Chapter 360

Bill, because of the wedding tomorrow evening, had been compelled to stay the night in a separate suite without his wives or Eileen. Like the other Alphas involved, he was not pleased with this, but not wanting to vex his wives the night before the wedding, had agreed to the forced solitude.

Lying in bed, he was trying to read to get his mind off sex. Don't they realize that I've been enhanced? My body makes semen and sperm whether I use them or not. And I'm accustomed to coming multiple times every night. I frickin' need to get off, he reasoned, but there wasn't anyone to hear his thoughts, let alone his gripes. I assumed I would be able to – at least – jerk off to relieve some of the pressure, but nooo, they anticipated that, and made me promise. Shit. My dick is hard as a steel bar. There's no way it's going down tonight, and thanks to Little One, my body continues to produce come. Eileen acted as if she couldn't believe how much I came, but she's going to have one hell of a surprise when I come in her tomorrow night, as will the others. It's probably a good thing that Eileen wants Jill and Kathy with us on our wedding night. Serves them right if I have so much come that they all have to gargle with it, and the way my balls feel right now, they just might.

He realized he had read the same paragraph yet again, but still had no idea what it was about. Disgusted, he put the book down and turned the lights off. All right. Backwards from a thousand. Maybe that will bore me into being sleepy.

Jill, Kathy and Eileen, all in pajamas that were not much more than thought, sat on their bed facing each other with their legs tucked under them as they laughed and giggled. Jill and Kathy had teased Eileen, but the teasing was gentle, leaving Eileen with the certain knowledge that she was loved.

"How is ... she tonight?" Jill asked as she glanced toward Eileen's groin. "Is she going to be ready for our Alpha tomorrow night?"

Eileen's face colored, but she had to fight a giggle as she responded, "She's back to fighting trim," but her face had colored at her blatant frankness. Logically, she knew that little if anything would be secret in the marriage to come, but it was going to take a bit of getting used to.

Kathy, seeming to almost read Eileen's mind, said, "It will probably seem a bit awkward to begin with, but nothing is sacred between wives. We live together and love our man together. We will be with him every night, and we'll all be in the same bed together when we make love. Jill and I have no secrets from each other, and we hope you won't either. And with Bill's Alpha ability to make us all feel what the others feel, there just isn't any practical way to have secrets. Within a short period of time, we'll be closer than any normal twins could ever be."

There was a pause as Eileen gathered her thoughts. "I ... still find it hard to believe that the two of you are willing to share Bill. Oh, I'm certain he can ... take care of all three, but I still can't imagine that you two would want another woman in your marriage. I definitely want to be that woman, but..."

Jill and Kathy exchanged glances before Jill responded. "I was married to Bill for many years before things happened and I almost lost him. I've given you the general outline of that and as time goes on, I'll fill in the details, but it was Kathy who let me come back." Kathy started to say something as she reached to squeeze Jill's hand, but Jill went quickly on. "I was almost dead when I finally found this place, and without Little One, I would have died. But Bill took me back, and Kathy treated me so wonderfully..."

Kathy was shaking her head. "Hush, Baby. We'll tell Eileen all the details at another time..."

"But I was only trying to make the point that you loved me enough to allow Bill to take me back as his wife."

Kathy again reached to take Jill's hand for a moment. "And we've been together since then without the slightest problem, because we love each other."

Jill turned to catch Eileen's eye. "Just as we love you, Eileen. It's not just that we have decided to share. Oh, that's part of it, but you are part of us and will be even more so after the marriage tomorrow night. Being married to an Alpha and married by the Prime and his Clan Queen, changes things. All four of us will become one. There's no way to explain it fully. You have to feel it. But tomorrow after the wedding, you will know what we mean, and that will only be the start of it. It won't be long until you'll understand that we aren't just sharing Bill with you, and you will know that the expression is a very poor description of what actually happens. You will be part of us and we will be part of you, is as close as I can describe it with words. There won't be any jealousy. Can you be jealous of yourself? I love Kathy in much the same way that I feel about myself. I could no more hurt her than I could hurt myself, and, obviously, the same goes for Bill. So you don't owe us anything. We went looking for another wife for Bill because he needed another wife. We felt it, and as soon as we made up our minds, our breasts began to be sore in preparation for them producing milk."

The three women hugged, but Eileen still could not fully understand what the other two were trying to tell her.

Kathy began, "Just wait until Jeff and Diana pronounce us all married..."

Jill continued for Kathy with, " ... and Bill makes love to you with that feeling of ... oneness that will cause you to pass out from the ecstasy of that feeling enhanced by that big cock of his inside you. Then you will begin to realize what being part of Bill's harem is really about. Oh, I'm sure you enjoyed what he did to you last night, but when the bond forms, things will be drastically different."

Eileen let out a long sigh. "I'm ... tense I guess. I mean, I've never been married before, not even the, uh ... normal kind of marriage. I can't imagine how I could be so lucky as to be Bill's wife, and with all the two of you have told me..."

"So, are you sleepy?" Jill interrupted to ask.

"I'm too nervous to be sleepy," Eileen admitted.

"Good. Then let's go raid the refrigerator. There's some cherry vanilla in the freezer that's calling my name."

