grunted in annoyance at the obstruction I'd made, blocking him from fully thrusting into me
.

"You play games
, little mate," Sieren growled, pulling out of me.

He flipped me over and gripped my legs, spreading them wide, burying his face in my cunt.

"Sieren!" I choked out as he thrust his thick long tongue into me, bringing me perilously close to the edge.

I gripped his horns and thrust up to meet his mouth, laughing a little between pants when he groaned and thrust against the bed sheets, unable to hold himself back.

Who knew horns could be so much fun?

He grew frantic in his attentions as he fucked me thoroughly with his tongue, growling against my clit as I went over that breath stealing precipice and came, yelling out my release, clenching down on his talented pink organ as he lapped at my cream.

Sieren pulled back and brought me to the edge of the bed with a vicious yank and forced his shaft into my clutching, clenching pussy, bellowing out his own orgasm as his cock swelled up and a rush of warmth flooded my insides.

I continued to spasm and tug at him, accepting his seed as he emptied himself deep inside me, his cock kissing the mouth of my womb as he continued to grunt and grind his pelvis into mine, making sure I accepted every drop he had left in him.

My arms fell, flopping down across the bed as I giggled, a tired yet satisfied puddle of goo.

"You know," I said between pants, gasping whenever his shaft decided to twitch and jump, tucked up inside my snug channel, "we might need to do
it one more time." I held up a trembling finger.

Sieren burst out laughing and took my lips with his.

Just when things were starting to get a little heavy again, he pulled away.

"Is that so?" he chuckl
ed, eyes twinkling back at me merrily.

"Yes," I nodded, acting completely serious, "You can never be too sure and I want to make certain we're doing
this
," I motioned where our bodies were joined
,
"right."

"You make me smile
, Lil."

Sieren reached over and twined the ends of m
y hair on his fingers, his lazy sated smile making me all warm and tingly inside.

Mmm, hmm... that smile is compliments of yours truly,
I thought smugly.

"Of course I make you smile," I informed him primly, "I just rocked your world
, sweet cheeks."

"What would I do without you
, my mate? You have my heart." Sieren grinned, laughing.

"I love you too
, big boy," I replied sweetly and slapped him hard on the ass.