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swore her heart stopped for a moment. He was literally one of the most beautiful men she had ever laid eyes on.
    “Yes, that’s me…” Tannen answered, rolling his eyes at the other man.
    He was interrupted by Kal’s loud sigh. “Don’t fret, love. I accept that you and Conn are terrified that my beauty will inspire others to lure me away. But luckily for you both, you’re so talented between the sheets that I could never live without you.”
    Kal punctuated his statement with a wink at Ali that had her laughing along with him and Tannen groaning in embarrassment.
    “So … you all three are together?” she asked, when her curiosity finally got the better of her.
    “We are bond mates, yes,” Tannen answered as he stood and placed her back on the bed. “Does that bother you?”
    “No, of course not,” she answered honestly.
    Did that bother her? Certainly not in any way she was sure he meant by the question. The thought of all three of these handsome aliens naked and doing dirty things did have her heart rate increasing. But damn, why did all of the hottest men turn out to be gay? There went all the fantasies she’d been having for the last half hour sitting in Tannen’s lap. When she woke up with Conn’s strong body wrapped around her, it was difficult to not let her hands wander while his delicious scent teased her nose. While Tannen smelled like warm sandalwood, the strong Captain had more of a fresh outdoors scent that she couldn’t seem to get enough of, and she wondered absently what Kal’s scent would remind her of.
     

Chapter Seven
     
    “Time for another nap I think, love. I can see your concentration is drifting,” Kal said as he came forward and plucked her off of the medical bed and held her in his arms.
    “Oh. Sorry, I don’t know why I’m so tired,” she answered with a yawn and another adorable blush.
    “Your body is learning to adjust to this new need for contact we discussed, Alison,” Tannen said as he followed them to the door. “Kal is going to take you to our quarters so you can both stretch out on a normal size bed and get a proper rest. Just remember what we talked about. You should be fine as long as you’re with one of us, but if anything feels odd, come and find me.”
    “Okay.” She nodded towards the doctor. “Thank you, Tannen.”
    Alison was content to lie cradled in Kal’s arms as he carried her down the hall to the alien's bedroom. When he opened the door, she was surprised at how large it was, like a small apartment.
    “Wow, this place is huge. I have to admit I assumed that rooms on a spaceship would be tiny and only have like a bed and a chair or something,” she said as he walked into the bedroom, which had an enormous low bed in the middle of the room that was calling to her.
    “This ship is designed for a crew of bonded mates, so there is no need for more than a couple of living quarters. We were lucky enough to get assigned to a new ship when we first earned our trade commission. We’ve had the Noma for almost a decade now,” he answered as he pulled back the bedding and laid her down.
    The mattress and pillows seemed to be some kind of memory gel, and Alison almost groaned from the pleasure when she sank into it. When she looked back up at Kal, he was pulling his shirt over his head to reveal the most beautiful, muscular chest she’d ever seen, and she had to swallow another groan of appreciation.
    Good grief. He looked like molten metal, his silver skin reflecting the small amount of light leaking in from the living room. She couldn’t take her eyes from him, and she blushed furiously when he stripped off his pants next, leaving him only in his underwear as he climbed into the bed beside her.
    “I love it when you blush, little Ali,” he said with a low chuckle. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything lovelier than the color slowly moving along your skin, it’s quite captivating.”
    “Sorry,” she squeaked out. “I didn’t mean to