By the time dawn broke Bette had lost count of the number of orgasms she had experienced.  In her considerable experience she had never known the intimacy that she experienced with her First Officer.  Tina.  In the throes of passion they became one.  Tina had taken her and surrendered with equal passion.  Never would she have suspected the fire that lay beneath her First Officer’s cool façade.

She had expected Tina to be shy upon awakening the opposite was true.  Tina took her to a bone melting orgasm that she still tingled with the memory of as they dressed in native clothing for the ceremonies of the day. 

“Is everything ok now?” Bette asked tentatively.  “Are you out of danger?”

“I will burn for six more days but each day I will gain more and more control Captain.”  Tina responded her eyes still burned with desire but she could control it for the number of hours they would be apart.

“Bette” she corrected her.  “In this place and for the next six days when we are alone please call me Bette, Tina.”

Tina nodded pleased at the invitation.  While she knew Bette’s body as well as her own at this point she did not really know the woman herself.  She only knew that she was able to breathe with greater and greater ease each time they mated.  Her mind was clearing as well.

“Bette what is our extraction plan?”

“Huh?”

“It is logical to assume that you will be expected to attend the Princess as her Royal Consort today at the ceremonies of departure.  How will you disengage?”  Tina was not sure if she was speaking as the First Officer or as the woman who needed to ensure that the salve to her burn remained available.  The two needs were fused in her mind at this point.

Bette realizing that she had been caught flatfooted cursed. 

“I don’t think that the Princess and her Director intended for me to disengage.  What are your thoughts Commander?” Bette answered understanding that in this moment she needed her First Officer.

“I think that the Princess is in need of another Royal Consort because you are unavailable.”  The First Officer and First Mate spoke as one.