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Cloudy sat up and took stock of the room around her. It was warm, but that was probably Hazor. He was radiating heat and sitting up while thumbing through the news on a tablet. He smiled. “Good afternoon.”
“Is it?”
“You are in my bed. It is an excellent afternoon.”
He handed the tablet over to her. “This is our bonding contract. Our mothers worked it out last night, but I think they had been drinking.”
“Why do you say that?”
He grinned. “Read the part about offspring.”
She sat up, paused, and pulled the sheet up to cover her breasts. She took the tablet and started reading. She read about work, an allowance, the house, transportation, the requirement for sexual energy, and then offspring. “Oh, my god. They were drinking a lot.”
“They don’t have to be back-to-back.”
She blinked. “Six? They want six grandkids?”
“Six. All genders acceptable.”
“Why so many?”
“My mother wants to have a grandchild with wings. My new aunt on Vecchin has a little boy with wing buds. Vecchin is very excited, and siblings being siblings, my mother wants to outdo her brother, even if it is one generation removed.”
“Wow. That’s... a lot. Oh, my god. They put childcare in there. And education funds.”
He laughed. “I have already signed.”
“Sure. It’s not your body on the line.”
“Read the last paragraph.”
She blinked. “Whoa. Combat training for a local defense position?”
“You know, you can rescue people in between breakfast and lunch.”
Cloudy snorted. “You are joking.”
“Absolutely not, but I think you in a battlesuit would be something to dream about.”
She looked over the contract and added one addendum. She showed it to Hazor, and he nodded. If things became difficult, she could stop after one child. She would try it and see if she liked it.
He added that if two pregnancies ended in a miscarriage, she would not be asked to try again. She could, but he would not bring it up.
She blinked. “Wow. Nice. Thoughtful.”
“It wouldn’t benefit me to make you unhappy.”
Cloudy paused. “Wow. That is actually true.” She inhaled deeply and looked it over one more time.
“Ah, a woman of business. Never sign on the first pass.” He chuckled.
She finally signed and left the drop of blood on the teeny needle. The screen locked, and she handed it to Hazor. He grinned. “My mother is probably chortling with delight.”
“Least sexy thing I have ever heard in bed.”
He laughed and set the tablet down. He tugged the sheet out of her grip and kissed her. He lifted his head. “I can see I will have to watch my mouth around you.”
She blinked, and then blushed as he moved down her body. Her eyes widened when licking got serious, and she squeaked and twisted, weaving her fingers into his hair when he found her sex and started licking in earnest. Pleasure crested fast, and she shrieked as her body pulsed and twisted against him. When it became too much, she whimpered, and he ceased and lifted his head.
