by T. J. Quinn
“She is, and I wasn’t even looking---but she foresaw my coming,” Chaytok replied.
“What?”
“She dreamed of me,” Chaytok grinned. “She is magnificent!”
“And you love her,” Jeck grinned back.
“Of course, she is meomee,” he said. “Come meet her, she is in the barn tending the horse.”
Chaytok led the way to the barn where Alexa had just cleaned out Jetson’s auto waterer and was turning the water back on. The horse nickered as the two men came into the barn and Alexa turned to face them. She flashed a warm smile at her mate and glanced at the other man with him.
“Alexa James, this is my cousin Jeck Fantis. We served in the Defense Force together, he saved my life,” Chaytok gestured.
She looked at Chaytok, a question in her eyes. In his disguise, he didn’t look feline at all. Still, she offered her hand to him, and he took it firmly without squeezing too tightly.
“I am pleased to meet my cousin’s meomee,” Jeck smiled and dipped his head in a slight bow. “I hope I’m as fortunate as Chaytok to find a beautiful meomee.”
“I’m the lucky one,” Alexa returned his smile as he released her hand.
“Jeck is here with the part for my stardrive and the stasis field generator for the horse,” Chaytok told her.
“They were loaded on hover trams in the truck because you indicated your ship was in the forest where there is no paved road,” Jeck said. “I will stay and help you with the installation if you like.
“I will be grateful for your help,” Chaytok said. “Together we should be able to have the ship ready for launch by nightfall.”
Alexa’s bright expression slid away as the realization that the plan to leave Earth was coming to fruition sooner than she expected. It was a step into the unknown that she thought she was ready to take. She had made all the preparations and packed her things. Tears pricked her eyes at the enormity of what she was about to do.
Chaytok heart ached at what he saw in her eyes. Part of him wanted to relent and say they could stay but he didn’t know if he could bear to give up his dream. Tears slipped down her cheeks, and she shook her head and slid her arms around his waist.
“Chay, it’s okay,” she sniffed. “I’m not backing out---it’s just a big step. I just need some time to sort it out and say goodbye to my world.” She hugged him and kissed his cheek and whispered, “I love you, meomee.”
He put his arms around her and hugged her. “And I love you. We will be back when we are ready to load the horse.”
Alexa nodded and slid from his embrace. “I will bring my things to the porch, so they are ready to load.” She gave him a wan smile and brushed the wetness from her face with her fingers. She would have a cry while he was gone, and then she would pull herself together to get things done. She knew she made the right choice, but this was an enormous change. She wasn’t just moving to another town, she was moving to another planet light years from Earth. She couldn’t just pop back for a visit if she got homesick. She was looking at the rest of her life very likely never coming back.
Nine
“She’s not changing her mind,” Jeck said. “You remember what it was like when we left Narova for the first time. We were shaking in our boots, never had been more than a few hundred klicks from home.”
“That was an age ago. It seems like we were never that young,” Chaytok mused.
“War does that to people,” Jeck said.
“So, you came to Earth to get away from it?” Chaytok laughed. “Hardly a day goes by on this planet that people aren’t killing each other somewhere. They might not even survive to become spacefaring.”
“I came here to find meomee. I’ve been here about six months now, and it’s peaceful in this area,” Jeck said, “Narovian Matchmaking didn’t find my mate, and I paid for the deluxe service. So I thought I’d try for myself on Earth. I have learned that many people don’t get DNA tested because of the expense.”
“Alexa said she didn’t because she already had detailed information on her ancestry,” Chaytok said. “Let’s get this done. She will have time enough to brood about our leaving. I think she is just anxious about making the break from her home world.”
“Like we were,” Jeck said. “From what I heard, Vesta Three is a beautiful place. I hope you will be happy there.”
“I think I will as long as Alexa is,” Chaytok said.
“She is meomee. She will be happy because you will be there together.”
