The dropship rose and headed towards the much bigger alien vessel like a bee returning to its hive. They received no incoming fire from defence grid t...pe weaponry, so John figured that the Kirrix must have fallen for Alyssa’s cunning ruse. They were hailed as they approached, but they decided it was probably best to let that one go unanswered.They entered the hangar slot for the hive ship unchallenged and Alyssa carefully glided into the big open hangar bay without causing suspicion. The hive. "Now you wish to help return my mate to me? He left his seed for me to have more children but without him I don't feel I can go through with it. Alan I think you are trying to do too much for us." the Queen stated. "No, a people that have produced as beautiful and loving a soul as Hopix, someone I feel that has rescued me from a private hell I was in deserves more, much more than I have done." Alan told her with as serious a face as he could. The Queen could only nod to that, Hopix was all that. These women are attractive and keeping them in the camp unattached would have been a sore temptation for young men with high spirits. Better to remove the temptation altogether. As for their ability to survive outside the camp, who cares, they are only women after all."Once more I was shocked at the lack of value this society placed on women. The fairer sex did indeed have a harsh life here. I vowed to myself that I would do my best to cherish the three women who were now under my care.The next. “Fine,” I said. “I’ll sleep on the couch.”“I’m not going to kick you out of bed,” she said, then scooted as far as she could to the edge. “Look, I hardly take up any room. Now, just go to sleep.”I didn’t want her sleeping next to me as I’d had such a hard time trying not to think about her, but I knew the couch downstairs wasn’t long enough for me to fit comfortably. I was also too tired to think about Val anyway, so I turned towards the wall and closed my eyes.I started dreaming about a girl.