So that’s why Ziggy covered my eyes.
Witchy bitch hypnosis shit.
My man pocketed his cube and nodded decisively. “Astrum Force is sending a team to investigate.” When the vendor sharply inhaled, he sighed heavily. “You have nothing to fear. They simply want to collect evidence and determine motive.”
Dr. Micah is so proud right now.
“Watch out, Zig. Yourempathyis showing,” I teased as we walked away, earning me the side-eye of loving exasperation I couldn’t get enough of.
Once we reached a quiet corner of the bustling market, he turned to face me. “It wasn’t aboutempathy,”he huffed, clearly offended by the idea. “The investigation will be easier to conduct if that vendor isn’t cowering in the corner like a helpless child.”
So close.
“Ah, yes, because what would you know about cowering when you were born a bad bish…” I grumbled, althoughmyexasperation was just as loving. “Because baby Stellarians are just wielding those katana tendrils at conception, huh?”
Ziggy’s lips twisted.“Novas.That’s what young Stellarians are called. And…” He cleared his throat, looking mildly embarrassed. “My tendrils didn’t attain optimal precision until around age 50.”
No way in hell was I lettingthissalacious intel pass me by. “Wait. Does that mean 50 is considered Stellarian puberty? Did your resonance change octaves around that age too? What about wet dreams? Did you ever just imagine a hot cluster of stars while sleeping and wake up covered in, like,space dust?”
Ziggy had been patiently waiting out my excited babbling, per usual, but at the mention of nocturnal emissions, he squinted. “What in Stellaria’s name are wet dreams?”
Uhhh…
I sometimes forgot Zig had averydifferent childhood than me, not least of all because he lacked an actual corporeal form.
Dude must have blown his own mind the first time he jerked off.
Grimacing, I rubbed the back of my neck. “Um… well, when Earthlings reach a certain age—usually 11 to 14—their bodies start changing for adulthood, so there’s alotof hormones just coursing through our systems. And for guys especially, we sometimes wake up a little, uh, sticky, if you know what I mean…”
Sex Ed with Space Daddy.
Ziggy slow-blinked before running his gaze down my body so intently, Ifeltit. “And doadultEarthlings experience wet dreams?”
I was starting to get a little hot under the collar of my Han Solo vest, but I powered on in the name of biology. “Sometimes. It's not super common, though. I hadn’t had one inyearsuntil?—”
Oh, fuck.
As usual, my mouth started to run away from me, and,as usual,Ziggy zeroed in on my weakness like the predator he was.
“Untilwhen,Micah?” His voice was dangerously low as he backed me against the stone wall surrounding the bazaar, his much larger body blocking out the light from the setting Stellarian sun.
His scent and proximity were making me dizzy, and if I’d possessed a will to resist, I would have already folded. At this point, I’d seen Ziggy interrogate several suspects, and while his—much scarier, but no less boner-inducing—methods were effective, I often wondered why he didn’t just turn on the Space Daddy sex appeal to coax out the intel he was after.
Lord knowsI’mpowerless to resist it.
“Untilyoumoved into my family’s house,” I whispered, my mouth dry and my dick deciding confession time was also playtime. “After that, I soaked my sheets almost every night.”
He hummed in approval, lowering his face to drag his nose up my neck, inhaling deeply—savoring the lust I was no doubt pumping into the air. “And what did you dream about, babygirl?” he purred. “What filthy little fantasies made you sowet?
Lord. Have. Mercy.
If Ziggy hadn’t been pressed against me, holding me up with his bulk, I would have already melted into a puddle on the dusty bazaar ground.
“All sorts of wild stuff,” I eloquently gasped, scrabbling at the sides of his armor,needingto get inside and touch his skin. “I-I didn’t know what you were under this hot bod, so my mind just made up a million scenarios where you were fucking me with a variety of alien appendages.”
I mean…
Ziggy pulled back with a laugh. “No wonder you enjoy my skinsuit closet so much.”
