"It happened to me once last year, on the Futures Tour. Not as bad, but the same problem. That time, Will gave me a thoroughgoing massage. He did wond...rfully well... As I recall, Will, that might have been the first time you got lucky!" First time with you, you mean," I said."You knew that's what I meant!" Tess said, scowling at me. "Still, I thought, at the time, that you might have been a virgin -- after all, real massage therapists don't spring erections while administering their. Although that is actually the best way to do it, especially when the two individuals are closely related. The full-blooded aliens and some Hatchlings are known to have a few partners outside of their bonded soul mates. But holding hands and hugs work too. It's a shame that there aren't any other females of our kind around. There would be a chance that you could become bonded to that female too. Some of our kind have had at least three mates and one lover. Kind of like a harem."We first tried. The ground moved past quickly under the craft. They were really moving along at a good speed.“Believe me, it wasn’t easy,” Mike answered. He then launched into a technical description of how he managed to eliminate the wobble.The next hour was spent having an extremely detailed technical discussion. The exchange was fast and furious. Despite her desire to keep from liking this irritating man, Melinda found the conversation extremely interesting. It had been ages since she had been able to. They discussed the pros and cons in great length and, as it turned out, the objections were also the advantages. Namely that the house lay almost in the middle of a large plain and that the wind would be blowing constantly. This was also an advantage because no one could approach without us seeing them well in advance. There would also be ample space for surveillance cameras and various traps. But we were shorthanded. We really needed more people. All I could hope for was that Kevin would turn.