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"You did not..." Pheyal tensed as he gripped the dash of the control room panel to steady himself.
"I did not," I confirmed. "But she knew not all my scars were honorable, and she still wished to know more about our species. She still gave her consent. She displayed her tongue to me a third time..."
My heart raced at the memory—though I could not see her tongue, I could hear the way her mouth parted, and the little moan her throat made as she pushed her tongue before it licked across her lips.
"But the sap?" Vaquel was intrigued by this contrary statement.
"You could not see this," Pheyal agreed.
"I expressed that displaying her tongue would give me permission to show her what I could do with mine," I explained, and a shiver worked its way up my spine, tingling at my shoulder from the memory of her tongue caressing the very spot I wished for a mate mark. "She licked my neck."
"Near the shoulder?" Pheyal questioned, his eyes darting to the spot all unGor saved for their mate. It was the one spot where even if we had a scar there, we would insist a healer would take care to reduce scarring, or even risk nanomeds to protect.
With a sad smile, I admitted why I was so set on my mate. "She asked me what forever would be. She asked me what I would give her."
"What did you say?" It was Pheyal who whispered like he didn't want the universe to take back what it offered AsunGor when it brought our mate to me.
"I promised everything."
And I meant it.
Chapter thirteen
Evie
It was entertaining living through Violet's romance vicariously. Watching the way she gravitated towards him, and even the way Mier-Lo reacted because of it. I wasn't sure why, but even after she had harmed Violet's hand, I should havebeen furious with her, but I couldn't bring myself to stay angry with her. Based on what I could observe, it wasn't a competition at all, and Mier-Lo held too much honor to accept a mate that didn't choose her first.
Not that I haven't called her a bitch in solidarity under the soundproof walls of my shared room with Violet.
I could respect Mier-Lo and choose to side with Violet, whatever her decision would be, but things changed when I heard the medic Ul-Ro say that Violet didn't stand down to Mier-Lo's challenge.
"You what?" I choked out, but no one chose to hear me. I stared at Violet, stunned, as she stood before me, yet again naked from her clothes being shredded to bits. She did have a cloak on from the medic, but she tossed it back at him, not wanting to owe him anything, or give him more reason to think she approved of his interest in her. I could tell by the way he gazed longingly at her that he was interested in her.
It didn't hurt that he was direct and also stated point blank that he wished to make her his mate, and not simply rut with her.
Violet had challenged Mier-Lo and didn't die... I whimpered at the knowledge that she could have, and it would have meant I was wrong about Mier-Lo's honor, or being deserving of my respect. It felt like such a stab to my trust, because she had been kind to me on multiple occasions when Violet was distracted with Commander Roe-el.
I wanted to fling my arms around Violet's shoulders to make sure she was real and in-tact.
Then Ul-Ro said, "There seems to be a vessel seeking to board our ship. You both should stay safe in your room until they leave. Some species are not as honorable as necia warriors. They are often associated with outlaws, capable of using those connections to avoid being accountable for stealing you to theirplanet, where their laws can protect them. I must return to the medbay in case of an emergency," he quickly added the last part as he rushed to leave, but not before turning to make sure we entered the room. "Do not leave your room," he warned again.
I shut the door and pressed the lock button immediately, taking the warning seriously. As soon as the metal was securely in place, I took a relieved breath before turning on Violet.
"You had a claiming ceremony?"
"If you mean we fucked, then yes."
I blushed and tried to not be upset that she didn't have time to tell me it was getting that serious with the commander. "How was it?"
"It was everything," she explained in delicious detail about how she felt seen until Meir-Lo tried to interrupt them.
Everything... I thought with jealousy. I'd heard that word before, and it was hard to hear anything past it as I watched Violet smile with such pure joy.
I forced myself to return to the present.
"And it didn't hurt?" I couldn't let my feelings get in the way of supporting her in her excitement. She jolted upright on the bed with a squeal.
"I came multiple times," she said with a moan. "I was building on another before I found out he was going to do more than cum... he was going to give me his mating seed."
