She felt his body stiffen. He threw back his head and plunged into her one more time. The deep groan of pure satisfaction and the kick of his hot seed set her off again. She came right with him.
She kissed his neck and tried to pat his back, but her arms were to tired and achy to lift.
“Are you ok?”
She smiled weakly. “Never better. You?”
“You’re perfect.”
“Of course I am. You should have known that way before now.” She teased him.
He took a deep breath and pulled out of her.
“I am going to miss that.” Dee said savoring the pleasure.
“You will get it again. It’s yours now.” Niko leaned over and kissed her.
“Promises, promises. That’s what they all say until the next pretty face comes along.”
He didn’t protest. She didn’t need assurances.
They lay there in silence. He had gathered her body and pulled her close. She gave him the occasional kiss. Should she dress? Would he let her leave?
“There are not a lot of people like my mother’s.” Niko said quietly.
“What makes them so different?”
“They are truly a matriarchal society. Long ago they used to be patriarchal. The males ruled everything including the females. This may have not been a problem if as on your world, the females had been able to see freedom for themselves. This never happened on that world.
The greed of the males almost killed the females off. I don’t know how they did it. The memories of that time are not clear, but they had an uprising. The males never knew what hit them.”
He stopped, lost in his thought.
“I am glad for the females of your mother’s planet. Sometimes you must be the person to fight for yourself.”
He nodded and stroked her side.
“It was a long, bloody battle. There were many casualties on both sides. It seemed as if that planet would become a footnote in history, a story told to keep other planets in line.
No one knows how they did it. One minute they seemed to be dying out, the next they were the ruling body. Everyone has a theory about what happened.”
“What’s your theory?” She reached out and stroked his arm. She let her fingers walk until, she found his hand. She entwined her fingers with his, giving him a big smile and a wink.
“They surrendered.”
She frowned at him. “What would make you think that?”
“You saw the picture of my mother she was no weakling, the males of her planet are even stronger. They stand as tall as I do when I am in my natural form. They are built solidly. They were and still are a warrior race. How does a race of men who have warred all their lives, lose their planet to the females of their race? They surrender.”
“Why would they surrender?”
“The planet had one ruler. Under him sat others who had rule over certain portions of the planet. They all answered to him. He had one mate. This was not the custom at the time. They took as many mates as they could afford to keep and protect. If someone stole your female, she was not yours anymore.
I believe he was confronted with a choice, one no male should ever have to make. He could either surrender to her or he could watch her die. He surrendered.”
She searched his face, looking for a smile or a gotcha, but saw nothing other than honesty.
“If what you believe is true, he changed the whole trajectory of your planet. Do you think they hate him for that?”
He looked puzzled. “I have often wondered about that. The women are not mean or callous. The men are not kept as submissive. They do not bow or scrape. They hold office and do as they wish. The females lead in different ways. They pick their mates, not the other way around. They do not part once mated.
A family is torn about by death. Death is natural, caused by a sickness or war. Wars are with others who try to invade their planet. Both the males and the females have adapted to this way of life. Neither could imagine life any other way.”
“It’s hard for me to imagine a world where there is no separation.” Dee said. “My mom found her soul mate. It was my dad. He died when I was six. From then on she had to raise a child and she was ill prepared to do it. She always thought love would save the day.
She learned the hard way that love didn’t always stay. Life was hard. She cried every night and many times we didn’t eat. She would always say that we should never eat every day. It made us think we were better than others when we did. We needed to learn to push our bodies to be the best we could be.”
She stopped to wipe a tear away. She was over all of this and she refused to cry.
“She used to cry herself to sleep. Then one night she came out of her room. She was dressed up. It reminded me of when my dad was still alive. She told me to stay in my room and sleep. Whatever I did, I could not come out till she told me too. I kissed her and went to bed.