"Who is she? Her scent is all over Argernon. I didn't detect it at first because of his body odor from days of not washing and all the other male scents."

"Who are you?" Casey didn't like, one bit, the way the woman was glaring at her. She was pissed off that three women were touching Argernon after knocking her out of the way.

"And why in the hell are you touching him? Are you his sisters?"

Ahhu cleared her throat as she looked between both women. She softly growled. She turned her attention to Casey looking really uncomfortable.

"These are ArgisArgernon's house helpers. This is Bara, Valle, and Din."

Bara snarled. "Why are you addressing her? You address me. I am house lead."

Ahhu visibly flinched. "This is very displeasing news for all of you obviously.

ArgisArgernon bound to this Earth woman, Bara. You know I have to address her first now. You no longer lead his house. She does."

Bara snarled, shock gripping her features as she paled, swaying a little on her feet. Her eyes shot to Casey. Casey saw emotions in the woman's face. The woman was furious, shocked, and judging by the way her fingers clawed, she wanted to shred Casey with her fingernails.

Casey was in shock too. Argernon had told her about house helpers. She let the information he'd given her slam into her brain as understanding hit her hard. She stared at the three women while jealousy reared its ugly head, but mostly it was pain that surfaced. These three women lived with Argernon, slept in his bed with him since he wasn't bound, and he kept them as his lovers.

Her body swayed a little. She backed up to sit down hard in the nearest chair. She felt betrayed and heartbroken. The anger and pain tore her apart at the same time. He'd said he wanted bound to her but she never thought, never even let it sink in, that he might have house helpers living with him.

Casey forced herself to her feet. She clenched her teeth as she blinked back tears to stare at the doctor or whatever she was. "I'd like that shower and please address..." Casey's eyes went to Bara. "Her as lead. I'm not bound to him. He's got enough damn women in his bed."

Casey let her eyes drift to Argernon. Those women were touching him. One had her hand on his thigh right against his balls, another one had her hand on his heart rubbing his bare chest like a lover would, and the third one was touching his hair. Jealousy hit her hard. She wanted to cry. She blinked the moisture back, tearing her gaze from Argernon's still body to Ahhu.

"I want to leave now." Her voice shook and Casey hated it that her pain was evident.

Ahhu frowned. The door opened behind the woman. Argernon's brother from the ship stormed in. He took in the room and froze. Behind him another man walked in. At his side was a human woman gripping his hand. The man was obviously another brother judging by the way he looked so much like Argernon. How many brothers were there?

"This is very tense," Ahhu said softly. She turned her attention on one of the brothers. "

Argis Rever, there is a problem."

Rever frowned. "What is Argernon's condition? Will he survive?"

Ahhu hesitated as her eyes darted from Casey to the three women touching Argernon.

She nodded. "He will recover. His body went into hibernation from the trauma of the head injury. His house helpers will bathe him and revive him." She paused. "He didn't tell his bound about his house helpers. She's stating she isn't his bound and wants to leave now. I can smell her pain from here. She's very agitated."

Rever turned to Casey. Casey blinked hard as she met the eyes of the man she'd spent three days with. Now she knew his name. Rever opened his mouth and then slammed it shut. He frowned at Casey, his intensely blue eyes locking on her.

"Son of a bitch," the human woman ground out, jerking away from the man she was holding hands with, spinning to face him. "Your brother is an asshole. Damn it, this isn't why I sent you people to Earth to get women. I told you this was going to be a bad idea." She spun back around, looking at Casey, sympathy welling in those eyes. "I'm Ariel. He didn't tell you he had three women living with him?"

Casey shook her head. "I want to leave now." She was proud that her voice didn't break.

"Right now."

Ariel shut her eyes. When the man behind her touched her back she jumped, startled, and spun around. "Don't touch me, damn it. This...shit!" She spun back around. "Did he bound you to him?"

Casey hesitated. Her eyes went to the three women who were still rubbing and touching Argernon as he lay unconscious on the table. Pain and anger flooded her at the same time. Her eyes went to Ariel.

"I never signed up for this shit. Can you get me out of here? I need a shower and I need..." Her eyes went to Argernon. More pain hit her. She had fallen for the son of a bitch. She looked at Ariel. "Away from him and them. Please?"

Ariel nodded. "I'm so sorry. Of course. I totally understand." She turned to glare at the large man hovering behind her with the frown on his face. "Let's take her home with us, Ral.

Your brother is a fuckup, and no way in hell will I let him hurt her worse. He obviously lied to her and kept shit from her, so they aren't bound."

Ahhu moved toward the table Argernon lay on, to open a drawer under the bed. She took out a wand and a remote device. She pointed the remote to a wall with a screen on it to turn it on, walking to Casey. Ahhu's tongue ran over her lips to wet them as she stopped before her.

"Please raise your shirt, Casey Santhrom. I need to check your lower stomach first."

"Why?" Casey took a step back.

Ariel cursed. "Just let her so it so we can get the hell out of here."

Casey sighed, lifting her shirt. The woman took the wand thing and slowly waved it over her stomach with one hand while reached out to tug at Casey's pants to lower them to her hipbones. The woman turned her head, moving the wand away. Her focus went to look at a green screen. Casey followed her stare. She didn't know what she was looking at. Ahhu tensed. Her gaze flew back to Casey.