Page 14 of Commander's Mate
CHAPTER TEN
Harper
Somehow, I knew it wasn’t going to be just a shower with Zared even before we went into the bathroom. We were both aroused from making out, and I could see that he was up for it, pun intended. I expected it to be hard and fast, but Zared was much more tender as though he was saying things with his body that he couldn’t put into words.
I was skeptical about solmatu when he first told me, but I was beginning to believe him. I felt that we were becoming attuned to each other emotionally. He seemed to crave the tenderness that we shared in every kiss and caress, even in our joining. Solmatu was the only explanation I had for the emotional attachment that was growing between us. He seemed to need the physical and emotional intimacy as much as I did.
When we went into the shower booth, Zared said a command that started the shower spraying a fine mist over us. He took me into his arms and kissed me long and slow. That and our naked bodies pressed together with his erect penis pressed against my belly was enough to make me wet and ready for sex. Without taking his lips from mine, he backed me against the wall and lifted me so he could slide his phallus into me.
Even though I was a little sore from the full body workout of our earlier coitus, I moaned in delight as he filled me again and wrapped my legs around his hips. He drew back and thrust into me with deliberate slowness so that he was as deep as he could go and pressing against my core. I hummed and moaned, closing my eyes.
“Harper, look at me,” he whispered urgently. “I want to see the passion in your eyes as I mate you.”
As I did, it was almost like I could see into his mind as well. I saw my future in his eyes and a spark of much more than the carnal desire that flared between us nearly every time we touched. I knew at that moment that even if it were possible, I could never go back to my old life. Just as well, because I felt almost certain I would never be forced to choose.
Zared was mine! And I wanted to be his. This slow, deliberate ascent to sexual nirvana made my whole body quiver as I clung to him with my arms and legs. It seemed like we were on the brink for a long time before Zared murmured huskily, “Come for me Harper. Come for me now.”
He punctuated that with a deep demanding kiss, and my response was almost immediate. I made a sound that was between a scream and a shout as I clamped down on him inside me. Then he came, too. When it ended, we stayed joined under the fine, warm mist.
Gazing raptly into his violet eyes, I brought my hand up and stroked his cheek with my fingera. I didn’t know how I would feel this much this fast, but I did.
“It’s partly the pheromones,” he said softly, as though he had read my mind. “Each time we mate, my body leaches them into you through the pores in your skin. They make you amenable to mating so you will feel an emotional attachment to me.”
I must have looked like I didn’t believe him.
“It’s true. I wasn’t going to tell you yet, but my conscience won’t let me keep it to myself,” he said in a quiet tone.
“Oh, so you seduced me to make sure I would agree to become your mate.”
“I did,” he said without apology.
I smiled at him and laughed softly.
“You’re not angry?”
“Are you sorry?”
“I am not.”
“Neither am I.” I smiled and kissed his mouth lightly. “You gave me a choice in the beginning. I chose. Would you have just let me go if I chose the other way.”
“It would have been hard, but I would have.” He signed. “My honor would demand it even though it would mean I would never mate or have a family.”
I couldn’t bear to think of him alone for the rest of his life. “That’s not going to happen,” I murmured and kissed him where his neck and shoulder met.
He groaned and hugged me.
As I felt him wane inside me I put my feet to the floor and let him slide out of me. He held my head gently between his large hands and kissed my lips gently. The look in his eyes told me what he didn’t say. I was his and he knew it. The funny thing was that didn’t scare me at all.
We finally finished our shower about an hour after we started. I could see for the near future what would probably happen anytime we got naked together. I didn’t know all that much about pheromones as to whether they were potent enough to make me want to fuck a guy who wasn’t as attractive as Zared. I honestly didn’t think so. It was him.
Once we were dressed, he guided me back to the conference room where Scarlet Andrews, Zoe Addison, and Nora Reed were sitting and watching a holographic program with several other species women of humanoid women. The three from Earth seemed especially glad to see me. They got up immediately to come talk to me. They were wearing extra large shirts like the one Zared gave me and they appeared to have showered because their hair was clean and shiny.
We had been lucky to have a toilet and a small sink between us on the slave ship.
Zared discreetly left me alone with my friends and went to the bridge of the ship. He would be back after we had time to talk to show us around the ship and the unrestricted areas we could go without an escort.
After the door closed behind him, Scarlet made a gasping sound for dramatic effect. “You’re fucking him, aren’t you?”
