Page 24 of Her Alien Captain
“Zeke, I was resisting just as much as you,” Jenna soothed. “It wasn’t your race that bothered me it was probably the culmination of everything starting with the kidnapping and the fear of the unknown. Our lives were forever changed by the mating pheromones. My life on Earth kind of sucked. I thought sex was something to be endured---but with you, it is pure joy. Being with you, loving you, and having you love me back is just so awesome.”
“It is,” he said softly and leaned in to kiss her tenderly on the mouth. “My resistance was never about you because I was and am totally attracted. I was out in space living my dream, and I thought mating would change all that. Nobody resists the meomee pheromones.”
“Because resistance is futile?” Jenna laughed at her inside joke.
“It sure is!” Zeke frowned. “Why is that funny?”
“It’s a line from an old sci-fi show, I used to watch as a kid,” she smiled at him. “This whole situation is out of sci-fi to me. I just hope there aren’t any races out here like the Borg that go around assimilating other races.”
“The Drayids are the closest thing to that, but they don’t assimilate, they subjugate. Humanoids like us are like the cattle you raise for food on Earth. That’s why slavery doesn’t bother them. They consider us lower life forms to be preyed upon.”
“That’s why the Alliance is so careful not to piss them off.”
“Essentially,” Zeke confirmed. “If there is war, they will be the ones to make the first move.”
“What if they come to attack Earth?”
“The Alliance will protect Earth,” he assured her. “It has been under our protection for hundreds of years.”
