Garrus looked around the planet they were currently on; he was locating high ground and finding cover without even thinking about it Of course, since they were currently on a very civilized, and friendly planet, with a medical facility, none the less, there really was not a reason to do so. But he just couldn't help himself. Glancing over at Shepard, he saw she was still talking to Thane, who carried his bag over his shoulder. Garrus saw the amusement on Thane's face as he tuned into their conversation, and chuckled himself.

"Ok, Thane…now remember, all you have to do is shout at Joker and we'll head straight back here…don't even think of finding your own way, you hear me? You're going to be fine here…but just in case, you have the emergency contact code to get in touch with us?"
Thane was quite obviously trying not to let his amusement show, and luckily for him, Shepard was too preoccupied to notice how badly he was doing at that.

Thane nodded at Shepard and said, "I have the code, Siha…and should require any assistance I will use it."

Shepard nodded, looking up at the door they'd just stopped in front of. Smiling, she said, "Ok Thane…I guess this is it. Just…be careful, ok? I need you back on the team before the shit hits the fan. You have everything you need?"

For a moment, Garrus almost expected her to adjust Thane's coat or wipe his face. Thane must have worried about that too, because with a bare glance at Garrus, Thane reached out and grasped Shepard's hands, saying warmly, "Everything will be fine, Siha…I will be back on the Normandy within six weeks, perhaps sooner. Try to stay behind cover while I am gone, please?"

Garrus watched Shepard blush and nod as Thane gave both of them a half bow and turned to enter the building, Shepard watching with ill-concealed nerves. Garrus chuckled and earned a glare from his mate.

"What?", Shepard snapped?

Garrus chuckled and said, "I can't wait to see how you act when we drop Grunt off on Tuchunka."

Shepard rolled her eyes and elbowed him in the chest, which really didn't hurt as they were both wearing hard suits. Garrus chuckled again, as they turned to walk back toward the ship, he cleared his throat to tell her that Thane really was old enough to have gone without them, when he saw movement from his peripheral vision and turned, moving into a crouch and going for the sniper rifle he wasn't carrying. He made a "oomph" sound as the form slammed into him and he heard a familiar voice, which froze his movement. Unfortunately, he wasn't prepared for the weight of another Turian throwing themselves into his arms and stumbled backwards, directly into Shepard. She stumbled back and hit the wall as Garrus hit her.

Cursing, he managed to gain control over the Turian in his arms, pushing her slightly away and snapped, "Solana, dammit, I've told you about that before…", then turned worriedly to Shepard, who was gasping for air. He reached out and grasped her shoulders before saying, "Shepard? Are you ok?"

Shepard nodded, waving a hand at him to show she was fine as she tried to catch her breath. She muttered, "Solana?" as he kept his talons on her shoulders, staring at her with a worried expression on his face.

Glancing over his shoulder at the now irritated female Turian, Garrus said, "Yea, Shepard, this is my sister, Solana…Solana, this is Commander Shepard."

Shepard tried to smile pleasantly, but her smile faltered at the look of dislike on the female's face. Forcing a pleasant smile, she said, "Please to meet you Solana…"

The female said nothing, but with her new hearing, Shepard heard the twangy hum and the answering deeper, sharper hum from Garrus. From the little bit she'd been learning, she realized that whatever Solana's sound had meant, it wasn't nice and Garrus had correct her. Basically he'd told her to mind her manner. Shepard sighed, nothing was every easy…apparently even meeting her mate's family was going to be difficult. Narrowing her eyes, she realized that Garrus hadn't mentioned their relationship and poked him in the back. He reached back and caught her wrist as he concentrated on his sister, "Solana, what are you doing here?"

Solana drew her attention off the woman behind her brother and said, "We've brought mom here for a new treatment. I thought that was why you were here…you mean you didn't know? I thought you'd found out when you paid… SPIRITS Garrus! What happened to your FACE?"

Garrus frowned, looking both confused and irritated in addition to uncomfortable, his mandible close to his face, "There was…an incident…it looks worse than it is, Dr. Chakwas fixed me up. When I paid?"

