didn’t know how to tell him that without hurting his feelings again. Everything seemed so confusing at the moment. She wanted to make a life with Merenith, but her body desired this man.
Lighting candles around the room, he spoke telepathically. Jahara, there’s a bond between us. I think I can use that to connect us and pull you with me into another place away from here and away from the damn cameras. There, we can talk openly.
She looked up at the blinking red light attached to the watchful eye mounted in the corner of the bedroom, letting him know she understood. “Join me on the bed, Brenimyn.” The observers had to believe she controlled their joining.
Sitting cross-legged, they faced each other. He took her hands in his and she stared into the icy blue depths of his eyes, relaxing her body, setting her mind free. Soon, she was freefalling, but for once, she wasn’t alone in her meditation. The room fell away and they were on the bed in a meadow. She looked around, not really believing she had done this with another person. But they were there—together. The wind caressed her cheek and she heard the plaintive cry of a hawk in the distance.
“Brenimyn?”
“We did it.” His lips, didn’t move, but she heard his voice in her ears.
“Is this real?” Her thoughts telegraphed into the air.
“For us it is.” His hand caressed her cheek.
“What do the cameras see?”
“I’ve never done this before, but I suspect they see our bodies in motion. Connected like this, we can hear each other’s thoughts. Feel free to speak your mind, Jahara.”
“Brenimyn, I think I owe you an apology. This whole thing is so confusing and obviously I did something that offended you.”
“No, Jahara. I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did. It’s just that …” He paused, searching her face. “There’s so much more here than you realize. I’ve been looking for you for so long and now you’re here with me in the flesh. I should have been more patient. You’ve only just arrived. I shouldn’t have expected you to know me. I’m sorry.” His hands cupped her cheeks, his thumbs tracing her cheekbones. “Suffice it to say, we have a future together.”
“Our future will be no longer than it takes for me to birth two children. There can be nothing between us but the physical, Brenimyn. I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed if you want more.”
“Please, just open your mind and let go of all you’ve come to believe before you met me. I’m asking you to trust in me and what I’m saying. Just be with me. Let me have all of you, not just your body but your mind and spirit as well. Open your heart to the possibility of loving me. I know what I ask.”
Understanding finally crystallized. He wanted to be more than her breeding partner. He wanted to be her lover. It had never occurred to her that men might desire the same type of relationships as women.
“Brenimyn, I told you, my heart is already taken. I’ve promised myself to a woman named Merenith.” Jahara wasn’t sure if it’s what Merenith wanted, but she wanted nothing more than to find the one love who would complete her and fill the emptiness. If she believed hard enough, perhaps Merenith would be that person. “All I know is that physically being with you is pleasurable. It also fulfills my obligation to procreate. Right here, right now, there’s nothing more I can give you but my body.”
“Then for now that will have to be enough.”
He leaned forward, his hands fisting in her hair, his mouth possessing hers, making her want. Brenimyn laid her back on the pillows, trailing kisses about her face. She gasped, trying to replenish the air rapidly spilling from her lungs.
His tongue flicked along the shell of her ear and he whispered, “Jahara, I have never wanted to be with a woman the way I ache to be with you.”
Though he didn’t say it, she knew there were unspoken words of love hanging in the air between them. She hadn’t
Lighting candles around the room, he spoke telepathically. Jahara, there’s a bond between us. I think I can use that to connect us and pull you with me into another place away from here and away from the damn cameras. There, we can talk openly.
She looked up at the blinking red light attached to the watchful eye mounted in the corner of the bedroom, letting him know she understood. “Join me on the bed, Brenimyn.” The observers had to believe she controlled their joining.
Sitting cross-legged, they faced each other. He took her hands in his and she stared into the icy blue depths of his eyes, relaxing her body, setting her mind free. Soon, she was freefalling, but for once, she wasn’t alone in her meditation. The room fell away and they were on the bed in a meadow. She looked around, not really believing she had done this with another person. But they were there—together. The wind caressed her cheek and she heard the plaintive cry of a hawk in the distance.
“Brenimyn?”
“We did it.” His lips, didn’t move, but she heard his voice in her ears.
“Is this real?” Her thoughts telegraphed into the air.
“For us it is.” His hand caressed her cheek.
“What do the cameras see?”
“I’ve never done this before, but I suspect they see our bodies in motion. Connected like this, we can hear each other’s thoughts. Feel free to speak your mind, Jahara.”
“Brenimyn, I think I owe you an apology. This whole thing is so confusing and obviously I did something that offended you.”
“No, Jahara. I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did. It’s just that …” He paused, searching her face. “There’s so much more here than you realize. I’ve been looking for you for so long and now you’re here with me in the flesh. I should have been more patient. You’ve only just arrived. I shouldn’t have expected you to know me. I’m sorry.” His hands cupped her cheeks, his thumbs tracing her cheekbones. “Suffice it to say, we have a future together.”
“Our future will be no longer than it takes for me to birth two children. There can be nothing between us but the physical, Brenimyn. I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed if you want more.”
“Please, just open your mind and let go of all you’ve come to believe before you met me. I’m asking you to trust in me and what I’m saying. Just be with me. Let me have all of you, not just your body but your mind and spirit as well. Open your heart to the possibility of loving me. I know what I ask.”
Understanding finally crystallized. He wanted to be more than her breeding partner. He wanted to be her lover. It had never occurred to her that men might desire the same type of relationships as women.
“Brenimyn, I told you, my heart is already taken. I’ve promised myself to a woman named Merenith.” Jahara wasn’t sure if it’s what Merenith wanted, but she wanted nothing more than to find the one love who would complete her and fill the emptiness. If she believed hard enough, perhaps Merenith would be that person. “All I know is that physically being with you is pleasurable. It also fulfills my obligation to procreate. Right here, right now, there’s nothing more I can give you but my body.”
“Then for now that will have to be enough.”
He leaned forward, his hands fisting in her hair, his mouth possessing hers, making her want. Brenimyn laid her back on the pillows, trailing kisses about her face. She gasped, trying to replenish the air rapidly spilling from her lungs.
His tongue flicked along the shell of her ear and he whispered, “Jahara, I have never wanted to be with a woman the way I ache to be with you.”
Though he didn’t say it, she knew there were unspoken words of love hanging in the air between them. She hadn’t
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