Epilogue
GEMINI
One Year Later
Her parents had been shocked, of course, but had quickly warmed up to Apodis after numerous reassuring vidchats. It was nice to reconnect, and though she didn’t know when she would visit them in person again, she could see how happy they were for her.
She had met with the doctor in Aerumi, but had decided against heat suppressant pills, though she had agreed to regular checkins for the good of science. Gemini knew she was safe with Apodis, that he would protect her whenever she was vulnerable.
Protect her, and give her exactly what she needed while she was in heat.
She had been through three more since the first, each one less painful and more enjoyable than the last. They were eased by Apodis’ tender care, by his knot stretching her over and over again, by his seed slicking her skin and filling her womb.
Apodis had helped create a small space within his office where she could conduct her own experiments, analyze data, and check in with NovaFlora Headquarters when she needed to.
She only worked part-time, since her lab work couldn’t be officially authorized out here, but she was pleased that she could still be a part of the orb glow study.
The process was slow—as was everything in the pharmaceutical industry—but they were making great progress.
It would be at least another year of laboratory testing for safety and efficacy before they could start clinical trials, but the spores had survived their trip to Earth and were showing a lot of promise.
In her newfound free time, Gemini worked with Zenith in the garden—well, she worked and Zenith watched—and edited her almanac.
Every day was blissfully slow, Apodis bringing her breakfast in bed as they decided what they wanted to do. He was building up quite a clientele list for his quantum cartography business, though he always had plenty of time to spend with her and Z.
Gemini twirled a strand of hair around her finger as she lay in their bed, enjoying a lazy afternoon after working hard in the garden all morning.
When the door whirred open, she dropped the book she’d been reading, eyeing Apodis as he walked in with his tentacles undulating wildly. His hands were behind his back, and she quirked a brow as he stepped up to the bed.
“Happy anniversary, my beautiful mate,” he said, and her face flushed with warmth, an amused smirk curling her lips.
God, he was so damn cute. She had told him the human custom of celebrating special days every year, and clearly he had been eager to oblige.
“Thank you, honey. Happy anniversary.”
“I got you a gift,” he said excitedly, whipping his hands around and offering her a plain box.
“Oh, you’re too sweet,” Gemini said with a shocked gasp, guilt welling in her chest a moment later. “I didn’t think of getting you anything. I didn’t know we were celebrating this way.”
Apodis shook his head, a tentacle slinking over his shoulder and petting under her chin.
“Do not fret, my little omega. It really is a gift for both of us, not just you.”
“Oh?” she asked, feeling better as she removed an item from the box, something she recognized immediately. “A vidcam?”
“It’s the Supernova model. Very high-tech, though I disabled the artificial intelligence.”
Gemini chuckled at his thoughtfulness, grinning as she examined the fancy camera.
“I thought you might want to make a video with me…” Apodis continued, and it took a moment to understand before heat filled her body, starting at the tentacle touching her chin and winding its way deep into her core.
“Oh,” she said, recalling their conversation from long ago, her attempts at flirtation when she was still struggling to understand the power the bond already had over her.
She looked up to see a devious smirk, Apodis’ fangs flicking out and reminding her of the mark he’d given her.
The physical symbol of their bond.
“I didn’t think you were into that kind of thing,” she said, getting onto her knees and wrapping her arms around his shoulders.
“I want to record how pretty you look while I’m fucking you,” Apodis said, and her cunt actually fluttered at the thought.
Well, fuck.
Apodis brushed her hair over her shoulder, then pressed a kiss to her neck, sucking in a deep breath as he took in her scent.
Gemini all but melted in his arms, her nerves tingling with expectation at the erotic way he licked over her mark, igniting the bond between them.
“Let’s do it,” she managed to gasp out, her mind already swimming as she shirked out of her mate’s grasp.
Apodis growled, a deep, thundering sound which reverberated in her core, his eyes glowing a dark purple around the edges of his dilated pupils.
He followed her with his gaze as she switched the vidcam on and placed it on the nightstand, turning the screen to face them so they could see exactly what they were filming.
Strong hands gripped her waist before sliding her shirt off over her head.
When she turned, Apodis was already undressed, and she giggled at the evidence of his eagerness—that large ultraviolet cock standing at attention for her.
God, he was magnificent, and she still couldn’t quite believe that this was her life.
Foraging, fucking, gardening, lab work, writing, and cooking—all with the absolute love of her life.
Though she had never been one to believe in destiny or any sort of higher power, she accepted wholeheartedly the bond between them, and whether it was fate or just plain luck, she was grateful all the same.
Apodis wasted no time in relieving her of the rest of her clothing, pushing her backward onto the bed and caging her in with his powerful limbs. His tentacles swarmed over her, brushing through her hair and suctioning delicately to her skin, sending erotic tremors to her needy cunt.
