They were made up of different racial groups. She took a few steps to collapse on his bed, never looking away from him.

A sigh escaped his lips. "You're surprised that I'm not human. What did you think I was?

What is a Bigfoot?"

"What are you?"

He hesitated. "I was told your Earth thinks life doesn't exist on other worlds. I hate to give you a shock but that would be a wrong theory because there is life out there. I'm a Zorn warrior from the planet Zorn. We learned about your planet when a human woman was captured by another alien race and held captive with some of our Zorn people. My people escaped their prison and one of our Zorn warriors took that human as his bound. He is my brother. I believe you would call being bound a term called marriage. Some of my Zorn warriors came here to find human women to bound with. My brother and his human are very happy together."

Casey was really glad she was sitting as she stared at the handsome Zorn alien man. Her eyes flickered over the tight outfit hugging his body. No wonder he was so buff. It made sense if he was a warrior. Another thought struck her. Were they some kind of warrior race that would attack Earth? Her eyes widened.

"Are you attacking my planet?"

A grin curved his lips. "No. Would you like me to?"

"No!"

He chuckled, reaching for the front of his outfit, starting to tug it open. "Good. War is something we don't back away from, but we don't start them either. We are an intelligent race. I apologize for not having an implant on me to insert into your ear so we could communicate. I wasn't expecting you, Casey. I had gone down to the surface to get a look at your Earth. It is beautiful and different from my world. You only have one moon and it is too distant. Your wildlife is very tame compared to where I live. Is that why you are not a hunter or warrior race?"

She was clueless how to answer that last part. "You never came across a bear," she finally said. "They are dangerous and big."

"I did not." He opened his shirt to tear it off his body completely. He threw it at the open door to the bathroom area. "Remove your wet clothing. We'll shower. I am hungry. They will bring us something to eat. We have brought foods that the other human woman who is bound to my brother eats. She likes them so I hope that you will as well."

She shook her head. "Back up."

He frowned but took a step back from her. Casey almost snorted.

"Not literally. It's a figure of speech. You're losing me. What implant? What do you mean some of your men came here to find women? Aren't there any women on your planet? I'm so confused." She took a deep breath. "And what is your name? I've been calling you Bigfoot but you're not one."

He chuckled. "My name is Argernon. My people call me ArgisArgernon. Argis is my title and place on my planet. My father leads Zorn. I am second son in line to lead. Do not be intimidated by my place. My father is very healthy and so is my older brother Ral. I will never have to lead my planet. An implant is something I'll have you fitted with soon but I don't want to do it here because it would be painful without a healer to insert it. We don't have one on board currently. It is a small device that will be painlessly placed inside both your ears. That way we don't need a conis to translate for us. You'll be able to understand me and any other Zorn who speaks." He chuckled. "And there are women on my planet. It's just that some men wanted bound to human women. My brother's bound made quite an impression on a lot of our males."

" Conis?"

He pointed. "I think you would call that a computer. Is that correct? My brother's bound has been working with the translation programmer so humans can understand some different words like our conis to your term computer. Some of it is still being tested but she gave me a few words with the translation. She said they would be useful to test. Computer was one of them."

Casey bit her lip. "What other words did she tell you?"

He grinned. "Clit."

"What did you say?" She was sure she had to have heard him wrong.

" Unis is our word for clit." His smile spread wide as his eyes lowered to the V of her legs. "Our women have a unis. You call it a clit. That is the part of you that I--"

"I got it!" Casey flushed as she cut off the rest of that sentence. She remembered too well what he had done to her. "Okay. What other words did she give you to toss out there at humans?"

He cocked his head. "I think we'll discuss those words at a later time. I feel dirty and we are both wet with river water that doesn't smell good. Take off the clothing. Come with me to the shower. I will wash you and feed you."

Standing slowly, Casey reached for her clothes. "I have to return home soon."

He studied her. "I assure you that you will be returning home soon, Casey." He smiled slowly at her. "But first I want to get to know you. I want to get you out of those clothes."

She hesitated. He was an alien from another planet. She'd made love to him before thinking he was a legendary creature. She got up as she undressed slowly. He might not be a Bigfoot but he was sexy as hell. She wanted a repeat of his touching her. Their gazes locked as she stripped.

He watched her as he removed his boots and his pants. Naked, she soaked in every wonderful exposed inch of him. Her attention fixed on his middle. Instantly her body responded to his thick arousal pointing right at her showing how turned-on he was. Her inner muscles quivered as moisture flooded between her thighs.

The bathroom was tiny. She eyed the toilet. It was obvious what it was but it wasn't the same as the one at home. The shower captured her attention most. There weren't doors or even a curtain separating it from the rest of the bathroom.

Argernon chuckled. "I apologize for the lack of amenities but this ship was designed as a jumper. Our women are not warriors so we do not transport them on it. It wasn't built with female comfort in mind. We couldn't bring one of our larger ships close to your Earth for worry that your planet's defenses would pick us up. When the jumper leaves orbit we will meet up with our larger ship that waits for our return to get back to Zorn."