by T. J. Quinn
“What if we grow to hate each other in a few months or a few years? What if I do little annoying things that drive you up the wall?” she wondered.
“You won't. We are bonded, and the pheromones will keep us in harmony.” He caressed her cheek with his fingers. “We will come to love each other beyond all of our differences. It's already begun. Can you feel it?”
“I do.” She nodded. “It's just backward to the way we do things here. We don't just fuck first and ask questions later. At least I never have...before...”
“But you have never met anyone like me before,” he said and kissed her lightly.
“I sure haven't.” She eyed his mouth and kissed him back. “So where do we go from here?”
“It may take weeks for them to get the part I need to fix my star drive and continue my journey. Earth was never a place I ever considered settling. Your world is barely space faring. I was on my way to settle on a fairly young colony on Vesta Three on the far end of this sector,” he explained carefully. “Now that we have mated, I could never leave you here.”
“But you still want to go there. It’s your dream to make a life there. How do I fit into that dream?”
“I searched your internet to learn more about you. I saw that you grow and sell plants and vegetables. I plan to buy as much land as I can afford, build a home and farm,” he said. “I need you to come with me. Or I can’t go there or anywhere without you.”
Alexa looked at him solemnly. It wasn't as if she had strong ties to this place she called home. She had family on the other side of the country that she saw maybe twice a year and more acquaintances than true friends. Maybe it was the pheromones, but in a few short hours, she could no longer imagine a future without this man with blue hair and catlike eyes.
It was a long few moments before she finally nodded. “I will come with you. I just have to figure out what to tell my family. They are used to not seeing me much, but I usually email them a few times a month...”
“You can still do that,” he assured her. “Tapping into your internet and monitoring your broadcasts is how we've learned so much about your world.”
“Good, that will make things easier.” As she said that, her stomach growled and she realized it must have been hours since breakfast.
“You're hungry?” Chaytok asked.
“Yes. Do you have food? And what about Jetson? He must be hungry as well.”
“I do have food.” He turned to a shelf beside the bed and picked up his tablet, tapping the screen with his finger. “Your horse is still outside, apparently eating plants from the ground.” He showed her the small screen.
“Yes, he's fine. Thank you.” she paused, “Um, do you have a lavatory in this thing? I need to go and clean up a little...”
“In there,” he pointed to an archway across from her side of the bed. “There is a shower and towels if you like.”
“Thanks, that would be nice.”
“I would be happy to help.” He grinned a touch wickedly.
“Another time, that would be delightful. I will just be a few minutes.” She stepped inside, and the door slid closed behind her. The toilet extended seamlessly from the wall with the seat an extension of the bowl. She sat down to pee and realized there was no paper. She heard a slight whirr and looked to her right to find a small towelette hanging from a slot. The toilet flushed itself when she stood. She peeled off her clothes and leaned into the shower stall.
There were no faucets in the shower, so she guessed it was probably motion activated like the toilet. The stepped inside the booth, and the water started at a comfortably warm temperature. A small door opened to reveal a soft sponge and a bar of soap. Alexa took them out, wet the sponge, and soaped it. She washed herself down quickly and rinsed then emerged from the small bathroom wrapped in a fluffy white towel that covered her breasts to buttocks.
Chaytok had cleaned her clothes and laid them out on the bed for her. He was already dressed and watched with interest as she dressed. Although he'd already explored the most intimate parts of her naked body, she felt a little self-conscious dressing in front of him... especially when he stood watching intently with his arms crossed over his chest.
When she finished, he came over and took her in his arms for another long, slow kiss. As he held her tightly against him, she could feel his arousal. He didn't pursue it as he reluctantly broke their kiss. He led her from the bed chamber to a small circular table with a padded bench that encircled it.
The table was set with normal looking sandwiches on two plates with drinks that looked like lemonade in transparent plastic glasses. “I programmed the food processor to dispense protein sandwiches and sweet drinks from suggestions on the internet,” he told her. “It's technically animal protein, but no animals were killed to produce it.”
“That's good to know.” She sat at the place he indicated, and he sat across from her. He waited and watched as she picked up half of her sandwich and took a bite. It tasted like turkey with lettuce and tomato. “Mmm.” she nodded
“Do you like it?” he asked hopefully.
“It tastes like the food I am used to eating.”
Since she approved, Chaytok took a bite himself and nodded. “It is good. Our physiology is close enough that it should cause you no ill effects.”
“Has the Alliance been observing us for long?” Alexa asked him between bites.
“About 500 years. Your civilization has progressed a great deal in that time, but Alliance is reluctant to make contact until your world becomes united and begins to colonize other planets in your star system,” he said. “Many of my kind are hoping that will change. I am not the first Narovian feline to find my true mate here.”
“How does that happen? Or do they come here?”
“Mainly DNA testing,” he said. “Your people get their DNA tested to determine their ancestral origins. Our Narovian Genetic Matchmaking Agency runs one of those labs and taps into results from other labs.”
“I thought about it, but I never wanted to spend the money to get the test,” she told him. “I have a fairly extensive genealogy in writing, so there is not all that much mystery in my genetic origin.”