Solana now looked confused, "I told you the last time we talked how expensive it was…when we got the notice it was paid in full, I thought…." She saw the confused look on her brother's face, and said, "…but I guess not. Who paid the fees, then?" Garrus thought for a minute, then a thought occurred to him and he slowly turned to look behind him, and suddenly, Shepard was looking everywhere but at him. The pretty clouds in the sky…the tree…that bird….. Garrus cleared his throat and said, "Shepard?"

Solana frowned, "Shepard? Why would your commanding officer pay for mother's treatment?

Now Shepard looked at him, "Yes…why indeed, Garrus?" And Garrus realized that he'd irritated her again, and he knew exactly why. Sighing, he started to say tell Solana that Shepard was his mate, when he had a very bad thought "Solana, you said "we" brought mom here…does that mean….dad…is…"

Solana looked at him in what Shepard had come to recognize as Turian irritation and said, "Yes, Garrus, our father is here. He's on a leave of absence from C-Sec to deal with this. Once we learned about this program, and then we got the news it was paid…he got paid leave to come here and get mom settled."

Garrus clutched at Shepard's hand and Shepard felt a surge of joy, he might not have introduced her to his sister as his mate, but he was opening holding her hand and drawing comfort from the touch. Garrus sighed as Solana communicated her dislike of his actions by her sub-harmonics.

Solana glanced behind Garrus at the Commander, the woman who had taken Garrus away from his job, his family, his dependability and his standing as a Turian. He might have been a hothead before, but he was dependable, he did his job, worked for the law. Then he'd met Commander Shepard and he'd thrown away his job, his standing, his life to follow her around the Galaxy. When Solana had heard that the human had died, she'd been happy; she'd thought that now Garrus would come home, settle down, get a job, get his respect as a Turian back. Instead he'd gone off and been worse, doing who knows what, being an outlaw. Then, against all odds, she came back and now her brother was back with her, and wandering around the galaxy leaving her, Solana, to tend their mother and put her own life on hold. And now, on top of everything, she'd gotten Garrus hurt so bad that no Turian of any standing would consider mating with him, so she had no hope of ever having her own life.

Garrus sighed and pulled Shepard closer to him, taking inordinate comfort from her closeness. Even through his hard suit he felt her hand on his back and the other in his talons, held gently but firmly. Before he could say anything else, he glanced behind Solana and saw his father walking up. Taking a deep breath, he straightened up, raised his chin and pulled Shepard from behind him to next to him, switching her hand from his right to his left, and sliding his right hand around her shoulders. His left arm was across his body, not exactly comfortable, but when he glanced down at her, he saw her eyes looking back at him; so proud, so much love that he couldn't help but widen his mandibles at her. She smiled wider back at him and released his left hand, leaving him strangely befret; right up until she reached up and grabbed his talons as they rested no her shoulder and slid her left arm around his back, resting her hand lightly on his hip. No longer even thinking of his father, or his sister, or anything but her, he lowered his head and bumped her forehead with his own.

"Hello Son…I didn't think you'd be here today" Amantius Vakarian nodded at his son, his curious glance slid over Shepard, who straightened up, then his eyes slid to her hand, resting on his son's hip and his mandibles widened, then flattened. When Garrus turned to look at him, he gasped, "Spirits Garrus, what happened to you?"

Shepard bit her lips, trying to not to smile, as Garrus sighed, mandibles held close to his face as he said, "Some mercs came after me with a Gunship, I was lucky that Shepard was there to save my neck"

Garrus' father shook his head and said, "Did you at least bring them to justice?"

Garrus nodded, "They'll not go after anyone ever again…"

Amantius shook his head, he was C-Sec through and through, and he would have preferred that his son had arrested the perpetrators, but he was also a realist and knew that sometimes, you had to take out the bad guys. "We just dropped your mother off…they said they need to settle her, but we can come see her in a couple of hours. Are you going to be here long enough to see her?"

