The Zorn woman shook her white hair as she led Brenda into a large living room.

“Males only think with their mounting sticks.” Ali carried Brenda’s bag as she led her through the large living room and down a hallway. “I will show you the room you will sleep in. Are you fine? I don’t scent fear on you but you know the female nose is not as sensitive as our males.”

That surprised Brenda. “You can smell fear? For real? I didn’t know that.” The older woman paused, turning around to tilt her head to study Brenda. “Our males have a very keen sense of smell. Didn’t your bound tell you this?”

“Um…no. He mostly talked about how he’d take care of me, never hurt me and how he’d treat me with respect.”

Ali looked grim as she turned back around, walking again. “I never met your bound but I am grieved for you. I’ve always been a house helper so I never had a bound of my own.”

“Oh.”

Ali paused again inside a bedroom, a curious expression on her face. “Do you know what a house helper is?”

“I assume you take care of the house? Maybe clean it? Do the cooking?” Shock was obvious on the woman’s features when she closed her mouth and then anger tightened her lips. “Your bound was remiss in his duties to inform you about Zorn males. The males are…” she paused. “They require sex often for their health to be well so Zorn men take in at least two house helpers if they are deemed deserving of having that privilege. Women are a reward on Zorn. It requires at least two females to satisfy a male’s strong and frequent sexual needs but with humans it is different. Your bodies can take the sexual desires of one of our males without it causing you harm. Too much mounting with Zorn females causes painful swelling of their sex. Do you understand?”

Brenda was too shocked to speak but she managed to give a nod. Valho hadn’t said a damn thing about this when he’d told her about his home world. He’d told her how it looked, how he’d treat her great, how she’d be pampered and taken care of, but never once said anything about his sex drive or about Zorn women.

“Our males who bound to humans don’t require sex anymore from house helpers since your kind can be mounted many times in a day. I am old so I was assigned to Argis Rever’s home days ago to clean, cook and be a companion to his bound. I will never be allowed into their bed.” The woman sighed. “I wish it were not so. Argis Rever is very attractive and I overheard one of his house helpers’ talking often about his sexual skill. I could have gone to another home but to live in an Argis house is a great privilege. I will miss the sex but I can always take care of that myself by meeting males in town for a sex encounter. Argis Rever won’t mind if I do that away from his home since he’s made it clear he will never touch anyone but his bound.” Brenda was still stunned.

Ali smiled. “Really, Argis Rever won’t mind if I let a male mount me. When he informed me that he would never take me to his bed or come to mine I asked him how I was supposed to fill my needs to be mounted. He told me to find a male to gather with in town. I have never been allowed or encouraged to live in one man’s home while touching another. It just isn’t done but it strangely excites me to think about doing it.”

“Okay,” Brenda got out, shock still rolling through her and wondering what had she gotten herself into, deciding these people were a little nuts. “I’m glad that you’re happy about getting to sleep with other men.” She didn’t know what else to say.

“Argis Rever won’t touch you.” Ali’s eyes ran down Brenda’s body. “You are delicate. How was sex with your male? Was he gentle enough to not harm your body?” Taking a deep breath, Brenda relaxed. “I didn’t have sex with Valho.” Shock hit Ali’s face, her eyes going very wide with disbelief. “He never mounted you?”

“He was really a sweet guy who was very considerate of my feelings. All your men are really buff… uh… muscular and big. He knew I was a little afraid of his size so he wanted me to get to know him first so that I was comfortable with our relationship progressing to that level.”

Ali was stunned still but she closed her mouth. “Was he killed right away? No male could be alone with you for long and not mount you. You are too attractive. Did he at least strip you down to examine you? I don’t want to mount you but I have a strong urge to inspect you just out of curiosity to see what you look like.” Brenda just stared at the woman, completely speechless.

“There was a vid released of one of our males mounting a human. I did not see it but I was informed it highly aroused all Zorn males. It is rumored that your bodies are slightly different than mine. I don’t suppose we could strip together and see the differences? I am not sexually drawn to you but I am just curious. The human my Argis bound to is not nice so I didn’t ask her to see her body.”

“I wouldn’t be comfortable with that,” Brenda blurted, shaking her head, and resisting the urge to back away from the tall woman, utterly stunned by the request.

Disappointment showed on Ali’s features. “I understand.” A door slammed in the house followed seconds later by a loud snarl that made Brenda jump. Her head turned to the open bedroom door.

“Bite me, you big bastard,” a woman yelled. “I was just flirting. What in the hell is your problem, Rever?”

A pained expression was on Ali’s face as she moved for the doorway. “Not again.”

“What?” Brenda followed the woman out of the bedroom.

Ali paused in the hallway, lowering her voice to a whisper. “Argis Rever is having trouble with his very difficult human.”

“Don’t walk away from me,” a deep male voice growled deeply. “We are going to work through this difference. You are my bound and you won’t purposely draw male attention to your body.”

“I don’t see your name tattooed on my ass, Rever. You’re a great fuck but give me a damn break.”

Brenda paused at the end of the hallway when Ali came to a stop, shock slamming through her at what she was overhearing. Peering around the taller Zorn woman, Brenda got her first look at a tall, red-headed human woman. She was wearing a long tunic dress that was tented on her too slender body and she was facing a large man with flowing black hair that was down to his waist. His back was to Brenda so she didn’t get a look at his face.