I began to pull my blouse off when I hesitated.
 
 Am I really doing this?
 
 Is this really happening?!
 
 I pulled my top off and shimmied my pants down to the floor.
 
 Only my underwear remained between us.
 
 I marveled at what had happened in just a few short hours.
 
 From boring book clerk to mating with an alien warrior hunk.
 
 I reached back and unfastened my bra clasp, letting it fall forward.
 
 As it did, it caught on something on my arm.
 
 I looked down and, eyes wide, noticed a small tuft of brown fur just above my elbow.
 
 It was the Vendikar tranformation!
 
 I really was turning into one of them!
 
 I panicked, reaching for it to tear it out, but before I could, Mayn had caught my hand and stopped me.
 
 He leaned his head down and kissed the tuft, and I watched, in stunned amazement, as it retracted back into my body and disappeared.
 
 His kiss really did heal me — it wasn’t just a ruse!
 
 I whimpered and folded myself into his arms.
 
 He took me in his gigantic muscles.
 
 I felt safe, safer than I had in a long, long time.
 
 “Don’t let me turn into one of those things,” I begged. “Please.”
 
 He raised my chin so I was looking up at him. “I’ll do everything in my power to keep that from happening.”
 
 My nipples turned perky, and I looked up at him through my eyelashes. “Anything?”
 
 His cock hardened, pressing itself against my abdomen.
 
 “Anything,” he said.
 
 His lips found mine once more, and any trepidation that I might have been fostering evaporated.
 
 Our kiss began searching and became hungry, desperate, passionate.
 
 He reached down and grabbed a handful of my ass, giving it a gentle pat.
 
 “You don’t need to be shy on my account,” I whispered.
 
 Who was I becoming?!
 
 He grinned and gave me a smack.
 
 “Mm,” I groaned, pressing myself harder against him.