“Except that, you have a feline somewhere in your ancestry,” he told her with a slight smirk. “I am not the first feline to mate with a human. Felines have been coming here for 500 years, after all. With special contacts and a change of hair color, we can pass for a homo sapien. Those stationed on our base her often go into public places in disguise.
“I would never have contacted you had you not been injured. Had I not come close to you and touched you, I would not have known you are my true mate.” He added.
“I'm glad you did,” she smiled at him. “Why did you leave your ship?”
“I wanted to explore and get a look at the residence not far from here,” Chaytok said.
“The closest residence is probably mine. I will show you if you like. I need to take Jetson back and get his tack off. Is it safe to leave your ship unattended?”
“It should be. It's cloaked so no one can see it or detect it unless they physically run into it. But only I can open the portal,” said Chaytok.
“Do you ride?”
“Animals? No.”
“Then we can walk Jetson back,” she said. “I have no idea what time it is. We should go before dark.”
“Yes.” he agreed.
Four
They finished eating, and Chaytok went to a pocket on the back of his pilot seat at the bridge. He took out a weapons utility belt and strapped it on. He was an alien alone on an alien world with only one ally, and he didn't know when he might have to defend himself. Then they left Chaytok's ship. Jetson was nearby and nickered when Alexa approached and took up his reins to lead him down the trail home. Chaytok fell into step beside her, and they walked for a time in silence.
“Tell me about your world,” Alexa said.
“It's not so different from your world---similar flora and fauna. Our technol
ogy is more advanced---obviously. Unlike your world, we have a unified world government much like the government of your United States. Mine is not the only humanoid race on Narova. We live in families and work for our livings. There are also homo sapiens, and our races had intermixed from times long before they ever visited Earth.”
“Really! Homo sapiens on other worlds---I knew it! That would throw the scientific community for a loop,” she said. “But, of course, no one would believe me if I told them.”
“You will probably want to learn our language, but you will not be seen as an alien on the new world. Our customs vary with what part of the world one lives. The colonies develop new customs as they grow and blend their old favored customs with the new.”
“I think you could pass here even with blue hair and cat's eyes. If anyone asks, just say you're in a rock band,” she paused and grinned. “You look very exotic.”
“I do have inserts to make my eyes look like your species, but I find them irritating,” he said. “I've used them when I've been undercover on other worlds.”
“Undercover like spying?” she wondered.
“Observing---to evaluate the culture, politics, and level of technology. I was to come here many years back, but I was reassigned before they could send me here. I was hoping to land on Mars to repair my ship, but I came into your system on the wrong side of its orbital path,” he explained.
“I'm surprised I didn't feel your presence when you were here before.”
“Are you a sensitive?” he asked.
“Yeah, sort of. Mostly I see things in dreams. I don't really have control over it. I dreamed about being in your ship---I never saw your face, but I felt your presence in the dream.”
“That's why you were never frightened of me.” he concluded.
“Sometimes, the dream was so real I would wake up and expect to find you there beside me.”
Chaytok stopped and turned to her, putting his arms around her. “I may not be a sensitive, but I suspect it was you drawing me toward your dwelling.” He pulled her close and kissed her forehead. “It certainly seems that the Universe conspired to bring us together.”
He held her for a few moments just savoring the feel of her against him. Then he draped an arm around her shoulders, and they started walking again.
As they came in sight of the house and barn, Alexa stopped suddenly. There was a familiar car in the driveway that she never expected to see again. Lawrence had found her. He had come to make her pay for sending him to jail; she was sure of it. Only ten days after his release, it hadn't taken him long to find her.
Alexa had a restraining order against him in Illinois. It was hardly worth the paper it was written on. She also doubted his parole officer knew he'd crossed state lines either. Eventually, she would have told Chaytok about that part of her past, but not like this.
Five
“We have to go back,” she whispered urgently.
“What's wrong?'
“My ex-lover is here, fresh out of prison. He assaulted me four years ago, and I had him charged.” she signed.
“What do you mean assaulted?” Chaytok growled.
“He hit me until I stopped fighting him and basically raped me.”
Chaytok snarled. “I will kill him!” He reached for a pistol type weapon holstered in his belt.
Alexa was trembling. “Let me ride in on Jetson and see if I can convince him to leave. Can you head off to the side there to a better spot if you have to shoot him?”
“Just let me kill him. It's no more than he deserves.”
“I can't say I disagree, but according to the law he has paid for his crime,” she shuddered.
“Not enough!” Chaytok growled. “They would never find a body with this weapon.”
“Please, just stay hidden and don't do anything unless he is threatening. I won't get close enough for him to get to me before Jetson can get me away.” she asserted.
He sighed ending with a low growling sound. “As you wish.” he agreed, but he clearly didn't like it. He circled behind the tree line at the edge of the yard and positioned himself at the corner of the house near the porch with his weapon poised and ready.