His cock lay grotesquely against her stomach, and the logical part of her still wondered exactly how she fit all of it inside of her. But there was omega magic at work, her body always making room for its mate like they belonged together, connected as one.
Without warning, Apodis pressed a needy kiss to her lips, his tongue already pushing into her mouth like he was ready to devour her.
She circled her arms around his shoulders, and did the same with her legs around his waist, shimmying so that his beautiful cock split the seam of her cunt in a delightfully lewd way.
Oh, it felt so fucking good, that hard length between her legs, and she rutted against him greedily as he moaned into her mouth. She rocked her hips, his cock gliding through the slickness of her arousal and making stars dot her vision, her chest already heaving with exertion.
“What do you want, little one?” Apodis whispered against her lips, and she let out a pathetic whimper in response.
“Want you, God. Please, I need it. I need you. Fuck me, please,” she begged, the desperate plea only increasing her arousal.
When he pulled away, they both turned their gazes to the vidcam, the angle perfect as it revealed her prone form and his crouching over her.
A delighted grin curled Apodis’ lips as he watched himself breach her entrance, a shiver racing all the way up her spine.
“Fuck, Apodis,” she gasped, arching her back as he slid his way into her eager pussy, stroking in and out.
The sight on the vidcam was positively obscene, her body swallowing his great length like it was nothing, though her muscles screamed with luscious tension as she sucked in deep breaths.
“Oh, Gem, you’re so tight. So warm. You look so beautiful taking every last bit of me,” Apodis grumbled, his gaze shifting back and forth between the vidcam and the real thing. “You are so perfect. My little human. The perfect size to stretch with my cock, my tentacles.”
He kept his slow and sensual pace, plunging deeper and deeper as a mating tentacle traced her bottom lip before slithering its way in. She suckled against the rubbery flesh, enjoying the comfort it brought her as her eyelids fluttered.
“There are so many videos I want to make with you,” he continued, his pupils blown with the same desire vibrating through Gemini’s entire being. “Breeding that beautiful cunt, fucking your throat, marking you from head to toe with my seed.”
Jesus, fuck. She loved how his mouth turned filthy when they were alone, how he displayed his dominance in a way that made her feel more cherished than anything else in the galaxy.
Apodis sank in deep, his tentacle slipping from her lips as he completely encased her against the mattress.
She relished how he filled her up, her body succumbing to his size even when she thought it wouldn’t.
He was buried in her cunt, letting her muscles stretch around him as she peppered his chest with kisses, licking the sweat from his powerful body.
“Oh, Gem,” Apodis whispered, rolling his hips in a deep, dirty grind as he pressed her into the mattress.
It felt like she was suffocating, her vision going blurry and pleasure igniting in every one of her nerves, but she’d gladly perish under her beefcake of an alien mate if it meant another second of rapture.
Apodis kissed the top of her head, an ironic juxtaposition to the filthy way he fucked her into the mattress, and with each snap of his hips Gemini felt herself soaring higher into the stars.
She gasped out his name, and he pulled back, though he remained sheathed deeply inside her, his tentacles sliding underneath her and lifting her into the air. Her back arched sinfully as his hands circled her waist, bringing her body to him with each brutal thrust.
“You take me so well, my mate. My cock. My seed.”
Gemini could feel his thighs tensing as they met her body, the wet slapping sounds drowning out any coherent thoughts left in her mind.
She glanced at the vidcam, the view forcing her to release a helpless sob of rapture.
God, t was so fucking hot to watch, to see her body being used like a toy, and she could only imagine enjoying this video over and over again.
And the many more they would make.
There was a relentless heat in her belly that was ready to explode. It just needed a spark, just one final…
Fuck!
With a last needy thrust, there was an explosion of pleasure, her cunt clenching against Apodis’ knot as reams of rhythmic rapture echoed between them. He filled her with his wet, welcome heat, gradually slowing until he finally came to a stop, all but collapsing onto her.
“Galaxies, little omega. I love being inside you. I never want to leave,” Apodis said, and she hummed an assent, her mind too addled to form a proper response.
She’d warmed his cock on many an occasion, falling asleep with his knot still inside her and only waking when he started fucking her again.
Gemini gasped in a breath as Apodis flipped them, settling her on top and reaching to turn the vidcam off.
She nuzzled her cheek against his neck, which she had learned meant she was scenting him, marking him as her mate.
The aroma of the mistforest lingered around them, along with the scent of sweat and pheromones that made her feel cozy and at home.
Her mind gradually cleared, though Apodis’ knot remained within her, and she closed her eyes, her body completely spent.
“I love you, my omega,” Apodis whispered, planting soft kisses on the top of her head as she snuggled in his arms.
“I love you too, my alpha.”
Gemini smiled, letting herself drift off to sleep, completely at peace.