The two men strode out of the barn to the truck parked in front of the house. Jeck opened the back to reveal two auto trams the size of shipping pallets. One was loaded with a cylindrical metal object that had a shaft protruding from each end, the star drive power accelerator. The other was a little bigger than a lawn mower engine with a small touch screen. Jeck climbed up into the truck and used voice commands in Narovian to program the coordinates of Chaytok’s ship. The trams were powerful enough that each man could ride one of them to the site to save time.
Jeck stayed to help install both items and run systems checks to be sure all systems were functioning within normal parameters. It had taken a couple hours to complete the repair and then the installation of the stasis field generator.
When they opened the cargo bay to go back for Alexa’s belongings, she was there sitting on Jetson’s back. She smiled at Chaytok when he came into view a question in his eyes as he smiled hopefully.
“I decided I wanted one more ride through the forest if we are leaving today,” she said. “I’m ready. All my things are on the porch everything should fit into the space you made for them.”
“Did you enjoy the ride,” Chaytok asked, thinking she never looked more beautiful.
“I did. The fall colors are at peak now. We stopped along the way to take pictures with my phone, but we’re ready now. Do you want me to ride him into the cargo bay? I think that might be the easiest way to get him in.”
“Yes, we can get him settled before we go back for your things. Follow me, I will show you where to go.” Chaytok turned and retreated up the cargo ramp, and Alexa urged Jetson forward.
She was proud of the way Jetson strolled up the ramp and into the makeshift stall that Chaytok had been working on since they had decided to transport him to Vesta Three. There was a small pile of grain on a shelf in front Jetson to distract him while Alexa removed his tack. He didn’t even notice when they pushed a small module beneath him to support his weight while he was in stasis. Jetson only became a little restless when they pushed a module in behind him closing him in from all sides.
Chaytok set the stasis field immediately when everyone was clear, and Jetson became motionless almost instantly. He would stay that way for the entire three weeks of their journey. Alexa turned and hugged Chaytok when the horse was settled.
“Thank you for doing this. It would have been so hard to leave Jetson behind, but I would have to be with you,” Alexa murmured and hugged Chaytok tightly. He was a good horse. It would not have been difficult to find someone who would love and care for him.
“I didn’t want to make you choose, meomee. That you would choose to come with me was enough,” he murmured, caressing her head as she pressed her cheek against the hollow of his shoulder.
Jeck cleared his throat to remind them they were not alone. Chaytok kissed the top of her head and released Alexa from his embrace.
“You and Jeck can pick up the things, and I will wait here. Everything is right at the top of the steps. I have already said my goodbyes, I can’t go back,”
“As you wish,” Chaytok said, seeming to understand. “I will be back quickly, and we will launch soon after that.”
Alexa went to the lift and took it to the upper-level living area to wait while Chaytok and Jeck went back for her things, riding the hover trams. With two of them, it didn’t take long to load the trams with Alexa’s belongings and get back to the ship. By dividing the load, they were able to return quickly on the trams. There was jus
t enough room load the plastic totes and luggage.
When everything was secured, Jeck bent his head in salute to his friend and cousin. “Be well, be happy my friend and let me know you’re still alive out there occasionally.”
“And you.” Chaytok returned the gesture. “Thank you for your help. It was good to see you again. I hope you find meomee. You deserve it as much as anyone.
Then he was gone taking both trams back with him.
Chaytok stood in the cargo bay a few moments longer, pondering how Jeck had been there to help him on this backwater planet so far from their home and even farther from where they had fought for the Alliance. Now he was on his way to start a new life with Alexa---meomee.
He smiled to himself and gave the command to close the cargo bay. Picking up the suitcase with Alexa’s clothing and necessities, he sauntered to the lift went up to the next level. He stowed them in the bedroom and found Alexa in the sitting area.
The sultry, smoldering look he gave him left him no doubt as to what they would be doing once they were launched and heading out of the system. “Come to the bridge with me, meomee, and sit in the co-pilot’s chair while we launch.”
