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of ass. I've never seen you like this.‛
    Had his brother just moved closer to him? Was he smelling him?
    "What the hell are you doing?"
    "I can't help it," his brother said, only half jokingly. "It's like Belusian
    cream. What’d she do? Bathe in the stuff?"
    Belusian cream was one of the rarest delicacies of their world. Many
    went mad trying to find more. It was one of the reasons it was so rare.
    Those who found pure deposits consumed as much as possible on sight.
    When his brother bent down and sniffed his hands, Barrick knew he
    was in trouble. He was going to have to introduce her to his crew before
    they tore his ship up looking for her. He might have one or two hotheads
    to deal with but having mixed blood had its advantages.
    He pushed his brother away from him as he jumped up from the
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    table. He rushed outside the dining area. He stalked down the corridor.
    This was a complication he could do without.
    As he passed two of his senior officers, he saw them stop and sniff
    the air. Shit. "Quarters," he said, pushing a button on the bracelet on his
    wrist.
    Seconds later he appeared in his bedroom. His mate slept in the
    center of his bed. Right where she belonged. He scanned the room. One of
    the cleaning bots was pushing some of the stained bed coverings to the
    cleaning shoot. No doubt she had wiped his essence off with the material
    as soon as he left.
    He walked around the bed. Her skin was so smooth. Her only fur
    was the long black strands covering her head and the curly ones on her sex.
    His penis went from half erect to fully erect. What the hell was it about this
    creature that did this to him? He was in control. Always. Until he met her.
    "Wake up," he said, rubbing up and down her arm. If he took her
    again quickly, he could spray her with his scent. That should be enough to
    keep his crew away from her. But with the price it cost to find her, he
    couldn't waste the possible money. He’d introduce her to them and make
    sure they knew she was off limits. Totally off limits.
    He shook her again. She moaned in her sleep and turned her head
    away from him. His penis bobbed up and down within the confining
    pants. This was going to be a short introduction. He could waste a few
    drops of his scent to make sure she cooperated. What would happen if he
    used more than a few drops?
    He leaned in close to her. ‚Are you ready to give me your name?‛
    She didn’t make a sound but rolled away from him.
    "Wake up," he said, bending down to her ear.
    "Ummmm." She purred and stretched out her arms and legs.
    A really short introduction. Hell, if he didn't wake her up soon they
    might be mating again before they left the room.
    He shook her a bit more forcefully. "Get up."
    She woke, shooting straight up in bed. "What? What? I'm up. I'm
    up."
    "I need to introduce you to my crew." He stepped over to a wall.
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    "Water room." The wall slid open to reveal a bathroom with a tub that
    looked more like a pool. "Tell me your name and you may wash yourself
    while I gather you a hanin."
    He watched her face light up even as she tried to scowl at him. Be
    mad at him. He knew how to take care of that. He would keep her so
    satisfied she wouldn't have time to do anything but purr her pleasure to
    him.
    ‚Alycia.‛
    He turned his back to hide his smile as she scrambled off the bed
    and ran into the watering room. Alycia. He liked it. It rolled off his tongue.
    It felt right.
    "Close." The door to the watering room slid shut, locking her in. He
    walked over to another wall. "Open," he commanded. The wall slid open.
    Row after row of his body conforming pants and soft shirts greeted him.
    He reached back behind his clothing and pulled out an even sheerer fabric.
    The fabric was so thin there was no doubt his crew would be able to see
    right through it. But if he clothed her in anything else they would all
    wonder why he hid her from them. That