2.19

"Your friend is our problem!" Palien met Erin in his office on the cruiser.

"Rohen? What has he done?"

"Who do you see him as?"

"We grew up together. My cousin is modest and restrained. He never conflicts with anyone and keeps everything to himself..."

"He is an invader and very dangerous for us," Palien did not listen to the end of the report.

"What does it mean?"

"His power of destruction surpasses yours, Erin. Enemy ships crumble into dust at great distances due to his magic. Didn't you notice anything? Your friend also has a teleport and can easily get onto my cruiser in moments."

"Have you talked to him?"

"No! But Ramies suffered greatly when Rohen attacked him and took your brother with him.

"Did he kidnap Lariel? He didn't even tell me anything."

"Why did Rohen stand up for him? Are they lovers?"

Erin shrugged.

"Did not notice. I will talk to him. I'll find out why he protects Lariel as his lover."

"Fine!" The Commander nodded his head. "Kamily agreed to conceive with me. I will soon take her from the palace to the ship."

"I beg you, don't take her to Xantari," Erin pleaded. "We need her, our colony..."

"Do you love her? Then you need to convince Lariel to come with us. Zaria is full of surprises. Who would have known that your ancestor Emilio cunningly hid from the authorities that he was a herm and rushed off with his crew to conquer distant planet."

"Why stir this up? He died tragically long ago and almost all the Azarens are his direct descendants."

"Half-breeds... but surprisingly good-looking. You look more beautiful than the aristocrats of Illuria, the heirs of the Archons. How did this happen? You have not degenerated, but on the contrary, you have eclipsed them. It's better for the Xantarians not to see you, they'll go crazy."

"Indeed?" Erin grinned. "Commander, it's strange to hear such confessions from you. You prohibit relationships between men. Who exactly did you like the most?"

"Not for me! I prefer women. I heard my crew discussing the appearance of the Zarians. Your blue hair, Erin… your graceful body with developed relief and you are not the only one. There are a lot of you! This phenomenon is too difficult to explain."

"The merit of Emilio and his magical sphere?" Erin suggested.

"Looks like it! One of you will become a herm in the near future. This is wonderful in my opinion. You may be allowed relationships between men without restrictions, in case someone gets pregnant."

"That would be nice," Erin muttered.

"I know you have a hot young lover, Kalisio... And why is he so cute? Looks like a germ..."

"Will you punish us?" The question sounded tense.

"Well, why? I appreciate your loyalty, Erin. We need to unite in the fight against the invader. The Rohen you knew before is no longer there. He is at the mercy of a formidable being from another world who has captured Zaria, and you have missed the opportunity to prevent his rise."

"Is it impossible to kill him? I could try."

"You will not make it! We have already tried to neutralize him, his armor is so impregnable that we lack the knowledge of how to defeat him."

"So far, Rohen hasn't done anything terrible, he's only protected Lar..."

"And he will do it, rest assured. You have no idea who the Phoenix is!"

"How do you know?"

"Oh, Erin! I have been living in this world for a long time. The realm of annihilator phoenixes is located in a higher dimension and their fiery bodies have extremely destructive properties. How our Source detected their interest, we can only guess. One of them infiltrated us for some purpose and who knows what he was up to? Perhaps more of them have been introduced..."

 ***

Kamily was taken to the ship and escorted to the Commander's personal room with a large bed curtained with a thick canopy.

"Can we do all this quickly?" She asked nervously, sitting down on the bed.

"But I'm not in a hurry; there's no need for haste in this matter. Relax, don't be nervous."

Palien approached with a calm look, sat down on his knees in front of her and unclasped her hands. Kamily closed her eyes, not wanting to look at him. He put his hands on her stomach and began to run his fingers over it with concentration. A hot ball pulsed inside. This did not last long, but Kamily, unable to bear it, asked irritably, pushing his hands away:

"What are you doing?"

He looked at her with a hazy look:

"I'm preparing your womb for conception. We're having twins..."

Kamily closed her eyes, not wanting to see anything else. Palien began to stroke her body gently, running his fingers from her lower back, arms and neck. She felt as if a hot stream was filling her, moving from bottom to top, expanding her to the sides. Suddenly, her closed eyes saw another world filled with transparent streams of plasma; opposite her, Palien flickered in the form of liquid blue and turquoise fire, looked into her eyes and held her fiery hands. They were floating, surrounded by flames, and it was not a dream. He moved closer and they kissed each other. An unknown feeling of endless happiness exploded inside her and burst out in the form of a stream of sparkling plasma, spinning in the form of a spiral rushing upward. A euphoria of bliss enveloped them both and left them floating in a blue mist. Time seemed to stand still, flowing around in thick streams of fire.

Kamily woke up in the morning in Palien's arms and, slipping out of his arms, jumped out of bed. 

 What happened? 

Some kind of magic unknown to her?

She had never experienced anything like this.

She did not at all expect such extraordinary intimacy from Palien. 

Did he somehow charm her? 

But everything was so real, and the feelings were amazing! 

Kamily did not know how to behave further. Pretend not to remember anything and continue to reject him?

But she can't hide anything from him.

She was immersed in her experiences, wrapped in a blanket, and did not notice that Palien had woken up.

"Well, Kamily, did you like my love?" He, pleased with himself, came up and hugged her from behind.

Kamily did not answer; he turned her towards him, looking into her eyes.

"Oh! I see that you liked it. This is the fiery love of syrinxes! Magic fusion. Did you feel it? What bliss! Now do you understand what you refused?"

She remained silent.

"This is only possible with princesses, that's why I've been looking for you for hundreds of years." No one can compare to you, Arumy. This is a secret love technique, not all syrinxes know about it. I was upset that you rejected me again and began to look for ways to woo you, despite the presence of your favorites. It's good that there are lost princesses here. I wanted to try it with one of them, but by the will of fate you ended up in my arms."

"So it's just magic!" Kamily perked up. "Where did you get this from?"

"I will not say! Everyone doesn't need to know this! There are still not enough princesses for everyone." 

Palien got dressed and got ready to leave. 

"If you want, we'll repeat it."