Alexa got up and followed him the few steps to the entrance that slid open at Chaytok’s approach. He gestured to the seat on the left for her to take it and helped her strap in, ending the procedure with a long slow kiss that sent waves of desire crashing through them. But he forced himself to pull back with great reluctance to finish the task at hand. He slid into his own seat on the right and gave the command to launch.
It was a little strange that Chaytok and Jeck could find no glitch in the guidance system nor the AI interface that would explain how the ship went so far off course. Even the star drive power converter seemed to be working properly, but they replaced it anyway. The ship’s log showed that he had made the change of course, though he didn’t remember doing so. The AI reported the malfunction. He shrugged it off to fate. Any explanation he could conjure was almost too fantastic to believe. Whatever gods where were, that brought Jeck to save him on the battlefield seemed to have conspired to bring him to Alexa to share this new life he planned on Vesta Three.
He always had just called it ‘ship’ because Destiny’s Fortune seemed a bit pretentious for the meek little star hopper. The AI’s for this model were known for their ability to assess a situation and take the appropriate action. Could he somehow have told it to do this? Not directly, of course, but through his log recordings?
Granted, they had more often than not become a stream of conscious inner musings. Chaytok may have actually said he wished for a meomee bring meaning to his life. The AI had weeks to search. Alexa had said her genealogy was fully documented for over 500 years. Could Destiny have found the feline ancestor in her family history and made the connection to his DNA on file at Narovian Matchmaking?
Would it tell him if he asked?
Chaytok shrugged it off as he glanced at Alexa and gave her an affectionate smile. “Ready?”
“I am. Let’s go.”
He gave a series of commands that would start the engine, lift off, and set course for Vesta Three. While the AI attended to that, Chaytok notified the Alliance base that he was leaving Earth.
Alexa was surprised that lift off was so smooth, without the sensation of G-force that Earth astronauts endured during launching into space. Once they reached orbit, Chaytok sent the ship on one full orbit of the earth, so Alexa could see Earth from space. She had seen it in pictures but had never dreamed she ever actually see the sight from space.
How different would life be on Earth if everyone knew all of this existed? She couldn’t quite imagine.
Finally, they left Earth orbit and went into hyperdrive, on course to Vesta. Chaytok unfastened his harness and helped Alexa get out of hers, drawing her to her feet and into his arms. She knew exactly where they were going as soon as she turned up her mouth for his kiss and felt his erection pressing against her lower belly. Her juices were flowing, and her pussy fluttered in anticipation.
Ten
Alexa was no longer thinking about their departure from Earth, only the hot, sexy man in her arms, kissing and caressing her. He dominated her mouth with his tongue stroking and swirling around hers. He drew his hands up and down her back and over her buttocks until her whole body seemed to quiver with need and her breath came in shallow gasps and mews.
He pulled her up so she could wrap her legs around his hips, pressing her core against his erection. Hardly parting his lips from hers, he carried her to the bedroom. He set her down and pulled her blouse untucked from her jeans and unbuttoned it with maddening slowness, one button at a time. He gave her a tolerant smile and pushed her hands away when she tried to help him. She sighed and resigned to let him have his way, this time; since he seemed to have a plan.
When he had finally released the last button, he pushed open the sides and deliberately brushed over her nipples beneath her thin lacy bra before pushing the blouse off her shoulders and down her arms to the floor. He sat her down on the edge of the bed and pulled off her knee high riding boots one at a time.
He paused to remove his shirt then offered his hands to draw her up to stand. Releasing her hands, he unfastened her jeans and unzipped them with the same patience he had demonstrated unbuttoning her blouse. Careful not to remove her panties with them, he pushed the jeans down her shapely legs, squatting down so his face was even with her mound. He breathed in the scent of her desired as he held her feet and ankles trapped in place by her jeans and pressed his lips against her core over her silken white lace panties.
