passage. If I’d known...” The anger he’d kept inside hissed out in the last part of that sentence.
A small snort had him staring at her. “Please.” Dee tried to sit up, but Marquis and Todd still held onto them tight. “Um, guys could you let me go? I really would like to sit up...Maybe a nice hot bath too.”
Both Marquis and Todd slid down on the floor next to them, staring at her as she arched and stretched her arms over her head. For someone so small she was powerful in her own right. “Talhrn...” She turned her full gaze upon him as she carefully straddled him. She sniffed the air and wrinkled her nose.”I really need a bath, so let’s make this quick. You...” She pointed at his chest. “…are different from the others of your kind. You even told me that. Why wouldn’t the whatever you call it be different? I made it even though I stink like hell and I’m sore, but other than that I survived. So stop fussing.” She leaned in and kissed his lips softly.
“Now, I really need my bath. Marquis, will you help me up? And, no, don’t pick me up, I stink. I don’t want to get any of this goo on you. Already, Talhrn needs to shower now.” She looked behind her and held up her hand for him, but he circled his arms around her and jumped up in one swift move.
“We will all take a bath with you. The three of us need to be close to you right now, Little Kitten,” he admitted to her as he carried her down the hallway towards the bathroom. Both Marquis and Todd followed behind them.
Until they made love with their meru , the three of them would not let her out of their sight. The bonding was almost complete. The final stage was their love making and tonight they’d consummate their union.
Chapter Eight
As they headed towards the bathroom, Dee glanced up at Talhrn as he stepped into the enormous tub that was not hers. “I like what you did with the new tub, but don’t you think it’s a bit much?” Dee smiled.
Even though every inch of her body hurt, if possible even her hair, Dee wasn’t about to let her men know. They already felt guilty enough for what had happened to her.
“And I always will too. Nothing you say or don’t say will change that. Don’t think I don’t know how sore you are because I do. I feel what you do now, we all do.” He handed her to Marquis as he sat in the warm water, then reached for her again as Marquis and Todd sat around the small pool-like tub.
“You’ll not be keeping things from us, Little Kitten. It’s our duty to take care of you. If I even think you are hiding something from us, your punishment will not be a pleasant one.” The warm water covered her and she moaned.
Ignoring that last comment, Dee closed her eyes as all three of them started to rub every inch of her body under the water. Over and over they washed and worked at loosening her muscles and cleaning the gel-like substance that had eased out of her pours during the change. Dee tried to lift her hand up, but it felt like a wet noodle and plopped back into the water.
She lifted her head and stopped her words. The water was a grayish color, dirty and smelly. “This is really gross. Umm could you maybe give us clean water?” Dee shivered.
Talhrn laughed as he shook his head. The dirty water was replaced with clean. “Now, what were you going to say?”
Once more, Dee started to ask him about the punishment, but shut her mouth and jumped up. Water went everywhere, but she didn’t care.
“ Don’t get too comfortable with them daughter, soon they will meet with the same fate as your other tricks,” Koti broke through the barrier she had put up to block his entrance to her mind.
Stepping out of the tub, Dee forgot about everything around her. “I’ll kill you before you ever lay a hand on them!”
A towel was wrapped around her, drawing her attention. “ Come and get us, Koti, or are you too scared to do your own work.” Dee heard Talhrn’s threat right before the