Garrus glanced down at Shepard, who nodded minutely. "Yeah, we can do that…we're actually here to drop off one of our crewmates for some treatments as well, and Shepard has given most of us shore leave."

Amantius nodded, then turned to Shepard, offering her his hand as he said, "Commander Shepard, I presume?"

Shepard let go of Garrus talons and shook hands with Garrus' father, trying to ignore the death glare from Solana behind him. Amantius was being surprisingly cordial, he included Shepard in his conversation now as he said, "You were dropping off a crewmate? So you weren't aware that your mother was going to be here?"

Garrus glanced down at Shepard, giving her an odd look as he replied, "No, I didn't know mom would be here. But we're here for two days, so I'll be able to see her before we head out again."

Solana said, "Why don't you just stay here with us, Garrus…I'm sure your commander can spare you, right Commander?" She hadn't missed the way Shepard was hanging on her brother, and while she couldn't imagine Garrus was encouraging it, he didn't seem to be pushing her away either.

Shepard and Garrus spoke at the same time,

"No", Garrus said, frowning at his sister

"If Garrus wants to stay, we'll…." Shepard started.

But Garrus shook his head at her, gazing down at her, his mandibles tightening, then loosening as he said, "Don't even think of it, amica…I'm not staying without you. And I know that Grunt is going to go insane if we don't get him to Tachunka"

Shepard laughed, "Yeah, he's already stalking around the ship muttering about breeding contracts"

Garrus mandibles widened again as he looked over at his sister and father; his father nodded his head. Solana's sub-harmonics were thrumming with anger and animosity, so badly that her father turned to her with a frown and said, "Solana, I know that your mother and I raised you with more manners than this." Solana looked surprised, then chagrined and she shut up.

Amantius turned back to Shepard and said, "I'm sorry about my daughter, she's been under a lot of pressure; most of her mother's care is on her shoulders. Garrus said that you were staying here for two days?"

Shepard nodded as Garrus' thrummed beside her. She was new at understanding sub-harmonics, though both Garrus and Thane had been helping her learn, but she knew that Garrus was nervous, irritated and defiant. Until he looked at her, then his humming changed and it was calm, proud, loving. Shepard smiled at Garrus and bumped her head against his chest causing his arm to tighten around her shoulders.

Garrus turned back to his father and his entire posture was more relaxed now, the thrumming still nervous, but stronger, more sure. "We have a room at the Rift Inn for the next two days, neither Shepard or I have had shore leave in a while and since the Normandy is going through a couple of repairs, we decided to have a break ourselves."

Amantius was no fool, he'd seen his son's reactions and actions toward Shepard and heard him call her 'amica'. There was a lot more than rank between them, and while he wasn't happy with the turn of events, he could also see that Shepard cared for his son. Nodding, he said, "Solana and I are also staying at the Rift. Perhaps after visiting with your mother you and your…" he paused, not sure of what to call her. If he just called her Garrus' Commander, he might insult her, yet if he said too much, he might make one or the other uncomfortable.

Garrus raised his head, his sub-harmonics as well as his mandibles went defiant as he said, "My Bondmate…Sh…Lia is my Bondmate, Father" Solana gasped and gripped her father's arm, looking stricken. Amantius, however, had expected something like that, though the depth of their relationship was a shock.

Years of C-Sec training and handling people came into play and he merely said, "Perhaps you and your Bondmate will join us for a meal?"

Garrus glanced over at Shepard, who smiled and nodded and Garrus flicked his mandibles in irritation before turning back to his father and saying, "Sure, Father…Lia and I would be happy to join you for a meal."

Amantius nodded, "Solana and I were going to go look at the reflection pool…would you care to join us?"

Garrus shook his head, "We've still go to check into the hotel…we'll be back in a couple of hours to see mom…which section is she in?"

After getting the information, Amantius bid them both a calm farewell and headed off, practically dragging Solana with him. Garrus sighed and slumped, holding Lia tightly to him, saying, "Spirits…that went better than I expected, but I'm not looking forward to the meal…" Garrus looked down at Shepard as he spoke and he thought he saw a flash of something unhappy in her eyes, but it was gone so fast he wasn't sure.

