Terran Times 18 - Emerald Envisage by Viola Grace Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Viola Grace
dual hearts had joined with his in her impossible need to have him survive. With a flourish, she turned and strode to the door. “Alert me the moment he regains consciousness.”
* * * *
A joint sigh of relief filled the room the instant the door slid shut behind her. “Well we all still have our heads. At least that’s a blessing.” Everyone silently agreed with the head physician and turned back to the task at hand—saving Captain Walker of the Milky Way.
* * * *
With slow, purposeful care, Adam opened his eyes. The light that filtered in through his lashes shot instant pain through his head. He had never felt so tired, so drained in his life. He felt as though he could sleep for a month and still need a nap.
A soft voice kept him from descending into that blissful world of dreams. At first, he wished the owner of that voice would just go away. Slowly the voice became more than simply a nuisance—it came together and formed actual words.
“Open your eyes, Adam. Let me see that you are still with me. Let me know that there has been no permanent damage. Please, Adam look at me, the lights have been turned down.”
Zandria came into focus where she bent over him. Without looking around, he knew that he was no longer in her bedchamber. Somehow, he had returned to his own room, his own bed. He felt the lacertilian suit about his body.
“I am so sorry.”
Her tearful apology brought it all back to him in a violent flash. He again felt the multitude of tiny piercing points. He felt the hot stickiness of his blood as it left his body to cover hers. He also remembered the intensity of the universe’s most extraordinary orgasm. At this memory, he felt the added weight in his groin as the lacertilian cocks filled with subtle need. “Don’t cry, Zandria. I am the one who should apologize. I don’t make a habit of passing out when I make love to a beautiful woman.”
Gentle fingers interlaced with his as his eyes drifted shut again. “Is that what you remember? Perhaps that is for the best.”
* * * *
The head physician stood at her side and watched the craft diminish into the vastness of the universe before he turned to watch his queen’s profile. “I have never seen you shed a tear at the leaving of any other mate. Why do you mourn this one’s departure so deeply?”
“Because he held back and yet gave everything at the same time. Because he came to me openly and honestly. Because he touched me in a way no male ever has before. Because our hearts joined for one glorious moment in time. He didn’t just take supplies with him. He took a part of me as well. He was the last, Doctor. If it doesn’t work this time any better than it has in the past, then this is truly the end.”
He saw her determination when she turned to look at him. For longer than anyone could remember, Zandria had been mating with every specie they could get their hands on. Her valiant battle to save her kind had been waged in the bedchamber for centuries. Perhaps she had grown too weary to carry on. This could very well be the end of their time or this could be the time to choose a new, younger queen. Surely, somewhere there was a fertile female in their midst. With a heavy sigh, he turned from her. “I’ll be in the nursery, tending to the eggs. I will send word the moment it is clear whether or not they will be able to survive outside our pseudo atmosphere.”
A LIVING FOREST
Paula Calloway
Her smile pleased, Lysette inhaled the crisp autumn fragrance. A series of yelps and howls drew the ten year old to sprint in the direction of the sound until she slid to a halt and stared, her mouth open. A small gray wolf lay on the ground. Tiny, distressed whines filled the air as he struggled to stand up, but kept falling back down. She could see his foreleg was twisted and misshapen, the bone obviously broken. She inched closer trying to get a better look, but a sharp bark on her
* * * *
A joint sigh of relief filled the room the instant the door slid shut behind her. “Well we all still have our heads. At least that’s a blessing.” Everyone silently agreed with the head physician and turned back to the task at hand—saving Captain Walker of the Milky Way.
* * * *
With slow, purposeful care, Adam opened his eyes. The light that filtered in through his lashes shot instant pain through his head. He had never felt so tired, so drained in his life. He felt as though he could sleep for a month and still need a nap.
A soft voice kept him from descending into that blissful world of dreams. At first, he wished the owner of that voice would just go away. Slowly the voice became more than simply a nuisance—it came together and formed actual words.
“Open your eyes, Adam. Let me see that you are still with me. Let me know that there has been no permanent damage. Please, Adam look at me, the lights have been turned down.”
Zandria came into focus where she bent over him. Without looking around, he knew that he was no longer in her bedchamber. Somehow, he had returned to his own room, his own bed. He felt the lacertilian suit about his body.
“I am so sorry.”
Her tearful apology brought it all back to him in a violent flash. He again felt the multitude of tiny piercing points. He felt the hot stickiness of his blood as it left his body to cover hers. He also remembered the intensity of the universe’s most extraordinary orgasm. At this memory, he felt the added weight in his groin as the lacertilian cocks filled with subtle need. “Don’t cry, Zandria. I am the one who should apologize. I don’t make a habit of passing out when I make love to a beautiful woman.”
Gentle fingers interlaced with his as his eyes drifted shut again. “Is that what you remember? Perhaps that is for the best.”
* * * *
The head physician stood at her side and watched the craft diminish into the vastness of the universe before he turned to watch his queen’s profile. “I have never seen you shed a tear at the leaving of any other mate. Why do you mourn this one’s departure so deeply?”
“Because he held back and yet gave everything at the same time. Because he came to me openly and honestly. Because he touched me in a way no male ever has before. Because our hearts joined for one glorious moment in time. He didn’t just take supplies with him. He took a part of me as well. He was the last, Doctor. If it doesn’t work this time any better than it has in the past, then this is truly the end.”
He saw her determination when she turned to look at him. For longer than anyone could remember, Zandria had been mating with every specie they could get their hands on. Her valiant battle to save her kind had been waged in the bedchamber for centuries. Perhaps she had grown too weary to carry on. This could very well be the end of their time or this could be the time to choose a new, younger queen. Surely, somewhere there was a fertile female in their midst. With a heavy sigh, he turned from her. “I’ll be in the nursery, tending to the eggs. I will send word the moment it is clear whether or not they will be able to survive outside our pseudo atmosphere.”
A LIVING FOREST
Paula Calloway
Her smile pleased, Lysette inhaled the crisp autumn fragrance. A series of yelps and howls drew the ten year old to sprint in the direction of the sound until she slid to a halt and stared, her mouth open. A small gray wolf lay on the ground. Tiny, distressed whines filled the air as he struggled to stand up, but kept falling back down. She could see his foreleg was twisted and misshapen, the bone obviously broken. She inched closer trying to get a better look, but a sharp bark on her
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