Chapter 6

saw plans for the harvesting of the Laverian planet and plans to assimilate the resources of the next planet on their list, Gias. I decided it was time to teach my big guy, Terrek, about technology. I waved to the educator in front of Terrek, who backed away from me."

"Terrek don't' be a baby. I promise it will be fine, and you will thank me later."I tried convincing him that he needed to use the educators. Candy hissed at Terrek when he moaned with annoyance."My mate, you ask me to wield the Kanenites tool. It is dangerous." I grabbed his hand, intertwining our fingers. This feels nice holding his hand. I liked the contrast between his purple skin and mine. His hands felt strong. "Focus, Darah," I silently chided."Follow me. I want to show you something. I held his hand as he and Candy reluctantly walked with me to the chow hall. I went to an alien machine and requested meals for Terrek, Candy, and me.""Here, Terrek let the machine scan you, stand here." I watched as Terrek reluctantly stood where I pointed."I do not like the scanning machine." Terrek was apprehensive."I know that it scans your mind, and the AI can simulate your food requirements. If you have a specific dish, the food dispenser will replicate that dish. This is as close to mindreading as I can imagine," I said in awe.Terrek allowed the scan, and then Candy sat for me like a good boy while he was scanned. I stood to get my scan. Once the machine processed us, it began to run.To my delight, the food dispenser made me steak and mashed potatoes. It was slightly off with texture, not quite the real thing, but close enough. Terrek had a Laverian dish, candy, had some raw meat.We got drinks, the Chetaht got a big bowl of water, I had sweet tea, and Terrek had Laverian punch. I felt blessed and amazed that I could manage the operation of these machines so well."I am full as a tick!" I said after we all ate our meals. "My momma always said big decisions are best discussed around the kitchen table." Food has a way of making everyone feel better about hard things."You say the oddest things my little earthling." Terrek said with laughter."Terrek, it's just technology." I said with the last mouth full of yummy sweet tea."Please! How can I convince you to get educated by the machine." I practically begged.I saw his face light up."I will let you use your tools on me if you grant me one kiss, Darah. I don't want that thing to fry my brain before I get to taste your lips."All of a sudden, I was hungry in a whole different way. I got up from my seat and crooked my finger at the big guy, beckoning him to me. The sight of that man, with his hypnotic black eyes, zeroed in on me.I looked up as he towered over me, pushing me back against the wall. I reached up and pulled his ram-like horns down, bringing his lips to mine for a searing kiss.He moaned with a sexy growl, lifting my ass so he could stand, not breaking our kiss. Whatever Laverian food he ate added spice to my lips as I got lost in his taste. I ground into him. My need was like a burning building.I broke our searing kiss. "What was that? "I panted as I locked eyes with his.""Our mating bond will only become stronger, the need to mate." He said.I could smell Terrek's scent of pine and male and felt something intense happening between us."Darah," Terrek said in a soft plea of need.I pressed up to kiss him again, he had an amazing mouth. His kiss was thorough, deep, and lingering. He was taking his time to explore me.I felt this need for him more than lust, magical of some kind. We genuinely were connecting soul-deep.My clothes a barrier, I tore myself away from his lips."Put me down, Terrek. I need to take these clothes off."Dazed, Terrek held me to him as I wiggled out of my sweatshirt and let it fall to the floor. My skin came alive as we touched bare chest to bare skin.More than that, we began to glow. An iridescent light sparkled everywhere our skin touched,Electrical currents spark across our skin, white lighting connecting us.""What is this? I caressed my hands across his chest and felt the delicious tingles the electric light stimulated inside me.""This is our consummation. The mate bond is binding our souls," Terrek says as he peppers kisses that spark across my chin.I kissed him again as his muscled chest melted to my soft breast. He purred as he laid me down on the cold table. He helped me take my jeans off. I watched him as he pulled away the layers between us.He dropped his leather cover with a pull of a string, and his fully engorged cock stood hard and intimidating with his girth and length.Naked, I reached for his dark purple cock. I went for him. He hissed out in pleasure as I grabbed his length and mapped out his cock with my hand.Lubrication was secreted from his tip and allowed me to massage him easily. I want to taste him so badly that I bent down over his cock to take him as deep as I could in my mouth."You're killing me." Terrek moaned, holding my head.He tasted like sex and the flavor was all his. I needed to have him fully and claim him. I felt this instinctive need to be his, to make him mine. I laid back on a table and displayed myself in a way I never had before.The power I felt as he looked at me like I was precious and all his. I was full of need, and this moment was life-changing. Terrek went to his knees and took my core into his mouth.He moaned this