Mira waited outside the council room, pacing back and forth. It was one thing for her to pitch the colony idea to Ezra's parents, but making an official request with her there wouldn't have been appropriate—only because she was not from the planet, nor had she been trained or granted any ruling powers. Yet.

She was determined to change that. If she was going to stay with Ezra and their baby, she wanted to have a say in how things were run. She would need to be granted ruling power—at least over the colony. But first, the plans needed to be approved.

Finally, after waiting for what seemed like hours, the massive doors made of pink-stained tree bark swung open, and the council members filed outside one by one. The last one to step out of the chamber was Ezra, who looked at Mira with a blank face for a long moment before a grin spread across his face.

"It's been approved," he said, and Mira's jaw practically dropped as she ran to him.

He swooped her up into his arms and their lips crashed together, her excitement flooding over into a squeal of happiness. The sound surprised her. She wasn't the type of person to scream or yell in happiness. That role was reserved for those annoying cheerleaders from high school, or the girls she used to work with that would go get their nails done every other day and throw money away on destroying their hair by bleaching it or zapping their skin with cancer.

But she was so happy she couldn't contain it. She had never been this excited about anything, except maybe the baby.

"I have to call Jax and Ava," she said, finally coming up for air. "Put them on the first ship here." Ezra slowly put her back on her feet and smiled down at her, basking in her happiness. He wished that he could keep her this happy forever.

"Whatever you want, sweetheart," he kissed the top of her head, and she grabbed him by the wrist, yanking him down the hall.

A few moments later, they were in their room, and Mira practically kept for the tablet to call her family. But Ezra slowly put his hand over hers on the tablet to stop her.

"Honey," he said gently to her. "It's the middle of the night there."

She paused a moment, and he could see her doing the math in her head. "Oh, right." She looked at him. "I guess that gives us time to start the preparations."

"They've already been started," he informed her. "The council members are dispatching plans to begin building the colony and organizing the ships as we speak. If everything goes according to plan, everything that we need to start the colony should be ready by the end of the month."

She looked up at him with seductive eyes, licking her lips. "Everything?" Her voice was only slightly louder than a whisper.

He couldn't help but smile at her, amused by her sudden change in pace. "Everything."

"I see," she said, reaching for his shirt. Slowly, she began to undo the ties lining the front of his chest. "I guess that leaves me with one thing left to do."

"Oh," he liked this game. "And what's that?"

"Time to repay my amazing husband."

Husband. It was a word that had no simple translation in his language, but he knew what it was to her. Between all of the ceremonies and traditions, he had failed to tell her the final step in his plan to start this colony.

In order for them to rule together—for her to be recognized in his people's eyes, she needed to undergo the binding ceremony. He opened his mouth to speak, to explain to her this plan of his, but then her hand slid down the front of his pants.

It could wait until later.

***

The creamy white semen covered Mira's breasts completely, and as Ezra groped and rubbed them around, he felt himself growing hard again. He had unloaded his jizz on her only five minutes ago, and it amazed him how turned on she could make him.

"You know this is super weird," she half-laughed, but he knew she was enjoying it, even if she didn't want to admit it out loud.

"Only to a human," he smiled down at her naked body, rubbing up and down, massaging her plump breasts slowly. She lied on the bed butt naked, her body sprawled out for him.

Stars, he loved her body. Every curve and bump, every edge and side. He wanted to kiss every part of her. He wanted to please every fiber of her. He wanted to make her his equal in every way and spend the rest of his life making her happy.

She reached out her arm to him, guiding his hands over her body until his fingers slipped between her thighs. She moaned quietly in response, the jizz drying on her body as he rubbed her clit faster and faster. He would slow down, and then speed up, bring her to the edge and then let her slowly come down until the need between her legs was so fierce it felt like she was on fire.

Only when she begged for him to make her cum, did he finally flick his fingers in that perfect way that made her peak. The desire escaped in a half scream half whining sound that escaped from the back of her throat. The sound embarrassed her, but he marveled in it. He loved making her climax. Slowly she unraveled, exhaling in a sweet release until finally she was finished.

Sensitive and soaking wet, slowly she rolled over onto her side and slipped off the bed.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

She disappeared into the bathroom. "Come shower with me, then we'll go check on the plans for the colony." He obeyed, following the sound of her voice like a moth to the flame. She had him wrapped around her finger, and he couldn't have been happier about it.