She wrapped her legs higher around his waist, lost in the sensations as she tried to meet him thrust for thrust. There was a frantic element to his lovemaking but Jeanie didn’t care. She was right there with him. She felt her body tensing, her stomach clenching, and then she screamed out as she came. True growled, his teeth nipping the side of her neck as he buried his face in it. He groaned loudly, jerking over her as spurt after spurt of hot se**n shot deep inside her when he came. He slowed as his dick swelled, locking them together.

“Jeanie,” he rasped.

She rubbed his back before she ran her fingers through his hair, playing with the silky strands. He was heavy on top of her but she liked his weight pinning her to the bed. She almost thought he’d fallen asleep but he finally lifted his head from her neck and propped his upper body weight on his arms. Their gazes met.

“I belong to you as much as you belong to me. I will always protect you and take care of you. I almost lost you again. You have no idea how it would have destroyed me if those males had taken you from me. I will do everything in my control to make you happy.”

She believed him. “I know. I’ll try to be the best mate by making you happy. I’ll take care of you too.”

He smiled as his finger pushed back her bangs and trailed down the side of her face. “Are you on birth control of any kind?”

“I take the shot, of course. It was part of the job for all the women working with New Species. New Species’ sense of smell can pick up a woman on her period and some of the males would become agitated or overly aggressive if the staff was around them at that time of the month. Both Drackwood and Cornas dispensed the shot to all the women on staff.”

She didn’t mind having a conversation with him about her menses. “Do you smell a change in me? I should be good for another month before I’m scheduled for the next shot but I’ve been under a lot of stress lately. I’ve heard women can start bleeding despite the shot if they suffer any kind of emotional traumas. I’d consider everything that’s happened lately a roller coaster of stress.”

“Crossbreeding works between Species males and human females. There’s a chance I could get you pregnant if you go off the shot but I have a low sperm count. Dr. Trisha said there are things I could do to help with that if I ever found a mate.”

It was a good thing she was flat on her back. The news would have floored her. “Seriously?”

“Yes. That information is highly classified but you’re my mate now. Our doctors are working on getting our females to conceive as well but so far only our males can carry on our race.”

“Why can’t the women conceive?”

“They are still trying to figure it out.”

The idea of having a baby with True had never entered her mind but an image of a little girl or boy with his eyes and that beautiful hair of his suddenly surfaced. Their children would be adorable. “I always wanted to have kids one day.”

He grinned. “Good. I don’t expect you to want to try to have young ones right away but I’d like them at some point in our future. Would you think about it?”

“A little girl and a little boy would be great.”

His smile faded. “They will only be males.”

“You can’t possible know that.”

“I do.” He stared at her a moment before continuing. “Some of the mated couples have had young. All of them were males and the doctors are sure it’s because of our altered genetics. We can only create what we are. They will look like me instead of you.” A touch of sadness filled his eyes. “I would like to have a small female who resembles you but it won’t happen. They will be males with my features.”

She tried to guess at what he left out. “You mean your engineered DNA is coded to dominate the process of gene assignment at the time the egg is fertilized?”

Broad shoulders shrugged. “You could discuss it with someone at Medical to get a technical understanding. As a mate they would freely give you that information. All I know is that males only make male babies who greatly resemble them in all ways, right down to their specific features. The pregnancy is also faster than the normal human one.”

Yeah, good thing I’m lying down. “What exactly does that mean?”

“Humans are pregnant for nine months but mates give birth at five months.”

It shouldn’t have been that much of a surprise. New Species were made up of human and animal DNA. True was mixed with canine DNA. Canine pregnancy spanned about nine weeks, if she remembered correctly. Elephants are pregnant for almost two years. “I’m so glad you’re canine.”

He cocked his head, perplexed.

“Never mind. Private joke.”

“Do you want to share?”

“I just…I think it’s great that I could have a baby that fast. Are there any complications due to the accelerated gestation?”

“They were born healthy and the mates were fine.” He continued to trace her facial features and her hair with his finger. “We should spend some time getting to know each other better first but I’d like to have a baby with you.”

Jeanie let it all sink in. “I’d like to have a family with you one day, True.”

“Good.”

She smiled. “I’ll give you half a dozen if it makes you happy. I’d love to have children.”

True grinned. “Half a dozen?”

She laughed. “Okay. Maybe that’s too many but after the sex we just had I’m feeling generous where you’re concerned.”