Del's Pirates [Sequel to G'baena's Pirates] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Rachel Clark Read Free Book Online Page A

him. “I’m happy for the three of you. Tell Avery not to be late tomorrow.”
    Flynn opened the door, smiled at Ruth’s latest bossy order, and gave Cooper a wink before she took the tray full of food. Cooper nodded his good-byes and headed back to the kitchen.
     
    * * * *
     
    Avery wasn’t really surprised when G’baena’s sisters came into the mess hall. The two of them had been helping in the kitchen more and more in the past few months, but with most of the crew being human and preferring the types of foods that originated on Earth, G’darlee and G’deece had needed to learn a lot of things from scratch.
    Fortunately, with almost everything done for the day, they really only had to deal with serving and cleanup—something that they were both quite capable of doing.
    “How’s G’baena?” she asked as the two young women grabbed aprons and got to work.
    “She’s great,” G’darlee said. “You did an amazing job delivering my niece. Thank you.” Avery blushed. She hadn’t really done much, but it was an experience she probably wouldn’t forget.
    “And the baby is so cute,” G’deece said with the enthusiasm only the very young or very naive could show toward a baby. Avery remembered the early days with her little brother. They’d been an exhausting blend of sleeplessness, anxiety, dirty nappies, and uncontrollable crying. Her mother hadn’t coped well at all, and most of her brother’s care had fallen to Avery. Ironically, of all of the family members she’d left behind when she’d been abducted, her younger brother was the only one she missed.
    The three women worked together to get the meal completed and Cooper arrived just as the lunch crowd was starting to thin. “Your afternoon off, Avery-girl,” he said in a voice that brooked no argument. G’darlee and G’deece waved her away and she couldn’t really think of a reason not to leave. The two women had the kitchen well in hand and she and Ruth were only an intercom call away.
    “Okay,” she said quickly. “Thank you.”
    “No worries,” G’deece said, sounding more human than G’trobian these days. “We’ll call if we have any problems.” G’darlee rolled her eyes at her sister’s words and waved good-bye to Avery and Cooper.
    As soon as they were out of the kitchen, Cooper pressed her against the wall and kissed her like he wanted to inhale her. His lips caressed hers feverishly, his tongue mimicking what they both wanted. Eventually, they broke apart, gasping for air. “I missed you, Avery-girl,” he said as he grabbed her hand and led her down the corridor.
    “It’s only been six hours.” She grinned as he pulled her closer.
    “True, but I only have an hour before I need to be back and I plan to have you and Del so exhausted that you’ll sleep all afternoon.”
    “Oh,” she said as need wound through her. Her body felt like she’d touched a live wire. Just the thought of what the three of them were likely to do made her tingle all over. A small internal voice worried that they were about to alter their comfortable friendship irrevocably, but the idea of being loved by these two incredible men was something she couldn’t resist.
    They made it to the medical bay in record time and Avery smiled when she saw the look on Del’s face. Obviously, he’d been expecting them. He glanced at the chronometer, spoke quickly to Sarah, and then hustled them out of the medical bay without a word.
    “I’ve got a couple of hours,” he said, glancing at Cooper. “But Sarah will call me if there’s an emergency.”
    “Well we better not waste any time, then.” Cooper grinned widely before lifting Avery into his arms and speeding up their walking pace. Cooper was a big man, his height and long legs eating up the distance probably as fast as Avery could run. Despite not being quite as tall, Del had no trouble keeping up.
    They headed straight to Cooper’s room, the closest to their current location, went through the door