Dos’s inner asteroid belt was lightly populated. The second belt was further from this sun and more heavily populated. The little planet had a mate ...ho orbited between it and the sun and it was as big as mercury and as lifeless. It was closer to Venus’s relative orbit and similar in temperature.The habitable planet had a land-locked moon that was smaller than Earth’s moon, but it was still effective as it influenced the tides, just not as much. This system had a giant gas and a large ice planet. She rang the door."If it's my mother, be prepared for a verbal assault. If it's my father, he will be more congenial but not that much. If it's Maureen, she'll try to get you into her bedroom and fuck your brains out."The door opened and it was Mason. The butler. Erin threw her arms about him and squeezed him in a bear hug. "I'm the prodigal daughter who has home to see her family and my favorite butler."Mason's eyes lit up causing Erin to give him a warm smile. "Haven't had enough of our. I could tell part of his expression was, 'You heard that? I'm gonna kill him,' but mostly he was laughing at how high my voice got when I asked."Oh my God. How did you get this job?"I blinked. Should I be insulted? I looked down. "Mr. and Mrs. J. are my neighbors," I said."And just how much experience have you had?" he asked."This is my first job," I said."That's not what I meant," he said.Oh crap."Well, the answer's the same. Basically none. Well... ah... not basically. Totally."He smiled.. "Killen…" She closed her green eyes and pressed her face hard in to his palm. "Are all women good for is raising cubs?"Killen shook his head. his black nose touched her pink nose, "No mate. Women are a high treasure on my lands. you take a man's seed in to your body and transform it in to life. then once you give birth you take that life and shape it." his lips touched her gently. "For our lands there is no greater good than that. even the gods pale in comparison to what a woman's body can do.