sexy growl of delight as he ate me and all my juices. He focused on my clit and worked me until I went over the edge in the best orgasm of my life. He climbed on top of me and kissed me passionately, mingling my flavor into our kiss."He growled low and sexy, holding his cock at my folds, rubbing back and forth, waiting to enter me."Oh! God! Yes, Terrek, yes!"I arched up for him to fill me. Terrek moved slowly, stretching me deliciously full. He slowly seated himself fully into me. I kissed him, begging him to move faster as he allowed my body to adjust to his size.He moved to make a pace that had my orgasm exploding again. This time, I was clamping down and gripping him tightly. I had this undeniable urge to bite his shoulder, so I did, drawing blood. Claiming him, I yelled."Mine!" As my orgasm ebbed.He roared, "Mine!" As he spilled his seed.He held my face in his loving hands and kissed me with his coppery blue blood on my mouth. I stayed in the bliss of it until he broke our kiss and helped me up. Seeing the blood drip down off his shoulder had my senses return, and I felt instant guilt for hurting him."I am so sorry I hurt you." I tried to use a napkin from the table to hold to his wound and stop the bleeding.""You gave me your mate mark. It is how we complete our mate bond." Terrek looked so proud as he showed me my bitemarks.""I don't want to hurt you. I feel bad." Terrek kissed me tenderly."Never feel bad for this. You did not hurt me. You honor me, my love." Terrek kissed me again, and I felt how genuine he was.I just wanted to stay with him and feel the magic between us. We were still in the chow hall. Now that I got my bearings, I picked up our clothes and shoes and had Terrek follow me to the captain's quarters, where Candy was already sleeping. I showered with him, and we lay naked in the soft bed, talking.""This bed feels so amazing, Terrek. I have been sleeping outside for six months. I forgot how amazing a bed could feel."I stretched out in pure joy in the aftermath of our lovemaking and reveled in the unbelievable new reality I found myself in."Let me explain my home and my family to you.""I want to know everything about you, my Darah.""Tell me about your family?" Terrek asked as he moved my hair off my cheeks. The gesture was so sweet and caring.""I lost my mom, dad, and little brother about six months ago, haven't felt whole, haven't felt anything but grief until I ended up here. Being with you feels unreal. Feels like magic. I feel guilty to be happy in this moment, and I am also grateful I can feel anything other than the nightmare of grief."I softly explained through tears."Darah, I hate that you have lost your family. I suffer loss, too. I dared not have hope until you came along, and now I hope to one day see my people, my family, again. I am proud to have you as a part of that." Terrek Kissed the top of my head and pulled me close to him."The world I knew was simple and solid. Now, I fly among the stars with my alien bride, who has the favor of the Gods. All the doubt and heartbreak of my world being stolen from me somehow seems to melt away when I am with you, Darah. I will fight by your side and follow you to unknown worlds. You are my hope. You are now my home. I hope that I can be that for you as well. I hope together we can rescue my people." Terrek said.I spent the night sharing my life story with Terrek. He was just so sweet, genuinely holding me as I cried, recalling my family and that accident that took my whole world away.""I am so sorry your tribe did not gather in support to aid you during your time of grief," Terrek said softly, kissing my forehead.Terrek had difficulty grasping the idea that Earth had so many inhabitants, yet there were homeless people and hungry suffering alone.""You are too sweet, Terrek, but in my world, it is a fendfor-yourself place. My family was my little tribe. They would have moved mountains for me if they could. When I lost them, I was just lost.""My tribe has our mates and our family units, but we all support the village." Terrek said."If a child was orphaned, the neighbor will take the child if there is no other family. If an adult were to suffer a loss as you did. The adult gets adopted into the neighbor's family. No one should grieve alone. Everyone craves family. I don't know of the tribes of Earth, but our people unite.""We are the guardians of the land, keeping the wild preserved, monitoring our land. Being mindful of her health. We work hard and celebrate with merriment as a tribe. We are stronger together and will fight to protect our kind. However, we never stood a chance against the Kanenites God's power. We never expected evil from the sky.""I lost my tribe and my life in my world. I am so sad that I cannot share that with you now. How beautiful life with my tribe could have been."I leaned in to kiss my man, heartbroken for his planet and everything he had suffered."Terrek, I am so sorry you have suffered. We both lost so much. I am here with you now, and we will figure out how to get past all this pain. I am unsure how either of us ended up here. Together, we will figure out the next step."I fell asleep in a soft, warm bed, clean and full. My arms and legs wrapped up around this strong male. I felt a sense of peace for the first time since my family died. I drifted to sleep and had another vision of the Goddess Harmony.