She carefully squeezed his waist and said, smiling, "Shall we go check into the hotel? I hear it has a Jacuzzi tub that fits two…sounds like just what we need to relax."

Garrus looked a little surprised, "I didn't think you liked baths…"

Shepard looked at him wide eyed, "I LOVE baths…there is NOTHING like a good soak to relax and refresh you. That is the one thing I would have loved to have had in the Normandy…they put a fishtank in my room, but all I get in the bathroom is a shower…", she looked so irritated by that thought that Garrus gave her a Turian grin, amused humming in his voice as he said,

"I'm sure it was an oversight…you could use the fishtank…"

"HA! Don't think I haven't considered it!" Chuckling the two headed to the hotel, arms still looped around each other.

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The hotel was beautiful, and once the clerk figured out who Shepard was, they ended up in a much nicer room than they'd booked. Shepard tried to talk them out of it, but the manager was insistent…no way would the Savior of the Citadel and Defeater of the Collectors stay in a sub-par room. He tried to comp them the room as well, but there Shepard drew the line. She insisted on paying the original price, though she took the upgrade.

The room they ended up in was huge, actually to rooms; a living room and a bedroom. There was a private balcony that overlooked the ocean that was just a few steps from their hotel. The bathroom was bigger than their quarters on the Normandy and contained not just the necessary items, but a separate shower big enough for both of them complete with benches and some strange built in things that Shepard couldn't place. The shower also had six shower heads, guaranteeing that anywhere you stood, you would be under the spray. The bath was bigger than their nest, and had jets that blew water on their bodies. There was a surround around the tub wide enough for either of them to sit on and next to the tub was a huge selection of soaps, powders and other items that Garrus had no clue of the identity of.

Shepard was gleeful about the entire thing, even if she was not thrilled with the way they'd ended up there. Garrus sat in an arm chair and watched Lia wander around the room, looking at different things. Garrus knew that if she'd been Turian, she'd have been trilling with delight; but since she wasn't, he trilled for her. She laughed as she plopped herself down on his lap, her arms going around his neck, stroking his fringe and beneath it and he began to purr in addition to the happy trilling. She smiled brilliantly at him as she said, "I love it when you make those noises…"

Garrus chuckled, "I know…and I love to see you so happy."

Shepard cuddled close to him, "I'm guessing we don't have time for a quickie before we go see your mom?", she looked resigned, and a little hopeful. Garrus wanted to, more than he'd ever thought possible. But he sighed, and then grinned at her,

"There is no such thing as a quickie with a Turian, amica. And no, we probably don't have time for much of anything other than to settle in a bit. OF course, if someone hadn't spent forty five minutes arguing with the hotel manager, we might have had the time…"

Shepard sighed, "It doesn't feel right…taking things just for doing my job."

Garrus sighed and cuddled her closer, bumping her forehead with his own and said, "Amica, I think you've earned a simple room upgrade…"

Shoving off the odd emotions, Shepard grinned and said, bumping her head against his this time, "Ok Officer Vakarian…the sooner we get out of her, the sooner we can see your mom, have dinner with your dad and sister and get back here to break in that glorious tub!"

Garrus chuckled as she stood up and offered him her hands, pulling him to his feet as he said, "Well then, Commander Shepard…shall we?"

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The two walked through the streets back to the Medical center. Without their hard suites, Garrus felt her hands on him, her hand sitting gently on his hip as his rested around her shoulders. She held his talons with her hand. When her hand would caress his waist, he shivered; the third time it happened, he gave her a mock glare, "Lia, if you keep that up, I'm not going to be fit to introduce you to my mother until we find a vacant closet somewhere and take care of things…"

Shepard laughed, truly amused and said, "Sorry, love…I just love touching you."

