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  “We better all get some sleep,” Brad agreed. He stood up and headed for the stairs.

  Carmen stood up and watched their asses as they climbed the stairs. Heat pierced her core as her pussy grew wet. They had delectable asses. She quickly followed them upstairs. When she walked into the bedroom, it was to find them stripping and climbing into bed. She avoided looking at them and headed for the bathroom.

  “I’m going to take a shower. I’ll be out in a few minutes.”

  “Don’t be long,” Brad said.

  That more than anything had her pussy creaming. What in the hell was she going to do with two very sexy men? She wasn’t a sexy person. How would she ever be able to keep them happy? For the first time, doubts began to form in her mind. They tormented her as she stripped and stepped into the shower. She hoped the warm water would wash away more than the dirt. She hoped it would wash away her fears.

  Chapter Two

  Kirk looked over at Brad standing naked by the bed. Neither one of them wanted to climb in without her between them. He couldn’t help it. He began to chuckle.

  “What’s so fucking funny?” Brad asked.

  “Us. Neither one of us will go to bed without her in the middle. We’re going to have to get past that, Brad. She’s going to leave us in bed together at some point, I’m sure.”

  “Yeah, well, until then, we can wait until she gets here.” Brad all but growled.

  “You still okay with sharing?” Kirk asked.

  “Yeah, why? We’ve always shared in the past.”

  “In the past, it was for fun and games. This is a wife we’re sharing. I just want to be sure you’re okay with it.”

  “I think we’re past that now, buddy. We’re already here and she’s already our wife.” Brad sighed and climbed into bed. “Fuck it. I’m tired.”

  “What do you think about her?” Kirk asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.

  “She’s cute. I love her body. Can’t stand those thin chicks, you know that.”

  Kirk nodded. She had the prettiest honey-colored hair he had ever seen, and beautiful green eyes. They were downright mesmerizing. She stood about five feet four inches with a rounded body that called to him. Her breasts would be a handful and her ass made him want to sink his dick into her. He knew from her information that she was twenty-four and had been raised on a farm in the Midwest. She would be a pro at raising a garden and tending to the animals once they got them.

  “What are you thinking about over there?” Brad asked.

  “Just thinking about her. I’m hoping we can keep her happy. She’s got a lot of work on her, just like we have.”

  “The best thing we can do is keep her satisfied in bed and not take her for granted. Nothing pisses off a woman more than to think we aren’t interested in her.”

  “I hope you’re right. I can sure hold up my side of it, then. I already appreciate her. She isn’t afraid of hard work, and she seems to be a hell of a good cook.” Kirk looked toward the bathroom as the water shut off.

  They quieted down, and Kirk got under the covers. The bathroom door opened and Carmen emerged wearing a huge T-shirt. At least she isn’t wearing pajamas. He smiled and waited for her to climb over him. She looked like she wasn’t sure what to do, then got up at the foot of the bed and slipped beneath the covers.

  She lay completely still in the middle of the bed, not touching either one of them. Kirk sighed. This was going to be a disaster unless he took matters into hand right now. He rolled over and wrapped an arm around her waist.

  “Go to sleep, Carmen. We’re all tired tonight.”

  She stiffened then slowly relaxed beneath his hand. He lay there a long time waiting on her to fall asleep. When she finally did, he listened to her soft snore and grinned. Then he fell asleep as well.

  * * * *

  Brad woke with the sensation of something heavy on his chest. He opened one eye and found that Carmen had climbed on top of him at some point during the night. Even more interesting was that Kirk had followed her across the bed and had his arm around her waist. His friend was almost on top of her. No wonder he was having trouble breathing. He lifted his hand off her back and smoothed her hair away from her face.

  “Carmen?”

  She sighed, but didn’t wake up.

  “Kirk? You awake, man?”

  “Aw, hell. Yeah. Hold on.”

  Brad felt the bed move then dip.

  “I’m up. I’m going to get dressed. Let her sleep some if you can.”