Giggling like teenagers, the three put on robes that covered almost everything, and barefooted, hurried toward the kitchen for a late-night raid.

The Ship

Jeff awoke at 4:00 A.M. and slowly worked his way out from under the arms and legs of Diana and Arlene, both of whom were still sleeping soundly. By the time he was on his feet, so was Kayla.

As she snuggled her nude body against his, he whispered into her ear. "Go back to bed. I've missed my morning runs for several days. I'm wide awake, so I'm going to get back into my routine, and... get a little of a different kind of exercise," he finished with a grin.

With a faint giggle, she kissed his neck and whispered back. "You gave me some excellent exercise last night, but no way are you going out on that road without me."

"Kayla," he responded, a little louder than he intended. Quickly glancing at the bed to see if he had awakened anyone, he went on in a quieter voice, "Security will be there, and you know how well trained they are. And you also know that I'm not exactly helpless. There's no need..."

"Hush, Husband. Not only am I your last line of defense, but I'm your wife. Now, let's hurry and get to our suite at the Retreat so we can get our running gear on. Too bad we didn't bring our stuff to the Ship so she could duplicate it in this suite. Oh, I, like the others, have a good portion of my everyday clothes duplicated in here, but I guess I didn't think of my running gear."

"Yeah, me either," he responded while cupping a breast and squeezing a nipple.

"Stop that," she said, trying to sound indignant, but the giggle gave her away. "If you do that much more, I'll have you back on the bed. And that, Buster, will wake all your wives. By the time you do your duty, it will be past time for breakfast. Besides, I'm about to pee on myself as it is."

"Oh, come on, let me suck them just a little bit," he mock whined, delaying her.

Giggling louder, she pulled away from him, her hand cupped over her groin as she hurried toward the bathroom.

Jeff just stood watching the movement of her beautiful ass cheeks until she disappeared from view, then with a chuckle and a shrug of his shoulders, went looking for his clothes.

Dressed in their cold weather running gear, they jogged down the steep driveway. As they made the first switchback, Kayla said to her mate, "If the plow keeps piling snow on the sides, the drive is going to look like a tunnel by spring."

"Actually," Jeff returned, "Security has already hauled a lot of it away. That's where all the snow came from that's in the big pile just across the county road at the bottom of the drive. Had it not been for that pile of snow, Arlene's trip down the drive on her snowboard would have ended quite differently, I imagine."

Kayla chuckled as they continued their slow jog to limber up. "I've wanted to try that, but..."

"No!" Jeff barked out. Then in a quieter voice went on, "Sorry. I didn't mean to say it just that way. But one miscalculation and snowboard and rider would go over the side. I don't want to even think about that. Arlene has promised me she won't do it again and I certainly don't want anyone else to try, either."

"Yes, Dear," she responded with a chuckle.

The two were quiet until they turned onto the county road where they met two of Security's SUV's. As one pulled ahead of them, Carter got out of the second one. "Good morning, Colonel. Good morning, Lieutenant."

"Good morning," Jeff and Kayla said as one. Then Kayla asked, "Why so formal this morning? I thought we had already covered that."

Carter just grinned back at her as they grouped up and began their run. "Just habit, I guess."

Kayla smiled back at him, saying in a teasing voice, "Good, I was beginning to think that you were mad at me or something."

They chatted for a few minutes as Jeff, mindful of Carter's size, led them with an easy pace while they warmed up. "You're aware of the female that was searching the stack of pipes, right?"

"Oh, yes, Sir. Lieutenant Mayfield briefed us, and we've all watched the video Ship sent us. We spent several hours last night going over all we know about the woman. I agree with the Lieutenant; it just doesn't make sense. She has a perfect record, and, trust me, Security had already done an exhaustive background check on her, and there isn't a clue that she could ever be an assassin."

Jeff didn't even bother to mention that Carter wasn't part of Security, but he fully expected that all the members of his team were now just as familiar with Charlotte Bankston's background as Carter was. But the Prime did say, "Thank you," with his voice carrying just that little extra bit of gratitude that made Carter aware of what Jeff was thinking about his team, and Carter in particular.

Suddenly, Jeff almost glared at the big man. "Dammit, Carter, a few months back you completed your degree, and, in addition, you've passed all our tests with flying colors, yet you won't even take a Sergeant's position, let alone a Lieutenant's. And, yeah, I know that I've brought this up on several occasions. But you would be great at either position. Hell, you have stepped up before when your Sergeant was hit. The team respects you and will follow your commands in a heartbeat. Why..."

"Respectfully, you know why, Sir. The team already has a Sergeant and a Lieutenant, and they're both damn good at their jobs, so there's nothing open on the team and I ... don't want to leave to take either position on another team."

"If I ordered you to take the job..."

"But you won't, Colonel," Carter returned in a quiet voice.

There was another long pause as the three jogged on, Jeff having brought the pace up to a nine minute mile – all Carter could withstand for seven miles. He could run a six minute mile for one mile, but because of his bulk, he could not hold that pace for the seven miles that Jeff assumed Carter planned to cover this morning, since that was what he did the last time they ran together.