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him a mere inches away from her and she squirmed uncomfortably. Her dream alien

smelled of spice and clove and the promise of sex. And just looking at him made her all hot and bothered.

She felt liquid begin to pool between her thighs and pressed them together. Andros

took a deep breath, and as she gazed up to his face, his heated expression made her

think he could tell that she was aroused.

Her gaze traveled to the other men, who were still staring at her eagerly. They too

sported obvious hard-ons beneath their loincloths.
What a very interesting dream.

She wasn’t the kind of girl who took on multiple sexual partners in real life. Or any partners lately, to be honest. So she was surprised at how turned on she was at the

thought of these three men and what sort of pleasure they could bring her.

“I would like to introduce you to my pod,” Andros said. “I am called Andros. I am

the leader of the pod. Leikos is my second-in-command. Zafron is to your left; he is our third, and the ship’s mechanic.”

Besides their eye color, Natalie could make out some subtle differences in the men.

Andros was the broadest and most muscular-looking, Leikos had a barely noticeable

cleft in his chin and Zafron was the tallest by several inches.

“As you have already surmised, we are not from around here,” Andros said.

Natalie snorted. “No kidding.”

Andros smiled before continuing in a soft tone. “Natalie, we—“

“Wait. How do you know my name?”

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“We know everything about you.” When she shot him a disbelieving look, he

continued, “We observed you briefly before approaching you. I know you are a woman

of above-average intelligence. Therefore I know that you would prefer to hear it from me straight, as you Earth dwellers say. We are from a planet called Spygia. It is quite a distance from your planet, a journey of several weeks even with our advanced mode of

interplanetary transportation.”

“Okay, sure.” This was rich. Her imagination was apparently running wild on her

today. “Tell me, do all the men on your planet ooze raw sex?”

Andros exchanged a brief, confused glance with Leikos. “You believe we look like

sexual intercourse?”

“Never mind,” she muttered. “Any particular reason why you’re here? And what

do you want with me?”

Again Andros exchanged looks with his men before responding. “Spygia has some

similarities to your Earth, but there are also notable differences. One being that there are no native females left on our planet.”

“Ah, of course,” Natalie replied with a smirk. There, her dream alien was getting

down to it. This was a sex dream after all. One where she happened to come across a

ship full of impossibly handsome aliens, with what were unmistakably large, bulging

erections, who had no women and were thus more than anxious to get it on. She felt

moisture pooling between her thighs once more.
I could really get into this kind of dream, I
think.

Andros’ lower lip caught between his teeth as he let out a soft groan, his gaze

shooting briefly down between her thighs. He appeared to be uncomfortable, but he

continued speaking. “There was an epidemic many years ago that disproportionately

affected our Spygian women. One by one they all died off. Unfortunately, it was not all that difficult for this to happen, since Spygia has never had an abundance of women.”

“So now you’re all here looking for some human women, right?” Natalie laughed.

Her imagination was exceeding normal creativity levels today.

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Andros hesitated for a brief moment. “Actually, that is another difference between

Earth dwellers and Spygians. We do not need women to satisfy us. Rather, we are

looking for a woman.” He glanced briefly at Leikos before continuing. “Each pod of

Spygian men will mate with the same woman. We are searching for that woman.”

Aha, here it was. “And you think
I’m
the woman? You all want to mate with
me
?”

She moved her gaze from Andros to each of the other men, who stared at her hungrily

and hopefully, silently answering her question with their heated gazes. “So this is a sex dream after all.”

Zafron gave a surprised but pleased-sounding laugh, and Andros replied in an

amused tone, “Is this akin to one of your normal sex dreams?”

“Hmm…well, not quite, but I must admit I’m intrigued.”

He simply looked at her for one moment, as if he was considering her response,

then gave her a satisfied smile. Standing up, he adjusted his heavy arousal through his loincloth. “Come, female. Let me show you our ship.”

Natalie’s mouth fell open as she stared up at Andros in surprised silence.
It’s a sex
dream, right? I thought you were going to jump my bones.

A little warning bell started to go off in her head, but she ignored it.

A sex dream but no sex yet. This was getting weird.

Standing up, she followed Andros, hearing soft hisses from the men behind her.

Glancing back, she saw that they were indeed ogling her ass, as she’d suspected. Okay, that part was in line with a sex dream, but the rest…

She brought her troubled gaze back to Andros, who’d reached the doorway and

was standing there, waiting for her.

The rest was definitely strange.

* * * * *

“Our ship is small, but you will find that it contains everything you will need.”

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Andros walked by Natalie’s side down the passageway, his hands clasped behind

his back. He didn’t particularly care for her to see how shaky his lust for her was

making them.
By severn, she smells exquisite.

He was trying to deal with her carefully, since he’d read that Earth women could

tend to be skittish. Especially when introduced to Spygian males and their culture. He did not want to frighten her away. And if she knew what he was thinking right now,

she would probably be very afraid.

It was all he could do to not shove her up against the wall, tear open the zipper of

her slacks and thrust one finger deep inside her luscious warmth. Even now her

arousing scent was driving him insane. What he wouldn’t give to sample the delicious

taste of her on his finger. Better yet, directly on his tongue. And the tempting female seemed to have no clue just how arousing she was.

Once we are mated, my female, I will pay you back for this exquisite torture you are forcing
me to suffer. I’ll bury my tongue deep inside your delectable heat and fuck you until you are
senseless with the pleasure of it all. As will each of my men.

“Did you actually take the furniture from my bedroom?” she asked, cocking her

head toward the door of her chamber as they passed by it.