  Brad heard the bathroom door close. So far, he was doing okay, but wasn’t sure how long he could manage to last holding her without his cock getting in the way. Her luscious body was draped suggestively over him. Of course, having her knee close to his balls could pose a problem when she woke up. Maybe he should wake her up.

  He waited until Kirk got out of the bathroom. He figured she needed somewhere to go when he did. No doubt she would be nervous or embarrassed. God, keep her off my nuts.

  “Carmen? Wake up, honey.”

  She stirred this time, and her knee grazed his balls. He hissed out a breath.

  “Easy, there.”

  “What time is it?” She lifted her head and looked around.

  “Not sure. Could you keep your leg still, baby? Your knee is on my balls.” Brad saw her wince then watched as the color suffused her cheeks.

  “Sorry.” She carefully moved her leg out of harm’s way.

  Unfortunately, it left her straddling him with his cock pressing at her pussy. She turned an even brighter red.

  “I think I need to move, but I’m not sure how to do it without hurting you,” she said.

  “I’ve got you, baby. Hold on.” He rolled over on top of her. It ground his cock into her pussy.

  “Oh!”

  “Easy, baby. I’m not going to hurt you.” He leaned over her and slowly lowered his head until his lips were a breath’s length from hers. “I’m going to kiss you, Carmen.”

  He waited for a second. Then he leaned in and brushed his lips across hers in a butterfly kiss. When she didn’t fight or say anything, he deepened the kiss. He licked along her lips and she opened to him. He wasn’t used to being careful. He was used to taking what he wanted. Now he tried to slow down and give her room to pull back if she wanted to. Despite the files they were all given concerning their partners, he didn’t know enough about her to be demanding. This was his wife for the rest of his life. He needed to go slow and learn more about her.

  “That’s it, baby. Slow and easy,” he whispered against her lips.

  “Kiss me, Brad. Kiss me like you mean it.”

  Brad groaned and took advantage of her open mouth and plunged his tongue inside. Then he was exploring her mouth and making it his. She moaned into his. She seemed to like the wilder side of him. He filed that away to think about later. Maybe this threesome wouldn’t be so bad after all. Maybe he wouldn’t have to suppress all of his dominant tendencies.

  He slowly ended the kiss and pulled back. Her eyes were a dark green now and her lids half-closed. He wanted to go further, but not without Kirk. They would take her together the first time. They needed that to cement their bond.

  With a supreme effort, Brad dragged himself off of her and rolled out of bed.

  “Come on, sleepyhead. Time to get up.” He padded over to the bathroom. He didn’t bother closing the door. He wasn’t a private sort of person.

  Evidently she was, because she closed it for him. When he emerged to dress, she was already gone.

  Brad smiled and shook his head. Their little Carmen had a fire inside of her, but she was shy. He couldn’t wait to set her free. She’d burn them both. He had no doubt.

  He found them sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee. The sun was slowly rising but the light was on. She got up when he walked in, and headed for the coffeepot. When she poured a cup and handed it to him, Brad smiled and rubbed a thumb over her hand before he took it from her.

  She lowered her lashes, but didn’t pull a
way. Then she got busy at the stove making breakfast.

  “I think we’ve got a good idea of how you want the garden. You can show us where to plow and we’ll go from there,” Kirk said.

  “Mostly, you want to get a place with good light. I’ll walk with you.”

  They finished up breakfast and Carmen walked with them around the back until she was happy with the spot for the garden.

  “This looks like as good a place as any. It’s close to the house and has plenty of sunlight.”

  “Okay. We’ll start on it. You stay in the house. We won’t be able to watch you and work at the same time. I don’t like not knowing enough about those creatures they say are living around here.” Brad popped her on the ass as she turned to go. She shot him a sultry look over her shoulder.

  As soon as she had disappeared inside the house, Brad turned to Kirk.

  “She’s hot, Kirk. There’s fire beneath that shyness.”