Alexa took up the reins and mounted the horse, reining him with a light touch toward the front of her large old farm house. She brought Jetson to a stop about ten meters from the front porch where Lawrence sat waiting seated on one of the painted antique rockers there. “What do you want Lawrence? Why are you here? You've got one minute to get off my porch, get in your car, and go back the way you came.”
“Lexie, I didn't come to make trouble. While I was in prison, I got into a program to get my life straightened out.” He stood up and started down the steps.
Alexa urged Jetson backward as he did. “Don't come any closer. Forgive me if I don't trust you anymore.”
He stopped on the middle step. “And I sure don't blame you. What I did to you was horrible and inexcusable. Part of my recovery is to make amends to the people I've hurt. I don't expect you to forgive me or to be part of your life. I wronged you, and I deserve your contempt. I just came to tell you how deeply sorry I am. I'm going to live my life differently from here on out.”
“You do that, Lawrence. I'm glad you are getting help, but I still don't want anything to do with you. Please get in your car, leave, and don't come back.” Alexa urged Jetson backward as Lawrence descended the rest of the steps and went to his car. “If you ever come here again, I will greet you with my grandfather's shotgun---and won't miss.”
He nodded, opened the car door, got in, and started it. Then he was gone without another word. Alexa sat on the horse until the car was out of sight then dismounted. Chaytok holstered his weapon and came to her. She was trembling so he wrapped her in his arms and held her close.
“I don't believe him,” she murmured against his neck. “I think he came to scope things out and see if I am here alone. He will be back.”
“Then, I will kill him,” Chaytok asserted. “Before I set out for Vesta Three, I was a warrior. I have learned there are some beings who are simply beyond redemption. He seems to be one of them.”
Alexa nodded against his shoulder. When she had calmed, she slid from his embrace and led Jetson to the barn. She unsaddled him, put him in his stall, and gave him food and water. By then, the sun was getting low in the sky.
“It's getting late. I have plenty of food. I can probably find something you would find edible to make for supper.” She told Chaytok when she finished settling Jetson for the night. “Or do you need to go back to your ship.”
“I won't leave you here alone,” he said without hesitation. “I have my tablet. The ship will relay any communication from Operations. I would like to see your home.” He fell into step beside her and draped an arm over her shoulders as they left the barn. “What I really hunger for is you,” he murmured close to her ear.
Alexa blushed and felt her center clench at the thought of him driving her to ecstasy again. She had never wanted a man the way she wanted him. “And I want you too,” she said softly. “Which would you like first?”
The look he gave her made no words necessary. Alexa took his hand and led him inside. Considering her earlier visitor, she closed and locked the door and went to the back of the house to check the lock on the back door. Chaytok nodded his approval as she did.
She took his hand again, leading him back through the house and up the stairs to the master bedroom. It was dimly lit by a small light plugged into a wall socket. Chaytok unfastened his weapons belt and set I on the nightstand beside the bed. Alexa closed the door and turned back into his arms.
He claimed her mouth urgently, thrusting his tongue into it the way he wanted to thrust his hard cock into her center. Alexa slid her hands up to the back of his neck and his head and met his kiss eagerly, caressing his tongue with hers. Chaytok slid one hand behind her back, squeezing her breasts against his chest, while the other hand pressed against her buttocks, so his cock pressed into her abdom
en.
Finally, they broke apart and stripped off their clothes. And dropped them into two heaps on the floor. When they were naked, Chaytok framed her face in his hands and kissed her deeply with barely leashed passion, then lifted her into his arms and laid her in the middle of the quilt on the double bed. He lay beside her, cupping her breast as he kissed her mouth, while she reached up and caressed the back of his head. He kissed his way down her throat to her breast, kissing and nipping one nipple and then the other, sliding his hand down over her belly between her thighs.
He found she was wet and ready for him as he slid two fingers into her slick opening.
“Now,” she whispered. “Fuck me now, Chaytok, please.”
She opened her thighs, and he moved over her. He elicited a sharp intake of breath and a soft moan as he dragged the head of his shaft between her inner lips and over her clit. Poised over her, staring into her eyes, he sank his cock hard and deep into in one smooth motion. This time they cried out together at the exquisite sensation---her filled with his throbbing shaft, and he groaned as he felt her inner muscles hugging it tightly. His weight pressed her into the bed, and she stroked his back with hands and wrapped her legs around his hips while he plundered her mouth and slowly thrust in and out of her.
Alexa met him enthusiastically thrust for thrust, murmuring how good he felt and that she wanted to give him all her passion. “I am yours, and you are mine.”
He fucked her harder and faster as she urged him on, pounding into her until she felt her climax. It sent him over the edge, and he slowed as his cock pulsed, spewing his semen into her. Then he pushed into her and stopped as her inner walls contracted around his cock. When the pulsing stopped, he withdrew and pushed into her again to start a new wave and draw her climax out until the throbbing stopped.
Again, he took each of her hands and laced his fingers through hers, pressing them into the bed on either side of her head as they lay still joined together. Alexa arched her back to increase the pressure against her breasts and stared up into his amber eyes. She smiled, and so did he, then he kissed her tenderly.
