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  Help Me Fly Again

  Sandi Tyler is a twenty-five-year-old Elite Pilot working for the International Deep Space Exploration (IDSE) company. She has worked hard since college, studying hard and learning how to fly. Her job is to protect Earth from off-worlders, as well as testing prototype spacecraft.

  A test flight goes horribly wrong, leaving Sandi stranded on an unknown, uncharted planet. She meets two very large, handsome men who invite her to their home. The two men reveal large wings which had been concealed in cavities hidden in their backs, and she freaks out. Eventually Sandi calms down, and since she has nowhere else to go, she lets them take her to their home.

  Dreab and Erup Reyrd know the little human female is their mate. Now all they have to do is to convince her to stay with them. Piece of cake. Or is it?

  Genre: Ménage a Trois/Quatre, Science Fiction

  Length: 35,080 words

  HELP ME FLY AGAIN

  Becca Van

  MENAGE EVERLASTING

  Siren Publishing, Inc.

  www.SirenPublishing.com

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  HELP ME FLY AGAIN

  Copyright © 2011 by Becca Van

  E-book ISBN: 1-61926-035-2

  First E-book Publication: December 2011

  Cover design by Les Byerley

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  DEDICATION

  I would like to dedicate this book to Kristen. You have my heartfelt gratitude. Without you this book would never have seen the light of day.

  HELP ME FLY AGAIN

  BECCA VAN

  Copyright © 2011

  Prologue

  Sandi Tyler was in trouble. The lights on the systems control panel of the spaceship cruiser were all lit up red and had been for the last five minutes. She was supposed to be on a test run for the new elite cruiser, to put it through its paces, but it didn’t look like she was going to be able to get back to her home base on planet Earth. She had been testing the hyperspace drive when everything had started to malfunction.

  Twenty-five-year-old Sandi had been flying for International Deep Space Exploration, IDSE, since the age of eighteen and had been a fully qualified Elite Pilot for the last two years. When she wasn’t helping protect the planet from off-worlders, she did test flights on new prototype ships. This was the first time she had ever encountered a complete systems failure.

  Sandi tried to reboot the systems control panel and flipped several other switches. Nothing she did seemed to make any difference. She had no control of the ship, and it was finally beginning to slow down from hyper-drive, with no readout on her radar GPS system to advise where she was. She flicked the microphone system on the control panel on and began the ingrained crash protocol.

  “Mayday, Mayday, this is Captain Sandi Tyler in IDSE Ship Mark One. I have a total systems failure, repeat, total systems failure, no location on radar. Crash protocol engaged.” Sandi spoke by rote. There was nothing she could do besides try to glide the ship to a planet, if one ever came into view. She had no idea of the speed at which she was still traveling and hoped like hell the ship didn’t decide to slow down too soon.

  Sandi kept flipping switches as she spoke into the small microphone embedded in her helmet. She felt her ship slow even further, and she was lucky enough to spy a planet down below her from her port window. She prayed she would have enough speed to glide her ship onto land. The last thing she wanted was to die alone, floating out into space where she may never be found.

  Sandi eased her flight stick around and sighed with relief when the ship responded to her directions. At least something on the bloody ship was still working. The planet got closer and closer. She could make out the atmosphere and prayed the earth was able to sustain a breathing human being.

  Sandi had nothing to lose. As her ship plummeted through the smoky-white atmosphere, she flipped the location beacon switch on the control panel, as well as the one sewn into her suit. She was coming in way too fast, but nothing she did at the control panel stopped her forward momentum. She pulled her helmet visor down, locked it into place, and prayed to God the crash foam would deploy on impact, surrounding her body in a protective coating.

  Sandi couldn’t take the time to look at the planet scenery, as she concentrated on landing her ship at the most viable location. The scenery got closer and was a blur through the front window of the ship. Colors flashed past her vision so rapidly, it was like a kaleidoscope of a flashing rainbow aura. The first impact of the ship was teeth jarring, and her ship bounced back into the air. Sandi was resigned to the fact she was about to die. She prayed to God in her mind as she waited for death to take her. The second collision made her vision cloud as the crash bubble deployed all around her, cocooning her in the white froth fire retardant. She had no vision and no radar. She was totally blind to her surroundings and hoped the ship wouldn’t burst into flames. At least she had oxygen for a while. Her seat was hooked up to a large oxygen tank via a hose, which would sustain her life while she was still in the ship.

