Chapter 37

Lilith talked incessantly as they made their way towards the landing site the next morning. Was his mate unusually quiet, or was this other human woman excessively noisy, he wondered as she rained questions down on him. He had deliberately increased the pace, so that to keep up with him she was almost panting, but it did not seem to dissuade her from her chatter. She reminded him on the many little birds that swarmed on this world, and their overwhelming chirps. Perhaps the difference between the women, he thought, was that his mate was submissive, whereas this woman was definitely not. She was small and slight, but she would not know how to submit if her life depended on it. Which, he added suppressing a snarl, it did. Did he have the patience to train another woman? Especially one as annoying as this one? Even the potential of breeding a telepathic child on the woman was poor compensation, he thought with his teeth grinding against each other, for the abuse to his ears. &