down over myself while she was throwing him around.
Tlavi fell in a heap in the middle of the room. He tried to stand, but Thea kicked his feet out from under him and yelled, "How DARE you! She's my guest. She is under my protection. You put her in my protection. You have violated my trust."
She grabbed the foot he kicked out at her and threw it upward hard enough to send him rolling closer to the door.
"You claim you want to break the lifemate bond,” she continued screaming, “but then you won't keep your hands off her. I was only gone for five minutes!"
Thea performed another powerful flip. "You only care about yourself. You claim you want to be more than our biology, but it's a lie. You can only think about your own selfish pleasures. She is in my charge and you are no longer permitted in my quarters. Computer, Protocol Sekkizin!"
With that, a door slid open and she flipped him out the door. The door closed in his face as he was scrambling to get back into the room. With him covered in blood and the look of rage on his face, I was kinda glad he couldn't get back in.
She turned and faced me. I started to scramble away at her scowl but her face relaxed into a worried expression.
"I am so sorry, Meli. I didn't think he would violate your privacy like that."
He almost violated a lot more than my privacy. Coitus interruptus or not, I wanted to die of embarrassment. She bustled over to me and helped me to my feet.
She paused and looked me dead in the eye, no expression on her face. "I am sorry to have to ask you this, but I have to know, for both our sakes, did he take you."
I burned red. "Define take." His hand had definitely been…taking what it wanted. Giving me exactly what I was begging for.
She stayed calm and quietly said, "I mean what humans would consider the basic sex act of man and woman."
No matter how hard I prayed, the floor did not open up and swallow me. "No, no we did NOT have sex." By about five seconds, maybe less. And I was really torn up about that.
She immediately relaxed. Great, they were all a bunch of xenophobes. She just didn't want her brother attached to a human.
"You can't possibly know, but if you had, it would have made the life bond difficult, if not impossible to break. He wouldn't be able to let you go home and, as much as I enjoy having a guest, I know you want to go home."
"Okay, you have to tell me what the hell is going on. Because on one hand, he's insulting me. On the other, he's trying to fuck me. And I can't think when he's touching me. He makes my brain go all crazy."
It was a little crass, but true. Something was on fire between us and it didn't make sense.
"My people, we have a few…let's call them oddities. In the known worlds, as we come into our maturity, we develop a life bond. It's a physical and spiritual connection with another being."
"But, I'm not your people."
"No, but rarely, it crosses into other species. Mostly, it's someone you already know. The more religious among us believe it's how the gods keep our bloodlines healthy."
"And you both think I'm Tlavi's life mate?"
"Oh, I would say so. He's overly proud of our family and culture. He's…" She paused, clearly trying to phrase something delicate. But I remembered what he called me.
I lifted an eyebrow. Bloodlines, ew. "We'd call him a racist on earth, being all about genetic purity and what not."
Thea shook her head and pleaded with me. "He's not bad, he's just very, very traditional. Our father beat it into him that he must keep the family line going. And he hates the idea of being a slave to our bodies’ whims. He doesn't believe the gods have anything to do with it, it's just a genetic quirk we can overcome."
"So, why not leave me on Earth? Can't you just do your finger wiggle and let me go?" If I could convince her to take me home, I would bury my embarrassing lust for Tlavi in a deep, dark
Tlavi fell in a heap in the middle of the room. He tried to stand, but Thea kicked his feet out from under him and yelled, "How DARE you! She's my guest. She is under my protection. You put her in my protection. You have violated my trust."
She grabbed the foot he kicked out at her and threw it upward hard enough to send him rolling closer to the door.
"You claim you want to break the lifemate bond,” she continued screaming, “but then you won't keep your hands off her. I was only gone for five minutes!"
Thea performed another powerful flip. "You only care about yourself. You claim you want to be more than our biology, but it's a lie. You can only think about your own selfish pleasures. She is in my charge and you are no longer permitted in my quarters. Computer, Protocol Sekkizin!"
With that, a door slid open and she flipped him out the door. The door closed in his face as he was scrambling to get back into the room. With him covered in blood and the look of rage on his face, I was kinda glad he couldn't get back in.
She turned and faced me. I started to scramble away at her scowl but her face relaxed into a worried expression.
"I am so sorry, Meli. I didn't think he would violate your privacy like that."
He almost violated a lot more than my privacy. Coitus interruptus or not, I wanted to die of embarrassment. She bustled over to me and helped me to my feet.
She paused and looked me dead in the eye, no expression on her face. "I am sorry to have to ask you this, but I have to know, for both our sakes, did he take you."
I burned red. "Define take." His hand had definitely been…taking what it wanted. Giving me exactly what I was begging for.
She stayed calm and quietly said, "I mean what humans would consider the basic sex act of man and woman."
No matter how hard I prayed, the floor did not open up and swallow me. "No, no we did NOT have sex." By about five seconds, maybe less. And I was really torn up about that.
She immediately relaxed. Great, they were all a bunch of xenophobes. She just didn't want her brother attached to a human.
"You can't possibly know, but if you had, it would have made the life bond difficult, if not impossible to break. He wouldn't be able to let you go home and, as much as I enjoy having a guest, I know you want to go home."
"Okay, you have to tell me what the hell is going on. Because on one hand, he's insulting me. On the other, he's trying to fuck me. And I can't think when he's touching me. He makes my brain go all crazy."
It was a little crass, but true. Something was on fire between us and it didn't make sense.
"My people, we have a few…let's call them oddities. In the known worlds, as we come into our maturity, we develop a life bond. It's a physical and spiritual connection with another being."
"But, I'm not your people."
"No, but rarely, it crosses into other species. Mostly, it's someone you already know. The more religious among us believe it's how the gods keep our bloodlines healthy."
"And you both think I'm Tlavi's life mate?"
"Oh, I would say so. He's overly proud of our family and culture. He's…" She paused, clearly trying to phrase something delicate. But I remembered what he called me.
I lifted an eyebrow. Bloodlines, ew. "We'd call him a racist on earth, being all about genetic purity and what not."
Thea shook her head and pleaded with me. "He's not bad, he's just very, very traditional. Our father beat it into him that he must keep the family line going. And he hates the idea of being a slave to our bodies’ whims. He doesn't believe the gods have anything to do with it, it's just a genetic quirk we can overcome."
"So, why not leave me on Earth? Can't you just do your finger wiggle and let me go?" If I could convince her to take me home, I would bury my embarrassing lust for Tlavi in a deep, dark
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