Garrus leaned his head sideways and bumped her head with his, mandibles wide, trilling happily as he said, "I love touching you too…"

Shepard gazed around them, both out of habit looking for hostiles as well as cover and because it was so odd not to be the only mixed couple around. While her crew had grown used to the her relationship with Garrus, anytime they were around others, it was a novelty. But here, there were mixed couples of all kinds, Turian/Quarian, Asari with various species, even an Elcor/Volus pair holding clinging to each other which had both Garrus and Shepard staring wide eyed. They forced their attentions away, but after a few minutes of silence, Shepard said, hesitantly, "Do you think…."

Garrus interrupted her, quickly, "I don't know…I don't WANT to know…let's not go there, okay?" Shepard nodded violently, that particular image was not very appealing. By the time they reached the medical center, they'd seen couples of so many different types that Shepard was curious.

As they checked in at the building where Garrus mother was, and waited for a nurse to show come and get them, Shepard mused out loud, "I wonder why there are so many mixed couples around here? I know they have a nice resort, but it seems a little odd…."

A Salarian wearing a medical coat stopped and said, gazing at them, "This medical center is the leading fertility clinic working on mixed race fertility in the system…perhaps the galaxy. Many couples come here to try for procreation…" The Salarian walked on and Shepard and Garrus shared a look. Shepard sighed, her thoughts going into the future, and when she looked at Garrus, she saw a similar look in his eyes. Before either of them could say anything, Solana and Amantius arrived.

Amantius nodded at Garrus and Shepard, and said, "Good afternoon Garrus…Commander…"

Shepard smiled a bit nervously at Amantius and offered, "If it's not too odd, I'd be happy if you called me Lia."

Amantius nodded at her, his mandibles widening a bit as he said, pleasantly, "Of course, Lia…" as Solana stood behind her father, glaring at Shepard. The nurse appeared and the four of them followed her to a beautiful room overlooked the courtyard where a Turian female sat in bed, and Shepard, for the first time, saw a Turian who was unwell. She'd wondered if it would be clear to her, as a human, but seeing Garrus mother, she no longer wondered.

Sabina Vakarian looked drawn, her colony marks standing in sharp release to her nearly colorless plate. The only part of her that seemed normal was her alert, sharp blue eyes. Shepard saw where Garrus had gotten his eyes when she saw Sabina. Garrus did look a lot like his father, but those eyes…they were straight from his mother. Solana moved to stand protectively by her mother's side, as Amantius moved to sit on the bed, facing his wife. He leaned forward resting his forehead against his wife's and Shepard smiled, the love between the couple was obvious.

Garrus watched as well, and he drew Shepard closer to his side, his hand moving to run his talons up and down her back. Shepard glanced up at him and saw an expression she'd rarely seen on his face, he might not get along with his father, but he adored his mother and the sight of his parents together made him happy.

Sabina's voice was soft, but she held out her free hand to her son, and Garrus obediently went to his mother's side. Shepard tried to hang back, to give them privacy, but Garrus held fast to her hand, dragging her with him, much to his sister's disgust. Shepard felt the sharp eyes lite on her consideringly, before they moved to her son. She smiled in that familiar Turian manner and said, "Garrus…I'm so glad you came. What happened to you face, son?"

Garrus clenched his mandibles and tensed, but Shepard's gently touches on his shoulder and her hand squeezing his talons calmed him and he said, "I forgot to duck…" He heard Shepard snort softly and grinned, holding his mother's hand with his free hand.

Sabina shook her head, amused "You never learned that lesson…sometimes I wonder how you managed to live to grow up at all… And this must be Commander Shepard…"

Garrus pulled Shepard closer, and said, softly, "Mother, this is Lia…she is my Bondmate." Solana gasped, then turned, mandibles tight against her face and stalked from the room as Garrus mother shook her head and said, taking her hand from her son's and offering it to Shepard, "Do not mind my daughter, she is a bit over wrought. She's been taking care of me and it's quite a chore these days." When Shepard took her hand, she pulled her closer, around Garrus so that Lia was practically sitting in Garrus' lap. Sabina looked at her and Lia had to force herself not to fidget; she felt those sharp blue eyes were staring directly into her soul. Nodding, Sabina seemed to see whatever it was she was looking for, because she smiled and used one of her talons to take her son's hand, holding both Lia and Garrus' hands in her. "Welcome, filia…I wish you and my son great happiness…"

