your burdens with me, Chevon.”
“Later, in private, little mate. But I will say this. My
parents can’t stand the fact I am more influential than they will ever be, and
I did it all without them, and without trying.”
She leaned in to press her lips
to his cheek. “As long as your life is yours, that’s all that matters. And as long as you are happy with me,” she
said with a laugh.
“I’ve fully accepted you,
little mate. All you are, and with every quirk you may have. All I need in my life is
my soul-bonded mate and my cousin. That is family enough for me. At least, until there are children that will come of one of the two unions. Then
our family will grow and be truly amazing.”
“Agreed.” She leaned in and brushed her cheek to his once
more before she pulled back so that they could settle in. “I can’t wait to see
what a child we would create together would look like.”
“It will be a perfect blend, I ’ m sure. The Great Spirits would not dare to disappoint after
all they have put us both through to get us to this point.” Lifting his cup, he
tipped it her way before taking a sip.
She smiled, then began eating
slowly, fully aware that there were more than a few people watching them. She
hated the fact that there were still people watching them, but at least it wasn’t as bad as it could
be if they were on Chevon’s ship. Being as they were on Petr’s ship, they were
able to be free to touch and not worry about others carrying tales around. “I’m
happy that we are at least able to be out with this crew and not worried about
it.”
“Petr’s own mate is something
of an unusual occurrence. The crew is naturally curious about us, but they will not make a fuss.
You also need to remember that his sister is mated to a Craegin male. For most
here this is the usual turn of events, and they are just checking out the new
person.”
“I’m glad.” She knew she was lucky that Chevon had someone
like Petr on his side. “She is quite unusual, isn’t she?” Her meeting with
Samantha had been brief, but she did like the woman. “Now, no more chatting,
more eating so that we can go and do something fun.”
He gave a soft snort and shook his head. “I would like to
point out for the record that I was eating. Then my lovely little mate made a
comment that required an answer.” He lifted up his eating utensil and slid more
food into his mouth with a smug expression.
She moved so that she could
bump her shoulder to his, then continued to eat. When they were both finished
eating, she said, “What can we do next? I would like to explore the ship, if
that’s okay?”
Chevon nodded. “If Petr needs us it will not take much to
find us. Do you know where you ’ d like to go?” he asked. Standing, he gathered up all their
dishes, then took everything to the containers outside the kitchen.
“I’d like to check out their hydroponics bay so that we can
maybe walk around barefoot in the grasses? I think it would be fun to simply
spend a day where nothing is planned, where we just do whatever comes first to
us.”
“Whatever you want, little
mate.” Hooking his arm through hers, Chevon led her out into the corridor and toward the lift. “We’ll do the
hydroponics bay first and go from there. You can walk around in the grasses to
your heart’s content.”
“Only if you ’ re walking around barefoot with me. Time to loosen up just a
small bit, my sweet man. Time for us to just be a couple and enjoy life
together.”
“You know I can’t deny you
anything,” he said. In the lift, he nodded to a couple crew members who shot her a look and even gave her smiles
before wiping them away in the presence of a commanding officer.
“Admit it, you have a good time with me, don’t you?” she
asked with a grin. She was leaning into Chevon, noticing that he placed himself
between her and the men. She wondered if he realized that he did that to
protect her.
“I always do, Laura.” The crew members
“Later, in private, little mate. But I will say this. My
parents can’t stand the fact I am more influential than they will ever be, and
I did it all without them, and without trying.”
She leaned in to press her lips
to his cheek. “As long as your life is yours, that’s all that matters. And as long as you are happy with me,” she
said with a laugh.
“I’ve fully accepted you,
little mate. All you are, and with every quirk you may have. All I need in my life is
my soul-bonded mate and my cousin. That is family enough for me. At least, until there are children that will come of one of the two unions. Then
our family will grow and be truly amazing.”
“Agreed.” She leaned in and brushed her cheek to his once
more before she pulled back so that they could settle in. “I can’t wait to see
what a child we would create together would look like.”
“It will be a perfect blend, I ’ m sure. The Great Spirits would not dare to disappoint after
all they have put us both through to get us to this point.” Lifting his cup, he
tipped it her way before taking a sip.
She smiled, then began eating
slowly, fully aware that there were more than a few people watching them. She
hated the fact that there were still people watching them, but at least it wasn’t as bad as it could
be if they were on Chevon’s ship. Being as they were on Petr’s ship, they were
able to be free to touch and not worry about others carrying tales around. “I’m
happy that we are at least able to be out with this crew and not worried about
it.”
“Petr’s own mate is something
of an unusual occurrence. The crew is naturally curious about us, but they will not make a fuss.
You also need to remember that his sister is mated to a Craegin male. For most
here this is the usual turn of events, and they are just checking out the new
person.”
“I’m glad.” She knew she was lucky that Chevon had someone
like Petr on his side. “She is quite unusual, isn’t she?” Her meeting with
Samantha had been brief, but she did like the woman. “Now, no more chatting,
more eating so that we can go and do something fun.”
He gave a soft snort and shook his head. “I would like to
point out for the record that I was eating. Then my lovely little mate made a
comment that required an answer.” He lifted up his eating utensil and slid more
food into his mouth with a smug expression.
She moved so that she could
bump her shoulder to his, then continued to eat. When they were both finished
eating, she said, “What can we do next? I would like to explore the ship, if
that’s okay?”
Chevon nodded. “If Petr needs us it will not take much to
find us. Do you know where you ’ d like to go?” he asked. Standing, he gathered up all their
dishes, then took everything to the containers outside the kitchen.
“I’d like to check out their hydroponics bay so that we can
maybe walk around barefoot in the grasses? I think it would be fun to simply
spend a day where nothing is planned, where we just do whatever comes first to
us.”
“Whatever you want, little
mate.” Hooking his arm through hers, Chevon led her out into the corridor and toward the lift. “We’ll do the
hydroponics bay first and go from there. You can walk around in the grasses to
your heart’s content.”
“Only if you ’ re walking around barefoot with me. Time to loosen up just a
small bit, my sweet man. Time for us to just be a couple and enjoy life
together.”
“You know I can’t deny you
anything,” he said. In the lift, he nodded to a couple crew members who shot her a look and even gave her smiles
before wiping them away in the presence of a commanding officer.
“Admit it, you have a good time with me, don’t you?” she
asked with a grin. She was leaning into Chevon, noticing that he placed himself
between her and the men. She wondered if he realized that he did that to
protect her.
“I always do, Laura.” The crew members
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