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Her gaze dropped to his slit. Just having her attention upon it was enough to stir his arousal, but he didn’t think his cock suddenly extruding would be the best way to smooth over this situation. Or would it? Would it put her at ease? He’d been gravely mistaken if he’d ever thought he understood how human minds worked.

“I could show you,” he said, “if it would help—”

Her eyes shot up to meet his, cheeks bright red. “No! No, that’s okay. I um, believe you. How about we keep our genitals…hidden and just head back to the pod? Sound good? Great!” She hurried past him, boots crunching over the jungle floor. “Hey Kane, wake up.”

Vasil turned to watch her moving away, feeling oddly empty and numb. It wasn’t the result of rejection, not exactly — she’d fled withoutverballyrejecting him — but rather of confusion.

He followed her before she was too far ahead and attempted, with only minor success, to turn his focus back to keeping watch. Part of his mind continued racing.

Somehow, her reaction had made him want her more. In the end, it was the female’s choice — he would not deny Theo that right — but he was determined to make himself theonlyreasonable choice.

Chapter 6

“He wants to have sex with me, Kane!” Theo whispered. Rising from her crouch slightly, she peered over the pod’s hatch opening. Vasil was outside building a fire on the sand. She ducked down quickly.

“I guess it’s time for your daily reminder that you donothave to speak out loud, Theo,” Kane said through their neural link.

“My mind is a little overwhelmed right now, you know, what with a kraken wanting to havesexwith me,” she hissed, leaning her back against the pod’s inner wall. “He’s got tentacles, Kane!Tentacles!”

“All the better to love you with.”

She could almost hear the smirk in Kane’s voice.

“Are you kidding?Pleasetell me you’re kidding.” She ran her fingers through her hair and groaned as she recalled the feel of Vasil’s fingers brushing over her arm and the sensation it had elicited. She’d beenturned on. By a…analien!

“Don’t pretend you haven’t been checking him out, Theodora. You’re not exactly subtle about it.”

“What?”

“I see through your eyes, Theo,” Kane said.“I can tell when you’re focusing on his chest and abs.”

“I was just curious! Nothing wrong with a little curiosity. It doesn’t mean anything!”

“Isthiswhat you’re hiding from?” Kane asked. An image appeared on her retinal display — Vasil’s chest, muscles stretching and flexing as Kane replayed the short video on a loop.

“I can’t believe you right now!” Theo forced the image away with a mental command and squeezed her eyes shut, but it didn’t help.

Her imagination picked up where Kane had left off, showing her the play of muscles in Vasil’s body as he moved with his strange, uneven gait. The mental image soon focused on something she’d noticed only briefly in person — a small slit at his pelvis where his skin seemed to have parted slightly. She had a strong suspicion of what hid beneath that slit. The thought was at once horrifying and intriguing.

What did his cock look like? Pink and floppy, slimy and squirmy like an eel? She quickly shoved that thought out of her mind. Perhaps was it long, hard, and unyielding, the same gray as the rest of his skin? Would it be warm? Would it respond to her touch? Would it—

“Fuuuuuuck.” Theo pressed her fingers against her eyelids as though that could erase the mental images she’d produced.

She couldn’t tell over the sound of the nearby waves, not for sure, but she swore Kane was chuckling softly in her head.

“This is well beyond the intentions of my programming,” he said through the link,“but we can work this out, Theo. Why not make a list? Pros and Cons.”

“What are you talking about?” She dropped her hands and blinked as the dark spots swimming across her vision faded. “Pros and cons ofwhat, Kane?”

“You know. Reasons why you should and should not have alien tentacle sex.”

Theo gaped, eyes sweeping over the floor without focusing on anything.

“You’reserious?” She threw up her hands and rolled her eyes. “Of course you’re serious! Oh my God, I can’t believe you. He’s analien, Kane! It hasn’t even been two days, and he wants sex and a relationship with me. Aforeverrelationship, I might add.”

“If we are to take him at his word, his genetic makeup is quite human. Half-human, I believe you said. We’re both wrong to call him an alien.”

“Whose side are you on, anyway?” Theo asked. “So, what, am I supposed to jump his alien dick — whatever that looks like — and have his squiggly little babies? What about getting off this planet? Getting back to the fleet?”

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