  “Just don’t move too fast, Brad. She’s scared, too. This is new to all of us, but it’s probably even scarier for her. She has to depend on two men she doesn’t know to take care of her. That has to be hard for her to accept.”

  “I know. I’m going slowly.” Brad changed the subject. “Let’s go see about that tractor they taught us about. I can’t wait to see how it works.”

  They spent the next four hours taking turns running the tractor to plow up the garden. The rich red soil tilled nicely and rowed up in no time at all. Kirk commented on it when they had finished and were cleaning up the tractor to put away.

  “I’ve never seen red dirt that rich before. Usually red dirt has clay in it and is hard.”

  “I know what you mean. This is like the rich black dirt of Earth, only red.” Brad reached down and grabbed a fistful. He let it sift through his fingers.

  “Think there’s anything to the article about the food in that pamphlet they gave us?” Kirk asked.

  “I don’t know. Has to be something to it, or they wouldn’t be warning us about it. Of course, warning us doesn’t do a hell of a lot of good, since we don’t have a choice but to eat what we grow.”

  Brad had wondered the same thing when he’d read about the possibility of the food putting something in their bloodstream that wasn’t natural. It seemed that most of the inhabitants of the planet had a strange cell in their body now. Of course, some of them had been attacked by some of the strange creatures as well.

  Deep down, he had worried about what they were getting into, but the government on Earth wasn’t messing around anymore. Now they chose the strongest and brightest of them to settle the three new planets. He and Kirk were lucky to have been chosen. Or so he had originally thought. Maybe lucky wasn’t the right word anymore.

  “What are you thinking so hard about over there?” Kirk asked as he cleaned his side of the tractor.

  “Just thinking about all the differences here, and wondering what’s happening on Earth.”

  “The way they were talking in that group we overheard, they don’t expect it to last more than another few years, if that.” Kirk wiped the sweat from his eyes with the back of one arm. “They aren’t telling anyone that, though.”

  “It’s probably best if the general public doesn’t know they are pretty much doomed. There’s no way to get everyone off the planet. If they announced the world is going to disintegrate in two years, there will be utter chaos. Better to let them live out their lives in relative normalcy and peace.” Brad wished he believed that.

  “Huh, I guess.” Kirk didn’t sound like he believed it, either.

  “Let’s go see what’s for lunch,” Brad suggested.

  They put the tractor away and walked back to the house. When they entered the kitchen, Carmen stopped them with a stern look.

  “Take off those dirty boots when you come in the house. I don’t want to have to clean up the floor three times a day.”

  Brad grinned over at Kirk. She had the embers. They just had to learn how to stoke them into a full-fledged fire. In the meantime, they took off their boots and washed up in the back before settling at the table.

  Carmen smiled when she served them a light lunch of some sort of vegetable native to the planet. It tasted like a cross between a cucumber and a potato. It was orange and chewy. She had baked it with carrots and onions. It tasted pretty damn good.

  “What is it called?” Brad asked.

  “Currick. It’s supposed to be a lot like a meat substitute sort of like soybeans are on Earth, but it’s big.” She refilled their glasses with tea.

  “It’s good. It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten anything this orange, but it’s good.” Kirk wiped his mouth with a napkin. “Is there dessert?”

  “You two have bottomless pits for stomachs,” she teased. She stood up and came back with what looked like fried apple pies.

  “These are made with stone berries. There were some already canned here. I’m not real happy with how they turned out, but they’re edible. I think I fried the pies too long.”

  Brad and Kirk bit into theirs and hummed their approval.

  “Tastes good to me,” Kirk announced.

  “Thanks. I’ll get better at cooking when I learn more about the native foods. We studied them on the shuttle, but without actually having something to practice on, well, you have to learn as you cook.” Carmen began clearing the table.

  “I think you’ve done an amazing job. Lunch was delicious.” Kirk walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

  Brad watched them. She relaxed into Kirk without thinking about it. That was a good sign. She didn’t appear to be quite as nervous as she had been earlier. Then again, they weren’t naked up in the bedroom, either.