"Darah, sweetie, I am glad you are adjusting so well to your true mate, Terrek. He is a good male," The ethereal Goddess Harmony said in a voice that sounded like a song."

"Thank you for blessing me and sending me on this amazing adventure," I said, not understanding why a Goddess would ever pick me for anything."

"My dear Darah, I am afraid I have a big job for you. My mate Hecat has made a whole universe of creations. However, Hecat has left them unattended and vulnerable. Laverian is such a beautiful creation. "

"The God Kane had his creations mettle with worlds that are not his to mess with. So much is not fair and out of balance. I am the Goddess of Harmony and balance, so my parents named me Harmony.

I will not allow this to continue. I am with Hecat in the realm of the Gods. I will aid you to help right the wrong of Kane's meddling." The Goddess looked very concerned.

"I don't think I can help very much. I am a mess. I lost my family, and now I am out in space with an alien male whose whole world got invaded. How can I be any help?" I said, wondering what the Goddess could possibly need from me.

"Do not underestimate yourself, my dear Earth female. Just follow your intuition and do what feels right." The Goddess smiled sweetly at me.

"You need to move now. To find the people of Gias, of my Hecat universe, and make an army to stand with you against the Kanenites." The Goddess Harmony faded as I awoke.

"Wait! What about my family? Can you check on them in heaven?" I asked as she started to fade. I mean, she is a Goddess, right? I did not know there were gods and Goddess's but I thought my family went to heaven, I mean I hoped like any of us would.

Now that a Goddess has sent me off into outer space, I just wanted to check on my family. I mean, can my family look out for me in the Hecat universe? So many questions. I woke up with an urgency to find Gias.

"Did you have a bad dream?" Terrek asked me as he hugged me closer and kissed the top of my head."Oh, hi, good morning, big guy," I said as I detangled my limbs from Terrek.""No, not a bad dream. I saw a Goddess in my dream, and she asked me to help her help your people. I am a bit overwhelmed. I wanted to check on my family to see if that is even possible. I don't understand everything that is happening to me." I said as I tried to wake up.I saw hope flicker across Terrek's face, and my stomach dropped. I didn't know how to help him, but I would try for him."I am not sure I can manage much, but if I can help your planet and people, I will do whatever I can," I promised.I went to the clothing dispenser device. It scanned me, and I picked my options and dressed in a simple black outfit. Then, I helped Terrek get an outfit, too.I opened my door and went to the dining hall, where Candy was pacing back and forth, waiting for breakfast. Candy was now the size of a grown cheetah on Earth. He made an aggravated chuff sound, letting me know he was hungry."Okay, big boy, I will get you a big hunk of meat," I reassured him, and he rubbed his head on my thigh with a purr.I fed us breakfast and introduced coffee to Terrek. The mind reading simulation coffee was almost perfect, but it was a bit bitterer than I recall coffee tasting. Terrek seemed to enjoy it."Um. That was like my rising root brew of Laverian. It wakens and energizes." Terrek said, excited for coffee.I made my tea and saw warrior women in the leaves. My intuition told me that Gias was our next stop. I have a feeling these women will be very intimidating warriors.""Well. Are you ready for the educator?" I asked as I brought out the educator devices to teach Terrek. I found a cabinet of them. This all feels eerily easy, its been my experience, the other shoe is about to drop when things fall into place to easily.Maybe these Gia's females will end up being trouble. Or maybe not, but the trouble was on its way. I will take these devices, which will give me an edge, even if it's a small one. Terrek needs to be just as informed. I hoped that I had convinced him thoroughly with our lovemaking."Yes, anything for my mate. You did grant me that kiss, after all." Terrek said.I sensed his trepidation about the God's power. He was trying to hide his fear for my sake.Terrek submitted to the device and fell asleep to assimilate all the new information uploaded into his brain. These artificial intelligence devices fused with the brain, allowing information to be inserted and extracted. If we truly wanted, we could be cloned and assimilated with an avatar or cyborg.My mind can't wrap around the science of it or the morality of it. Every time I use these devices, does that leave DNA? Does it leave my essence that can be cloned? I will try to forget that tidbit and pray that no one wants to create more of me.I am off to greet Gias and try to make friends, as The Goddess Harmony requested. She has an indescribable way to influence me and my direction.