Shepard heard Garrus gasp a bit and saw Amantius grew tense, but she had no idea what Sabina had called her. She perched on Garrus' lap and listened as Garrus spoke to his mother, the two exchanging quips as Amantius simply smiled and shook his head. After a while, a nurse came in and told them they'd have to leave, and Garrus and Shepard stood up. Garrus bent down and touched his mother's cheek with his own in a move that Shepard had never seen before, but it looked special. Sabina then held her hand out for Lia and pulled her close, gently touching her cheek to Lia's. As she did so, she whispered, "I am happy for you and my son, filia…" Shepard had to blink the tears from her eyes as she nodded to Amantius and allowed Garrus to lead her from the room, leaving Amantius to have a few minutes alone with his mate. Garrus was lost in his own thoughts, so they walked together, arms around each other through the medical center. Finally Shepard cleared her throat and when Garrus looked at her questioningly, asked, "What was it she called me?"

Garrus widened his mandibles, thrumming with some happiness, but the underlying sadness of his trill nearly broke Shepard's heart. "Daughter…she called you daughter."

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Dinner with Garrus father and sister was an interesting affair. All of them were somewhat subdued, but Garrus, Shepard and Amantius attempted some conversation. Luckily the restaurant in the resort offered both Levo and Dextro food and beverages, but Solana continued to set an even bigger pal over the mean. She sat in near silence, only answering when her father or brother directly asked her a question, which neither did often. Solana glared at Shepard so hard that Shepard found herself reaching for the piston that she wasn't carrying. Garrus caught the movement and gave her an amused look, taking her hand and holding it in his. That brought her a measure of comfort, at least until she excused herself to go to the bathroom.

Leaving the stall, Shepard was not at all surprised to find Solana waiting for her. Sighing, Shepard moved to wash her hands, waiting for the Turian to say something. The anger and fury trilled in her sub-harmonics. Finally, as Shepard dried her hands, Solana hissed, "Why couldn't you have stayed dead? It's bad enough that you enticed him away from his career and his life, kept him from his family and corrupted him from being a good Turian; but then you had to go and get him so badly injured and scarred that no well-bred Turian female would consider him as a mate…just to get him in your bed for you deviant urges" If Solana had begun to dance a mamba and sing show tunes, she couldn't have surprised Shepard more. Solana continued, "You may have manipulated him, but I see right through you…you're disgusting and vile and I won't rest until I save my brother from you."

Shock and surprise began to give way to anger in Shepard and she said, coolly, "Whatever you think of me, Solana, I would never let Garrus get hurt just to manipulate him. Hell, I'd give my own life to make sure he wasn't hurt. I get that you don't like me, that you wish Garrus had chosen a nice, Turian female…but he's my mate, and that's not going to change."

Solana, clearly furious, spat "Isn't it?" and turned, stalking from the room. Shepard took a moment to calm herself, before making her way back to their table. Garrus was looking in her direction nervously as Amantius spoke softly to his daughter, who sat, arms crossed, glaring at nothing in particular. Shepard resumed her seat next to Garrus, trying to project a calm manner. He took her hand, looking at her questioningly, but she just gave a brief shake of her head and squeezed his hand. He glanced at his sister, and the look was not pleasant, but he said nothing and the four finished the meal and separated in the lobby.

Garrus pulled Shepard into the circle of his arms as they rode up in the elevator, holding her gently and feeling the tension in her body. She was carefully restraining her emotions, showing the calm, "commander Shepard" façade that she'd perfected over the years. But he could feel the emotions churning beneath the calm surface. He buried his face in her neck, and she raised a hand, stroking under his fringe, making his sigh and arch his neck into her touch. By the time they got off on their floor, she had relaxed a bit; and he was anything but relaxed.