  Sandi felt the th
ird impact, which shook her body within the foam and rattled her teeth. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly, trying to calm the rapid beat of her heart and her panting breath. Adrenaline pumped through her system, causing blood to rush through her ears. The beat of her own heart was so loud in her sound-proof cocoon it sounded like she was listening to drums. The last contact of the ship to the ground was so strong, her breathing escalated once more. She felt dizziness assail her until finally she knew no more.

  Chapter One

  Dreab and his brother, Erup Reyrd, leaders of the Reap Clan, were just about to take flight after a restful night. Dreab unfurled his huge wings and was about to leap over the cliff’s edge after leaving their home hidden in the rocky mountain walls on their planet, Eagron. He stopped and stared at a large, black, metallic-looking bird hurtling through the sky. He watched as the bird impacted with the ground, bounced back up into the air, and then crashed back to earth. The noise of the strange bird colliding with the soil echoed through the valley below them.

  Dreab looked over at Erup, and as one, they dropped from the cliff’s edge. Dreab’s white wings spread and flapped a few times, until he found an air current heading in the direction the strange bird was traveling. He heard the bird impact with the ground a third and fourth time. When he didn’t hear any more loud bangs, he realized the crashing bird had finally come to rest.

  He flapped his large wings rapidly, hoping he would be in time to help the strange creature if it was still alive. The distance they traveled was quite expansive, and he hoped the creature had not landed in the Redloh Clan Territory. The Redloh people were not known for their good manners. Any creature unfortunate enough to find themselves in their region was usually never heard from again. The people of the Reap Clan were the only Eagronians strong enough to defeat the Redloh Clan, but they tried to stay away from the aggressive group as much as possible. The Reap Clan much preferred peace and quiet, rather than aggression and violence. Dreab and Erup had their suspicions about the Redloh Clan leader being insane, as stories they had heard from other Eagronian Clans indicated.

  Dreab could see smoke billowing into the air. He flapped his wings and tilted his large body toward the crash site of the strange bird. What he saw when the site came into view turned his stomach. The metallic bird was on fire, and it looked like its strange white innards were bubbling out of the top of its body. One of its wings had been sheared off and was quite a distance away. Dreab slowed his flight and landed on his feet close to the mess. His brother landed beside him. Then he realized what he was looking at was a spaceship. He had never seen one shaped like the broken one in front of him before. The shape was flat, and its wings were so wide it was a wonder the weight of them wouldn’t be too heavy to keep it in the air. The tail was long and wide. He wondered where the spaceship had come from.

  Dreab flinched in sympathy as he heard a hissing noise then a loud moan as more of the white innards bubbled from the top of the ship. It looked like a large white glob was trying to get out of the craft. He cringed at the pain the creature inside must be feeling then stopped suddenly when he realized that it was a living being who must be hurt badly. Dreab looked over at his brother, then turned back to watch with astonishment as the large, white thing rose up and over the side of the spaceship’s body. It slipped in the white mess and slid to the ground with another moan. He and his brother backed away, not sure what type of creature was before them.

  Dreab retracted his wings back into his shoulder blade cavities, preparing to fight the thing. The last thing he wanted was for his wings to be damaged in a fight. He watched from a safe distance as the figure wiped white dollops of matter from the top of its mass, and he stared in awe as a round, strange-shaped head came into view. Limbs moved up to the head again, and to his horror, the head was removed from the body. The creature moved again and then removed an outer layer of skin. He had never seen anything like it. He was fascinated and horrified at the same time.

  The creature left standing before him looked like a small version of him, but much different. It moaned and stretched then turned toward them and froze. He was looking at some sort of humanoid female. She had long, black hair secured to her head by some strange-looking band, bright-green eyes, and uncomfortable-looking coverings on her body. The coverings on the top half of her body did not cover the full length of her arms and revealed fair, unblemished skin. He realized she must have been wearing some sort of protective coverings and had removed them. The female creature was so small compared to him he wondered how she had survived crashing into the ground. She stood frozen in place, staring at them with her mouth hanging open.

  “Who and what are you?” Dreab asked the creature. He watched as the female frowned at him, and he realized she could not understand him. He glanced toward Erup and conferred with his brother.

  “Do you think our breath spell would work on this creature?” Dreab asked.

