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Authors: Evangeline Anderson
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fuckin’ idiot.
Leah
“Excuse me?” I looked up at him, not understanding.
The big alien was still standing in the doorway of the kitchen area, even though he’d motioned me in to have a seat at the tall, circular table in the center of the room. He looked uncomfortable, shifting from foot to foot but a determined look came over his face and he repeated himself.
“I said, would you let me heal you? Your face, I mean.” He made a motion to his own face with one hand, as though to illustrate his point.
“Um…sure, I guess,” I said, wondering if he had some special quick-healing alien medicine. If so, why he hadn’t offered up to that point? “But…how?”
“Well…” He shifted again and cleared his throat. “This might sound weird to you, but most males of the Twelve Sentient Peoples have evolved to be able to heal their mates, uh, orally.”
“What?” I still didn’t understand him. “I’m sorry, I don’t get it.”
He sighed and came to sit beside me.
“We have healing agents in our saliva and other bodily fluids,” he explained. “We’re able to heal our mate’s cuts and abrasions.”
“By licking them?” I asked blankly. “Is that what you’re trying to say? You want to lick my face?”
His expression went hard.
“Never mind. I know it must sound fuckin’ weird to you since your people can’t do it. Forget I offered.”
“No—wait.” He had started to get up but I put a hand out to stop him, my fingertips lightly brushing his muscular arm. Again I felt the strange, electrical tingle between us and wondered what it meant.
“Yeah?” He raised an eyebrow at me.
“Tell me more,” I said softly. “I mean, you said your people can heal their mates. But, um, you and I are definitely not mates. I mean, we just met. So how could you—?”
“You feel that tingle when we touch?” he asked, his deep voice slightly hoarse.
“I did. I was just wondering what it was.”
“It tells me two things.” Grav held up two long fingers. “One, that you’re a La-ti-zal— a female gifted with extraordinary powers by the Ancient Ones—like I already told you.”
“Right,” I said, though I didn’t feel especially gifted and thought he might be mistaken about that. “And what else does it, the uh, tingle, tell you?”
“That we’re sexually compatible.” Grav held up his hands in a don’t shoot gesture. “Which doesn’t mean I’m gonna try anything because I’m not. I’m not that kind of male.”
“I believe you,” I said quietly, and I did. For all his huge size and immense strength, I got the distinct feeling that he wouldn’t hurt me. “So then what…” I cleared my throat, feeling my cheeks get hot. “What does it mean that we’re, uh, sexually compatible?”
“Means my body would treat you as a potential mate and make healing compounds for you if you let me heal you,” he said gruffly. “That’s all.”
“So…you’re asking if you can heal me before you send me back to Earth?”
He nodded. “It’s true what I said in the fresher—that you’ll heal in time. But it’s gonna be a long and painful process. I can heal you almost immediately and painlessly. Plus, I don’t want that bastard to have the satisfaction of seeing what he did to you when we confront him.” His face grew dark and a low growl rose in his throat—clearly he was remembering the way Gerald had beaten me.
I took a moment to consider. Did I want to let this big alien get that close? Close enough to “heal” me?”
You’ve already been that close, a little voice in my brain reminded me. He held you naked in the sonic shower—remember?
Yes, but that had been different. Grav had been holding me because I would have fallen otherwise—and also because I was freaking out. He’d clearly just wanted to calm me down. Now with all this talk about us being “sexually compatible” the idea of getting close to him again, close enough to let him actually lick me seemed
Leah
“Excuse me?” I looked up at him, not understanding.
The big alien was still standing in the doorway of the kitchen area, even though he’d motioned me in to have a seat at the tall, circular table in the center of the room. He looked uncomfortable, shifting from foot to foot but a determined look came over his face and he repeated himself.
“I said, would you let me heal you? Your face, I mean.” He made a motion to his own face with one hand, as though to illustrate his point.
“Um…sure, I guess,” I said, wondering if he had some special quick-healing alien medicine. If so, why he hadn’t offered up to that point? “But…how?”
“Well…” He shifted again and cleared his throat. “This might sound weird to you, but most males of the Twelve Sentient Peoples have evolved to be able to heal their mates, uh, orally.”
“What?” I still didn’t understand him. “I’m sorry, I don’t get it.”
He sighed and came to sit beside me.
“We have healing agents in our saliva and other bodily fluids,” he explained. “We’re able to heal our mate’s cuts and abrasions.”
“By licking them?” I asked blankly. “Is that what you’re trying to say? You want to lick my face?”
His expression went hard.
“Never mind. I know it must sound fuckin’ weird to you since your people can’t do it. Forget I offered.”
“No—wait.” He had started to get up but I put a hand out to stop him, my fingertips lightly brushing his muscular arm. Again I felt the strange, electrical tingle between us and wondered what it meant.
“Yeah?” He raised an eyebrow at me.
“Tell me more,” I said softly. “I mean, you said your people can heal their mates. But, um, you and I are definitely not mates. I mean, we just met. So how could you—?”
“You feel that tingle when we touch?” he asked, his deep voice slightly hoarse.
“I did. I was just wondering what it was.”
“It tells me two things.” Grav held up two long fingers. “One, that you’re a La-ti-zal— a female gifted with extraordinary powers by the Ancient Ones—like I already told you.”
“Right,” I said, though I didn’t feel especially gifted and thought he might be mistaken about that. “And what else does it, the uh, tingle, tell you?”
“That we’re sexually compatible.” Grav held up his hands in a don’t shoot gesture. “Which doesn’t mean I’m gonna try anything because I’m not. I’m not that kind of male.”
“I believe you,” I said quietly, and I did. For all his huge size and immense strength, I got the distinct feeling that he wouldn’t hurt me. “So then what…” I cleared my throat, feeling my cheeks get hot. “What does it mean that we’re, uh, sexually compatible?”
“Means my body would treat you as a potential mate and make healing compounds for you if you let me heal you,” he said gruffly. “That’s all.”
“So…you’re asking if you can heal me before you send me back to Earth?”
He nodded. “It’s true what I said in the fresher—that you’ll heal in time. But it’s gonna be a long and painful process. I can heal you almost immediately and painlessly. Plus, I don’t want that bastard to have the satisfaction of seeing what he did to you when we confront him.” His face grew dark and a low growl rose in his throat—clearly he was remembering the way Gerald had beaten me.
I took a moment to consider. Did I want to let this big alien get that close? Close enough to “heal” me?”
You’ve already been that close, a little voice in my brain reminded me. He held you naked in the sonic shower—remember?
Yes, but that had been different. Grav had been holding me because I would have fallen otherwise—and also because I was freaking out. He’d clearly just wanted to calm me down. Now with all this talk about us being “sexually compatible” the idea of getting close to him again, close enough to let him actually lick me seemed
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