Page 56 of Black Star

He was on the verge of exploding inside Viktor’s mouth when the door slid quietly open and Diamond glided inside. Viktor glanced her way, but didn’t stop his ministrations.

“Well, looks like you started the party without me.” She grinned, but Ranier could see the hesitation in her face. “Should I go busy myself with something else for a while?”

“If you do,” Ranier ground out, “we’ll just drag you back. Do you want to do this in private or against a wall somewhere where the whole ship can watch?”

“Son of a bitch!” Diamond came the rest of the way inside and shed her clothes. Her fair skin was alive with a beautiful blush. “How is it you manage to get my juices flowing with the crudest of situations? I’m a good girl.” The twinkle in her eyes said she didn’t care.

Viktor let Ranier’s cock slip from his mouth with a softpop. “Because you’re a thrill seeker. I knew it when you led Phoebe outside the ship during the first encounter with the Hand. You’ve got a wild streak that loves what we do to you.”

“I won’t deny that.” She walked to them, her hips swaying and the fine musculature of her frame sleek as a Tyberian werecat. “I’m becoming addicted to the two of you.”

“Good.” Viktor reached for her and pulled her to him. He wrapped his arms around her until she leaned back, resting against his arms and offering her chest to him. Viktor dipped his head and took one nipple into his mouth. “I don’t intend to let you go, Diamond.”

“Neither do I,” Ranier added. He knelt and wriggled his frame between their legs. He lapped the trickle of cream from Diamond’s thigh and followed its slick trail until his tongue met her pussy. She whimpered and spread her legs farther apart, allowing him access to her clit as well. He flicked the sensitive little nub and plunged two fingers inside her, working her while he tongued her clit.

Ranier didn’t remove his fingers when he turned his head to take Viktor’s sac into his mouth and suck gently. It was the big vampire’s turn to moan then. “Oh yeah! Don’t stop!”

Ranier loved to hear Viktor so affected. He got the feeling the other man had rarely had much pleasure in his life. He was always so inflexible and arrogant, most people probably avoided him. No one had ever gotten to know the real man underneath the gruff exterior. Their loss.

Ranier alternated between them for several minutes, all the while pumping his own erection with one hand. When Viktor had finally had enough, he let Diamond go and stepped over Ranier. With one massive hand, he hauled Ranier to his feet and kissed him deeply. “Fuck me,” he hissed. “I want to feel your dick inside my ass.”

Viktor fell backward onto the bed and scooted toward the center. Raising his legs, he spread his ass apart, offering himself. Ranier swallowed. His hands trembled as he spread the lubrigel onto his cock and then into Viktor’s ass. Without a word, Ranier slid himself easily inside Viktor’s rear. Both men groaned.

When they’d gotten a good rhythm going, Diamond straddled Viktor and sank onto his cock. It didn’t take long for the three of them to be moving as one unit once again. Their sighs and grunts filled the room, and Ranier could smell the clean sweat clinging to Diamond’s skin as he bent his head to kiss her shoulder.

They moved that way for a long time. The men kissed and fondled Diamond, tweaking her nipples and kissing her as they felt the need. Finally, she increased her pace. Her breathing became erratic, and she screamed. “I’m coming! Now! Sweet Universe, I’m coming!”

Viktor shouted and gripped her hips as his own climax overtook him and he shot his seed inside Diamond. The resulting spasms squeezed Ranier until he, too, followed Diamond into bliss.

Stars swam in his vision, and his ears rang. He shouted so loudly that he feared someone would break the security code and barge in to investigate as he and Viktor had their friend and captain, Damon.

No one did.

The three of them collapsed on the bed. Ranier rolled to his side, taking Diamond with him, and he and Viktor sandwiched her between them. The only sound in the small room was their deep, heavy breathing.

“I won’t stay on this ship without having both of you,” Diamond whispered. “I don’t know how it happened, but I love you both with all my heart.”

“I said pretty much the same thing.” Ranier smiled and caressed her cheek. “I don’t think there’s a problem with it.”

“The only problem would be if you tried to leave.” Viktor pulled her closer. “I think we’d both take exception to that.”

“I’m tired.” She closed her eyes. “Don’t leave me alone this time.” Her next breath was a contented sigh as she drifted off to sleep.

Ranier couldn’t blame her. She’d been through a lot. The stars only knew what lay ahead. He looked at Viktor. The vampire had closed his eyes, as well. He lay there and watched the two of them sleeping so soundly, and warmth spread across his heart and soul. This was where he belonged. He had been nervous when he’d requested to come aboard theBlack Starin exchange for Nadira, the former pilot, but all his doubts had been erased now. This was home. Not necessarily the ship, but with these two people.

Viktor.

Diamond.

Home.

Epilogue

Black Starwaited nervously. This was her time. Hers andSword Breaker’s. The chips had, indeed, held more significance than she’d first thought. There were so many things she hadn’t known when everything that made her a sentient, living being had been thrust inside a techno prison. Now, she wasn’t sure she wanted to know it all.

But it was there. She’d hacked into Samair’s personal archives. It was all there, just as it had happened twenty years before. Every detail. Every betrayal.

None of it mattered now. She and her beloved would soon be free from their bonds. Free, and back in their bodies. Even now, the doctors were using cells from their brain stems to create two perfect clones of the selves they had been. They simply grew them without brains, then used the genetic and neurological mapping specific to each of them inside the chips from Phoebe and Diamond to transplant their brains into the living clones. If all went well, they’d have their bodies back.

She reached out to Darian.Sword Breaker. Her soul mate. His excitement mirrored hers. Soon, they’d be united.

Soon. They’d be…

United.

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