Alexa trembled as ripples of sensation rolled through her body. She exhaled a sound half way between a sign and a groan. She wanted more. He moved his lips against her and her inner walls contracted while her core throbbed with need. He looked up at her, his pupils were large and round, a calculating glint in his feline eyes. Alexa gave him a sexy smirk, her eyes promising him there would be payback for his tormenting her.
In the few weeks, they had been together his lovemaking had taken her to a height of pure sexual bliss she had never known. In his possession, it seemed there was no future no past, only now. There would be ecstasy, a word for a feeling no other man had ever given her. Patience was hard, but she knew it would be worth the wait.
Her panties seemed to find their way to the floor with her jeans where Chaytok held them for her to free her feet. He drew his fingertips up the inside of one leg, deliberately bumping her center with the side of his hand before dragging his fingertips down her other leg. When he reached her other ankle, he drew both hands up the outsides of her legs, so lightly that it both tickled and make her pussy clench and throb.
She was so hot for him she visualized pushing him down and having her way with him. Instead, she let out a soft, ah, to let him know he was making her feel good. When his hands rose to the top of her thighs, he reached back and massaged her buttocks, squeezing them gently. As he stood in front of her dragged his hands over her rib cage and stopped at the underside of her breasts. He paused there until her sudden intake of breath let him know her erect nipples craved his touch.
He watched her face expectantly, holding her gaze as he rubbed his thumbs back and for over the stiff peaks. With one hand he reached behind her and flicked open her bra, then gripped the straps between his forefingers and thumbs, pulling is down her arms and letting it join the rest of her clothing on the floor. He paused to drop his pants to the floor and step out of them, then returned to span her waist with his hands. He gently rubbed her sides up and down closer and closer to the underside of her bared breasts until her breathing quickened.
Then he rubbed his thumbs back and forth over her nipples, keeping his eyes trained on her beloved face. With that she cried out, and shuddered in climax, he had so aroused her with his touch.
“Oh, my God Chay” she gasped putting her hands up on his shoulders to balance against the waves of her orgasm.
Chaytok slid his arm aroun
d her waist and reached down to finger her pussy as she came.
She crooned and moan, intermittently murmuring his name through her shudders, until she’d had enough and pushed his hand away.
He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against him. Never in his life had he felt such love for or from anyone. As she clung to him, he took her face between his hands and kissed her tenderly, caressing her lips with his.
“Sweet, beloved Alexa,” he whispered and kissed her again. “I love you with all of my being. I can even explain how much you mean to me.”
“And you do have to,” she told him softly. “I see it in your eyes, feel it in your touch and when I am wrapped around you with your cock deep into me. I have never been so happy as I am with you.” She paused. “It’s not just pheromones, it’s you, Chaytok Larrin. I love you.”
With that she made a little jump and wrapped her legs around him, deftly sheathing his erect cock inside her channel. Now she was going to have her way with him, and he was all into it as he tipped him onto the bed. They landed crossways on the bed with Alexa on top.
She moved slowly up and down on him, using her inner muscles to stroke him inside her as she moved. He smiled up at her, content to go with the flow. She leaned forward and pressed her mouth to his in a tender kiss the teased his lip with the tip of her tongue. Until he groaned and she started riding him faster and harder. He was going to come fast if she kept that up, but he needn’t have worried. Alexa came first and brought him to climax with her. She gave a throaty yell as she contracted around him at length, then fell heavily against his heaving chest.
“Meomee, meomee,” he murmured hugging her so that her breasts were flattened deliciously against his chest.
Alexa pressed butterfly kisses against his throat then raised her head to meet his eyes with a smile, “Yes, meomee?”
He grinned wickedly and rolled them over, chuckling. “My turn to be on top,” he said. His fingers laced through hers, he pressed her hands into the bed on either side of her head. “Now, we take it long and slow.”