  “I don’t know, but what if she has some sort of disease and makes you ill? We should let one of the other lower clan members do the breath spell.”

  “We cannot ask of a clan member to do what we would not do ourselves. You will be ready to protect me, or kill me if something goes wrong?”

  “You know I will, but I would still prefer you let someone else spell the creature,” Erup said with a sigh. Dreab moved toward the small female creature slowly, cautiously, not wanting to frighten her with any sudden movements. He held a large hand out toward her in a friendly gesture as she began to back away. He moved closer to her and inhaled a sweet, floral scent. She smelled so nice, and he felt his cock harden behind his soft hide pants. He grasped the female by her upper arms and lowered his head toward her lush, red lips. He took a deep breath and exhaled into the female’s slightly parted lips. He emptied his lungs into her mouth and chanted in his mind.

  Take the breath I give you and hear me well. In the language of the Eagron, be-spelled.

  Dreab then breathed in some of her air as she exhaled. Dreab, Erup, and any other Eagronian would be able to understand the small female as she would them. He held the female as she swayed on her feet and closed her eyes. It took a few moments until she was steady on her feet once more. When she opened her eyes and looked up at him, he removed his hands from her upper arms and moved back a few steps.

  “Do you understand me?” he asked.

  “Yes,” the female replied.

  “Who and what are you?” Dreab asked.

  “What did you do to me?”

  “I be-spelled you, so you can understand us. Now, answer my question.”

  “I am Sandi Tyler from planet Earth. I am a female human being, and I work for IDSE testing prototype air craft. The craft I was testing had a total systems failure, and I crash-landed here. Where am I?”

  “You are on planet Eagron. I am Dreab Reyrd, and this is my brother, Erup. We are the leaders of Reap Clan. We are very pleased to meet you, Sandi Tyler. Were you injured in your crash?”

  “No. I think I’ll end up a bit stiff and sore, but the crash foam protected me from being hurt. Your planet is very beautiful. It looks a lot like planet Earth, but much cleaner. Do you have any flying ships, any technology at all, that may help me get back to my home planet?”

  “Yes, we do have flying machines, but ours are a lot different than yours. You will come and stay at our home?” Her scent was calling out to him. He had a feeling he had just met his and his brother’s mate. He called Erup over to him and Sandi and watched his brother’s reaction to the female intently.

  Dreab didn’t want to take her to their real home in the second large cavern, below what had once been the clan’s first home. He didn’t know who she was or why she was here. He needed to get to know her and trust her motives for being on his planet before he showed her how technologically advanced they truly were. Even though he wanted to let his guard down, he had to put the safety of his people first. He resigned himself to the fact he and his brother would have to pretend they were a lot more
primitive than was true. He wasn’t looking forward to using the rock house with none of their usual comforts, but it couldn’t be helped for now.

  “Erup, we will need to take Sandi to our home. She has nowhere else to go. We cannot, in all conscience, let her roam around and have her end up in Redloh Clan territory.” Dreab watched as Erup breathed in the female’s scent. His brother’s nostrils flared and quivered. His muscles hardened, as well as his cock. Dreab could see the bulge in his brother’s hide pants growing.

  Female births on Eagron were only a quarter of the male birth rate. The birth rate of females had diminished over the last few centuries, and no one knew why. Females were rare and treated with great respect. The males on their planet had evolved, adapted to the diminishing female population, and when one male met his mate, if he had any siblings, his brothers would also be mate to the female. Males on their planet took great care to keep their women happy and safe.

  * * * *

  “Well, since I have nowhere else to go, I would be honored to stay in your home. Where do you live? There are no buildings around here.” Sandi looked around at her surroundings. The planet looked so much like Earth. The plants were the same colors, but different species. The soil had more of a yellow tint to it, but still looked similar to home.

  Sandi turned back to face the two men. They were so handsome they took her breath away. They looked so much like human males on Earth, only much taller. They had shoulder-length blond hair, their eyes were an unusual aquamarine color, and they had to stand nearly seven feet tall. They had broad, muscular shoulders, arms, and pectoral muscles, which rippled beneath their skin. Their bodies tapered down over ripped abs to slim hips and large, muscular thighs, encased in some sort of hide pants. Their feet were covered with hide-type moccasins laced halfway up their shins. Her eyes ran back up their bodies until they snagged at the large bulges of their crotches. They were definitely packing huge weapons.