AS they entered their room, Garrus saw a room service cart with a bottle of no-protein champagne and a selection of both Dextro and levo fruit. He turned to Shepard, prepared to ask what had happened with Solana, but she raised on tip toe and pressed her lips against his lip plates and whispered, "No…no talking. Make love to me, Garrus…please…"

Garrus gazed into her eyes, considered what he found there, then nipped her lips carefully and nodded, "I can do that, amica…."

Gently, Garrus put his hands under the shirt she was wearing and peeled it up her body, exposing her waist and then her breasts, encased in her bra. Tossing the shirt to the side, he lowered his head and began to lick and nuzzle her breasts, his arm firmly around her, as she leaned back and moaned. He felt her nipples harden under his touch and gently pinched them with his mandibles. He heard her gasp and then his talons were on her pants, sliding them off her hips, going to his knees to press gently nuzzles to her belly. He felt her kick off her shoes and he slide her pants the rest of the way off her legs. Her panties were blue and he smiled, his favorite color, just like the bra she still wore.

Placing his hands on her ass, he lowered his head, running his tongue over her mound, through her panties. She gasped and gripped his head, rubbing and massaging his fringe and sliding her fingers beneath to the velvet softness beneath. He moaned as well, feeling is plates shift and renewed his effort to pleasure her. She gasped as he licked her through her panties, he could smell her arousal and it cause a surge of desire in him. Carefully, he slid a talon into her, pushing her panties aside and hearing her gasp.

Lia moaned, the feeling of his tongue on her, his face nuzzling her was driving her crazy. She squirmed and reached down, undoing the top fastenings of his shirt. Growling, he stood up and lowered his head, his tongue sliding over her lips and into her mouth, meeting hers. She tasted her own fluids on his tongue, and she rubbed hard against his groin. His finger was still sliding in and out of her, rubbing as she arched and moaned. She undid his shirt and slipped it off, he removed his finger from her body to finish taking off his clothes, leaving him naked. He stood in front of her, pulling her against him, letting her feel how aroused he was. His cock rubbed against her mound and she nearly cried out. He felt her grind against him and his cock twitched. He kept his tongue running over her lips and tongue as his hands played with her breasts, her ass. He walked her backward slowly, until they reached the bed.

Garrus pushed her back and she gasped as she hit the mattress over the perches on the end of the bed. Lia moved herself back up the bed and he knelt on the edge of the bed, watching her move backward. There was a feral glint in his eyes and she felt a surge of emotion in response; it wasn't fear, but excitement. Her mate was stalking her and that made her feel absolutely powerful.

As she moved backward, Garrus felt the overwhelming need to follow her, pounce on her, so he placed his knee on the bed and slowly began to move toward her, crawling on hands and knees, slowly, his predatory eyes never leaving hers. When she hit the headboard, he growled and lower his head, lapping and nuzzling her legs, her knees, moving up her body. Then suddenly, she moved, rolling to her own hands and knees. She half crouched, looking just as predatory as he did. He felt a surge of excitement, his cock growing even harder than before as she crawled toward him. They met in the middle of the bed, he bulking up his shoulder, lowering his head , shoulders going up as he stared at her. She met his eyes, her own flashing, lips half open, but rather than moving to make herself bigger, she crouched, twisting her upper body, rubbing against his arms and chest.

Garrus leaned over her, using his tongue and his face to lick and nuzzle up her spine, making her arch her back, making sounds he'd never heard from her throat before. She crawled almost all the way underneath him, her tongue licking and her face nuzzling his thighs, his cock, the back of her head rubbing against his belly. The feeling of her rubbing herself against him nearly made him lose his mind, but he kept his mouth and nuzzles going down her spine, to her round ass. He nuzzled her left ass cheek, then nipped her, causing her to squeal and moan.

Garrus felt Lia twist and then she was laying on her back, underneath him and she was reaching for his cock with her sweet mouth. He groaned and growled, but lowered his head to apply his tongue to her pussy, finding that somewhere, she's managed to lose the panties. He huffed in pleasure at finding her bared to him and lowered his head, his tongue tracing the lips of her vulva, sliding down and dipping inside her, catching her fluids with his tongue and sliding it around her pussy. Her hands slid up and grasped his waist, squeezing and massaging, making him groan as she took more and more of him in her mouth, working his cock, taking him deep in her throat, then sliding back to the bed, almost losing contact with his cock.