Yes, she was completely clueless as to what he was thinking. What they would

require of her. He smiled wolfishly at the thought, unable to help himself. But when she looked taken aback, he tempered his smile so that it was less threatening. “We did not.

We simply recreated it.”

She looked impressed. “You can do that?”

Andros shrugged. “It’s a simple thing for us.” They passed another set of doors,

and he nodded his head toward it. “This is my chamber, female. You are, of course,

welcome there at any time you so desire.”

She shot him an amused look.

They rounded the corridor and he pointed out each of his men’s rooms as they

passed them. “Behind that door is a library. And the far set of doors leads to a

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greenhouse of sorts. We go there occasionally to take a respite from the starkness of the remainder of the ship. I believe you will quite like it there. You should feel free to explore it at will. However, for now, this door directly in front of us contains the dining hall. Are you hungry, Natalie?”

She rubbed her stomach, a considering expression on her face. “Yes. I’d forgotten.”

He nodded. “Come.” The door to the dining hall opened as they approached,

revealing a room that contained nothing other than a long, narrow table and a large

window that afforded an expansive view of the stars. The view never failed to catch his attention.

What an exquisite sight it was, looking out into space. Almost as beautiful as gazing out onto his planet. Though not nearly as exquisite as this enchanting creature before him.

“Whoa,” Natalie exclaimed, walking over to the window and staring out of it. “This

is crazy.”

“It is quite extraordinary,” he agreed, moving to stand by her side but keeping a

little distance between them. He still didn’t trust himself not to fall upon her, and his cock was not helping the matter. He feared, now that they had found her, that the

erection would remain until he had thoroughly fucked her. Perhaps it would require

several matings, in fact.

She placed her hand to her stomach again, in an unconscious gesture of

vulnerability. “This is so vivid. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m dreaming after all,” she said hesitantly.

The lost look on her face aroused his sympathy. He could not imagine being in her

position. She had discovered much today that had previously been unknown to her.

Placing his hand on her back, he rubbed it lightly, resisting his primal urge to claim her immediately. “It is not a dream, though you may continue to delude yourself for

now, if it so eases your mind.”

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She looked out at the window for several long minutes before responding, “Maybe

it’s real, or maybe I’m crazy. I think I’ll reserve my judgment for a little while longer.”

Turning, she threw him a cheeky grin. “Now, about that food…”

“Yes,” he replied with an answering grin, as he turned and led her to the table,

pulling out a chair for her to sit.

She looked around expectantly. “Well, where is it?” Her face adopted an

uncomfortable expression. “It’s not going to be anything weird, is it?”

Laughing, he asked, “What would you like to eat?”

“I can have anything I want?” she asked in a dubious tone.

“Certainly.”

“Okay, how about a veggie pizza?”

“As you wish.” He strode over to the materializer located on one end of the room

and pressed the activation button. “Veggie pizza,” he barked into it, and was pleased to hear her loud gasp when the box opened to reveal what she had requested. Grinning,

he retrieved the unfamiliar food item and set it in front of her. It looked rather good, actually.

“How did you do that?”

“I did nothing.” He shot her a cheeky grin. “It was the materializer. A device that

assembles items from stored organic materials.”

Natalie shot him a look. “Huh?”

“It creates whatever food or drink you desire.”

“Holy shit!” Her face took on an expression of pure delight as she grabbed a slice of pizza and took a careful, appraising bite. “It’s delicious.”

“I am happy you are pleased. What would you care to drink?”

She looked equally surprised when the glass of wine she requested materialized as

well. “I could definitely get used to this.”

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He simply smiled as he brought her the wine, then sat at the table to watch her eat

and drink. It was beyond enjoyable to watch his female delight in the comforts to be

found on his ship.

Her new home. If she so chose.

She quickly drank down her glass of wine, requesting a second.

“I’ve much to tell you about the Spygian people, but is there anything in particular

you would care to know first?”

Her face reddened a bit as she pondered his question. Casting her gaze down, she

said, “So, if this isn’t a dream, you’re telling me that you want me to sleep with you and your men, right?”

“We want you to be our mate. Sex is part of this, yes.”

She took a breath. “Listen, I pride myself on being honest, so I’ll be straight with

you. I’m not saying your proposition doesn’t turn me on. You guys are all really hot.

But I’m not too excited about the prospect of being used just for sex.”

He could tell from her delicious scent that she was, as she said, turned on. But

underneath that, she was frightened as well. “Used? I do not understand.”

What sort of men were on this Earth, that she worried about being used? She

should know that she would be worshiped by him and his men, would be treated like

the queen she so obviously was.

“Natalie, I do not know what Earth men are like, but Spygians cherish and adore

their mates. If you chose to be mated with us, you would be treated with the respect

and admiration you deserve.”

She did not respond, but he saw a flicker in her eyes that he interpreted as interest, and so he continued. “I am telling you that we believe you are our mate. If you are, and if you so choose, we will become bonded for life. But that will require that you leave Earth and return with us to Spygia.”

Her face became alarmed. “You want me to leave Earth?”

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Holding back a sigh, Andros replied, “Yes, I’m afraid that would be necessary. We

must return home as quickly as we are able to, once we have found our mate.”

She started to shake her head. “I…I don’t know.”

He had been afraid she would balk at this. But he had done his research. “Natalie,

all of your relatives are deceased, are they not?” She nodded hesitantly. “I have seen the small apartment you live in. You have no other living being to keep you company. Not

even a plant. So I ask you, what is there on Earth for you? What is so important, that would be worth staying for?”