Chapter Thirteen

We appeared in my messy bedroom.

Hothar raised an eyebrow.

"Don't even." I fell face down on my bed.

Hothar lay down next to me. "I will plan another date night."

"Just make sure Aphrodite is nowhere near us."

"That I can arrange."

"Good." I crawled on top of him and closed my eyes.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The door shuddered under the blows.

"Oh, for God's sake. We're not doing anything," I yelled.

Uncle Saul bellowed, "Open the door."

"Stay." I climbed off Hothar.

"I am yours to command."

I threw open the door. "We were sleeping."

Uncle Saul's angry gaze settled on Hothar.

"See, we still have our clothes on."

"We need to talk." Uncle Saul looped an arm around my shoulders and teleported.

We appeared in a chamber that belonged in a fancy brothel. A huge four poster bed with red silk sheets dominated the room and the walls were covered with naughty tapestries. "What is this place?"

"It's the honeymoon suite."

"Looks more like a room in a pleasure house."

Uncle Saul bristled. "When were you in a pleasure house?"

"Before Wulf's and Yakira's bonding ceremony, Sarah said I needed to expand my horizons."

"Has anyone explained the birds and the bees to you?" Uncle Saul asked out of the blue.

My jaw dropped. "What?"

"In five hours, you will become one with Hothar. I need to make sure you know what to expect."

"You do know, I had sex education in high school, right?"

"Coletti warriors' penises are different from humans."

I stared at him for a long moment. Should I tell him I had already seen Hothar's man parts?

"Do not," Hothar warned. "The General will challenge me to combat, and I do not want to injure him."

"I don't want you missing any of your dangly parts either."

Uncle Saul urged me over to the tapestries. "Zarek thinks the graphic sex scenes will show nervous brides what masterful lovers Coletti warriors can be."

I snickered. "Most of the females in the galaxy would take one look at the tentacles on their enormous dicks and start screaming."

"This isn't funny."

It kinda was. "You're right," I said seriously. "After the hell the Tai-Kok had put us through, we Earth females would be doing our level best to cut off the squiggly bits."

Uncle Saul rubbed a hand over his face. "I just want you to be prepared."

"Detja gave me the talk and even showed me pictures, okay? I patted his back. "It's fine. Really. I know what to expect."

"Good. Good. I'm glad we had this talk." Uncle Saul vanished.

I heaved a sigh of relief. Boy, did I know what to expect. Hothar and I had done it several times mentally. Mind sex rocked.

Detja, in all her royal glory, appeared in the room and held out a hand. "Come, it is time to prepare you for the ceremony."