He delved his tongue into her slit, using the tip to caress her clit, feeling her gasp and moan, arching to him. He kept his weight on his hands and knees, spreading his legs a bit further apart to allow her better access. He felt her mouth leave his cock, only to be replaced by her hand as she arched and used her tongue to lick and lap inside his plates. He moaned, arching against her uncontrollably. She began rubbing inside his places with her fingers as her mouth went back to his cock and to his shock and pleasure, she began to make a deep, humming sound that went straight from her to his cock and gut.

Garrus redoubled his efforts on her pussy, licking and nuzzling her clit, sliding his head down and sliding his long tongue deeply inside her body, his chin continuing to caress her clit. She was moaning and arching into his mouth constantly, and the more she arched and moaned, the harder she sucked his cock.

As she arched, she tightened her thighs on him, and he rubbed his fringe against her, moaning as she wrapped her legs around his neck, her knees and thighs rubbing his fringe. He knew she was close to coming, and he wasn't going to be far behind her. She kept her fingers inside his plates and she removed her mouth from his cock and kept moaning, keening his name as she got closer and closer. She worked his cock and groaned and arched into her hands as he worked her clit. Her legs let go of his neck and she placed her feet on the mattress, arching up to him. His mandibles spread, before going back to caressing her; he was closer than he had thought,. She began to keen his name, moaning and gasping as she came, hard.

Garrus smiled as he kept his tongue working on her, feeling her orgasm shake her and the aftershocks making her continue to writhe. He was so close that he groaned, pulled away from her and spun around, picking up her legs and buried his cock inside her, grinding their hips together.

He paused, feeling the spasming of her tunnel from her orgasms and he looked down at her, their eyes meeting as she reached up for him, her fingers going unerringly to his fringe, rubbing him, her finger tips massaging him, her legs going around his waist and beginning to tighten and release rhythmically. He gasped and groaned as she worked his waist and fringe at the same time. He growled deep in his throat, guttural and harsh, almost as though it was a cross between a growl and a purr, but the sub harmonics told her how much he loved her, how happy he was, how close he felt to her and how close he was to release.

Garrus raised his head, looking down into her pleasure twisted face, feeling her working his waist and fringe and moaning his name, gasping her love for him. He gasped back to her, the vocalizing making his "I love you" almost a growling purr as he slammed inside her again and again. He was so close, he kept slamming himself inside her and he gazed at her seeing her mouth "please" and that did it, he roared as he slammed back into her once. Twice….three times and spilled his seed hard and deep inside her. He felt her come again, she writhed and arched into him as she rode the crest of the orgasm, meeting his own release. He couldn't stop himself this time and collapsed on top of her, his full weight coming to rest on her as he saw stars.

Garrus had no idea how long they lay there, entwined, his weight on her, clutching each other as the aftershocks of their pleasure shook them. Eventually, Garrus realized that he was laying fully on top of her, and likely crushing her. He prepared to move, but she cried out, clutching him. He soothed her, stroking her hair, noticing how his hand shook. He started to speak, found he had to clear his throat and finally managed to say, "Shh, amica, I'm just going to roll us over…." She mewed her displeasure, but allowed him to do it so that she was laying on top of him, their bodies still joined together. He heard her gasping and worried a moment that he'd hurt her, collapsed her lung or something. But when she said nothing and merely began to rub her face against him, resting her forehead against him as she looked deeply into his eyes.

"God I love you Garrus…."

He cuddled her against him, pressing is face against her, using his tongue to touch her cheek, her ear, her mouth, "I love you too, amica…."

She sighed into his chest, "I can't stay awake…."

He chuckled hoarsely, purring like hell as he whispered, "Then sleep, amica…when we wake up maybe we'll make it to that tub…." Her quiet laugh lulled him to sleep as she followed closely behind him.