“How was your last period? More or less painful than usual? How long did it last? Was it a heavier or lighter flow than what you used to have on earth?”
I answered each question, Ghauro grumbling but staying still at my side.
“I’m assuming sir Ghauro won’t allow us to do a blood test to ensure—”
“No blood test,” I said before my mate got mad. “There’s no need for now.”
Maxwell nodded. “Alright. Wewillneed to do one once you suspect a pregnancy, it’s better if he can mentally prepare now,” he said, casting a wary look to Ghauro. “Okay, I guess we’re done with that. You can go back to the shuttle, and—”
“Where is my grandmother?” I asked, stopping him as he started to rise.
He gritted his teeth. “Mrs. Traynor and Mr. Alvarez are waiting for you in the shuttle. She has been given medical care on the station the last five days, and is being sent to Taurus with medicine in case her Asthma acts up. Which probably won’t happen, because there is no pollution at all on the Tauri’s planet.”
Ghauro helped me stand, my legs and whole body still sore from our intense morning.
“Let us get them to their new home,” he said, a soft smile on his face.
“Toourhome,” I countered, taking his hand.
23
I’m not going anywhere ever again
Ghauro
Seeing my mate interact with her own relatives was heartwarming. Olga had obviously cared about her for her whole life, and now, Melanie was doing the same. I watched as they hopped from food stalls to food stalls, Olga’s eyes shimmering like a joyful child.
“Mel tells me you’re the one to thank for this,” Ernesto said, sitting on the grass next to me.
I held a rumble. Turns out, all human males weren’t repulsive, and now I felt weary at the thought he used to be close to my mate.
“No need to thank me. I did what I had to do to ensure my mate’s happiness.”
He smiled, teeth too white contrasting with his light brown skin. “You made an old woman’s dreams come true. She has wanted to go to space since she was a little girl. As for me, well…there was nothing left for me on Earth.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. He seemed innocent…Not like a male hoping to steal another’s mate. Maybe I was being too paranoid.
“Were you and Melanie close before?” I asked anyway, because I couldn’t stand to live in doubts.
He chuckled. “We were good friends growing up, and up until she got into trouble because of her douche of an ex. Then, she started avoiding me because she had no money to pay for the work I did for Granny, so we kinda drifted away.”
Why were they calling hergranny?“Not what I meant,” I said, leveling him with a stare.
His eyes widened before he erupted into laughter. “What? Oh no,thatnever happened. Jeez…No, I’m gay.”
What? “Gay? What isgay?”
“It means, I’m not into that—” He pointed at Melanie before pointing at…Thanato?“And completely into that.”
Did it mean he was not intohumansorfemales? Lots of Tauri shared same-sex relationships, even more so since we went completely infertile. But…Thanato?Was he? To be fair, it would suit him better than all the psychotic female he kept fucking during his ruts.
I caught him staring at Ernesto and quickly looking away when he noticed that my eyes were on him.
Oh.
“Think he’s interested?” Ernesto asked.
I smiled. “He might.”
