“That’s wonderful news—thoughIwouldn’t mind hearing thatCassie’sex-mate had been turned into anInfected,”Raviksaid.
“Ravik,everylife is precious,”Severinadmonished him.
“Not that fucker—he kickedCassieout into theDeadZone!”theBeastKindredsaid indignantly.
“Well, on this point,Iconcur,”Severinagreed.“Ifher ex-mate contracted theHungerVirus, he got what he deserved.Thoughif he hadn’t cast her out, you never would have found her and we wouldn’t have her as our mate right now.”
“All right now guys, let’s not talk aboutSskarth—he’s in the past,”Cassiereminded them.Shelooked atCommanderSylvan.“I’mso glad everything worked out.”
She was alsoextremelyglad that the anti-viral agent they’d made from her breast nectar could now be synthesized.She’dspent over three months onCherubinThreegetting “milked” daily and she’d gotten heartily tired of it.
But it hadn’t been all bad—she and her two guys had spent a lot of time exploring the alien bird world and every night renewing theirTriuneBond.
The strange thing was, having so muchKindredcream from younger males pumped into her body seemed to have done something to resolve her perimenopause symptoms.Infact, the last timeDr.Verityxhad tested her hormones, he’d told her that she was technically no longer in perimenopause at all.
“Why, it’s almost as though you’re aging in reverse, my dear!”he had exclaimed enthusiastically, swiveling his head around in a 360 degree circle in that way he had when he was especially excited.“Ido believe that receiving so much seed from your two mates has rejuvenated your body.”
Cassie had to admit, shedidlook younger now.Thewrinkles around the corners of her eyes and mouth had smoothed out and her skin was glowing and healthy.Also, she never had hot-flashes anymore, which was wonderful.
Who knew that the fountain of youth was actually to be found in having lots and lots of sex with hotKindredwarriors, she thought.Ifthis secret got out, every “MatureElite” onEarthwas going to want to bond with their own set ofKindredmales!
“…do you want to do now?”CommanderSylvan’svoice drew her back to the present and she realized she’d missed something.
“Excuse me, what?”she asked, frowning politely.
“I asked what the three of you would like to do now.Iassume you’d prefer to take less dangerous missions now that the two of you areBonded?”he asked, looking atSeverinandRavik.
“Yes, absolutely,”Severinanswered without hesitation.Thiswas something the three of them had discussed at length.Thetwo bigKindredno longer wanted to go into war zones or life-threatening situations since—asRavikput it: “Nowwe have something to live for—each other.”
“We don’t want to bringCassieinto any combat zones,”Severinadded.
“Well, youcouldwork together as explorers for theMotherShip,”CommanderSylvanoffered.“Wecan issue you a specially outfitted long-range shuttle and you can find new worlds and cultures for us to make genetic trades.”
“Oh, that sounds like fun!”Cassieexclaimed.She’dalways loved the idea of traveling to exotic new planets.Sadly,VisslickPrimehad been no fun at all—probably becauseSskarnhad been such a jerk and she didn’t enjoy insect-based foods.Buttraveling the universe with her two men and seeing new planets and having adventures sounded perfect.
“I think our lady likes that idea,”Severinremarked and shot her a smile.
“Fine by me,”Ravikrumbled.“Wecan send regular updates back to theMotherShip.”
“But can we go back toEarthfor a while first?”Cassiepleaded.“Ireally need to see my children—it’s been over a year sinceIlast talked to them.”
“Can we meet your other ex-mate—thatMitchguy?”Ravikasked.“Youknow—the one who never satisfied you in bed?”
“Ravik!”Cassiefelt her cheeks go pink with mortification andSeverinshot theBeastKindreda reproving look.
“What?Ijust want him to know that he missed out and that his ex-mate is beingwellsatisfied now,”Raviksaid.
Cassie couldn’t help herself—she started to laugh.Thethought of old stick-in-the-mudMitchseeing her looking younger than ever with two hotKindredwarriors on her arm was a delicious idea.Maybean idea she couldn’t pass up.
“Of course you can’t pass it up!”Raviksent through their link, catching her thought.
“We shouldn’t torment the poor male,”Severinobjected, also catching the thread of mental conversation.“Isn’tit bad enough that he lostCassandra?He’llbe angry enough with himself for letting such a beautiful woman slip through his fingers without seeing us with her.”
“No, no—IthinkIlikeRavik’sidea,”Cassiesent to them both.“Itwouldn’t hurt to let him know howI’mdoing now.”
“See?It’sagoodidea.”Ravik’smental voice was triumphant.“We’regonna show him exactly what he’s missing out on!Imagineletting a gorgeousMatureEliteget away from you.Themale must be an idiot.”
“…would be just fine,”CommanderSylvansaid andCassierealized that she had missed part of the outward conversation again, because she’d been so focused on the inner one between her guys.