  “This is a good time for a nap. I’m going upstairs. Why don’t you come on up, Carmen, when you finish cleaning up?” Brad eyed Kirk and jerked his head toward the living room.

  “Um, okay. I’ll only be a few minutes.” She blushed and quickly turned her back to them.

  Kirk lifted his brows as he walked into the other room.

  “What are you up to, Brad?” he asked.

  “We need to consummate our marriage before she gets wound up any tighter worrying about when the other shoe is going to drop.”

  “You’re right. She’s jumpy. She jumped when I touched her, but relaxed almost immediately. I think everything will be fine once this first time is over.” Kirk followed Brad upstairs. “Remember, though, she’s not used to your bossiness. Give her time to relax before you start introducing her to your dark side, man.”

  Brad nodded. He hoped he would be able to keep most of it from her permanently. She was his wife, not one of his other women. Handling his dominant side would be too much to ask of her along with handling two men, a garden, and the house. He’d be fine without it. At least that was his plan.

  Chapter Three

  Carmen wiped down the countertop for the second time. Face it, you’re nervous. They would have sex for sure this time. She hung up the dishrag and wiped her hands on her pants to dry the sweat from them. She wasn’t afraid of them so much as wary of them.

  She was sure Kirk would be a generous lover. He smiled a lot and joked with her. But Brad worried her. He seemed darker somehow, and got her hot and wet by just looking at her. No doubt he would be a demanding lover. She wasn’t sure how she felt about that. She had always been assertive in the bedroom and in life in general. She wasn’t sure how their relationship was going to work, but they had a lifetime to deal with it, so she wanted it to start out right.

  Taking a deep breath, Carmen finally walked up the stairs to the bedroom. The door was open. When she walked in, it was to find both men sound asleep on the bed wearing unbuttoned jeans and nothing else. She smiled. They were both such handsome men. They looked even more so asleep.

  She was careful not to wake them and climbed into bed after removing her shoes and socks. She had no intentions of stripping. Almost as soon as she settled, the men both slipped closer to her. Kirk wrapped an
arm around her waist, while Brad’s hand went lower. He covered her mound with his large hand. She held her breath in case they woke, but neither of them did.

  They were probably exhausted from working all morning. They had crammed a lot into one four-hour period. She slowly began to relax between them and closed her eyes.

  The next thing she knew, hands were removing her clothing. She refused to open her eyes as they pulled off her jeans and then her T-shirt. When they unsnapped the front-closure bra, her eyes flew open. Brad was staring down into her eyes. He smiled a slow, dangerous-looking grin.

  “Hey, sleepyhead. I wondered what would wake you up.”

  “Taking my clothes off tends to wake me up.” She tried for annoyed with her tone of voice, but didn’t quite make it.

  “Good to know. I’ll remember that.” He drew a finger lightly over one nipple as Kirk slowly removed her panties.

  “God, she’s beautiful,” Kirk said from below.

  “First, though, I want to taste these juicy berries. They’re the prettiest pink.” Brad dipped his head and licked over one nipple before drawing it into his mouth to suck.

  His cheeks hollowed out as he applied suction until she wanted to climb inside his mouth. He let go of her nipple with a pop. Then he treated the other one to the same intense pleasure. Carmen moaned. She loved having her nipples played with during sex.

  Kirk shouldered apart her legs and slipped between them with his body. His warm breath on her heated pussy only served to deepen the arousal that was slowly building from their combined touches. When Kirk licked her pussy lips, she jerked then groaned. He chuckled and sucked them into his mouth.

  “Yes, that feels so good.” She had no idea if they liked talk during sex, but she was verbal. She couldn’t help herself.

  “You taste like spicy cider, Carmen,” Kirk said against her pussy lips.

  He delved deeper into her pussy and licked and lapped it like he couldn’t get enough of her. He spread her pussy lips apart and speared her with his stiffened tongue. She moaned. The feel of his tongue inside her sent chills down her spine that were soon dissolved by the heat building at the base of her back.