The pilot returned and began startup procedures. LemAN took the copilot’s seat.
“Why are we going back to theHorizen?” Teagan asked, taking a seat behind LemAN.
“I need to contact the leaders and discuss with them the next step. I want to do that on our transport so that we can ensure a secure line.”
Thirty minutes later they were back on board theHorizen. Before they got off the shuttle he addressed both Teagan and Lt. BobET.
“Do not speak of what we found yet. I don’t want to draw tension among the crew.”
“Aye aye, captain!” Teagan said, doing some kind of salute with her hand.
“I’m not thiscaptain.”
She giggled. “It’s just a saying.”
He glanced at Lt. BobET who shrugged that he didn’t get it either. His mate sometimes used humor when she was nervous. He could use a good laugh, though nothing at the moment seemed funny.
They were greeted by curious crew members on the docking bay but no one discussed details. LemAN wanted nothing more than to go back to his quarters with Teagan and make love to her again, but he didn’t have time for that. She must have known what he was feeling.
Teagan stopped and turned to him, leaning up on her toes. She kissed him and then released him. “Go do your conference call. The sooner you get your work done the sooner you can come home and make love to me.”
Was she a mind reader? Did she know what she meant to him? “I will hurry. Are you going to be in my quarters or yours?”
“I will stop by mine to pick up a few things then wait for you in your quarters. I have some work to do myself.”
He kissed her two more times before letting her go. He watched her walk away and he felt his heartbeat race. Teagan was amazingly understanding. Even LoraLI would sometimes get frustrated with him for putting work first. He had loved LoraLI but now he could step back and see that their relationship had not been perfect. She had been loving but demanded a lot of attention from him. He didn’t mind giving her that attention because it was his culture’s attitude that the males protected and cared for the females.
Teagan was strong willed and independent. She found a way to make herself useful and she never complained unless she was bored. Her independence didn’t threaten him as a male; it actually freed him to truly do his job and trust that she, as his equal, would take care of herself. This was new and strange but also wonderful. The Goddess not only blessed him with a true bond mate but one that fit him perfectly. His only concern was whether he was the mate she needed.
